Plan for
Representation
World Constituent Assembly
at
Geneva, 1950
Proposed by
FYKE FARMER
Bellevue Drive
Nashville 5, Tennessee
CONTENTS
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APPENDIX “C”—Form of Nominating Petition... 9
Letter to President Truman and Prime Minister Stalin... 10
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Plan for Representation in World Constituent Assembly
at Geneva, 1950
ADDRESS TO THE PEOPLE:
National governments threaten us with universal disaster. Their
plans for the next war already endanger Life, Liberty and the pur-
suit of Happiness. No matter where we live, we find no Safety.
Friends of the United Nations and the League of Nations, you
have long seen and desired that the powers of war and peace, and
the regulation of world affairs should be under a central authority.
There is no source for these powers, however, except the source
and fount of all political authority, i.e., the sovereign people. The
folly of making a delegation of such powers to a body composed
of the agents national governments is clear. Such powers derived
from the people can be effectually exercised only through insti-
tutions of government directly controlled by the people. Hence,
the necessity for us, the people, to initiate the establishment of Fed-
eral World Government.
Delegates to a World Constituent Assembly (sometimes else-
where called World Constitutional Convention) directly elected and
commissioned by us can decide what problems are essentially world
problems. These should be solved through world law. All other
matters and interests will be reserved to national, state and local
governments.
THE PLAN
Plans are being made internationally for the convening of a
World Constituent Assembly at Geneva, Switzerland, in the autumn
of 1950. All nations are invited to be represented. This convention
will be fundamentally different from past international conferences
in the political field. The delegates to the World Constituent Assem-
bly will not be appointed by governments but elected by the people.
The basis of representation will be one per million of population.
Delegates to the World Constituent Assembly will meet with
one purpose in mind: to abolish the war-system by law. They will
begin at the point that leagues, alliances and treaties between sov-
ereign national governments are useful for waging war but are of
little value for preventing war. They will remain at the task, no
matter how long it may take to secure agreement, until a World
Constitution has been drawn and can be recommended for adoption.
There is no other means for the institution of government of
the People of the World, by the People of the World, and for the
People of the World.
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REPRESENTATION OF THE PEOPLE AT THE ASSEMBLY
Detailed methods for the election of delegates cannot be pre-
scribed for all countries. In some countries an election will be au-
thorized by the government. In others, elections will have to be
organized on a purely unofficial and voluntary basis.
Uniformity, desirable as it may be, is not necessary. It is essen-
tial that delegates be chosen only in such manner that they will be
representatives of their people’s will to peace and not merely
agents appointed by and acting in the interests of the national gov-
ernment.
The main objective, common to all countries, is the selection
by universal adult suffrage of the specified quota of the representa-
tives at the Assembly, i.e., one per million of the population of each
nation.
In a number of European countries, branches of the Crusade
for World Government are already organizing ballots to be held in
the summer of 1950 on the general pattern of the famous Peace
Ballot in England in 1935, when 11,000,000 citizens of a country in-
dictated their interest in the solution of grave world problems by
participating in an unofficial poll regarding the League of Nations.
ELECTION OF DELEGATES IN THE UNITED STATES
In the United States, the people will instruct their state legisla-
tures to pass acts authorizing the regular election machinery to
be used. In all the 48 states except four, the legislatures meet in
the early part of the year 1949. In Kentucky, Louisiana, Missis-
sippi and Virginia the legislatures meet in 1950. It will be a simple
matter for all of them to pass acts calling an election, providing
for the printing of ballots, and appropriating the necessary funds
to cover the expenses of the election, and a proportionate share of
the expenses of the convention.
The plan in general is the same as that for the election of presi-
dential electors. A form of such proposed bill is printed as Appen-
dix ‘‘A”’ to this pamphlet.
The 131 delegates to which the people of the United States will
be entitled (one per million of population based on the latest offi-
cial census) have been apportioned among the several states (in-
‘cluding the District of Columbia) so as to give each state as nearly
as possible the proportionate representation that it has in the House
of Representatives. No state will be without one delegate.
