Evening star., 1942-02-15
Men Of Free Minds
Put on Nazi Index,
Ber|e Warns
Columbia U. Alumni Club
Also Hears DR.. Goodrich
At Annual Dinner

Assistant Secretary of State Adolf
A. Berle warned last night that all
men who propose to uphold the
free mind are indexed for personal
humiliation by the Nazis should any
of the United Nations fall to the
Axis.
His warning came at the annual
dinner of the Columbia University
Alumni Club of Washington, held
at the Carlton Hotel Present were
members of the Supreme Court, in
cluding the Chief Justice, and men,
bers of Congress.
Mr.. Berle said it was people like
his audience who were a direct war
objective" of the Axis and were
marked for annihilation in the event
of defeat.
"One has to live a little close to
the gun barrels these days to realize
at long last we must unite our moral
and intellectual traditions" he de-
clared.
Some nations failed to do this, he
said. and have fallen before the
Axis war machine.
Committed to Atlantic Chapter.
DR.. Carter Goodrich, professor of
economics at Columbia and chair
man of the International Labor Or
ganization governing body, as the
second speaker of the evening, said
that we as Nation stand committed
to the Atlantic Charter, and added
that 'it is the policy of the United
States and now of the United Ma
tions"
The charter laid down the prin-
ciple, he reminded the group, Of
equal access to trade and raw ma
terials, and stated the objective of
improved labor standards, economic
advancement and social security
I'VE need the eager partnership of
other nations and an understanding
of these purposes extending beyond
governments and reaching down to
the masses of the people here at
home, among our allies and even
beyond the enemy lines" he said.
DR.. Goodrich compared the OBJ
Jectives of the charter to the aims
Of the labor organization, and said
the Atlantic Charter can do much
in winning their acceptance by the
peoples Of the world.
DR.. Buffers Message.
In message from DR.. Nicholas
Murray Butler, the head of the uni
verSity wrote
I'm their steady progress toward
international cooperation and un-
derstanding, our great modern de-
mocracies have taken it for granted
that the other governments with
which they dealt meant what they
said. We had all assumed that the
phghted word of a government would
be kept. We were sadly mistaken"
DR.. Butler told the alumni in his
message that I'VE must keepin mind.
above all, the fact that the truly
civilized nations of the earth must
unite together in a constructive ef-
fort to build a genuine new order
which will rest upon the foundation
OF international cooperation, sup
ported by an international police
force, which Congress by unanimous
vote proposed and indorsed nearly
80 years ago"
Four Supreme Court Justices.
The head of the university ended
his message with Alma Mater sees
clearly this grave situation and all
Its implications, and will spare no
service and no effort to support and
defend the Government of the
United States"
Seated at the head table with the
two speakers were Chief Justice
Stone. a former dean of the Colum-
bia University Law School; Justice
Reed, graduate Of the class of
1909: Justice Douglas, class of 1925;
Justice Jackson, Senator OMa-
honey, Democrat, of Wyoming, class
OF 1908; Representative Angel, Re-
publican, Of Oregon, class of 1901;
Representative Mundt, Republican,
OF South Dakota, class of 1927: As
sociate Justice Justin Miller of the
United States Court of Appeals;
Ambrose O'Connell, class of 1910,
f1rst assistant postmaster general,
and Prof. Joseph w. Barker, dean of
Columbia University School of En-
gineering.
Toastmaster was William Roy
Valance. president OF the local