The presidential transition of 1992 provided the opportunity to
start the restoration of good management in the federal government.
The New Transformation provided the basic outline for goals to be
met, and programs proposed. The transition team now moved to
integrate the new or modified programs into the existing budgetary
and governmental organization structures. In this effort much
assistance was provided by the existing civil service employees. Most
government workers were demoralized after the mismanagement of the
last three administrations. They were eager to work with the new
administration to restore their reputation as loyal, efficient
employees.
Paul's main interest naturally involved initiating the abolition of
war. He knew that progress could only be done gradually. His efforts
involved mostly the planning of the consolidation of existing
peace-related agencies into a future Department of Peace. To retain
the credibility needed, he started to involve some key members of the
Veterans Against War organization. They served in the wars of the
United States. Nobody could doubt their loyalty or their concern for
America. They were the ideal emissaries to the public and to the
professional military in moving gradually toward abolition.
Not surprisingly many of the professional military officers were not
averse to the ideas. Increasingly they realized the insanity of
building more and more lethal weaponry, and making them available to
the most ruthless dictators and tyrants. And of course the careful
approach of Paul to the abolition of war gave due recognition to the
continuing role of the military.
The president-elect used this period to lay the groundwork for the
Grand Moral Strategy he intended to follow. He visited the leadership
of the Soviet Union, to begin a relationship of cooperation in place
of confrontation. It was in the interest of the major military powers
to move away from the military spending that created nothing but
instability and more violence.
The new president's inaugural was eagerly anticipated. World-wide
media coverage was unusually extensive. President Carey met the
expectations of his audience. He pledged to correct the mismanagement
of the past both domestically and internationally. In the first half
of his address he listed the government programs he intended to
implement. Starting with total education reform -- involving heavily
the states -- he went on with the major programs to restore our
economic competitiveness, improve the family, rebuild the
infrastructure, and all the other major programs to achieve the New
Transformation. While America listened hopefully to the new
initiatives, the rest of the world was not too interested in the
local concerns. But everyone was most anxious to hear the message of
America's proposed world leadership.
They were not disappointed. The president outlined in great detail
his vision of the emerging world without war and with greatly reduced
levels of violence. A powerful consortium of countries now fully
disillusioned with war and militarism was to be assembled. The
consortium included, in addition to the United States, the European
Economic Community, the Soviet Union, Japan, and the other
industrialized or industrializing countries. They would pledge to
begin to cut radically their military expenditures. They would also
stop the selling of their military technologies to non-democratic
governments. And best of all, they would use their tremendous
economic power to bring up the undeveloped countries to prosperity
and progress. This would be done under the auspices of the World
Development Plan. Existing military organizations would be converted
to peaceful functions. Defense-related industries would similarly
move into the production of civilian goods. The unemployed in many
countries would be mobilized, to build new roads, dams and other
infrastructure components. A worldwide network of television and
other communications methods would be established, to move
populations away from narrow tribalism to a more inclusive
appreciation of our common humanity. By moving away from enmity to
amity, the causes of violence would diminish, bringing closer the
advent of the warless world. The communications network also would be
used to increase the knowledge and productivity of farmers and
workers, and thereby make their countries more prosperous.
America could introduce the ultimate moral
component into our national grand strategy: Abolish War for Human
Survival. The Grand Moral Strategy would be implemented as the World
Development Plan.
The U.S. Grand Moral Strategy could achieve all these, and
more:
The real national interest of the United
States is to help to create a world where amity is encouraged in
place of enmity, major actions are taken to reduce avoidable human
suffering and a concerted effort is made to restore the global
environment.
The Need for American Leadership
In our world today, where we have presumably reached the pinnacle of
civilization, military power still determines world leadership.
Military experts measure the capabilities of the United States and
the Soviet Union in terms of combat power, megatons of TNT
explosives, and so on -- essentially the ability to create death and
destruction on a massive, almost unimaginable scale.
We cannot expect other nations, cultures or societies to be our
willing followers when we base our leadership mostly on death and
destruction. The moral obligation of a true superpower is to create
life, to promote survival and to lead the way to a higher level of
civilization for all mankind.
The United States does have the resources to exercise the kind of
leadership the world needs. But this must be a leadership based on
the moral obligation that results from the fortunate experiences of
inheriting a rich continent and a political system that favors
freedom and liberty. In the end, world leadership means the
willingness to be a role model and a provider of services, economic
assistance and other benefits to the needy peoples of the world. The
United States started along this road once. After World War II the
Marshall Plan provided assistance to defeated enemies, in place of
the traditional exploitation and domination that was the fate of the
vanquished. America, the Hyperpower, must resume the course that was
interrupted by the enmity stimulated by the Cold War.
