The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-11-14

Cner aCtlOu, urSG by the four governments, to com- plete the draft of the plan, then full consideration and adoption at a, conference of all the United Na- tions which will probably be called soon and held early in 1945. After that meeting the formal charter will go to the U. s. Senate and all other United Nations governments for ratification or rejection. No one can predict when this final action will be taken.
 This subject of the United Na- tions Organization to promote, maintain and enforce peace and Se- curity will become an increasingly important topic for debate, in and out of Congress. And the men shap- ing the foreign policy of the United States want this question debated want it threShed out in every high school and college debating society, in every town hall, on every radio forum, in every newspaper-how far this country is willing to go in granting to an international author ity the right to employ American armed forces, along with the forces of other nations, in preventing wars. AMERICANS HAD HEAD START
 American planning to prevent future wars began even before the U. s. was drawn into this war. When Hitler first began to blitz Eu- rope, Secretary of State Cordeu Hull set up new office to start planning for the peace. At first this office was only one man, Dr. Leo Pasvolsky, and secretary. After the attack on Pearl Harbor it became a full division, with its own staff of histor- fans, political scientists, economists, specialists in International law, re- search men and women of many kinds.
 So the American delegates at Dumbarton Oaks, headed by Under Secretary of State Edward R. Stet- tinius, were fully prepared with all the questions and many of the ans- werS when they sat down with the British delegation headed by Sir Alexander Cadogan and the Rus sian delegation headed by Ambas- Sador Andrei A. Gromyko, for the initial conference on August 21, 1944.
 The Americans were prepared, even, when Secretary Hull went to Moscow a year ago for a four-power meeting of foreign minister. Secre- tary Hull took with him then draft of the first declaration on United Nations cooperation to prevent future wars. The Russians at that time didn't want to talk about it. There ware secret military staff conferences, and questions of major strategy were agreed upon. Then Secretary Hull again brought out his draft of a statement for con- tinuing collaboration of the four powers. The Russians listened, then became interested.
 GROWTH OF SOVIET
 COOPERATION
 In discussing Secretary Hull'S pro- posals. the Russians raised certain objections. The American delegation fully prepared, was abel to say in effect, Well, if you go at it that way, from your point of view, thus and so may happen to you"
 The Russians were just as amazed as they were when American sup plies began flowing to them through lend-lease voluntarily offered. They had not believed such supplies would materialize. They listened further to MT. Hull, then approved his draft of document whcih, with some changes, became the Declaration of Moscow.
 Russian collaboration in postwar planning went on from there, re- ceived full cooperation at Dunbar ton Oaks, and is receiving further support in preparations for the full dress conference of the United Ma tions to write in final form the docu- ment whose principles and purposes will be discussed in a series of daily articles beginning tomorrow.