European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 14, 1950, Darmstadt, Hesse                                The stars and stripes m text of Church ills speech on i r t feb n it August r 1 Calls for single army West nations Strasbourg of win Tofi address to ukr Cawns of Europe agree with the committee of ministers that definite Progress has been made in last year in building up the european Concep Tion represented by this there several important Points which lie open be tween we regret that these should have been somewhat i considerately set aside by the committee of ministers till the Assembly should press its opinion on the questions at there really no for Why a Resolution passed Here by a two thirds majority should not be formally made known to and Laid before our respective it being of course obvious that nothing can prevent either the government or the parliament concerned from taking its own decisions upon the question after whatever debate they May deem it is important to the future of this Assembly that it should be brought continually into closer not Only with the executive but with the representative institutions upon in All True executive governments can alone be for great Britain i How guarantee that All resolutions of the Assembly will be brought before the House of com Mons for discussion on their whether we agree them or not for this purpose we shall use the facilities at the disposal of the official i do not doubt the House of lords will take corresponding Points of difference i suggest to my colleagues of other countries Here that they use the liberties of procedure which their own parliaments possess in abundance for the same and that this becomes our general practice unless or until the obstructive influences of the com Mittee of ministers have been overcome or have there Are other Points of Dif which May Well be readjusted As a result of our discus i have always thought that the Progress of building up a european parliament must be Grad and Roll Forward on a tide of events and rather than by elaborate Constitution either we shall prove our Worth and weight and value to or we shall we Are not making a we Are growing a living ii certainly is a Forward step that the representative of the committee of should be Here among to express their collective mind they have to the and to Deal by word of Mouth with matters which we May indeed when we look Only Over fhe past u months but to the Hague two years it is marvelous to see the Progress which has been made in this Short time from an unofficial gathering of pleading the cause of the reconciliation and revival of this shattered and the scene when we sit As a body with eve growing influence and in our own House of under flags of 15 historic states and in All that we do and say we must not belie the Hopes and of millions and scores of millions of men and not Only in the free countries of Europe but in those which still lie in the message from the composite such 1 May term directed our attention to the Schwann plan of associating in an effective manner the Basic industries of the Western and invited us express our opinion upon we Are very ready to do and it May Well be that it is in our Power to smooth away some of the misunderstandings which have Arisen and prejudices which been stirred by the handling of this hopeful scheme in spine 6f the National some of my British colleagues have offered a constructive contribution on this subject to the de Bates of the and i Trust that their views receive care Ful and Friendly consideration not Only from other governments and parliaments but from their it will be a memorable achieve ment if this Assembly is Able to offer practical guidance to Uncer Tain governments and competing parties of a scheme which seeks to build around the Tomb of Tranco German wars d quarrels the Structure of a More productive and More stable Industrial life for the vast numbers of our people who Are we express our thanks to Schuman for his bold initiative and for his Courtesy in coming Here to Tell us All about it but the message we have received from the committee directs our attention in its final Para graphs to the gravest matters which now Imp end upon world of we Are invited to approve the action of the United nations in Korea and to proclaim our Complete Solidarity with the resistance to aggression of which the Burden is now being borne by the United Stales but which involves us All most grievous Challenge no one can doubt what our answer will 01 that the european Assembly do its utmost to sustain the cause of Freedom and the Rule of now exposed to their most grievous but what is oui position Here in these smiling lands and War scarred their so Rich in virtue and striving to Rise again from consequences of tragic the committee of ministers have by their message virtually invited us to consider in their broader sense the military aspects the stars and stripes Vou i at August editor Jamel col Henry Richier managing editor Ken sport editor Phil Taylor executive manager Maurice Kirkwood chief of louts Browa news bureaus ext m Darmstadt Berlin is Wal 8i60a Vienna b47330 Bremerhaven Munich 3m3 t european edition to published daily at for the u occupation under the auspices of we armed forces information and education Neucom Franu Urt the stars and Darmstadt correspondence should addressed to the stars and Apo 175 mail to the new Yort office should of sent to Washington n v this to not an official publication of the aimed reentered second class Natter sept 1947 at the Post office new under the act of March oar certainly it would be Falite and absurd to at tempt to discuss the future of Europe and its relation to world affairs and the United nations organization if this Domin Tingas pet were arbitrarily Winslon Churchill nearly All the speakers who have addressed including the two British have tres passed upon this hitherto forbid Den and its effective occupation by the Assembly has now become a fait 1 am very glad the amid their own have come Here to share our perils and augment our they should have been Here a year a year has been but still it is not too there is no revival of no safety or Freedom for any of us except to stand United and i ask this Assembly to assure our German