THE ATLANTIC UNION RESOLUTION (Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 57; House Concm·rent Resolutions Nos. 107 lo Ill)

Whereas the parties lo the 1 orlh Atlantic Treaty have declared themselves "determined lo safeguard the freedom, common heritage, and civlizalion of their peoples, founded 011 the principles of democracy, individual liberty, and the rule of law," and "resolved to unite their efiorls for collective defense and for the preservation of peace and security;" and

Whereas these federal union principles ha\e succeeded impressively in ad­vancing such aims in the United States, Canada, Switzerlaud, and wherever other free peoples have -pplied them; and

Whereas they have agreed in article 2 of that treaty to "contribute toward the further development of peaceful and friendly international relations by strengthening their free institutions, by bringing about a bellcr understand­ing of the principles upon which these institutions arc founded, and by promoting conditions of stability and well-being" and to "seek to eliminate conflict in their inlcmalonal economic policies" and to "encourage ceo­nomic collaboration between any or all of them"; and

Whereas the United Stales, together with the other ::.ignalories to the treaty, has promised to bring al-out a better understanding of these federal prin­ciples and has, as their most extensive practitioner and greatest beneficiary, a unique moral obligation to make this contribution to peace; and

Whereas the United Stales and the other six democracic which spousored the treaty have, by their success in drafting it and ex tending it to others, established a precedent for united action toward the attainment uf these aims, and the creation of a free and lasting union: Now, therefore, be it

Whereas the principles on which our American freedom is founded arc those of federal union which were applied for the first Lime in history in the United States Constitution; and

Resolved by the Senate (the House of Representatives con· curring), That the President is requested to invite the tlemoc­racies which sponsored the Not·th Atlantic Treaty to name delegates, representing their principal political parties, to meet this year with delegates of the United Stales in a Federal Convention to explore how far their peoples, and the peoples of such other democracies as the convention may invite to send delegates, can apply among them, within the framework of the United Nations, the principles of free federal union.

Whereas our Federal Convention of 1787 worked out these principles of union as a means of safeguarding the individual liberty and common heritage of the people of thirteen sovereign States, strengthening their free institutions, uniting their defensive efiorts, encouraging their economic collaboration, and severally attaining the aims that the democracies of the North Atlantic have set for themselves in the aforesaid treaty; and

These Senators and Representatives Introduced This Resolution in Both Houses of Congress on July 26, 1949: SENATORS

*RAYMOND E. BALDWIN (R., Conn.) llARHY P. CAIN (Il., Wash.) VIHG IL l\L CHAPMAN (D., Ky.) ZALES l\f. EcTON (R., 1\lonl.) J. ALLEN FnEAR, Jn. (D., Del.) WrtLIAM J. FuLnnrcHT (D., Ark.) WALTER F. GEOBGE (D., Ga.) GuY l\1. GLLLETTE (D., Iowa)

• Resigned from Senate t Deceased

FBANK P. GRAHAM (D., N.C.) ROBEI\T c. HENDRICKSON (R., N.J.) LISTER HILL (D., Ala.) EsTES KEFAUVER (D., Tenn.) l!AHLEY l\1. KILGORE (D., W. Va.) BuRNET R. MAYBANK (D., S.C.) JosEPH 1\. McCARTHY (R., Wise.)

·j-B~::nT 11. MILLER (D., Idaho) JouN ]. SPAI\KMAN (D., Ala.)

Erm'ARU J . Tun: (R., l\linn). GABnr::TT L. WrraEns (D., Ky.)

l\IILTON R. YouNG (R., N. Dak.)

REPRESENTATIVES

IIALE Boccs (D., La.) CurronD DAVIS (D., Tenn.) WALTER lL JuoD (R., Minn.) Cr:onr.E .\.SMATHERS (D., Fla.) J \Ill:~ \V. WAD~WORTII (R., N.Y.)

These Senators aml lleprescntatives Have Since Announced Their Support: SENATORS

ll uBEHT IL IImrPHREY (D., Minn.) IIEnnERT H. Lr::mtAN (D.-L., N.Y.) ]OHN C. STENNIS (D., Miss.)

