Montana labor news., 1946-11-07

ably never be fully achieved. human nature being what
it is. But there is real wisdom in aiming high In our
own country. we are still striving To reach the goals
which will forever abolish intolerance. secure for us
economic s~oundness and stability and. in short. provide
us with the abundant life we want 10 live. We know
from experience hat conditions of life in this country
are far better now than they would have been had we
Americans aimed lower OF taken a short range point
OF view.
The words OF the Charter are wise. Consider just
what they mean.
Conditions of stability and wellbeine~ mean no
country can he economically secure until people every
where are well-housed. wellfed and assured of the
right 10 a job \ high level of American economy.
with increased production OF consumer goods, low
prices. and increased foreign trade would be a real
contribution to world unity and 10 stable conditions
everywhere. Our business leaders must never forget
the fact that world unity and stability depend in no
small measure on The economic conditions in this coun-
Try and on our ability and Willingness TO stimulate bust
ness operations in other nations and among all nations.
Equal rights and characterization mean that size
and wealth do not give any one nation greater rights
before the law than any other nation. Just as poor and
rich are treated alike in our own courts, so, in the
family of nations. the small and weak are entitled TO
the same treatment accorded to the great and power
full. Selfdeterminaiion means that the people in dis
puted territories may decide by vote to which country
they want 10 belong.
The United Nations Charter has much to say about
the rights Of the common man. II boldly undertakes
to promote universal respect for. and observance of.
human rights and fundamental freedoms for all without
distinction as to race. sex. language or religion We
understand that kind of language. We have seen some
of the terrible effects of such discrimination, and we
know that in our own country we have not yet entirely
solved the problem. But. we also know that while we
continue to work for tolerance and the observation Of
human rights and fundamental freedoms at home. we
must at the same time wage the fight for these just
causes abroad. No one anywhere should be discrimi-
mated against because somebody doesn't like the color
of his skin. or the church he goes to. or the country
where his father or grandfather was born.
observance of human rights means that there is
no room in any country for Hitlerimitators. whether
foreign or domestic, who think they can ride high by
spreading race hatred and religious bigotry to divide
the people. That is how the Nazi and Fascist regimes
e~ntrenched themselves in power-fTst attacking GER
tain minority groups, then trampling on the human
rights of all; for nearly everyone belongs to some sort
of minority group. Oppression at home is the first sep
in the setting up of a dictatorship. The next step is
aggression abroad. We can't afford it again.
The delegates of ffty-one United Nations have been
sent here to carry out the detectives of the Charter.
Delegates are only human and they will do a better job
if they know that the people whom they representative
ordinary people of the world-are soidly behind them.
You are the key men on the assembly line of peace.
Get it rolling and keep it rolling!