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Show LW V Delegate Reports UN Appraisal By Foreign Policy Studies Expert Mrs. Ralph B. Piatt, foreign policy chairman of the League of Women Voters of Cedar City, has returned from San Francisco where she was one of 300 delegates dele-gates attending a conference tailed by the Carrie Chapman Catt Memorial Fund to discuss the role of the United Nitions in I promoting peace through world economic development. Dr. II. Field Haviland,, Jr., director, di-rector, Foreign Policy Studies, Brookings Institution, Washington, Washing-ton, D. C, was the keynote speaker at the meeting which was held at the St. Francis Hotel Ho-tel on Jan. 17. "Dr. Haviland proceeded pro-ceeded on the assumption that the job of helping the developing develop-ing countries help themselves was one that had to be undertaken under-taken by the United States and the other . developed countries and concentrated on a discussion of whether this aid could be channeled best through the United Unit-ed Nations or in some other way," Mrs. Piatt explained. "He pointed out that there are some things the United Nations could do and other things that were impossible for it to undertake, under-take, especially since membership member-ship in the organization has grown and it Is difficult to reach consensus in a group which now numbers 100 members, " Mrs Piatt said. According to the league delegate dele-gate Mrs. Piatt, after exploring the pros and cons of the United States working through the United Unit-ed Nations in the field of world economic development Dr. Haviland Havi-land concluded that (1) technology technol-ogy had made the development of a world economy possible. Therefore, what we need is the will and the social organization to put it into effect. (2) The world and the United States with it, must move toward the goal of developing world resources as an Integrated whole. The United Nations is the most comprehensive comprehen-sive framework for the purpose. (31 The shortcomings of the United Nations are really the shortcomings of its members the nation states. (4) These shortcomings limit but do not negate ne-gate the United Nations. We could through the United Nations Na-tions lead to the optimum mix of resources and people. (5 tak ing the long view the United States has demonstrated extra ordinary enlightenment to date in channeling so much aid through the United Nations, but the critical predicament of today demands more economic not military aid up to the limit of what others will contribute to match the United States', share. The latter should be Increased from 4Q'o to 50 commensurate with the relative economic position po-sition of the United States in the world. The other developed nations na-tions should also be encouraged tv maximize their use of the United Nations. Dr. Haviland's address was followed fol-lowed by a panel of communications communica-tions experts and a minister who discussed the way in which they might interpret his address to the public at large. The panel included Dr. Paul Yinger, Piedmont Pied-mont Community Church, Piedmont. Pied-mont. Calif.; Mr. Thomas Hulla hey. Station KRON-TV; Mr. Guy Wright. San Francisco Call News Bulletin and Mr. Erich Nielsen. San Francisco public relations expert. At an earlier session Mr. Robert Rob-ert Gros, vice president of the Pacific Gas and Electric Company Com-pany stressed the way in which the United Nations had become one of the foundation stones of U. S. Foreign Policy for practical as well as idealistic reasons. He encouraged the delegates to take a positive approach to the United Nations in working in their own communities. The Carrie Chapman Catt fund which sponsored the conference is a research and educational fund created by the League of Women Voters of the United States. The San Francisco conference was made possible through giants to the CCCMF by the Institute In-stitute for International Order, an organization dedicated "To promote through education support sup-port of the United Nations and of measures to strengthen it and enable it to maintain peace." The present president of tiie institute's in-stitute's board of directors Is Mr. Earl O. Osborn of New York who is chairman of the moard of EDO Corporation. Mrs. John G. Lee, president of the CCCMF board and former president of the League of Women Voters of the United States, Is a member of the 110 member board of directors. |