The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-05-17

Internationalism
May Depend Upon
Trade Pacts
BY Charles p. Stewart

POST WAR INTERNATIONAL
ISM is talked about aplenty IN
Washington. It relates both to d..
plomacy and economics.
From the economic angle it deaA
largely with trade paets. The pro.
posed paets are discussed in gener-
al but they are discussed especially
as between and among the Amer
ican republics plus canada The
chat verges upon advocacy oil an
alignment not far short Of a New
World confederation
Trade pact bargains could uslude
only democratic countries at pres.
ent. n will be too early for fhe~AXl,
powers to figure in them directly
after the wa. Germany Is ONLY
specuated upon theoretically ltal!
rs duly weighed as later passibil.
ity, the MussoIini regime having
been eliminated. s. expected
France is TOO mixed up TO be
re koned with vet
spain is minor calculation The
idea Is 70 bunch The still smaller
European states together and ne
gotiate with them more or less col
lectively
Africa is still too little under.
stood 70 he estimated intelligently,
u Is being studied. though-partlc-
ulally its Mediterranean coast. to
which lots OF attention has been
directed lately by military opera.
tions
Russia promises 10 be a puzzle.
It's solution will depend upon what
principles our own democratic phi.
osophies and the Communists can
agree upon. It does not look like
being easy 10 arrive at Neyerthe-
Tess, there r a least an improve
ment in relations between US Demo
Gratis and the supporters Of Soviet
ism
Now It goes almost without say
ing that We Yankees and the Brit
ish will be the joint hub of what
ever worldwide decker, II any. IS
effected The British. OF course.
include Canada and Australasia and
probably We can include China in
our hook.up.
ANYWAY. the Anglo-AmerlCan out
fit will predominant, including, on
the one hand. the western New
World and perhaps China. and, on
the other hand, England and John
Bulls overseas dependencies.
This does not necessarily include
Russia, which is matter OF pure
work, and 1t does not include
Japan, which is worse than the
Nazi regime and may have to be
approximately wiped off the map to
restore 100 per cent peace on earth.
: Thus there will be left only India
and few additional small spots to
be pacified.
Freezia, out Russia BY degrees
should be feasibility, for those
folk are semi.ciyilized. Germany
can be licked, as was demonstrated
in the last war. il only the needed
steps are taken to KEEP it licked,
once it has admitted it. The Jap
military class can be exterminated.
Otherwise the worlds folk should
be able to get on fairly well to.
Eether.
All. but can they
II did not work that way the last
time.
We q am speaking OF the United
States had a peace period Work
ers. left alone. produced what We
needed Times we're reasonably
good. Producers had an adequate
demand for their stuff to keep them
humping on their Jobs. Everything
was lovely. Economics were ad-
justed. There was a nice balance.
Then the last war popped. All pro-
duction OF everything that every
body wanted was choked off a. its
source, in favor of shot and run.
powder
Well the war ended. Jobs OF that
sort ended also.
Ample calls for all varieties OF
CIVILIAN suppleS remained hanging
fire
Civiliandom wanted the stuff but
1t had not the money to pay for It
Now it Is being repeated
The last one was a record de.
preston. II is a fair surmise that
this will beat the first one proper
tionately.
Can there be a world depression
that won't be reflected IN a [. :.
depression?
Naturally We have not got too
much Of what we've GOT.
We've got too much Of what We
don't NEED for anything but mill,
tary purposes.
How about that postwar depres.
sion?
Aad why won't It be worldwide?