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. © ae The "New York Times" for 10/16/47, contained an article captioned "Meeting of Stalin, Truman, Urged} which states that a meeting between President Truman an Premier Stalin "before our foreign policy becomes subject@s to the pressures of a fateful election campaign", was urged in a statement signed’ by 100 Americans and ele: by the National Council of American-Soviet Friendship 114 East 32nd Street, on 10/15/47. The article stated that the statement.called’ for a “return to reason", which, it said, "is not a . measure of appeasing the Soviet Union". _ ~ Further quoted from the above statement was the following, "We hold no preference for the Soviet system, nor do we wish to defend every facet of Soviet policy.” Among the signers of this statement reportedly was Robert S. Lynd. te "New York Times", 10/16 100~-146964-A : (1,8) : = ¢)/7)