St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1960-12-09
Almost About
Every thing
BY PERCY VILLA

P.V. Note: This guest column
Is by York LangtOn, business
man and humanitarian and U.N.
advocate.
THE U. N. - WE BELIEVE
This is the theme for the fif-
teenth anniversary Of the United
Nations. This Is the time to pledge
our support; to reaffir1n our faith;
to rededicate our efforts to streng-
then the United Nations as the
best means Of maintaining the
peace Of the world and promoting
the welfare of the underdeveloped
areas in the social and economic
field.
The per capita income Of the
United States is about $2,075: the
per capita income of the Soviet
Union is about $3.50, but two-thirds
Of the world has a per capita in
come Of not over 500. The Soviet
Union is becoming a capitalistic
country and has much to preserve
and protect through peace. The
Soviet Union occupies one-sixth
of the surface of the world, with a
population of about 200 million, so
it is obvious that they have much
room for expansion. The Soviet
Union also has great quantities of
natural resources, so it would seem
that the Soviet Union would need
long period of peace. When Mr..
Khrushchev talks about coexist-
ence it is my belief he reflects the
thinking of the Soviet Union. For
they need a long period of tran
guilty to develop their resources.
The real threat to the peace of
the world through the expansion
of Communism seems to lie in
South America, Africa and Asia,
where the per capita income is
not over 500, which means that of
every many woman and child. This
is the area which offers a fertile
field for the spread of Communism
and that is why it is so urgent for
the United States to give leader
ship through the United Nations
to help these under developed
areas to improve their standard of
living. The work of the specialized
agencies and technical aid program
is very vital in solving this prob
lem.
1t is my belief that the United
Nations is the best place to ex-
pose the aims of the Soviet Union.
What Mr.. Khrushchev objects to
is the fact that the Secretary Gen.
erals office has been developing as
an independent body that is work.
ing for the whole world. We have
the United Nations with its repre-
sentatives today working to stab
ilize situations in the Congo, Unit
ed Arabic Republic, Lebanon, Jor-
dan, Kashmir, Laos, Korea. These
representatives are working on be-
half of the world community for
peace and these delegations have
had a great stabilizing influence.
Mr.. Khrushchev would like to
control the actions of the Secre-
tary- General by having a veto on
the Secretary Generals office.
However, he will not attain his
goal as this would mean a change
in the U.N. Charter. Also, he will
lot have any success in talking
about moving the United Nations
to some other country. His talk
about the elimination of Colonial
ism is not too important as most
of the dependent areas have gained
their independence. Actually today
at least two-thirds of the world
are living under a new form of
government since the United Ma
tons charter was written in 1945.
Never in the history of the world
have we lived under such an ex-
citing time when new nations have
emerged until we now have 80
nations in the United Nations.
This is about double the so which
we had when the United Nations
charter was finished and came into
being on October "a, 1915.
1t is my belief that the peoples
Republic of China must come into
the United Nations. It Is difficult
to see how we could have a dis
armament agreement unless Com
munist China would be a part of
such agreement, and it is hardly
likely that they will do so outside
the United Nations, 1t is also hard
to see how we can have a true
world organization with 900 to 700
million people not represented.
Many countries who are friends of
the United States take issue with