Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-02-06

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name Of humane common sense.
But mare than that, lnake u In
the name Of American sel1-intereSt.
Therefore Il Is to our own Amer
lean self-interest also to keep this
objective forever ct our masthead
peace with justicei Not because Nc
want TO NEEDLE In the problems Of
other continents. But because there
can be no peace without justice!
Let me be specific. I am taking
about the basic aspirations Of the
Atlantic Charter. It Is not just !
nautical collection Of fragmentary
notes. It u bone ana sinew Of our
flaming forward march. / quote:
No asgrandizement. territorial OF
otherwise!'
No territorial changes which do
not accord with the freely expressed
Wishes Of the people concerned
The right Of Ill peoples to choose
the form Of government under
which they will uve!'
Centribution Large.
Sovereign rights and self-gov-
eminent restored to those who have
been forcibly deprived Of theml'
The President has correctly
said: The nearer we come Ia
vanquishing our enemies the more
We become inevitably conscious
Of differences among the victors.'
How do these dangerous differences
disclose themselves? Usually by
unilateral decisions In which one or
another among the United Nations
makes Its own nouncement-pro-
nounces its own ultimatum-regard-
ing its own present or postwar plans
and purposes. It puts it, own tn
depreciation upon its own rights,
regardless Of the fact that these
rights, for al Of US, all now from
our common effort.
Il assert that all vital decisions
should also now from the same sort
of 4 common effort. Let me Illus
trate what ! mean. The army that
gets to Berlin first does not win for
its nation the right to settle Ger
many's future just because 1t got
to Berlin first. No nations army
would have reached Berlin at all
except for the heroic, common COM
bat Of all the other nations armies.
Logic Straight, Simple.
'Now let's put these three funda-
mentals together and-in the name
of honest, helpful candor - see
whether they do not plainly point
an immediate plan Of action. You
win remember the fundamentals.
First: The inexpressibly vital need
to prevent World War No. 3 through
collective security. Second: The
paramount Importance OF . Just
peace If it is to be a permanent
peace. Third: The hazard to these
detectives II each Of the United
Nations starts going its own way
even before We have clinched our
total victory.
America has the same self-interest
In keeping Germany and Japan per-
manently and effectively demili-
tarized rs have her closer victims
America has the keenest sort OF
sef-tnterest In preventing the
threat Of reborn Axis aggression
from driving the rest Of the world
into another era Of separate alli-
ances because that, too, is the road
to another war. In other words,
here is one common danger-one
common objective - in which we
have q complete and basic common
interest.
why not face 1t now? Why not
act now? Regardless OF any other
peace plans, and regardless of
whether We agree or disagree among
ourselves regarding them, here Is
one thing that must be done. re-
gardless of whether we do anything
else at all. Here is one thing that
must be done-namely, the perma-
nent demilitarization of Germany
and Japan-unless we are binder
than bats In respect to history,
following World War No. l, and
unless we are to be guilty Of the
colossal sin Of dissipating victory
after World War No. 2.
Power b Controversy.
ut is in response to this irresist-
ible logic of events that I have
proposed and continue to propose
that America shall sign up now with
all her major Allies to join In q
hard-and-fast treaty, solemnly rati-
fed by the Senate of the United
States. which pledges our constant
armed cooperation, instantly and
peremptorily available through the
President of the United States with
out further reference to the Con-
gress, to keep Germany and Japan
out of piracy for keeps.
'The only real controversy In
side America respecting Dunbar
ton Oaks is whether the President
shall have the power, without ref
erence to Congress, to join our