Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-08-03
Assembly Opposes
Rigid U. 5. Policy
Against Red China
BY the Associated Press

BY the Assoeiased Press
HARTMAN. N. Y, Aug. s.
The American Assembly says
Communist China should not be
seated in the United Nations at
this time, but the United States
should avoid rigid policy of
permanent opposition"
A declaration by the discussion
group says the Chinese Red re-
gime should not be seated ION
the basis of facts as they now
exist" and adds:
I'VE note and deplore a ten
dency in the United States to
adopt rigid policy of perma-
nent opposition under all cir
cumstances to the seating of this
regime"
The statement was issued tg
the fifth American Assembly yes
terday after conclusion of four
days of discussions on "The
United States Stake in the
United Nations"
The assembly was made I'D of
three score bankers, industrial
lists, professors, labor union off,
cials, journalists, clergymen, for
eign policy specialists and execu-
tiVes OF non-profit foundations.
Founded by Eisenhower.
The meetings were held at
Arden House. a Ramapo Noun
tain estate owned by Columbia
University. The assembly was
founded by President Eisenhower
when he was president Of CO.
lumbia University. The idea was
to give leaders in various fields
an opportunity to exchange
views on important topics and
pass them on to other Ameri-
cans for more discussion and
elaboration.
The consensus of the assembly
was that the United Nations is
''in principle" a world organiza-
ton, membership should be uni
versal and the question regard
ing China is basically what
government should represent
China"
The report issued by the as
sembly said the United States
must stay in the United Ma
tions," and added:
eve must work to make it an
even more effective instrument
of peace with justice and free
dom. We must use it and not
bypass it. We must make it in
fact, as well as in pious theory,
the cornerstone of American
foreign policy"
U. N. Remains Asset.
The statement said that de-
spite Soviet obstructionism, the
United Nations remains an asset
to the United States.
Outlining other issues dis
cussed at the Assembly, the
statement said the drive for
self-determination in Asia and
Africa is so great that it almost
amounts to revolution.
''It directly affects the Sc
curity of the United States and
of the whole world" the dec
laration continued
The Assembly members said
they believed the security inter-
ests of the United States could
best be served by pressing for
speedy progress toward self
government in those lands.
Discussing atomic power. the
declaration said that friendly
nations trembling under the
threat of hydrogen weapons"
could be pushed into neutrality
if the United States was "un-
necessarily provocative"
Favors Technical Aid.
The declaration favored the
United Nations Technical As
sistance Program for the worlds
underdeveloped areas-which is
financed largely by the United
States.
Until such time. as the United
Nations has the power to
enforce the peace. the United
States must preserve its mill
tary strength and alliances" the
declaration said:
But military measures alone.
however necessary, are not all
that is required to strengthen
the free worlds capacity for sur
vival.
I'VE believe the United States,
acting largely through the United
Nations, should be in the front
lines of this woldwide war against
hunger. poverty, disease and ig-
norance.
1T is urgent that we develop,
IN cooperation with our Euro
pean friends. programs which
will speed the orderly progress
toward self government of those
peoples still under Colonial rule"