Arizona sun., 1962-01-18
EDITORIAL
What About The United Nations?


papers lot of words about the United Nations but only one point
of view This establishment edtoria columns in cartoons
Of the FOR AMERICA line = ITO GET THE u S. OUT OF The
UN AND THE UN THE U.S. Evidently there are some
very people coming with this line They
echo regularly in letters the editor Perhaps this line is all
they have chance they have taken much of that
now they hooked AS for have no access to y IN
eigence such Communist magazines as Progress
sve Republic and America and enjoy Arizona Fronuers
deection Of publishing truth So do know something ABOUT
the N and what some thoughtful and well informed peo
Pile think of the u and of its Importance in todays woro
The brief life the United Nations of about II years has
precaros and difficult The of the veto has been USED
by ways which probably nation but Russia antic
pated at When consider the comparatively short life
Of the desperate state Of the world during these years
we can that has held together And we can thanK
God that its ideals always been the greatest source OF
its precaros authority represented the hopes and prayers OF
many nations of the world.
The had interpret and to reinterpet the
meaning Constitution terms Of most unexpected crises
ever Secession of the states in the hope OF
preserving aveuppoted society was hardly anticipated in 1877
The people of the quite generally accepted slavery as
moral institution there slight expression OF an
awakening anaery opinion when the requirement that the slave
trade must discontinue inserted How the slave trade
would be the horribly nhuan plan
taon South certainly never anticipated Nener our
Constitution union prevented one OF the most Dooo
and devastating wars in history certainly did not give
up hope that of their Constitution were reazaDe even
though for some Americans bitter the emancipation OF the
slaves the u Constitution reganed its earlier respect
There assaults upon the US Constuon Dy ose
who were unable achieve their ends because OF the pro-
boy ideals Of human decency and Jusce express
ed in the Constitutional law OF our nation
There were the sategem South to keep the Negro in
defacto slavery nspe of the reconstruction amendments wnc
were intended abolish slavery and to make the former slaves
free American citizens with all the rights
and PRIVILEGES of citizens There was the separate D equa @ @ u
the single of Justice Harlan saying Our Constitution
color blind and neither knows nor oera @ among and M
Decision Of the Supreme Court desegregang the puohc scnoo
cepted principles of Christianity were mature But tnere sun are
many which would mpeach the Supreme Court JUDGES ano
dsavow much of the meaning OF tne CONSTITUTION e nc u IN
who would such tactics those the House un
American Activities Committee which continues to become more
uAmecan that has never yet investigated sucn @ unn =
can activities those of the Ku Kux Klan the Wnte olehs
Councils organizations that avoweo enemies VI
principles of Constitution But the Us SHOWS no % h " @
ing those of its citizens who would ignore OF . @ AZ
sttion where of its citizens are concerned ana mus ue
troy its strength for preserving the security ana ireeo "
citizens
moving fast changing age world Among these the nation
as downrodden colonial nations and have sud
denly boomed independent nations and which in their behavior
expose shameful neglect and exploitation the governments
from which they free There are also the revolutions
such nations as Cuba other Spanish American nations where
starving peasants little faith in the sincerity OF democracy
that they would rather be less hungry less ignorant less poorly
housed less weary and dying for others than to be free
agents in socaled democratic Of the unfreedom OF Rus
sia they OF the promise OF Detler
life under communism by communist propagandists tnan mey uo
about of mems minds and behavior ano e
ruthless purgng those who do not conform or VINO aep
escape
gradually coming to grips with its crises
as that these immoral hate aoSng wal
endangerng actions member nations crises Tor the o
handle and to learn handle without threat OF mra-oN war
divergence between the maturity the econom
cultural development and the experience with real DEM
ocrac the countries of the UN just as there was among
the This inevitably raises many dverg
emf opinions among these nations why they part OF the
organization Some it for their selfish ends Some
little understanding of the of the purpose OF the uN
should affect selfish Some have little understand
ing of the the the u N should affect their tnn
ing of the mature nations are hav
ing difficult forgetting old traditions of world in which
differences settled by surprise attacks and mass Kill
ngs always right The UN is still young
and inexperienced dssong these differences We
can that there people UN countries who
ideal world regulated voluntarily the strong be-
lief should democratic ideals of and cooperation
among large small rich and impoverished old and
new well among individuals of different stages OF economic
and cultural development.
Let hope that shall have in Phoenix to
different attitude the regarding this important creation of
z the twentieth century for rnolding peaceful world.