Evening star., 1950-05-31

the Council concluded that the re-
quirements of the combined effort
were such that additional control
machinery was needed to enable
the Council to do its job efficient
ly and effectively.
The job is a full-time one and
requires on a full-time basis the
services of the best men that the
members can assign to it. The
Council therefore decided that
each government should appoint
a deputy to its representative on
the Council in order that the
Council can function continuously
in giving direction to the work OF
the organization. The deputies
are to select from among them
selves an outstanding man as per-
manent chairman. who, in addi-
ton to presiding at meetings OF
the deputies. will be responsible
for directing the Councils work.
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The Council decided that the
following five tasks should be
undertaken by the deputies:
l. To coordinate the various
planning activities related to de-
fense;
2. To recommend the measures
necessary to carry out these plans
3. To consider common politi-
cal problems related to the OBJ
jectives of the treaty;
4. To promote and coordinate
public information on treaty ques-
tions;
5. To consider the development
of political and economic CO.
operation as contemplated in Ar
ticle 2 of the treaty.
This list of tasks is worth citing
in full in order to emphasize the
Importance of the work which is
to be undertaken by the deputies
and the need of securing from
each country man of the high
est qualifications who will have
the complete confidence of his
own and other governments. The
ability of the organization to get
on with it's job will very largely
depend on the caliber, of the men
who are appointed as deputies
it will equally depend on the
support they receive from all
branches of their governments
and their peoples.
Perhaps the most important ac-
ton of the council was the rec
ommendation of a principle to
governments to guide the devel-
opment of the common defense
This principle is the creation OF
balanced collective forces, rather
than the duplication by each ma
ton in a large or small way of
what every other nation was do
ing. After a careful review OF
the plans which have been pre-
pared. it became evident to each
of us that the principle of bal
anced collective forces was the
only principle which could recon-
cile the resources available with
the demands upon them. 1t is
the only way in which forces can
be developed to meet successfully
any initial attack and to carry
through to a successful conclu-
sion any war that is forced upon
us. For the task of providing an
adequate common defense and ad-
equate standards of living is so
large that waste and unnecessary
duplication will prevent its ac-
complishment.
Principle Explained.
Also this principle more than
any other reconciled the security
needs of each member country
with the security needs of the
community as a whole.
This principle of balanced COL
lective forces is of great and per-
haps revolutionary significance. 1t
has it's legislative origin, so far as
this Government is concerned, in
the Mutual Defense Assistance
Act of 1949, which stipulated that
the assistance to be granted by
the United States to other North
Atlantic treay countries, should
be used to promote "the integrated
defense of the North Atlantic
area" It demonstrates that each
country will rely on every other
member of the community, and
that the community will look to
each country to contribute what
1t is best able to contribute to the
common defense IN accordance
with a common plan. 1t demon
strates that each country recog-
nizes that its own security is no
better than the security of the
community as whole. It will give
tangible proof to an aggressor
that he must face the combined
resources of the community, that
there will not be opportunities to
pick off one member at a time.
The United States, as the most
populous member of the North
Atlantic community and the one
with the largest and most produc-
tive plant, has necessarily a lead
ing role in building balanced COL
lective forces. If we faithfully
observe this principle and direct
our energies to the creation of
such forces, we will find a CORE
spending response from the other
treaty members.
The President has authorized
me to say that he supports Sec
retary johnson and me in our
view that we must make this
principle work, for we can see
no other way to accomplish the
job of defense and at the same
time to get ahead with the con-
structive task of building a sue
cessfully functioning economy in
the free world.
Defense Aid Needed.
The job cannot be done unless
we do our full part, which includes
the provision of mutual defense
assistance. If we and DIR At.