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Imperial Valley Press
El Centro, Imperial County, California
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British House of Commons rejects Independent Labour Party's peace appeal proposal 341-4, following opposition from Clement Attlee, who emphasized the choice between war and the type of peace.
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'Peace Appeal'
LONDON, Dec. 5. (UP) - The House of Commons by a vote of 341 to 4 today rejected a "peace appeal" proposal by the independent labor party after Lord Privy Seal Clement R. Attlee had expressed government opposition.
A demand for a peace conference to "bring this tragic, devastating conflict to an end" was made by J. McGovern, Independent labor party member of Glasgow.
Attlee rejected the proposal and said that "the alternatives before the country are not war and peace but war and what kind of peace."
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London
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Dec. 5
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house of commons vote of 341 to 4 rejected the proposal
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The House of Commons rejected a 'peace appeal' proposal by the Independent Labour Party after Lord Privy Seal Clement R. Attlee expressed government opposition. J. McGovern, Independent Labour Party member from Glasgow, demanded a peace conference to end the conflict. Attlee stated that the alternatives are not war and peace but war and what kind of peace.