Show World Peace Hopes Converge On Conference in San Francisco An Organization With Responsibility Power I Envisioned by Planners I By JOHN JOI E. E JONES Released by Western Newspaper Union Out of the Yalta conference of the Big Three came the electrify electrify- electrifying ing news that San Francisco had been selected for the coming United Nations conference We have agreed they said that a confer confer- conference conference conference ence of United Nations 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 pro pro- proposed pro pro- proposed proposed posed in the informal conversations ot nt Dumbarton Oaks Official announcement came to San Francisco's Mayor Lapham from Acting Secretary of State Joseph C. C Grew with the further ad ad- advice advice advice vice that Representatives of the department of state will get in touch with you in a day or so with regard to necessary arrangements for the conference And so San Francisco l most western of our American cities founded in 1776 1770 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 be be- becomes becomes becomes 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 No World War III Indicative of the importance of this meeting are some of the state state- statements statements statements 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 III This is the beginning of everything and the objective of everything Lt Harold Stassen dele dele- delegate delegate delegate gate I hope that San Francisco may mean for the world of to to- tomorrow tomorrow tomorrow morrow what Constitution hall at Philadelphia meant for the United States of America Anthony Eden foreign secretary of the British empire This may be bethe bethe bethe the worlds world's last chance to create an effective peace organization com com- combining combining combining bining responsibility with power Attendance at the meeting bears out this importance four Forty-four nations from all continents of the earth are arc represented It has been estimated that delegates and their attendants secretaries advisers advisers- experts on all matters of government total total some 1500 persons News gatherers press gatherers press and radio radio number number upwards of 1000 San Francisco is host bost to from 2500 to persons Our state department has had rep rep- representatives representatives representatives in San Francisco since March preparing for the big meet meet- meeting meeting ing which taxes every facility of of the coast coa t city Hotels which have already been full to overflowing for 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 froin the city during April and May No one knows how long the con con- conference conference ference will remain in session First plans were for approximately four weeks It may last eight weeks or longer for tor a big job has to be done East meets West and all of the dif dif- between them must be ironed out in order to build an or or- organization organization organization 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-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 city with a 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 I driver speaks so that foreign dele dele- delegates delegates delegates gates may pick out a driver con con- conversant conversant conversant versant in his own language Headquarters for the United Na Na- Nations Nations Nations convention are arc in one of the large hotels on Knob hill Meetings are being held in several of the large public buildings in San Fran Fran- Francisco's Francisco's Francisco's cisco's Civic center such as War Memorial Opera house Veterans' Veterans auditorium and the Civic auditorium Rules governing the press and the public follow in general the pattern established at the Chapultepec con cons conference conference 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 possible It It is a privilege long to be remembered to sit in on a session where a constitution of the United Nations is being created Details to Committees Much of the actual business of the convention of necessity is done in committee meetings where plans and details are arc formulated dis dis- discussed discussed discussed cussed changed and worked up into a cohesive program to be pre pre- presented presented presented to the general conference Here differences come up necessitating necessitating necessitating tating reference back to committee often time and time again It is no easy job to create an instrument to govern international relations ac ac- acceptable acceptable ac- ac acceptable 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 arc 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 meet But Kipling was probably wrong The twain are arc meeting where the east and the west come together geographically and spiritually spiritually spiritually ally 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 catas catas- catastrophe catastrophe catastrophe 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 wor wor- worship worship worship ship at the foot of this cross Here all forget their differences of race and creed in a common reverence Never before b fore has this cross been lighted at any other time than Holy Week and Easter Now however it is illuminated during the entire in in- international international international conference that conference that it may be a guiding light to bring to to- together together together gether the thc east and the west and andin and and- andin andin in the spirit for which it stands- stands make brothers of us all in the United Nations of the World II NORTH PE PEi i I I I I I r 1 CA CAso so Because of its central location San Francisco was a wise c choice for fora I In I a world conference conference site |