Evening star., 1943-11-14
BY Sigrid Arne.
Associated Press Writer.

NEW YORK.-Theres a confusing
tug-of-war between the two basic ideas
behind the plans for the world tomor-
row.
Here is the way New York official
of an international corporation put his
finger on it:
We're going to say there will be no
third world war. And then we're going
to act as though there will be-"
This is what he means: .....
/. Practically every world leader, driv-
ing at eace-to-keep, is urging brisk
trade between nations. They think we
should cut the cost of trade so that
we get Chinas tea for less. China
gets our thermostats for less We
get Russian furs for less. Chile gets our
typewriters for less
It's hopes this brisk trade will keep
people in jobs reduce poverty and boil
up a general we'll ll-being-hence, no
third world war. The happy man
doesn't hate; the secure man doesn /
covet.
President Roosevelts Views.
President Roosevelt put it this way to
Boston convention of the National
Foreign Trade Council:
I'm a truly free world all men and
all peoples must have certain rights.
They must have the right to produce
to the fullest extent, commensurate
with their ability, the things which
they are best able to produce
This means equality of access to ma
terials and to capital. They must have
the free choice of what they will pro-
duce, governed solely by sound eco
nonic principles and due regard for
the welfare of others.
Each country must have the right to
exchange its own products for things
which it needs and wants, and which
other countries can produce to better
advantage
The United States is the best example
of the free trade the President described.
Suppose it wasn't
Suppose each State still had it's own
auto factory, as Eric Johnston, president
of the United States Chamber of Com
merce. pointed out to me. The small
family auto probably would still cost
$4,000.
Suppose each State tried to live on
the food it produced. Idaho would be
plenty sick of potatoes, and California
grapes might cost 81 a pound in Phila-
delphia.
Urge Self Sustaining.
2. But there's a second set of men
who are urging that each area grow
and make as much as it can for itself.
These groups, for the most part, repre-
sent countries which haven't had fac
tories, but now want them. Central
Europe, the South American countries,
India.
Partly, they want the increased in
come which follows industrialization
But partly they fear a third world war.
They want the factories that can turn
out the tools of war. They want to
balance of each area so that never
again will an unprepared world face a
prepared Hitler.
Suppose we were to adopt the second
idea. Wed continue to make synthetic
rubber at a higher price than we can
buy natural rubber from the Indies
president Roosevelt has expressed him
self in favor of natural rubber) And
we'd go on making our own nitrates, at
higher prices than those at which we
can buy in Chile.
And Chile and the Indies? They'd
lose income from us, and their living
standard would be in danger of debating
like leaking balloon. And then, what
becomes of this brotherhood of man
about which there is so much talk?
Australia is another good example
Foreign traders here believe she won't
be too happy to enter the free-trade