European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 13, 1948, Darmstadt, Hesse ,. The Cleveland plan by Clarke Beach ". Started by a 20-year-old former Sailor workers for world Security Campaign for world government is supported by almost everyone in this midwestern City Cleveland or some time now there have Beena. Number of plans presented Dis cussed and sometimes rejected forthe possibility of preventing. Another world War. Prominent among these plans have been the proposals for a federation of governments of the of these proposals a Campaign for Union of the world under one govern ment has been adopted by the citizens of Cleveland Ohio with an enthusiasm that has t been matched Here since the year 1920 when the indians played and won their Only world s series. So far More than 200,000 Cleve Landers have signed pledges in support of such a Union and it is expected. That it won t be Long before most of the adult population of the City will be signed up those who organized the movement say they expect to have at least half million signatures of supporters within a matter of a few More months., the movement which is sponsored by an amazing variety of the most prominent citizens. Of Cleveland is called workers for world Security. Person who have been living in the City for several decades claim they have never known before during peacetime such a unification of the Many groups and factions of Cleveland the Cross Section represented in the workers for world Security includes republicans and democrats Catholic jewish and protes Tant Church leaders Heads of the Cio Al and the Railroad brotherhoods educators businessmen and industrialists men and. Women in All of Cleveland s social of those who have enrolled in the Campaign Are spending All their. Spare time talking thousands of their fellow Clev Elanders into adopting an International viewpoint. Whether it s on Street Corners in Industrial plants in offices schools churches colleges Rover a cup of Coffee the topic of Cleve land conversations discussions and de Bates is world the campaigners All carry petition is to by signed by forty persons and each signer gets a petition Volunteer worker gets signature of support from elevator operator who too Short for army service. Now i have found a Way to fight for peace he said. To have forty More persons sign. Work ing like a giant personal Chain letter the petitions through the campaigners have acquired subscribers for the idea by leaps and Bounds the ultimate destination of these petitions is Washington . From time1 to time batches of these lists of sup porters Are sent to the president another Washington officials these officials Are assured that each signer will support them in every possible Way to bring about a government for the whole world. With that kind of backing. Cleve Landers feel that the officials can Carryon in a More definite line through the United nations or through other Chan Nels of government and diplomacy to promote the world federation. Some of these detailed plans Sucias the world Federal government movement with branches in the , Argentina Australia and most of Europe s capitals have elected committees. Drafted constitutions and held conventions but the workers for world Security Don t intend to cause any Dis sension in their numbers by getting Down to Fine Points and splitting hairs Over the actual Workings of such an organization. The simplicity of their idea. Say its sponsors is what accounts for it phenomenal Success in Cleveland. " to be a member of the workers for world Security it is necessary to be Lieve in or agree on Only one Point. The objective is to have a world government of some kind say the workers because they Are convinced that that is the Only avoid another campaigners believe also that this government should to set up for problems Only of an International nature and that individual nation should keep their self governing Power for matters within each country. On the surface their plan is to have a governing system on the idea of the u.s., with definite line Between Federal in this Case International and. State or in the world sense National Powers and ruling Are other movements similar , but nearly All of them propose specific methods of securing a world Union. Many of these movements have broken up on doctrinal debates axe disagreements whereas the workers for world Security movement gives people Chance to express themselves on the commonest possible denominator. Tey want a world Union however it might., be program in Cleveland was started by a thought that belonged to Peter Putnam. Peter a Twenty year old College undergraduate is the scion of prominent old Cleveland family and Youthful Prodigy whose work in physics fat Princeton has Wen him the attention of or. Albert Einstein and other atomic physicists. One night last september Peter tall slender slow of speech went to Federal judge Robert n. Wilkin outlined his idea for workers for world Security and won the judge s Hearty a youngster a former Navy enlisted Man went All Over town saw practically All the prominent persons in the Community and had no trouble winning converts All along the Way. The movement got its real Start when Peter s father John b. Putnam member of a Cleveland Law firm had a luncheon or some of the most important of the men his son had interviewed he asked them what they thought of it and they All agreed that it sounded Well wort trying. Then Peter s Mother mrs. Mildred Putnam took Over an office downtown she since has been the dynamic Centero All the Campaign activity. With the Aid of Volunteer workers she tear through Long Days of High spirited promotional activity which leave weaker women dizzy and exhausted. In addition"1 to contributing their time arid Energy the Putnam have supplied All the financial support for the Clevelan movement up to have a special not wantin g to see another War. They lost a son who was a Pilot in the last War and they feel that the most important thing in the world today is to do what they can to prevent any More families from experiencing such a loss in the future. Judge Wilkin is \ Fairman of the movement and the elder Putnam is vice chairman. The governor of Ohio Thomas j. Herbert is an ardent sup Porter and so is the former -.governor,Frank j. Lausche. The mayor of Cleve land Thomas a. Burke proclaimed the first week in december As workers for world Security the Campaign was launched a student rallies on armistice Day Ein Stein sent a message to be broadcast saying that world government is needed in the near future if unspeakable Dis Aster for All is to be Catholic priest and a jewish rabbi have spoken for the movement on the same radio program. N. R. Howard editor of the Cleveland news spoke to packed pews at a sunday morning serv ice at St. Paul s episcopal church., in 1fact the editors of All three of the City s newspapers Are sponsors of the the Cleveland police Force has been Busy circulating the schools have made classroom projects of the Campaign. Industrial plants have organized their entire per sonnet into committees to secure Signa Tures and explain the purpose of me drive. The Cleveland sponsors have no in a Tention of promoting the movement in, cities though. They feel that it is the kind of thing which will flourish Best if initiated locally. But they have replied to thousands of inquiries from All Over the nation. I. Some voices have been heard is Little Chance that world Union can be achieved and that to talk seriously of it is to delude the Public with a false Hope. But judge Wilkin who has been working for peace among nations since before the first worldwar., says that the idea seems impossible Only because it is new to Man people. In any Case he adds the plan u Well Worth trying since it is the Only thing he knows a citizen can do to help Averta third world War. He wrote a letter just before Christmas to 5 the chief George j. Matowitz. In which he said. Who knows better than the thief of police what it. Takes to maintain civil order be if we did not have a police Force and it was being proposed now for the first time there would be Many who would cite All the frailties of human nature As a reason Why it could not work and should not be 10 weekend. March 13, Iso 1li