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NOMINATION OF CANDIDATES
There is no uniform law in the United States for the nomination
of presidential electors. The Federal Constitution leaves that mat-
ter to state regulation. In some states there are legislative acts
dealing with the question. In others it is controlled by custom or
party conventions. ;
It is not feasible for every state to nominate candidates for the
office of Delegate to the World Constituent Assembly by the iden-
tical method by which the names of presidential electors are placed
on its ballots. It is suggested that nomination be by petition, signed
by at least 500 residents of the state qualified to vote in the last
general election for Presidential electors.
Annexed hereto as Appendix ‘“C” is a form of nominating peti-
tion. ;
It is suggested that no Senator or Representative, or person
holding an office of trust or profit under the United States shail be
a delegate. Such persons have a prejudice or bias which disquali-
fies them. They are tied by their positions to official policy. The
compelling reasons in 1787 for the Constitutional restriction as to
presidential electors are now even more impelling in the election of
delegates to the World Constituent Assembly.
ACCREDITING DELEGATES AND THEIR SALARY
The delegates elected in the several states will receive commis-
sions or credentials from the Governor, the Secretary of State or
other proper official. Delegates will have to make a great personal
sacrifice in leaving their homes and their professions or businesses
for the duration of the Assembly. They should receive a salary
and expenses befitting the high public office which they will hold.
Accordingly it is recommended that they be paid at the same rate
as a United States Senator, the highest present office of the State,
together with their expenses.
THE ASSEMBLY AND ITS WORK
The elected delegates from the various nations will assemble at
Geneva in the autumn of 1950 and begin their work of drafting an
adequate World Constitution.
After the practice of such assemblies, the World Constituent
Assembly will be the judge of the qualifications and credentials of
its members.
The object will be to establish World Federal Government that
will be democratic in its own structure, with legislative, executive
and judicial authority binding on individuals, as well as nations, and
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protecting the individual by a Bill of Rights. It must provide an
all-inclusive basis for membership.
‘The World Constituent Assembly will be an event of the high-
est contemporary and historical importance. The attention and
hopes of men the world over will be focussed upon it.
The moral opinion generated by the elections in many coun-
tries and the activities of the convention itself will eventually in-
duce officials of many national governments to lend their endorse-
ment and support.
FINANCING THE ASSEMBLY
Though some governments may make contributions toward the
expenses of the Assembly, we cannot count on governmental sup-
port at the beginning. It is necessary, therefore, to make plans to
defray the expenses by other means.
The Preparatory Committee for the World Constituent Assem-
bly can issue bonds redeemable in the new world currency when
issued by the World Federal Government at the rates of parity
fixed for the retirement of national currencies. These bonds can
be offered for sale in all countries on a speculative underwriting
basis. The Federal Government and the state governments could
assist by subscribing for and/or discounting these bonds for the
pro-rata share of the United States of the Assembly expenses.
In those countries where the funds are not permitted to be
transferred out of the country, the proceeds of the sale of bonds
will be held in escrow accounts. Escrow receipts could be discount-
ed in other national currencies available for payment of Assembly
expenses.
RATIFICATION BY THE PEOPLE
It is proposed for the United States that when the draft of the
World Constitution has been completed, it will be transmitted by
the Assembly to the Congress to be submitted to the people for
ratification at a convention called by Congress; the delegates to be
elected on a proportionate basis by the people of the respective
states, subject to the same restriction as presidential electors, i.e.,
that no Senator or Representative or person holding an office of
trust or profit under the United States shall be a delegate.
Until ratified by the people of the United States and the people
of the requisite number of other nations, the World Constitution
will have no legal effect or validity in the United States.
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THE UNITED NATIONS
The United Nations will end in World Federation or in war.
Secretary of State George C. Marshall on May 5, 1948, in oppos-
ing all resolutions in Congress for strengthening and improving the
United Nations, told the House Foreign Affairs Committee:
“The suggestion that a revised United Nations, or some
form of world government, should be achieved, if necessary,
without those nations which would be unwilling to join, de-
serves special attention. Such a procedure would probably
destroy the present United Nations organization.”
The plan herein outlined cannot affect the United Nations or-
ganization, until World Federal Government is actually set up and
functioning. Then the United Nations can be legally dissolved and
its more valuable agencies transferred to the World Government.
In such manner the Articles of Confederation, having served its
appointed time, expired when the Federal Government was created
in 1789 under the Constitution.
