Evening star., 1945-11-13
Sees No Reason
For u. S.-British
Trade Rivalry
(Tert on Page A-12.J
BY ]. A. FOX.

told a joint session of Congress
that all the nations of the world
must pull together "if civilization
Is to endure and if the common
man of all lands Is to feel Sc
cure"
Emphatically. he stressed that
there is mo reason" for ANY undue
economic rivalry between the United
States and Great Britain.
Standing in the well of the House
where his predecessor, Winston
Churchill, came twice in wartime to
pledge Allied unity and hurl a chal-
lenge to the Axis, the head of the
new Labor government in Britain
bespoke a harmonious international
relationship lin the light-the ter
rible light-of the atomic bomb"
This was the Prime Minister'S
single direct reference to the prob
lem of atomic energy control which
brought about the current conversa-
tions with President Truman and
Prime Minister Mackenzie King of
Canada.
Policies Outlined.
There was no amplification by Mr..
Attlee of the reported British view
that all scientific discoveries with
war potential should be pooled under
control of the Security Council of
the United Nations Organization,
though he referred obliquely to it
by recalling the wartime pooling OF
resources.
In his speech, Mr.. Attlee detailed
at some length the policies and
PHILOSOPHERS of his government, 60
ing to some length to dissipate any
thought that the new Socialist
regime is out "to destroy freedom
freedom of the individual, freedom
Of speech, freedom of religion and
freedom of the press" Those who
believe this are wrong" he said, in
what was looked upon as his answer
to critics who have contended that
the credits Britain now seeks in
this country would be used to social
tze her economy.
He spelled out his governments s
foreign policy in one sentence:
"We believe that we cannot make
q heaven in our own country and
make hell outside"
At 4:3o o'clock this afternoon, Mr..
Attlee will rejoin President Truman
and Mr.. Mackenzie King for re-
sumption of the conference which
was suspended Sunday night.
Early Agreement Expected.
British quarters were optimistic
for an early agreement by the three
government leaders.
There was no comment at the
White House, but william D. Has
sett, acting press secretary, said he
assumed there would be a press
conference when the conversations
are ended and communique cover
ing the results of the atomic bomb
conference is ready.
Mr.. Attlee prefaced his plea for
world unity by describing the United
States as the mig tiest power on
earth," but warning that air power
has eliminated the safety factors
that geographical barriers once af-
forded. If this fact were not realized
now, he said, 'the devastating weap-
ons which are at present being de-
veloped may menace every part of
the world"
From his own point of view, he
continued, he thought it a great
mistake ito think constantly of war
and the prevention of war. We
have to think rather in the best
means of building up peace"
Expresses Faith in UNO.
Declaring that as people get to
know each other better the chances
of pea@ are enhanced, Mr.. Attlee
expressed conviction that our
United Nations Organization, in
which I profoundly believe, must be
something more than an agreement
of experiments. 1t must be an ex-
preston of the will of the common
people of every country"
1t was, as Mr.. Attlee said, an
effort to remove some of the mis-
apprehension" about his own gov
ernment that he expounded It's
PHILOSOPHERS.
Deprecating the thought that it
stands for the destruction of the
established order, he said:
''The Labor party is In the tradi-
dition of freedom-loving movements
which have always existed in our
country, but freedom has to be
striven for in every generation, and
those who threaten it are not al
ways the same. Sometimes the
battle of freedom has had to be
fought against kings. sometimes
against religious tyranny, some
times against the power of the own
ers of the land, sometimes against
the overwhelming strength of
monied interests.
I'VE in the Labor party declare
that we are in line with those who
fought for Magma Charta and Ha-
beas Corpus, with the Pilgrim
Fathers and with the signatories of
the Declaration of independence"
Seeks Wider Market.
Its membership represents "a
pretty good cross section of the
population" he added.
Mr.. Attlee said his government
hoped ito raise the standard of liy-
ing OF our people," and that it
wanted to find a wider market for
the things the country produces. At
the same time, however, he saw no
reason why there should be trade
rivalries between the United States
and Great Britain.
We believe that the foundations
OF peace must be world prosperity
and world neighborliness," he said
7 look forward to an era of In
creasing cooperation and friendship
between the United States of Amer
lea and Great Britain" he said, mot
as being an exclusive friendship, but
as . contribution to the knitting to-
gether with all peoples through the
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