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N Delegates Convene At Town Hall Hallof of the World By y BAUKHAGE Newt Neus Analyst and Commentator At WASHINGTON At the opening of the current session of the general assembly I Imade made the usual rounds greeting greeting greeting greet greet- ing friends from far corners of the earth whom these meetings bring together Two converged upon me and one of them began 1 ito to discourse on the fact that we three were becoming conference veterans He started to say lets let's see how many is it there was the first Quebec then the second Quebec But the other man interrupted him and remarked gently Oh Oh no it goes further back than that This is my forty Remember there was a aA League of Nations too The younger man stopped Of course his gray haired colleague was right right And you still believe the younger man asked earnestly that some day they'll work Certainly was the reply And it was made with such simple sincerity sincer sincer- sincerity sincerity sincer- sincer ity that we youngsters felt a little reproved The next day I walked to a railway railway railway rail rail- way station across the beautiful Flushing Meadows Meadows Meadows Mead Mead- in t the twi twilight twi- twi p light the scent of it 1 new mown gr grass grassall grassall ss all about us with with N 4 one of those prodigies prodigies prodigies prod prod- an instant N l translator tran lator She Y was one of the fesl female fe fe- sl Rt male of the species species ci cies s who are l. l IJ f quite as efficient f as the males But it was not her t feminine charm which attracted me if such were to be discovered I tried to ask her a little about her work my first question being it interesting Interesting Oh for a awhile while she answered but one would like to get around a little more I have been here since spring Id I'd like to get back to the Orient and other and other places I mentioned that we had had simultaneous translation at Oh I was there she said and always alwa's cold One could never get warm any any- where I agreed And she added I went there direct from Ind India a I tried to get some observation from her on the idea behind these conferences and their effort to bring about world understanding and world peace Do you think that they are worthwhile I asked Were We're always asking that hopefully hopefully hopefully hope hope- fully if a little wistfully Oh yes she replied quickly they are much better than none at atall atall atall all much But I 1 I feel that the men here do not really wish to make sacrifices to have peace The men in their own governments do not wish them to make enough concessions concessions concessions conces conces- to rob the officials in in n the different different different dif dif- dif dif- ferent governments of their own power And so the beautiful words they use are only rationalization They express idealistic thoughts but when it comes to acting to implement implement implement ment them they do not wish to go that far They already have satisfied satisfied satisfied satis satis- fied that feeling they know they should have to do the right thing Then they do not have to do it Just Justis is all of us rationalize our own mis- mis t. t un That gave me a pause It also gave me some hope for this session for I believe that the powers of the assembly will be strengthened so that they can enforce what the people want The fine words and idealistic plans will have more force if the permanent committee of the assembly on peace and security which Secretary of State Marshall Marshall Mar Mar- shall proposed is create created It will be in session all the time Its voice by the overuse overuse overuse over over- use of the stultifying veto willbe will willbe willbe be heard beard continuously not merely when the assembly itself is in session Words Contain Great Significance Words still are making trouble as they always have It isn't what we say so much as what people think we mean For instance there was a along along along long discussion of the word impinge impinge impinge im on the second day of the assembly assembly assembly as as- meeting This was just the English meaning discussed among speaking English reporters Secretary Secretary Secretary Secre Secre- tary Marshall had said this new permanent permanent permanent per per- manent committee ommittee of the assembly would not g on nn the Vir ho secure t nu 60 p u 1 y council The great argument about the committee has been that it was intended to p by-p pass by-pass ss' ss the security council itself and thus duck the veto I If the speaking English-speaking reporters report report- ers weren't quite sure how far you go or dont don't go when you impinge its it's no wonder there was confusion when it was translated into half a dozen other languages It was the translation of one word which nearly caused a revolution in Korea and made the work of the American commission there infinitely infinitely infinitely more difficult It also has affected affected affected af af- af- af the whole course of action by bythe bythe bythe the assembly on Korea It was the word trusteeship There is no word which properly translates democracy in Russian When using the term the Russians merely give the English word its Russian form But what a gulf between between between be be- tween their meaning and ours Liberty Liberty Liberty Lib Lib- erty of the individual is not implied at all in the Russian concept Indeed man many people have said there is no real desire lesire for Cor liberty on the part of oC the modern modern modern mod mod- ern Russian generation And yet pct et they constantly describe their country and their satellites as democracies There was a good deal of electioneering electioneering electioneering elec elec- before and duri during g the close battle over the election for the presidency of the assembly At first the American delegation had intended intend intend- ed to vote for Oswaldo Oswald a Aranha of Brazil He is an old and staunch friend of the United States But he felt that Brazil had had enough honors at the recent conference in Rio that he had served one term before and that it would be best not notto notto notto to run He said he didn't want the job So our delegates pledged for Evatt of Australia who was exceedingly exceedingly exceedingly exceed exceed- anxious ious to be elected But the Latin-Americans Latin would have none of I it They demanded Aranha run The I contest narrowed to him and Evatt This put Russia on the spot Latin- Latin America wants to liberalize the veto Evatt would tear it to pieces And the veto is the Russian pet But the United States was for Evatt so Russia voted for Aranha and he hewon won The Russian delegation went into a huddle on the floor The Russian stooges had to be told just how to vote And who should be the Ute man who ran around taking orders orders pr or shall we say suggestions suggestions from from the Russian I delegation to the various groups Albania Poland and the others under the Russian thumb It was Sarge M M. a member of the staff of advisors to the Russian delegation That name didn't mean much to me but I was reminded by Paul Ward Vard of the Baltimore Baltimore Baltimore Bal Bal- Sun who always has a sharp sharpeye sharpeye sharpeye eye out for such matters that this active gentleman was the man named as the architect of the Russian spy system in the report on the plot to obtain official secrets from the Canadian government S Two Tw women are exceedingly popular popular popular lar at the assembly meetings and their popularity seems to grow One is Mrs Pandit Nehru wife of the Indian leader and one is Mrs Eleanor Eleanor Eleanor Elea Elea- nor Roosevelt They are both active n r N y r MRS l P PANDIT AND IT NEHRU and intelligent Mrs Pandit last names come first in India as inmany inmany in inmany many other countries 0 un tries has been named ambassador to Russia by her new government I couldn't help thinking considering consider consider- ing the recent emancipation of women woven women wom wom- en in India that Mrs Pandit was more like Mrs Roosevelt than Mrs Roosevelt herself when you consider consider consider con con- sider the unconventionality unconventionally of both judged by the standards of their respective older generations |