• JoHN FosTER DuLLES (R., N.Y.)

REPRESE TATlVES CAnL ALBERT (D., Okla.) ]AMES C. AUCITINCLOSS (R., N.J.) THOMAS II. BuRKE (D., Ohio) WILLIAM T. BYRNE (D., N.Y.) THURJ\10NIJ T. CHATHAM (D., N.C.) HARRY J. DAVENPOJrr (D .. Pa.)

• Not re-elected

llm~tAN I'. EHEHHARTER (D., Pa.) ALBERT GonE (D., Tenn.) Hormn liALE (R., Maine) F. EnwARD liEBERT (D., La.) A. S. lh;nLONG, JR. (D., Fla.) CHniSTIAN A. HERTER (R., Mass.) ANIJREW JACOBS (D., Ind.) FnANK B. KEEFE (R., Wise.) CECIL Kr G (D., Calif.) EuGENE J. McCAnTHY (D .• Minn.) 1\h...::E 1\fANSFIELD (D., Mont) CuESTEn l\lmnow (R., N.JI.)

,\loHGAN ,\1. MouLu~::n (0., l\lo.) J. Pt::HCY PRIEST (D., Tenn .) J:\.1-.N REGAN (D., Texas) LowELL STOCh. \IAN (R., Oregon) Ot.IN TEAGUE (D., Texas) ALCElrr THOMAS (D., Texas) CJ.AIIK T!lOMI'~O (D., Tc:.as) IIA!lOLIJ VELDE (R., IlL) Jon~ R. WAI,sH (D., lnu.)

FnANCIS WALTER (D., Pa.) ,\Ins. CHASE GoiNG WooDHOUSE (D., Conn.)

The Officers and Directors of the Atlantic Union Committee Ask You. to Aid tire Passage of This Resolution OFFICERS

President lioN. OwEN J. ltomcrn s Philadelphia, Pa.

Secretary WALDEN J\IOORE New York, N.Y.

It t::RBERT AcAn Sasabe, Ariz.

I I f; C\'l!Y E. ATWOOD ,\tinncapulis, J\linn.

!\lAURICE BENT Stepney, Conn.

EDGAR BisSANTZ San Francisco, Cal.

SEVE!.LON BROWN Providence, R.I.

Treasurer ELMO Rorm Redding, Conn.

I' icc-President lioN. WILL L. CLAYTON Houston, Texas

r:h/1111 .• /:,'). eculii•C Commitlcc I I uc H MooRE Easton, Pa.

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

CAHUNf:ll COWLES Des Moines, Iowa

!lENnY C. FLowEn, Jn. ' cw York, N.Y.

?~In s . W. ST. ]OliN GAnwoon !\ ustin, Texas

REV. LELAND B. HENRY New York, N.Y.

Tuo~IAS C. P. MARTIN 1\'cw York, N.Y.

AIINAUD c. MART New York, N.Y.

En~IUND OneiLL 1\lemphis, Tenn.

,\Ins. IIATTIE 1AY PAVLO Rye, N.Y.

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Pittsburgh, Pa.

GEORGE E. SHEA, Jn. cw York, N.Y.

Vice-President lioN. HooEHT P. f'AIIEH,ON New York, N.Y.

lin•nllil'<' Director RonEnT J. Bisuor Orlando, Fla.

H ll.l'll c. STOIJDAilU .\l adisnn, N.J.

CI.AHI:NCE K. STHI:: !T Washington, D.C.

llAROLD c. UREY Chicago, Ill.

WrLLIA\I L. W11rn: Emporia, Kan.

JOliN OnR YOUNG West pot t, Conn.

DuN ANIJEHSON Publisher, Wisconolll Stale Journal

THOMAS J. ANDERSON Publisher, The Arkansas Farmer

WAHI\EN II. ATHERTON Past Nat!. Commander, American Lcgiou

DH. FRANK AYOELOTTE Institute for Advanced Studies, Princeton

MRs. RoBERT Low BACON Civic Leader, Washington, D. C.

lioN. Josf:PH H. BALL Former U. S. Senator, Stillwater, 1\linn.

