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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
MAY 20,1946
Clashes With Russia Mark U N Conference in Hoch
'Most Hopeful' Age Group Seeks Further Understanding of International Problems
Clashes between Russia and the western powers were the basic problem in the mock United Nations conference held Saturday in Hoch auditorium, as well as in the real United Nations organization.
"The age group represented here is the most hopeful in the world." Chancellor Deane W. Malott said, opening the morning session of the conference at
"Young people are tolerant of the points of views of others, in comparison with older people," he said. "At this conference, you will be able to give expression to your own beliefs and thinking."
ing session of the conference at 10 a.m.
Terry Herriott, speaker for the Russian delegation, debated vigorously with representatives of the western powers on all questions of atomic bomb control, Franco Spain, and the peace treaties of Italy, Germany, and Japan.
The continued clash throughout the conference between Russia and the rest of the world forced Russia to present a list of minimum demands, including complete deindustrialization of Germany.
"Russia is surrounded by an unfriendly world, in which the atomic bomb is being held over her head," Harriott said.
He accused the United States and Great Britain of wanting a strong Germany as a protection against Russia.
The security council was not polled on the question of the German peace but the question, as summarized by Buford Tribble, chairman of the general assembly, remained whether Germany should be made into a completely agrarian economy or be given limited industrialization under control.
Polling of the security council determined how the members of the real United Nations would vote on the questions. Members of the general assembly then were asked by Donald, Ong, secretary-general of
It Takes More Than 'Tired Dogs' To Stop Bock
There's nothing like the comfort of home, even in a UN conference meeting, to Robert Book. College sophomore.
Bock, who said his feet were tired, slipped off his shoes and sat as the only delegate-instocking-feat at the Hoch auditorium meetings.
Later, when he participated in a WREN broadcast, he repeated the performance.
"Feels good," he explained.
the conference, to vote as individuals to register student opinion.
The Atomic Development authority, as a means of controlling the atomic bomb, was adopted by the security council. Delegates from the general assembly and the audience gave it almost unanimous support.
Economic sanctions, in the form of commercial boycott, against Franco Spain were given the support of the security council and general assembly. Great Britain dissented, but abstained from voting rather than exercise her veto power.
The time limit of the conference forced incomplete discussion of the Italian, German, and Japanese peace settlements and no vote was taken from the security council. The student opinion poll showed that students favored the 25-year disarmament program in Germany proposed by Secretary Byrnes, opposed the return of the monarchy to Italy, and were almost equally divided as to
"The United Nations is a going concern—but where is it going?" Dr. Norman Hill, author and head of the political science department at the University of Nebraska, asked the delegates to the United Nations conference in Hoch auditorium Saturday.
'People Essential To World Peace'
Closing the conference with his discussion of "The United Nations Organization and the Possibility of Permanent Peace," Dr. Hill asserted that "Keeping the peace is too much to ask of any organization. It takes more than machinery. More important than the machinery are the people."
Amendment and practice are ways of improving the United Nations, he said, if the peoples of the nations can develop their thinking and practices to the point where the organization would become useful in their hands.
Dr. Hill suggested as improvements the give up by the United States of the traditional idea that problems must be submitted to the senate before they are sent to an international court of justice, a strong agreement on the control of atomic energy, a movement for disarmament, economic cooperation, a realization that getting along with Russia is a two-way street, and revision of the thinking of Americans, Russians, Englishmen, and people everywhere along "grander" lines.
whether the United States should give way to the Far Eastern commission in administering the Japanese peace.
Ong explained that the general assembly committee reports read at the opening of the conference were to show how the working of the regular UN conference is constructed.
These reports were from the trus-
Research, Not Audience,
Made Meeting Worthwhile
There were fewer than 75 persons in the audience for the mock UN conference on the campus Saturday, but those who attended "went away with a more thorough knowledge of the UN pattern," Prof. H.B. Chubb, faculty adviser for the meeting, declared today.
"It is the research work of the delegates that makes a conference of this kind desirable and worthwhile," he explained. "We'll have another meeting next year, and plan it earlier."
Missouri, K-State Send Representatives
Visiting delegates at the U.N. conference included representatives from the University of Missouri and Kansas State.
Delegates from Park college, University of Kansas City, and Rockhurst college did not arrive. The K-State students attended only the morning session of the conference. They took notes, but did not participate in the discussion.
The students from Missouri represented the International Relations club, the Student Federalists, and the Political Science club. Frank Tseng, a Chinese student at the University of Missouri, sat with the Chinese delegation. The other students represented part of the Great Britain delegation.
The University of Missouri is planning to hold a similar international relationship discussion next fall, probably under the supervision of the Political Science club and the history department.
teeship committee, Kathleen Howland; political and security committee, Herrriot; economic and finance, Patricia Creel; social, humanitarian, and cultural, Dale Judy; and the legal committee, Elisabeth Vander-Smissen.
Delegates Talk Franco Sanctions
Eight delegates to the mock United Nations conference participated in round table discussion from the WREN radio station at 1 and 8:30 p.m. Saturday.
The afternoon discussion, "Should the United Nations pose economic sanctions against Spain?" was carried on by Joan Veatch. College senior; Robert Judy, College freshman; Frances Francisco, College junior, and Robert Bock, College sophomore. Virginia Neal was moderator.
At the 8:30 broadcast on the Atomic bomb, Donald, Ong., College junior; Russell Barrett, Collegesenior; Richard Hawkinson, College sophomore; and Terry Hermiett, College sophomore, participated. Bufford Tribble served as moderator.
Most delegates had little time in which to prepare their broadcast speeches, but for the most part, kept the discussion well organized.
In discussing whether the United Nations should pose economic sanctions against Spain, Miss Veatch advanced the idea that such a policy would create an international situation encouraging another civil war in Spain. Judy maintained the UN should break off diplomatic relations with Spain in order to stamp out Franco's fascism.
The Acheson report (a plan forcing nations to give up their sovereignty to keep cooperation among nations, and which also asks that nations publicly reveal their atomic bomb knowledge) was attacked in the atomic bomb discussion by Ong, because "it would take more than three years to put the report into operation, and it demands that a nation expose itself too much by revealing its atomic information."
Barrett, disagreeing, declared, "One to three years is better than 20 years of wrangling and warfare."
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