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Analyst Analys ' and Commentator \ WNO \VNU VNU tvNV Service ServICC 1616 Eye Dye ye Street N NV NWWshlnffton \V V W \ , , Washington D CHUNTER CHUNTER C CHUNTER HUNTER COLLEGE The Bronx BronxN BronxN BronxN minutes mmutes ago go the ses set sessian setslon searion N Y-Fifteen Y Fifteen Y _ - Fifteen Flftlen ! council of the theUroted theUnited theUnited sian slon of the security adjourned and theattractive theattractive the thettracuveroomwhichitisbrdto Uroted United Nations It is hard bard to tobelieve tobelieve attractive ttracuveroomwhichitisbrdto room which the gymnasIum gyrnasium of ofHunter ofHunter ttracuveroomwhichitisbrdtoHunter believe was ever Hunter colleee college in the thepor&ernlautudei theporernlautudei 110rthern northern northernalmost & latl latltudes tudes almosttudes of New York CItyIS City"empty City IS " almost'empty "emptyr ' " 'empty empty "empty ' mpty r ' "emptySince Since Smce 11 o 0 clock the council mem members members membershavebeenatthertf.ace.at membershavebeenatthertface.at membershavebeenatthertfaceat membershavebeenatthertf.ace.atand . at atthe atthe bers have been at the r places . the curvlDg curving table on the platform platformand platformand and every seat in the audIence audIencehas audiencehas " ' "encehas encehas " has been filled The first 40 persons personsto to bne hne line up at > t the gates are givenseats gIVen gIVenscab givenseats Issued only tothose tothose to toremain scab seats Tickets Tickcts are to tohold tohold plausIble reason those with some I ' VIsItors 'visitors 'visitorse 'visitorsremain VIsItorsremam hold them Some of the theI theVIsItors aresill are arebefore e guardsafill guards and the marine remain remam attendants attendantsclear attendantsclear whIle other sill afill ! on duty clear away the varIous impedIments impedimentsbefore from the RussIan RussIanambassador Russianambassador Russ nambassadors before efore each place end to the thePol1sh thePolish thePohsh ambassador s at one Pol1sh Polish delegate delegates s at t the otherAfter other otherAfter otherAfter the theactors theactors the.ctois thectois performance After each day s actors . and the audience in this play playare playare playire are soon far from the brown brov11 . ' androse androse and rose . ? , . , . room nnm of Hunter college but there are scores 01busy 01 UL 01busy ULbusy 10r lor for a long time busy men and womenThey womenThey women womenThey They are the people whose busi business businest business ness nest it is to report this drama and andbUIld andbuild andbuild , , , -ttrong ttrong - bUIld up opinion opmlon opinionstrong y yttrong strong enough todiscourage to > discourage war 1 I 11refer a ' " 1refer r , jradIo reter refer to the membars mem . - " . , | j b bera bars ' of ' " the tho pre press " . ' , . radio the news newsreels 1 w > wreels reels the photographers photographers photog raphers the thesound t thesound h e esound sound recorders recordersAs recordersAs As I sit here they theyare theyare theyare are jtheir gathering uptheIr up , . iv ivtheir theIr notes and andmemorada andmemorada andmemoradamaking memorada memoradama.la.ng ma.la.ng mala.ng malang making . qui quick quickcontacts quickcontacts c k kcontacts contacts before beforedelegates beforedelegates beforedelegates delegates get getaway g e taway t Iaway away pulling off of ! Baukhage Baukhageh Baukhagehead Baukhagehaad h head ad sets packing packing pack packIng Ing up cameras > and ind tripods-and tripods and tripodsandthen tripodsandthen tripods - andthen then perhaps pausing pausmg tor for refresh refreshments refreshments refreshmeets ments meets in m the press lounge espe espelaally especially espedally laally cially tnstaUi installed instalIM d in m the basement of oftbe ofthe ofthe tbe the gymnasium where the r quar guar quarters guarters quarters ters are locatedUN located locatedUN UN Recogmzes Recognizes RecognizesPopular