The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-31

The original leak on the Amerl- can plan came during the drafting of the Republican platform. In try- ing to draw up the blanks on for- eign policy, the resolutions subcoir. mittee assigned this job ran Into a snag. There was still a good bit Of isolationist strength in the party and furthermore, the COP politicians wanter to be free to criticize the Roosevelt foreign policy and lay 1t on thick and good.
 This attitude made it difficult to get into the platform any state. ments of principle that would go even as far as the Republican dec- laration of Macklnac Island in which, nearly a year ago before. COP senators, governors and party big shots came out unanimously for joining an organization Of nae tions to maintain just and last. ing peace.
 PLANS FOR PEACE
 ASSEMBLY
 To sell the resolutions committee on the necessity for drafting a plat- form that would endorse something of that kind. Republican Senators Austin, Vandenberg, and White, who were members of a foreign re. lations subcommittee familiar with Secretary of State Cordell Hulls plans. finally felt forced to disclose to an executive session of the for- eign policy plank drafters some of the details on how it was proposed to maintain peace by force. From these disclosures. information first leaked out on the American plan to be presented to British and Rus sian delegations at Dumbarton Oaks.
 News Of this was generally buried under the more dramatic fight for the presidential nomination. but as revealed at Chicago the American plan called for an assembly of peace-loving nations, in which each nation would have only one vote. At the top, however, would be a council of eight nations, including the United States, Great Britain, Russia and China, whose represen- tatives would sit permanently. and four smaller nations which would rotate annually.
 It has, Of course, been disclosed recently that this proposal might be modified to include France with the big four and to increase to seven the number of smaller na. tions on the council.
 Whatever the numbers, in case trouble should break out in any part of the world. this executive council would be authorized to take action by vote Of "an extraordinary mas jorlty." defined as at least all of the larger nations plus one or two of the smaller nations. Thus any one of the larger nations or all of the smaller nations combined could prevent action by negative votes.
 In applying force against aggres- s0r nations threatening the peece Of the world. it was understood that the council would first try to settle disputes by diplomatic or economic sanctions. These failing, the coun- cil by extraordinary majority could decide force was necessary. The larger nations would. of course. be expected to bear the greater bur- den of the costs and maintain the larger police forces which would, however. be largely under the con. tr0l of their respective governments and operate principally in their own principal spheres of interest. For instance, trouble in South America would be assigned by the council to the United States for settlement. trouble in the Balkans to Russia. in western Europe or Africa to Great Britain, in the Pacific perhaps to g combination of powers,
 PATTERN FOR
 NON-PARTI6ANsHIP
 Disclosure of even this much of the American plan. as early as last June, made no difference in the end result No governments fell. no diplomats were forced to turn In their portfolios, and the confer. enee was held just as scheduled.
 The fact that U, S. senators told state secrets raises 6 nice question of ethics, but that Is beyond the point that even after the cat had been let out of the bag. there were no U effects. Ii anything. 1t helped the Republicans write Q better plat- form, and helped the cause of mak- ing n0n-paFtisan peace, That should prove there Is no need for keeping lot of this confidential stun under Rlarh fi0laf uRa rafafa0e