dated August 2, 1951: Indian writers meet in Moscow

Tass reported in London that a meeting between Indian and Soviet writers was held in Moscow on July 29. Dr. S. Radhakrishnan, India's Ambassador to Russia was a distinguished guest. About 1,000 writers, students, and others attended the meeting in the Trade Union House. The leader of the Indian group, poet Harindranath Chattopadhyaya, said the best practitioners of Indian literature and art had helped the Indian nation and her people in the struggle to become free from foreign rule. He said ``now, the attention of progressive Indian writers and artists is focussed on the struggle for peace. We create plays, poems, songs, pictures, and sculptures calling on people everywhere to fight against war-mongers.''

Clenched Fist Society of Pakistan

On August 1, in Lahore, was inaugurated what was to be known as the ``Clenched Fist Society'', in consequence of a public meeting addressed in July by Pakistan's Prime Minister, Liaqat Ali Khan. The Prime Minister had said in Karachi that the symbol of Pakistan henceforth would be a clenched mailed fist. That announcement was welcomed by enthusiastic cries from the crowd for Pakistan to conduct `jehad' to conquer Kashmir along with India, and Palestine. PTI reported that the Lahore meeting had been attended by psychologists, scientists, philosophers, artists, authors, and others. Dr. Niaz Ahmed, Director, Institute of Chemical Technology, Punjab (Pakistan) University, who delivered the inaugural address of the C.F. Society, said that one of its principal objectives would be ``discussion of the technicalities, philosophy, and moral aspects, of the clenched fist.''

Storing Atomic Weapons

The latest half-yearly report of the United States Atomic Energy Commission revealed that secret facilities were being built at considerable cost to store the country's atomic weapons. Word of these came at a news conference held in connection with the publication of the report. When newspersons asked Mr. Gordon Dean, the Commission's Chairman, about the development of the new sites and facilities, he replied tersely, ``We don't announce where we store our bombs.''

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