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Miscellaneous personal notes. [1] (1941-1943)

handle is hein.ali/hrbor605120 and id is 1 raw text is: &SJ- ;20 International Bill of Rights Project IMemorandum for Statement at Opening of Uieeting of Advisers, January 8 and 9, at The American Philosophical Society Building, 5th and Chestnut Streets, Philadelphia. I know those of you rho are not members of the SpeciaL Committee --ill rant me to express on your behalf to the members of that Comaittee your apsreciation of the careful way in which they have carried out the york you Inve assigned to them. This 7as to prepsre a draft of a stLtement of esrentitl individual rights based on your discussions and conclusions at your meetings Lnd the Reports of your Subcommittees on special topics. Having acted &s Chair-an of the three meetings of your Special Committee, one at Vortheast Harbor, i.Aine, August S-7, another in New York, October 15-17, and the third, also in Ne! York December lO-12, I can testify as to the hard rork done .nid the full and frank nature of all the discus- sions. The thing that has impressed me about this -.tork of your SpeciEl Colliaittee is the subst aitia unanimity on all matters discussed once the micoers had a clear understasnding- of the task assigned to its Advisers by the Institute. That task is to ascertain the degree to which there is unity among you, representing as you do the main world cultures, as to the essentials of individual freedom. What the Institute desires to find out is .hether persons rho are avowed opponents of the philosophy and z:ires of the Axis governments and. :'ho sincerely believe that individual freedom is necessLry to durable peace and orderly human progress have the same ideals of the essentiL.ls of freedom. Of course, there vre other essentials to a just and d-urcble peace besides the rcognition of individual freedorma. To me one of these other esse-t.i.els is an

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