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defense. The whole program was a virtual adoption of moves to further the, ip rl foe 7 HERES IMCLASSIID a o ahve thea /e2 BY-p costo 0 30 April 12, 1948. gS Chicago was the scene i lighia week-end of two very important oe meetings in support of the Henry A.“Wallace third party political movement. oe ‘The first meeting was that of the National Wallace-for-President Committee, which was held Saturday and Sunday at the Sheraton Hotel in Chicago. <A group of 385 delegates from 3 states met to lay plans for @ Yiational convention to be held in Philadelphia on duly 2th and 25th. formally to establish a third political party with Henry A. Wallace as its presidential candidate and Senator Glen H. Taylor (Democrat, Idaho) |. as its vice-presidential candidate. The national convention at, Phila~ _ delphia will orgenize, name and adopt amofficial platform for. the new ae third party. The group declared that the two major political parties "have passed into the hands of economic royalists" and have "conspired to deny our citizens the simple democratic right to vote for a program in which they can believe and for candidates whom they cm entrust with its exe- cution." One of the main objectives of the new party is to keep America from going fascist and to defeat the instigators of reaction, war and _ Clase-hatred, and secure for the American people the blessings of a peaceful, abundant and free America. The group then passed a resolution, copies of whichwere sent to the leaders of eight Italian political parties, calling for "the establish- ment of a truly representative, democratic Italian government" and not to yield to coercion or intimidation,. The Italian political leaders were also informed that war is not inevitable and that the security ad peace of the ° American people are not threatened from abroad, as no invaders would attack , the greatest and most powerful nation in the world. ‘The cablegrams also yf, SS) stated that peace and security in America and the traditional American eyatad of liberties. are menaced by the fomenting of war hysteria. In the cable- sy grams the Wallace group elso said that they repudiated the United States f government's threat to cut off food from Italy unless the election results : please this country. The cablegrams sent pursuant to the foregoing resolutions were inspired by the National Executive Board of the Communist Party in New York, which only recently instructed its organizations to sponsor such commmica- tions to Italy to offset the anti-Communist letter campaign now being carried on by American legionnaires of Italim descent. The National Wallace Committee also condemned any congressional. action toward reestablishing Selective Service or enacting Universal Military ; Training — in fact, they were against any provisions fer adequate national f foreign policy of the Soviet Union. ALL FORMATON CONTAIN ALE3RD Ger,