Meyer Sees a Political Union Of World in Our Generation

"Political unity of the world is inevitable in our lifetime," Cord Meyer, Jr., Junior Fellow, told an enthusiastic audience in Sever 11 last night at a meeting sponsored by the World Federalists and the American Veterans Committee.

"The figleaf of American imperialism," as the Soviet radio called him last week, proposed that five constitutional and enforceable powers must be given to the United Nations to enable it to preserve peace:

(1) Power to prevent the use or threat of force.

(2) Power to arbitrate international disputes and enforce obeyance to decisions.

(3) Control of military force.

(4) Managerial control of certain scientific processes, including the use of atomic power.

(5) Power to raise direct taxes.

Suggests Sweeping Changes

In addition, Meyer, ex-president of the United World Federalists and of the AVC, said the UN must have a new system of representation instead of the present one-delegate-to-a-nation system, a new veto-less executive cabinet to replace the Security Council, a new judiciary system which can judge individual responsibility instead of national, and revised international police and trusteeship set-ups.

As a result of the disclosure of the Soviet atomic bomb, Meyer said, we must expect increased appropriations for the Atomic Energy Commission, a long range air force, a radar defense network, and the fortification of Alaska.

"When enough atomic bombs to destroy an opponent's major cities have been accumulated by both sides, the degree of dispersal of industry and population is the standard of a nation's ability to continue to fight," Meyer said.

Although he agrees with President Truman's call for renewed U. S. efforts for international control, Meyer said that atomic control is too ineffective to be our only hope for maintaining peace.