Article September 28, 1946 Issue

Signs of the Times

Individual Effort The Key To Universal Co-operation

with contributions from James F. Byrnes, Edwin A. Lahey, R. O. Canaday

Secretary of State James F. Byrnes in his radio report on the Big Four Foreign Ministers' Meeting in Paris New York Herald-Tribune, New York

After every great war the victors find the making of peace difficult and disappointing. It took the thirteen American states more than five years after winning our independence to agree upon a Constitution which promised anything like a durable peace among themselves.

To build world peace, bridging differences in ideas, values, codes of conduct and deeply cherished aspirations, requires even greater tolerance, patience, and understanding. It requires the will and ability to seek the best, to accept the best obtainable, and then to make the best obtainable work.... We believe in justice, charity, and mercy. If we act with charity and mercy, those we fear as enemies may become our friends. We must trust to the healing processes of peace and pray that God in His mercy will give peace to the world.

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