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Show 'Union Now' Drive Continues People' who may have been following the circulars circu-lars and publicity from the, Federal Union associa-ciation, associa-ciation, an organization promoting the plan set forth in "Union Now" may have noticed increased impetus pn publicity during the past few months. The reason, in all probability, is that the international interna-tional crisis has; given exponents of the plan an excellent ex-cellent opportunity to drive their arguments home. Whether you believe in the plan or not, and we venture no opinion 'on it, you should take time to study it over. It will provide some interesting angles an-gles that you may not have thought of, and too, when the war ceases in Europe this or some similar plan may be placed before the American people. Very briefly we might outline the plan. It proposes a union of democracies of English speaking- peoples (United States and the nations of the British Commonwealth) Com-monwealth) on the same general plan as our union of 48 states. After a workable plan was established, other1 democratic nations, if there are any, could join the Union in the same manner a state is taken into the United States. An "inter-continental Congress" Con-gress" would be set up with each nation sending delegates in proportion to their population. On the basis the plan has set up, U. S. would send 27 congressmen, con-gressmen, England 11, and the balance of the British Brit-ish Commonwealth 12. It is proposed in "Union Now" that the relationship relation-ship between the nations in the International Union Un-ion be much the same as it is between the states in in our own nation, however, the division of authority author-ity between the Union government and the component compo-nent states (nations) would be carefully guarded so " that no nation would lose it's national identity, except ex-cept that our present national government would then be subject to constitutional operations under the scheme of things. |