Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1951-08-24

Covenant were ratified Congress
would necessarily have the power
to determine the validity of re-
ligious beliefs in order to protect
morals and the regulations of
Others" !" The power to determine
the validity of religious beliefs is
the power to destroy religion
Mr. President, / introduce for
appropriate reference a simple
resolution declaring it to be the
sense of the Senate that the pro-
posed Covenant on Human Rights
be not approved, and that nego-
tiations with respect thereto by
representatives of the United
States be terminated. My purpose
in offering this resolution is to
bury the so-called Covenant on
Human Rights SO deep that no one
holding high public office will ever
dare to attempt its resurrection.
My resolution is also designed
to alleviate misunderstanding with
friendly nations. In the next six
months American delegates to the
United Nations will be urging the
adoption of the Covenant on HUI
man Rights, perhaps with minor
changes. When the Covenant is
transmitted to the Senate, it
will become evident that it cam
not be honestly endorsed by even
one-third of the members of this
body The Administration will suf-
fer an understandable embarras-
sment. The President will no
doubt argue that we must ratify
the Covenant because our friends
abroad do not understand our
constitutional system. Senators
will recall that the identical ar
gument was made in the troops
to-Europe debate in opposition to
the motion designed to secure a
joint resolution having the force
of law. The resolution which l
have just introduced will minimize
the undeniable embarrassment
growing out of the attemp of Mrs.
Roosevelt and other confused in-
ternationalists to write a World
Bill of Rights.
In conclusion, Mr.. President, let
me repeat my conviction that the
Covenant on Human Rights would
repeal a subtantial part of the
Constitution of the United States.
President Truman's recent utter
anceS on constitutional law are
sufficient proof that he does not
understand the legal principles on
which this Republic was founded.
1t would be unfair to accuse him
of planning to destroy a document
of which he possesses so little
understanding: We may also make
the charitable assumption that
Mrs. Roosevelt and her One-World
colleagues are blissfully ignorant
of the fact that the United States
is constitutional Republic and
not democracy. Dean Acheson
being a brilliant and able constitu-
tional lawyer. He cannot help but
however, enjoys the reputation of
know that to ratify the Covenant
would radically change the mean
ing of the Constitution of the
United States. To date, MIR. Ach-
eson has been strangely silent in
regard to this Covenant. Mrs.
Roosevelt is subject to his orders.
He must instruct her to renounce
this blueprint for tyranny or ac-
cept the consequences for sponsor
ing it. To aid Mr.. Acheson in
reaching his conclusion I respect
fully submit the following from
Thomas Jefferson, the founder of
his political party:
Were it left to me to decide
whether we should have a govern
ment without newspapers or news
papers without a government, I
should not hesitate a moment to
prefer the latter"
Our liberty depends on the
freedom of the press and that can
not be limited without being lost. !"