The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-02-02

Stassen Makes
Post War Plans
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Establishment OF the United Ma
lions on a basis OF postwar perm
anency as considerably discussed
In both legislative and executive
Washington; maybe by the judi
ciary also.
Gov. Harold z. Stassen OF Min
nesota did not exactly originate the
idea; II had been suggested before
he came out in its favor. He has
gone into II in detail, however.
Originally IL was just a hazy kind
OF a concept. He has given II ma
teriality; has made II subject for
serious consideration. Now he rs
its outstanding missionary. He
proposes an international congress
and executive council.
II is a concrete plan, as Stassen
outlines il.
The problem is:
How about Axis acquiescence7
To be sure, the Axis is to be lick
ed into unconditional surrender as
agreed on recently by President
Roosevelt and Prime Minister
Churchill at Casablanca.
That they will come into the I'm
ion in good faith and voluntarily is
more than unlikely. They will he
blackjacked in, II at all. and that
they ever will prove TO have been
sincere joiners Is extremely i'm.
probable.
Governor Stassen doesn't plan TO
admit them Immediately.
They will need to be reformed
preliminarily, he agrees.
This ought to be easy enough
with Italy; 1t simply got, acct
dentally, into bad company, and
may be glad to get out OF IT, Ger
many has a suspiciously undesir.
able past record. Japan is suspect
as q temperamental case.
Governor Stassen recognizes that
those nationalities will have TO
be "policed" indefinitely on into
futurity-Italy only temporarily.
Germany for quite spell, and ia
pan, perhaps, forever.
The union OF nations would not
be very satisfactory, though, with
Germany yanked in by the hair
of its head and japan everlastingly
q dissenter.
II may mean that the United
Nations can keep the others in sub
lection, but that would not be the
all-aronnd peace we think we are
scrapping for. And yet, how can
1t be a world.union unless they are
included?
The Italians are q fiuks set.up,
due to Mussolini.
The Germans are pretty chronic,
with their kaisers and Hitlers. They
have a nice element of folk. but it
does not seem to be predominant.
The Japs are queerer. Their
rank-and-file is o. k, but 1t is bossed
by its dotty military class to such
an extent that IL is like reckoning
with q lunatic asylum.
Now another schedule is being
booster for, for the benefit OF the
Axis-overrun or would-be neutral
countries. What will they get out
OF the final settlement?
Maybe unionized agreement
will consolidate them.
II Is conceded that an amalgama-
ton will be decidedly complicated.
Truly old.line democratic coun.
tries. like the United States, Bri-
tain, France. Italy, the little pewee
European groups, the Latin Amerl-
cans, Spain and Portugal will be
easy enough to get together. Also
China.
But how about the little coun-
tries respective representations?
There may be jealousles.
Their united congress may be
possible to agree on, with numeric-
al representation. But the presi.
dency?
Sentiment will figure among 9th.
Of considerations.
How would we like to have a
South American world president?
This is something like what Gov.
ernor Stassen emissions.
1t is a possibility. anyhow.
That is, It is logical on the
Stassen basis.
The governors story Is that our
northern and southern states got
together after the Civil War and
that now the same stunt is a
possibility on a worldwide basis.
Stasen wants to make it a ma.
tional policy.
He is becoming a national charac-
ter.
You hear about him presidentally.