THE ATLANTIC UNION RESOLUTION (Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 4;House Concurrent Resolution No. 26) Whereas the parties to the North Atlantic Treaty have declared themselves Whereas these federal union principles have succeeded impressively in ad- "determined to safeguard the freedom, common heritage, and civilization vancing such aims in the United States, Canada, Switzerland, and wherever of their peoples, founded on the principles of democracy, individual liberty, other free peoples have applied them; and and the rule of law," and "resolved to unite their efforts for collective Whereas the United States, together with the other signatories to the treaty, defense and for the preservation of peace and security;" and has promised to bring about a better understanding of these federal prin- Whereas they have agreed in article 2 of that treaty to "contribute toward the ciples and has, as their most extensive practitioner and greatest beneficiary, further development of peaceful and friendly international relations by a unique moral obligation to make this contribution to peace; and strengthening their free institutions, by bringing about a better understand- Whereas the United States and the other six democracies which sponsored ing of the principles upon which these institutions are founded, and by the treaty have, by their success in drafting it and extending it to others, promoting conditions of stability and well-being" and to "seek to eliminate established a precedent for united action toward the attainment of these conflict in their international economic policies" and to "encourage eco- aims, and the creation of a free and lasting union: Now, therefore, be it nomic collaboration between any or all of them"; and Resolved by the Senate (the House of Representatives con- Whereas the principles on which our American freedom is founded are those curring), That the President is requested to invite the democ- of federal union which were applied for the first time in history in the United States Constitution; and racies which sponsored the North Atlantic Treaty to name delegates, representing their principal political parties, to Whereas our Federal Convention of 1787 worked out these principles of meet this year with delegates of the United States in a Federal union as a means of safeguarding the individual liberty and common heritage of the people of thirteen sovereign States, strengthening their free Convention to explore how far their peoples, and the peoples institutions, uniting their defensive efforts, encouraging their economic of such other democracies as the convention may invite to collaboration, and severally attaining the aims that the democracies of the send delegates, can apply among them, within the framework North Atlantic have set for themselves in the aforesaid treaty; and of the United Nations, the principles of free federal union. These Senators and Representatives Introduced This Resolution in Both Houses of Congress on January 15, 19511 SENATORS LESTER C. HUNT (D., Wyo.) JOHN J. SPARKMAN (D., Ala.) GEORGE D. AIKEN (R., Vt.) EDWIN C. JOHNSON (D., Colo.) EDWARD J. THYE (R., Minn.) HARRY P. CAIN (R., Wash.) ESTES KEFAUVER (D., Tenn.) MILTON R. YOUNG (R., N.Dak.) FRANK CARLSON (R., Kan.) HARLEY M. KILCORE (D., W.Va.) ZALES N. ECTON (R., Mont.) HERBERT H. LEHMAN (D.