Laurel outlook., 1945-06-20

heretofore been extremely difficult,
and even with the high ranking Of
ficials returned to their respective
countries the uniform is still an in
valuable asset in getting into these
sessions. Tickets are issued to
quotas of men from every branch
of the service located in this area.
My group marched in close forma-
ton with soldiers, sailors, and mar
ines.
Before going to our seats we
stood in the foyer of the opera
house to, in the army ~vernacular,
"sweat out" any dignitaries who
might come in. While standing
there we saw Dean Gildersleeve,
Senator Vandenberg, Commander
Lin Sian Kwan, who was the or
ganizer of Chinese naval resistance
and for who TOTO has a few yer
on his head, and there were other
officials to whom we would, have
had to have a formal introduction.
Fearful that someone would take
u seats, which were about as far
up as you could possibly go, we
took the elevator to the last stop.
The setting of the conference is
particularly inspiring. The impress
sive effect of the stage with the
speakers rostrums, one for the chair
and the other for the addressee of
the conclave, thanked by four huge
pillars with the flags of the fifty
United Nations buttressed by them,
greatly augments the serenity and
gravity of the purpose of this great
assembly of nations. The opera
house itself has been recognized the
world over as a masterpiece in art
and culture, and it is an edifice that
will proudly bear the of
this conference. With the opening
of a session the entire main floor
is brought to daylight by great
floodlights played from the sides of
the auditorium.
The chairman of this session was
the head of the Norwegian delega-
ton, Mr.. Wilhelm M. Morgan
stierne. The parliamentary procedure
is very formal. Perhaps this is to
serve as a preventative of any dila-
tory orations by diplomatic fill
busters. The universal language
used is French, the language of di-
plomacy. The interpreter himself
was a spectacle. He had an audio-
Photographic mind with the remark
mental ability to repeat a five !
TO ten-minute discourse without the
aid of notes.
This was the second meeting of
Third Commission and a pre-
of the unanimous decision
If the Fourth Committee on Reg
Arrangements. DR.. Yelling
,on Koo of China r~apporteur of the
Third Commissions Committee ".
presented the accomplishments
If the committee and lauded their
The points that were de-
,ermined were amendments to the
Oaks Proposals: ~
Parties to any dispute, whether in
iividual or collective, obligate them
selves to Regional Agencies for set
(2) All local means are to
'e exhausted before ~reverting the
,ase to the Security Council. (3)
Endorsements were to be made by
he Council. (4) If an act of ag-
yression is made against an individ-
lal or collective group of powers,
hey could defend themselves until
he action of the Security Council.
The first speaker was Senator
landenberg who was very active on
he committee. He stressed they
lad found a practical means of
the regional in conjunc-
ion with the global. He termed it
Is "king links that have been weld
ID into the global chain" The next
ipeaker was Francisco Castillo Ma
era, the Mexican ambassador to the
United States. He established Pan
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