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Show OPPORTUNITY FOR PEACE GREATER j THAN EVER BEFORE Those attending the Monday evening public meeting at Masonic Ma-sonic hall at which George Ballif, Provo attorney, discussed "World Affairs" were privileged to hear an understandable summary of events leading up to the San Francisco conference (nine weeks in April to June. 11145) and discussion dis-cussion of the final product of this historic meeting, the world charter signed June 26 by plenipotentiaries pleni-potentiaries of 50 nations. The speaker termed the charter, which embodies 111 articles of approxi- mately 10,000 words, "the brightest bright-est promise of world peace the world has ever known. ' The "Big Five" principles set j forth in the charter were dis i cussed by Mr- Ballif in this order: or-der: (1) Men everywhere must become internationally minded; (2) A universal world security I organization is created; (3) Creation Crea-tion of a military force on an international scale stronger than , any national force to which all I or any peoples may appeal in case of necessity; (4) The creation crea-tion of adequate institutions and procedures for peace; (5) The creation of a Bill of Rights and guarantee of liberties of the four ' freedoms to common men everywhere. every-where. Harold W. Nielsen, president of the Junior Chamber, sponsors of the meeting, introduced Bob Jimas, club chairman of governmental govern-mental affairs committee, who explained the need of town meetings meet-ings to make people conscious of government and community affairs. After a piano selection by Mrs. Bob Jimas, Mr. Jimas announced the speaker for the first of a series of forum meetings meet-ings which Jaycees plan to present pre-sent for public enlightenment. Mr. Balhf titled his talk "Our Struggle For Peace". He told of his reaction to the Armistice 27 years ago, while with the 91st division in Belgium. Because he had "known war, seen wounded men, viewed ruined cities and the dead lying in the mud", Ballif Bal-lif joined Woodrow Wilson's supporters for the League of Nations Na-tions and the World Court. He told of Wilson's heart-breaking fight in the "Crusade that Failed" Fail-ed" and how his mantle had fallen fall-en on Franklin D. Roosevelt, termed truly the "architect of the world organization for peace-" The Atlantic charter grew out of the 1940 meeting of Roosevelt and Churchill in mid-Atlantic and this step forward, like Dumbarton Dum-barton Oaks, Bretton Woods and the San Francisco conference, was a logical development in I man's struggle for peace. The San Francisco conference gave 1 the nations of the world their j first experience of working together to-gether for peace. In the open discussion following follow-ing the talk, Mr. Ballif was asked ask-ed two questions: (1) Did the na- tions signing the charter give up j any of their sovereignity and national rights? and (2) Would the machinery set up by the charter be strong enough to function fun-ction in the event of a division of nations such as that of the allies and the axis? To the first query Mr. Ballif replied that na--tions signing the charter would be called upon to make sacrifice of some rights. Only the future can reveal how effective the charter will be in preventing recourse re-course to war in settlement of differences, Mr. Ballif replied in answer to the second question O |
