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George V. Allen Foresees the Advent of A Federation of'North Atlautic Nations amestorra, Va A federation of the North Atlantic area may come into .f;.roz na 4, ~ =IV* !4:~;-being within the lifetime of, many people now living;, Ghorge V. Allen, President of The Tobacco Znstitute; Inc., said today. Mr. Allenli's fbrmer Director or the - . • ':'t - . . .. ~ . ' . . : ~F.. I ... .. ': \ . _ United States Information Agency and is now Chairman,of the United Nations Spealting before the 350th anniversary celebration of'the start of U.SI. . ~j.:~ ,- . .. . . _ . .. .. . . _ . . .< . -- Bducational, Scientific and Cultural ©rganization. (UNE.SCO). foreign trade and commerce, and of the tobacco indtistry, Mr. Allen, predictedithat such a federation might even come within a decade. olitica has been in erica's chief contrlbutioa to the acience of "A p ~. an ~~. F f S : .: . . .. . 4 finding a way, through federation, to apply democratic principles to a vast -.~.t. . . f yJ, . _ .. , , . . . ... . .... ,_- - - " continent,"'Mr. Al1en decLared. "With the admission of'Hasraii to the Union, the yA+ Federal principle has now been extended,beyond our own shoreline. cC a - .. . . : _ .... . . ....._.. . . . .. - - .. . ~ . -.~e,~,2. ~J•~Sr- n:; /' Witu the success of the JamestowniColony in 16r12,Mr. Allen said, "The nngl sh-speakirg',xorld.hegan a remarkablegroxthsrhichtod'aycovers one-fi'fthofh the'land area of the,gLobe. Englishmen, heirs of the Magna Carta, carried with them, wherever they went, certain English trai'ts... Freedom of assembly and of, worship, trial by a jury of one"s peers, and freedom of'opinlon were already imbedded in the English character." John Rolfe, whose first tobacco crop saved the Jamestown Coliony from . . .. . . ... . ~ .. .... .~n.. economic collapse, was a natural inheriter of these•eoncepts, Mr. Allen noted. Rolfe was a member of the first Virginia Assembly, which met in Jamestawn in 1619. The Virginia House of Burgesses, where Patric]t Henry defied the Snglish . . ~ . 4:.' _ -_ .. ... '. . .. ' .. - . . - ICing 150 years later,`vae a lineal descendant of'this gathering, Mr. Allen said. r"'!l",n!" Pft oft Q' 4~

"Tt,seems clear that during the years which are immediately before us,' . ~._- .,- , ..:w Nr.-A1:Len:_continued, "the Eagl.:ish-speaking world, and the principles of government developed therein since the first Virginia Assembly, will assume a far greater rolee in world affairs than ever before." . ~'~~.Today Europe is undertaking the difficult task of federation, Mr. Allen said. °Br3tain has applied for f1Y11l membership in a United Europe under the Treaty of Ricme„ vith the political as well as the economic consequences of such , .. . . _ - few years, will be faced withia similar decision." membership," Mr. Allen said. "The United States, in the course of the next This country, he saidl, has taken the lead ih creating,the concept of an Atlantic cc®anity since the establishment of NATO6 "Shalil we go forward with this concept?!" Nir. •A11'en asked. "While the 'Parliament of Man, the Federation of the World•,! dreamed of by Lord Tennysonn a hundredlyears ago, is nowhere in sight, it is perhaps not visionary to English colony anywhere in the world'y and set the st'age for English settlement of ,"pur celebration today, therefore, appropriately commemorates the success of Jamestown -- an event imihistory whichishould not go unnoticed,"'Mr, AZ2en in mid=course... . concluded. "We do not celebrate here today the completion of an era. We are "The seeds plantediat Jamestown are still very much alive, iin agriculture, foresee a federation of the North Atliantic area within the_ lifetime of many of those present here today. It may even come within the decade." __-_ ` Through John Rolfe's tobacco crop, Jamestown became the first successful in commerce, and in politics. We on these grounds today can look to the future with as much confidence and excitement as we regard the past with pride andd satisfaction."