Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, February 03, 1963, Image 6

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Newspaper Page Text(j : bli.'.4Dti, li.fchUARY 3, Itb'i MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUME. MEDFORP, OKbttOH , Great Decisions: Is Common Market A Blueprint for New Europe? Editor's note: This is the first in a series of topics which will be discussed by Great Decisions groups this . year. The material presented here was furnished by the Foreign Policy association, New York. The subject this week is the 'Common Mar-ket-Blueprint for a new Eii' rope?"). French President Charles de Gaulle has uttered a firm "non" to Britain's application for entry into the European Common Market. That one word may well determine the political and economic climate in Western Europe for the next 29 to SO years. De Gaulle's veto has block' ed at least for the time being any further chance of progress toward a goal which the U. S. and Western Europe have been trying to achieve for 15 years. That goal is a political and economic union embracing most of the countries of Western Europe and cooperating closely with the U. S. to form a North Atlantic community. It is toward this "grand de sign," as it is called, that the U. S. has worked since it launched the Marshall Flan after World War II to help Western Europe rebuild. French President Charles de Gaulle has his own version of a "grand design." De Gaulle prefers a tightly knit Continental community of soverign states - with France supplying the leader ship. At the core of this com l ,v,ljli USSR I r r:l,A ' JJ&fllHIV i Rumania lati If- AkjyH't..V (Kills MISS WTtMlM. Au u .. . '. ' ...... n, ' COMMON MARKET NATIONS This Unit ed Press International newsmap shows the six nations comprising the European Eco nomic Community, commonly known as By WILLIAM ANDERSON United Press International Brussels -lUPll- Surveying the economic ruins of post war Europe, Sir Winston Churchill predicted: "If Europe were once united in the sharing of its common inheritance, there would be no limit to the happiness, to the prosperity and glory which its three or four hundred million people would enjoy." The continent is still a long way from fulfilling this Churchillian prophesy but it has nevertheless made impressive strides toward unity since he spoke nt Zurich university on Sept. 10, 1946. The force behind this drive toward a united Eu rope Is the European Eco nomic Community (EEC), better known as the Com mon Market. The Common Market came inlo being through the treaty of Rome signed on rviaruii 25. IouT, by il'iS representatives of West nermnny. Frunze, Italy snd the Benelux countries. Its preamble states that membership nations arc "determined to establish the foundations of an evrr closer union among the Eitrupfan peoples." Three-Stage Union The men who wrote the treaty realized such a un ion, amounting to a peace ful revolution, could not be achieved overnight. They therefore envisaged the union in three stages -customs union, economic union and finHlly political union. The first two steps are al ready well under way under the guidance of the Common Market Institu tions. The question of po litical union is appearing much more rapidly than many European politicians are ready to admit and per haps before the community is ready for it. An example is President Charles de Gaulle's present opposition to Brlllfch mem bership In the community. Tariffs Slashed A common agricultural policy should be effective munity would be a close liai son between France and West Germany. Conclude Treaty The two governments, in fact, have just concluded a treaty pledging close collabo ration in defense, cultural and foreign affairs. Linked to France and West Germany would be the neighboring na tions of Italy, Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg. These six countries are a!' ready allied in the thriving Common Market, which is speedily eliminating all tar iffs and other barriers to trade among member nations. When Britain applied for membership in the Common Market in 1961, de Gaulle did not hide his lack of enthusi' asm. He reasoned that Brit ain would be reluctant to sever its advantageous eco nomic ties with the other na tions of the British Common' wealth. Unless those ties were loosened, stated de Gaulle and others, there could be no entry for Britain. Furthermore, British pres ence in the Common Market might frustrate French aspir ations for Continental leader ship. In de Gaulle's mind, Britain, an Anglo-Saxon coun try, is not truly Continental. He reasons that Britain would continue to have close links to the U.S. And if Britain were to join the Common Market, then the U.S. would gain a powerful voice in Con tinental councils. A Third Force Such Is not the character of the new Europe de Gaulle has in mind. In his vision, the fctr Common Miirket, and potential nations which probably will bo admitted on a limit ed basis. (UPI) by the end of 1969, result ing in stuble markets for farmers, more efficient farming and better liveli hood for the agricultural population. Official target date for free movement of capital, goods, services and man power among the six na tions is 1970 but actually may come as early as 1907. Top "Eurocrat" is 61-year-old German National Prof. Waller llallstein. As chairman of the Common Market's Executive Com mission llallstein averages 16 hours' work a day and will hop a Jet tor thr Jjr.'