CONCLUSION
The statesmen at the international diplomatic conferences
agree on just one thing—that the people want no more war. Iron-
ically enough each side charges the other with serving the inter-
ests of a small power-grasping clique and blocking the aspirations
of the people it is claimed to represent. Here is the flaw in the
system which diplomacy perpetuates: The diplomats are the
delegates of governments trying to keep themselves in power and
not the delegates elected specially to represent the people.
To continue the handling of international relations between
peoples through any system of diplomacy—whether shirt-sleeve or
silk-hat is the sheerest folly. We must substitute the judicial proc-
ess for the diplomatic process; the rule of law for the rule of men.
World law will spell out the doom of inflation, dictators and recur-
ring international crises and emergencies which hold the threat of
war suspended over our heads like the Sword of Damocles.
War is the relation between governments in the absence of an
over-all system of law. Peace means the rule of law. We cannot
organize the world with money and weapons. We can organize it
under law.
World Federal Government will enable the people of all nations
to live together in Prosperity and Peace.
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APPENDIX “A”
(Specimen to be adapted to forms and requirements of the several states)
A BILL FOR THE STATE OF
TO PROVIDE FOR THE ELECTION OF DELEGATES TO WORLD
CONSTITUENT ASSEMBLY
WHEREAS, Under the political system of the United States of America,
all powers of a national character which are not delegated to the national
government by the Constitution are reserved to the people of all the states;
WHEREAS, The exercise by the people of the United States of their
sovereignty at this critical juncture in world affairs, by participation in the
establishment of a world federal government to abolish international war
is vital to Safety and Happiness of the present and succeeding generations;
and
WHEREAS, A World Constituent Assembly will be held in Geneva,
Switzerland, in the autumn of 1950 and all nations are invited to send dele-
gates chosen by universal adult suffrage to draft a World Constitution to
be submitted back to national governments for ratification or rejection by
the people; and,
WHEREAS, The holding of such an assembly without the people of the
United States being represented would be contrary to their fundamental
interests; and the American people would resent an attempt being made
to organize a world government without the opportunity to participate
through representatives of their own choosing; and
WHEREAS, According to the plan or system of representation at the
Convention of one delegate per million of population, the people of the
United States—on the basis of the latest official census—will be entitled to
131 delegates to the Constituent Assembly, and accordingly the electorate
of the State of
Section 1. BE IT ENACTED, That an election for the purpose of elect-
ing delegates to the World Constituent Assembly shall be held in this state
on the first Monday in May 1950.
Section 2. BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, that at such election any
citizen of this state who has legally qualified to vote in the elections of
presidential electors held on November 2, 1948, and in addition all citizens
becoming so qualified after the 1948 presidential election, shall be entitled
to vote in the precinct or civil district in which he or she was then or would
have been entitled to vote.
Section 3. BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That it is hereby declared to
be the duty of the Governor to issue his proclamation to the several Com-
missioners of Elections, or the proper officers under the law in the State
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is entitled to elect———delegates; therefore
and Counties thereof, immediately after the passage of this Act requiring
them to hold and conduct said elections as herein provided.
Section 4. BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That said election be held at all
the precincts or voting places established by law and shall be managed and
conducted under the laws then in force in the same manner and under the
same rules and regulations governing presidential elections.
The Commissioners of Elections and other proper officers under the
law in the various counties of this state shall advertise the time and place
for holding said election, as in the case of other special elections. Any pro-
vision hereof to the contrary notwithstanding, the payment of any tax
shall not be required as a condition to the right to vote in said election.
Section 5. BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That the number of delegates
to the World Constituent Assembly to be elected by the voters of this state
shall be. Candidates for the office of delegates shall be nominated
and elected from the state at large. Any citizen of the state entitled to vote
in the election of delegates may vote for not more than delegates.
Section 6. BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That candidates for the office
of Delegate to the World Constituent Assembly shall be under the restric-
tion prescribed by the Constitution of the United States for presidential
electors, i.e., that no Senator or Representative or person holding any of-
fice of trust or profit under the United States shall be a delegate.
Section 7. BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That nominations for candi-
dates to the office of delegates shall be by petition signed by not less than
500 citizens of this state entitled to vote in the election, which petition shall
be filed with the Secretary of the State Board of Elections not later than 30
days prior to the election of delegates. The State Board of Elections shall
immediately certify the names of candidates or nominees to be printed on
the ballots.
