Word: trusteeship
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Property rights: "Property represents a trusteeship under God . . . In fields where the present forms of ownership are difficult to regulate for the common welfare, consideration should be given to further experimentation in . . . private, cooperative and public ownership...
...conference, which will discuss the problem of trusteeship, will hear James V. Forrestal, Secretary of the Navy, present the official United States position in regard to its proposals on bases in the Pacific at the first session...
This week, at Lake Success, the U.S. deposited its bid for sole trusteeship of the former Japanese Pacific mandates. The Carolines, Marshalls, and Mariannas were only dots on a world map, but control of them could assure control of the whole western Pacific. The U.S. proposed a "strategic area" zone, where it could draw the curtains if it wanted to. Unstressed were two highly pertinent facts: 1) the U.S. was in possession; and 2) the U.S. could veto any unwelcome counterschemes...
...Britain might simply propose a U.N. trusteeship for Palestine- with herself as sole trustee, as in League days. (But all parties would then cry "Fake!" and Britain would be back where she started...
...Britain might ask for a trusteeship to be shared by several powers, including the U.S., which has always ducked responsibility for Palestine. (If Britain forced the issue in U.N., there might be no chance for the U.S. to duck...