Scandinavian American. [volume], June 01, 1948, Page 8, Image 8

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Ambassador Morgensfieme
Outlines Norway's Stand
1 NEW YORK. N. Y. — Speaking
lat thevannual convention of the
{Sons of Norway in Baltimore Sat
;urday night, Mr. Wilhelm Morgen
1stierne. Norwegian Ambassador to
ithe United States, termed the
iMarshall Plan “A manifestation
‘of the same vision and realism
jwnich the United States showed in
ilaunching tho lend lease program
;during the war. aiming at assist
3 ing war devastated Europe in get
;ting‘ back on her feet and gaining
lsti'ongth for whatever the future
imay have in store.
“I want to tell you." stressed
the speaker, “that there prevails
in Norway today, admiration and
gratitude towards America, not
only' for the Marshall Plan, but
also for what America did during
the war. America has shown a
igenerosity. a brotherly spirit to
lwards fellow nations. which is in
1keeping with the finest tradition
iof the American people. We are
3proud to have been your brothers
,in arms. and to have shared with
hvou the glorious victory over the
:dark forces of Nazism and Fas
' cism. I do not have to confirm to
iyou that Norway, of course, re
imains true to our common ideals.
‘Whoie steadfast and proven lovers
iof peace. we. love freedom and
ijustir‘e even more.
1 “The Norwegian Government
‘ghas made its position absolutely
Iclear on this point. and it has
:stated emphatically, that while
1 we want to have the friendliest in
; tercourse with all nations. Norway
;belong geographically. ec
gonomically and culturally to the
’western world. We. are, and shall
{continue to be a Western Democ
} racy. This will, of course. not pre-
Tx'ent ins from having as close re
‘lations as possible with our great
neighbor to the east, also our ally
{during the war, to whom we are
‘deeply grateful for liberating
‘Northern Norway from the yoke
of the Nazis.
“It has struck me how the mean
ing of certain words, for instance
“Liberal" and “Democratic". are
sometimes being perverted these
days. Do not let us ever forget
that they are noble words. born
of struggle, progress and victory.
Do not let us ever forget that the
world liberal has something to do
with liberty, that democracy has
something to do with the people
freely electing their OWn govern
ment. We Norwegians are not
The first regular helicopter maiil
service in Scandinavia will be op-l
erated by the Osterman Aero. of‘
Stockholm. at the request of the
Swedish Post Office Department.j
This will mean an end to the win
ter isolation of six large islands in
the Stockholm archipelago, made
in accessible because of the ice
situation. “'0 weekly trips will
be made with a Bell 47 B-3 plane
until the beginning of April, un—
less the ice has broken up before
lOne of the islands'has been isolat—
led for five weeks. The Post Office
llkpartment has earlier relieved
[similar situations by dropping
1,mail sacks from nrdidnary planes.
lbut this is the first time an heli
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Totalitarianism, as 'between the
police state and a state based on
law and justice. as between human
rights and inhuman regimentation,
as between freedom and slavery.
as between good and evil.
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any people to decide their own
government. their own social sys
tem. their own fate, we demand
the same for ourselves. While we
want to live in peace and under
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Norway Co-ops Expect
Record ‘Y ear
NEW YORK, N. Y. —- NKL the
National Union of Norwegian Co
operatives, held its 22nd annual
congress in Trondheim on May
Slst. Figures released by the or
ganization at the end of 1947, re
flect a powerful upsurge in the
Norwegian cooperative movement
since war's end. By the end of last
year the number of Co—ops regis
tered under NKL totalled 1081
(1945-835) while membership has
increased during the same period
from 217,940 to 257,398. Total
gross sales of 212,000,000 Kr. dur
ing 1947 were approximately
double those of 1945. Among the
groups most recent enterprises,
both established during 1947, are
a radio factory in Oslo and a.
clothing factory in Norderhov. At
the end of that same year. NKL
had over 1300 sales outlets and
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