◆ SpookStack

P= . Urges, in Wilson Anni- versary Speech, Plan- ning Now for Future Vice President Henry A. Wallace Jast night proposed establishment of a post-war World Council to insure peace and called on the American ‘people to lead: the world J. toward a “new democracy’—one in which the common man: and: returning soldier will be assured of jobs and security. ; In an address that may rank with his now- historic “Free World” speech of May 8, he said the task of this generation is “so to or- ganize human affairs that no. Adolf Hitler, no power-hungry war-mongers, whatever their nationality, ever again can plunge the whole world into war and bloodshed. His address was broadcast nationally from Washington in commemoration of the 86th anniversary of the birth of Woodrow Wilson. Woven through the speech were these | themes: -Q The United States and her Allies must begin now to plan a vigorous and workable world compact to disarm aggressors and in- sure world peace through economic co- operation. This will necessitate a World , Council to settle disputes which otherwise would lead to needless war and bloodshed. q Any such federated world organization, m .. @esigned to preserve liberty, equality, se- a Ered nity foreall- must cone ise! ., to broad principles which affect the. entire world, leaving each country or each region the freedom to deal with purely domestic or. regional problems. For example, Euro- pean countries,’ while: concerned with Pan American problems, should not have to be preoccupied with them; conversely, Pan America should not-have to be preoccupied - with problems of Europe. — a WThe_United States cannot afford to de+!: lay the Preparation of a broad, post-war _, Seconstrugion program to- speed cunversion > of industry back to a peacetime basis and . gave up his job to join the armed forces or ‘ go into war work will have a new job when the peace is signed. Regarding the new League of Nations, with the United States this time an active member, Wallace said that in the period following World War I there were many who said Wilson had failed. But now, he added, “We know it was the world that failed and that the suffering and war of the IN PM TODAY Pages Picture Magazine - - - - = 4-9 ~ National News - - - - - - 10-11 News From Abroad - - - + 12-16 New York News - - - - - 17-18 The Scuttles- - - - - - - 18 Theaters, Movies, Music - 19, 20, 22 Radio - - - - + + © = = 20-21 Barnaby - + - - - + © + 2 Food - - + + + + © © = 2 Shopping News- + + + + - 24-25 Sports - - - + + + © + + 26-27 Patoruzu - - © = - + © - 27 Vic Jordan - 28 V ice President W; - To Insure Wo! “thereby make. certain’ that" everyone wlio}: , k Vice-President Henry A. Wallace, who gommemarated the anniversary of Woodrow} Wilson’s birth with a radio speech elaborating the thesis that this is the.cen’ ury of the common man. for its failure” .. He said hx believed the United States, aware of its “isolationist folly,” is now ready est: possible ‘iberty without producing an- archy and atsthe same time will not give so many rights,to each : i ize “the: securl 1 of all.” - QUeed territory’ is regained from the Germans f erritory” is regained fro venge would Ibe a si Then, he building a n this task ecotomic’ reconstruction will an all-importin¢ role, . : “It should tye obvious to practically every- one that, witFout well planned and vigorous action, a serids Us-evonouy, steruns WIP tor low this war)” he said. “These will take form in-inflation: and temporary ‘scarcities, followed by ne uses, crashing prices, un- employment bankruptcy, and in some cases violent revolution.” Because Jole-for-all ig a prerequisite for a sound economy, he said, the United States must make cértain that another period of unemployment. does not follow the present conflict, . “This problem,” he said, “is well recog- nized by the average man on the strect, who sums it up in a nutshell like this: ‘If everybody can be given a job in war work now, why can’t everybody have a job in peacetime production later on?” The essentials of this job are clear, Wal- lace said: We}must have definite, plans for the conversion of key industries {to peace- time work: A continuity in the flow of in- comes between consumers and industry, and a national system of job placement. “With this énd in view,” he continued, “the suggestion has been made that Con- gress should formally recognize the mainte- nance of full employment as a declared national policy, just as it now recognizes as national policies the right of farmers to parity ‘of income with other groups and the tight.of workers to unemployment insurance and old-age annuities.” of barbarism.” . Entered as Second Class Ma last doa is the penalty it is- paying to work with other United Nations in devel- oping a “forniula which will give the great- member nation as to , and the Japanese, ‘he said, the Allies must, tyke humanitarian measures of relief. and. t€habilitation, remembering all the while tht “revenge for the sake of re- tinued, will come the task of nd enduring peace, and in play]. The text of the Vice President's speech on America’s part in world reconstruc- tion: For the people of the United States, the war is entering its grimmest phase. At home, we are beginning at last to learn what war privations mean. Abroad, our boys in even greater numbers are coming to grips with the enemy. Yet, even while warfare rages on, and we of the United