Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-04-13
New Ideas Presented
On Role Of Congress
In Peace PLANNING
By the Associated Press.

bS the ASsociateG freSS-
New slants on the role Congress
should play in writing the peace
and on how it should be enforced
emerged today from the State De-
,partment and the House, where
postwar topics are gaining increas-
ing attention.
Chairman Bloom of the House
Foreign Affairs Committee advo-
Gated a constitutional amendment
whereby both the House and the
Senate could ratify the peace treaty
by a simple majority vote. Now a
two-thirds' majority in the Senate
is required and the treaty of YER
sailles failed to get that.
At the same time, it was disclosed
that State Department studies on
world security organizations have
advanced to point where this Gov
eminent is about ready to offer spe-
cific proposals. The plan, it is I'M
derstood, rules out any kind Of in
ternational police force built by
recruits from many nations. In
stead 1t calls for half dozen or
more Of the major nations to main
tain forces big enough to deal with
potential trouble-makers.
Groups to Hear Plan.
This new concept of how the
peace should be enforced is to be
placed before informal bipartisan
groups of the House and Senate for
their opinions. 4
The State Department has been
meeting with members of both
branches for some time. Secretary
Hull told Speaker Rayburn yester-
day he is anxious to continue the
conferences.
How the administration feels
about Mr.. Blooms plan isn't known
The chairman frequently voices
State Department views, however,
on matters of foreign policy.
MIR. Blooms plan in this case may
be entirely independent. He has
said that, personally, he feels the
House should have some say about
the peace when it has quite lot to
say about financing the war. The
Senate may have different ideas.
Long Expresses Views.
The State Departments concept
of peace enforcement was made
known officially in general terms by
Breckenridge Long, Assistant Sec
rotary, in a speech in New York
last night.
Mr.. Longs statement was viewed
here as having great Importance
because the problem of the mainte-
nance and use Of force to maintain
peace is regarded as the No. / prob
lem of postwar security. Mr.. Long
cited three points basic to postwar
organization:
/. Creation Of an international,
organization to preserve peace by
settling international controversies
using force when necessary to pre-
vent the outbreak of a major war
2. The major nations should
pledge themselves not to use force
against each other or any other
nations-except in accordance with
the arrangements of the interna-
tional organization.
Force is Advocated.
3. Each of the major nations, and
any other nations to be agreed upon,
should accept special responsibility
for maintaining adequate forces and
for using such forces, on the basis
of arrangements made in connection
with the international organization,
to prevent or suppress all disturb
ances of the peace. .s 4 7rtat
Unquestionably the major nations
referred to are primarily the leading
United Nations-Russia, the United
States, Britain and China. Some
other powers such as France prob
ably would be included, according
to postwar strength and resources.
If these proposals meet with ap-
prevail by the congressional COM
mittees, they eventually will be dis
cussed with other countries and
could become the basis of interna-
tlonal postwar peace measures
What the State Department ap-
parently hopes for now is bipartisan
approval in principle by the con-
greSslonal groups,