Show j jr r PH I lIe lorld Conferences Aid Ad AidIn i. i t kJ In Bettering Relations 1 personal Contact Brings Parties Closer Y Together Churchill Says Good Example of Friendly Cooperation B By BAUKHAGE GE GEI t I News New Anal Analyst and Commentator 1 D Service Union Trust Building Washington D. D C. C lu I The world has entered a period of gatherings the numer num- num gr er r and scope of which have never nevera a wen yen been approached before in his- his fy Dry On their success or failure deb de- de b hj ends ends the winning or the losing of ne e peace ro Win t In n the fields and the factories of the United States were produced the whose weight i in n the balce bal bal- ce sealed the victory for th the Al Al- J- J lies les s. s Now will America be willing Ilo contribute to the conferences which are struggling to deal with problems that town meet ng spirit which has made our own it agUe eague of states a success With With- l nit t this help no trail to peace can cane canI I e blazed There here was a moment in Quebec ast month at the one gathering when press and radio stood face to toI I I 1st ace with Roosevelt and Churchill when a human note entered the atmosphere at- at 1 l that struck me forcefully The prime minister was speaking bout the speculation over the va- va ious persons who had been called l ito the Quebec conference and con- con whom there had been much peculation speculation not only Foreign MinISter Minister Min Mm- I ister ter Eden but also Secretary of ofU U she Ifie Treasury The prime minister developed a aI atheme theme heme which the President has often orten I sed sed and which in both cases I bei believe be- be lieve i ve represented the considered pinion Opinion of men who had learned by Experience And that theme is that f any difficult problems become simplified sim sim- when they are discussed face fa o face Mr Churchill remarked it rias hard to underestimate the in- in in- in of the printed word as compared comred com com- pared ared red to personal contact and he also tilso said that already a number of friendships had developed from An- An American ilo-American American lo-American meetings which were decided asset to both bolli nations from Ahe he diplomatic standpoint v Individuals can learn to get on together especially when the goal of them is something above ii find imd d beyond their own personal deI de- de I ires res I Staff ledged pledged to Fairness rI JI rIvas I was vas discussing this very point re- re with a member of the United rations Rehabilitation and Relief He believes firmly hat liat the conferences of an i ional nal nature already called have haver or r the most part shown a grea great t I though ough degree of success to justify Ke e e hope for considerable progress inward ward world understanding I of the facts concerning itself not generally real- real zed are worth presenting here bet be- be t use ause they seem to support this op- op has just completed its second session in Montreal and I II Isay I gust say there was an air about meeting which gave one a feel- feel g of the stability of the on In the first place its director general I former Governor Lehman f f New York is so thoroughly ab- ab orbed by his job and imbued with for it that his influence erg the whole staff is one of the int intangible things bout this international body which one have some faith in the Ability of the peoples of different nationalities na na- na- na to get together to do doings 1 sings bungs Another thing also more or orI I jess ess ss intangible but as force for unity is the spirit of the employees which is sym- sym JJ 5 by the oath they all have to ake e. e At this point let me point out tut that the employees of the 1 tion must not be confused with he e 44 members of the council policy making body The Thet t members are all tL aries ries representing their respective Countries just as members of congress con con- gress ess represent different districts 4 But the employees from the dictor dictor di- di jector general down who are the Employees of the 44 nations take an International International oath in which the they Y swear they will serve all countries qually and will not allow national prejudice prejudice of any kind to enter into iO heir decisions or their conduct The Result I is an objective attitude which jt t t is IS hard for a person making no fruch conscious effort to attain even Ko comprehend I recall something milar Similar on the part of members of the Belgian relief commission in thelast thelast the thelast 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 utterly utterly utterly ut ut- ut- ut terly disinterested brought about a really neutral viewpoint Of course this strictly nonpartisan parti non san attitude is not nor is it expected to be adopted by the representatives tives of the llie member nations and the controversy which arose at the recent recent recent re re- re- re cent session concerning activity in former enemy territory was due to the play of emotions which takes place when hate has been nurtured for a long time as the Axis nurtured it According to the rules no relief can be administered administered ad ad- I ministered in former enemy country country country coun coun- try unless a majority of the council so votes and if the enemy country I pays for such services and supplies I as it receives It was natural that some of the nations which suffered as the they did under the Nazi or Fascist heel would be prejudiced Ready to Move Into Balkans So much for the solidity of It has only begun to function function function tion of course and its latest meeting meeting meeting meet 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 technicians technicians technicians tech tech- attending was greatly in in- in creased Meanwhile however 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 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 evacuated evacuated evacuated or driven or have fled from their own homeland and are scattered scattered scattered scat scat- I about the world has taken over the work of the Middle East Refugee relief and has charge of the placement and maintenance of Greeks and Yugoslavs in Palestine Palestine Palestine Pal Pal- estine and Egypt It has a new camp located in Algeria Algeria Algeria Al Al- geria where the climate represents less of a change than the desert from the homeland of the refugees I IThe IThe The poor people suffer enough in morale they are either women children children chil chil- j chil-j j dren or disabled men not the ideal grouping for a cheerful society and life on on a desert is not popular with I many people even when they have congenial company I accomplishments so far the excellent press it has had and the enthusiasm with which it has I been received received even even the few unpleasant ant stories circulated about it all it-all all I indicate that it is a going concern even though it is only intended to tobe tobe tobe be a temporary one I We might go down the list of other conferences past or pending and re report report re- re re-I re I port a good deal of progress on most of them the Bretton Woods Monetary Monetary Monetary Mone Mone- I tary conference the one on food and and agriculture both resulted in the creation creation creation cre cre- of permanent organizations A meeting of the ministers of education education education tion of the United Nations held last April in London I am told will undoubtedly contribute to the promotion promotion promotion pro pro- motion of wider educational opportunities opportunities opportunities 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 It might be argued that the reason for this is that military and political political political cal goals are purely selfish Petroleum may be in continuous process of formation in the beds of gulfs and oceans according to Professor Professor Pro Pro- fessor Denis L. L Fox of the Scripps Institution of Oceanography He recently recently re re- re- re analyzed many samples of mud some with an estimated age of 01 years and found them well I supplied with well-preserved well pigmented pigmented pigmented pig- pig organic materials He also found some of the inhabited by bacteria which are able to directly directly directly di di- synthesize petroleum |