TUESDAY, JUNE 14, I960
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Failure at Summit Brings New Hope For
United Nations Returning to Forefront
IUL NtwSOX
By PHIL NEWSOM
UPI Foreign Editor
In the opinion of top Unit
ed Nations authorities, the
demonstrable failure of per
sonal d I p 1 o-
macy at the
summit will
lead the world
org anization
back Into its
own.
There is no
c o n c e aling
that the Unit
ed States was
by - Dassed
ana lorced into eclipse dur
ing the Eisenhower-Khrushchev
pen-palship, with the
leaders of the other major
powers contributing heavily
to a trend away from collec
tive diplomacy into private
negotiation.
Disarmament, on which' ad
mittedly the United Nations
made little progress in 13
years, was taken from the
glass house unceremoniously.
One day last fall, the General
Assembly recognized that the
the arms race was the corner
of the world by expanding the
U.N. Disarmament Commision
to include all of the organiza
tion's 82 members. Later, un
der big power pressure, it vot
ed the same commission vir
tually out of business by
transferring the arms ques
tion to the committee of 10
at Geneva.
The question of nuclear
weapons test suspension was
kept out of the United Na
tions. On the problem of out
er space, the assembly created
a committee but Russia and
the West have been unable
to agree on terms for even
its first meeting.
Personal Diplomacy
All this was evident obe
isance to the cult of personal
diplomacy confession of
faith that more could be ac
complished by face-to-face
talks among the world's top
leaders than in parliamentary
discussion in the United Na
tions. That theory was blasted at
Paris on May 16, 1950, when
the summit fell flat at the
starting line.
Now, the top U.N. author
ities reason, collective diplo
macy will become the thing
for the simple reason that the
big powers realize .they must
talk and they have nowhere
to do it except at the United
Nations.
Russia will renew its de
mand for condemnation of
U.S. espionage at September's
General Assembly session,
The United States will pre
sent its plan for world-wide
aerial surveillance at the
same meeting. Outer space
will gain a major share of
discussion. Even the nuclear
test talks dragged out over
18 montl'.s now, may be
brought into the assembly.
Swing of Pendulum
The pendulum of history
swings slowly, but steadily.
In 1945, the United Nations
was' hailed as the panacea for
a war-weary world. As such,
it was oversold to most of
me world by over-eager op
timists who saw In it if not
universal broth erhood of
man, at least a lasting broth
erhood of the big powers to
keep peace.
Disillusioned by develop
ments, public opinion swung
away from the United Nations
and global support at least to solve their problems else
in the Western until it faced where especially away from
up to the aggression in Korea a forum where the small pow
in 1950. i uild make their voices
After Korea, as the cold
war appeared tu abate, sup
port for the United Nations
likewise waned and the
world's leaders sought means
West Defends U.S.
Capital as Seat
Of Much Culture
PI
Dick
By DICK WEST
wasnington ura if you
happened to have read the
Congressional Record of last
Feb. 15, your
adrenal glands
u n doubtedly
started f u r i
ously pump
ing along
about page
A1209.
It was on
this page that
one of our
west congress men
caused to have reprinted an
article from the New York
Times magazine entitled "In
Culture, Is Washington a
Hick Town?"
I dare say that even the
most casual reader found
some food for thought in this
rhetorical question. Around
here, it has been the equiva
lent of an eight-course ban
quet. Some of our lawgivers in
terpreted the article as a slur
on the aesthetic qualities of
the national capital and were
offended by it. Others have
been citing it as evidence that
the seat of government is in
deed a culture's posterior.
Not Qualified
I personally am not quali
fied to discuss the broad
question raised by the article
but I did find a couple of nits
I could pick. For instance, I
read recently that ' a New
York gallery had on display
the works of an artist who
painted nothing but stripes.
Well, sir , not long after
that I heard about an artist
here who paints nothing but
circles. Until New York gets
one that paints circular
stripes, or striped circles, I
would say that we are holding
our own.
However, my main concern
is with an assertion in the
soul-stirring article that ' pre
sumably someone reads the
Congressional Record, though
no one has ever accused it of
having much literary qual
ity."
The author is correct in
presuming that someone reads
the record. I do. Furthermore,
seldom a day passes that I
don't accuse it of having
literary quality.
"Land O'Goshen, the con
gressional record sure has lit
erary quality today," I say to
myself when I come across
some syntactical gem. If no
one else is around, I say It
out loud.
Likes The Appendix
To show you what I mean,
I have plucked at random
from the stack of records on
my desk the issue of May 25.
I concede that the front sec
tions, which contain congres
sional speeches and debates,
aren't likely to make the
world forget about Edgar A.
Guest.
But when you turn over to
the appendix, where outside
contributions are featured,
the literary content assays
out to pure appendicitis.
