The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1942-07-04

Isaiah 21:ll.
WHILE OUR manpower and production are geared
10 the early defeat OF Hiltersm a constantly
growing body Of public thought is deeply concern
ed with the peace which will follow.
Our people. who suffering and sacrificing 10
win the war. do not intend to lose the peace From
the President on down through the ranks OF Official
dom. scholars and persons in private life, serious
minds are drawing the plans and laying the ground
work for the highly improved planet which
mean TO live, once hostilities are ceased
We need go further back than the last World
War TO realize that the signing OF an armistice can
be followed by profound economic shock. This
time II the planners for the peace have their way,
we will cushion the shock Most OF
that now, and not after the is the time decide
how 10 meet the postwar conditions and how To
put into effect all the social and political changes
which VIII be required in order to make the peace
lasting
Our war aims are simple beat Hitler Our peace
aims are more complex and harder to describe.
First principles for the peace stated in the
Atlantic Declaration the joint Anglo American state
ment OF Franklin d. Roosevelt and winston Church
III. Under it, when peace arrives there are be no
territorial changes that do accord with the free
ly expressed wishes OF the peoples concerned All
peoples are to have the right TO choose the form OF
government under which they will live: sovereign
rights and self-goyernment are to be restored -
those who have been forcbly deprived OF them.
All states. great and small victor and yanquisheo.
are 10 obtain, insofar as possible access en- equal
terms 10 the trade and materials of the world
which are needed for their economic prosperity.
nations in the economic field with the object OF ee-
curity for ALL improved labor standards economic
Advancement. and social security. After the final
destruction OF Nazi tyranny. the Declaration prof.
ecis peace which will afford TO all nations the
means OF safely dwelling within their own boun-
daries. and which will afford assurance that all
the men in all lands may live out their lives in
freedom from fear and want. Such peace shouii
enable all men TO traverse the high seas without
hindrance.
The Declaration reaffirms the belief th III OF
The nations OF the world. for realistic as well AS
spiritual reasons come TO the abandonment
OF the use OF force. Since the future peace can not
be maintained II land. sea or air ornaments con-
'inue to be employed by nations which threaten or
may threaten, aggression outside Of their frontiers
the sgnatories believe that the disarmament OF sucn
nations Is essential
I'D and announcement are offered all ether prac-
teal measures which will tighten for peace-loying
peoples the crushing burden of ornaments
Part i've OF the Declaration specifically takes
up the peace aim. What does this peace aim con-
tain? What are its detectives? What policies will
OF demobza'icn? what will be its postwar frame
work. What Is its first practical steps?
These questions can not be answered fully The
answers Will evolve and unfold under the impact o!
events But substance can be given them.
When hostilities cease practically every avenue
OF International trade will be blocked Millions of
men. demobilized and returning to civilian life will
create acute problems Of absorption Attendant dis-
locations will be at once commercial financial, me-
chanical and mental.
There will be at that time great movement OF
social unrest. requiring, before some guide
posts TO reconstruction
Solutions 10 problems of this magnitude can not
be impfoyiseh They can be made workable and ac-
cep'ab.e only when foreseen aud foreplanned
The central problem is to great extent inter-
national To build better United States without
establishing better world order is admittedly flu
tile. since lasting peace is The first requisite and