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Senator JOHN SPARKMAN,

Chairman, Senate Foreign Relations Committee,

U.S. Senate, Washington, D.C.

WASHINGTON, D.C., May 8, 1975.

The 1975 National Council of the League of Women Voters of the U.S., composed of delegates from all 50 States, the Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico and the District of Columbia, wishes to commend the Senate Foreign Relations Committee for holding hearings on the United Nations at this crucial point in the UN's history. We deplore recent UN General Assembly and UNESCO General Conference actions which violates the spirit of the UN charter. We do not feel, however, that withdrawal of U.S. participations from these organizations is an appropriate response. We strongly urge that the U.S. provide firm constructive leadership to support UN policies and programs which promote the spirit of the charter.

RUTH C. CLUSEN,
President, League of Women Voters of the United States.

UNITED NATIONS ASSOCIATION

OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, INC.,

Hon. JOHN SPARKMAN, M.C.,

IOWA DIVISION,
May 24, 1975.

Chairman, U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee,
Washington, D.C.

DEAR SENATOR SPARKMAN: It's a pleasure to send you this copy of a Resolution unanimously adopted by the Annual Assembly of Iowa members of the United Nations Association.

It is a further, personal gratification to have followed during the past few days, testimony before your Committee's hearing on the United Nations. It was a most useful congressional activity.

Sincerely,

RESOLUTION

C. G. DOUGLASS,
Executive Director.

Whereas, the Iowa Division, United Nations Association of U.S.A., Inc., is seeking creativity to develop programs designed to strengthen citizen support for and understanding of the United Nations, and

Whereas, we believe it incumbent upon us to emphasize educational programs for this purpose among youth and adults through out the state and,

Whereas, recent U.N. World Conferences on Population, Laws of the Seas, and World Food Problems demonstrate the validity of a global approach to global problems, and

Whereas, we count it a privilege to commend Congressional committee Chairmen and members who are committed to the more active utilization of the U.N. as a means of facilitating international cooperation, therefore be it

Resolved, That the Iowa Division, U.N.A., meeting in Annual Assembly on May 10, 1975, in Iowa City, commend you for your recent call for a "Strengthened and rejuvenated United Nations" since our "village world" is sorely in need of "international institutions for the solution of global problems."

STATEMENT BY THE CITIZENS FOR A NEW INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC ORDER (CNIEO), JUNE 11, 1975

The immediate goal of CNIEO is to stimulate the Congress and to assure that the Administration begins an active and constructive role in NIEO discussionsbeginning this September 1, 1975 at the United Nations, special session on a New International Economic Order (NIEO). No area of policy discussions is more critical than a NIEO-the issues are War or Peace.

The paths to Global Peace and cooperation must be embraced with the mobility and excitement with which men have marched to war.

Congress is asked to submit letters and/or legislation to the President urging full U.S. participation in NIEO discussions.

"There can be no peaceful international order without a constructive relationship between the United States and the Soviet Union-the two nations with the power to destroy mankind . . . yet the interdependence that earlier fostered our prosperity and now threatens our decline can usher in a new period of progress if we perceive our common interest and act boldly to serve it. It requires a new level of political wisdom, a new standard of responsibility, and a new vigor of diplomacy." (Kissinger, 1/24/75)

"The world has become interdependent in economics, in communications, in human aspirations. No one nation, no one part of the world, can prosper or be secure in isolation. ". . . "The world stands uneasily poised between unprecedented chaos and the opportunity for unparalleled creativity. The next few years will determine whether interdependence will foster common progress or common disaster. Our generation has the opportunity to shape a new cooperative international system; if we fail to act with Vision we will condemn ourselves to mounting domestic and international crises." (Kissinger, 1/24/75)

"You cannot have a peaceful world without most of the countries and preferably all of the countries feeling that they have a share in it." (Kissinger, 1/16/75)

"The achievement of peace requires a vision of peace." (Kissinger, 5/12/75) The philosophies herein reflect:

1. The Kelso, Adler, Hetter thinking of: The Capitalist Manifesto, The New Capitalists, Two Factor Theory-The Economics of Reality:

2. The critical realities outlined by the Club of Rome, Meadows report "Limits to Growth;"

3. The "more with less" Bucky Fuller perceptions of our new technologies; and

4. The experience of the founder of CNIEO in the systems, management and economic sciences-from technical and economic feasibility studies of industry-wide automation and organizational designs; urban and international development projects.

The essence of Kelso or Universal Capitalism is ownership by all instead of by the few or by the state.

The CNIEO has been formed in dedication to the following principles; namely, that:

1. Only free and equal discussion will bring liberty from conflict; and
2. Only acceptance of common goals will bring cooperation.

This is an attempt to define those goals, and the principal economic tools required to achieve them.

The purpose of the CNIEO is to promote a full discussion of a NIEO in America, in the Congress, at the UN; and to bring forth cooperation and unity by the establishment of a NIEO among nations and peoples in pursuit of common global goals.