Nations are re- doubling our great drive for victory, there is dawning the hope of that day of peace, however distant, when the lights will go on again, all over the world. Adolf Hitler’s desperate bid for a Nazi world order has reached and passed, its highest point, and is on its way to its julti- mate downfall. The equally sinister threat of world domination by the Japangse js doomed eventually to fail. t When the Hitler reghine finally collapses and the Japanese war lords are smashed, an entirely new generation—the generation which President Roosevelt once said has a ‘rendezvous with destiny”—is so to organize ‘wuman affairs that no Adolf Hitler, no power-hungry war mongers, whatever their nationality, can ever again plunge the whole world into war and Bloodshed. ‘Analogous'to Early’ Days of Our Republic The situation in the world today is par- allel in some ways to that in the United States just before the adoption of the Con- stitution, when it was realized that the Articles of Confederation had failed and that some stronger union was ‘needed, - Today, measured by travel time, the whole world is actually smaller than was totam was inal “fen. When George Wash- i oOn_Wwas_™ y- mer it tank coven do to go by horse-drawn vehicle from Moubt Vernon to New York. Now Army bombers are flown from the United’ States to China ar.d India in less than three days. It is in this suddenly shrunken world that the United Nations, like our 18 American stztes in 1787, soon will be faced with a fundamental choice. We know now that the League of Nations, like our own union under the Articles of Confederation, was not strong enough. The League never had American support, and at critical moments it lacked the support of some of its own members. ‘The League finally disintegrated under the successive blows of world-wide economic depression and a second world war. Soon the nations of the world have to face this question: Shall the world’s affairs be so organized as to prevent a repetition of these twin disasters—the bitter woe of depression ané the holocaust of war? Discussion Now Is Appropriate It is especially appropriate to discuss this subject on this particular date, because it is the birthday of Woodrow Wilson, who gave up his health, and eventually his life, in the first attempt, a generation ago, to preserve the world’s peace through united world action. At that time, there were many iter. Post Office. N. ¥..N ¥ who said that Wilson had failed. Now we know that it was the world that failed, and the suffering and war of the last few years is the penalty it is paying for its failure. When we think of Woodrow Wilson, we know him not only for his effort to build a permanent peace, but for the progressive leadership he gave our country in the years before that first World War. The “New Freedom” for which Wilson fought was the forerunner of the Roosevelt “New Deal” of 1933 and of the world-wide new democracy which is the goal of the United Nations in this present struggle. . Wilson, like Jefferson and Lincoln before him, was interested first and always in the welfare of the common man. And so the ideals of Wilson and the fight he made for them are an inspiration to us today as we take up the torch he laid down. We Must Prepare For the Peace Now * Resolved as we are to fight on to final victory in this world-wide people’s war, .we are justified in looking ahead to the peace that inevitably will come. Indeed, it would be thg, height of folly not to prepare fo? ’ peace just as, in the years prior.to Dec, 7, 1941, it would have-been.the-height not’ to prepare for war.” As territory previously overrun by*the forces of the’ United Nations, measures: of relief and rehabilitation will have to. be° undertaken, ‘Watery out“of the experience of these temporary measures of relief, there will emerge the possibilities and the -prac- ticalities of more permanent reconstruction. We can not now blueprint all the details, but we can begin now to think about some of the guiding princisles of this world-wide New “acavoeracy Wwe Of the United Nations hope to build. >. Two of these principles must be lib7:., and unity, or, in other words, home rule and centralized authority, which for more than 150 years have been foundation stones of allace Calls for Post-War Council . ; Id Peace and Security for All Nations BF We Must Avoid Those Blunders , Committed After World War IP a ‘Germans and the Japs is reoccupied by the - our American democracy,and our American ye : Union. ’ ty ‘p Vv We Were Unprepared’ After World War I When Woodrow Wilsox proposed the League of Nations, it became apparent. that these same principles of liberty and unity— of home rule and centralized authority— needed to be applied among the nations if a repetition of the first world war was to be prevented. Unfortunately, the people of the United States were not ready, They be- lieved in the doctrine of liberty in interna- tional affairs, but they were not willing to give up certain of their international rights and ta shoulder certain international duties, even though other nations were ready to take such steps. ' They were in the position of a strong, well-armed pioneer citizen who thought he could defend himself against robbers with- out going to the expense and bother of joining with his neighbors in setting up a police force to uphold civil law. They stood for ‘decency in international me 28 1947