The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-08-14

IcpISSCuJhLANCS OL tWO AHCG AAJlOAlo, they had subscribed to "declara- tion of principles common to our peoples"
 we based, and continue to base. our hopes for a better future for the world on the realization of these principles" Mir. Roosevelt said.
 He recalled that a year ago the nations resisting common, bar barrie foe" were units of small groups, fighting for their existence.
 All Have United
 Nov these nations and groups of nations in all the continents of the earth have united" the Presi- dent said. '"They have formed a great union of humanity, dedicated to the realization of that common program of purposes and principles set forth in the Atlantic Charter, through worldwide victory over their common. enemies.
 Their faith in life, liberty, inde- pendence and religious freedom, and in the preservation of human rights and justice in theirf own lands as well as in other lands, has been given form and substance and power through great gathering of peoples now known as the United Nations"
 MT. Roosevelt said taht "if the forces of conquest are not success fully resisted and defeated there will be no freedom and no independ- ence and no opportunity for free dom for any nation"
 When victory comes," he said I've shall stand shoulder to shoul- der in seeking to nourish the great ideals for which we fight It Is worthwhile battle. It will be so recognized through all the ages, even amid the unfortunate peoples who follow false gods today"
 The first anniversary of the charter finds the United States pressing forward under a definite program of war aims and postwar objectives.
 Four Freedoms
 That program was initiated in President Roosevelt's January 6, 1941, message to Congress, in which he proclaimed the four freedoms freedom from want, freedom from fear, freedom of religion, freedom of speech.
 The Atlantic charter was the next milestone in the gradual evolution of this country's concept of the postwar world. The eight points outlined by MT. Roosevelt and Churchill included pledges against territorial aggrandizement and use of force as an instrument of na- tional policy, as well as a promise to disarm the aggressor nations.
 On December 2 Japan attacked Pearl Harbor. Since then there have been other milestones es- tablishment of the United Nations set-up, signing of formal lend lease agreements, speeches by high Amer ican officials. Now almost any sit- uation can be judged against estab- lished policies.
 Most important of all was speech by Secretary of State Cordell Hull on July g recognized as the outstand- ing official policy declartion by this government since our entry into the war. He made it because various official and non-official statements on war aims and postwar planning had been misinterpreted. These statements had been too general in character and individuals or na- tions were reading into them things which were not intended. Fol. 1n- stance, an idea was developing here and abroad, that this country would l foot the bill for lifting the world to a millennium.
 Hulps Principles
 Hull set forth these principles: Economic freedom and economic security for all; liberty for all peo- ples, without distinction of race, color or religions, "who are pre- pared and willing to accept the responsibilities" For every nation, large or small, "a greater assurance of stable peace, greater opportunity for the realization of its aspirations to freedom, and greater facilities for material advancement"
 There Is no surer way for men and for nations to show themselves unworthy of liberty than, by supine submission and refusal to fight, to render more difficult the task of those who are fighting for the pres ervation of human freedom - unless 1t be to align themselves, freely and voluntarily, with the destroyers of liberty" Hull said of Axis satellites. K xxx Professions of neutrality xxx are as absurd and as suicidal as such professions on the part of a citizen of peaceful community at- tackled by band of confessed out laws"
 Of the maintenance of peace in the post war world, he said:
 Tt is plain that some international agency must be created which can = by force, if necessary - keep the peace among nations In the future. xxx One of the institutions which must be established xxx is an international court of justice. xxx Excessive trade barriers x x xj must be reduced; practices which impose injuries on others and divert trade from its natural economic course must be avoided"
 In those words were summarized the American policies developed since MT. Roosevelt, Il months be- fore Pearl Harbor, proclaimed the four human freedoms.