Section 8. BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That the State Board of Elec-
tions shall cause to be prepared the necessary poll books, tally sheets and
ballots and furnish same to respective counties and Boards of Commission-
ers of Elections. The ballots shall contain the names of the several candi-
dates whose nominating petitions have been filed, as provided in the pre-
ceding sections. In addition to the names printed upon the ballots, there
shall be—————_blank spaces, to enable the voter to write upon the ballot
the name or names of any candidates he may desire, notwithstanding the
fact that such candidate shall not have been duly nominated; but the use
of stickers is prohibited. Such ballots shall be identical for all the counties
of the state but shall be identified on the back by having the name of the
county in which they are to be used printed thereon.
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Section 9. BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That it shall be the duty of
Commissioners of Elections or other proper officers under the law of each
county of the state immediately after said election to make a complete re-
turn to the Secretary of State of the votes cast for delegates in his county.
The Governor and Secretary of State shall furnish to the —————candidates
receiving the highest number of votes certificates of election as provided
by law in the case of presidential electors. The said——————candidates so
furnished certificates of election shall be delegates to the World Constitu-
ent Assembly, along with the delegates similarly elected in the other states
and the District of Columbia.
Section 10. BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That the delegates duly accred-
ited from this state, as above provided, shall be paid the same salary as
United States Senators and in addition travel expenses to and from all ses-
sions of the Assembly and reasonable overseas living expenses, befitting
their official capacity, together with necessary expenses of communication,
stenographic and clerical and interpretarial assistance; and there is hereby
appropriated from the general funds of the State all such sums plus
$ to apply on the cost of the Assembly itself.
Section 11. BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That when the World Consti-
tution has been drafted it shall be transmitted to the Congress of the
United States to be submitted to the people for ratification at a truly repre-
sentative Convention and application is hereby made to the Congress under
article V of the Constitution to promptly thereafter call such Convention to
meet at the earliest practicable date; the delegation to be elected on a
proportionate basis by the people of the respective states, to be subject to
limitations that no Senator or Representative or person holding an office
of trust or profit under the United States shall be a delegate; in voting on
the ratification of the Constitution (as well as other questions) each dele-
gate shall have one vote; a quorum for this purpose shall consist of a dele-
gate or delegates from two-thirds of the states, and a majority of all the
delegates shall be necessary to decision; and until ratified by the people of
the United States and the people of the requisite number of other nations,
the World Constitution will have no legal effect or validity in the United
States.
Section 12. BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That the expenses of holding
the election under this Act shall be provided for and paid as in the case of
elections of members of the General Assembly of the State.
Section 13. BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect
from and after its passage, the public welfare requiring it.
APPENDIX “B”
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(Method of Equal Proportions)
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Appendix “C”
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
STATE OF (TENNESSEE)
NOMINATING PETITION
It is proposed that the next session of the General Assembly of this
State pass an act providing for an election of delegates to a World Con-
stituent Assembly to meet in Geneva in 1950, and that similar bill be en-
acted by the legislatures of the other states.* The undersigned favor the
enactment of such an act.
Under the Plan of Representation for the United States, the State of
(Tennessee) will be entitled to (3) delegates. (Fyke Farmer) of (Nash-
ville, Tennessee), has announced his candidacy as one of the (3) dele-
gates. For the purpose of having his name printed on the ballot for such
an election when it is called, the undersigned, being duly qualified to vote in
the Presidential election on November 2, 1948, hereby nominate the said
(Fyke Farmer) as candidate for the office of delegate from the United
States of America to said Assembly.
It is understood that the World Constitution, when drafted, will have
no legal effect or validity in the United States until it has been ratified
by the people of the United States, and for that purpose there will be a
Ratification Convention in which the respective states and the District of
Columbia will be represented in proportion to their population.
*See Plan for the Representation of the People of the United States
in World Constituent Assembly issued by Fyke Farmer, Bellevue
Drive, Nashville 5, Tennessee.
Name County Post Office Precinct Where
Address Registered
LETTER TO PRESIDENT TRUMAN AND
PRIME MINISTER STALIN
June 3, 1948
To:
President Harry S. Truman
United States of America
Prime Minister Josef Stalin
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
The recent official statements on the subject of peaceful relations be-
tween the two countries make one point quite clear. Regardless of agree-
ment as to ends and objectives, diplomacy has failed to reach a settlement.
as to means. The peoples of all nations, against their will, are being led
headlong into another war.