If nature tales are your
meat, you can read a trench
ant account of "the plight of
the prairie chicken." There is
discipline in the manner in
which the author handles a
sentimental theme without
letting his emotions run away
with him.
Or, if you prefer some
thing in the inspirational line,
you can take your pick
among the 1960 Slater, Mo
high school commencement
address or an editorial en
titled "Maybe Benson Was
Right" and a treatise on
'Soil Stewardship Week."
This is only a small sample
of the literary goodies that
appear in the record almost
daily. How much more cul
tural can you get?
heard.
iiic summit formula was
devised. It failed and now
the United Nations again
seems to be resorted to as a
way to peace.
In the Days News
By FRANK JENKINS
President Eisenhower has
left Washington on a tour
of high diplomatic importance
that took him first to Anchor
age, in the State of Alaska.
From Anchorage, he took off
for Manila, with a refueling
stop at Wake Island.
From Manila, he will go
to the island of Formosa,
which is NATIONALIST
China. From Formosa, he
will go to Okinawa. And . . .
from Okinawa , . . presumably
. . . he will go to Japan,
where he is presently sched
uled to spend two days-June
20 and 21.
These two days could be
fateful days in history.
Matter of Fact
By Joseph Alsop
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WHAT is the purpose of
Ike's mission to Japan?
This, basically, is it:
By the magic of his per
sonality to bring about ratifi
cation of the American-Japanese
mutual defense treaty.
WHY is that so important?
Japan is Asia's MAJOR
INDUSTRIAL power. Japan
is the key to Allied defense in
the Far East. From their bases
in Japan, American bombers
can take off AT SHORT
RANGE to smash PUissia if
Russia should elect to TAKE
THE FIRST BITE which we
have conceded to her. Red
China could be smashed from
Japan if Red China goes with
Red Russia.
That's the nub of the situa
tion.
Schools Not Under
County Zoning
Salem - 0IPII - School dis
tricts which construct school
buildings outsi le city limits
do not have to comply with
county zoning regulations, ac
cording to Attorney General
Robert Y. Thornton.
He issued th opinion Mon
day at the request of Clacka
mas county District Attorney
Winston L. Bradshaw.
At present a school district
is required to get a building
permit from a city for con
struction of school buildings
within a city.
Thornton said that public
education "is not a local mat
ter. It is a state government
obligation and the school dis
trict acts as a governmental
agency."
A school district is "pure
ly a creation of the Legisla
ture," he said.
rfHE Japanese government
- is favorable to us. But
there is much opposition in
Japan to signing the treaty
Many Japanese , . . VERY
many, in fact . . . object to
it and to the U.S. military
bases it authorizes on the
ground that it may involve
Japan in an East-West war.
Both the Japanese prime min
ister and the Japanese parlia
ment are aware of the
strength of this opposition.
That is why they have hesi
tated and delayed.
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VOU have read, of course,
of these "leftist" demon
strations.
They haven't just happened.
They have been made to
happen.
The communist hope is that
these demonstrations can be
made so FEARSOME that the
Japanese parliament will be
afraid to ratify the treaty.
IKE'S arrival in Japan and
what follows will be the
critical hour.
As the schedule now stands,
he will ride 13 miles from
the Tokyo airport to the im
perial palace. The Emperor is
scheduled to ride with him.
Normally the Japanese hold
their Emperor in such awe
some spiritual regard that
they would not commit vio
lence in his presence.
But-
COMMUNISTS HAVE NO
VENERATION FOR ANY
THING OR ANYBODY.
AND-
Thousands of "demon
strators" (there are guesses
that the number might reach
250,000) will line the route.
Under the circumstances,
there will be tension In the
air. Anything might happen.
Some dedicated communist
might take a pot shot at the
U.S. President. That s how
tense the situation might be
come.
THERE might be changes in
the plan. Ike might be lift
ed by helicopter from the air
port to the imperial palace.
He might not even visit
Japan.
BUT THAT WOULD
AMOUNT TO RUNNING IN
THE FACE OF DANGER.
Which would be fatal.
IiHE stakes, you sec, arc
huge. The danger is great.
It is going to lake courage
to face it. But there are times
in this world when the red
badge of courage is supremely
Important.
At the moment, It looks like
this could be one of those
times.
NIXON AND
ROCKEFELLER
Washington - With most of
the early returns in. it is now
clear that Gov. Rockefeller
has both helped and hurt Vice
President Nixon by coming
into the open
against h i m.
The help to
Nixon is short
run. The hurt
is long - run,
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1 WIMV.I1 I'"'"'-
f :3 it no less ser-
Before ex
amining how
JIlHMI AI.SOI- ""a u- "
is well to look into the origin
of the Rockefeller statement
that started the storm. The
question of how Gov. Rocke
feller came to say what he
said last week in the way he
did and when he did. is still
being argued by every poli
tician in both parties. The real
answer to the question ex
plains how one and the same
statement can have been
both helpful and hurtful to
the Nixon cause.
