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From the Office of
SENATOR HUBERT H. HUMPHREY
1313 New Senate Office Building
Washington 25, ·D. c.
CApitol 4-3121, Ext. 2424
~~PASSAGE
FUR RElEASE: MONDAY· A.M.
~ 9, 1962
OF TRADE EXPANSION Aor AS
FIRST STEP IN FURGING OF "ATIANTIC CHARTER"
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Hubert H. HnmphPey, tl:le
:aetnoem~ Whip
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of
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Senate, tela an audience in M!nneapolisSUriday\hignt
~ssage
o:f the Trade Expansion Act will be the
greatest step the United States can take toward the construction of a genuine Atlantic Community. "
"As demonstrated so clearly :in the creation of the
European Community, political ties follow the strengthening
of economic bonds, and w1th the passage of the Trade Expansion Act, the President of the United States will have the
basic tools to lead our country into close econpmic
partnership with the 300 million people of the new Europe,"
H.lmphrey said :in an address to the Midwest Regional Meeting
of B1 na1 B'rith.
"We need a true Atlantic Charter for the Sixties and
Seventies, n ~A@2f!ired. )
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What we seek to establish, and vmat we ha.ve con-
sistently sought during the seventeen years we have poured our
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resources into Europe, is a partnership of the West -- an
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Atlantic Connnuni ty overwhelming in its economic poise and
power, guided by connnon principles of representativ e government, and dedicated to the task of raising living standards
throughout the world.
"We do not seek the creation of a • third force • in
Europe, but rather the creation of an economic and political order on the shores of the Atlantic which can meet any
challenge -- military, economic, or poll tical. "
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Excerpts
delivere d at Regiona l Conferen ce of B1 nai B1 rith,
leamingt on Hotel, Minneap olis -- Sunday, July 8, 1962
IIIIA_.,cu,s1on
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ct
or
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1962
tlantic Partne r h1
o H
Lai
entl
it, th
pro
nt
n nt-- t
int rnat1
of the
t una
rop
h
b
r s,
r
nent-- r atur
co 1 r t
our w
s1nc
broo
on th
men
n the Unit
, in rel tion o
t t
sponeo rsn1p or
orld
In
II.
lik
of frighte n
moth r
, w t,
gled chick •
cont 1ct to dat ,
up
!h
p1t
n st n 1ng guar-d over
11 1ng
ol1t1c 1
a has t
int gr t1on ev
h ve a pear
hr 7
oward
ot tht mo t pro
an
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thout our tully r
1 land c p •
ro
rt
¥ it
lf to aggr
e
1v
a
1n o condit ion to
Co
ism or to giv
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tan
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the need
that
1JI)etu a to ecOQOatc recove 17.
a thing o
have coae ot age.
the paat.
aad
~anoe,
aorae
to
State •
Othera , auCh a
poU'1
have aed their intern al
eth r th
eaallate d on thia a1de
abado
or
countr iea--au oh aa
r to JaOre thaD tld.ce that ot
etf'ecti vel.J that United
~aa
Dat1on a
1'11An7 and I tfl17--h ave e.x;panded their
conoai a at
Unit
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,
nat ated enormoua produc t1v ,
manag erial capac&tJ'.
eat
Yeater dqta chic
In41v1 dual
Weatern
1
Jlow
117 trouble d
source s so
tatea expert s are inquir ing
opean euc ••
or
the
th
all oth r acb1ev
tl
eto17 can be
t1c.
OYer-
nta has be
th
at
area or pro reaa1v el;r
rr
r trade which a
o
now
COJDPriaea six nation s 1rt the indust rial a:n4 cultur al
r
heart ot ILLrop •
frooee41 ng gradual ly-and not 1d. thout oontrov eray
and heartac he--the Common Market baa evolved 1nto a
trading bloo. which alre&CSJ' atanda on 1ta own t'eet a
a rormlda ble conom1c ent1t7.
BarlJ th1e year, tne
1x agreed upon their trana1 t1on to th
ot the Ccaaon
second atage
l'ket, which 1n turn meana that the
eventua l rorat1o n or a genuine tree trad
area, with
a common externa l tar1tt and no interna l trade
barriers , la v1rtualJ .7 unatopp able.
In v1 w ot this
developm ent the united States haa had to cona1de r
vigoroua meaaure a--meaau rea not ot repr1aa l or
reeiatan oe but mea urea of adjustm ent.
PoreJDOre
among these haa been the Preside nt' a propoaed "Trade
Expanaio n Act
the old
o~
1962, 0 a radical new departu: -e fro
1procal
~
e
greemen ta
ct, which the
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Trade 8xpans1 on Act ia deaigned to supplan t.
new tl'ade b1ll ha
The
succ aetully- -indeed , with flying
colora-- hurdled partisan
obat~ct1on
1n
the House ot
B preaenta t1v•a and now awaits only favorab le action
1n the Senate J1nance Committee and on the floor
Senate.
or
or
all the princip al meaaur a of the 1962
Kennedy program , th
trade bill stands the 'best
chance of paaaage 1n th form 4e ired
m1na trat1on.