In diplomacy, no matter whether secret or open, policy and means are,
all to frequently, directed to securing some advantage, real or fancied, for
the government whose agent the diplomat is. The paramount aim of the
government is to maintain—if not to increase—its power and prestige. This
is true of the government of the United States, of which President Truman
is the head. It is true of the Soviet government, of which Prime Minister
Stalin is the head. This would be true, to a greater or lesser degree, per-
haps, if either or both of you were succeeded by someone else. It is true
because of the nature of governments and institutions. So, neither of you
should take personal offense at this letter.
In your positions, you are both striving for the impossible. You cannot
have peace by each striving to be stronger than the other in ability and
strength to make war. Yet, you cannot conduct the “foreign relations” of
independent sovereignties through diplomacy without the war-making po-
tential—in the foreground or background. Hence, each appears to the
other to be following an “expansionist” or imperialistic policy or to be
guilty of “aggression.” Each tries to find security by strengthening its
“defenses” against war. War preparations to prevent war—war follows—
Seah war preparations to Prevent WAT. .....c cee i cscs cccccie wee eaewenene The
vicious circle goes round and round. We are in the captivity of an imprac-
ticable and completely hopeless system.
As Prime Minister Stalin said in his reply to Mr. Wallace, no statesman
caring for peace and cooperation among the peoples can ignore a program
which includes:
“A general reduction of armaments and prohibition of atomic
weapons; conclusion of peace treaties with Germany and
Japan and the question of evacuation of troops from these
countries; evacuation of troops from China and Korea; respect
for the sovereignty of individual countries and noninterference
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in their domestic affairs; the inadmissibility of military bases
in member countries of the United Nations; world develop-
ment of international trade excluding any sort of discrimina-
tion; in the framework of the United Nations, assistance to
and economic restoration of countries which suffered from the
war; defense of democracy and insuring of civil rights in all
countries.”
But no statesman, with the utmost good will and peaceful intentions,
can achieve this program and secure all rights of independent sovereignty
for the government he represents.
Peoples whose hopes and strivings are toward the consolidation of
peace are coming rapidly to see that world development of international
trade (excluding any sort of discrimination) the supervision of disarma-
ment, and the insuring of civil rights in all countries can only be attained
through the framework of a world-wide government. The impropriety of
delegating such a trust to a body of men who are the agents of national
governments is evident. Their duty to exercise such powers vested in them
for the common or wider good would conflict with the strictly nationalistic
interests of the governments they represent. Therefore, the United Na-
tions would not be a proper organization to undertake such functions. In-
deed, as presently constituted—on the principle of the absolute sovereignty
of the member governments—the United Nations cannot assume such
powers.
At this juncture, an approach entirely different from the traditional
way of diplomacy—of inter-governmental dealings or negotiations—is nec-
essary. Harmony and cooperation between nations can grow out of long-
term, broad-gauged planning which recognizes their inter-dependence with-
out arbitrary insistence upon national independence. It is well-nigh useless
to aim at nothing more than a temporary or narrow settlement which
could be upset at the whim of the next head of a state putting the interests
of his government above the interests of Humanity.
Individuals in organized society must give up some liberty of action
to gain higher freedom. The magnitude of the sacrifice must depend (as
well on situation and circumstance, as) on the object to be obtained. Con-
sidering the difference between the two prevailing economic and social sys-
tems, it will be difficult to draw the line between those rights which must
be surrendered, and those which may be withheld. Yet, as Prime Minister
Stalin said, the co-existence of the two systems is doubtlessly necessary in
the interests of a general peace.”
Diffiicult as the problem is, it can be solved. In order to reach a settle-
ment that will be able and permanent, certain conditions must be accepted:
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(1) The whole people of each nation must have a clear understand-
ing of both sides of the issues for decision;
(2) The secrecy and suspicion between offices in charge of foreign
affairs must be eliminated. Negotiations must be open and sub-
ject to the fullest public scrutiny;
(3) The representatives of the people must be specially chosen for
this purpose and free from any conflicting ties or duties.
(4) As Secretary of State Marshall has said, the approach must be
on a multi-lateral basis.
