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CONFIDMR TIAL NY 100-25857 ~ "In his role as an artist he wanted to play his part in establish- ing the necessary contacts between the American and British people. ‘Since Mr. Dulles and Mr. Macmilian can get together, ° he said, ‘it's about time that all sections of our folk get together.! “tthere is another America, ! he said, ‘beside that of Mr. Dulles. I am proud to be a part of what I dike me - to call progressive America.* : “He felt 1f Dulles can come over here and talk to Britain's leaders, the ordinary people should do likewise and ’ not go their separate ways. ‘The oute- spokenness of the people in these isles over the question of China has strengthened the forces of sanity in the U.S. and gives encouragement to millions of Americans who are afraid to Speak out,* he stated. “His role as an artist, he said, does. not divide him from the oe people or from having opinions on events a occurring throughout the world or in his —S own land, a “twhat I do as an artist is ae elosely bound up with the struggle for @ better world’ he said, and drew comparisons with the contributions of composers like the late Vaughan Williams or Benjamin Britten. The role of Dr. Linus Pauling as a scientist is similar, he added. -i1l-