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emphasized rhat these findings did nor indicare rhar Ital–
ians are now yearning for a dicrarorship. Insread. rhey
suggesced "a racher ingenuous and simple" desire for an
honesr and fair politician and a
need
for more order and
solidicy in policies.
The lacesr hodge-podge coalirion, ir is generally
bdicved. will nor lasr long. Mosr experrs agree anocher
elecrion will be neccssary long before
che
nexr scheduled
balloting five years from now. Sorne feel rhar anorher such
premarure elecrion would be very damaging ro parlia–
mentary democracy in
1
caly. An exasperared electorare,
rired of endless polirical insrabilicy and social and eco–
nomic chaos, would probably swing furrher
ro
rhe righr
again - ro a "law and order" parry promising an end
ro
insrabilicy and cbaos once and for all.
•
Common Market Founder Dies
"Europe has losr one of irs founders. Paul-Henri
Spaak was, ar the end of World War
11,
one of rhose who
laid che basis of che European ideal and of European
Mil/eghem -
E.E.C.
PAUL-HENRI SPAAK
unity." So eulogized che European Economic Commu–
niry's Commission in a tribute
ro
former Belgian Premier
Paui-Henri Spaak, one of rhe EEC's founders, who died
July
31
from kidncy failurc ar age
73.
A dynamic Europeanisr, Spaak was ofren referred to
as "Mr. Europe." He rankcd with Jean Monnet, Roberr
Schumann, Alcide de Gasperi, and Konrad Adenauer
as
10
one of rhe moving forces behind rhe push for a Unired
Europe.
Spaak was rwicc premier of Belgium (May
1938
co
February
1939
and March
1947
ro
August
1949)
and
served six rimes as his counrry's foreign minisrer. former
EEC Commission Presidenr Jean Rey described Spaak a:;
the most illusrrious Belgian sraresman ever.
Spaak was serving his second cerm
as
foreign min–
ister in May
1940,
when rhe Belgian governmenr went
inro exile in London afrer che Belgian army capirulared ro
che Germans. A l<.:ading figure in che governmenr in exile.
he becamc a friend of Winscon Churchill.
Ir was Spaak who originared che idea of rhe Benclux
cusrorns union. which marerialized afrer che war. The
Bcnclux group - combining Belgium, rhe Netherlands,
and Luxembourg - was a pioneer forerunner of che
Common Marker. Spaak was also a force behind che drive
for Brirish membership in che Marker.
In addi
e
ion ro oHices held in his na tive country,
Spaak scrvcd onc term as Secrctary General of NATO and
was che firsr president of rhe U.N. General Assembly.
Bclgian Premier Gaston Eyskens. in an official trib–
ute, observed: "During his long and brillianr career, Spaak
rendered grear services ro his counrry. ro che creation of a
unified Europe and ro che construcrion of peace. We will
always remember chis great statesman who spread Bel–
gium's reputation far and wide."
•
Babylon Anew
"EC of Ten, Faces Modern Tower of Babel." So
headlined a shorr ncws irem in che June-July,
1972
issue of
E11ropean Commu11ity,
che Common Market's official publi–
carion.
According ro rhe dispatch, che number of oflicial
Community languages will increase from four to eight if
all four candidare counrries, the Uniced Kingdom, Den–
mark, Norway, and
1
reland become members of che Corn–
mon Marker on January
1, 1973.
French and German are
borh "work ing" languages, bur french predominares in
Community conferences and official communigués.
English may become a rhird working language afcer Brit–
ish entry - and rival French in imporrance.
The linguistic complexiries of the Common Marker
are borne our by a fcw sraristics. T he Com.muniry's
1971
budget provided for
818
permanenr and
20
remporary
posirions for linguisrs. T he English rranslacing staff will
have ro
be
expanded by at least
160
persons ro cope with
rhe new written and verbal demands of an enlarged Com–
muniry. Translarors will also have ro be found for Danish.
Norwegian, and Gaelic.
Ir is more rhan coincidence rhar a prophesied mulri–
narional world rrading sysrem described
in
chaprer
18
of
che book of Revelarion is labeled "Babylon che Grear."
- Gene H. Hogberg.
PLAIN TRUTH November 1972