The Wilmington morning star., 1947-04-06
I'm BEGINS STUDY
OF DEPRESSI0NS
Fourth Session OF Ecosoc
Covers Wide Area Of
Work For The Future
BY ADELAIDE KERR
AP Newsfeatures Writer

Unlled NdIlofs economic and So
cial Council has just completed
plans for a midsummer session to
come to grips with the causes of
depression, unemployment and
war.
Up to now, whenever man was
caught in one of those economic
brambles, he made sporadic, iso-
lated, discouraged attempts to ex-
tricate himself and generally
emerged more scratched and
bleeding than before. Now he is
trying to work with equipment
which will take the brambles
apart and let him live in comfort
and peace. That equipment is the
worldwide organization-the Unit
ed Nations Economic andScoai]
Council which meets three times
a year and has a number of COM
missions working between times
to supply it with information.
The Economic and Social Coun-
ellis long name has been shortened
in U. N. secretariat parlance to
Ecosoc-pronounced Eckosock. 1t
has just completed it's fourth
work : packed session in which it
covered wide territory, made
plans for international conferences
and initiated bodies and studies to
seek ways and means of keeping
the worlds business on an even
keel, producing jobs as well as
insuring the realization of human
rights. When the council recon
n July 10 it will take up re-
ports on the following activities on
which commissions and %secretarl'
at are now at work:
l. One of Ecosoc's most impor-
tant acts in the last session was
to establish an Economic commits
sion for Europe. At least one OF
the commissions formulator's
calls it "a tremendous step toward
e United States of Europe 1t
was established to help Europe
solve her reconstruction problems
by concerted action to raise the
level of European economic actlvl-
ty and strengthen the economic re
lations Of European countries. Its
members will be the European
members of the United Nations
and the United States. 1t is main
ly a. consultative and advisory
body, but it has power to make
direct recommendations to mem
Der governments. The commission
will meet in Geneva in May and
is expected to report to the Coun-
ellis next session.
(Ecosoc also established an eco
nomic commission for Asia and
the Far East with the same gen.
eral mandate for the areas within
its scope. Its members are Aus
tralia, China, France, India, Meth
erlands, Philippine Republic, ST.
am, USSR, United Kingdom and
United States. Research work on
this. however, is not SO far ad-
vanced and its first report will
not be made until 1948.)
2. The Council asked its eco
nomic and employment commits
sion to report on what 1nterna-
tional action should be taken for
better utilization of world re-
sources of labor, materials and
capital and what international ac-
ton should be taken to maintain
world full employment and eco
nomic stability. 1t also asked the
commission to supply regular re-
ports on world economic condl-
tons and trends. giving particular
attention to factors that, threaten
full employment and stability
such as r~ecessions or depresslons.
3. The subject. Of guarantees
for the exercise and development
of trade union rights" submitted
by the world federation of trade
unions for discussion was referred
to the LILO and the Commission
on Human Rights for study and
report.
4. The Council instructed its
newly constituted sub : commits :
sion on freedom of information
and of the press to prepare and
submit a draft agenda for the pro-
jected international conference on
freedom of information, whose
date and place Ecosoc will decide
next session.
S. The Secretary General was
asked to submit a draft conven-
ton on genocide efforts to exter-
inmate an entire race) in re-
Spouse to the general assembly's
resolution labelling this a crime
and asking member states to en-
act legislation for its prevention
and punishment.
6. Ecosoc approved in principle
a worldwide appeal for funds to
meet emergency relief needs OF
children, adolescents, and expect
ant and nursing mothers and ia
vored to meet this the collection
Of one days pay or some alterna-
tive better adapted to each 7oun-
try. 1t asked the Seer y Cen
aral to study and report on the
best way of doing this work.
n In addition to these steps Tor
consideration at its next session.
The Council authorized a number
Of activities which did not require
Immediate report.
1t called a world shipping con-
ference later this year and gave
1t latitude-but not a mandate-to
consider the ~desirability of Great
ing an international maritime OF,
q g~anization. 1t also called a Worlo
statistical Congress in Washington
in September and a U. N. scleh-
tific conference o,on the .conserVa-
Y ton and utilization of resources 10
be held not sooner than 1875
n Moreover, it decided hat ". IN.
4 should participate in an April UNI
1 Der conference in Czechoslovakla
4 under auspices of the food ana
agriculture organization. .
The preparatory committee Vi
the projected U. N. conference on
trade and eunloyment had re-