RecognizesPopular Popular Interest InterestI I II I have covered many Interna Internatlonal international mternatlonal tlonal tional gatherings gathermgs from the peace con conference conference conference ference of Pans Paris after World War I Iand Iand Iand and none has given as much pro proport proport proport port onal attent on to providing provldmg the thenecessary thenecessary thenecessary necessary facilities for bring brmg ng the theproceedmgs theproceedings theproceedings proceedmgs proceedings to the c tizens bzens of the theworld theworld theworld world as this gathering gathermg at Hunter Huntercollege Huntercollege Huntercollege HuntercollegeOf college collegeOf Of course the council Is relatively relativelysmall relativelysmall relativelysmall small and the army of reporters reportersseems reportersseems reportersseems seems large m In comparison companson to ItS ItSscant itsscant itstcant scant 11 members the secretary secretaryand secretaryand secretaryand and assistant secretary general and andthe andthe andthe the various advisors The tact fact that thatthe thatthe thatthe the principals prmclpals are so few tew increases increasesthe Increasesthe Increasesthe the Informality informallty and the feeling feellng of ofintImacy ofintimacy ofintimacy intImacy which seems to exist be between between between tween the organization and the thegroup thegroup thegroup group of men and women who ob observe observe observe serve record and report its domgsAlong doingsAlong doings domgs doingsAlong Along the wall opposite the coun coup councIl coupcii counoil cIl cii table at gallery level are a row rowof rowof rowof of glass windows the booths of the theAmerican theAmerican theAmerican American radio networks the BBC BBCand BBCand BBCand and some separate stations In a aglassed aglassed aglassed glassed in m corner behind and to the theleft theleft theleft left of the table are radio engmeers engineers engmeersand engineersand engineersand and the equipment . which v.hlch vhlch records recordsall recordsBU all the poken spoken ( words of the memhers mem members members bers hers At any moment a speaker speakermay speakermay speakermay may listeners usteners be cut in and heard by lis us teners on any ol of the networks At AtspecIal Atspecial Atspecial specIal points pomts of vantage there are areplaces areplaces places a e for tak taking g movie andstill and still stil ' pDowgrapns puuwgrapns wnenever whenever some dra dramat dramat mat c moment arrives you can see seethe seethe seethe the KI eg 1 I ghts slowly rise nse ( ( and the \ thebusiest busIest delegate is likely to straight straighten en h s t t e take off or put on hisglasses hIs hIsglasses hisglasses glasses ) ) while the moving movmg picturecameras pIcture pIcturecameras picturecameras i cameras grindHost grindhost grind grindHost Host of the speaking speakmg by the dele dole delegates dolegates delegates gates except when formal staternents state statements statements ments rnents are read is done from fromnotes fromnotes fromnotes notes or completely ad liband lib and smce since smceall sinceall sinceall all of the members speak eIther Engl Englsh eitherEngi eItherEngl eitherEnglsh sh or French the pauses for forinterpreting forinterpretmg interpretmg interpreting are short-eIther short eIther short - - either into intoFrench French Ambassador or English except when Am bassador Gromyko speaks in Rus RussIan RusSian Rustian sIan These words must be inter interpreted interpreted Interpreted preted Eng1 into both Frenchand French and Eng 1 hesitateto sh and Gromyko doesn t hesItate to hisown stop the interpreter mterpreter and gl\ gl gne gle gise \ e hIs own English translation U If he doesn doesu t tlike like the interpreter l s choice cholee of ofwords words English He could speak in Eng hsh lish himself if he wanted to but butprobably probably wants the Russian tor for the therecord record tor for home consumptIOnE