.'.cd States us casually as most people would take a sub way to work. Since the Inception of ihe Common Market the econ omies of the Common Mar ket nations have expandud more rapidly than any oth er trading block In the world. GNP Rii.n 20 Per Ceni Crcr: NMional Product has risen by over 20 por cent. Industrial production is 3G per tent abovr what it was when the market was inaugurated. Une m p 1 o v meist has drnprwd ami in several countries a shortage of manpower Is appearing. It is difficult to stain how much of this is dire lo gen eral world economic con dition? and how much to the Common Market. But there is no disputing the fact that trade between the six nations has Increased by 73 per cent due primarily to the slashing of tariffs and ending of quotas. Al though only halfway through the economic union program, the market is a success. Further proof of Its suc cess is In the number of na tions trying to become full members or enter into as sociation with the six. As sociation allows limited membership to nations who politically or economically feel they cannot become full members. Besides Britain, Den mark, Norway and Eire arc negotiating for full mem bership. Sweden, Switzer land, Austria, Portugal, Fnrnnp nf thp future would see a full blooming of French grandeur. The French-led coalition would, in de Gaulle's view, be powerful enough to take an independent position in dis putes between the U.S. and the Soviet Union. As a third force, the union of Western European countries might then hold the balance of pow er in world affairs. The third force concept is a major reason behind France's determination to de velop its own nuclear weap ons. De Gaulle believes that a nuclear force, however. modest, will enable France to speak with authority and free it from overdependence on the U.S. Despite de Gaulle's "grand deal en." it had been widely assumed that the slow and tortuous 13-monin-oia ne gotiations on the terms of British entry Into tne com mon Market would end In suc cess. In the last few months, fnr Instance, the British have agreed to many of the eco nomic stipulations laid down by the Common Market. At a January press confer ence that stunned heads of state throughout Western Eu rope he spoke disdainfully or the British hopes for admis sion. "She is Insular, she is maritime. She differs pro foundly from the Continen tals," he said in contrasting Britain with the Common Market members. Growing Sluggish Until recentlv a maioritv of responsible British leaders EUROPEAN COMMON MARKET full MEMBERS AltOC IATE MEMBER FOSSfHE ASSOCIATE Ml Mil R j rOSSIBlf MEW MEMBER Spain, and Turkey want as sociation. Israel and Yugo slavia are negotiating com prehensive trade agree ments with the EEC as a whole as distinct from in dividual members. Greece Is Associated Greece became associated on Nov. 1, 1962. Eighteen former French and Belgian colonies in Africa have just completed signature of a special association under which the European six are to provide 800 million dol lars worth of technical and financial aid In the next five years. The U.S. is w a t ch I n g progress of the Common Market through a full scale embassy accredited to the Hallstein commission. Inter European farm produce is becoming cheaper because of the Common Farm poli cy. France can now marUct Its grain In Germany cheap rr than can the U.S. Cheap er grain enables the Euro pcans to raise hogs, chick ens nnd eggs more economi cally . . The internal market Is protected from outside dumping by variable levies which c;in be idiacu or low ered as necessary. American poultry farm ers are estimated to be los ing $10 million a month be cause of this practice. Ger many, the traditional Amer ican poultry market. Is now buying from Holland. The European reply to U.S. protests has been lliat Hie Common Market was not created for the benefit of the U.S. 1'eais persist that the Common Market will be come inward looking rath cr than a force for expand ed world trade. This is one of the reasons why British membership of the com munity is regarded by free traders as Important, Since Hrltlsh membership would almost automatically mean adherence of Norway, Den mark and Eire as full mem bers, the free traders feci that a ltl-nienibrra commu nity plus all associate mem bers would have such a varieiy of trading interests It could not look inward, would have said that Britain could not afford to remain on the outside looking in. If ex cluded from the Common Market, they said, Britain would find its voice in world affairs diminishing. 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