Evening star., 1948-11-22


the plains Of Jericho: and all his army were
scattered from him.
80 they took the king (Zedekiah), and
brought him up to the king Of Babylon NE
buchadnezzar) to Riblah; and they gave judg-
ment upon him.
And they slew the sons Of Zedekiah before
his eyes, and put out the eyes of zedekiah,
and bound him with letters Of brass, and car
ried him to Babylon" J. j. sPERRY.
Woodstock, Va.
To Enforce World Peace
70 the Editor Of The star
A strong enough police force to maintain
world peace and universal disarmament has
been favored in substance by President Tru-
man, Gov. Dewey, Secretaries Byrnes, Pat
terson and Marshall Senate Leaders Vanden-
berg and Taft and many other Senators.
Speaker Martin, Gen. Eisenhower, former
President Hoover, Governors Stassen and Lam
don, Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt and 100 other
American public and private leaders. These
make the real American bipartisan policy on
peace enforcement.
This policy has, from the beginning, been
abandoned in the United Nations and con-
fronted with five blocks in addition by United
States and other governments officials. None
profess to establish such a strong enough police
force. Instead they have expressly gone back
to self defense" regional alliances" and bal
ance Of power" all OF which have directly led
TO wars throughout the ages including the
worlds greatest two. The officials Of all the
II states in the Security Council have
pending proposals. that contain three blocks to
such q strong force, to wit: % any state may
refuse to furnish its agreed forces; 90 any
OF the Five Powers may prevent their use; 90
even If all used they could not prevent war
by any Of the hve. The same ofncials, except
the Soviet bloc have proposed two more blocks
: 90 international confidence" which can never
exist until there is first such . force that can
prevent any war; 90 peace treaties with Ger
many and Japan, who could not make war for
decades at least.
The United States Senate has Joined in this
abandonment. In 1943, by . vote Of IS dnclud-
ing Senator 1ruman) to 5, 1t passed the Con-
nally Resolution for force strong enough to
prevent even aggression" to wit: 'interna-
tional authority with power to prevent aggres-
sion and to preserve the peace Of the world
June II, ls4S, by q vote Of "a to 4 1t passed
the Vandenberg Resolution, prepared in collab-
grafton with the State Department, which
called for: regional and other collective ar
rangements for individual and collective SELF
defense United Nations armed forces as pro-
vided in the Charter" and universal regula-
tion and reduction Of armaments under ade-
uuate and dependable guarantee against VIOLA
ton"
Obstacles TO War Prevention.
The above self defence right is only what
all nations, tribes, individuals, and even plants
and animals, have had anyhow in all ages.
The Charter armed forces" contain the same
three blocks to war prevention. The "reduc-
ton Of armaments" could still leave them
superior to any international force and utterly
unable to prevent aggression" as is the goal
Of the Connally Resolution. The guarantee"
against violation is worthless with only the
Charter armed forces to back it. And on top
of all this, the Resolution favors removing the
veto on pacific settlement" Of disputes and
admission of new members" but leaves it
against the use Of any Of the armed forces"
it advocates
BY October 20 1948, a u. N. governments
had Joined In the three blocks proposal and
November the assembly approved 1t by q
vote of 10 to 8.
World peace enforcement has six basic needs:
Cd adequate atomic inspections. (0 strong
enough international police force, 90 enough
national disarmament to make 1t strong
enough, a. bodies to control all the enforce
ment, % bodies to decide disputes and 90
men approved by the states for all such bodies.
No government proposal meets any OF these
six, except inspections in part.
Measures exist that are OF proved success
to meet all these needs If used. President
Truman and the Soviet government have IN
the past favored such basic successful meas
ures They would In q five-year period save
the United States 5000 900 900 and the So
n md at
both to pursue their economic, theological and
political wars at no cost or fear Of shooting
war. But neither government has asked the
other II it would adopt such measures. BY not
50 asking, they are in effect betting $l320O0,-
oo.0O0 that the answer from the other would
be no. Both are betting against themselves ana
their interests.
Yet If either government asked the other
and It declined that would bring clear world
prestige and leadership for peace to the one
that did ask, and ut the same time strengthen
its armed resistance to any aggression BY the
other. EWING COChhEhA.
President, United States Federation Of Justice
One Reaction to Royal Event
TO the Editor Of The star:
Personally like the thought that Missouri
farm boy Is President Of the United States
better than all the royal family ballyhoo
Garnerville NJ Y. REV. OTIS MOORE.
Home for Vice President
TO the Editor Of The Star:
Considerable comment has been made re-
Gently relative to housing for the Vice Pres
fient. Would not the Blair House be appro-
pirate? Would the Lee House lend itself as
an annex for guests Of state? Would the
Decatur House be appropriate for one or the
other, in view OF its location7 r. r. II.