Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1962-01-25

The happiest and most exciting political
development of our time is the cautious but
inexorable drawing together of our forbear-
ers in Western Europe. 1t began after World
War ii when the coal and steel agreements
reached fruiton under the visionary steering
OF great European - Monet.
In 1857 the Common Market Treaty was
ratified in Rome and prosperity fast came
to Western Europe Our government had
the vision to foster and fortify the develop
ment of this economic wonder, and its dis.
solution of the multitude of absurd tariff
barriers in a once nationalistic Europe.
The next grand progression was that
Great Britain chose to join which in turn
means that all of Western Europe from the
crown of Scandinavia to the toe of Italy
must inevitably join. The Importance of
Britain's joining is that the greatest trading
nation of the world has assessed the Market
and recognizes its success, and emissions it
as the hope of the future 1t also means that
Australia, Canada, New Zealand and South
Africa will probably be bound closely to the
Common Market.
In aggregate, the Market ultimately will
include over Onehalf billion of the worlds
population! II will include the highest con.
centration of skilled labor, and the most
highly educated and politically sophisticated
peoples on EARTH More important it will be
the most powerful economic and financial,
the most advanced industrial entity i'm the
long story of mankind. II does not mean
there will not be parochial differences to add
flavor and excitement to the whole. The net
effect however must be the sOftening of the
stolid NOrdic when infused by the Mediter-
ranean in exchange for the industriOusness
of the NOrtherner Inevitably the entrance
Of the Commonwealth must bring political
stability, diplomatic fnesse and traditional
AnglO-Saxon law and order to the whole.
Concomtant with the development of the
Common Market, recently made even more
interdependent because approachment has
been achieved over nettlesome agriculture diff
ferences, we have fostered the NATO alli-
ance This has given the Market an addi-
tional raison detre. Because of the many
necessary committee meetings and confer
ences, military and civil servants and polit-
icians of the individual nations have grown
to know and to trust each other and to
broaden their horizons. There is only one
major adventure left, and many believe that
in due course, but inevitably, political union
must follow The ingredients are present =
external hostility directed toward them and
need of a common defense force, economic
interdependence, and, as firm foundation
ancient interloclxing histories with mutual
tradition of Christianity to anneal them at
long last Together they will represent the
greatest concentration of power the world has
ever known. The Common Market is the
real third force even now. 1t is truly thrilling
to contemplate.
What does this happy evolution mean to
the world and more particularly to our United
Sttese To begin both Russia and the United
States will be secondary in economic and
political power. Both we and the Russians
realize this Russlas energy Is directed to
destroying 1t while In labor. whereas we bless
II and seek accommodation with it. Indeed
the most acceptable international effort OF this
administration has been TO reach an agree.
ment with the Common Market In the reduc.
ton OF tariff barriers. We must draw ever
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