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“Mr. Gandhi was a force for good in the world and the world is poorer because of his death. It is shocking that a man who spent his life working for peace should die by an act of violence.”

FERNAND VAN LANGENHOVE, Representative of Belgium to the Security Council of the United Nations:

“I deeply regret that an unexpected Impediment prevents me from attending the memorial meeting.

“I wish to pay tribute with you to Mahatma Gandhi whose memory will remain one of the greatest symbols of the fundamental principle which inspires the United Nations.”

HENRY A. WALLACE, Former Vice President of the United States of America:

“I regret I am unable to be with you as you pay tribute to one of the greatest men of the ages.

“Mahatma Gandhi devoted his life to the supreme cause of our times—the uniting of peoples in comradeship and peace. He stood above the leaders of the peoples of the world in his long struggle against the imperialism that crushes the body and the spirit. India’s new born independence is his triumph.

“I share your grief at his death. We who believe in peace, honor his memory and take solace in the proud knowledge that his highest honor is not only that he fought for and won freedom for millions of peoples, but that he has inspired other millions who will now carry on that cause, until its fruits are shared by mankind.”

RICHARD WALSH, President, John Day & Company; Chairman, India League of America:

“Praises of Gandhi have come from many who knew him, had talked with him or seen him. These are best. Yet there is value also in the testimony of those of us who never had any direct touch with him except that of the