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Eleanor Roosevelt — Part 36
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tions Organization is winding up its first
The United
‘ssion in London, tha.cesord as a whole shows a jot of goose-
rga and errors from the viewpoint of democracy in Europe
the Independence of colonia}
oples in Asia.
The UNO--both the General As-
mbly andthe Security Council —
28 served as a forum in which the! eral
viet, Union, among other demo-| United
‘atic gtates, has spotlighted the) Eleano velt, also showed its
sues where peace is endangered.janti-Soviet and anti-democratic
ut so far, the Anglo-American/stand. <A Soviel delegate, Aram
ioc hag been able to prevent any+Aruitanian, demanded that propa-
gnificant section. And action was | ganda hosiile to the United Na-
“tainly needed. tions among the “displaced persons”
For example, the Soviet Ukrain- in Europe should be checked by the
n motion that the Security Coun- UNO.
‘} condemn the behavior of British! BAR ALBANIA
Troops mm Indonesia was Datiy re-
cted—by Britain and her satediite,
ne. Netherlands.
feated.
Assembly, meanwhile, the
es, through delegate
| This was a reference to the thou-
sands of Polish, Yugoslav and Lat-
vian fascists who, jt was disclosed
Not only Gid the Council retuse | joe) weex are Kil] under arms in
~ accept the view that the peace
the American and British zones.
as eee ene vo drvesiane Re (MPS Roosevelt argued on behalf
‘pr 1 . “ "
of “freedom of speech” for these
iblic, but the United Btales dele- fascists, when as a matter of fact
‘ion even rejected the idea of 1
they should really be returned to
-e-power investigating committee.| 1, respective countries to face
&, STYMIES MOVE the stern justice of their govern-
Despite ail sorts of precedents for | “ents.
ommissions of investigation, Ed-; Jn the Security Council. « Soviet
ard R. Bteltinius, the chief U. 8.| Propohal to admit democratic Aj-
pokesman, said “nothing doing.” | ban to the United Nations was
hus,. the 0. S. revealed the be- tf ted with the same hostility.
aval-of its many pledges to the, TYough the Albanian Jiberation
colonial peoples, and fis general mgovement, under Gen. Enver |
ipport to the maintenance of the form, fought valiantly sgainst
‘uperialist empires. erman and Italian fascism, the
Only the US6R, Mexico and
‘land backed the Soviet Ukraine
«ifthe final vote. An Egyptian pro-
weal that British troops should
(be against the Indonestans,
deferred unlit next
This contrasted, of course. with the
gesting
cata
last spring, the same Argentine dic-
' withdrawn as soon as all
‘spDenese are disarmed and ali in-
compelled to denounce as a hay
jfor Hitlerism on Tuesday.
e¢———_— ——. ——_____+
,ternees freed — was similarly de-
In a sub-committee of the Gen-:long supported by the Soviet Union
‘nally polltaxer from Texas, insisted
[
proposal te seat jt in the UNO was
September.
of Argentine in the UNO)
tatorship which the State Dept. was
Fe
FILE
Record; No Hits, Many Errors
,was @ petition from Syria
Another sub-committee of the As-|Lebanon, demanding withdraws
sembly voted to seat the World Fed-(French and British troops, sc
eration of Trade Unions with a)jthing which had been pledge
consultative vote jn the Eeconomic|mid-December and has pot yet |
and Social Council. This action—|carried out.
~tame only after Sen. Top-Con- Was seen as & reflectiom~net the
viel Union's championship of
semi-colonial peoples; all of 1
have been encouraged by the fo
right fight of the Soviet and Ui
nian deiegaticn. What the Cor
would do about this request
unclear—as of Thursday,
wpon giving the AFL the same
right. .
The AFL, is not, of course, an in-
ternational bedy and Connally's
action demonstrated the hostility
of the American delegation to the
world trade union center of whieh
the CIO is a member. In final] Another possible issue revo
shape, the resolution gave similar;**0v"d Argentina, which by rij
consultative status to the Interna- (Should be excluded from the t
tional Cooperative Allilance, jn view of the sensational ]
Book, which proves—from 1
RESULTS NOT IMPRESSIVE sources—the entrenchment wl
Apart from selecting New Ycrk as|fascism had gained there during
an interim site for the UNO, and|war. At least the suspension of
the unanimous passage in the As-jdelegation in -London, as |
sembly of a resolution to bar Franco|Joscph Gufley, (D-Pa) prope
Spain, this was the UNO'’s main|was indicated. But whether
work last week. Not very impressive.|United States would back suc
ure, logical and necessary step war
hat remained to be acted upon! unclear.
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