The ideologies expressed by CNIEO should in no way distract from the principal goals of bringing capitalist and Communist nations, and all of divided societies-together. Many of the ideas expressed by CNIEO, although capitalistderived are offered to stimulate dialogue and need not reflect the thinking of members and advocates who are joined together by common agreements to the above principles, purposes and goals. Hopefully, the ideas expressed will focus the best that capitalism, Marxism and democracy have to offer in order to equal and exceed the accomplishments of socialism and Marxism.

The economic philosophy herein described involves the use of strong personal incentives in addition to necessary socialist tools, in order to improve the general welfare and environment.

A NEW INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC ORDER (NIEO)

A NIEO means global cooperation to achieve Global goals. Global goals may be expressed as-SURVIVAL from the threats of conflict, overpopulation, overconsumption and inflation.

Global goals include:

1. A single Global Cooperative Economy and an end to conflict.

2. Cooperation between the U.S., Russia and China-moving detente closer to disarmament-by building interdependent trade, mutual trust and by cooperative development of the globe.

3. An end to conflict-an end to the Anti-Communism and Anti-Capitalism of the Cold War period. Cooperative development of Third World nations and the transfer of resources and economic development sufficient to overtake the threats of overpopulation; an end to confrontations over the price of oil or bauxite or other raw materials and commodities.

4. The harnessing of maximum economic expansion-to respond to overpopulation; to allow for the reconstruction of cities, to survive the threats of overconsumption, and to alleviate inflation.

5. The establishment of standards for both democratic government, and for economic development and justice.

The transfer of resources and the building of a conserving economy in the Third World can not occur without immediate planning and reconstruction of the U.S. economy in order to end wasteful consumption which exacerbates internal and external conflict.

A NEW GLOBAL MONETARY SYSTEM

Financial and monetary policies must provide the tools necessary to harness the full productive expansiveness of the economy. See Chapter II of TWO FACTORY THEORY, Kelso and Hetter.

Savings as a determinant for economic expansion is a social system as opposed to an economic necessity; see "Economic Expansion."

SDR's can be allocated by priority and in exact accord with expansion capacity estimated to be 30% to 50% per year, or $750 billion to $1,450 billion— which is a vast capacity when compared to current 3% to 6%/year economic growth.

The amount of savings in the system is totally inadequate for the modest or low expansion rate currently projected for the needs of the U.S. economy-let alone to serve the vast needs of the Global Economy.

Use of the SDR's will include into the economy, the vast majority of societythe poor-who have vast needs, no savings, and who are trainable. Financing expansion with pure credit or SDR's together with a discipline ensuring the creation of productive enterprise-the earnings of which can be used to repay the loans.

SDR's for the expansion of investments can be made available at an interest rate of 3% per year.

ECONOMIC EXPANSION

The physical capacity for economic expansion can be measured by: idle plant capacity; vast unemployment; underemployment; nonproductive employment (about 40% for the economy as a whole); the conservation inherent in new technologies; and wasteful consumption. These factors all relate to capacity capable of use to achieve global goals-30% to 50% growth in the GWP/year appears to be the necessity and capacity for building a new Global economy. Expansion must be maximum in order to allow for simultaneous:

(a) Transfer of resources for the Third World;

(b) Reconstruction of cities in order to conserve resources and provide alternative life styles in an inflated economy.

MULTINATIONAL CORPORATIONS (MNC'S)

MNC's offer a means of separating economic power from political power. MNC's can more easily establish a global interdependent healthy economy than 138 governments, all of whom have nationalized their industries and who would have varying degrees of dedication to the achievement of global goals.

MNC's must be encouraged to monopolize and totally control markets. Higher and lower prices can be used as disincentives and incentives to reduce consumption of critical resources and to increase consumption of abundant substitute materials. See the energy plan below.

MNC's have the maximum flexibility in exploiting labor resources and technology. Of course, fair labor standards and capital ownership standards must be applied. The only thing wrong with the MNC's or with capitalism itself—is

simply that there just aren't enough capitalists. Less than 1% of Western society owns virtually all capital.

As the technology makes the machine or capital more productive than labor, making a person productive means to make him or her an owner of capital. Ownership of the MNC's, the distribution of dividends, or of rebates must be made available to those citizens and communities who step out of the disintegrating economy and into the surviving or ecologically sound "New Global Economy." The alternative to larger government and government redistribution of income is private sector distribution of non-inflation income-based on capital as well as wage income. In this way, the private sector supplies the purchasing power-based upon productivity and profit.

Consistent with environmental interests, ensured by planning, the private sector can expand its own marketplace and not be dependent upon government financing.

The MNC's and other large corporations must form the large conglomerates required to bring forth new cities and towns-allowing the development of large ecologically sound "systems economy"-instead of products and services economy.

OWNERSHIP AND CORPORATE EARNINGS

Corporate ownership should be broadly distributed allowing all citizens to be productive by virtue of owning capital-the machienry of automation, especially in the absence of productive job availabilities.

