The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1944-07-06
rpn.s BLUE PRINT
FOR POSTWAR ORDER
By RAULMALLON.

ocratic senator's. Men like Senator
Ball. who wanted an international
police force and, in fact, an inter-
nationalized world, were disap-
pointed, but the ex-isolatiopist
Senator Vandenberg was fairly
well pleased. He whispered to the
newsmen behind his hand that it
looked like the president was COM
ing around to the midwest posi-
ton.
But it was obvious such
scheme would pass the senate ov-
erwhelmingly when it comes up,
as it must, in the form Of treaty.
It is in harmony with both the
Smith onnely resolution and the
Mackinac Island declaration of the
Republicans.
To that extent unity is probable,
but actually the formula sets no
more than the first point at issue.
The details of how it is worked out
will give the postwar world its
character.
We're Third in Italy
For instance, congressman have
concluded that in the establish
ment of the Italian government SO
far, we have run third with Russia
! on top there, and friends of Great
Britain in second position. Little
has been said on tie floGtsfs, but TIKI
has been main topic in the cloak.
rooms since the speech of Senator
Bridges, asking if Mr.. Roosevelt
had lost the initiative in Europe.
Now Il Is clear that If Mr..
Roosevelt does not do better in
France than he did in Italy we
viii in reality be third In all
Europe. no matter how much
equality we seem to enjoy in
the blueprint formula present.
cd.
So also with the formula itself.
The top council composed of the
United States, Great Britain, Rus
STA and China (the names are al
ways used in that order) no doubt
will dominate, the assembly and
seem to give control of the world
jointly to the four great powers.
The assembly of all the nations
presumably will not meet often and
may act only in an advisory capac-
ity.
But with Russia on top in Europe
and Britain clinging to her empire
our influence in reality no doubt,
will be restricted to this hemis-
phere. Britain and Russian have
always had more authority in the
Far East than we had, and there
is no noticeable change in that sit
uation yet.
These are the facts of life in the
world beyond the formula and apt
to be more important than it is.
But there is to be no super
state and no surrender Of SOW.
ereigntY. and all are TO keep
their aims individually. Thus il
follows the same line advocated
and predicted in this column
from the beginning of the dis
custom. H.
Other particular agreements now
In the negotiating mill are hardly
within sight of political unity. In
advance of the Breton Woods
monetary conference the experts
OF practically all the nations have
been gathered together secretly.
Harry White, director of none
1ary research in the treasury as
sembled them at Atlantic City in
an effort to get what was described
as AN agreement at the expert
lever in advance of the confer
ence.
But IN this instance, too, the i'm
portant thing will be the value of
gold and the dollar in relation with
other currencies, rather than the
formula devised for future inter-
national monetary negotiations.
congress and Taxes
congress is taking the beatings
M publicity On taxes, but it saved
Hir. Roosevelt from permanent
neuralgia or that last bill, which
IL passed over his veto. The treas
ury had proposed 80 per cent ex-
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