It
by
the
oneertu l prospec ts for auccea•
reflect what haa oome to be a nat1nal concenaua 1n
favor of 1v1ng the
P~e
1dent the power, on hi own
d1acret1 on, to make recipro cal trade
th
broad
~emente
1nt•rea ta ot the United Stat a..
Ae
granted by the Houae and almost certain to be
approved by th
Senate, the Prea1de nt w111 have
the authori ty to reduce existing tar1tfa by 50
perc nt, and 1natead of becoming tied up 1n
in
the
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triV ial, 11;....bJ•1 t
negot1at1ona~
tor
~
redu ot1o na
tari ff'
cate gon ee ot prod ucta .
he IDilJ' barg ain
broa d cate aor ea or aubSeco nd}¥ , be wtll have a
apec 1al auth orit y to redu ce or t11 5et t all tan1 "ta
on prod ucta or groupe t
tat a IUld the li.Uropean
c~
acco unt tor 80 ptrC ept or
llark et toge ther
x-e or world. trad e.
A an 1nal 1ena ole part ot h1a prog ram, the
Prea 1den t env1 agea broa d aate guar da to
1ndu atr,- .
However, in ca •• where unavo1dab e c1ama e
thro ugh ~rt
1a au!' erecs b7 coa:rpanie
~
tarm era and
work era, th trad e b111 prov 1dea r volu t1on ary trad e
adJu st
nt aaai etan ce-..in th
f'orm or fina ncia l
help and train 1ng to diap lace d work ers or advi ce,
tax ben eflte , and loan guar ante es to bu81neaamen
and
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program ot ad.Ju.atment to the rad1cal ]¥ changed world
deaigned to cope \111 th tb
challeng e
ot t
CoiJD:)n
Market, the 'rra4e Bill Will 'be or materia l aul•tan oe
in our :relation e w1 th our traditio nal trading partnere
in Latin
r1ca and the Par la8t,
~oae
interes ts w
have not forgotte n.
Ot course, lad.lea and gentleme n, it
..,.S.ng that the Trac1e
~ion
oea Without
ct 1a o-1117 our tS.rat
r action to the Burc>pean C011110n Market and it 1
reaction to onll one aapeot or the
naaaeq,
1 ta
11IIJ)Ortance
to
n Market,
the continue d health and
vitality ot our rore1gn trade.
e1dea of the
Co
a
St teamen on both
tlant1c have trequen tq ma1ntatn e4
that the logical reault of Europea n economi c
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ven a
u-.rgen o
a Vn1ted
in
ot 1ad1v1d ual. aovere1g Dty 1nto
tat a or iw'o
capable ot pl&7ins
rld pol1t1ca equal
th that ot th• United
tatea and SOviet Ruaa1a.
looms a
rol•
Hence, politic al unity
the culmina tion of a
rooeaa or 1fh1()h
th OotD:>n Market 1.8 the f1rat and moat e1gn11"1cant
tep.
lndeed, 1mlned1 atelt attar World ar 11, talk
t a United tatee ot Europe waa on the
influ.en t1al 1nd1rtc1 uala.
however, aa long a
f1rat,
three tactora
d~vi
many
1ned idle talk,
ere lackin& t
economt oally atrong Europe;
el1m1n&t1on of the
lead1
It re
ot
econd.
ive r1valr1e a and hatreds ot
&.lrop an na1;1ona (pr1nc1p al}7 i'rance and
O.~}J
and th1rd, th
unat1nt1
w1111ng neaa or
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Br1~n
t
to £'rt1 c1pa t. on t;er u ot
With ita cont inen tal
~tner
l1tJ
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'Dl.e lut few 7Nr a have aeen the almo at
adra culo ua tult illm ent ot thee e oond1t1o
1'h:rough
h
help
or
the Uni.t
'
tate a and th
mara hall1 na ot 1 ta own gen1 ua, Euro pe haa
rega ined 1ta p
~
than
war proa pers .t,-. 1!\e nece aa1t 7 to
.,
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uard eate rn c1v1 11za t1on agat nat Communist
imp eria lism
wh1Cb
e
de clo e alli es
or
countr1ea
orill' a tew ,-eare befo re had been at
oth r'
tbro ata.
ach
Desp ite the fail ure ot cert ain
amb1t1oua unde rtak inga --eu oh aa the prop osal to
merge German troo pa into an 111M atea
defe nse
a a
atab liah men t-- TO haa
1ven each ountr.y
of con trib utio n to the common
det nae etto rt.
