Economic Union and Enduring Peace

power and of resources in the world after the war. What will the United States do with this power and treasure? Once upon a time an investigator died and went to heaven. Before settling down he asked to be allowed to satisfy his curiosity by visiting hell. He found a circle of hungry-looking, cadaverous individuals around a banquet table spread with a great feast. Each man had a long metal spoon strapped to the inside of his arm, like a splint, so that he could not bend his elbow. No one could feed himself. There they sat, hungry and disconsolate. On his return to heaven he found another delicious banquet spread, surrounded by a circle of fat and happy people. Each man had the same kind of spoon, strapped in the same way. Each was feeding his opposite neighbor. In this parable you, the reader, are the investigator. The great empires are the hungry, cadaverous people. The people of the United States would like to be the fat and happy ones

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