Evening star., 1943-08-26
Henderson Succeeds
Morris as President
OF Bar Association
BY the Associated Press.

| BY the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, Aug. 26.-Joseph
Welles Henderson, SO. of Philadel-
phia was elected president of the
American Bar Association today by
| the unanimous vote of the House
of Delegates. He formerly was a
member of the Board of Governors
and a representative in the House
| of Delegates.
Mr.. Henderson is senior partner
in the firm of Rawle g. Henderson,
which continues the practice of the
Rawle law Offices founded in Phila-
delphia by William RaWle in 1888.
Mr.. Henderson succeeds George
Maurice Morris of Washington.
Other officers of the association
were reelected.
Taft Addresses Convention.
Senator Taft, Republican, of Ohio
told the association today that be-
cause the United States Is mot en-
gagged in crusade for democracy,"
it's citizens must consider seriously
the basic principles of a lasting
peace.
The insurance of peace and
safety in the future" Senator Taft
said, "is not an easy task. 1t can't
be obtained by passing congressional
resolutions. Every peace
treaty has stated as its objective
perpetual peace between the con-
tracing parties.
I'VE are not engaged in any cru
SADIE for democracy, or for the four
freedoms, or the preservation of the
British Empire. We seek world in
which the American people can work
out the destiny of the republic and
solve the problems of human liberty
and happiness without physical at
tack on the distortion of our multi
pie freedoms by war.
Whether Congress should yet
debate the problem is open to ques-
ton, but the private citizens of this
country should certainly engage
continuously in a thoughtful anal
ysis of the plans that are proposed.
How can we in the future insure
peace fer the United States and its
people?"
Offers Seven Point Plan.
Answering his question, Senator
Taft outlined seven-point plan
as the basic conditions for the steps
to be taken before considering "the
question of the use of power to en-
force peace"
His points we're: Complete victory
and consequent disarmament of the
Axis which he said alone should
insure peace for many a year to
come and it is two-thirds of the
problem: a strong national defense;
abstention from interference in the
internal affairs of other nations;
renewed attempt ito prevent the
occurrence of any war in the world
by international action; self-de-
termination of nations: insistence
on free elections in all liberated ter
ritories, and lastly a revision of
international law to supplant "the
German doctrine that might makes
right" with an affirmative statement
of principles on which the nations
may live at peace together.
Representative Randolph, Demo-
crat. of West Virginia told the con-
vention the United States should
take steps to acquire Greenland and
other islands of value to our defense
and postwar air commerce.
He said French and British poses
sions of our Atlantic shore should
be brought under American jurisdic-
ton, and that this Nation should
retain Pacific isles and air bases
the United States is constructing
for war purposes.
I'VE were forced to assume de
facto sovereignty of Greenland when
Hitler swallowed Denmark, and
Greenland has rapidly come to have
enormous strategic value to the
United States" he said. 90 = 1t is
perfect intermediary base for air
transport between the United States
and Europe in peace or war.
In our hands. Greenland is worth
1000 pursuit planes as a defense
against any hostile European nation:
If controlled by hostile nation it
Is worth, to him, 1000 bombers.
believe, therefore, that we must
make some kind of agreement with
postwar Denmark which will give us
Greenland"
He contended the United States
should insist on retaining the
Pacific islands which have threat
ened our safety in the past, and air
bases we are building as a means
OF winning the war"
Associate Justice Wiley Rutledge
of the Supreme Court said he was
sure "the vast majority of our
people now stand committed to the
principle that an effective organiza-
ton for maintaining peace should
be created after the war.
Should Include Defeated Nations.
Such structure, he. said, must
embrace China, the British COM
monWealth, Russia and the United
States, should be joined by the small
countries and should include the
defeated nations after they have