Show World Peace Hopes Converge On Conference in San Francisco An n Organization With i Responsibility Power Envisioned by Planners By JOIN JOHN E. E JONES Released by W Western stern Newspaper Union Out of the Yalta conference of the Big Three came the electrifying electrify electrify- ing news that San Francisco had been selected for the coming United Nations conference We have agreed they said that a conference conference conference confer confer- ence of United Nat Nations ons should be called to meet at San Francisco in inthe inthe inthe the United States on April 25 1945 to prepare the charter of such an organization along the line proposed proposed proposed pro pro- posed in the informal conversations at Dumbarton Oaks Official announcement came to San Francisco's Mayor Lapham from Acting Secretary of State Joseph C C. C Grew with the further advice advice advice ad ad- vice that Representatives of the department of state will get in touch with you in 6 A day or so with regard to necessary arrangements for the conference And so San Francisco most western of our American cities founded in 1776 the same year as our Declaration of Independence becomes the focal point of mens men's hopes from all parts of the world for enduring peace San Francisco the Golden Gate of the becomes becomes becomes be be- comes now the new Golden Gateway to future security for all mankind If you take a map of the world and draw lines from Russia to South Africa from Egypt to China from Central Europe to India from the Philippines to the from Greenland to Australia and from Canada to New Zealand all of these lines will cross or converge at San Francisco So San Francisco becomes the world peace center I No World War Var III Indicative of the importance of this meeting are some of the statements statements statements state state- ments made by statesmen and pressmen Veteran newsman Mark Sullivan The greatest present need of the world is to see that there shall be no World War Val III This is the beginning of everything and the objective of everything Lt Harold Stassen delegate delegate delegate dele dele- gate I hope that San Francisco may mean for the world of tomorrow tomorrow tomorrow to to- morrow what hat Constitution hall haIl at i Philadelphia meant for the United States of America Anthony Eden foreign secretary of the British empire This ma may be bethe bethe bethe the worlds world's last chance to create an effective peace organization combining combining combining com com- bining responsibility with power Attendance at the meeting bears out this importance four Forty-four nations from all continents of the earth are represented It has been estimated that delegates and their attendants secretaries advisers advisers- experts on all matters of government tot total total l some 1500 persons News gatherers press gatherers press and radio radio number number upwards of 1000 San Francisco is host to from 2500 to persons Our state department has had representatives representatives representatives rep rep- in San Francisco since March preparing for the big meeting meeting meeting meet meet- ing which taxes every facility of the coast city Hotels which have already been full to overflowing for forthe forthe forthe the last two years or more have to take care of several thousand more The department of state has reserved rooms in the larger hotels taking over entirely several of the largest The San Francisco chamber of commerce has advised people not directly connected with the conference to stay away from the city during April and May No one knows how long the conference conference conference con con- ference will remain in session First plans were for approximately four weeks It may last eight weeks or longer for a big job has to be done East meets West and all of the dif dif- dif dif- between them must be ironed out in order to build an organization organization organization or or- that will be effective and enduring Everything Arranged Early Experienced protocol officers have had to work out in advance details of seating arrangements at meetings both both general and committee committee committee-as as aswell well as at banquets and dinners and hotel room assignments Transportation tion from air fields to hotels and from hotels to meeting places had to be provided San Francisco is a cosmopolitan i city with a population made up of persons from all parts of the world Many of its taxi drivers speak other languages in addition to Eng Eng- lish Each taxicab carries a sign indicating the languages that its driver speaks so that foreign delegates delegates delegates dele dele- gates may pick out a driver conversant conversant conversant con con- versant in his own language Headquarters for the United Nations Nations Nations Na Na- convention are in one of the large hotels on Knob hill Meetings are being held in several of the large public buildings in San Francisco's Francisco's Fran Fran- Francisco's cisco's Ci Civic ic center such as War Memorial Opera house Veterans' Veterans auditorium and the Civic auditorium Rules governing the press and the public follow in in general the pa pattern established at the Chapultepec conference conference conference con con- ference in Mexico city where the press had admittance to all general meetings and information sources from committee meetings Many of the general meetings are open to the public so far as space makes that I possible It is a privilege long to be remembered to sit in on a session where a constitution of the United Nations is being created I i Details to Committees Much of the actual business of the convention of necessity is done in committee meetings where plans and details are formulated discussed discussed discussed dis dis- cussed changed and worked up into a cohesive program to be presented presented presented pre pre- to the general conference Here differences come up necessitating necessitating necessitating tating reference back to committee often time and time again It is is no easy job to create an instrument to govern international relations acceptable acceptable acceptable ac ac- to people from every continent of the earth But present day transportation and communications have erased the barriers of distance and isola isola- tion There is no isolation we are a apart apart apart part of a family of nations Kipling wrote East is east and west is west and neer ne'er the twain shall shaIl meet But Kipling was probably wrong The twain are meeting where the east and the west come together geographically and spiritually spiritually ally aIly in San Francisco at the Golden Gateway to future peace and Security ty among the nations of the earth The peoples of the United Nations look to San Francisco Francisco Australians Australians Europeans Africans Americans north and south all have their hearts and hopes in the convention beginning on April 25 Who knows but that in their hearts the common people of our enemy both European and Asiatic are putting their hopes in this world meeting for an end to the catastrophe catastrophe catastrophe catas catas- which they started but could not finish Atop Mt Davidson feet above the city of San Francisco is a huge cross Here annually some of the city's diverse population have gathered on Easter Sundays to worship worship worship wor wor- ship at the foot of this cross Here all forget their differences of race and creed in a common reverence N Never ever before has this cross been lighted at any other time than Holy Hoy Week and Easter Easier Now however itis it itis itis is illuminated during the entire in international international international in- in conference that conference that it maybe may maybe maybe be a guiding light to bring together to together together to- to gether the east and the west and andin andin andin and and- in the spirit for which it stands stands- make brothers of us all in the United Nations of the World I I I NORTH ISCO i o I II i A Because of its central location San Francisco was a wise choice for fora forI a world conference conference site I |