Milford chronicle., 1956-06-01
THE KEY TO PEACE

The author of that plan is Secretary of
States Dulles He described it in a speech
made before the Supreme Lodge of Bnai
Birth on the day following his return from
a Paris meeting of the prime ministers of
the Is nations comprising NATO - The
North Atlantic Treaty Organization. And
what is prosed is to broaden the concept and
function of NATO in order to enable it to
deal promptly and effectively with interna-
tional problems which, for practical reasons,
cannot be satisfactorily handled within the
United Nations. Most important of those
reasons, Cf course, is that Russia has the veto
power in the UN-but not in NATO.
NATO, as it was constituted and as it
now exists, is almost purely military or
ganiZation. Within that limited framework
of purpose, it has achieved a substantial sue
cess-though not so substantial as was orig
inally hoped. The Soviets, it is clear, have
as one of their primary objectives the de-
struction of NATO as an effective instru-
ment of military power and of Western soli-
darity. Mr. Dulles new concept would in no
way reduce NATO's military responsible
ties But it would, in u. S. News phrase add
a new weapon ito NATO's arsenal against
Communist troublemaking That weapon
is political strength-poWer of combined
public opinion"
what has SO far been done within NATO,
and within other international organiza-
hons. Then he said: "But it still remains the
fact that matters of vital Importance to the
Atlantic community are not being given
timely consideration on community basis"
Among these problems is the overriding one
of the Middle East, with its vast nanpower
and natural resources. Another is North
Africa Still another is Cyprus. And one
more is the long-delayed largely because of
Soviet opposition and disregard of agree
ments) reunlficatiOn of Germany.
Of different character, but of enormous
Importance is the problem, in Mr.. Dulles
words, "of the relation of the Atlantic COM
munity to the newly independent nations of
the world" nations containing more than
$50 million people.
Because of all this, the ministers at the
Paris meeting decided to Immediately seek
ways and means to improve and extend CO.
operation in non-military fields and to de-
velop greater unity within the Atlantic COM
munity." That means economic and political
cooperation. And this decision to quote Mr.
Dulles again, "was recognized by all as being
a decision which could be of historic import
ance, since it could contribute nightly to-
ward erasing what has been the greatest
weakness of the West, namely, is disunity
To erase that disunity, which has given birth
to so many tragic consequences, is one of the
supreme tasks of postwar craftsmanship"
What could come of this: David Law
of the free governments which are ready to
make great sacrifices for ultimate peace, this
bold and brilliant plan !. could give the
world at last what it has long been praying
fora constructive program which, by its
challenge, must attract the attention of
peoples on both sides of the Iron Curtain.
For peoples, not governments, really hold
the key to peace"
HELP WITH TEEN-AGERS
Perhaps no phase of human development
has received so much attention in recent
years as the period of adolescence. Even the
term ''teen-ager" is of fairly late minting.
The kind of attention given the problems
OF adolescence, however, often is more emo
tional than intelligent. "Teen-ager" has TAX
en- on an unjustified connotation of delin-
quency. Such branding of the adolescent
group adds nothing to understanding. AS
the problems of complicated society grow,
adults must devote serious thought to the
teen-ager coming up in that society, grap-
pling both with himself and with the world
about him.
Important grist for this kind of thinking
is to be found in new volume prepared by
DR.. Arnold Gesell and some of his associ-
ates In the GeSel Institute of Child Devel-
opment. This book, Youth: the Years from
Ten to Sixteen" is a companion volume to
DR.. Gesell's famed earlier study of the young
child
For parents and educators who seek COM
fort in normal patterns of behavior by which
to judge the adolescent, DR.. Gesell sounds a
warning that the Recommendation of these pat
terms must not be taken as rigid and infex-
ible norms. He emphasizes that, painful as
the maturing process is, certain moods and
activities are peculiar to all children though
they may occur at different periods.
Parents sometimes fail to realize that be-
ing teen-ager may be as difficult as being
the parent of teen-ager. The development
of one accompanies development of the other,
and misunderstanding mars many parent
adoescent relationship. DR.. Gesells study
offers valuable insight to help smooth the
path.
DISAPPEARING CURIOS
The old-time cracker barrel in the gro
cery, on which the villager might sit to gos-
sip and discuss the state of the nation, is
known to everyone by name. Try to find