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Show X ' THE PROGRESSIVE OPINION World Conferences Aid in Bettering Relations Personal Contact Brings Parties Closer Together, Churchill Says; UNRRA Good Example of Friendly Cooperation. By BAUKHAGE News Analyst and Commentator. WSV Bervlce, Union Trust Building, Washington, D. C. The world has entered a period of International gatherings, the num-ber and scope of which have never even been approached before in his-tory. On their success or failure de-pends the winning or the losing of the peace. In the fields and the factories of the United States were produced the materials whose weight in the bal-ance sealed the victory for the Al-lies. Now, will America be willing to contribute to the conferences which are struggling to deal with postwar problems that, "town-meetin-spirit which has made our own "league" of states a success? With-out this help no trail to peace can be blazed. There was a moment in Quebec, last month, at the one gathering when press and radio stood face to face with Roosevelt and Churchill, when a human note entered the at-mosphere that struck me forcefully. The prime minister was speaking about the speculation over the va-rious persons who had been called Into the Quebec conference and con-cerning whom there had been much peculation, not only Foreign Min-ister Eden, but also Secretary of the Treasury Morgenthau. The prime minister developed a theme which the President has often used and which in both cases, I be-lieve, represented the considered opinion of men who had learned by experience. And that theme is that nany difficult problems become sim-plified when they 'are discussed face to face.' Mr. Churchill remarked it was hard to underestimate the of the printed word (as com-pared to personal contact) and he also said that already a number of friendships had developed from meetings which were a decided asset to both nations from the diplomatic standpoint. Individuals can learn to get on together especially when the goal ahead of them is something above and beyond their own personal de-sires. UNRRA's Staff Pledged to Fairness I was discussing this very point re-cently with a member of the United Nations Rehabilitation and Relief administration. He believes firmly that the conferences of an interna-tional nature already called, have for the most part shown a great enough degree of success to justify the hope for considerable progress toward world understanding. Some of .the facts concerning UNRRA itself, not eenerallv real-- the Belgian relief commission in the last war. Their ability to remain in occupied Belgian territory depended on demonstrating to the complete satisfaction of the German military commanders that they were neutral and their conscious effort to act disinterested, brought about a really neutral viewpoint. Of course, this strictly n attitude is not, nor is it expected to be, adopted by the representa-tives of the member nations, and the controversy which arose at the re-cent session concerning UNRRA's activity in former enemy territory was due to the play of emotions which takes place when bate has been nurtured for a long time, as the Axis nurtured it. According to the UNRRA rules, no relief can be ad-ministered in former enemy coun-try unless a majority of the council so votes and if the enemy country pays for such services and supplies as it receives. It was natural that some of the nations which suffered as they did under the Nazi or Fascist heel, would be prejudiced. UNRRA Ready to Move Into Balkans So much for the solidity of UNRRA. It has only begun to func-tion, of course, and its latest meet-ing was the first when attention could be given to matters other than fundamental policies. It is now in operation and the number of tech-nicians attending was greatly in-creased. Meanwhile, however, UNRRA men are ready in Cairo, the moment the military is able to give the word, to move into Greece and Yugoslavia and first, assist the army relief work and then, when the army is ready to turn these functions over, take charge. Repatriation is a very important part of any European relief since millions of people have been evacu-ated or driven or have fled from their own homeland and are scat-tered about the world. UNRRA has taken over the work of the Middle East Refugee relief and has charge of the placement and maintenance of 50,000 Greeks and Yugoslavs in Pal-estine and Egypt. It has a new camp located in Al-geria where the climate represents less of a change than the desert from the homeland of the refugees. The poor people suffer enough in morale, they are either women, chil-dren or disabled men, not the ideal grouping for a cheerful society and life on a desert is not popular with many people even when they have congenial company. Ized, are worth presenting here be-cause they seem to support this op-timism. UNRRA has Just completed its second session in Montreal and I must say there was an air about that meeting which gave one a feel-ing of the stability of the organiza-tion. In the first place its director general, former Governor Lehman of New York, is so thoroughly ab-sorbed by his Job and Imbued with enthusiasm for it that his influence energizes the whole staff. This is one of the intangible things bout this international body which makes one have some faith in the ability of the peoples of different na-tionalities to get together to do things. Another thing, also more or less intangible but recognizeable as a force for unity, is the spirit of the UNRRA employees which is sym-bolized by the oath they all have to take. At this point let me point out that the employees of the organi-zation must not be confused with the 44 members of the council, UNRRA's policy making body. The council members are all plenipoten-tiaries representing their respective countries, Just as members of con-gress represent different districts. But the employees, from the di-rector general down, who are the employees of the 44 nations, take an International oath in which they swear they will serve all countries equally and will not allow national prejudice of any kind to enter Into their decisions or their conduct. The result is an objective attitude which it is hard for a person making no such conscious effort to attain, even to comprehend. I recall something similar on the part of members of UNRRA's accomplishments so tar. the excellent press it has had and the enthusiasm with which it has been received even the few un-pleasant stories circulated about it all indicate that it is a going con-cern even though it is only intended to be a temporary one. We might go down the list of other conferences, past or pending, and re-port a good deal of progress on most of them: the Bretton Woods Mone-tary conference, the one on food and agriculture, both resulted in the cre-ation of permanent organizations. A meeting of the ministers of educa-tion of the United Nations held last April in London, I am told, will undoubtedly contribute to the pro-motion of wider educational opportu-nities of education. A general economic conference, recently called by Secretary Hull, and one on aviation are yet to be proved. It is only when you get into realm of the military or the political that you begin to run into snags. 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