Evening star., 1950-08-23

(FoHoDing is a digest OF
United States Representative
Warren r. Austin's speech in
the United Nations Security
Council yesterday afternoon.)
LAKE SUCCESS, Aug. a.
Warren r. Austin turned the full
force of Yankee sarcasm and ridi-
cule on the propaganda tricks
of Russia's Jacob A. Malik in the
United Nations Security Council
yesterday.
Mr.. Austin. a Republican Sem
ator from Vermont before he was
made chief of the American dele
cation to the Security Council.
tagged as "applesauce" Mr.. Malik's
charges that the United States
started the Korean conflict.
He also cited Malik charges as
examples of the propaganda
tricks" Of the big lie" and of
"concealing guilt by accusation.
And he repeated with obvious
relish his "zombie" description Of
Soviet satellite governments.
Mr.. Austin first assailed the
repeated efforts of the Soviet
delegate implying that every one
who fails to agree with him is,
ipso facto, satellite of the
United States" He said:
It can understand how difficult
1t must be for the distinguished
Soviet delegate to comprehend
that not all big nations browbeat
all smaller nations whenever and
wherever the opportunity arises.
It Is a natural conclusion to be
drawn from a knowledge of Soviet
foreign policy. -.
worthy of Witch-Doctor."
Whenever he sees other coun-
tries support the same principles
the United States supports, he
concludes my Government has
enmeshed them in some brutish
strategem.
This is a philosophy worthy of
some witch-dtocr who has ere
ated so many soulless zombies in
his own graveyard that he ends
up believing the earth is peopled
entirely by such creatures"
Mr.. Austin added that Mr. Malik
''could not be more mistaken" !"
If the Russian could understand
that men and nations will act
together when the liberties they
cherish jointly are at stake" he
went on, I'VE might then have an
end to his futile efforts to make
black white. and white black"
The American delegate told the
Councils well as big televiSion
and radio audience-that it wasn't
necessary to answer each of Mr..
Malik's "falsehoods," but that all
that needs to be done is to expose
his tricks of propaganda"
Contempt for the intelligence
of men and women" Mr.. Austin
said. "lies behind every propa-
ganda device which is not based
on truth. A number of such de-
vices are clearly discernible in the
recent statements made to this
Council by the Soviet representa-
tive. Today. I deal with only three
Of them-the false label trick,
the trick of 'concealing guilt by
accusation and finally the trick
now generally known as the tech
nique of the big lie
Let us consider first the false
label trick. Here falsehood is.
presented as fact. Accordingly,
the propagandist keeps saying.
this is an irrefutable fact or
begins the falsehood with the
phrase, as is well known OF
course. nothing of the sort is well
known.
Simple Way to Expose Trick.
There is a simple way to ex-
pose the false label trick. When
the housewife cans her fruits and
vegetables in the fall, she puts
q label on each jar before storing
1t away in the cellar. If she puts
the label peaches on a jar con-
tanning applesauce, the label
doesn't magically change the con-
tents. One can quickly test the
label by opening the jar and
sampling the real thing inside.
Let us examine a jar placed
before this Council a few days
ago by the Soviet representative"
Mr.. Austin referred to a Malik
charge that after providing this
conflict and seeing that the politi-
cal regime of Syngman Rhee GnI
South Korea) was collapsing, the
United States resorted to open in
tervention." Then came the "trick
LABEL" Mr.. Austin said-Mr. Ma
lik's assertion that such are the
irrefutable facts"
With dramatic emphasis that
brought laughter and applause,
MIR. Austin then said to Mr.. Malik,
sitting in the Council presidents
chair:
"Sir. I am in a position to open
that falsely labeled jar and let
the world see what is inside-ap-
plesauce!" r.
He then cited reports of the
United Nations Commission in
Korea to refute the Malik charges.
Turning to the trick of con-
cealing guilt by accusation" Mr..
Austin said: 80
THE classic example of this
trick, of course, is that of the
thief who, in running away from
the policeman, cries stop thief
at the honest man ahead of him
in order to confuse the pursuers.
Called "the Big Lie"
This is the trick that has been
employed in an effort to prove
that the North Korean invaders
merely have been protecting
themselves from. attack"
The propaganda trick with