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Foreign News
July 26, 1954
Trainman News
Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana
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US Senator Knowland's proposal for America to quit the UN if Communist China is admitted faces strong backlash from experts, senators, and columnists, who warn it would undermine US leadership and aid Soviet aims. Related UN agency developments noted.
Merged-components note: Continuation of article on U.S. policy toward Red China and the UN across pages 1 and 6; relabeled from domestic_news to foreign_news as it concerns international affairs.
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Senator Knowland's Proposal on Red China Is Widely Assailed
NEW YORK— "For the United States to withdraw from the United Nations if the Peiping (Red China) delegates by due procedures were accepted as the representatives of China would be for us to throw away our moral influence and leadership in the world community and allow the communist dictatorships to fall heir to the leadership which now belongs to this country and the whole free world. Nothing could be more advantageous to the totalitarian cause or weakening to our friends."
Those views were expressed by Dr. Charles W. Mayo, president, American Association for the United Nations.
Similarly condemning the proposal of Sen. William Knowland (R-Calif) demanding that the United States of America walk out of the United Nations if Red China is admitted to membership, was Sen. Herbert H. Lehman (D-NY). Said he:
"To take that attitude (U. S. withdrawal from UN if Red China is admitted) is to assume the same rigid and inflexible posture that has long characterized Soviet Russia. To take that attitude is to foreclose all possibilities of peaceful settlement of the Far Eastern conflicts by negotiations and agreement. The implication of this attitude is that our only solution to the situation in the Far East is total war. That solution will never be accepted by the other nations of the free world. I do not think it will be acceptable to the American people."
Madness and Abdication
"Any proposal to withdraw from the UN is, in my judgment, nothing but madness. To do so would be to abdicate our role of world leadership, won at such great cost. It would, of course, seriously cripple the UN, but it would cripple us even more. It would isolate us. It would leave us friendless and alone. We would be without allies and without the respect and confidence of the other free nations of the world.
"The United Nations, despite any imperfections it may have, and despite the many disappointments we have experienced as a result of its shortcomings, is still the best hope of peace and security in the world. Under no circumstances should we consider abandoning our membership in this great organization. We would be forfeiting our world leadership and our strength."
See editorial, 'Not Civilized Yet!', Page 4
Pointing out that President Eisenhower promptly disagreed with his Majority Leader Senator Knowland, Columnist George Holt wrote:
"Of course, the President is completely correct and the Senator is wrong."
(Continued on Page 6)
Senator Knowland: Red China Is
(Continued from Page 1)
ator is way off base. Red China should not be recognized. Red China should not be admitted to the United Nations. Criminals do not have the vote in most democracies. Communist China is an international criminal. It has sent its troops into Korea to kill United Nations troops; it is aiding the rebels in Indochina who are endangering the peace of the world. The Red Chinese have shown themselves to be the tools of Russia: they have also shown themselves to be willing on their own account to wreck society. It is presumptuous, in fact arrogant and immoral, for them to present themselves as rightful members of a peaceful society.
"But there is more to the story than that!
Must Not Follow Dictators
"In the '30's Mussolini removed Italy from the League of Nations because the League did something he did not like. The Japanese walked out of the League when they were angered by the attitude of the other nations. Germany walked out at Hitler's orders because the Fuehrer did not like the League.
"If Communist China is admitted to the United Nations, we will not and should not like it. But do we follow the example of Hitler, Mussolini and the Japanese warlords and march out because we are dissatisfied?
"Do we believe in democracy? Do we believe in majority rule? Or do we pick up the marbles and march off in a huff when we no longer are winning?"
Russia Ready to Step In
Another columnist, Scripps-Howard's Peter Edson, points up a very vital consideration in this whole matter. He writes:
"It is highly significant that as the noisy clamor increases from a minority who want to take the United States out of the United Nations, Soviet Russia is stepping up its activities in the world organization. What seems to be shaping up is a struggle between the Communist bloc and the anti-Communist nations for UN control."
UNESCO Upheld
James Tanham, retired vice-president of the Texas Co., speaking for the Chamber of Commerce of the United States recently told Congress that the Chamber found no evidence of Communist sympathies in the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
Tanham said a special subcommittee has also probed complaints that UNESCO advocates atheism and world government and is wasteful.
"When we looked into these specific charges, we found them basically without substance. We looked for evidence and could not find it," he said.
Maybe if more individuals and organizations sought evidence to support charges before accepting them, it would not be so profitable for demagogues to make false charges.
Edson then points out that Russia has recently joined the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, UNESCO, after boycotting it for eight years. Soviet Russia, Byelorussia and the Ukraine showed up at the recent Geneva conference of the International Labor Organization (ILO), seeking admission. Russia has boycotted ILO since 1939, when she walked out of the League of Nations. Pointing out United States' opposition to Russian employer and employe delegates admission to ILO on grounds that slave camps of Communist countries are not compatible with the ideals of ILO. Edson writes:
"In spite of these arguments, the United States lost the fight.
A New Challenge
"So now the Communists have another foot in the door to work for the subversion of union labor all over the world.
"For the United States, however, this offers a new challenge. It is to require the Communist countries to bring their labor standards up to the required ILO minima, to end the slave labor camps, and to free labor from totalitarian dictatorship.
"This can be done, however, only by staying in the UN and its subsidiaries. It cannot be done by walking out."
