Evening star., 1950-08-10
Dealing With Mr.. MoIik

In all probability, despite his having been
urged on Tuesday to get new instructions from
the Kremn permitting the Security Council to
function, Jakob A. Malik will return to his
presidential role this afternoon with the same
tactics he has been pursuing ever since taking
over the gavel for the month of August.
That is to Say-except in the unlikely event
that there has been an overnight change IN
Soviet policy-Mr Malik will continue to be the
filibusterer par excellence. He will keep on
mouthing propaganda that turns the truth
upside down; he will vilify the United States and
the So other members of the United Nations
that have joined together against the Red aggres-
sion in Korea and in general he will serve as
the shield of Moscow's North Korean puppets
But it is clear now that the overwhelming
majority of the Councils members do not propose
to put up much longer with Mr. Malik's monu-
mental prevaricationS or his obvious attempts to
propagandiZe and to obStruct His technique
has worn thin, and it has all but exhausted the
patience of the nations that have been exposed
to it, They have left no room for doubt-in
9-to-1 Council vote (Russia of course dissenting,
and nervous YugoSlavia abstaining)-that they
see eye to eye with the views expressed by Ambas-
sador Austin, our chief delegate. Those views
have been summed up in three effective questions
and a single effective answer. The questions
are: ID Who has failed to cooperate with SO
other members of the U. N in the Korean action?
(2) Who has the power and influence to call of
the Northern Red aggressors? And 60 what
great power in the world organization, by the
course it is following at present, is plainly sup
porting those aggressors? The answer is as clear
as the sun, moon and stars. 1t cannot be
mistaken any more than night can be mistaken
for day. 1t is this solely and simply: The Soviet
Union.
Unless the improbable has happened, how
ever and he has been instructed by the Kremlin
to change his tune, Mr. Malik can be counted
upon to be his usual obstructionist self when
he returns to his presiding seat at the meeting
of the Council today. For the Soviet dictatorship
ever since 1t sent him back to end its months
long boycott of the United Nations, has demon
strated that its primary purpose in doing so has
been to cut loose with an unprecedented barrage
of falsehoods against the United States and to
try to vitiate the Councils Korean decisions of
June 25 and GA purpose aimed at helping the
puppet aggressors, and perhaps also at promoting
paralysis of the U. N. in advance of some similar
crime elsewhere.
In the circumstances, if Mr.. Malik has
nothing more to offer this afternoon than
further extension of his brazen filibuster, the
other members of the Council will have good
reason to resort to extraordinary action to cut
him down to proper size. Such action-which
could take the form of a refusal to meet with
him, or an amendment of procedural rules to oust
him from the presidential chair or a summoning
of a special emergency meeting Of the 59-nation
General Assembly. in which his monkey wrench
tactics would be futie-Will certainly be in order
if his only contribution is continuance of his
effort to prevent the U N from dealing effectively
with the Korean aggreSSor
That aggreSsor must be stopped driven back
and brought to book. The Soviet Union cannot
be allowed to torpedo what is being done to that
end by the overwhelming majority of the United
Nations with our own country carrying the
main military burden) to uphold the rule of law
in the world. If Mr.. Malik continues to wage
his verbal war against that high objective, then
the u N, without further delay, should make
short Shrift of him.