Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-03-29

To the Editor of The Star:
As some ADLER thinkers have pointed
out, the Dumbarton Oaks security plan
founded on the idea of sovereign" ma
tons is likely to fail. The alternative
is a federal system or several federal
systems in which the central govern
ment has power over individuals. The
power to coerce nations brings war,
the power to coerce individuals can be
fitted into a regime of global law on
many questions.
federal system requires agreement
on some basic values everywhere, a COM
prehensive and adequate system of
world communications a second world
language which applies to trade science,
administrative. military and similar
matters, system of law. and sy tenn
of world Always.
The organization of federal systems,
however, cannot be arbitrary but should
take into account the world power sit
uation, the history of different areas,
the distribution of raw materials. and
the experience in freedom of the differ
ent countries. Any plan should utilize
TO the full the countries having a hack
ground of experience in free govern
ment.
The San Francisco Conference might
consider federal states for the follow
ing areas, IL Western Europe. includ-
ing Scandinavia, Finland, Germany as
far as the Oder River, and Bohemia ~
Eastern Europe. including the Balkans
except Turkey and Greece, and Rus
STA as far east as the Amur River; t3)
the Middle East, including Turkey and
Greece. and the generally Mohamme-
dan areas; a. the rest of Africa; go
India and Afghanistan; C6> China, in
Guiding Manchuria; Cd a southeast Pa
ciflc state. including the Philippines,
Australia, New Zealand. Indo- China,
Burma, Malaga and the East Indies;
49, a Northeast Asia state, including
Japan, Korea. and the rest of Siberia
east of the Amur River 80 the United
States and Canada; (l0) Mexico, Cen
trail America and the Caribbean area:
and CID South America.
Each of these states would contain
or be subject to some influence by
democratic or aSlti-fascist power
Each as practical matter safely could
be given equal representation on
world council which would operate on
the basis of a majority vote The ma
tons In each federal state would be
represented in its federal government.
American policy in such a system
would be founded not so much on
foreign investments or loans but on
technical services to other peoples in
return for goods and security bases or
agreements. Such services as health,
sanitation, education against illiteracy
aid in administrative techniques, ETC.,
would be paid for by the other coun-
tries. Such aids, however, would in
crease the productivity, dignity and
self-governing abilities of other peoples
and facilitate freer trade through more
nearly equal living standards every
where. QUINTTN M. SANGER.
Another View of Celebrating
To the Editor of The Star:
In reply to the letter signed Sorrow:
I have compassion for him and for
others like him who don't have enough
OF what it takes to face life and &C
cept death courageously He not only
cannot celebrate himself but he cannot
stand to see strength in the faces of
hundreds of thousands of men and
women who can take gracefully what
life dishes out
Only the weak ask for compassion
the strong detest it. To the strong, we
can give our wholehearted admiration
for job well done Our boys did not
give their lives that we should cry and
go into everlasting mourning-life is for
the living. Let us celebrate for the
boys and girls who are coming back
from the hell that is war and be CRATE
full at least that no more bloodshed is
coming from that theater of the war.
P. F. j.
Favors Substitute Column
To the Editor of The Star:
Now that Dorothy Thompson has
taken her feet out of the oven and de-
cided to enter the realm of reality in
stead of relying on pure imagination to
write column for The Star, I think
you have done well to use her space
for Raymond Motley. AS far as am
concerned would like to see 1t thus
used indefinitely.
EDNA HOISINGTCN.