Gunnison news-champion., 1920-12-24

Ons-hsIt Of the world may not eat
while the other half s;aryes- Hos
long DO you believe the plague OF ~.
phGs that Is taking . hideou- death
toll IN ESth0nia and Poland and the
Ckralns and ealing along the frins-s
Of Germany and Czecho- slokayis will
oonfn- .tss-lf 10 these remote lAndsl
Only last Saturday our health oorn-
missioner Of New York. Dr. Copeland.
ssilet FOR the other side jus; TO meas
ure 'Ae dsrnger and take precautiOn
again such an Invasion
Tbs IS one menaos NJ our threshold
The other more threatening. more ter
ribls. D.. the menace OF the worlds H.
will We can afford TO die, but TO be
desI. ..-I forever as greedy and phsr-
Isaicl nation Is a fate that We must
not .l.4r.
III French government has many
serluLs problems 10 solve, but the
Frenrh PEASANT Is working and the
Prem artisan while still sadly IL
need " raw materials, has not lost his
habit u Industry and thrift The most
encugrG ElnE fact about France today Is
that her people are alive 10 the ssri-
ousr,>s Of Frances problem and they
are going forward bravely TO solve that
problem
Italy. despite her great shortage Of
raw material, j. looking forward and
not backward Italy can b. relied up
on TO DO her part.
England II meeting the problems of
recuustruciion just as those who knew
her past should have expected her tn
meet them.
Plan 10 Aid Central Europe.
II is not for me, perhaps. to give in
detail a formula for solution "f the
words Ils. but as have been asked
mHuy times. what would you do!'
AN glad to give nay own answer.
Anuriingiy. would ask:
That Congress Immediately pass
bin uPprOpriating a sum not 10 eI.
cec,I SBJ.Opo.Dco for the use OF Cen
trol and Eastern Europe.
That Congress call upon the
Pr,sdent TO appoint non-Polltical
commission OF three Americans, dis.
tins he'd for their character and ex.
ecurl'v ability, and commanding the
resi-, of the American people. Such
a commission should include men of
the type OF General Pcrshlng. Mr.
Hoover, or cS-S.cretnry Lane / would
invest that commission with complete
power.
3 | would have the commission in
struCtrd to proceed at once. accompan.
led by proper personnel. TO survey con
Lea
and then act for the restoration OF
those countries under such conditions
and upon such terms us the commits.
sion Itself may decide TO be practical
Bile and effective Among the condi.
tions should be provided that there
should be no local Interference with
tile free and untrammeled exercise by
the commission OF Its own prerogatlye
OF 0IlOcating materials. Governmental
poll'lcs should be eliminated, unreason'
ablc and prcJudicial barriers between
the various countries should be re
moved and such substantial guarantees
as may be available should be eNacted
in order that the conditions imposed
should be fulfilled.
4. As TO financial terms. l should
make them liberal I would charge no
interest for the first three years, fut
the next three years, q per cent, with
provision that such Interest might be
funded IL the economic conditions of
the country were not approaching nor
mai, or II Its exchange conditions were
SO adverse ms To make payment unduly
burdensome- | should make the matur-
lty OF the obligation fifteen years from
its date and | should have no doubt as
TO its final payment.
3. Immediately the plan was
adopted l would have our government
invite other governments In a position
TO assist to participate in the under
taking.
q To set forth completely my opln.
ion should add that In the final in.
structions the American people
through their government should say
TO the commission I'VE want you to
90 and do this job In such manner
MS after study you think II should be
done. This Is no ordinary undertak.
ing The American people trust you
10 see that 1t Is done right" l would
also say to the commission: Use so
much OF this money rs Is needed" Per
sonally, am confident that with the
assistance and cooperation which
would come from other parts Of the
world, the sum Of $500 600 600 from the
United Stntes would be more than
enough to start these countries on theiI
way 10 self support and the restora.
ton ef normal conditions.
The whole plan Of course involves
many practical considerations. the
most serious of which IL that Of OBJ
tanning the money. whether by issuing
additional Liberty bonds, an increase
in the floating debt or by taxation. But
I think we could properly say to the
Treasury Department:
eve know how serious your financial
problems are: we know the difficulties
which are Immediately Confronting
you; we know the Importance Of de
fation, and we know that the govern
ment must economixe and that individ-
ualCmust economixe, but We also know
that the American government ad-
vanced 10000. COO 600 to Its allies to