Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-07-13

United Nations organization to in
tervene in our domestic affairs.
There can be no use of our force
without our consent. If the Joint
adventure fails, we can withdraw.
No Military Contingent.
There are some who express con-
Germ as to the power of the Amer
lean representative on the Security
Council. They forget that it Is not
la Mr.. x. or Mr. Y. who will be the
member of the Security Council. 1t
is the United States of America
which will be the member of the Sc
curity Council.
How the United States of Amer
| lea acts is a matter of its internal
procedure, just as the way the
USSR acts is matter of its internal
procedure. Under our Constitution
the President, and the President
alone, directs the current conduct of
foreign affairs. But there can be no
declaration of war except by the
Congress. That is our internal pro-
cedure, and all of the world knows
that.
| ut may become useful to decide
whether or not the use of our mill
tary contingent to enforce peace is
the equivalent of the declaration of
war We can better determine that
when we know what we are talking
about. Today, there is no military
contingent
After the organization is estab-
lished, it may negotiate military
agreements with member nations.
That agreement, SO far as the United
States is concerned, will be subject
to the consent of the Senate. When
the Congress knows what will be
proposed concerning the size and
the character of the United States
contingent and the area within
which it may be used. then it may
be desirable by statute to fix the
relative responsibility of the Pres
ident and the Congress. On the
other hand, the President and the
Congress have gotten along pretty
well for $50 years without statutory
definition.
Safeguard for Unity.
MIR. Dulles told the Senators the
! United Nations will depend only
slightly on military force, with
primary reliance on peaceful meth.
DDS of settling disputes. He pointed
out that the defeat of Japan al
well as Germany will remove thu
iperil which has held the Allies TO-
lgether.
Then our unity, too, will disap-
lpear unless we find new, compelling
TASKS to . pursue in common" he
continued. TT is such tasks that
the San Francisco Charter proposes
to the United Nations"
Mr.. Dulles said the Charter
largely realizes the six pillars OF
peace" drawn up more than two
years ago for the Federal Council
OF Churches by commission OF
which he was chairman. He con-
cluded by paying high tribute to
the part played in the drafting OF
the Charter by Senators Connally
Democrat, of Texas and Vanden-
berg, Republican, of Michigan.
(. In the past" he said, st have
doubted the wisdom of Senators
. participating in the negotiation of
treaties. Those doubts were dis
! PEELED at San Francisco. The sud-
, den death of President Roosevelt
} and the many problems with which
: President Truman had at once to
) cope left heavy burden of de-
cision on the American delegation
That was primarily borne by your
two great Senators, Connally and
!. Vandenberg. Within the councils
, of the American delegation their
views were the ones that carried
D flnality and decision"
Although favoring ratification, Mr.
Thomas declared there is nothing
in the Charter to guarantee peace
Asserting that there can be no big
war unless the three great powers
are split, Mr.. Thomas said there is
nothing in the Charter to establish
"the rule of law over the power OF
the Big Three"
Mr.. Thomas also opposed the
adoption of peacetime compulsory