World Role for the United States
America should serve as leader and role model to the rest of the
world, for the following reasons:
a. We have an opportunity to shape the nation's (and the world's)
future in positive directions. However, the purpose is not simply to
change from the position of world policeman to the equally negative
role of world moralizer. It is in our own best interest to move away
from the manufacture of essentially nonproductive armaments to a
healthy, productive economy and the reallocation of resources to
social needs.
b. We also can create the motivation to develop workable programs and
policies that solve problems and make the future better than the
present. Properly designed economic and social programs can yield
major improvements in our productivity and social cohesion. Our
strength abroad, as perceived by others, would also greatly increase.
Prestige, power and influence reached by moral means is far more
durable and lasting than fear-induced submission to our will.
c. We can also foster political democracy world-wide. Our example and
support could prevent incompetent elites from gaining or retaining
power. By addressing the social and political problems of the world
we also can reduce potential causes of violence and terrorism.
The American Grand Moral Strategy in Action
A high moral purpose -- in the continuation of our best traditions
and values -- would combine with our economic and survivalist
interests to become a new American world mission. Our purpose would
be to shore up our threatened economic and political position by
providing to the rest of the world -- and especially to the
developing countries -- services for economic and political
development. This "world mission" would provide the basis for the
U.S. Grand Moral Strategy in international affairs:
The "world mission" would also provide our economy with new "products and services," as the move toward the post-industrial society takes place, e.g.,
America's world mission would be implemented through the new, systematic approach to international relations:
that could also form the basis of a policy
of cooperation with the Soviet Union. Specifically, we could work
with our allies and the Soviet Union -- in conjunction with their new
policies of reform -- in each of these areas:
a. Development -- world and national; to support global economic
development by providing resources, not only in funds, but personnel,
education and other support.
b. Democratization -- to support global social development by
fostering the emergence of democratic, representative political
institutions in every country.
c. Decolonization -- complete the process initiated after World War
II, but now focusing mainly on repressed ethnic minorities and the
violation of human rights. This would be accomplished not through
fragmentation of existing national boundaries, but through greater
federalization and cultural self-determination.
d. De-armament -- continue the policy of moving away from organized
warfare and the resolution of differences by nonviolent means. The
existing global political balance is to be maintained by a minimum
force required.
e. Cooperation -- engage in mutually beneficial projects with the
Soviet Union and our allies in the areas of scientific and medical
research, restoration of the global environment, space exploration
and the like.
Steps in World Economic Development
The actions and activities needed for a successful program of world
economic development are reasonably well understood and could be
quickly implemented. Much has been learned from the mistakes made
during the past decades of development efforts.
a. Summarize information about the world's population, environment,
resources, problems and successes.
b. Develop a set of widely accepted "Goals
for Mankind" that would result in sustainable development (i.e., a
strategy that manages available resources for increasing long-term
wealth and well-being), family planning policies, ecological
restoration and other needed actions.
c. Formulate the general strategy to be employed -- a systematic
approach to international relations using savings from de-armament to
finance development. The global Marshall Plan approach would be used,
but repayable with development assistance by the recipients to lesser
developed countries. Private enterprise, including multinational
corporations, would have a significant role, in place of the failed
centralized planning methods used in the past.
d. Use fully the available resources for world economic development.
The United States with our allies can easily become an "engine" for
world economic development and political evolution. A sizeable
infrastructure is already in existence:
The United States is also important as a
role model. It is possible to have, even on a continental scale, a
stable government, a multi-racial, multi-ethnic society, a strong
economy, and so on. We are also not threatening to neighbors, e.g.,
our borders with Canada and Mexico are demilitarized.
e. Shift resources saved from our peace strategy to economic
development. There is a major role here for the U.S. (and allied)
economies. The industrial nations' economies should
supply:
Our world economic development strategy would accomplish the following:
There are many beneficial effects of moving
from a war-oriented economy and foreign policy to a peace-oriented
economy and foreign policy.
Implementing the New Transformation and the World Development Plan
would reverse the negative trends caused by our current policies. The
strong incentives of trade and economic development offered to the
Soviet Union would secure its participation in the extensive
reduction of both nuclear and conventional armaments. This new era of
superpower cooperation would result in a much reduced danger of
nuclear and conventional war. The participation of both the Soviet
Union and our allies in our program of abolishing organized warfare
would start the reduction of the arms trade to the Third World
countries. Setting up special conflict resolution and conciliation
mechanisms would tend to reduce political tensions, and further
decrease the danger of unintended war and terrorist attacks. These
actions and activities would improve our physical security almost
immediately.
A similar improvement to our economy would be the next benefit.
