Evening star., 1947-02-16

learn the lesson of brotherhood. In
the Assembly ideas are freely ex-
changed. Since there are over so
delegations, each, on the average,
has one minute of speaking to so
minutes of listening.
The American delegates, during
their listening periods, have learned
a good deal about what others
think of us. We have been sur
prised to learn how many there are
who think that our Nation is not,
as our national motto proclaims,
"one out of many" but rather
many out of one" They think
that bigotry and intolerance are
prevalent. In consequence, our pres
tige in the world is greatly weak
ened.
Most people of the world are not
white and they are not adherents
of the Christian or the Jewish ira
ditions. In fact, no race and no
religion can muster a majority of
the whole. Thus no group is &C
cepted in the world as a friend, If
its members seem to be contemp-
tuous of races or religions different
from their own.
West Has Held Control.
For several centuries now, the
peoples of the Western Democracies,
themselves a small minority, have
had leadership in the world. That
is because, initially at least, they
made great contributions to human
welfare.
The French, toward the end of the
eighteenth century exploded upon a
world of despotism the revolutionary
slogan of human liberty, equality
and fraternity"
England, since the early days,
has nurtured equal justice. Later,
its industrial revolution showed men
everywhere how to be more pro-
ductive by using mechanical power
and machinery.
In the United States our founders
launched the great American ex-
pertinent" as beacon of liberty in
the world. However, many OF those
in the Western Democracies de.
veloped an attitude of superiority
and treated with contempt those oi
other races and other religions. Thai
has built up a sizeable backlog o1
resentment in the world.
The Classics Propaganda.
Throughout the world there are
agitators against the established
order. They are seeking to mobilize
the discontents and miseries which
exist in the world, and there is
plenty of both. There are many
ears which listen eagerly to Soviet
propaganda which features a So
called Classics" society. If that
goes on, the United States is in a
position of great peril. We would
be as small boat in tempeStuous
sea.
1t is both morally wrong and
practically dangerous for the United
States to have racial and religious
intolerance. 1t must be stamped
out. President Lincoln pointed out
that our Declaration of Independ-
ence gave promise that in due time
the weights should be lifted from
the shoulders of all men, that all
should have an equal chance" We
must rededicate ourselves to that
great goal of our founders.
| Common Goals Breed Confidence.
The best way for men and women
to achieve fellowship, according to
my experience, is for them to work
together for common goals. When
they do that, they think OF each
other as comrades. At the United
Nations Assembly in London, the
three top members of the United
States team" on trusteeship re-
fected the Jewish and Christian
faiths, the white and Negro races,
the Democratic and Republican
Parties. The three worked together
without the slightest sense of being
different" We were seeking a
common goal and conscious only OF
being persons who could help each
other.
That, to me, illustrates one way
| to get the brotherhood we need.