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Interim Croup Policy Question for Debate Editor’s note: Each day of this week the Emerald will present the pro’s and con’s of some of the con troversial issues in the PNCC reso lutions. These articles are intended to clarify some of the proposals be fore the vote is taken May 18 and 19. Tomorrow Allen and Miller will discuss the resolution on enforce ment of UN decisions. By VINITA HOWARD Questions of how to make the Little Assembly and the United Nations a more workable organiza tion will come before the Univer sity of Oregon students Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday of next week, but for the two Oregon dele gates to the Pacific Northwest College congress the questions have already been discussed and argued. One argument between the two Oregon delegates, Warren Miller, senior in political science, and Bob Allen, junior in political science, arose over the resolution passed at the congress concerning the Lit tle Assembly of the United Nations. This resolution as it will appear on the ballot next week is as fol lows : That this third Pacific North west College congress is opposed to the tendency of the Interim committee to apply the pressure of its opinions toward restriction or abolition of the veto power and the unanimity rule in the United Nations, and toward weakening the authority of the Security council, and That this congress supports the continuation of the Interim Com mittee only if it is actually con stituted as a subsidiary body per forming a constructive function, as provided in the charter Of the United Nations, and only if it en joys the voluntary acceptance and participation of all the great powers. Miller, Allen Air Views In an informal debate Monday, Miller and Allen expressed their views which were in sharp contrast on the resolution. Miller, who favors 'the resolution, expressed the opinion that, “the major problem facing the world is not that of gaining cooperation among western powers, it is rather the problem of achieving a working agreement with Russia.” ‘‘With out this agreement, by compromise, the course of world events must lead to the inevitability of a third and perhaps final world war.” Any action deliberately to alter the del icate balance achieved in the or ganization of the United Nations, Miller continued, without the con sent of Russia would increase an tagonism between Russia and the West and would lead to war. Allen—on the opposite side of the fence—opposed the resolution because he believes it is a compro mise to Russia. ‘‘Up to the time that Czechoslovakia was taken over by the Communists,” Allen stated, ‘‘there might have been home hope of appeasement. But af ter three years of compromise, the only result was the enlargement of the Russian sphere.” UN Reorganization Needed The UN must be reorganized on a workable basis, Allen said, and, if this calls for the exclusion of Russia, then it (United Nations) must be formed among the western powers. With this statement, Miller interrupted Allen asking him if he realized that the big problem was between Russia and the western powers, how he could recommend action that would exclude and ig nore Russia. To this Allen replied that the UN must be made so strong that Rus sia would be forced to join and co coperate with the other nation members. “In other words,” Miller questioned “you (Allen) feel that for the 251st time an international organization has failed to achieve peace through peaceful means and that one of the two hostile forces is going to be so strong that the other will give up and join out of sheer fright, is that right?” Russian Veto at Fault “If it has failed,” Allen returned, “it has been only the fault of the continued Russian veto. With the advent of atomic power some step must be taken to obtain a more powerful world government and a strong, powerful UN would be the first step. . Russia, he said, would not start a war with a pow erful UN in control of atomic en ergy. “Yes,” Miller replied, “but how is the UN without Russia going to JUST THINK OF IT! THEN COME IN AND BUY IT control Russian atomic energy ” The answer is to stop Russia before she gets atomic energy by enforce ment of decisions by a competent international police force, Allen added. “I conclude from your state ments," Miller replied, "that you think that the only way we're going to have peace is by fighting Russia and beating her." “Not necessarily," Allen re turned. “because I believe that if Russia sees a strong UN, she would be willing to join rather than fight.’ Ackerman to Speak Glenn C. Ackerman, Republican candidate for, governor, will speak at a Vet's for Ackerman club meet ing Tuesday evening. 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