Show Cooperation for Peace Based on Compromise Nations Must Yield Some Sovereignty to Lend S Helping Hand Against Threats t to J World Security ji By News Analyst and Commentator Service Union Trust Buil Building ing Washington D. D C. C SAN FRANCISCO The tumult and the shouting dies the captains and the kings depart still stands Thine ancient sacrifice an humble and a contrite heart so said Kipling in describing the end of a ai i war far called our navies melt away As I review this chapter of I current history here at San Francisco Francisco Francisco Fran Fran- cisco where the world security orI organization organization or or- I is in the making I am amI I impressed with one thing what has hasI I already been achieved containing merit and the seeds of hope for a peaceful world has hns been achieved by the sacrifice offered by the humble humble humble hum hum- ble and contrite hearts That sounds somewhat idealistic perhaps but let Jet me explain I think it is is' not an exaggeration to say that compromise is the keystone keystone keystone key key- stone of harmony whether it is a question of interpersonal inter- inter party interstate or international re re- re- re lations And nd nd what is compromise but sacrifice Applied to the United Nations conference conference conference con con- ference on international organization i tion sacrifice of national aspiration aspiration aspiration tion and compromise which meant yielding actual selfish advantage of the moment in the hope of gaining potential advantage for the general good have at least given evidence of good will Good will implemented by popular endorsement means practical progress toward peace Peace More Natural Than War You may lave have read a very trenchant trenchant trenchant trench trench- ant article by Emery Reves authority authority authority au au- au- au and writer on international affairs in the current Mercury magazine which confutes the argument argument argument ment that since war is a part of human nature it can never be pre pre- vented Mr Reves goes about his task of disproving this convent bromide bromide bro bro- mi mide e of the pessimist in a highly scientific scientific manner Why he asks did cities once I wage war against each other and why do they no longer fight each I other with weapons today I Why at certain times did great landowner barons war with each other and why have they ceased the practice Why U did the various churches plunge their adherents into armed warfare and why today are they able to worship side by side without without without with with- out shooting each other Why did Scotland and England the author continues and other parts of what are now single nations once fight and now live together peacefully Reves points out that these and other groups presumably because it was the nature of the beast to once consider it natural to decide their d differences with tooth claw powder powder powder pow pow- der and shot or bow and arrow and yet that kind of legal murder no longer exists and would horrify modern modern modern mod mod- ern man This is his answer to these provocative questions Wars Vars between these social units cease to exist the the moment sovereign sovereign sovereign sov sov- power is transferred to a larger or higher unit That is worth pondering Yield Sovereignty To Higher Community The sovereign power of the cities yielded to the power of the nation England and Scotland yielded their separate sovereignty to the sovereignty sovereignty sovereignty of the British crown This occurred occurred occurred oc oc- oc- oc as a part of the due process of civilization which began when the individual cave man agreed to abide by the rules of the tribe the tribe submitted to the will of the community and so on until the process produced the United States Here is a vast area occupying a huge sector of a great continent which after a bloody war where state rights versus federal authority authority authority author author- ity was the issue became a unified whole Hates rivalries competition religious and economic difference continue as a part of human nature nature nature na na- na- na ture but internecine strife is un un- thinkable Wheres Where's the rub then Just sovereignty sovereignty sovereignty sov which is a fighting word still today The United States is willing willing will will- ing anxious to participate in the United Nations organization the people have given that mandate to both parties But Butwill will she yield her sovereignty If so how much w If she will n not ot it is largely a mat mat- matter ll ter r of ignorance as to what that a sacrifice involves And who makes j I the sacrifice The people themselves themselves them- them themI I selves or some abstraction known a as s 5 Wes Wethe the We the government s s sAt At this point let me quote that tha other student of international relations relations relations rela rela- who it is true does not raise his sight to the point of world federation federation federation federa federa- tion but who has urged it on a amore amore amore more limited basis I refer to Clarence Streit who has long campaigned for a federal union of the north Atlantic democracies He says that the only loss of sovereignty sovereignty t involved is the subordination l 1 L Lof of the ruling bodies to the ruling body of the union that a citizen still j has the right of franchise and all the rest of his rights 1 Does the citizen of Richmond Va who after the secession of the southern southern southern south south- ern states owed his allegiance to the Confederacy enjoy any less rights today when the seat of his federal government is the capital of all the United States Is th the Scotsman in Edinburgh deprived of any privileges fc p leges which he held when he was a aft subject of chieftain laird or Scottish king On the contrary U. U S. S Learns to i Give and Take u The American representative who sits in the assembly or is chosen to the council of the proposed United Nations organization is no less the servant of John Q Citizen of Bingville Bingville Bingville Bing- Bing g g ville than the man he elects ejects i E EIn In proportion to their size there I Iare are no less rivalries between San Sian Francisco and Los Angeles than there are between any two nations Hof of the earth But Bu cities and states of our federal union would no more morel think of attempting armed warfare 1 with each other than any decent e law-abiding law citizen would think of e shooting up his neighbor to get his hise t radio his wife or his parking l leges We Ve are that civilized We accept accept ac- ac f ac-f the sacrifice of of sovereignty our home state to sovereignty under the United States U fed z d i When we advance to the point J where we can sacrifice the degree R-p R Cof G C of sovereignty of our nation necessary necessary f sary in order to guarantee world order we will be civilized enough t to be sure that our sons wont won't run gr the chance of killing and being killed as part of a spectacle of r. r s mass murder which even the horrors horrors hor- hor hor j of this war will pale The San Francisco conference can present a blue print of the machinery machinery ma- ma rna rna-l chinery for peace Only civilization itself can implement it 1 t tIt It is easier to understand things l lwe we ve can see and touch than ideas 1 I Brooks Har Harding in was born in Nebraska and grew up with t the normal nationalism of a a boy who hI had never seen a foreign flag flying i e anywhere He served in the last las l b war in the artillery later became til interested in aviation He had a small aircraft factory and then a small leather factory in New York state i He watched the League of Nations I Irise i irise rise and fall He saw the United Nations start He became convinced u that unless there was some outward outward out out- i i ward symbol some outward appeal J which would stir the imagination and the emotions of the people the second attempt at world harmony would fail as did the first And so he literally left all he had with the sole purpose of making his contribution in the form of a United Nations' Nations flag That flag has not been officially tl adopted but it flew in Washington and it flew in San Francisco a plain white field with four vertical red bars symbolizing zing he says victory vie vic tory equality unity and freedom It is sponsored by the United Nations Nations Nations Na Na- Honor Flag committee supported supported sup sup- 1 ported by such contributions which EI he could make or which he could solicit in travels about the coun- coun try He hopes for its official sanction He feels that this banner may insignia insignia in in- t t some day become the rallying signia for the people of all peace- peace l I loving nations who without slackening slacken ing their loyalty to their own country country coun coun- lo try will respect and support the forces for international good will which this 9 e emblem represents J L |