A Peace Made on Main Street


A PEACE MADE ON MAIN STREET: HOW PRIVATE AMERICANS HELPED TO CREATE THE 1945 UNITED NATIONS CHARTER An Address by T. Patrick Killough Senior Research Fellow Center for the Study of Foreign Affairs Arlington, Virginia to The Southeastern World Affairs Institute YMCA Blue Ridge Assembly Black Mountain, North Carolina Friday July 26, 1991 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ PREFACE TO THE 2004 INTERNET EDITION OF A 13 YEAR OLD SPEECH It is as true in 2004 as it was in 1991 that there was a time when the Unted States Department of State made foreign policy in active, collegial partnership with both Congress and the American people. If it happened once, it can happen again. OUTLINE (CLICK ON TOPIC OF INTEREST TO READ ITS COMPLETE TEXT) I. INTRODUCTION II. LEAGUE OF NATIONS COVENANT AND UNITED NATIONS CHARTER III. FOUR AMERICANS WHO MADE THE UNITED NATIONS CHARTER A. Representative SOL BLOOM B. Dean VIRGINIA GILDERSLEEVE C. Professor JAMES T. SHOTWELL D. Mister CLARK M. EICHELBERGER E. CONCLUSION: A PEACE MADE ON MAIN STREET F. BIBLIOGRAPHY -OOO- delivered 07/26/1991 revisited and lightly edited 03/25/2004 revisited 02/21/2009 Patrick Killough Black Mountain, NC