Askov American., 1943-11-11

naClOn WHICH kIlOWS THAT lCS own
peace, security and future welfare
lie in the existence of a peaceful
world built on the solid rock of free
dom and equal opportunity for all
peoples and nations"
The five senators who opposed the
resolution are Shipstead of Mime
sofa, Johnson of California, LANCER
of North Dakota, Wheeler of Mon
tana, and Reynolds of North Caro-
lima = three Republicans and two
Democrats. Senator LaFollette, Pro-
gressive, of Wisconsin, is ill, but
stated that he would have voted
against the resolution had he been
present. The five other abSentees
would have voted for the resolution
had they been present.
The resolution declares that the
Senate favors complete victory over
all our enemies, cooperation with our
comrades in arms in securing a just
and honorable peace, establishment
and maintenance of international au-
thority with power to prevent ag-
gression and preserve the peace of
the world, and the following para
graph based on the Moscow declara-
ton:
THAT the Senate recognizes the
necessity of there being established
at the earliest practicable date a
general international organization,
based on the principle of the sover-
eign equality of all peace-loving
states, and open to membership by
all such states, large and small, for
the maintenance of international
peace and security"
Democratic floor leader Senator
Barkley said upon its passage: This
is an historic resolution" and added:
"This resolution will hearten the
American people, our Allies and mil
lions of down-trodden human beings
over the world, who will look to it
as to a rising sun in new day of
international relations. 1t will weak
en- our enemies"
Senator Shipstead said that ''the
Treaty of Versailles imposed impos-
sible economic conditions on Austria
and other nations and thus prepared
the way for the present war.
English and French bankers later
financed the rearmament of Germany
under Hitler and joined with German
industrial cartels to make money out
of the rearmament. The House of
Morgan in this country made loans
to bolster the Mussolini regime in
Italy.
when Japan invaded Manchukuo
and Italy invaded Ethiopia, the big
European powers in the League Of
Nations refused to stop the aggreS-
sions because their own safety was
not endangered.
"TO talk about setting UP mill
tary force to enforce the next
peace is futile, for there never
has been a satisfactory peace
which had to be supported by
armed troops.
"Instead of devising police meas
ures to enforce peace" concluded
Senator Shipstead, "the better ap-
proach to world stability would be
by insisting that the peace be so
fair and just that no peoples will
feel impelled to struggle against it."
Senator Wheeler, another mem
Der opposing the resolution, said:
'Internationlists are demanding Sem
they fear that after the American
people learn the full facts about
what the terms of peace are going to
be they will rebel against them"
Senator Danaher of Connecticut,
tried in vain to amend the Connally
resolution so as to embody the prin-
cipal provisions of the widely-pub-
licized Atlantic Charter
This Danaher amendment, which
the Senate turned down, proposed, in
part, that the United States partici-
pate in the postwar maintenance Of
peace providing the peace treaty it.
self shall contain an agreement
81. That no signatory nation shall
seek aggrandizement, territorial or
otherwise.
"2. That no territorial changes
shall be permitted which do not ac-
cord with the freely expressed wishes
of the people concerned.
SO. That all peoples shall have the
right to choose the form of govern
ment under which they will live,
particularly to the end that self-gov-
ernment may be restored to those
who have been forcibly deprived
thereof.
"5. That they will grant to all ma
tions, great or small, victor or van
quished access on equal terms to the
trade and to the raw materials of the
world which are needed for their
economic prosperity.
'6. That they will undertake full
est collaboration among all nations
in the economic field to the end that
they all may enjoy improved labor