Mns. 1\IARCAHET CuLKIN BANNING Author, Duluth, 1\finn.

II. R. BAUKHAGE Radio Cumnwnlator, Washington, D. C.

JloN. WENIIELL BERGE Former Asst. Attorney General

MRs. MAllY McLwn BETH UN E Educator; Vice·Prcsident, NAACP

HoN. FRANcrs BtDIJLE Former Attorney General

Dn. BnAND BLANSHARD Prof. Philosophy, Yale University

DEAN EDWARD Y. BLEWETT University of New Hampshire

lioN. RoBERT WooDS BLiss Diplomat, Past Pres. American Foreign Service Assoc., Washington, D.C.

HoN. ]AMEs T. BRAND Assoc. Justice, Oregon Supreme Comt

Lours BROMFIELD Novelist, Columnist

l\1Rs. RoBErtT S. BnooKtNGS Philanthropist, Washington, D.C.

TloN. PHENnss M. BnowN Chairman, Detroit Edison Co., Ex-Senator

!ION. GORDON BROWNING Governor of Tennessee

P. F. BHUNDAGE Senior Partner, Price, \Vat crhousc & C11.

lfARnY A. BuLLIS Chairman, General Mills, Inc.

STRUTHERS BunT Author, Southern Pines, N. C.

CURTIS E. CALDER Chairman, Electric Bond & S\tare Co.

lioN. DoYLE E. CARLTON Former Governor of Florida

I [ODDING CARTER Pulitzer Prize Editor, Greenville, M"ss.

STEPHEN F. CHADWICK Past Nat!. Commander, American Legion

E. F. CHINLUND Vice Pres., R. H. Macy & Co.

Dn. RoBERT C. CLOTHIER President, Rutgers University

Dn. ARTHUR H. CoMPTON Educator, Nobel Prize Physicist

DH. KAne T. CoMPTON Chairman of the Corporation, 1\'l.I.T.

Dn. WtLSON CoMPTON President, State College of Washington

PmuP ConTNEY President, Coty, Inc.

AnTHUR CnAwroRn Director, Utah Geological Survey

RT. REV. EDMUND P. DANIJRIDGE Episcopal Bishop of Tennessee

FRANK CnosswAITH Ch&irman, Negro Labor Committee

HoN. CoLGATE W. DARDEN Pres., Univ. of Va., former Gov. o[ Va.

RussELL W. DAVENPORT Writer, Editor, New York, N. Y.

CHESTER C. DAVIS Pres., Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis

DowDAL H. DAvts Pres., Negro Newspaper Publishers' Assoc.

THE COUNCIL of the ATLANTIC UNION COMMITTEE (Partial List)

ToM .1 . DAvts Past President, Hotary International

JlON. WILLIAM ll. DAVIS Wartime Chairman, War Labor Board

J\1AJ. GEN. JoHN R. DEANE, U.S.A. (Ret.) licad, Wartime Military 1\lission to USSR

JIARRY S. DENNISON President, Dennison Mfg. Co.

TIOWARD DIETZ Librettist; Vice·PresideiJt, M.G.l\1.

DR. PAuL F. DouGLASS President, American University

GEN. WILLIAM H. DRAI'Eil Former Under Secretary of the Army

On. CLAHENCE AootSON DYKSTRA Provost, Univ. of California, L. A.

DR. EowARU MEAD EAttLE Institute for Advanced Studies, Princeton

MAx EASTMAN Writer, Editor

F'EIIDINAND EBEilSTADT Former Vice-Chmn., War Production Board

liON. CIIAI\LES EDISON Former Gov. of N. J. and Sec. of the Navy

Dn. MILTON S. EISENHOWER President, Kansas State College

DH. WILLIAM YANDELL ELLIOTT Prof. of Government, Harvard University

lioN. CLYDE T. ELLIS Exec. Mgr., Nat!. Rural Electric Co-op Assn. Ex-Congressman, Bentonville, Ark.

l\1Hs. MAnK ETuniDGE Author, Lecturer, Louisville, Ky.

