The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-09-24
By ". F. RUSSELL Formerly Editor Of the International
 Economist.

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 If the following paragraph taken verba tim from the Akron Beacon Journals account on September 8, 1919, Is a correct extract from Sena- tor Reeds address on September ., I hereby expect to prove by such evil dence that Senator Reed made a will full misrepresentation or ludIcruus mistake.
 Tho assembly selects four mem bers of the council of nine. Let mo select those four members and can control tho council It stands to req son that with the various discordant interests nnimating the Big Tive the minority of four by secret alliances can secure a majority vote in the council and SO dictate Its policies, and so rule the world"
 Having before him for over three months the published toyt of the amended league covenant, Senator Reed could not cluI1l exemption through ignorance Of Its contents, and the following first para graph in Arti- cle Of the covenant says In unu2is- takably clear EnEli-a aa follows;
 Except where otherwise expressly provided in the covenant, decisions at any meeting of the as7erabIy or of the council shall recuire the agree ment of all the members Of the league represented at the rncetlug'
 In only two Instances can the council act by a majority: First, h the unimportsnt matters of proceed ure at meetings and the appointme ent of committees to investigate partic- ular matters; second under Article IS when the council falls to effect a settlement of a dispute 1t shall either unanimously or by a majority vote publish a report containing a statement of the facts of the dispute and the recommendations whfrh are deemed just and proper thereto.'
 Now, then, comes another para graph In that same Article i 5 which removes the binding effect of that specific terms:
 If the council fails to reach a re- port which Is unanimously agreed to by the members thereof, other than the representa- lives of one or more of the parties to the dispute, the mem berS of the league to reserve to them selves the right to take such action as they shall consider neCtssaTy for the maintenance of right and justice
 Therefore, the monumental power ''of the policies of the council through a majority, and so rule the world,'' as claimed by Senator Reed in the par agraph quoted at the start of this article, falls with sickening squash and srnears with It's slime all his con clusions from that claim
 Why mince words about the power of. our one vote (always continuous) on that council. when unanimous ac- ton Is always necessary for any vital matter affecting our interests, for every high school pupil knows well that one man Is as powerful as II in avoiding a verdict in our jury sys- tenn
 But Senator Reed did not stop of correctly quoted), at such fragrant effort to prejudice his hearers through missIatement or ignorance of the terms of the covenant, but he grew eloquent in the description of our pitifully weak one vote out of 32 in the assembly and he quoted four tables of statistics to show appalling preponderance of a non-white popula- ton. and so on, ad nauseum. to prove our peril In being a tiny one against 32 and against Great Britain's six votes Half his speech was made up of this "tommy-rot-- for such term inelegnut1y expresses that kind of an argument which Is not founded on truthful facts, whether such facts be expressed or suppressed, for In this instance he evades any direct mention of what a majority of tho assembly could do. but necessarily wishes his hearers to jump themselves at the conclusion of tho power of the major ity, as otherwise his mountain of sta tistics would have no purpose
 The suppressed matter is as fol- lows:
 Look back to the first quotation I made from article 3 and you will find that the asse nbly's action must also be unanimous just like a jury, unless "otherwisc expressly provided in this covenant"
 It happens that there arc only four times the assembly can have any ac- ton through a majority; first, con- corning the unimportant procedure of meetings and appointment of com mittees to investigate particular mat ters''; second, an approval of the un- aninous choice of the council for secretary general can be made by majority of the assembly Gin article 6); third when a dispute is referred to the assembly by unanimous action of the council (to whom it must first be referred, to the assembly by the request of either party to the dispute. if such request is made within IA days after the subrnission of the dispute to the council. then the assembly by a majority action can have a voice anl1al to the unanimous choice of the