Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-10-03

the largest possible scale and
in the most equitable manner.
Today only one man Is the
interpreter and the executor
OF all the decisions Of the AS
sembly and the Security Coun-
Gil. But there is an old adage
that there neither are nor
have ever been any saints on
earth. Let those who believe
in the existence Of saints re-
main with their opinion, but
we do not believe In these fairy
tales.
So this one man-Mr. Ham
marskjold in this particular
instance - must interpret and
execute the decisions Of the
Assembly and of the Security
Council, taking into account
the interests Of the countries.
of monopolistic capital and the
interests Of the Socialist coun-
tries, and the interests Of the
neutraliSt countries. But this
Is impossible. Everyone has
heard how vigorously the i'm
perialist countries defend the
attitude Of Mr.. Hammar-
skiold. Is it not clear whose
interests he interpretS and ex-
ecutes, whose saint" he is?
Mr.. Hammarskjold has al
ways been biased with regard
to Socialist countries, he has
always upheld the interests Of
the United States and other
countries Of monopoly capital.
The events in the Congo where
he played a truly deplorable
role was but the last drop that
filled the cup Of patience to
overfowing.
When the colonialiStS granted
independence to the Congo they
expected that this indepen-
dence would be fictitious. But
the Congolese government de-
cided to defend in all serious
ness its political and economic
rights. This Infatuated the
colonialiStS and they reSorted
to q military gamble: They de-
cided to impose what in actual
fact was the old colonial regime
upon the people of the Congo
under the guise of fictitious in
dependence.
Action Slammed
Mr.. Hammarskjold has used
the q. N. armed forces not in
support Of the legitimate par.
lament and government Of the
Congo. at whose request the
troops were sent in. but in sup
port Of the colonialist forces
which were and are fighting
against the CongoleSe parlia-
ment and the legitimate gov
eminent in order to impose 4
new yoke on the Congo. He has
used the U. N. troops to inter-
fere in the internal affairs of
the young state. No one can
any longer tolerate such arbi-
trarineSs and lawlessness.
To avoid misinterpretation ]
want to reaflrm that we do not
trust Mr.. Hammarskjold and
cannot trust him. II he himself
does not muster up enough
courage to resign. 50 to say, in
q chivalrouS manner, then we
shall draw the necessary con-
illusions from the obtaining sit
ulation. 1t is not proper for
q man who has fiouted ele-
mentary justice to hold such an
important post as that Of Sec
rotary general.
Some will say that Mr.. Ham,
marskjold should perhaps be
replaced by another, more
worthy man. Their line Of reA-
soning is as follows: Let us
admit that Mr.. Hammarskjold
made q big mistake. Could not
1t be rectified by replacing him
with another man? OF course
this could be done. But will we
thus ensure the United Nations
against a repetition of such
mistakes in the future? 1 think
not. Any other secretary gen.
eral will also fail effectively to
represent the three different
groups Of states.
"One- Sided" Trend
Now. unfortunately, there
exists a one-sided trend in the
work OF the United Nations, ir
the work Of the General AS.
sembly, the Security Council
and the secretary general. Sc
far one group of states led b,
the United States is predoni.
nant and, at that, today it doe.
not even dominate under thu
right Of the strong. At present
these states have forfeited tn,
so-called right Of the stron,
because of the erstwhill
strength upon which tn,
colonialistS used to lean to hole
their colonial peoples in subju.
cation there remains but ,
fetish.
The real situation in tn,
present-day world is such thai
the strength Of the two mos
powerful states - the Soviet
Union and the United Statel
is at least equal, while il thu
other Socialist countries anc
formerly colonial countries arr
borne in mind it becomes clea,
that not only law and justice
but force too is on the side O.
the peace-loving states. If thiI
is not taken into consideration
the United Nations certainl,
cannot function.
The office Of the secretar,
general is held by a represen
tative Of the Western powers
In all these is years a repre-
sentative Of the Socialist coun
tries has never been allowet
to become President OF tn
General Assembly.
Cites China's Bid