Substantial savings in defense expenditures would be obtained by
stopping the arms race and ending the military confrontations in
Europe and the Pacific. Under the economic and social program of the
New Transformation, the gradual balancing of the budget will become
feasible, with only a relatively small increase of taxes. Resources
would be available for improving our economic productivity and
solving our social problems, including the weaknesses in our
education system. Our ability to compete in world trade would be
greatly enhanced, as research expenditures and human resources would
be shifted to the non-military sector of our economy. Strengthening
our economy and society would strongly expand our national
prosperity.
The end of the arms race would also enable us and our prosperous
allies to increase considerably the funds available for assisting the
developing world. Halting their own regional arms races and providing
financial and technical assistance would start the process of
improving their economies and political systems. Gradually, the
developing world -- with the assistance of the industrial nations --
would start generating the resources needed to solve their population
and social problems. Again, setting up the conflict mediating and
resolution mechanism would reduce political tensions and allow the
necessary concentration on economic and social development. The
successful development of the Third World would also open huge new
markets for our high-tech and other products, all contributing to
American prosperity.
Finally, the collective resources of all of humanity would be
available to repair the damage caused to our planetary environment.
This would prevent such dangers as the global warming trend and the
depletion of the ozone layer.
Not easily measurable, but immensely valuable, would be the
satisfaction of regaining our almost lost moral standing in the
world. America's leadership in enhancing humanity's economic and
political development -- and survival -- would give a considerable
lift to our collective self-esteem and national pride.
To promote the peaceful resolution of
international conflict, and facilitate the abolition of the social
institution of organized warfare.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,That this Act may be
cited as the "War Abolition Act".
The Congress declares that the United States has an urgent and continuing responsibility to seek world peace and has undertaken obligations to seek world peace under the Kellogg-Briand Pact of 1929, the Nuremberg Charter of 1945, and the United Nations Charter. It is the purpose of this Act to meet these responsibilities and obligation and to provide the means to seek and achieve the peaceful resolution of international conflict by abolishing organized warfare and violence as a social institution of Homo Sapiens, the dominant species inhabiting the Planet Earth.
SEC. 101. There is hereby established at the seat of government, as an executive department of the United States Government, the Department of Peace (hereinafter referred to in this Act as the "Department").
SEC. 102. (a) The Department shall be
responsible for carrying out the purpose of this Act. In achieving
such purposes, the Department shall --
(1) develop and recommend to the President appropriate plans,
policies and programs designed to foster world peace by the abolition
of war and the abatement of organized violence between and among
human groups;
(2) exercise leadership in coordinating all activities of the United
States Government affecting the preservation or promotion of peace
and the abolition of war;
(3) cooperate with the governments of other countries in research and
planning for the peaceful resolution of international and intergroup
conflict, and encourage similar action by private institutions;
(4) cooperate with the governments of other countries in transferring
resources from military expenditures to the meeting of human needs
world wide;
(5) encourage the work of private institutions and groups aimed at
the resolution of international and intergroup conflicts, and the
transferring resources from military expenditures to the meeting of
human needs world wide.
SEC. 103 (a) There shall be at the head of
the Department a Secretary of Peace (hereafter referred to in this
Act as the "Secretary"), who shall be appointed by the President, by
and with the advice and consent of the Senate.
(b) There shall be in the Department an Under Secretary of Peace and
four Assistant Secretaries, each of whom shall be appointed by the
President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate.
(c) The Secretary is authorized to appoint and fix the compensation
of additional officers and employees, and prescribe the functions and
duties of personnel of the Department.
SEC. 104 (a) There are hereby transferred to the Secretary all functions which were carried out immediately before the effective date of this title --
(1) the Agency for International Development
(2) the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency
(3) the Peace Corps
(4) the Food for Peace program of the Department of Agriculture.
(b) The functions, powers, and duties of
the Secretary of State, relating to the specialized agencies of the
United Nations Charter, are transferred to the Secretary of Peace
.
(c) The Secretary is authorized to establish a Peace Force, to facilitate the abolition of war and the prevention, resolution and abatement of violent conflicts among countries and human groups. The Peace Force is to be a uniformed, but unarmed organization, relying entirely on moral force and persuasion in conducting its operations.
(d) The Secretary is authorized to work
with the Department of State in coordinating the foreign policy of
the United States of America as it pertains to the abolition of war
and the prevention, resolution and abatement of violent conflicts
among countries and human groups.
(e) The Secretary is authorized to work with the Department of
Defense in setting up a Non-Lethal Force. The Non-Lethal Force shall
be part of the Department of Defense, as one of the services
controlled by the Department of Defense. It shall be armed with
non-lethal weapons and armaments, to eliminate casualties while
abating violent conflicts among countries and human groups. The
Non-Lethal Force is to go into action after the Peace Force is unable
to perform its mission due to the severe nature of the
conflict.
SEC. 105, etc.
(The remaining part of the BILL deal with
administrative details and procedures)