THE ATLANTIC UNION RESOLUTION
Transcript of THE ATLANTIC UNION RESOLUTION
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