Evening star., 1938-01-20
HULL TRADE PACTS
LAUDED BY GRADY
Head of Tariff Commission
Cites Interdependence
of Nations.


on universal recognition and applica-
ton Of the principle that all political
units Of the world are economically
dependent on each other, Henry F..
Grady, chairman of the United States
Tariff Commission, told delegates to
the thirteenth annual Conference on
the Cause and Cure of War at the
Washington Hotel today.
Mr.. Grady characterized the trade
agreements program of Secretary Of
State Hull as "a feeble effort to make
beginning in the establishment of a
new system of international relations
The effort is feeble, he explained, only
In the sense that there are great
obstacles and difficulties" in its path.
In spite Of these difficulties, the pro-
gram has made great progress, and as
1t Is carried forward there will be a
constant diminution of the causes of
economic conflict, he declared. Con-
clusion of trade agreement with
Great Britain would mark long step
forward toward completion of the pro-
gram. Mr.. Grady concluded.
Economic War Cause Denied.
Economic factors are not causes of
war, but are only excuses, in the opin-
ion of Donald c. Blaisdell. assistant to
the Undersecretary Of Agriculture, who
also addressed today's session. The
true cause is the quest for national
power and prestige, not the relief of
population pressure nor the necessity
for raw materials or markets, he said.
The colonial quests Of Italy, Japan,
Germany and perhaps other nations
are not based at all on the needs of
those countries for raw materials but
on matters of pride, prestige and ma
tional inferiority compleXes, Eugene
Staley, associate professor of interna-
tional economic relations. Fletcher
School Of Law and Diplomacy, Med
ford, Mass, told delegates to the
conference.
The colonial problem must be rec
ognized and faced as the purely po-
litical issue that it is, question of
national pride and group psychology.
with hardly any direct economic i'm
rortance at all" Mr.. Staley said. AN
explanation for the widespread belief
that raw materials and colonies do
have some economic connection with
each other has to be sought in the
realm of irrational psychology and the
workings of propaganda"
If any nation is suffering from
lack of raw materials it is only be-
cause it cannot pay for these mate
rials, the speaker said. The raw ma
terial countries are just as badly off
when they cannot sell their raw ma
terials profitably as are the industrial
countries which cannot pay for them,
he explained
Fighting Power Held Goal.
The real reason why Germany
wants raw materials, Mr.. Staley de-
clared, lis to increase fighting power,
not to increase the standard of living
Of her people" This is shown con-
clusively by her method of meeting
her problem, he asserted
Mr.. Staley advocated turning all
colonies. meaning all non-self- govern
Ing areas, into international man.
dates. The aim, he admitted, is
'Utopian, but it is the ideal toward
which education ought to be directed"
Addressing a banquet meeting of
the conference last night, Mrs. Frank
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that the United States might lead
in the international movement for
peace: but that, at the same time, the
day would never come when this coun-
try would put peace above principle.
Sees No Binding Alliances.
She said she does not think this
country ever will belong to any inter-
national organization which would
bind us to do any particular thing"
but that its international cooperation
always would be on purely voluntary
basis and would be most apt to favor
the principle of forum in which all
would meet and have a voice
The United States creates a dam
eerous situation by its tendency to
draw into itself in the face Of inter-
national disturbances, Mrs Roose-
velt said. To achieve peace, she said,
this country must be willing to go
out and study other peoples problems
and try to bring people to a realiza-
tion that they have to make an at
tempt to live fairly and honestly with
each other"
II hope I never see this Nation go
to war out Of emotion-I don't want
to see us go to war at all-but I do
want to see our country uphold always
the principles of honesty and justice
even at the price of peace" she said
II don't think that leadership lies
along the path of isolation, but along
the path of farsightedness, study of
world conditions and world problems
and the maintenance of high prin-~
ciples."
Mrs. Gait Speaks,
World history has been built upon
three outstanding ideas, common to
all religions and composing moral
code" for the world-Thou shalt not
lie, thou shalt not steal, thou shalt
not kill-Mrs. Carrie Chapman Gait,
honorary chairman of the conference,
said at last nights banquet.
But, she said, there came q coun-
ser-code which became as universal,
though never put into print.
1T has been the creed of all ma
tions and practiced by all men," she
said. I'VE might call it the immoral
code: l. All men within our from
tiers are good men and for any harm
done to them others must be punished.
All men outside our frontiers are in
ferior and are potential enemies. To
lie to any of these, so that the effect
rebounds to our advantage, is virtue.
God will reward such acts. 2. To
steal from an enemy and bring the
loot home to us or to capture and hold
their land for us is sterling honesty.
God will so regard it. 3. To kill
enemies singly or collectively when