Evening star., 1950-05-31

security which would be assured
by the United Nations. We now
see that to go forward we must
pursue the course of cooperative
association - including partner
ship in the North American and
Western European community of
nations, for none of the complex
and battling problems which lie
ahead will yield to purely ma
tional action.
We recognize that the task be-
fore the Atlantic community is to
build common defense, to create
a successfully functioning eco
nomic system and to achieve unity
of action on the major problems
of foreign relations. Our meetings
in Paris and London demonstrated
a new and basic understanding
that success in this task will re-
quire close, cohesive and sustained
efforts on a partnership basis in
all these fields.
Common Policies Needed.
My talks with Mr.. Bevin and
Mr.. Schuman ranged over multi
tude of problems in all parts of
the world and reflected throughout
the deep appreciation of the need
for common and mutually sup
porting policies.
In Europe, it has long been
clear that no real progress will be
possible until France and Ger
many work out their age-old diff
ferences. During the conferences,
MIR. Schuman announced the pro-
posal of the French government
for joint utilization of the coal
and steel resources of France and
Germany. proposals which are
open to all other European coun-
tries willing to participate on an
equal basis. This proposal is a
momentous and courageous act,
made on the initiative of the
French government. The plan is
still to be perfected and it's details
must be developed with great care
so that it will help to strengthen
and expand the European econ
omy. If it is developed for that
purpose. it will open the door to
a new era in Europe.
Germany's re-entrance into the
free Western community, which
is the established policy of the
three governments in occupation
Of Western Germany, should be
greatly helped by the new climate
created by the French proposal
and by other actions taken att
the meetings.
Germany has been a member
for some time of the Organization
for European Economic Cooper
ation-commonly referred to as
the OEEC-and we are hopeful
that she will soon join the Coun-
Gil of Europe.
A declaration of our common
policy was issued by the three
ministers and promptly welcomed
by DR.. Adenauer, the chancellor
of the German Federal Republic,
as another long step forward on
this road.
/ We agreed as well upon pro-
posals under which the inhabi-
tants of the Soviet zone of occu-
patton could rejoin their fellow
countrymen in a democratic and
united Germany and these have
been forwarded by the three
Western high commissioners to
the Soviet representatives in Ger
many with an offer to negotiate
on the framing of an electoral law
to allow free elections in all Ger
many.
/ Determination Stressed.
Our statement expressing our
determination to maintain our
rights in Berlin, together with our
actions in that city in recent
months. may have had some in
fluence on the relative quiet which
prevailed in Berlin on Sunday.
A declaration was also made on
the repatriation from the Soviet
union of the many German pris-
oners of war still detained there.
All in all, the results of our dis
cussions on Germany were most
encouraging, and, we believe, laid
the basis for successful work by
the joint group established to con-
slider ways of easing the difficult
ties for ourselves and the German
people resulting from the continu-
ance of the technical state of war
With respect to Austria, the
three ministers announced that
our governments will soon appoint
civilian high commissioners. This
is further step in restoring Aus
tr1a to a peacetime status and is
one which can be taken now de-
spite the continued and callous
blocking of the Austrian peace
treaty by the Soviet Union.
In the same appreciation of the
need for common action, we found
that the British government was
ready to move ahead with the
European payments union in an
attempt to reconcile the require
mentS of their own position with
the need for substantial progress
in the liberalization of trade and
payments among the European
countries.
Interest Continues.
During these meetings the con-
tinuing interest of the United
States in European affairs was ex-
pressed to the other governments,
and also our genuine desire to
work on the economic problems
ahead in cooperation with Can
ada and the Western European
countries. There. has been some
concern in Western Europe that
despite the North Atlantic treaty,
the concern of this country with
European affairs would slacken
after 1852.
Various projects related to these
problems have been going forward
on both sides of the Atlantic. InI