Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1945-07-05
I Might Be
WrOng--But
BY
P. G. sTROMBERG

WE AXE LIVING today in
~ time which history will
record as one of its amazing
eras. Although we accepted June
rs as just normal day see the
possibility of it becoming a great
world holiday rivalling all other
national dates. There was moth
ing spectacular enough to set
the date aside at the time. June
26 merely noted
peace Day" the signing of
June rs the San Fran
Historic Date cisco Charter by
the representa-
tives of fifty countries. Unlike
Armistice Day (Which will grad
uaily lose its signficance) Peace
Day (June 26) will become
date of greater and greater sig
nificance as the years roll on.
And only time will determine
how important are the accom-
plishnients of the San Francisco
Conference.
A century hence, when we of
today will have become as much
part of history as the ancients,
if the world has progressed with
out the blemish of another major
war the people of that day will
honor the memory of our time.
There will probably be another
gathering of world leaders at
San Francisco to formally pay
homage to the great work done
in 1945. And if it be possible to
avoid war for one century it
should be possible for all the
world to understand how to live
at peace for all time. And each
succeeding year will add more
glory to. the effort and imagina-
ton of the people of today.
AS George Washington and
Abraham Lincoln are national
idols Woodrow Wilson will GER
tainly be regarded as the father
of the work developed at San
Francisco. The
"Live At Covenant of the
Peace League of Ma
For All Time" tions had most
of the essential
safeguards of world peace as
the new charter. Unfortunately
it lacked the enthusiastic and
honest support which is every
where evident today. President
Wilson promised the country and
the world that the First World
War was fought to end all wars
Ito make the world safe for
Democracy. And his dream
would have become a reality had
his own country given him the
support so necessary to get the
League under way. Today, how
ever, we don't see any signs of
organized opposition to the new
peace charter. Rather do we
find members. of both political
parties lending their hearty sup
port to the plan. And it should
be noted that even though the
Republican Party is the original
isobationist group the Demo
cratic Party SHE'D away from the
League after pledging Tin 1920
unfaltering loyalty to the Wilson
ideal.
1t is better for the country
today that both major political
parties can support the peace
effort without the leaders of
either being in position to claim
credit. For it was because of the
bitter partisanship led by the late
Senator Henry
Both Major Cabot Lodge
Parties that President
Support Effort Wilson's program
was defeated in
1920. 1t is heartening to Amer
leans who so firmly and devoutly
want the plan for permanent
peace TO work to witness Repub-
licans and Democrats alike urg-
ing early ratification of the
charter. 1t is heartening to read
Governor Dewey's statement
urging early approval.
Most encouraging of all was
the spirit at San Francisco when
President Truman addressed the
final session and speakers of
many nations voiced hopes of
their peoples that the instrument
created there would prove
Messing to mankind.
1mperfections? Certainly there
are imperfections even though
some be undiscovered for years
to come. But cannot such imper-
fections be corrected? We are