The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1945-04-27
World Peace Hopes Converge
On Conference in San Francisco

ferences between them must be
ironed out in order to build an or
ganization 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 general and committee-as
well as at banquets and dinners, and
hotel room assignments. Transporta-
ton from air fields to hotels and
from hotels to meeting places had
to be provided.
San Francisco is cosmopolitan
city with population made up of
persons from all parts Of the world.
Many of it's taxi drivers speak
other languages in addition to Eng
lish. Each taxicab carries sign
indicating the languages that its
driver speaks, so that foreign dele
gates may pick out a driver con-
versant in his own language.
Headquarters for the United Ma
tons convention are in one Of the
large hotels on Knob hill. Meetings
are being held in several of the
large public buildings in San Fran
cisco's Civic center, such as War
Memorial Opera house, Veterans
auditorium and the Civic auditorium.
Rules governing the press and the
public follow in general the pattern
established at the Chapultepec con-
ference in Mexico city, where the
press had adnittance 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. 1t is a privilege long to be
remembered to sit in on a session
where 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 formulated, dis
cussed, changed, and worked up
into cohesive program, to be pre-
scented to the general conference.
Here differences come up necessi-
tating reference back to committee,
often time and time again. It Is no
easy job to create an instrument
to govern International relations ac-
ceptable to people from every
continent of the earth.
But present day transportation
and communications have erased
the barriers of distance and isola-
ton. There is no isolation, we are a
part of family Of nations. Kipling
wrote, EAST is east and west is
west = and ne'er the twain shall
meet" But Kipling was probably
wrong. The twain" are meeting
where the east and the west come
together geographically and spiritu-
ally in San Francisco, at the Golden
Gateway to future peace and securi-
ty among the nations OF the EARTH,
The peoples of the United Nations
look to San Observation-Disclosures,
Asiatics, Europeans, Africans,
Americans north and south - all
have their hearts and hopes in the
convention beginning on April Is.
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-
trophe which they started but could
not finish. M as
Atop Mt. Davidson, 900 feet above
the city of San Francisco, is a huge
cross. Here annually some $4,000 Of
the city's diverse population have
gathered on Easter Sundays to wor-
ship at the foot Of this cross. Here
all forget their differences Of race
and creed in a common reverence.
Never before has this cross been
lighted at any other time than Holy
Week and Easter. Now, however, it
is illuminated during the entire in
ternational conference.-the it may
be a guiding light to bring to-
gether the east and the west; and
in the spirit for which it stands
make brothers of us all In the
United Nations of the World.