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OFFICIAL PROGRAMME Friday, 6th December, 1935 — Friends House, Euston Road, N.W. I 6.30 p.m. Friends House open for Provincial Delegates. 8.15 ,, RECEPTION to PROFESSOR OTTO SCHMIDT, Leader of the Chelyuskin Arctic Expedition, under the Chairmanship of AUGUSTINE COURTAULD, the British Arctic Ex- plorer. Saturday, 7th December, 1935 — Friends House, Euston Road, N.W.I SESSION I.—PEACE POLICY OF THE U.S.S.R. 10.0 a.m. Congress to be opened by the EARL OF LISTOWEL (Chair- man of the Organizing Committee). 10.15 ,, Chairman (ROBERT BOOTHBY, M.P.) to open Session. 10.30 ,, SEYMOUR COCKS, M.P., to speak on the PEACE POLICY OF THE U.S.S.R. 11.15 ,, LORD ALLEN OF HURTWOOD to move RESOLUTION, That this non-party Congress of Delegates from British social, cultural, religious, industrial, co- operative, and political bodies, Expresses its deepest appreciation of the Soviet Union's efforts to promote world peace, particularly by upholding the Covenant of the League of Nations, Urges His Majesty's Government to spare no efforts to promote trade and friendly intercourse between this Country and the U.S.S.R. in the common interest of all peoples, Declares its conviction that the interests of Inter- national peace and the welfare of mankind require the closest possible co-operation in international affairs between the Governments of Great Britain and the U.S.S.R., And calls at the same time for a widening of friendly contacts, visits, and in every other way between the common people of both countries, as a solid basis for mutual understanding. 11.30 ,, A. G. MARSHALL to second the Resolution. 11.45 ,, DISCUSSION. 12.55 p.m. Resolution to be put before the Congress. 1.0 ,, Adjournment. See General Information, Item 5, for Lunch arrangements. SESSION II.—BUILDING THE NEW ECONOMIC SYSTEM 2.15 p.m. Chairman (H. E. METCALF) to open Session. 2.30 ,, SIDNEY WEBB to speak on PLANNED PRODUCTION FOR COMMUNITY CONSUMPTION. 3.15 ,, SIR JOHN MAYNARD to speak on AGRICULTURE. 3.35 ,, JOHN JAGGER to speak on TRADE UNIONS. 3.55 ,, LESLIE PAUL to speak on CO-OPERATIVES. 4.15 ,, DISCUSSION. 5.15 ,, Adjournment. See General Information, Item 5, for Tea arrangements. SESSION III.—CULTURAL AND SOCIAL LIFE 6.0 p.m. Chairman (THE EARL OF LISTOWEL) to open Session. 6.15 ,, MRS. BEATRICE KING to speak on EDUCATION. 6.45 ,, PROFESSOR P. M. S. BLACKETT to speak on SCIENCE. 7.15 ,, MRS. CECIL CHESTERTON to speak on WOMEN AND CHIL- DREN. 7.45 ,, PROFESSOR HAROLD LASKI to speak on LAW. 8.15 ,, GEOFFREY A. WHITWORTH to speak on THE THEATRE. 8.45 ,, PROFESSOR OTTO SCHMIDT, Leader of the famous Chelyuskin Expedition to the Arctic. 9.30 ,, DISCUSSION. 9.45 ,, Adjournment. Sunday, 8th December, 1935—METROPOLE CINEMA, Victoria, S.W I SESSION IV.—CULTURAL AND SOCIAL LIFE (contd.) 10.15 a.m. Chairman (VISCOUNT HASTINGS) to open Session. 10.30 ,, LORD MARLEY to speak on THE JEWISH AUTONOMOUS REPUBLIC AND THE FAR EAST. 10.55 ,, MRS. AMABEL WILLIAMS-ELLIS to speak on LITERATURE. 11.20 ,, DR. EDITH SUMMERSKILL to speak on HEALTH. 11.45 ,, PETER HALL to speak on SPORT AND RECREATION. 12. 5 p.m. DR. S. F. OSIAKOVSKI to speak on ART. 12.30 ,, HON. IVOR MONTAGU to speak on FILMS. 12.55 ,, DISCUSSION. PROFESSOR OTTO SCHMIDT. 1.35 ,, Closing Remarks. 1.45 ,, Termination of the Congress. See General Informa- tion, Item 5, for Lunch arrangements. Public Celebration Meeting and Film Show - CAMBRIDGE THEATRE, Great Earl Street, W.C. 2 6.30 p.m. PUBLIC FILM SHOW AND MEETING at the CAMBRIDGE THEATRE, with "THREE SONGS OF LENIN," "RUSSIA, 1935," and News Reel. Songs by INA DELAHAYE. Greetings to Meeting by PROFESSOR OTTO SCHMIDT, Leader of the Chelyuskin Expedition to the Arctic. Tickets, price 1s. 6d., 2s. 6d., 3s. 6d., 5s., 7s. 6d., can be obtained during the Congress from the Enquiry Bureau, at both the Friends House (Saturday) and the Metropole Cinema (Sunday morning). 4 5