The wages of capital (i.e., corporate earnings) like the wages of labor should be paid in full-in order to allow full distribution of purchasing power. Those who are super productive, i.e., the 5% in America who own virtually all the wealth will pay taxes on their dividends and allow non-deficit government redistribution. The practice of allowing the super productive to plow virtually all their corporate earnings into tomorrow's plants perpetuates the super productivity of the few and ensures the continuing inflation and ultimate depression of the economy by expanding non-productive payments by governments in the form of various make work-welfare to warfare expenditures-fueled by higher taxes and deficit spending.

Tax policy can moderate their purchasing power at either the corporate tax level or at the individual tax level. Investments in new plant will be made by a public planning process, the use of SDR's or pure credit or currency, with a discipline to ensure productive and profitable enterprise.

Corporate earnings should be used for R & D, as incentives for citizens, communities, for metropolitan areas, and for nations who contribute to production or conservation or otherwise to the achievement of global goals.

Workers must accumulate stock to provide for retirement. In capital-intensive industries ownership must be "given to," or "earned by" consumers in the same way that ownership is paid for by the rich-i.e., by the earnings of new investments.

The concepts above concerning broad distribution of capital ownership allowing the gradual elimination of work, and the establishment of an automated "self serving" society-must be controlled or moderated by the need and responsibility of advanced societies to assign labor to the tasks of promoting interdependent trade among adversaries and to hasten global developments of over populating and under nourished societies.

NEW TECHNOLOGY

New Technologies emphasizing increased production, better working conditions and resource conservation are to be encouraged. Satellite Communications where a 200 pound satellite replaces 100,000 tons of under sea cable-advanced communications and computer techniques extending information to the home and to the local community center-bringing work to the workers-can reduce commuting and conserve resources; the elimination of unnecessary work or makework conserves resources-and allows the worker to be assigned to productive ownership and/or work-or to leisure; democracy and cultural enrichment-the business of humanity.

AT&T, Cable and Wireless, and the International Radio Carriers must be compensated for their current obsolete systems in order to allow or apply the benefits of satellite, CATV and laser communications.

The various vested interests in transportation and land use must be consolidated into giant conglomerates to provide the institutions and policies necessary to build better cities and towns. See "Human Settlements Growth Policy."

Agri-business high technology farming is feasible for Third World nations where resources allow, by the organization of labor populations, to benefit as owners and part-time workers.

ENERGY

Oil prices should be administered by MNC's at high rates in order to: (a) persuade lower consumption; (b) accumulate funds for R&D-for both substitute energy sources such as solar and fusion, as well as for New Cities which will conserve fuel; (e) accumulate incentives to reward those citizens who step into the NIEO, i.e., step out of the overpopulating, overconsuming, and conflict way of life. This energy model is typical of what can be done with MNC's in all industries.

FOOD, RAW MATERIALS AND PRODUCTIVE CONTROLS

World food policy funded by SDR's should include maximum production for existing markets, buffer or storage stocks, and export sales to Third World nations for local currencies. The use of these local currencies, together with capital and land reform policies, as loans to various enterprises, will provide expansion of local agricultural and industrial production.

Firm price support programs-for all commodities and raw materials are absolutely required.

As Third World production provides increasing self-sufficiency in food, developed nations can ease production.

Provisions should be made to export technical assistance to increase world production while maintaining advanced technological capacity intact in developed nations.

Where energy resources and other factors allow-capital intensive agriculture can be exported.

Production controls must be implemented with full price support to a given desired maximum production level for each commodity or raw material, together with lesser prices varying to a bare subsistence level for excess production over the maximum desired levels.

HUMAN SETTLEMENTS GROWTH POLICY

The conservation of resources, which will-improve the environment, allow transfer of resources to Third World Markets-ensure survival from the threat of economic collapse due to resource depletion demand the development of New Cities and Towns.

Citizens must organize into larger political units in order to apply specific land use and infrastructure designs. Community, metropolitan and regional development corporations-public in terms of their unity and size-but yet private, in that they will represent only those citizens in that geographic area—are required to greatly improve the environment. These institutions are giant cooperative corporations-owning all land and infrastructure and providing income to upgrade the general welfare of the community.

Existing corporations can be encouraged to form the development and promotion institutions which will bring about the markets for large scale systems as opposed to the disparate products which are now very much part of the problem.

ABAB-ISRAELI STRUGGLE

Current American policy in placing the exclusion of Russian influence, before the safety of Israel and before the prevention of war; "Step by Step" diplomacy without direct Russian and Palestinian involvement; forcing a useless dangerous Egyptian treaty upon Israel; dangling Israel in a vacuum, by delaying $2.6 billion aid, thereby forcing Israel and Arabs to consider war; are unwise as well as dangerous. Fortunately, Russia moved in and prevented war by guaranteeing Israeli security at pullback to 1967 borders while pulling together Arab unity. Imagine the lunacy or brilliance of American policy currently considering financial aid to Egypt-by paying off Egyptian debts to Russia, for aid and in

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