Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-08-07

e introduction in Congress OF two
long range plans for union OF
mrmative instrument to halt the
two groups is the same, world
government of delegated powers
founded on diplomatic principles.
including worldwide bill OF
rights, and having limited legis-
lative, judicial and executive func-
tions over economic. monetary.
military and diplomatic matters
just as our National Government
of delegated powers has precedence
over our State governments.
The STREET proposal to start
with the United States Atlantic
democracies for a constitutional
convention received a great boost
with the formation of the Allan
tic Union Committee this spring.
with former Supreme Court Jus
tice Owen j. Roberts as president
and former Secretary Of War
Robert P. Patterson and former
Undersecretary of State Will L.
Clayton as vice presidents. Tho
Board of Directors contains such
well-known persons as Herbert
Agar. Sevellon Brown. Gardner
Cowles. Harold c. Urey, William
L. White and Mr.. STREET..
In announcing the formation OF
the committee last March, Justics
Roberts asserted that the con-
templated federation of Western
democracies would be so powerful
that the Kremlin could not hope
to start a war with any prospect
of success" He noted that the
resolution calling for the consti-
tutional convention would not DO
introduced until the Senate had
ratified the Atlantic pact.
Resolution Exploratory
At a recent press conference
attended by many Senate and
House sponsors of the resolution
Justice Roberts emphasized that
the resolution was purely explana-
tory, that the hearings before the
Senate Foreign Relations Com
mittee would be educational and
that even after the constitutional
convention had finished its deliber-
atoms, its findings would not be
binding on any government. Be-
cause the United States would
have to give up some Of its sover-
eighty to the proposed interna"
tional organization. he said, the
proposal would have to be sub
mitted to the people in the form OF
an amendment to our Constitution.
Should the international constl-
tutional convention fail to agree on
recommendations. he added, his
group would keep on working for
the eventual attainment OF its
ideal.
The Standardization reso-
luton is too long and complicated
for a brief summary. In general.
it would have the United States
take the lead, within the United
Nations. to try to revise the
Charter to eliminate "paralyzing
veto right as now exercised by
Soviet Russia; to lift the back
breaking load of ornaments" and
to establish an effective but
tyranny proof international police
force" under the direction OF .
workable Security Council and
World Court"
If the Soviet Union declined to
go along with the plan. then the
United States should take tbs
initiative, under Article 81 Of, the
Charter, to supplement the At
lantic pact with a world pact.
open to all nations that would
agree to cooperate. The objec-
tive would be the prevention OF
a third world war by:
Calls for World Police
"A united world front of all CO.
operating nations in possession OF
overwhelming atomic and mill
tary power. and based on the
principle of enforceable law
against aggression or armament
for aggression"
This plan calls for an interna-
tional police force recruited from
the small nations and supplied
with money, goods and lend-leass
ornaments by the United States.
This international contingent
would be directed by a defense
committee of seven delegates, OF
whom two would be from the
United States. This committee
could act only on the Affirmative
vote of six members, thus giving
the two American delegates .
virtual veto.
In a Senate speech in June.
Senator Sparkman explained that
the cost of such an arrangement
could be reduced because much
of the military equipment for the
international contingent and for
the armed forces of European
members could be produced under
the defense committee at greatly
reduced cost, by utilizing the in
dustrial resources Of q revived
Germany-and without risk, since
the international contingent could.
alone or jointly with national
troops of occupation, be an effec-
tive army of occupation as long
as necessary
Senator Sparkman is also a CO.
sponsor of the Kefauver and
Tobey resolutions. He and others
do not see any great conflict be-
tween the three proposals. SEN
ator Flanders. Republican, Of
Vermont. who has been most ac-
tive with Senator Sparkman,
explained that the Sparkman-
Culbertson plan was for the i'm
situation" whereas the
others were for the long term.
In the House "a Representatives
have introduced resolutions SINH