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Some members of this economically "surplus" group may well be vital, either to civil defense or to the foreign aid program. Recognizing their supra-economic importance, the federal government should offer them direct subsidies, if necessary to maintain an adequate standard of living. Inessential members of this group do not belong in the agricultural labor force: they should be given federal allowances for occupational retraining...
This attitude, naturally, causes some of the more serious schisms in the alliance. Adenauer especially writhes when he hears of it, for his plans for NATO involve tightening it into a close, almost supra-national body. He favors the NATO striking force proposal largely for the political reason that it might bring France to NATO's terms, but evidently he underestimates the strength of de Gaulle's nationalism, and Washington should beware of any suggestion that the force might be a useful unifying device...
...when he asks them to make contributions to the West's foreign aid budget or to the NATO armies, he must remember that they form nothing like a United States of Europe. The nationalism of de Gaulle, the supra-nationalism of Adenauer, the unilateralist leanings of an important segment of the British Labour Party, the bitterness of France or of Belgium over its allies' behavior in U.N. debates on colonialism, are all powerful influences on the workings of NATO. Kennedy must be ready to roll a lot of oranges, for tact has become the most useful virtue...
...example only as our perspective changes will we reverse our assessment of the risks in the Geneva negotiations. With a commitment to the abolition of nuclear weapons, the possibility of undetected small yield explosions becomes acceptable. We achieve in exchange the acceptance, in principle and in fact, of supra-national authority functioning in the crucial area of arms control...
Should disarmament be effected, Morgenthau noted that national sovereignty inevitably would be impaired. In contrast with popular opinion, which feels disarmament and unlimited sovereignty can be harmonized, Morgenthau emphasized that only a supra-national agency could effectively guarantee peace...