Schlesinger Says Pact Aids Peace

Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr. '38, associate professor of History, said yesterday that the North Atlantic Pact "will prevent Russia from starting a war in desperation to stir up the spirit of nationalism in the Russian people."

Schlesinger spoke before the Seventh Annual Middlebury College Conference on the subject, "A Positive Program for a Democratic Society." He added that "bold programs for economic reconstruction and working incessantly to strengthen our natural allies abroad" would achieve "firm and quiet opposition to further Russian aggression."

Those who "share our faith in majority rule" are "natural allies," he said.