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‘One World’ Government Is Advanced[\sheville Conference Of Six Groups Agrees On Policy Statementmerger nearsUnified World GovernmentOrganization In U.,S. Nearer RealityB, BEN* PHLEGAR ASHEVIM.E. Feb. 22— lt;/P1 -A i(ied v oriel government organnation ii. the United States movedcl0Ser to reality tonight as sixo' ps agreed uP°n a common *Uc ant! statement of policy.Actual merger of tomorrow’s (,,a! sC,sion of the World Government Conference appeared prob-•blc.Tne nr' movement will be „ officially as United World federalists tor World Government lvv.. Limited Powers Adequate to prevent War.Ti,e committee which selected fee „ame admitted it would undoubted!' he shortened in com-mon n :;.ue. but urged the mem-bership to retain the entire 13-iofd title whenever possible.I: tuok five hours to agree upon the’ t.vo-paragraph statement of beliefs and purposes, principally because the original report, of the pulicv committee was not acceptable io World Republic. Inc., one of the six groups.T'.ie committee recommended a iiotenient which said in part: We vili work to strengthen the United Scoo-ui into a world government. ' Worid republic, organized at NortlHvestern University last year bv a group of student veterans, advocates the calling of a people's convention to draft a world con-ititution. It objected to concentrating upon working through the UN. to ti e exclusion of its method.The policy committee compromised by amending the statement to read: ‘We will work primarily to strengthen the United Rations into a world government.Insertion of the word ‘•primarily' satisfied World Republic.The statement of policy as adopted reads:•'We believe that peace is not merely the absence of war. but tie presence of justice, of law. ol order—in short of government and the institutions of government: that world peace can be created and maintained only under world lav., universal and strong enough to prevent armed conflict betweenTherefore while endorsing the ior... oi the United Nations to v.v a world community favor- 'le to peace we will work prs-arily to strengthen the United lv-. o:..- into a world government ; i! powers adequate to pre-i v and having direct juris-over the individual.11- rimer I.. Whitehouse chair-i ) World Republic, informed K ■ -essions that his group asked : right to continue within the ged organization its drive for ^ peoples convention.Proposed by-laws to be consider-bctore merger is effected.«it prohibit such activity, t'.'iiitc.iouse said it would be the tf.uion of World Republic to at-opt to convince the merged ^ oup ai a future date that the ople's convention method is are desirable than the United itions method for achieving \ -rid government.The six organizations which «i!d merge arc. in order of size arid Federalists. U. S. A.; Amer-tus United: Student Federalists; arid Republic. Inc.; Massachu-its Committee for World Fed-ation. and the World Citizens ofresent total paid membership he six groups is 18.027.
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Wilmington Morning Star
Wilmington, North Carolina, US
Sun, Feb 23, 1947
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