he was writing to the United Nations, insisting it was imperative that:
the United Nations must act with utmost speed to create the necessary conditions for international security by laying the foundations for a real world government. 5
about the necessity of world government. Both the Michigan House of Representatives
and the Senate passed A Concurrent Resolution in Opposition to Word Government:
That the legislature of the state of Michigan is in opposition to the movement for World Government as being intended to reduce all peoples of the world to the slavery of the state-dominated nations behind the iron curtain and the destruction of all the ideas of freedom of the individual upon which this country has become a great nation; 6
STATE OF MICHIGAN
MICHIGAN LEGISLATURE
HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 31
Offered by Representatives Thomson, Acker, Anderson, Bannasch, Bauer, Beardsley, Betz, Borgman, Brigham, Broomfield, Carroll, Cavanagh, Christman, Conlin, Cooper, Cramton, Davidson, Deadman, de Boom, Decker, Dickerson, Engstrom, Estes, Geerlings, Graebner, haley, Hermann, Hoxie, Hungerford, Hutchinson, Johnson, Karel, Kirk, Kruse, Lindquist, Montgomery, Morgan, Morrison, Nelson, O'Connoer, Peltz, Phillips, Post, Preston, Richards, Robinson, Schepers, Schooley, Van Valkenburg, Warner, Werner, David. E. Young and Zanglin.
A Concurrent Resolution in Opposition to World Government.
Whereas, "World Government," so-called, is a movement on the part of certain persons and groups in this country who seek, under the guise of peace, to subjugate this country to the rule of a World Government which would be operated by representatives of nations whose theories and practice of government are opposed to the fundamental freedoms which have been the foundation upon which this country has grown great; and
Whereas, "Worlds Government" would mean that our freedoms would be outvoted 5 to 1 by the dictators or the slave states; and
Whereas, Under World Government the American people would surrender their own sovereignty irrevocably and would no longer be permitted to write their own laws; and
Whereas, Through the past 150 years this country has grown into a great nation because of the idea of individual freedom and initiative, and because of that success has proven to be the rock upon which the two world wars have been won against the two dictators and would-be world conquerors; and
Whereas, This country has never been the aggressor in any world war, but under this plan would be subject to and outvoted by those nations which have been aggressors, and if this plan succeeds the last hope of the world for freedom of the individual would be irrevocably lost; and
Whereas, Since this country has demonstrated that it cannot be enslaved by force, the willing adherents of a World Government idea (in pursit of a will o' the wisp of peace, at any cost) have become tools in the hands of those who wish to conquer this great nation by other means; and
Whereas, This country has demonstrated in four great wars that individual liberty and freedom are worth any sacrifice; and Whereas, All the great patriotic organizations of this country are opposed to the movement; now therefore be it
Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring), That the legislature of the state of Michigan is in opposition to the movement for World Government as being intended to reduce all the peoples of the world to the slavery of the state-dominated nations behind the iron curtain and the destruction of all the ideas of freedom of the individual upon which this country has become a great nation; and be it further
Resolved, That copies of this resolution be sent to each member of the Michigan delegation in Congress and to the legislature of each state.
Adopted by the House May 18, 1950.
Adopted by the Senate May 19, 1950.
FRED I. CHASE Secretary of the Senate.
NORMAN E. PHILLEO, Clerk of the House of Representatives.
Passed on file. 6
The astonishing fact is that legislatures of 23 states adopted resolutions for World Government. Of these, 20 have now rescinded the resolutions. The three remaining in favor of this proposition are Connectiut, Utah and Washington. Two states, Delaware and Michigan, have adopted resolutions opposing all forms of World Government. 7