Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1939-11-11

Clarence X. STREET.. who "cOv-
cred" the League Of Nations for
many years for The New York
Times, and whose recent book,
Union Now" has received wide
spread acclaim, explained his plan
for a world federation of demo-
cratic states I'm a speech heard by
dinner held In Butte recently.
STREET explained that his plan calls
1 for a union with IS democracies as
I the nucleus-United States, Canada,
the United Kingdom of England. Scot
land and Wales. France, ireland, Swift
erland, Belgium, the Netherlands,
Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Finland,
Australia, New Zealand and the Union
of South Africa
} These IS have the power to swing
the world" he said. They have the
power to insure peace and prosperity.
They do two-thirds of the worlds
trade, have nearly all of the gold. have
almost complete control over the es-
sentialS Of peace and war. They rule
without war for an attack against such
union would be hopeless.
May Admit Others Later
When the union is operating, other
states may be admitted The idea of
selecting the IS Is that they have de-
mocracy: It has been tried and proven,
and they should be a congenial group
for the nucleus. The people Of nations
now under relationships would soon
want the advantages Of the union.
They would throw over their dictators,
take back their rights of individual
liberty and be admitted to the fed
Grafton"
The idea is nothing radically new,
STREET. said. 1t Is an issue to be faced
now just as the American colonies
faced a similar problem after winning
They at first. were diStrustful and
suspicious Of each other even though
they had fought together for eight
years to gain their freedom.
And so they set up type of union
"a league Of friendship with states
rights supreme. Each state had its own
army, its own money, its tariff re-
strictions and within a short time II
territorial disputes had developed
among those IS colonies.
New York was maSsing troops on
the borders of a neighboring state, !
Philadelphia was boycotting New Jer-
sey money there were shades Of re-
bellion in Massachusetts, Connecticut /
was opening ports to the British while /
was closing them and I
the people were saying, This war for /
democracy mas DSeL 1dlluIt, OIFeiJ I
pointed out.
Undaunted by Failure"
But, in the face of this apparent |
failure the people went to Philadelphia !
and started over, establishing the /
present constitution and guaranteeing /
government Of the people, by the /
people and for the people.
Instead of separate state armies, a |
union army was established, the union 4
had stable money, cheap postal service (
and the people were given union citi- /
zenship as well as state citizenship /
The right of states to govern at home
was not damaged.
Thus" STREET. said. "the world fed
Grafton would function. There would
be three sets of rights In the union
l. Individual rights Of free press, free
speech, free aSsemblage, etc; 2. ma
,ional rights with each nation free
% practice democracy at home in its
own way; g. union rights to trade,
,ravel, live and play In the half of the
world which the union controls.
Stable Union Money
There would be a stable union
money, a powerful common union de-
ense force Individual freedom would
advance. There would be greater in
itvidual prosperity
IF we have confidence In the plan
We can make it work. Remember there
we're many who thought the original
American democracy was impractical"