dated October 3, 1950

The Deputy Prime Minister, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, denied in Indore on October 2, all rumours about differences between the Prime Minister, Jawaharlal Nehru, and himself. Declaring that they were all ``soldiers of Gandhiji's freedom army'', Sardar Patel said, ``I have never laid any stress on the fact that I am the Deputy Prime Minister. In the political field, it is the Prime Minister who is the undisputed head.

``Bapu in his lifetime chose Pandit Nehru as his successor. Bapu repeatedly declared that his mantle would fall on the shoulders of Pandit Nehru. It becomes therefore our religious duty that we should respect this sentiment of Mahatma Gandhi. Whoever did not respect this sentiment from the core of his heart would be committing a crime against God.''

Significance of Korean War

The United States Secretary of State, Dean Acheson, declared in New York, on October 1, that with the United Nations' historic decision to throw its weight against aggression in Korea ``the world turned a corner and peace became infinitely more possible.''

In an interview which Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt conducted in her weekly television programme, Mr. Acheson said the task now confronting the General Assembly was to organise the collective security of those members who wished to maintain peace. The whole purpose of building collective security is that behind the shield of that security we can go forward with the great constructive work of human life, he added.

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