-Lib., N.Y.) REPRESENTATIVES RALPH E. FLANDERS (R., Vt.) RUSSELL B. LONG (D., La.) HALE BOGGS (D., La.) J. WILLIAM FULBRICHT (D., Ark.) BURNET R. MAYBANK (D., S.C.) CLIFFORD DAVIS (D., Tenn.) WALTER F. GEORGE (D., Ga.) JOHN L. MCCLELLAN (D., Ark.) ROBERT HALE (R., Me.) GUY M. GILLETTE (D., Iowa) BLAIR MOODY (D., Mich.) (Added June 30, 1951) CHRISTIAN A. HERTER (R., Mass.) ROBERT C. HENDRICKSON (R., N.J.) JAMES E. MURRAY (D., Mont.) WALTER H. JUDD (R., Minn.) THOMAS C. HENNINGS, JR. (D., MO.) MATTHEW M. NEELY (D., W.Va.) LISTER HILL (D., Ala.) RICHARD M. NIXON (R., Calif.) MIKE MANSFIELD (D., Mont.) HUBERT H. HUMPHREY (D., Minn.) JOSEPH C. O'MAHONEY (D., Wyo.) FRANCIS E. WALTER (D., Penn.) These Representatives Have Also Announced Their Support: CARL ALBERT (D., Okla.) JAMES G. DONOVAN (D., N.Y.) LEROY JOHNSON (R., Calif.) ADAM CLAYTON POWELL (D., N.Y.) VICTOR L. ANFUSO (D., N.Y.) ROBERT L. DOUCHTON (D., N.C.) HAMILTON C. JONES (D., N.C.) MELVIN PRICE (D., 111.) HOMER D. ANGELL (R., Ore.) CLYDE DOYLE (D., Calif.) KENNETH B. KEATING (R., N.Y.) J. PERCY PRIEST (D., Tenn.) O. K. ARMSTRONG (R., MO.) HERMAN P. EBERHARTER (D., Penn.) EUGENE J. KEOGH (D., N.Y.) EDMUND P. RADWAN (R., N.Y.) WAYNE N. ASPINALL (D., Colo.) CLAIR ENGLE (D., Cal.) CECIL KINC (D., Calif.) ROBERT L. RAMSAY (D., W.Va.) JAMES C. AUCHINCLOSS (R., N.J.) ANTONIO M. FERNANDEZ (D., N.M.) MICHAEL J. KIRWAN (D., Ohio) FRAZIER REAMS (Ind., Ohio) CLEVELAND M. BAILEY (D., W.Va.) SIDNEY A. FINE (D., N.Y.) ARTHUR G. KLEIN (D., N.Y.I EDWARD H. REES (R., Kan.) WALTER S. BARINC (D., Nev.) JOHN E. FOGARTY (D., R.I.) THADDEUS M. MACHROWICZ (D., Mich.) KEN REGAN (D., Texas) LAURIE C. BATTLE (D., Ala.) TOM B. FUCATE (D., Va.) EUGENE J. MCCARTHY (D., Minn.) ABRAHAM A. RIBICOFF (D., Conn.) GEORGE H. BENDER (R., Ohio) JAMES G. FULTON (R., Penn.) JOHN MCGUIRE (D., Conn.) REVA BECK BOSONE (D., Utah) RALPH A. GAMBLE (R., N.Y.) CHESTER E. MERROW (R., N.H.) PETER W. RODINO, JR. (D., N.J.) JOSEPH R. BRYSON (D., S.C.) THOMAS S. GORDON (D., 111.) GEORGE P. MILLER (D., Calif.) BYRON G. ROGERS (D., Colo.) EMANUEL CELLER (D., N.Y.) ALBERT GORE (D., Tenn.) WILLIAM E. MILLER (R., N.Y.) HORACE SEELY-BROWN (R., Conn.) THURMOND CHATHAM (D., N.C.) WILLIAM T. GRANAHAN (D., Penn.) ALBERT P. MORANO (R., Conn.) ROBERT L. F. SIKES (D., Fla.) EARL CHUDOFF (D., Penn.) WALTER K. GRANGER (D., Utah) JAMES H. MORRISON (D., La.) EDWARD L. SITTLER, JR. (R., Penn.) W. STERLING COLE (R., N.Y.) RALPH W GWINN (R., N.Y.) MORGAN M. MOULDER (D., MO.) FRANK E. SMITH (D., Miss.) PORTER HARDY, JR. (D., Va.) J. M. COMBS (D., Texas) ABRAHAM J. MULTER (D., N.Y.) WILLIAM G. STIGLER (D., Okla.) FRANCK R. HAVENNER (D., Calif.) NORRIS COTTON (R., N.H.) JOHN R. MURDOCK (D., Ariz.) OLIN E. TEAGUE (D., Texas) CARL T. CURTIS (R., Neb.) WAYNE L. HAYS (D., Ohio) JAMES J. MURPHY (D., N.Y.) ALBERT THOMAS (D., Texas) PAUL B. DAGUE (R., Penn.) F. EDWARD HUBERT (D., La.) REID F. MURRAY (R., Wise.) WILLIAM L. DAWSON (D., 111.) Louis B. HELLER (D., N.Y.) CLARK