In brief, then, the large
Rockefeller staff has been di
vided into two camps, and the
Governor himself has been as
sailed with conflicting advice,
for many months past. The
point at issue was whether to
"speak out" (the phrase used
in the hidden argument) or
not to "speak out".
IN OTHER words, the men
around Rockefeller have
been arguing about whether
the Governor should air his
real opinions of the Eisen
hower administration's poli
cies. He has long regarded the
Administrations foreign de
fense policies as hopelessly
unimaginative and danger
ously weak. In the same way,
he has always considered the
Administration's social and
economic policies as too nar
row and backward-looking.
Every practical, political
consideration weighed against
open expression of these opin
ions. Most of the Rockefeller
staff and virtually all the
New York Republican lead
ers were therefore opposed to
"speaking out". But the Gov
ernor himself wanted to voice
his opinions , precisely be
cause they are deeply, even
emotionally held opinions
And the new Rockefeller
public relations adviser, Em
met Hughes, who noias me
same opinions with equal or
greater fervor, also thought
the Governor should say what
was on his mind.
TN THE pre-summit period
A the advocates of silence had
a point that held the precar
ious debating balance true. It
was the point that the Gov
ernor should not attack the
Administration in the rear, so
to say, when the President
was just about to embark on
negotiations with the Soviets
at the highest level.
After the explosion at the
summit, however, this point
lost all force. The Governor
then issued a short comment
which is reality foreshadowed
the major declaration he
made after his breakfast with
President Eisenhower. The in
tervening time period was
largely occupied by further
staff debate about the nature
and the frankness of the
planned major declaration.
The question, now, was
whether to "speak out" with
complete truthfulness. Rocke
feller himself finally decided
to mince no words; and so
the bombshell was thrown.
Thus the timing and char
acter of the Rockefeller state
ment are revealed as the re
sults, primarily, of two par
allel conflicts. One was the
staff conflict already describ
ed. The other was the con
flict, in the Governor's own
mind, between practical poli
tical prudence on the one
hand and strong personal con
viction on the other,
THE sweat and turbulence
of these inner conflicts
were obviously controlling,
because no cool political
schemer could possibly have
done what Gov. Rockefeller
did. Above all, no cool and
crafty schemer would have
included in the famous state
ment the personal attack on
Vice President Nixon that got
all the headlines. The attack
was included because both
Gov. Rockefeller and his pub
lic relations advisor have
haunting doubts about Nixon's
character and capabilities,
doubts which Hughes long
ago voiced in public with ex
treme asperity.
Once this attack on Nixon
was Included, and after Nixon
had met the attack with great
dignity and shrewedness, per
sonalities absorbed everyone's
attention. It was all Rockefel
ler vs. Nixon, without regard
to the larger issues. The
whole Republican party, al
ready committed to nominat
ing the Vice President, at
once rallied to Nixon's side
with cries of fury against
Rockefeller. Among Republi
cans - even among Republi
cans generally sympathetic to
the Rockefeller viewpoint -Rockefeller
has suffered bad
ly; and Nixon has been helped
thereby.
But this short-run help to
Nixon is more than counter
balanced by another feature
of the Rockefeller statement.
With undeniable sincerity and
real authority, Rockefeller
has made the case against the
Eisenhower a d m i nistration
politics that the Democrats
have been too wooly-minded
or too cautious to make. It
is just the case the Democrats
are bound to make in the cam
paign, especially if their nom-
Brig iff e Bardot
Will Quit Movies
Paris - ll'PP - The tabloid
Paris-Jour said today Brigitte
Bardot intends to end her
movie career within a year
Columnist Pierre Rev said
tile actress made the decision
several weeks aeo. and per
sonally informed him of it.
"I've had enough of the life
I'm leading," he quoted her
as saying. "I am 25 years old.
In 10 more years, adieu to
youth. So. I want to enioy it
a little and say adieu to the
cinema."
Miss Bardot. reportedly
having marital troubles be
cause of the jonlouy of hus
band Jacques Charrier over
her movie love scenes with
other men. is filming a pic
ture called "The Truth."
TALMADGE KIN DIES
Ashevillc, N.C. -WPD-Funer-al
services were scheduled to
day for Thomas R. Talmadge,
52, uncle of Sen. Herman
Talmadge (D Ga.) and brother
of the late Georgia Gov. Eu
gene Talmadge. Talmadge
died Sunday night.
TOYS AT WAS
Bath, England -ft'PI)- Hear
ing a suspicious noise from a
toy shop on a midnight beat, a
policeman let himself inside
to investigate. He discovered
a battery operated toy ma
chine gun merrily firing away
at a platoon of toy soldiers.
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