Milford chronicle., 1952-03-21

present we can only make use Of
the United Nations, as best we may.
as diplomatic weapon, and through
il we may hope for more general
support Of our position against Com
munist aggression. Perhaps it may
assist in establishing more friendly
relations with Russia.
But as far as military policy Is
concerned / see no choice except to
develop our own military policy and
our own policy Of alliances. with
out substantial regard to the nom
existent power Of the United Nations
to prevent aggression.
The very adoption Of the Atlantic
Pact seems TO me to constitute
recognition Of the impotence Of the
United Nations
The theory Of an International
state. bearing the same relation
to nations and their citizens as our
federal Government bears to the
states and their citizens. appears to
me. at least in this century. TO be
fantastic. dangerous. and imprac-
tical. It is proposed that it have a
supreme legislature. executive. and
court. It would maintain an all
powerful military force able to DOM
mate all nations. II would control
all trade. all seaports. and all air
ports within the various nations.
Such state. in my opinion, would
fall to pieces in ten years,
Not Like Us in 1887
The whole idea is based on the
union Of the lS colonies in 1887. But
those colonies were made up Of men
of similar origin, similar methods
of thought. similar ideals. with SIM
liar forms Of government. They
lived approximately the same kind
Of life. with similar standards Of
living. Even in that case one single.
difference resulted in violent civil
war about IS years later which al
most destroyed the Union.
Here we would be attempting to
unite peoples who do not understand
even how their new fellow citizens
begin to think: we would join democ.
racies with relationships. MosIem
states with Christian states, the
Brahmin with the Rotarian, men
who talk only Japanese with men
who talk only English We would at
tempt TO unite the most highly civ.
ilized with the aborigines. the work
man who earns twenty dollars q
! day with the coolie who earns
E twenty cents day The difficulties
) Of holding together such a Tower Of
Babel under one direct government
D would be insupefable.
? Anyone who suggests such a plan
j is proposing an end to that liberty
D which has produced in this country
j the greatest happiness. the grestesi
o production. the highest standard ol
living the world has ever seen. HC
is proposing to tear up the Aneri-
can Constitution which has made
] this nation the greatest power for
{ good in the world, setting an ex-
= ample Of successful popular rule "a
3 the entire world.
d Would. Promote WoF
Most people who think careIessly
e of world state seem to think that
: it would be run by the United
e States. But we. of course, would
: have a very minor voice in the
n character of legislation. We would
n be the natural target Of all other
}, nations for taxation and all kinds oi
# economic discrimination.
s The controversies which would
It arise in trying to pass Legislation
It would almost certainly produce hun
d dreds Of disputes which could easily
lead to war between constituent
n states. for civil war is as possible
al as any other war. Most such dis
d putes would never arise at all under
E. a covenant between nations admitted
le to be sovereign in their own terri
10 tory. The plan would promote wal
n- instead Of preventing it.
Two Possible Steps
II There are two steps which Nigh
le be taken to improve the United Ma
ut tions. We might press for a conven
,e ton to write amendments to tn
Of charter. That would probably b
a blocked by Russia. We might sc
n. up an organization Of nations withi
IN the United Nations under q NOR
OF ideal charter. There was an oppoI
he tunity to do this in the case Of th
Atlantic Pact. but the State Depart
- ment chose to negotiate a militar
~ alliance.
!. If all the Atlantic Pact nation
as agreed to a new form Of intern,
q. tional organization based on law an
81 justice without veto. it could opei
- ate between themselves and settl
or all disputes among them. An exam
pie Of success might lead 70 Ii
new organizations becoming u
real power within the facade Of q
a. United Nations.
Ich NEXT WEEK; The Russian
he menace and how lt was created.
ent
ior tFrom "A Foreign Policy for Amel
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