consumptionEsentually consumption consumptionElentually Elentually Eentually Esentually E\ E \ entually when the permanent meeting permanentmeeting pIa place ce is established the sYS tern systern employed at Nuernberg will be beused beusedearphones used-earphones used earphones - earphones and simultaneous timultaneoustranslation simultaneoustransla simultaneoustranslation transla translation tlon This slows down the speakers thespeakers but Is much more rapid in 1D the long run making repetition ofan of ofan ofan an entire speech unnecessary some sometimes sometimes sometimes times twice or sometimes throetimes throo throe throotimes throetunes times tunes as at San Francisco I'ranclsco Iranclsco rrancisco ' But Buthere Buthere Buthere here at Hunter the business moves movesWIth moveswith moveswith WIth a briskness that adds to the in informaIlty informality informality formaIlty formality * . * . * . formalityMay May Leave Reels Reds ReelsOn RedsOn RedsOn On On Political Pollhcal Limb LimbI I never realized before that NeVI New NeVIYork NewYork NewYork York was NOT an early townWhen townWhen town townWhen When transportation transportal1on is normal I Ican Ican Ican can buy a New York newspaper in inWashington inWashington inWashington Washington on my . way v.ay vay to work workOn workOn workOn On the other hand m In New York Yorkat Yorkat Yorkat at the same hour (7 7 ( 30) 30 ) I foundthere found foundthere foundthere there were no newsstands open between be between between tween the club where I stayed on on,57th on57th on57th ,57th 57th , 57th street to the subway stailon station stailonnor stationnor stationnor nor in the subway where I got on onor onor onor or where I got off 40 minutes laterOf later laterOf ' Of course the crowds were pour pouring pourtog pourIng ing tog southward in the subway at that thathour thathour thathour hour and they had been able to buy buytheIr buytheir buytheir theIr papers when they got on butIn but butin butin in the normally busy area of the 50 s stht stht stht tht . . . natives were not abroad in suf suf1lclent sufficient sufflcient 1lclent ficient numbers at 7 30 to just justfythe Iy fy Iythe fythe the presence of nev new news . s vendors On the streets at the end ot of my myrun run which is about aboul 200th street streetKmgsbrldge streetKmgsbndge streetKingsbrzdge ( Kmgsbrldge Kingsbrzdge station in the BrDnx Bronx Bronxthe ) the stands were open and most of ofthe ofthe ofthe the people who bumped against me meas meas meas as I reached for the staid Timesand TImes TImesand Timesand and the Republican Herald Trlb Trib Trlbune Tribune Tnbune une were buying buymg the left wing wmg PMPM PMPM PM PMPM PM can t be called CommunIst CommunIstsince Communistsince Communisttince since Editor Ingersoll is not a Com Corn Commumst Cornmumst Cornroumst mumst but wh while e he was oflt off to the thewars thewars thewars wars it hewed pretty close to theparty the theparty theparty party line The Daily Dally Workerhowever Worker Workerhowever Workerhowever however is cons dered to expressthe express expressthe expressthe the official ' ' . wishes of the Com Corn Cornmunist Communist Cornmunist munist party and according to mostof most mostof mostof of the other newspapers thesewishes thesewishes these thesewishes wishes come direct from theKremlinor the theh.remllnor theKremlin h.remlln-or h.remllnor h.remlln hremlln or Kremlin-or Kremlin . - - or maybe next doorHeretofore doorHeretofore door doorHeretofore Heretofore the Communists havesupported have havesupported havesupported supported the American Labor par party party party ty tyh wh \\h h fah \ \ ch cb c ' is a New York party v.hlch vhlch which . whichin v.hlchIn In general embraced DemocratIc DemocraticNev DemocraticNe Ne Nev v Deal Deai CIO cro supporters dnd and hadthe had hadthe hadthe the co operation of the Communists CommunistsNow CommunistsNow CommunistsNow Now the war is on between the cro CIO CIOand croand