Evening star., 1939-11-06
LONDON.

Try Oy QH-WuH.
LONDON.
Sire-You recently did rme the
honor of printing letter upon the
possibility of discussing the out
come of this war while it is still going
on, in which I stressed the need for
free and outspoken discussion. This
letter produced a considerable re-
sponse, and it has been reprinted
extensively in America and else
where. have been favored by the
views and comments of number
of very able people. With your per-
mission I will give certain things
that have become much clearer in
this discussion as it has proceeded.
The first is the extensive demand
for statement of war aims" on
the part Of young and old, who want
to know more precisely what we are
fighting for, and the second is the
practical impossibility of making
any statement in terms of bound
aries. federations and political re-
adjustments at the present time.
This demand and this difficulty are
not so mutually contradictory as
they seem at first. There is a way
OF answering the demand in a very
satisfactory manner without any Of
the entanglements involved in map
drawing. constitution mongering,
schemes for pledges, guarantees,
sanctions and the like, and it is a
method which is entirely in the
best traditions of the Atlantic par
l1amentary peoples. The method Of
declaration of rights. At various
crises in the history Of our COM
munities. beginning with Magma
Carta and going through various
ollls OF rights. rights of man, and so
forth, 1t has been our custom to
produce a specific declaration of
the broad principles on which our
public and social life is based. and
to abide by that as our fundamental
law. The present time seems pecul-
1arly suitable for such a restatement
OF the spirit in which we face life in
general and the present combat in
particular.
IL would answer the first question
completely, it would furnish critic
rlon Tor our subsequent treaties and
behavior
Trial Statement.
In conjunction with few friends
l nave drafted a trial statement of
the rights of man brought up to
GATE. l think that this statement
may serve to put the war aims dis
cusslon upon new and more hope
ful footing. 1t really involves MOTH
ing that Is not actually observed or
| tacitly accepted by q great ma
jority Of reasonable men in the
democratic states of today, it defines
the spirit in which the mass of our
people are more or less consciously
fighting, and it is calculated to ap-
peal very forcibly to every responsive
spirit under the yoke of the OBJ
scurantist and totalitarian tyrannies
with which we are in conflict.
DECLARATION OF RIGHTS.
Since man comes into this world
through no fault of his own, since
he is a joint inheritor of the ac-
cumlations Of the past and since
those accumulations are more than
sufficient to satisfy the claims tina,
are here made on his behalf il
follows:
l. That every man without dis
tinction of race or color is entitled
to nourishment, housing, covering
medical care and attention sufficient
to realize his full possibilities Of
physical and mental development
and to keep him in state of health
from his birth to death.
2. That he is entitled to sufficient
education to make him a useful anc
interested citizen, that he shoulc
have, easy access to information
upon all matters of common knowl.
edge throughout his life and enjoy
the utmost freedom of discussion.
3. That he and his personal prop.
erty lawfully acquired are entitlec
to police and legal protection from
private violence, deprivation, com.
pulsion and intimidation
90 That although he is subiec,
to the free criticism of his fellows
he shall have adequate protection
from any lying or Misrepresentation
that may distress or injure him. All
registration and records about citi
zens shall be open to their personal
and private inspection. There shall