Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1950-08-11

within l3 hours after Secretary
General Trygve Lie first made his
before-dawn calls to delegates and
secretariat personnel to get on the
job that Sunday, June Is.
The American Association for
the United Nations points to the
temptation on the part of some to
speak of the Korean conflict in
terms of a United States rather
than United Nations action. 1t is
an effort on the part of the UN to
stop a clear-cut case of aggression
by the North Korean government
on the Republic of Korea. 1t is an
effort which has received the sup
port of more than 40 nations of the
world 1t is an effort under the
United Nations blue and white flag
and under a commander appointed
through the UN.
The UN Security Council asked
the U. S. to appoint a chief of the
forces fighting under the UN flag.
Gen. Douglas Macarthur has been
appointed. The Council also asked
for periodic reports from the U. S.
AS US. soldier, he is responsible
to the Commander-in-Chief, Presi-
dent Truman, at the same time that
as commander for UN forces, he is
responsible to the UN Security
Council too.
Ambassador Warren r. Aus
tin, chief US. delegate to the
UN, has indicated that the eff
forts for international action
''may well have been a turning
point in mans struggle for
means to unite his strength
against aggressOrs, to rally ef-
fcctive defense for the principles
of peace"
The independence of Korea has
been a United Nations matter since
September IT, 1947. Korea, former
ly part of the Japanese Empire,
was surrendered to the Allies at
the end of World War II, that area
north of the 38th parallel to Russian
troops and that, south of the 18th
parallel, to the troops of the U. S.
UN Problem Since al
There followed the setting up of
commission, of US. and Russian
representatives, to look into the
matter and make recommended
tons, in consultation with Korean
representatives, for forming a Ko-
rean government. The commission,
after several attempts, was dead
locked on all major issues of the
problem. In August of l947, the
us. proposed that the Korean sit
uation be referred to the four sign
ers of the agreement reached at
Moscow (China had subsequently
endorsed this agreement. China
and Great Britain agreed; Russia
objected, SO the U. S. submitted the
Korean problem to the United Ma
tons General Assembly in Septem-
Der 1947.
There was prolonged discussion
in the Assembly of the question,
and one proposal after another was
submitted on the matter of holding
elections and withdrawing troops
from both the Southern and North
ern section. Basically, Russia
wanted Korean Representatives to
sit in on the Assembly discussion.
The United States maintained that
consultations should take place in
Korea itself as only an election, OBJ
served by a UN commission, could
prove who the elected representa-
tives of Korea would be. Finally,
the us. argued that elections
should be held before discussion of
withdrawal of troops was under
taken as the Soviet had suggested.
The US. view was upheld by a
majority. Russia then refused to
participate in the work of the UN
Commission established to facili-
tate the elections and withdrawal
of occupation troops.
After months of preparation, the
UN commission supervised an cleo
ton in South Korea on May 10,
1913. Meanwhile, a Democratic
Peoples Republic of Korea had
been set up in Northern Korea and
was recognized by the Soviet In
ion in October 1913. The Govern
ment of the Republic of Korea
(South) was recognized by the UN
General Assembly as the only legit-
innate government of Korea. This
government was recognized by the
United States in January 1919, as
well as by France, Great Britain,
the Philippines and others, and ap-
piled for membership in the UN. It
was rejected because while the vote
in the Security Council was 9 to 2 in
favor, the veto of Russia-a perma-
nent member-obtained
Unificution Unsuccessful
Here it might be well to point out
that even if Russia had been at
tending the Council meetings after
the invasion of South Korea, the
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