DoUGLAS FAmBANKS, Jn. Actor, Producer, Pacific Palisades, Calif.

HoN. CHARLES P. FARNSLEY Mayor of Lou~sville, Ky.

LOUIS FISCHER Author, Foreign Correspondent

PnoF. CAnL .T. FRIEDRICH Prof. of Govt., Harvard University

DR. RrcHAJlD E. FuLLER President, Seattle (Wash.) Art Museum

WILFRED FUNK Book Publisher, Montclair, N. ].

!IoN. W. Sr. ]OHN GARwooD Assoc. Justice, Texas Supreme Court

lioN. ARTEMUS L. GATES Former Under Secretary of the Navy

RABBI NonMAN GERSTENFELD Washingtgn (D.C.) ~ebrew Congregation

DR. HARRY D. GmEONSE President, Brooklyn College

RT. REV. CHARLES K. GILBERT Episcopal Bishop of New York

Wn-LtAM B. GtVEN, Jn. rres., American Rrakr Shnr C:o.

) .ESTER GHANGEtt Exec. Dil'., National Urha n League

CARL HALLAUEI1 Vice-Pres., Bausch & Lomb Optical Co.

THOMAS J. liAHGitAVE President, Eastman Kodak Company

LELAND HAZARD Vice-Pres., Pittsburgh Plate Glass Co.

G. W. Hr.ALY, .JR. Editor, The New Orleans Times- Picayune

.MRs. 0VETA CuLP HoBBY Publisher; Former Director, W.A.C.

RT. Rrcv. HENRY W. HoBsON Episcopal Bisbop of Southern. Ohio

Dn. HAMILTON Hoi-T Former President, Rollins College

Dn. SIDNEY HooK Chairman, Dept. of Philosophy, N.Y.U.

Dn. ERNEST M. HoPKINS Former Presitlent of Dartmouth College

lioN. HowAnD E. HousTON 1\Iayor of Meriden, Conn.

liON. liAilOLD L. ICKES Fmmer Secretary of the Interior

RAilBl DAVID JACOBSON San Antonio, Texas

Dn. OscAR J ASZI Political Scientist, Oberlin, Ohio

GwncE ]EssEL Actor

Ott. LEWIS WEBSTER ]ONES President, U ui versity of Arkansas

Mns. DAVID STAtlR JonDAN ::itan(ord Universit), California

Ott. \VH_nun h . .JoRDAN President, Radcliffe College

PROF. JosEPH H. KEENAN Massachuselts lnstitutc of Technology

C. w. DE K.tEWEIT Acting Pn,, idt·ll t, Cornell University

FLEET ADMIHAL EnNEST .J. K.tNG Former Cldef of Naval Operations

DR. JlANS KonN Author, Prof. International R elations

ADMIRAL EMORY S. LAND, U.S.N., (Ret.) President, Air Transport Assn. of America

HoN. AnTHUR Buss LANE Former Ambassador to Poland

SAM A. LEWISOllN Philanthropist, New York, N.Y.

pAUL W. LITCII F'LELD Chairman, Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co.

DR. CLARENCE C. LITTLE Former Pres., Univ. of 1\laine and llniv. o[ Mich.; BaT Harbor, Me.

HoN. CLARE BooTH LucE Playwright, ex-Congresswoman

RoBEHT L. LuND Past Pres., Nat!. Assoc. of Manufacturers

Dn. JAMES A. McCAIN President, Montana State University

HoN. SID McMATH Governor of Arkansas

PnoF. JAMES A. MAcLACHLAN Harvard University Law School

DEANE w. MALOTT Chancellor, University of Kansa~

EDWAHD ]. MEEMAN Editor, The Memphis Press-Scimitar

HoN. HERBERT PnL Diplomat, ex-Congressman (N.Y.)

HoN. W~LLIAM PHILLIPS Former Under Secretary of State

RoY PINKERTON Editor, The Ventura (Cal.) Star-Free Press

Dn. DANIEL A. PouNG Baptist Pastor; Editor, Christian Herald

PAuL A. PoRTER Former O.P.A. Administrator

H. W. PRENTrs, ]R. President, Armstrong Cork Co.

GwrL YM A. PRtCE President, Westinghouse Electric Corp.

