Evening star., 1943-09-19
Where Unity Will Count

Where Unity Will Count
The value of the Fulbright resolu-
tion, on which the House will vote
tomorrow under suspension of the
rules, is the value OF signpost along
long and rocky road. 1t points
the way. 1t does little else. 1t does
not say how deep the valleys are
that lie ahead, how thick the forests
or how high the mountains that must
be crossed. It does not say what
must be done to 60 through or to
get over the obstacles we shall meet.
All 1t does is to give the direction.
The value Of the approval that it
will receive at the hands OF the
House tomorrow does not lie merely
In a favorable vote. It lies in the
nature Of that vote and the size OF
the majority. 1t is to be hoped that
in passing it the House will display
the same fine spirit of nonpartisan
unity which marked the resolutions
unanimously favorable report at the
hands OF the Foreign Affairs Com
mittee. What most Americans want
to see today is some agreement
among their representatives on
where we are going after this war is
won. Nonpartisan Endorsement Of
the Fulbright resolution by a solid
House will tell them, and tell them
what they want to be told.
Twice before, in these columns,
the short text Of the Fulbright reso-
luton has been printed and it is
printed here again:
Resolved, by the House of Repre-
sentatives (the Senate concurring)
that Congress hereby expresses itself
as favoring the creation Of appro-
pirate International machinery with
power adequate to establish and to
maintain just and lasting peace,
and rs favoring participation by the
United States therein.
The reason the text Is printed
again Is because the Fulbright reso-
luton is an excellent example OF the
sort Of expression that should come
from Congress at this time. Without
prejudice to some Of the other ex-
cellent resolutions which sincere and
earnest men have placed before the
Senate, the Fulbright resolution
possesses one advantage that time
may show to have been lacking in
others. That advantage lies in it's
avoidance Of precise details as to
how far we should go, or should not
60, in international collaboration to
keep the peace we hope to win.
1t is an advantage to avoid those
details now because no man on earth
can say what the world will be like
when this war Is over. Nor is any
man capable Of encompassing within
the framework Of any resolution a
formula adequate to deal with all
the complexities OF an unknown
future.
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preston Of our determination that
having won global war we shall
live up to our responsibilities Of
maintaining global peace. We want
a declaration Of independence from
the discredited theory of continental
isolation, the fatally dangerous doc
trine that we can live In self-con-
tanned peace here at home by ignor-
ing "Europe's squabbles." The Full
bright resolution will not settle the
future OF the world. But If the House
gives it united support tomorrow,
the Representatives Of the people will
have outlined the pattern Of the
policy we are to pursue in interna-
tional collaboration after the war.
That expression will be helpful to
the President in the discharge of
his constitutional responsibilities for
the conduct of our foreign relations.
The details OF this policy, unknown
to him or to any man now, will be
revealed as world events shape our
destiny as Nation. As a people we
can consider them then for what
they are.