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

Soviet Union. In June a more
complicated proposal. authored by
Ely Oulbertson. the bridge expert
and sponsored by Senator Spark
man. Democrat, of Alabama and
10 other Senators. was offered
Similar resolutions were intro
duced in the House and all reso-
lutions were referred either to the
Senate Foreign Relations Com
mittee or the House Foreign Al
fairs Committee.
There is no prospect that any
of the resolutions will be approved
by either house this session. The
most their proponents hope for at
present is that hearings will be
held on them in the next session
whether that is a special session
in the fall or the regular session
beginning in January. All are
concurrent resolutions expressing
merely the wishes of Congress and
would be purely advisory to the
President.
Impressive Co.Sponsors
None has administration sup
port. presumably because they are
too idealistic" and too impracti-
cable" but each has it's ardent
supporters in and out Of Congress
and some have impressive names
attached as co-sponSors.
BY far the most distinguished
group is behind the resolution in
PRODUCED by Senator Kefauver,
Democrat. Of Tennessee and -
other Senators. including George
of Georgia. Fulbright of Arkansas,
Hill and Sparkman of Alabama,
Kilgore of West Virginia. Demo-
Gratis, and Baldwin of Connecticut,
Mccarthy of Wisconsin and Thye
of Minnesota, Republicans. A SIM
liar resolution was introduced
simultaneously in the House by
Representatives Wadsworth of
New York and Judd of Minnesota,
Republicans, and Boggs Of LOUISE
ana and Smathers Of Florida,
Democrats.
The Kefauver resolution, after
quoting pertinent sentences from
the Atlantic pact and enumerating
several examples of successful fed
erations, including the United
States. concluded with these
words:
That the President is requested
to invite the democracies which
sponsored the North Atlantic
treaty to name delegates. repre-
senting their principal politica,
parties, to meet this year with
delegates of the United States tt
explore how far their peoples, anc
the peoples of such other democ.
racies as the convention may in.
vite to send delegates. can apply
among themselves. within the
framework of the United Nations
the principles of free federal
union" ..-,~...
Streit's Book Recalled -
The originator of the world fed
Grafton ideal is Clarence STREET
born in California. Mo-. who
worked out the idea in detail while
he was the New York Times
League Of Nations correspondent
in Geneva. Switzerland. He be-
gan devoting his life to the sub
ject in 1889, with the publication
of his now world-famous book,
Union Now" In 194l he advo-
Gated. as a war measure, Union
Now With Britain"
This correspondent, in review
ing Streit's thought provoking
book in 1899 said:
"Just as for many years Hit
ler's predictions of 1924 and 1927
were dismissed as fantastic and
ridiculous it may be a long time,
perhaps not until after the next
world war. before Mr.. Streit's pro-
posals to meet dictatorship ag-
gression will be adequately
studied"
World War II did focus atten-
ton on Mr.. STREET. his book and
his later predictions that the
United Nations organization would
prove inadequate. The new die
tatorship the democracies face
now is the Kremlin.
During the war there was dis
sent among the STREET followers
and a second organization, the
World Federalists. was created. II
is headed by Cord Meyer, jr., and
its ideas were incorporated in the
resolution introduced Tuesday by
Senator Tobey. Republican. of New
Hampshire for himself and II
other Senators. including Douglas
of Illinois, Pepper of Florida, Muir
ray of Montana. Graham of North
Carolina, Humphrey of Minnesota
and Sparkman of Alabama. Demo.
Gratis. and Hendrickson and Tye oil
Minnesota, Republicans.
Different Approaches
This resolution, which had al
ready been introduced in the
House by 103 Representatives
briefly stated:
1T is the sense of Congress that
it should be the fundamental
objective of the foreign policy of
the United States to support and
strengthen the United Nations
and to seek its development into a
world federation open to all ma
tions with defined and limited
powers adequate to preserve peace
and prevent aggression through
the enactment. Interpretation and
enforcement of world law"
The difference in the general
wording of this resolution for ef-
forts within the United Nations
and the specific objective of a con-
stitutional convention in the Ke-
fauver resolution shows the differ
ent approaches of the two groups,
which. however. have interlocking
membership. Senator Kefauver