HERBERT R. O'CONOR, GOVERNOR. 1969

ultimate carnage, which history reveals to be not only criminal-
ly futile but positively avoidable through judicious foresight in
federating all nations. No nation should be excluded from
membership in The Federation of the World that is willing to
suppress its military, naval and air forces, retaining only a con-
stabulary sufficient to police its territory and to maintain order
within its jurisdiction, provided that the eligible voters of that
nation are permitted the free expression of their opinions at
the polls;

It being our profound and irrevocable conviction:

That man should be forever free and that his historic rights
as an individual and as a citizen should be protected by all the
safeguards sanctioned by political wisdom and experience.

That governments are essential to the existence of communi-
ties and that the absence of government is anarchy.

That there exists an international community, encompassing
the entire world, which has no government and which is des-
tined, as a consequence of the present war, either to be ruthless-
ly dominated and exploited by totalitarianism or to be feder-
ated by democracy upon the principle of freedom for all nations
and individuals.

That all human beings are citizens of this world community,
which requires laws and not treaties for its government.

That the present conflict will determine the survival of free
institutions throughout the world, and that it is morally in-
cumbent upon this generation, as one of the declared objectives
of the current war, to federate the nations, in order to make
secure, and hereafter unchallenged, freedom for all peoples
everywhere, and in order to impart to those who are called to
give their lives and fortunes for the triumph of democracy the
positive assurance of the incorruptible utility of their sacrifice,

That World Federation is the keystone in the arch of civiliza-
tion, humanity's charter of liberty for all peoples and the signet
authenticating at last the union of the nations in freedom and
peace.

That the universal ordeal, through which mankind is now
passing, marks the birth of a new epoch that will affirm for all
time the indestructible solidarity of civilization and the abid-
ing unity of the human race.

That there are supreme moments in history when nations are
summoned, as trustees of civilization, to defend the heritage of
the ages and to create institutions essential for human progress.
In the Providence of God, such a crisis is this hour, compelling