The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1942-07-31
BY D. D. PLUMB

SEATTLE-(Special to The Voice
DIR. Pierre Cot, former professor o
constitutional law at Rennes univer
lsity of France, aviation minister o
France, now graduate professor of po
Ilitical science at Yale university anC
Col NJ Thomas Tchou, former sec
Iretary to Generalissimo Chang Kai
shek, formerly director of the China
labor department and chief represent.
alive to the International Labor con-
ference in Geneva lead the United
Nations conference discussion of Twin
the War to Win the Peace" held in
Seattle July 16 and II.
"In order to seek intelligently the
peace after this war;" DR.. Cot said,
you must consider the peace of 1918.
We won the war in 1918, but lost the
peace. When the complete and total
defeat of the axis comes, we will have
to look to those leaders of the under
ground movements in the axis domi-
mated countries for peace leadership
so that fair and lasting peace can
be affected.
Experience must be our teacher
and experience has shown that war
has never come out of true democratic
countries but always from a dictator
ship. This war started with the Civil
war in Spain and has been continuous
to the present time"
T1f. COt foraoaaa q Hyona,. ,aooaf, lo
ing made following this war and could
not condemn too strongly such a
peace. "Such a peace would be only
a truce and experience has shown
that truce always lead to war;" he
declared. With paper peace" this
war could and would go on over and
over so or 100 years.
DR.. Cot said, 1--WE must think of re-
construction of Europe. We must
feed, lodge and re-educate the people
of Europe. The peace must provide
freedom to all peoples including the
people of Germany. When this war
is over and international control of
Europe is established, we must face
the establishment of true-democracy
We must not establish the formula of
our past democracies for the new
Europe. We must form a new con-
cept for democracy. Democracy be-
fore, has been very limited interna-
tionally by national sovereignty. We
must change our concept of national
ism for new concept. We must ex-
tend democracy to all peoples to avert
future wars"
He stated that he is not an Amer
lean and did not feel free to criticize
but that he advised the
Of French democracy and go exactly
TO the contrary to the French ways
Three rules were suggested for the |
people to follow:
1. To fight fascism we must fight |
the results and also we must fight |
The causes of fascism. Monopoly cap
talism has developed fascism.
q When war is over we face the |
necessity of establishing a system |
based not on profits but on equality |
Of people.
3. Find best way to establish a dis |
ciplined economy. We cannot avoid |
problem of economy discipline. We
must not maintain "individualistic"
reedom but freedom of all the peo-
,les. Governments must follow and
lpply the will of the people. We
must develop simultaneously social
equality political equality and eco
ionic equality.
DIR. Cot concluded that such Free
europe, he believed would be able to
ealize the ideals of the French Rev
luton.
Dr. Cot lectured In San Francisco,
los Angeles, Portland and Seattle and
vas very ontimistic about the intelli-