Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-10-17
Postwar Resolution
With Teeth Demanded
In Senate and House
81 the Associated Press.

Fresh moves developed in Con-
gfess yesterday for a more
stringent postwar policy resolu-
tion that would require United
Nations action to set up a world
Organization with military DOW
ers to suppress future aggression.
Appealing to the Senate for
prompt action on the postwar COLA
boration measure, Chairman Bloom
10 the House Freign Affairs Com
mittee declared that Congress in
1910 took "far stronger" stand for
outlawing war than the proposal
presently contemplated.
simultaneously, a Senate bloc as
sailed the postwar resolution ap-
proved by Senate Foreign Rela-
tions Subcommittee as vague in its
commitments" and proposed altera-
tion Of section which advises that
the United States, acting through its
constitutional processes, join with
free and sovereign nations in the
establishment and maintenance of
International authority with power
to:prevent aggression and to preserve
the peace of the world"
Terms of Substitute.
The groups proposed substitute
advocates:
THAT the United States, acting
through its constitutional processes,
JOIN with the other United Nations
i'm the establishment and mainte-
nance of an international organi-
zation to promote cooperation
among nations, with authority to
settle international disputes peace
fully and with power, including
military force, to suppress military
aggression and to preserve the peace
OF the world"
The group, led by Senator Ball,
Republican, of Minnesota; Burton,
Republican, of Ohio; Hill, Demo-
crHt, of Alabama, and Hatch, DEM
ocrat, of New Mexico said that
amendment would be submitted to
the full Foreign Relations Commit
tee at meeting Tuesday. Sena-
tors Pepper, Democrat, of Florida;
Bridges, Republican, of New Hamp-
shire, and Maybank, Democrat, Of
South Carolina, who aided in draft
ing the amendment, said Senators
Ferguson, Republican, of Michigan;
Mead, Democrat, of New York, and
Guffey, Democrat, of Pennsylvania
had subscribed to the proposal.
Senator Ball told reporters the
group want the words free and
sovereign nations" eliminated be-
cause it was felt their insertion in
the resolution prepared under the
direction of Chairman Connally of
the Foreign Relations Committee
can only be interpreted as limita-
ton on the parent authority"
In formal statement, the group
said they believed the term Inter
national authority" is extremely
vague" in its meaning.
They said they wanted to define
the functions of the parent organ
lzation as those of promoting CO.
operation between nations, or set
ting international disputes by
peaceful means and of suppressing
military aggression by military
force, if necessary.
Reaction Unfavorabge.
The Connally measure, however,
has apparently strong support, and
the immediate reaction of some
Foreign Relations Committee mem
bers to the new proposal was un-
favorable.
Senator George, Democrat, of
Georgia, interpreted the proposed
amendment as paving the way for
establishment of an international
police force.
II would oppose any such organ
ization,' he said
Majority Leader Barley, who
served on the subcommittee which
drafted the Connally resolution,
said, II think the resolution worked
out so carefully by the subcommit-
tee deserves and will attract a great
deal of support"
From the statutes of more than
three decades ago, Mr.. Bloom drew
this resolution, which, he said, was
passed by both the House and Sem
ate, and signed by President Taft:
'ReSolved-that a commission of
five members be appointed by the
President of the United States to
consider the expediency of utilizing
International agencies for the pur-
pose of limiting the ornaments of
the nations of the world by interna-
tional agreement, and of CONSTITUTE
ing the combined navieS of the
world an international force for the
preservation of universal peace, and
to consider and report upon any
other means to diminish the ex-
penditures of government for mill
tary purposes and to lessen the
probabilities of war"
But, Mr. Bloom declared, before
q commission was named the seeds
of the World War had produced
sufficient hostility among nations
IN hlock the American effort to out