W. THOMPSON (D., Texas) HARRY P. O'NEILL (D., Penn.) CHARLES BENNETT DEANE (D., N.C.) A. S. HERLONG, JR. (D., Fla.) RUTH THOMPSON (R., Mich.) FRANK C. OSMERS, JR. (R., N.J.) JOHN J. DEMPSEY (D., N.M.) CHET HOLIFIELD (D., Calif.) THOR C. TOLLEFSON (R., Wash.) HAROLD C. OSTERTAG (R., N.Y.) HARMAR D. DENNY, JR. (R., Penn.) WALT HORAN (R., Wash.) HAROLD H. VELDE (R., 111.) JOHN D. DINGELL (D., Mich.) HENRY M. JACKSON (D., Wash.) OTTO E. PASSMAN (D., La.) WILLIAM B. WIDNALL (R., N.J.) JAMES I. DOLLIVER (R., Iowa) JACOB K. JAVITS (R.-Lib., N.Y.) CARL D. PERKINS (D., Ky.) CLEMENT J. ZABLOCKI (D., Wise.) The Officers and Directors of the Atlantic Union Committee Urge You to Help Pass This Resolution OFFICERS President Vice-President HON. OWEN J. ROBERTS HON. WILL L. CLAYTON Former Justice, U.S. Supreme Court Former Under Secretary of State •K Philadelphia, Pa. Houston, Texas Secretary Treasurer and Chmn., Executive Committee Executive Director HON. LITHGOW OSBORNE ELMO ROPER WALDEN MOORE Auburn, N.Y. West Redding, Conn. New York, N. Y. BOARD OF GOVERNORS HERBERT AGAR HON. THOMAS H. BURKE PROF. HERBERT HILL ARNAUD C. MARTS RABBI JEROME M. PINES Sasabe, Ariz. Alexandria, Va. Hanover, N. H. Whitehouse, N. J. Takoma Park, Md. MRS. SADIE T. M. ALEXANDER HENRY C. FLOWER, JR. DR. HORACE KOESSLER FREDERICK C. MCKEE A. W. SCHMIDT Philadelphia, Penn. New York, N. Y. Missoula, Montana Pittsburgh, Penn. Pittsburgh, Penn. MRS. LUCY BENJAMIN LEMANN HUGH MOORE GEORGE E. SHEA, JR. MRS. FRANK C. BAKER MRS. W. ST. JOHN GARWOOD Austin, Texas New Orleans, La. Easton, Penn. New York, N. Y. New York, N. Y. EDMUND ORGILL RALPH G. STODDARD W. B. HARRISON PROF. EDWARD H. LITCHFIELD Memphis, Tenn. Madison, N. J. MRS. MARGARET CULKIN BANNING Wichita, Kansas Washington, D.C. MRS. CHASE S. OSBORN CLARENCE K. STREIT Duluth, Minn. LIVINGSTON HARTLEY HENRY LUCE III Sault Ste. Marie, Mich. Washington, D.C. ROBERT J. BISHOP Washington, D.C. Washington, D.C. MRS. THOMAS PARRAN HAROLD C. UREY MRS. LAURANCE C. MARTIN Orlando, Fla. GERALD B. HENRY Pittsburgh, Penn. Chicago, 111. Winnetka, 111. EDGAR BISSANTZ Buffalo, N. Y. MRS. HATTIE MAY PAVLO MARSHALL WEBB Carmel, Calif. REV. LELAND B. HENRY THOMAS C. P. MARTIN Rye, N. Y. San Antonio, Texas Scarborough, N. Y. New York, N. Y. THE ATLANTIC UNION COMMITTEE, INC. 537 FIFTH AVENUE NEW YORK 17, NEW YORK Additional copies of this sheet available from the Committee for 1$ each 5426 THE COUNCIL of the ATLANTIC UNION COMMITTEE (Partial List) THOMAS J. ANDERSON CHESTER C. DAVIS G. W. HEALEY, JR. HON. WILLIAM PHILLIPS Publisher, The Arkansas Fanner Associate Director, Ford Foundation Editor, The New Orleans Times-Picayune Former Under Secretary of State HON. NORMAN ARMOUR DOWDAL H. DAVIS MRS. OVETA CULP HOBBY DR. DANIEL A. POLINC Ambassador to Venezuela Pres., Negro Newspaper Publishers' Assoc. Publisher; Former Director, W.A.C. Baptist Pastor; Editor, Christian Herald DR. MAX ARZT TOM J. DAVIS RT. REV. HENRY W. HOBSON PAUL A. PORTER Pres. Jewish Theological Seminary Past President, Rotary International Episcopal Bishop of Southern Ohio Former O.P.A. Administrator WARREN H. ATHERTON HON. WILLIAM H. DAVIS DR. SIDNEY HOOK H.