TEH MEDI-OHB (OHESON) MAIL TRIBUNE
Mondr. April 14. I (SO
Desperately III UN Observes
Fifth Anniversary Tomorrow
By Bruce W. Munn
United Press Staff Correspondent
Lake Success, N. Y., Apr. 24
U.R) The United Nations, five
years old tomorrow, is desper
ately ill while its chief physician
speeds half-way around the world
seeking an east-west agreement,
the only medicine that can save
it.
In an operation as delicate as
any ever performed in an anti-
septice amphitheater, Trygve
Lie, UN secretary-general, is en
route to the capitals of western
Europe and to Moscow.
Seeks to Restore Unity
His task is to restore a senv
blance of the five-power unity on
which the UN was founded when
diDlomats from SI nations gath
ered in the opera house at San
Francisco on Apr. 25, 1945, to
draft the charter of the world
organization.
Secretary of State Edward R
Stettinius told that initial gathering:
"The prayers of the people
of the world are with us
as one voice, rising from the
tragedy and suffering of war, in
prayer tor lasting peace.
Five years later, diplomats
from the 5B nations now mem
bers of the UN still are seeking
peace. But despite four general
assemblies with three special
sessions thrown In and more
than 400 meetings of the security
council, the UN's pattern for
peace is as shaky as when
its ill-starred predecessor, the
League of Nations, was blown
into limbo by the guns of World
War II.
Dabaies Pointiest
The UN'i endless debates have
been made almost pointless by
the cold war between Russia and
the west, the national aspirations
of its members, and mutual sus
picion on both sides of the iron
curtain.
Its activities have been danger
ously crippled by the walkout
of Russia and her cominform
partners, who have vowed to
boycott the world organization
until nationalist China, whose
right to its seat is supported by
the United States, is ousted.
On the infrequent occasions
since 1945 when the Big Five
or more precisely, Russia and the
United States have been able
to work together, the world or-
' ganization has achieved results,
East-west cooperation, gener
ated and nurtured in talks be
gun between U. S. Ambassador-at-Large
Philip C. Jessup and
Chief Soviet Delegate Jacob A.
Malik at the UN eased the most
critical phase of the cold war
and brought an end to the Berlin
blockade in the spring of 1949.
East and west worked together
to bring peace to the Holy Land
and end the Arab-Jewish war
that threatened to engulf the
middle east in 1947 and held the
potential of a third world war.
Civil War Ended
Civil war was ended in the
Dutch East Indies, and the threat
of a communist coup averted
when The Netherlands, under
pressure from the security coun
cil, granted independence to the
United States of Indonesia at
The Hague round-table confer
ence in 1949.
War between India and Pak
istan has been averted as the
UN seeks mediation of their dis
pute concerning the princely
state of Kashmir.
A communist push in oil-rich
Iran fell flat in 1946 when, de-
spile Russia s first walkout
staged by "No" Man Andrei
Gromyko, the security council
probed ancient Persia's prob
lams in exhaustive debate.
The UN s critics thought its
end had come when Gromyko
kept his delegation out for two
weeks. The current Soviet boy
cott is now months old but
the UN, although admittedly
missing on several cylinders, still
is an operating machine.
Central Figures
Central figures in the UN im
passe, as always, are the U. S.
and Russia. The U. S. has given
strong indications that it wants
the Russians and their satellites
to come back. Russia has given
no indication that it has any de
sire to stay away permanently.
ine two countries, nowever.
are engaged in a power struggle
watched anxiously by the world's
lesser powers, and neither can
risk losing face by an abrupt
change of position on the ques
tion of communist China, the log
gerhead issue.
If agreement can be brought
about on the Chinese issue. Lie
hopes to hold a midsummer
peace session of the security
council, probably at Geneva,
Switzerland, at which foreign
ministers or even heads of state
can discuss tha world's prob
lems. If an atmosphere approaching
cordiality can be achieved at
such a meeting, the UN can go
ahead with Lie "20-year pro
gram for peace" and can press a
myriad of less publicized proj
ects.
6,000 Expected at
June Elks Convention
Corvallis, Apr. 24 Corvallis
Elks are expecting 6,000 Oregon
Elks and their ladies at the an
nual Elks convention to be held
here June 9. 10 and 11 and a
long list of dignitaries attending
will include Gov. Douglas Mc
Kay, Secretary of State Earl T.
Ncwbry, Maj. Gen. Thomas E.
Rilea and the present grand ex
alted ruler, Emmett T. Ander
son, Tacoma, Wash.
The Elks parade to be held
Friday, June 9, will boast color
ful marching units from all over
the state units of the 41st divi
sion and their band, Portland
Elks bands, Corvallis, Albany,
Eugene, Toledo and Newport
high school bands; Ashland Kilty
band, Oregon State college band.
Grants Pass Cavemen. Benton
County Sheriff's posse, Coos Bay
pirates and the governor's
guard.
Corvallis lady Elks are mak
ing arrangements to entertain
2,000 women at the convention
and housing has been assured
with the cooperation of the col
lege and motor courts.
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