APPENDIX II                         
 
                                                            
 
Excerpt from Part IV of Allocution of His Holiness, Pope Pius XlI, of   
        September l, 1944 (see page 6 of my letter)         
 
                                                            
 
 
There is nothing certainly that we desire more ardently than  
to see that day swiftly dawn in which the clash of arms ceases and there   
are restored to so great a part of mankind, that has been tortured and   
brought almost to the end of its phyeiaal and moral forces, peace,   
                  security and prosperity.                  
 
                                                            
 
 
Countless souls are sighing for that day, as shipwrecked  
sailors watch for the rise of the morning star. Many however note even now   
that the transition from the violent tempest to the great tranquillity of   
peace may yet be painfil and bitter. They understand that the stages on the   
Journey fram the cessation of hostilities to the establishment of nonual   
conditions of life may reveal graver difficulties than people think. It is   
accordingly all the more essential that a strong spirit of solidarity   
arise between the nations so as to render more speedy and more lasting the   
            restoration of the world to health.             
 
                                                            
 
 
Already in Our Christmas message of 1939 We expressed a desire   
the creation of inte~mational organizations which, while avo