The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-02-04

form, however. quite stable
group of intellectuals are associat-
ing themselves with il.
The proposition was pretty hazy
at first, but since then it's been de-
Veloped into an extremely definite
plan
To be included in the suggested
hook-up are the United States. the
people Of John Bulls own island.
the Irish. the Canadians. the Aus
tralians. the New Zealanders and
the South African Union. They're
to be tied together just as our 4S
states. our couple of territories and
miscellaneous insular possessions
are The aggregation's constitu-
lions to be copy Of ours
The scheduled programs well
meant. of course. but most of the
practical statesmen I've discussed
it with in Washington legislative
and executive circles refer to ii as
cuckoo
It's agreed that the nations and
dominions mentioned might COM
bine on a treaty basis. but that
isn't what Federal Union. Incorpo-
rated. wants II wants to merge the
whole collection into an all and ex-
clusively English-speaking United
States.
Now. who'd be the executive
head of the concern? And who and
what and where would its congress
or parliament or what-you-may-
call-it be-
President or King?
Would the amalgamation jointly
elect a president-over-all or pick
out a hereditary king? Would 1t
choose its supreme legislative body
in the same fashion?
Under the contemplated merger
It appears that the president Of the
u s A. would have the federated
status OF a mere state governor
and congress that of a state legis-
lature only And the king of Eng
land would lapse into the rating
Of Just a sub-king. with collective
president or some other boss exec
uive ranking him Parliament
would become nothing but a local
legislature. too. The British do
minions' respective governments
likewise would be DEBATED mate
rally
4 federation. as distinguished
from Just a treaty arrangement
certainly would have to have a GEN.
trail authority overhead We surely
never would consent to recognition
of the English king and parlia-
ment as that kind of an authority
over us And. just as surely. the
English wouldn't subordinate their
king and parliament to our. presi-
dent and congress. ! doubt that the
British dominions would submit to
a like subordination, either. but it's
a cinch that neither we nor the
English would, anyway.
Well. then. our federation would
have 10 have a collectively-selected
chief executive and legislature and
maybe courts also.
And when we 1.-THE entire British
American alignment of us) came
TO making these selections. the
British would be as much entitled to
votes as ourselves And perhaps a
British executive chief and legisla-
tive majority would WIN Is 1t like
ly that we'd stand for that? Or
that the British would stand for it
II We won
Free Trade?
Moreover If our glsh-speak-
ing unions constitution to be a
copy Of our Yankee one. wen have
TO have free trade among US and no
immigration restrictions
And what bout our Pan-Amer-
lean policy
Federal Union. Incorporated.
doesn't figure on taking the new
world Latin countries into the fam
lily aor English isn't their language
and this thing. II put across, is TO
BE- an Enghsh-speaking federation.
Besides. its to be federation Of
democracles. and several Of the
Latin Americas are democratic
nominslly alone
In short the whole IDEAS cock
eyed our executive and legislative
critics OF y say
Nevertheless. v makes consider
able uolg.