The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1939-06-08
The Cherry Tree
Where We Hutchet Out
The Truth
. ECONOMIC CONFERENCE
. TALK IT OVER
. TO AVERT WAR
. MARK TO SHOOT AT

Why not world economic confer
ence in an effort to make beginning
at settling issues that now threaten
war?
1t would be in line with modern pro-
cedure for settling disputes in the in
dustrial world.
When organized workers and en-
ployers disagree over economic mat
ters, such as wages, they don't rush
headlong into war. They sit down at
the conference table and talk the thing
over.
They don't always reach an agree
ment, but even when they don't, the
conferences serve to clear the air, to
promote understanding by each side
of the others problems and troubles.
Talking things over has calming eff
feet.
In large proportion Of cases, labor
management conferences come to an
agreement, usually by process of
compromise.
Succeed or fail, the conferences do
no harm.
A world economic conference could
hardly do any harm, might do a lot
Of good.
X X X
John G. Winant, first American di-
rector Of the International Labor Of
fee, is one of those who sees world
economic conference as worth trying.
In his initial report to the Inter-
national Labor Conference opening at
Geneva on June 8, he suggests the
possibility a new chance for security
and peace may be nearer than the
world dares hope.
Pointing out that the invitation of
President Roosevelt to general econ
omic conference still stands, Director
Winant expresses the hope that an
exchange Of views by the nations may
pave the way toward the permanent
peace desired by the nations Of the
world now gripped by fear of war.
Winant reiterates previous lilo
warnings against the disastrous effect
of the present, armament race.
| "Rearmament," he says, "cannot
continue at the present rate of accel-
|
so much Of the national income Of
many countries as will prove intoler-
able. A point may come when defense
expenditures will cause actual starva-
tion in the lower income groups"
X X X
Those who believe the totalitarian
nations can be met only with force of
course scoff at proposals for world
economic conference.
They deride the proposals at every
turn and talk only course that leEyaa
to war-a war which would solve moth
ing and mean world ruin.
They say the so called shave not"
nations would make impossible terri
torial and other demands.
What if they did? At least this
would let the whole world know ex-
actly what the "have nots" are trying
to get.
Chances are that the shave nots"
would talk big and make plenty of de-
mands but in the end accept much less
than they asked.
Removal of some world barriers to
trade might easily be agreed upon at
world conference.
This would be step away from war
and toward peace.
X X X
The Society of Friends (Quakers)
in Great Britain recently said in an
appeal to the nation:
"The pace of Europe cannot be at
tanned by extending the system of
pitting military power against mill
tary power, but only in a genuine
meeting of the needs of nations in a
just sharing of resources"
"a just sharing Of resources" may
be an unattainable idea at this
stage of the worlds evolution but it
would be mark to shoot at-a mark
or goal that world economic confer
ence would be compelled to keep in
mind.