Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1941-05-29

human development ana 10 QeI1O-
cratic responsibility.
Relief From Fear.
Nor do I today intend to discuss
political questions involved in giving
real effect to President Roosevelt's
freedom from fear" I will only say
that as his majesty's government in
tend, as I hope to show this after
noon, to strive in cooperation with
others to relieve the postwar world
from fear of want so will they seek
to insure that that world Is freed
from fear.
Today I wish to put before you
certain practical ways in which
freedom from want" may be ap-
piled in Europe. We must put our
own conception before the world
We have declared that social Sc
curity must be the first object of our
domestic policy after the war. And
social security will be our policy
abroad not less than at home. 1t
will be our wish to work with others
to prevent starvation in the post
armistice period, currency disorders
throughout Europe and wide f1uctu-
ationS of employment markets and
prices which were the cause of so
much misery in the 20 years between
the two wars. We shall seek to
achieve this in ways which will in
terfere as little as possible with the
property liberty of each country
over its own economic fortunes.
Countries of the British Empire
and their allies, with the United
States and South America, are alone
in position to carry out such a
policy. For, irrespective of the
nature of the political settlement,
Continental Europe will end this
war starved and bankrupt of all
foods and raw materials which she
was accustomed to obtain from the
rest of the world. She will have no
means, unaided, of breaking the
vicious circle. She can export few
goods until sile has first received the
necessary raw materials. Wasteful
wartime civilizations in many lands
will leave agriculture almost as weak
as industry. This Europe will face
vast problems of general demobiliza-
ton with general lack of the neces-
sary means to put men to work.
1t is right to think of these things
now.
Revival of Trade.
Let no one suppose that we, for
our part, intend to return to the
chaos of the Old World. To do so
would bankrupt us no less than
others When peace comes we shall
make such relaxations of our war
time financial arrangements as will
permit the revival of international
trade on the widest possible basis.
We should hope to see development
Of a system of international ex-
change in which the trading of goods
and services will be the central
feature.
I echo Mr.. Secretary Hulls
summing up in his recent
declaration when he said "institu-
lions and arrangements of inter-
national finance must be so set up
that they lend aid to essential enter
orises and continuous development
Of all countries and permit payment
through the processes of trade con-
'onant with the welfare of all coun-
,ries."
However, to meet problems of the
postwar period, action in
)ther directions will also be required.
countries, and maybe
,thers too, will require initial pool
'esources to carry them through the
period.
To organize the transition to
peaceful activities we will need the
of the United States,
If ourselves and of all other free
countries which have not themselves
suffered the ravages of war. The
1ominionS and ourselves can make
our contribution to this because the
British Empire will actually possess
overseas enormous stocks of food
md materials which we are accumu-
lating so as to ease the problems of
overseas producers during the war
and of a reconstructed Europe after
war. The Prime Minister has al
ready made clear the Importance he
attaches this -.
Not an Easy Task.
No one can suppose that economic
reorganization of Europe after the
Allied victory will be an easy one.
But we shall not shirk our oppor-
tunity and our responsibility will be
10 bear our share of these burdens.
A peaceful brotherhood of nations
with due liberty to each to develop
its own balanced economic life and
it's characteristic culture, will be the
common object of us all. But it is
the transition to this end which
presents the problem. 1t is the es-
Enlistment of an international co.,
nomic system capable of translating