CIOand and the Commjnists Comm.lrosts Commlrosts Communists . and rucl10ns ructions rucl10nsale ructionsate ructionsaie ale ate e expected .pected pected > . to ar arse se m In any corner cor corner corner cornerNeertheless ner nerNe nerNetertheless Ne\ertheless Ne ertheless Neertheless Netertheless Ne\ Ne \ ertheless when the Russiandelegate RussIan RussIandelegate Russiandelegate delegate walked out of the UnIted UnItedNat UnitedNat UnitedNat Nat ons security counc count I 1 mtet meeting mc.etmg mcetmg . rig itwas It Itwas itwas was said trat ttat that until he walked back backthe backthe backthe the Amer can Labor CIO CIa planning planningboard planningboard planningboard board had decided to v . withhold Ithhold sup support support support port of Senator Mead Democratic DemocraticpossIbIlIty Democraticpossibility Democraticpossibility possIbIlIty m in the race tor for the New NewYork NewYork NewYork York state governorship This move movewas movewas movewas was looked upon by conservab\e conservab e conservahse conservabepapers conservahsepapers conservatnepapers \ papers like the SUN as if the Amerscan Amer AmerIcan Amerlean Ican scan Labor party were willing willmg to toplan toplan toplan plan its political strategy accord ng ngto ngto ngto to the attitude attltudp of Moscow toward towardthe towardthe towardthe the United Uroted Nations Since Smce in ID the thecounc thecouncil thecouncil counc council meeting meetmg when the Iran af of affaIr offair atfair faIr came up Secretary of State StateByrnes StateByrnes StateByrnes Byrnes led the fight against agamst theRussian the theRussIan theRussian RussIan stand The fact that he lat later later later er offered the resolution which labeled la labeled labeled beled the Russian replj reply repi as sabsfac satisfac sabsfactory satisfactory satistactory tory and postponed the dIscussion discussionof of Iran in ID . wh v.h vh ch AmbassadorGromyko Ambassador AmbassadorGromyko AmbassadorGromyko Gromyko had refused to take part beyond partbeyond the tune llme time that the RussIans RussIansthemselves Russiansthemselves Russiansthemselves themselves had demanded the left leftWlngers leftwingers leftwingers Wlngers wingers went to bed satisfiedHowever sal1sfiedHowever satisfied sal1sfied satisfiedHowever However critics crlbcs of the American AmericanLabor AmericanLabor AmericanLabor Labor party and the CIO CIa still insistthat InSISt InSIStthat insistthat that they are now on record as having hav hay having haylag ing lag tried tned to line 1me ] me up American votes votesto votesto votesto to please a foreign power What Whatthe Whatthe Whatthe the repercuss ons of this httle little flur fiur fiurry flurry flurry ry will be remain remam to be seen If It thIS thisis Is ofleft supposed to be an evidence of left wing wmg d spleasure the over Dem Democratle Democratic Democratic ocratle ocratic administration admmlstratlOn s foreign pol pot icy policy poticy and subsequent events h have : > " " nnt nr i . _ m _ _ _ _ . _ .u u . . removed that displeasure the ques t queston quest on remains v vhere here will the left leftwingers leftwmgers wmgers wingers go go7 go7John ? ' I John Lewis whose love tor for the theDemocrats thei Democrats evaporatedwhen evaporated when he hecouldn couldn t collect on his generous do- do donahan donation do donation - - nation nahan to the Roosevelt CampaIgn fund campaignfund hundred is expected to become a hun dred per cent Republican when It Itcomes itcomes itcomes comes to the next presidential elec tlon lion tlonIt lionIt election electlon eleclion electionIt ofthe It \ would auld take a great stretch of the imagmat imaginat however ho\\ever ho ever on \ to VISU VISUallze visualize visualize allze alize either the communIstappend communist append appendage appendage appendage age of CIO CIa of the non Commurust Communist CommunistCIOPAC Commurustcm CommunistCIO cm CIO PAC head Sydne Sydnej Sydney ; Hillman Hillmanembracing |