Evening star., 1945-10-30
Gen. Marshall Urges
Immediate Action on
Strong Peace Force
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Oct. 30.-Americ.
must take definite measures i'm
mediately to determine its basi,
principles of postwar militar!
policy If the United Nations Or
ganization is to be strengthened
and a future. decent world ordel
established, Gen. George G. Mar.
shall, Chief of Staff, said las
night in an address at the New
York Herald Tribune Forum.
Gen. Marshall also warned thai
the Nations military establish
ment cannot hope to insure the
safety of the United States very
much longer at the present rate
of demobilization unless some per-
manent peacetime program is es-
tablished and at an early date"
For the moment, in widespread
emotional crisis of the American
people, rehabilitation has become
In effect, disintegration not only OF
the armed forces, but apparently
of all conception of world respon-
sibility and what it demands of u.s.
he asserted.
Positive Effort Required.
Just few months ago the world
was completely convinced of the
strength and courage of the United
States. Now they see us falling back
into our familiar peacetime habits.
We must somehow to get it clear
In our thinking that the fulfillment
OF our responsibilities is not some
vague mumbo jumbo. 1t requires
positive active effort and sacrifice,
and above all it is a continuing
process.
I cannot escape the conclusion
that the possibilities of atomic ex-
plosion make it more imperative
than ever before that the United
States keep itself militarily strong
and use this strength to promote
cooperative world order"
Harold E. Stassen, former Gov.
ernor of Minnesota and now a cap
tain in the Navy, told the forum
that there was a great need of an
early crystalization of Americas S
long-range policy in the Pacific area
and called on President Truman to
appoint bipartisan commission to
develop an open and not secret"
policy there.
Philippine President Sergio Os-
mena asked for 20 years of free
trade between the islands and the
United States and for fair treat
ment on war damages, providing Just
compensation to those who suffered
when the war came to Philippine
soil protected by American SOW
ereignty."
Barter System Favored.
Establishment of a barter system
whereby American goods could be
exchanged for Chinese commodities
was urged by Maj. Gen. Claire L.
Chennault, former commander of
the 14th Air Force in China, while
Gen. Jonathan M. wainwright, hero
of Corregidor, urged continued help
to the Filipinos.
Following is partial text of Gen.
Marshall's address:
The subject of this years forum
discussion is on the minds of men
and women the world over. You
who have assembled here and those
listening on the radio are all con-
scious, I am sure, of our great re-
sponsibility to the hard-won VIC
tory. American are more keenly
aware today than ever before of the
responsibility they bear to the
world at large.
so complex is the society of man.
kind that even those who have
thought great deal about it find
themselves at loss for exact con-
clusions. I question that there is
any one among us who can provide
a satisfying answer to even a small
number of the searching questions
that tax our minds today and
sharpen our fears and weigh on our
hearts I certainly cannot provide
the answers. There appear to be
no shortcuts to a better world. But
do think that if we all make an
earnest and devoted effort in
spirit of good faith and of patience
and tolerance, somehow or other
formula for the better guidance of
mankind may be evolved.
Definite Rules Set Down.
"At this moment of history, in a
world convulsed by the after eff
fects of the most devastating of all
wars, evident signs of moral prog
ress in the human race appear to be
lacking. The question can be
argued either pessimisticalIy or op-
timistically; but regardless of
whether man in 1000 years of re-
corded history has demonstrated So
cial or moral advances, I believe it
can be said that throughout the
ages men have consistently sought
to discover order both in nature and
in human relations.
Within the national societies def
mite rules are laid down whereby
men must live. Almost everywhere
in the world it is unlawful to COM
NIT murder, it is unlawful to rape
and to steal In our complex society
1t is unlawful to defraud and gain
the advantage of other men by con-
spiracy.
"It is not only unlawful in these
matters but there are established
procedures throughout the world for
making the rules stick. Here in New
York the constabulary, the police
force, the prisons and finally the
electric chair, encourage us to play
the game according to man-made
rules. For centuries man has been
seeking, I believe, to extend this in
herent order of the cosmos, towards
which he strives, to the level of the
entire planet. There are two ways
In which this has been manifest:
We might say one is by way of CO.
operation and the other by way of
operation. Hitler, whether he knew
1t or not, sought to establish one
kind of order in the world when he
precipitated the recent holocaust.
This would be by way of operation.
"The League of Nations, on the
other hand, sought to establish a
global order by cooperation. There
were many examples of both kinds
of effort prior to this century but I