Evening star., 1951-05-10
The Political Min
ne F0T7ITC0I WIT
World Assembly Called
For Moral Reurmument
Moekinoc Island PurIey
To Be Held June ! to II
By Gould Lincoln

By Gould Lincoln
While the American people continue
to build a militarily strong Nation and
enfold the rest of the free world in a
joint effort for peace-against Commu-
mist ggression-there is room, too, for
the practice Of that moral rearmament
which calls for democracy based on
moral standards-as preached by DR..
Frank w. Buchanan. The moral rearm-
ament movement, under his leadership,
has already accomplished much in trou-
BILE spots across the world, as acknowl-
edged by statesmen and business and
labor leaders in many countries. To
further its design, a world assembly
for the moral rearmament Of the ma
tions has been called for June / to II
at Mackinac Island, Mich
1t Is significant that messages in sup
port of the invitations which have gone
to leaders throughout the world to at
tend the assembly have been sent by
the chairmen and ranking Republican
and Democratic members of the Senate
Foreign Relations Committee and the
House Foreign Affairs Committee.
President William Green of the
American Federation of Labor has
addressed cable also to labor
leaders abroad in which he said: 1.-THE
American labor movement warmly SUP.
ports this welcome (to the assembly,.
and expresses the hope that you and
others OF our trade union brothers from
Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia and the
Americas will attend this gathering. and
so contribute to the new world Of liberty
and justice we all desire"
From All Corners Of Earth.
The assembly Is expected to bring to.
gether men from all corners Of the
earth with trusted experience Of moral
rearmament and its accomplishments
IN the betterment Of international rela-
tions and the relations between workers
and business management It has been
proved, both In the case Of individuals
and nations, that when moral rearma.
ment comes in. communism goes out.
One Of the tasks which confronts the
advocates Of the movement is to extend
1t beyond the iron curtain. The best
avenue Of approach to this end Is the
strengthening Of moral rearmament
throughout the free world. AS 1t grows
in strength and volume, its influence
cannot fan to have its impact in the
countries now dominated by totalitarian
Communist dictators.
Here, for example, is the testimony of
leaders in both China and Japan, in sup
port Of moral rearmament Speaking
in the Senate building of the japanese
Parliament, Gen. Ho Ying-chin, the
Chinese general who received the Japa.
nese surrender in 1945, said: Moral re-
armament is the only basis Of lasting
peace for China and Japan"
For the japanese, Mr.. Kitamura,
former Japanese Finance Minister, and
Mr.. Kuriyama. leader of the Govern
ment Party in the Diet, said: "If the
governments and peoples of the West
make themselves expert in the practice
OF moral rearmament, all Asia will
listen"
High Standards Play Part.
The movement has played an ex-
traordlnarily beneflcent part in England.
France, Germany, Scandinavia, Italy
and India. And in the United States
the leaders of labor and of management
have again and again expressed their
appreciation Of the work done by the
men and women in the moral rearma-
ment movement. Some of the toughest
controversies in the industrial field have
been solved by the application of its
principles. which call for absolute stand.
ards of honesty and unselflshness. When
the Communists attempted to bring all
the British docks out on strike, men
who had led the other great dock strikes.
but who have been changed In their
outlook by moral rearmament, aided in
sitting this attempt.
Moral rearmament has its part in
improving relations between the French
and their historic enemies, the Germans.
1t. Gen. j. Touzet du Vigier said of it:
From this moral effort in the hearts
OF men and women, not only in France,
but across Europe, is being born quail.
lty OF unity that has never existed be-
fore. 1t is that new quality of unity
which is the base of our hope for the
future.
When in the latest elections in the
Ruhr the Communists were shown to
have lost two-thirds of their adherents,
Communist leaders attributed it to moral
rearmament. and Chancellor Adenauer
said: Moral rearmament has become
universally known in postwar Ger
many"
Gen. Douglas Macarthur, in his recent
moving testimony before the Senate
Foreign Relations and Armed Services
Committee, urged the outlawing Of war.
If this is ever to be accomplished, it
seems clear that the adoption Of the
principles Of moral rearmament may 20
far to make peace, not war. inevitable.