Evening star., 1941-12-28
Senator Austin Backs
Churchill Suggestion
For Postwar Unity
Fuvors Action on Plan
To Safeguard Peace
After Victory
Bv GOULD LINCOLN.

BY GOULD LINCOLN.
In time of war, it is the part of
wisdom to prepare for peace after
victory according to Senator Austin
of Vermont, assistant minority
leader.
Such preparation, Senator Austin
said yesterday, must look to sta
bilized peace in the world and hat
can be had only by some established
organization of cooperation among
the nations. He was discussing the
idea suggested by Prime Minister
Churchill in his address to Congress,
that in the future the United States
and Britain must stand together for
liberty and peace in the world.
Coming from Senator Austin, the
demand for serious consideration of
plans for maintaining peace, in
which this country shall play its
full part, is significant. He was
opposed to United States entry into
the League of Nations at the close
of the last war. Later he supported
the proposal that America should
adhere to the World Court. More
recently he has come out strongly
for cooperation of this country with
other nations to see that the world
has a chance for peace.
Obligation of People.
IT sincerely believe that the
United States and the American
people have an obligation to assume
a leading part in any such arrange
ment," the Vermont Senator said
ut would only be a recognition of
the great gifts which have been
given to this country. What we
need to do now is to get to work
on plans for the implementation
of just world, in which relatively
free economy shall exist and in
which all nations will be given an
opportunity to get the supplies
which they need. Free institutions,
which are at the bottom of our
civilization, must be preserved.
1T is vital that some means should
be adopted to prevent armed tyrants
from attacking other nations-our
Nation. I do not mean to say that
We should provide for another
League of Nations, but there must
be some substitute for war. know
that nations will always have diff
ferences. But there must be some
way devised to try out these diff
ferences and settle them in a peace
full way. We must provide for the
free flow of communications, COM
merce and culture. Education is the
great thing. Some day the nations
will discipline themselves as indi-
vidual men do today"
Senator Austin said that after the
experience of the last quarter of
century our people must have be-
come educated to the folly of be-
lieving that this country can be
isolated.
INTERNALLY we cannot afford isola-
tionism," he continued IF we insist
upon trying it, we will have to give
UP everything fine in life and give
everything to armaments to make
ourselves secure We would have to
give up our way of life
George Favors Cooperation.
Senator George, Democrat, of
Georgia, a member of the Foreign
Relations Committee and its former
chairman, said he has always been
in favor of cooperation among ma
tions to put an end to war. He ia
vored the League of Nations after
the last-war.
Our great objective today, how
ever, is to win the war and to bend
every energy we have to that end"
he said. There should be no con-
fusion of thought which would in
terfere in any way with that"
He said it would be unwise to
project ourselves too far into the
future" but added that there might
veil be come consideration given
to what should be done at the con-
clusion of the war.
Senator Ball, Republican, of Min
nesota, one of the first of the men,
bers of Congress from the Middle
West to come out strongly against
the theory of isolation for this
country. declared he was strongly
impressed by Mr.. Churchill's ad-
dress.
Food for Thought.
IT was glad the Prime Minister
devoted as much of his speech to
the idea of cooperation for just
and stabilized world peace after this
war" he said. TT is something
the American people can we'll think
about. Eventually, if there is to
be a peaceful world, it must be
policed through a democratic Or
ganization of nations"
Senator Ball realizes, as do others
who favor the cooperation Of the
United States in a plan for world
peace, that while the isolationists
are perfectly willing to 60 along
now in the combined war effort of
the democracies to defeat the Axis
powers, they may return to their
support of the isolation policy for
this country when the war is over.
For that reason, in the opinion OF
Senator Ball, it is important that
the public be educated to need of
cooperation of this country with
other democratic nations of the
world for the maintenance Of peace.