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Any attempt to ban the Australian Peace Council,
should the Communist Party Dissolution Bill be pass
ed, would be 'unreasonable, illogical and impossible,'
Australian-Soviet House director John Rodeers said
in Perth today.
One of Australia's most con
troversial figures since his
visit to Russia last year. Mr.
Rodgers is on his first official
trip to Western Australia. He
will open the Perth conference
of the Australian Peace Coun
cil this weekend.
There were communists in
the Peace Council, he said, but
there were also many noncom
munists.
He will open the Peace con
ference at 1 p.m. tomorrow in
the Murray-st. rooms of the
Amalgamated En gineering
Union and is to speak at a
'peace rally' on the Esplanade
on Sunday afternoon.
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