MARCH 1955 ONE WORLDISM and the UNITED NATIONS Robert S. Byfield Chesly Manly John Chamberlain W. L. McGrath W. H. Chamberlin Frank S. Meyer W. M. Curtiss Raymond Maley John T. Flynn Edmund A. Opitz F. A. Harper Cy Peterman Frank E. Holman William H. Peterson Suzanne La Follette Dean Russell Charles Callan Tansill • • • • • • • • • • • • •• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • "Now here's a • • • • • • difference I can feel I. .. • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •••••• •• • • • • • • • • • •• • • • • • • • • ~hat Full-time PO"'Ner Steering •• • this • • • I"~ • • does for me at the "'Nheel • • • • • • • • • • ••••••••• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • THE FORIIVARD LOO~ does things for you no other cars can do! For instance, power steering that works the instant you move your wheel! Even if you've tried other power steering, you'll feel the big difference at once! With other kinds, you have to exert 5 pounds of pressure before the power cuts in. 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One of a series of advertisements published in the public interest ~~~ Q «l :J ®~ MINING, METAL AND WOODWORKING TOOLS ABRASION, CORROSION-RESISTANT PARTS ~ UiUti~1jjWJ ~~@n WEAR AND HEAT-RESISTANT PARTS PERCUSSION AND IMPACT PARTS THE A Monthly The Writers The names of most of the contributors to this For special issue of the FREEMAN will be recognized by our readers, not only because they have reeman Libertarians previously appeared in our table of contents, but because they have graced the pages of other Editor FRANK CHODOROV publications as well as the flyleaves of books. Managing Editor MABEL WOOD The roster reads like a page from a Who's Who Business Manager JAMES M. ROGERS in libertarianism. It was a pleasure to work with these authors. They took to their several assignments in the MARCH 1955 VOL. 5, NO.9 spirit of volunteers, putting aside other com­ Contents mitulents in order to do their bit in a worthy cause. Each essay was dO'ne con al11,Ore. Editorials Sometimes they overdid it, as when in their One Worldism 334 eagerness to nail down their arguments they Interventionism 18 War 336 made use of lengthy documentary evidence; space limitations made deletions necessary. A bigger problem was repetition-one writer us­ Articles ing facts to support his thesis which another How We Got Where We Are CHARLES CALLAN TANSILL 337 writer found necessary to support his. This was Alone In the UN ROBERT S. BYFIELD 342 unavoidable, for the "source book" of any criti­ Hist.ory's Greatest Breach of Promise CHESLY MANLY 345 cal analysis of the United Nations, from any The Wages of Hissism SUZANNE LA FOLLETTE 349 point of view, is the record of its activities. UNdermining the Free Economy RAYMOND MOLEY 352 Wherever possible, the repetitions were deleted, Stockpiles of Money FRANK CHODOROV 355 but sometimes the argument called for the reiterated facts, and the blue pencil could not To Save the Constitution FRANK E. HOLMAN 359 be used. The reader may accept these repeti­ Union by Freedom Only DEAN RUSSELL 363 tions with less annoyance than did the editor. UN Versus US WILLIAM HENRY CHAMBERLIN 365 In accordance with custom, we identify here­ Two Rackets of the UN JOHN T. FLYNN 368 with only the few authors who have not pre­ The Omelet Has N'o Rights F. A. HARPER 371 viously or recently had articles in the FREEMAN: They Sell UN to the World CY PETERMAN 374 CHARLES CALLAN TANSILL is Professor of His­ The Real UNESCO FRANK S. MEYER 378 tory at Georgetown University. He is best Religious Propagandists for the UN known for his latest book, Back Door to War. REV. EDMUND A. OPITZ 381 It is not exactly correct to list SUZANNE LA FOLLETTE as a "new" contributor. She is, in ILO: Pipeline t.o Socialism W. L. MC GRATH 383 fact, deeply rooted in the FREEMAN tradition, A Tale of Two Leagues WILLIAM H. PETERSON 387 having been an integral part of the first pub­ Trade Under a World Government W. M. CURTISS 389 lication of that name, edited by Albert Jay Nock, and one of the editors when the FREEMAN Books was revived as a bi-weekly. The monthly FREE­ A Reviewer's Notebook JOHN CHAMBERLAIN 391 MAN is proud to list her as a contributor. Modern Barbarism FREDA UTLEY 393 RAYMOND MOLEY is the well-known contribut­ Government vs. Liberty LUDWIG VON MISES 394 ing editor and columnist of Newsweek. w. L. MC GRATH is President of the William­ Out of Their Own Mouths E. MERRILL ROOT 396 son Heater Company. From 1949 through 1952 Precise Prophet SAMUEL B. PETTENGILL 400 he was employer adviser at the annual confer­ The UN Adds to World Tension ences of the International Labor Organization, C. DICKERMAN WILLIAMS 400 and at the 1954 conference he was U. S. Em­ Well-Tried Failure PAUL L. POIROT 401 ployer Delegate. He is a member of the ILO If They Only Would c. O. STEELE 401 Governing Body. World Affairs Reading List BETTINA BIEN 402 For nearly nine years, IVAN H. 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