Show I Ij When Europe uro e Rebuilds Rebuilds Rebuilds' r rTh t Th There aie are rivalries jealousies frictions among the states of HI I j the American union umon but they usually are not serious t L Latin tin and Slav dwell here side by side for the most f t it i 1 part peacefully and with growing g owing good will wilT v Each state has haa its mili military ry but none trains soldiery or acI accumulates ac ac- cumulates teS cannon with a view t to overrunning another state despoiling its ifs commerce and impoverishing its people I 1 r The army anny and navy are arms anns of central authority for use in I I L 6 the common defense defense defense-a a police power powe which the people of all the states states control control by majority vote in the national congress Gladstone said of tho framework of this plan that it was the greatest ever struck off at one time by the mind of man For fifty years over an area larger than embattled Europe this plan has worked with smoothness and efficiency yielding re rc- results suits which are the envy of mankind I Democracy has proved workable on a great scale over many interests Not ideally not without tangles and bungles but still successfully in th the main with a large measure of individual freedom freedom free free- dom dam yet with accepted restraint the restraint the restraint not of force imposed imposed imposed im im- im- im posed bu but t of allegiance yielded There are no war lords lordS- and no autocrats that we do not ourselves ourselves ourselves our our- selves set up and tolerate because aware that when we will we can easily pull pun them down Please dont don't misunderstand Were We're not claiming superiority for Americans as folks were we're merely claiming t for their political system Given equal intelligence this system ought to work wort equally well wen anywhere I When Europe comes to the task of rebuilding can it find a better model 1 I |