Show 3 No Party Lines Drawn r pRESIDENT RESIDENT ROOSEVELT h has hs s often spoken of 3 the cultivation of western hemisphere harmony har- har sj mony and solidarity as an enterprise se d A ing of the interest and labors of the whole d American people In appointing delegates to the eighth international conference of American states to convene at Lima Linia Peru on December 9 he carried forward this tho thought in naming Alf M. M Landon as one of the twelve distinguished citizens citizens' of the United States to attend This recalls the friendly meeting between the former governor and the president in 1936 at a governors' governors conference on drouth belt problems when both were political enemies and their later meeting after the election had return Roosevelt to the White House Each man has respect t for the other and both are able to put politics aside when there is a job for the nation to be done Out of it a wholesome lesson lesson lesson les les- les- les son son is to be drawn I It cannot be brought out into public view too often Gratifying beyond measure is that the pres presidents president's presidents president's iI i- i I dents dent's list includes Salt Lake City's brilliant townswoman and tireless worker for Pan-Amer- Pan 1 lean ican concord Mrs Burton W. W Musser Last year she attended conferences in South America as a representative of the Peoples People's Mandate to End EndI I War War visiting many of the republics there acQuiring acquiring acquiring ac- ac quiring hand first-hand knowledge of their political and economic problems Her linguistic accomplishments accomplishments accomplishments served her to advantage and she will take to the Lima meet capabilities and ardor for formost formost most valuable service The extreme concern felt fel by the president in choosing a representative and ble able delegation is well attested by its personnel Secretary Hull will head the list Besides him Mr Landon and Mrs Musser the other members named are Assistant Secretary of State A. A A. A Berle Jr Ambassador Ambassador Ambassador Am Am- to Peru Laurence A. A Minister Minister Min Mm- ister to the Dominican Republic R. R Henry Nor- Nor web Emilio del Toro chief justice of the Puerto Rico supreme court Legal Adviser Green H. H Hackworth of the state department President John F. F OHara O'Hara D. D D. D of Notre Dame university Professor Charles G. G Fenwick of Bryn Mawr 3 co college President Dan W. W Tracy of the International International tonal Brotherhood of Electrical Workers and Miss Kathryn Lewis daughter of John L. L Lewis wis It is becoming more and more obvious that r. r ff this this- conference presents new world democracy u with wit a great opportunity y Events in the old world f ar are are giving this meeting an importance which no previous Pan-American Pan conference has had While it is true that democracy as we understand understand understand under under- stand it is not a ver very robust growth below the equator it is also true that something fundamental fundamental funda fund a- a mental to the New World way of life is being threatened from Europe The Latin nations nations' fought to free themselves of overseas tyranny just as the people of the United States did and t although many of them have had dictators of their own for many years there is a world of difference between their kind of dictatorship and the kind now dominant in Europe However However How- How V ever imperfect democracy may have been in the 1 t United States tates however mu much h it may have been flouted In in the Latin republics the way of fr freedom free free- et e- e t dom om ha has haS' nevertheless been fundamental to the New World spirit j So this conference offers a great chance for forthe the people of the New World to perfect their theirl l defenses It calls for little in the way of conferences confer- confer 0 j between military and naval authorities If the statesmen can find ways to keep the channels channels chan chan- nels of New World trade clear if they can f formulate formu- formu 1 late te some program by which the New World nations nations nations na- na can through the interchange of pf goods services services services ser ser- vices and ideas idear maintain and improve their economic eco eco- levels and move forward toward a freer freel and richer life then life then there will be much less reason to be afraid of developments in n Europe s 1 If the Americas stand together they can make of J- J their half of the world a thriving unregimented rade trade area which totalitarian economics cannot cannat affect And if that is done the New World way of f life is saved |