friends that we shall hold their safety and Freedom As sacred As our danger i have heard it said that if any except were to be this might be the pretext of a preventive War by believe the calculated designs of the soviet government will not be timed or deflected by events of this there is no doubt that we Are All in the Freedom of civilization of Western Europe lies under the Shadow of russian communist aggression supported by enormous the soviet forces measured in Active air Force and in armoured outnumber the forces of Western Union by at least six or seven to these Are terrible and it is a wonder that we sit Here in our new House of Europe calmly discussing our plans for the future happiness and Concord of our Peoples and their moral and cultural it is a won but at least that is better than getting into a the danger is of course not it was inherent in the fact that the free democracies of the West disarmed and dissolved their forces after the while the dictatorship in the Kremlin maintained Gigantic armies and Laboured by every Means to re two years ago the Western Union pact was signed and a number of committees were set up As Reynaud and others have been talking Ever imposing conferences have been held Between military chiefs and and a pretentious facade has been displayed the governments responsible for our 4 in apart from the establishment of the Amer ican bomber baser nothing has been done to give any effective Protection to our pro pies from being subjugated or destroyed by the russian communist armies with their masses of Armor and and have Given what we Asia they eats or 4o sustain the false j accusation of suddenly the lightning Flash Korea and spreading which followed has roused the whole free world to a keen and Viehe ment realization of its and Many Are proposed if they had two years would have yielded some by what is now proposed and should have been done two years ago might Well have gone half Way to meet our needs do not doubt As the realization of our moral danger it will awaken that sense of which the foundation of human this is now going the British reminded us of the immense superiority in s t e in in Al Minum and other materials on which the defense potential of the free nations but much of this might be the prize of the aggressors if we were first struck defensive front Andre Philip on tues Day that France did not wish to be liberated after a period of russian communist cup Alion there would not a Reynaud has pointed be much to Trie systematic liquidation of All elements hostile to communism would leave Little which could be recognized by the rescuers or by the we in this Assembly have no responsibility or executive but we Are bound to give our warning and our there must be and in the shortest possible a real defensive front in great Britain and the United states must Send Large forces to the France must revive again her famous Welcome our italian and scan must Bear their courage and Unity must inspire us and direct the mighty energies at the disposal of our govern ments to solid and adequate measures of who serve supreme causes do not consider what they r can but what they can let be our let that be our rivalry in these years that he before the question r which challenges us is shall we have the time no can answer that question 1 for to assume that we were too late would be the very madness of we Are still under the of the atomic possessed in formidable quantities by the United states u i effective deterrent the use of this weapon would shake the foundations t of the soviet regime throughout the vast i areas of and the break Down of communications arid centralized control might Well enable the Brave russian Peoples to free themselves from a far worse than that of the it seems very Likely that such possibilities will constitute an effective deterrent upon at least until they by a lengthy process up an adequate Supply of atomic bombs of their there is another reason Why the general arched by monism the democracies May be delayed7 the soviet has no reason to be discontented with the Way things have since the world War stopped in they have obtained control of half Europe and of All Chin without losing a single thus adding nearly people to own immense they have wealth of opportunities for creating tempting disperse our fori unduly through act their it seems that is to be the next engaged in i v Are Able to preach while t planning and improving their atomic in my judgment have a breathing space and use this wisely and not waste As we have Alres wasted so we May greatly increase the deterrent against a major it is closing the in the defense of the i Powers in Europe that we find the surest not saving our lives and a of preventing a third world Fig if in the next two years i twp Ift we can create a Tern of defense against the a unlit we shall at have removed the most obvious temptation to those who impose their will by Force the free this system of defense Ian West alone give the i Chance of a final settlement negotiation with the soviet on basis of strength and not off but there is to be lost nor a scrap of Avail strength to be As i have already Sembly has no Power to do we seek to relieve the sible executive their we to our United convictions should Send today a Confidence and courage House of Europe to the who Luj european Farny not Only should we reaffirm fwd we have been asked to allegiance to the United but we should make a practical and guid Ance by declaring favor of the immediate Creatis of a european army under a fied and in should All Bear a honorable therefore in pose to you the following solution the in order press its Devotion to the Nance of peace and its sustain the action of these of the United defense of peaceful Peoples i Calls for the Diate tar eat Ion of a european army subject european democratic full to United states and i Trust this Resolution will open and formal vote not unanimous of this would greatest contribution it Power to make to the peace of the i us therefore go sure at that have done our i 4 Russia accuses the crudest form of interference greek internal notice in the in Security to she will veto All a Border that russian placed of the soviet rejected by the1 w be syrian president Husni Zaire Dies a coup de Tat