Evening star., 1942-09-04
Student Delegates
Study War and Peace
Credo for Adoption
Droft Of Principles
To Be Guided by
United Nations Envoys

Delegates to the international
Student Assembly began studying
today a proposed draft of credo
which, with amendments and re-
visions, they probably will adopt
tomorrow as the set of principles
determining their attitude toward
the conduct of the war and the
making of the postwar world.
The draft will be acted on only
after the various delegates consult
separately with the embassies and
legations of the countries of their
origin. Most of the 35 foreign dele
gates were chosen by their govern
ments.
The assembly, arranged through
the cooperation of the United Ma
tions governments at the direct
behest of President Roosevelt, comes
as near to being an official Allied
international conference as will be
held curing the war The students
provide the reason and the audience
for large number of officials to
make statements of United Nations
policy and the credo will reflect Of
ficial Allied attitude.
Roosevelt Reveals Aims.
President Roosevelt divulged the
Allied aim yesterday when, in
radio broadcast all over the globe,
he said the United Nations intend to
build and sustain the kind of world
order which alone can justify the
tremendous sacrifices now being
made by our youth"
The program for the assembly to-
day provided for series of eight
round-table discussions at the Inter-
departmental Auditorium on the
topic "The Peoples Century" The
delegates will hold dance tonight
at American University and con-
clude their sessions tomorrow.
Young people hope that the ideas
of old men will not be allowed to
dominate the decisions at the peace
conference, Miss Kitty Martin of
Georgia State Women's College said
last night in a discussion with Mrs.
Roosevelt, who, with William Bait,
vice chairman of the War Produc-
ton Board, was the principal speak
er at the evening session.
British Youth "Too Busy"
Wing Comdr. Scott Maiden of
England, however, told the dele
gates that for "all young people in
Britain, whether in the front line
or in the factories, on the farms or
in the colleges, the war is too near.
too urgent, to allow a suitable at
mosphere for detached thinking.
We have been forced to shelve, until
the war is won, the problem of after
the war
Mrs. Roosevelt commented that
"the unity which has come about
among the youth in the fighting
forces should be expressed in q
basic agreement which they are de-
termined to see carried out at the
end of the war"
In the last war" she said.
youth did not think deeply about
the causes of the war nor formu-
late any objective for peace. The
result of this was that through
sins of omission and commission
We brought on another war. The
determination that this shall not
happen again, I believe, should be
firmly expressed by youth today.
Must "Unite in Peace"
They have united in war. There
fore, they must unite in peace. We
can't grow too weary to act to-
gether for this purpose. We must
cooperate with all other nations. |
We cannot retire within our mar
row boundaries and think only of
our immediate and personal eco
nonic struggles. If we do 1t will
bring world disaster again"
H. T. Chu of China, Abdul Kadir
of Java, Cesare Lombroso, italian
exile, and Regina Arruda of Bra
I'll also participated in the discus
sion with Mrs. Roosevelt.
Mr.. Bait took the view that the
war is but the prelude to re-
shaping of the world. He said:
Military victory is simply our
immediate objective. Obviously we
shall have to win the war, because
to lose 1t would Immediately elm
mate us, at least for long while,
as factor in determining the
course of civilization.
But after we have gained our
military objective, another sort of
battle front will develop, against
other and less obvious enemies, and
must be fought with the same en-
ergy and singleness of purpose
which we are putting forth today
II q lasting peace is ever TO be
won."