EDGAR E. RAND President, International Shoe Co.

DR. RoLAND R. &NNE: President, Montana State College

A. W. RoBERTSON Chairman, Westinghouse Electric Corp.

HoN. WILL RoGERS, JR. Pub., The Beverly Hills Citizen; ex-Congressman

Mns. T . .M. SAYMAN Civic Leader, St. Louis, Mo.

HARRY ScnEnMAN President, Book·of-tbe-Month Club

JoHN H. SENGSTACKE Publisher, The Chicago Defender

HoN. KIM SIGLER Former Governor of Michigan

SPYROS SKOURAS Pres., 20th Centw·y Fox Pictures Corp.

PRoF. PRESTON W. SLOSSON Anthor, educator, Ann Arbor, Mich.

SYLVESTER C. SMITH, JR. Gen. Counsel, Prudential Insurance Co.

HoN. SARA .M. SoFFEL Judge of Common Pleas, Pittsburgh, Pa.

EUGENE R. SPAULDING Gen. Mgr., The New YorkPr Magazine

GEORGE F. SPAULDING Vice-Pres., Northern Trust Co., Chicago, Ill.

LAWRENCE E. SPIVAK Publisher, American Mercury

ADMIRAL WILLIAM H. STANDLEY Former Ambassador to Russia

CRANDALL MEt.VIN HoN. FosTER STEARNS Pres., Merchants Nat!. Bank, Syracuse, N. Y. Former Congressman, Exeter, N. H.

HAnLAN MILLER RALPH I. STRAUS Editor, The D es Moines Register and Tribune Dir., R. H. Macy & Co., New York, N.Y.

lioN. HARRY B. MITCHELL Chairman, U. S. Civil Service Commission

DR. HENRY T. MooRE President, Skidmore College

DR. JoliN W. NAsON President, Swarthmore College

THOMAS S. NICHOLS President, Mathieson Chemical Corp.

HoN. GARntsoN NoRTON Former Assl. Secretary of State

HoN. RoBERT LINCOLN O'BRIEN Former Chairman, U. S. Tariff Comm.

Dn. PETER OtJEGARD Political Scientist, University of California

Rr. REv. G. AsHTON OLDHAM Ret. Episcnpal Bishop of Albany

lioN. ]AMES F. O'NEIL Past Natl. Commander, American Legion

MRs. CHASE S. OsBORN Author, Michigan historian, Poulan, Ga.

HoN. LrnrGOW OsBORNE Pres., American·Scandinavian Fourclation

MRs. NATALIE WALES PAINE President, Common Cause, Inc.

Dn. TnO,iAS PARRAN Educator, ex-Surgeon General of U. S.

GROVE PATTERSON Editor, The Toledo (Ohio) Blade

HoN. WAYNE CHATFIELD TAYLOR Former Under Secretary of Commerce

DR. EDWARD TELLER Physicist, Los Alamos, N. M.

HoN. R. E. THoMAsoN Federal Judge, El Paso, Texas

PROF. ARTHUR UPGR.t;N University of Minnesota

L. METCALFE WALLING Attorney; ex-Administrator Dept. of Labor

WALTER WANGER Motion Picture Producer

MRs. F. K. WEYEilHAEUSER Civic Leader, St. Paul, 1\Iinn.

lioN. RoBERT N. WILKIN Federal Judge, Cleveland, Ohio

fl. F. WrLLKtE Vice-President, Seagrams. Louisville, Ky.

w. T. WYNN Chairman, Delta Council, Greenville, Miss.

ADMIRAL I-I. E. YARNELL, U.S.N., (Ret.) Newport, R. I.

OwEN D. YouNG Hon. Chnm., Geucral Electric Co.

T!oN. LuTHER W. YouNc:nAHL Governor of Minnesota

DARRYL F. ZANUCK Vice-President, 20th Century·Fox Films