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Nome, Alaska, Wednesday, December 22, 1948
THE UNITED NATIONS ASSEMBLY
(British Information Services)
The“Times” speaks of twelve weeks of acrimonious
and futile discussion, and declares that the session,
which has now been adjourned till next Aprli, has con
tributed nothing to peace and understanding, and not aj
little to distrust and ill-will. It thinks that, to some ex
tent, the General Assembly cannot be blamed for the
meagerness of its achievements during the Paris meet
ings, and says:
“Like the U. N. as a whole and like every other at
tempt at international cooperation, it was suffering
from the disastrous division between Russia and the
Western world.
“Indeed, it suffers more, for the very incapacity of the
Securitv Council has placed the Assemblv in a false no
sition. The statesmen who drafted the Charter at San
Francisco never meant the Assembly to solve those
great and dangerous questions which threaten the peace
of the world. These, it was hoped, would he settled bv
the great powers sitting together in the Council while
the Assembly would awa»* the result of those delibera
tions in which it was forbidden by the Charter to join.
It is the failure of the great powers, and not of the IT. N.,
which has given the Assembly such hopeless tasks as
Greece, and Korea, and the control of atomic energv.”
The ‘Times*1 editorial is headed: “Too Many Words.”,
and it says the chief complaint against the Assembly is
that, faced with the terrible division between East and
West, it should have allowed itself to become a mega- ,
phone for propaganda. Tt htinks that the first thing to
do. when the Assembly meets again in April, is to ap
point a committee on procedure to inquire how the work
of the Assembly may be cut down. The paper concludes: i
“Apart from procedure, a great deal could be done by j
the delegation of Britain. France and the United States
to shorten the business and give the Assembly more
prestige by refusing to be drawn into propaganda bat-,
ties with the Soviet Government and its satellites, and
by setting an example of restraint and moderation.”
The “Manchester Guardian” also thinks that too
much time was wasted by delegates repeating the same
arguments in committee and in the full 9ssembly and
that time was wasted on questions like the veto on
which no constructive action was possible at all.
“Yet time.” the paper goes on, “is vital for an organ
ization like the U. N., and this lengthening of its ses
sions will lead to a loss of interest, not only by govern-;
ments who cannot spare first-rate representatives, but j
by the general public which pays for it.”
The “Paily Telegraph” and the “News Chrome1*'”
the trimming of the powers of the conciliation comnv*
sion which is to go to Palestine. The “News Chronicle” j
thinks it marks the lowest point reached by the Thirrl;
Assembly of the U. N., but adds:
“Many will be found who say that it marks also the
lowest depths to which the U. N. itself has fallen. Good
offices alone are now of fared where the voice of the in
ternational community was once raised with firmness.”
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CHINA’S CHANCE AND AMERICA’S CHALLENGE!
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(New World News Service) *
“Russia has all but won the war in the Pacific,” de
clared' Congressman Walter H. Judd of Minnesota in a j
speech at the National Association of Manufacturer’s!
convention this month. j
“Suppose China comes under Communist rule, as she.
will without vigorous help from us quickly” he said,’
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PUT IT THERE l
“Russia will have satellites and security all along her
Asiatic frontier, and be in a far better position to take
over more countries in Europe without risking a two
front war.”
Democracy is on the defensive against Communism
he continued, but our one hope is to develop “our ut
most strength and skill in the political and ideological
fields. We will win only if we believe so intensely in
those basic principles on which the nation was founded
that we can out-think, out-work, out-sacrifice and out
last those whose world is founded on violence and lies.”
Cutting through the confusion of public opinion sur
rounding the Chinese crisis, Congressman Judd has
clearly outlined the issues and the share of responsibil
ity we in the United States must assume.
Simultaneously pioneering a new policy in China is
Dr. Chen Li-Fu, vice president of the National Parlia
ment. The United Press correspondent in Nanking re
cently reported Dr. Chen as saying that Chinese leaders
will accept “any workable formula” the Government
and people of the U. S. may decide is necessary to pre
serve “human freedom” in Asia.
Writing in the popular British weekly, ‘Everybodys,’
Dr. Chen also said, “I know there have been many mis
takes in the operation of the national government. I
have seen a number of changes in myself which must
take place. But through such a program of change at the
heart of China, the situation may yet be saved.”
This opens the way for America to accept the chal
lenge which Congressman Judd makes of offering to
China the ideological training and leadership which is
necessary to save democracy in Asia.
WHEN IS A MAN EDUCATED?
(Joseph Fort Newton)
When he can look out upon the universe—now lucid
and lovely, now dark and terrible—with a sense of his
own littleness in the great scheme of things, and yet
have unfaltering faith and courage.
When he knows how to make friends and keep them,
and when he can keep friends with himself.
When he can be high-minded amid the drudgeries of
life.
When he can look into a wayside puddle and see
something besides mud', and into the face of the most
forlorn mortal and see something beyond sin.
When he knows how to live, how to love, how to hope,
how td pfay—glad to live and not afraid to die, in his
hands a sword for evil, and in his heart a bit of lifting
song.
Evil thoughts, lusts, and malicious purposes cannot
go forth, like wandering pollen, from one human mind
10 another, finding unsuspected lodgment, if virtue and
truth build a strong defense,
—Mary Baker Eddy
International News
'Continued from Page One'
; to the fighting. The communists
wiped out two trapped army
groups and whittled down three
u hers that were caged.
Eire became a free and inde
pendent republic. President Sean
T. O’Kelly signed the island out
of he British Commonwealth. The
bill repealed the external rela
tions act which has empowered
the British King to accredit Irish
diplomats. That was the last thin
tie between Britain and Ireland.
The death watch s.arted for Hi
; deki Tojo, Japan’s wartime pre
mier and six other Japanese war
i criminals. The U. S. Supreme
1 Court ended their last hope for
; life. When they hang will be secret
until after the fact.
Gen. MacArthur said he has no
plan to return to the United
, States. He intends to say in Japan
j to “see the job through.” Ameri
| can toughness ended current or
! tareatened strikes by 834,000 Jap
1 anese workers.
Russian troops blockaded the
i road between Berlin and Stolpe,
%
i the German farming village a mile
from the city which France prom
ised to return to Soviet occupa
tion.
War minister Anastaeio Som
, oza, the boss of Nicaragua, told
investigators his country was not
involved in the invasion of Costa
Rica as charged. The Costa Ricans
engaged rebels 40 miles north of
San Jose, the capital.
Greek troops said they killed 62
more communist guerrillas in a
fight lor Sophades.
The United Nations said Arabs
and Jews have agreed to partly
open a circuitous route from Jeru
salem to Bethlehem for the annual
Christmas Eve pilgrimage of
Christians.
Christmas Ev pilgrimage of Chris
tians.
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