Evening star., 1937-04-06
UNITY OF NATIONS
URGED BY HULL
Believes 1t Is Time They Pull
[ Together for Common
& Good.
~ me Associated Press.

~ the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, April 6.-Secretary
Hull believes 1t Is time that the nations
Of the world begin pulling together
for the common good.
There is only one way to prevent q
military explosion or an economic
collapse, he said last night in accept
ing the award OF the Woodrow Wilson
Foundation In recognition Of his ef-
forts toward international peace and
prosperity.
ut Is" he explained, "for the ma
tions which today bend their major
efforts toward preparation for war
to Join with those other nations that
are intent on a policy Of peace, in
determined and concerted effort to
rebuild international political and
economic relationships 49,"
Unhealthy Flush Of Fever.
Stressing his maxim that peace
depends on friendliness, fairness,
equality and the maximum practica-
BILE of freedom in international eco
nomic relations" the State De-
partment head said the creation Of
big ornaments gives the impression
Of intensive economic activity
But that activity" he asserted.
"has the unhealthy flush of fever.
It destroys rather than builds. 1t
sows the seeds of disaster, either In
the form of military explosion or an
economic collapse"
"AnimoSities and resentment in
the sphere of commercial and flnan-
cial relations must bear an important
share OF responsibility for the depth
of economic distress into which some
nations have been plunged" he said,
as he urged extension of the govern
nnent's present policy Of substituting
trade agreements for trade barriers.
Prom London, where an lnterna-
tional sugar conference opened to-
day, came word of possible con-
oerted world effort to combat barriers
70 trade.
Acting at the instigation of France
and Britain, Belgium started a sur
vey of European economic conditions
with a view to exploring how it may
prove possible to reduce international
trade barriers, in manner Secretary
Hull urged here.
yype of Peace Wilson Urged.
mo outcome of an armed conflict
san possibly bring the nations con-
rerned greater benefits than they can
derive from a peaceful and fruitful
exchange Of goods and services, de-
veloping in liberal spirit upon q
basis Of fair dealing and mutual re-
gard for each others needs and
rights" he said.
& at was this type of economic peace
shat Woodrow Wilson urged upon the
world. The acceptance by the nations
of the basic ideas which underlie 1t IS
even more desperately needed today
when the dark clouds of a possible
new war or Of another economic
catastrophe gather ominously on the
horizon"
{ Secretary Hull said the worlds eco
nonic outlook frightened after the
economic conference of 1927 at &C.
neva, but added that, Immediately
following our national election of
1928 the dominant political and eco
nomic forces in this country en-
barked upon a drastic upward revision
Of our tariff rates and an extension
of other trade restrictions"
This process continued through
the year 1929 and the early part Of
1880. It served as a signal which un-
leashed the forces of extreme pro-
tectionism all over the world"
Cause Of Depression.
Referring to the growth Of tariff
barriers as ''the war after the war;"
the Secretary asserted that person.
ally, am convinced that it was the
most important single cause of the
great depression"
The widow of Woodrow Wilson and
the mother of President Roosevelt
looked on as Hamilton Fish Armstrong,
president Of the Woodrow Wilson
Foundation, presented to Secretary
Hull the 15-inch bronze plaque en-
graved, ITO Cordell Hull, Secretary of
State of the United States, unremit-
ting in his labor to remove the eco
nomic barriers to peace"
Others to whom the foundation has
presented its award include Viscount
Cecil, the late Elihu Root and Presi-
dent Thomas G. Masaryk Of C5echo-
slovakia.