Therefore, let representatives be elected directly by the people of the
United States, the Soviet Union, and as many other nations as are desirous
of participating, to work out the solution. These specially deputed dele-
gates, with adequate authority to act for the people of their nations can
begin to confer at a central place. Eventually, they will be able to reach
a decision as to what matters so affect the common interests of the people
of more than one nation as to require regulation by a central authority,
and what powers may safely be left to national, state and local authorities.
This proposal really amounts to the holding of a World Constituent
Assembly. Both of you are doubtless aware of the fact that plans are al-
ready under way to hold such an Assembly in Geneva, Switzerland, in the
autumn of 1950.
After the completion of the drafting of the World Constitution, it must
be submitted for ratification by vote of the people of the respective nations.
Until it has been duly ratified by the requisite number of nations prescribed
by the Assembly, the Constitution will have no legal effect or validity. The
ratifying nations can authorize the World Federal Government to assume
and continue the treaty relations of their governments with members of
the United Nations (as well as non-member governments) until the super-
session of the United Nations by World Federal Government has been de-
cided upon. The United Nations can then be dissolved.
The program herein outlined, therefore, does not attack or undermine
the United Nations. On the contrary, it is the only means of fulfilling the
aims of the United Nations. The program does not attack the integrity or
independence of any truly democratic government. On the contrary, it will
protect and develop democratic institutions wherever they exist.
My plea to each of you, as the heads of the governments of the two
gteatest nations in the world today is: Let the People Themselves Render
Decision Against War. In the present diplomatic blind-alley, the policy-
makers of any state refusing to support plans for such assembly are act-
ing against the best interests of their own nation and world peace.
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Attached to the copy of this letter, which is mailed to President Tru-
man, is a Plan of Representation of the People of the United States in the
World Constituent Assembly to be held in Geneva, in 1950. It proposes a
method whereby the people of the 48 states and the District of Columbia
can elect delegates on the basis of one per million population. This is to
be the uniform basis for all countries. By this plan, it is provided that no
Senator or Representative, or person holding an office of trust or profit
under the United States will be competent to be a delegate. This provision
is of the essence of the Plan.
By the organic law under which the Federal Union was created and the
United States of America has continued to exist, the people have the right
to take the initiative in the consolidation of peace, on which depends our
prosperity, happiness, safety, and perhaps, our national existence.
Will you, President Truman, lend your endorsement and support to
this plan?
Speaking merely as one of the millions of ordinary people in the United
States, the question which I take the liberty of addressing to you, Prime
Minister Stalin, is: Will the People of Russia Meet Us Half Way? Will
you officially approve the plan of popular election of delegates to the World
Constituent Assembly, subject to the limitation that they have no official
connection with the national governments; and will you endorse the other
conditions named above?
Please let us know your decision in the same way you answered Mr.
Wallace’s letter.
The statesman, who first demonstrates the capacity to think and plan
for world peace as this program envisages, will not only safeguard the in-
terests of his own country but earn the praise of all mankind.
With assurance of my high esteem for you both, I am,
FYKE FARMER
SECOND PRINTING
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WHAT YOU CAN DO
1. Sign and return promptly the statement of your approval of this
plan for popular action to initiate the establishment of World Federal
Government.
2. Send for more copies and do all you can to circulate the plan.
3. Write letters to your Governor and your Representatives in your State
Legislature, sending them a copy of the plan and requesting them to let
you know whether or not they will support the plan.
4. Write a letter to the Editor of your local newspaper, explaining how
this plan is the alternative to war, and keep after him until your letter is
published in the letter column; and further urge editorial endorsement
and support of the plan.
5. Contact the program directors and news announcers of your local
broadcasting stations to acquaint them with this plan, and ask them to
mention the World Constituent Assembly in news broadcasts.
6. Send in the names of community and educational leaders throughout
your State who should be acquainted with this plan.
7 Make as large a financial contribution as you can at once to help pay
for the printing and distribution of the plan and other literature on World
Government. Make all remittances payable to World Government Fund.
ACESS SP, Ss Aa I” SN es I TE ON Ret mrt me ea ran ren A ess a mteRE ID
FYKE FARMER
Bellevue Drive
Nashville 5, Tennessee
I am in favor of your plan for the establishment of World Fed-
eral Government through popular initiative. I shall do all I can
to secure support for it.
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ADDRESS
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Enclosed is a contribution $
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