bove all, the
pean
e.r
a
ster n
of Europeans
th
h
r 1n v
1 c
eoono
c1t1
for
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ana
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with th t 0
r
of w1
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ch.anc ellerte a ot &urop e aa to the natur e and the
op
a
r
the Oermasaa ae
ater:D.1 t7
to be eqins , a oloael.J' kft1t
ot club JDellbetra prepa red to
the ru1 a ot memberahip and
will t
bid
by
:r ahould 1 t be, ae 1n the
c~t
all
the collec tive
ncb view,.
looae r union o£ "tathe rlanda " 1n wh1ch eaeh countr ;y
aUITende
. min1aum of
overeS.gntlJ whil
a maxiJDWn qUant ity or nation al
the Europ an club be made
o£
r. perfe ct
--~r,
and
6£!!!1•H£·
~ua1ve,
retain ing
Should
tor the ake
effici ent union , or ahould
a.lle r nation s \le allow .d to partak e
or
the a van~•• or 111Ulberah1p eV'en thOUgh oonst1 tut1on a.lly
or oth rwiae they are unabl e to shoul der the full
pol1t1 oal burd
'1'o
ot membe ah1p?
tent theee are th queati ona
tactng the arohi teota or European unitJ
~ay.
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th t
tr
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r pol t cal union 1
o1t 1n the tre
et bU h
for
7
te
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ad
th
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5).
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1~t
.Adenauar ot
Gaulle ot J'rance al1C'l Chancel lor
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(Whoa view. on thie queat1on
are known to ditter at leaat aupert oallJ') deolared
the 41aouaalcma on the
oreat1on of
coneoua t
po11t1o al tederati on, which
ul4
ach1evementa already made in the
eoonoatc n.eld, to a cone ua1ve agreeJDent W1 th
heir
tnera.
Given th1a will to ooop rate 1n Europe, it
waa a1ngulU'l7 appropr 1at• that Preside nt Kenne<i7
should have ohoaen the Fourth ot JulJ in Philade l•
phia'a Independ uoe Hall to make h1a tdatori-c and
ringing c U
to a n:oeclarat1on ot Interoep endence "
between the United
tatea
a Vn1ted
Prea1de nt Kenned7 drew a conaiat ent par&ll• l
between th
experien ce ot the Un1te4 Stat;as 1n tor$1ng
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u.z r 1n..
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to
ap 1 1,
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twov1d
bo
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lt
r the co
n
carey out
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tiona for the emerging nattona
i'he P:rea14ent llkewiee lett no dOUbt
Un1ted
pe IIU8t not beOo
tha~
torce"
a •th11'd
counterpo ised between the Urd.ted Statea
aov1et Union.
In hia
the
I
110rdiJ t
0
We do not regard! a
pe
a
tro
and un1 ted
• a rival but aa a partner,
it. ~greae haa beenl tme baa.1
To a1d
obJective
ot our foreign poUo7\ tor aeventeen yeara.
e believe that
uni~ J!).utOpe will l:Je
capabl ot plq1Jl8 a greater l'IOle 1n the
I
c.011110n ef'enae, ot re
nd1ng more
generoual y to the ne_,a ot poorer natiOJUJ~
o£ Joln.ing with the united States and
otbere 1n lowering tvade
barriers~
reaolv1ng problema ot currenc7 and
1t1ea, and developin g coord1nat ed
poUC1ea in
l other eoonolld.c ~ diplomati c
and pol1 tical a:reae.
We aee 1n
Europe a partner w1 th whom
on
baa1s
o~
tull
equli~
u.ch a
e eoul.d. <leal
in all the gre
t
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8hould welooae, 1a a
tween the United
_-.u'" • •
taJ;ea
"wq•
11ahed.) ae
o ret
iaoue ion
aDd
meana or
I
tlantlo artnerah1 p."
Al~,
I
h1a partnersh ip exilta
1n the ahape or 1na 1 tut1ona uch •• the Orpnisat; lon
e DeYelo
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tth
ter t
mch
th
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advanced "an 111a81nat1ve 1d a, t)'P1c al ot h1a •• e ot
I
, -.kee
doubl e contr ibutio n ot unaurp aaeed valu to th
I
or atern unit,' . Pirat , h• fra:nk ly adldta that the
goals or intern ation al ju.ati
, a
at1c traQqu 1111t7 ,
I
blf8a1J1&8 of libert y can be achiev ed b7 anJ on• nation
ot aome tfho might obJec t
t the Unit
tcyiiJg to hom 1n on Burop
and eatabl 1ah Anglo ...
v>on dom1nat1on ov r
cont1~t1al
tatea 1
1net1 tut1on a.
condl.¥, h etatea Juat ae frankl .J' that h1a
grand
scheme ia not a bluep rint toto tomorrow but a goal to
be atrive n tor o"'er the yeara :
'All thia," he aqs,
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ld.U
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golJ)& to
With
robl-.
all th
8 tDUUCJJ
PBuu.zaa
, then the
or 1ta
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to the
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to reeata Ulh
ooope~
te oloaelf'
lved it. conat1tu-
latter
t10Aal.
1the
o~
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goal, 4
pit
the
ound nine-t
threat.
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