Reports of Suffering and Devastation
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Received Monday,, 7 p.m.' NEW YORK, May IjS. During a proposa'i that the heople's Folitieal Council should sencl, a group to the front to kneei, ery and beg botn .ihe Government and Coniniynist forces to lay down their arms and quit fighting, council members, at a Shanghai meeting, heard reports from- North China members of tlie sull'ering and devastation being caused by the civii \var. On'e membet said the rival arm its were competing de.sperately'for man poij-er, having taken ail other resourcBs worth having in the battle zones. Able oodied ineh aged from 16 to 50 were itot to be t'oiind iil the villages along ihe 150 mile front iietweon Paeting and Bhihehiachwang. The (inal meeting of the council which the Government has .appointed as an advisory body, will* be held on fuesdav alid it seems certain that thepeace movement that has been gather"ing momentum in manv c^uarteYs in the last few vveeks, will be heard from ai lie sessions. • ,
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Chronicle (Levin), 20 May 1947, Page 5
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