The Wilmington morning star., 1947-07-20
Behind The New*
|UN Is Divided
BY Red Tactics
By DEWITT MackENZIF

Eighteen months ago fl.
League of Nations was l.iJ
at rest in it's $4,000, 900 nav '
BILE mausoluem on the sbor.
of Lake Genva, and man..
first attempt to maintah
peace by means of a world
wide organization was writ
ten off as a failure.
But that wasn't the death .
hope. The United Nations br,.
rev and full of grand reso1ntioa9
.or the welfare of humanity :.
ready had swung into action
long last we were to have ps,n
The Big Five Russia, Brit,i,
France China, Anaerica-brotbss.
in-arms who had bed togethsr
the Hitlerian upheaval, sat dons1
in brotherhood, surrounded by ~.
smaller states which looked IA g.
powers for guidance. "'
Last week ten United States "a,
ators sponsored a resolution w,i.
proposed that the United Nat;nsl
be revamped. Senator Ferpnsn.
who offered the measure. told ~.
porters that he and Others w.s.
coming gradually to the concbsia.
that, if Russia failed to coonar.,a
it might be necessary to reors,,
lie the United Nations witbont W..
Seviets.
The significance Of this movs :,
that the United Nations thus a.
has failed in the main. and il ~.
failed because it hasn't lived W.
to its name. 1t is disunited-sn;t
after the fashion of unhappy F,
rope, with Russia and her satsI.
lltes on the one side and the d..
nocracies on the other. The viii,
Ct the great majority has in Il,
most every important instance
been nullified by Russia's emnIoy
nlent of a veto power which b.d
Keen accorded in the charter IN
each Of the Big Five. 1t was tscI-.
ly understood that this was for gss
only in extreme emergencies. Sn.
Wet Representative Gromvko h.,
used the veto with ruthless sba,.
don, thus emasculating the peac.
organization.
Gradually it aas become evident
that this Russian obstruction il ,
piece Of. the same cloth as Mos.
cows tactics in international y.
lations at large. Notable exampl,
have been MoscoW's method Of
securing domination of Eastsn
Europe, the disruption of the con.
ference to make q German peace
treaty, and the refusal 10 JOIN in
a unified program for the rehabll.
tation of Europe.
Very gradually. too. it has be.
come clear that these tactics have
been part Of the general strategy
Of world revolution for the spread
Ct Communism. l, has taken /,
long time for iris truth tc soak
home with a lot Of folk who
couldn't bring themselves 10 be.
lieve that such a thing could hap,
pen. But happen ii has, and 90.
servers have no doubt that I'll.
campaign will continue just 80
long as Moscow is able to keep
the wheels turning.
Thus We have arrived al the
point where important people
and some Of them are attached
to the United Nations-sre won.
dering if. after all, the U. N. must
be strapped SO that a fresh start
can be made. That veto power
must be controlled so that if cant
he used as a bludgeon for ob'
struction. Unfortunately there is
no way Of amending the charter,
because the present veto power
could be used against amendment,
and Russia might be expected to
employ it.
It's safe to say that most mem
hers of the U. N. are appalled,
at any idea of THROWING over tn.
present organization and creating
or other, which likely would b.
without the Russian bloc, thus
widening the breach which a.
ready exists. They still hope that
if the Western Democracies take
a firm stand On vital matters
Russia will see the folly O. he.
present course, especially when !,
becomes clear that the United
States is not heaoed for a 'r''
mendous economic collapse, 81
Moscow has been claiming,
One thing is certain, noWeVef'
The U. N. can't long continue as
a house divided against Itself