NEW YORK— "For the United States to withdraw from the United Nations if the Peiping (Red China) delegates by due procedures were accepted as the representatives of China would be for us to throw away our moral influence and leadership in the world community and allow the communist dictatorships to fall heir to the leadership which now belongs to this country and the whole free world. Nothing could be more advantageous to the totalitarian cause or weakening to our friends."
Those views were expressed by Dr. Charles W. Mayo, president, American Association for the United Nations.
Similarly condemning the proposal of Sen. William Knowland (R-Calif) demanding that the United States of America walk out of the United Nations if Red China is admitted to membership, was Sen. Herbert H. Lehman (D-NY). Said he:
"To take that attitude (U. S. withdrawal from UN if Red China is admitted) is to assume the same rigid and inflexible posture that has long characterized Soviet Russia. To take that attitude is to foreclose all possibilities of peaceful settlement of the Far Eastern conflicts by negotiations and agreement. The implication of this attitude is that our only solution to the situation in the Far East is total war. That solution will never be accepted by the other nations of the free world. I do not think it will be acceptable to the American people."
Madness and Abdication
"Any proposal to withdraw from the UN is, in my judgment, nothing but madness. To do so would be to abdicate our role of world leadership, won at such great cost. It would, of course, seriously cripple the UN, but it would cripple us even more. It would isolate us. It would leave us friendless and alone. We would be without allies and without the respect and confidence of the other free nations of the world.
"The United Nations, despite any imperfections it may have, and despite the many disappointments we have experienced as a result of its shortcomings, is still the best hope of peace and security in the world. Under no circumstances should we consider abandoning our membership in this great organization. We would be forfeiting our world leadership and our strength."
See editorial, 'Not Civilized Yet!', Page 4
Pointing out that President Eisenhower promptly disagreed with his Majority Leader Senator Knowland, Columnist George Holt wrote:
"Of course, the President is completely correct and the Senator is wrong."
(Continued on Page 6)
Senator Knowland: Red China Is
(Continued from Page 1)
ator is way off base. Red China should not be recognized. Red China should not be admitted to the United Nations. Criminals do not have the vote in most democracies. Communist China is an international criminal. It has sent its troops into Korea to kill United Nations troops; it is aiding the rebels in Indochina who are endangering the peace of the world. The Red Chinese have shown themselves to be the tools of Russia: they have also shown themselves to be willing on their own account to wreck society. It is presumptuous, in fact arrogant and immoral, for them to present themselves as rightful members of a peaceful society.
"But there is more to the story than that!
Must Not Follow Dictators
"In the '30's Mussolini removed Italy from the League of Nations because the League did something he did not like. The Japanese walked out of the League when they were angered by the attitude of the other nations. Germany walked out at Hitler's orders because the Fuehrer did not like the League.
"If Communist China is admitted to the United Nations, we will not and should not like it. But do we follow the example of Hitler, Mussolini and the Japanese warlords and march out because we are dissatisfied?
"Do we believe in democracy? Do we believe in majority rule? Or do we pick up the marbles and march off in a huff when we no longer are winning?"
Russia Ready to Step In
Another columnist, Scripps-Howard's Peter Edson, points up a very vital consideration in this whole matter. He writes:
"It is highly significant that as the noisy clamor increases from a minority who want to take the United States out of the United Nations, Soviet Russia is stepping up its activities in the world organization. What seems to be shaping up is a struggle between the Communist bloc and the anti-Communist nations for UN control."
UNESCO Upheld
James Tanham, retired vice-president of the Texas Co., speaking for the Chamber of Commerce of the United States recently told Congress that the Chamber found no evidence of Communist sympathies in the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
Tanham said a special subcommittee has also probed complaints that UNESCO advocates atheism and world government and is wasteful.
"When we looked into these specific charges, we found them basically without substance. We looked for evidence and could not find it," he said.
Maybe if more individuals and organizations sought evidence to support charges before accepting them, it would not be so profitable for demagogues to make false charges.
Edson then points out that Russia has recently joined the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, UNESCO, after boycotting it for eight years. Soviet Russia, Byelorussia and the Ukraine showed up at the recent Geneva conference of the International Labor Organization (ILO), seeking admission. Russia has boycotted ILO since 1939, when she walked out of the League of Nations. Pointing out United States' opposition to Russian employer and employe delegates admission to ILO on grounds that slave camps of Communist countries are not compatible with the ideals of ILO. Edson writes:
"In spite of these arguments, the United States lost the fight.
A New Challenge
"So now the Communists have another foot in the door to work for the subversion of union labor all over the world.
"For the United States, however, this offers a new challenge. It is to require the Communist countries to bring their labor standards up to the required ILO minima, to end the slave labor camps, and to free labor from totalitarian dictatorship.
"This can be done, however, only by staying in the UN and its subsidiaries. It cannot be done by walking out."
What sub-type of article is it?
Diplomatic
Political
What keywords are associated?
Un Membership
Red China Admission
Us Withdrawal Proposal
Un Criticism
Cold War Diplomacy
Ilo Admission
Unesco Probe
What entities or persons were involved?
William Knowland
Charles W. Mayo
Herbert H. Lehman
Dwight D. Eisenhower
George Holt
Peter Edson
James Tanham
Where did it happen?
China
Foreign News Details
Primary Location
China
Key Persons
William Knowland
Charles W. Mayo
Herbert H. Lehman
Dwight D. Eisenhower
George Holt
Peter Edson
James Tanham
Outcome
proposal widely criticized; no withdrawal from un advocated; russia increases un activities; communists gain footing in ilo despite us opposition
Event Details
Senator William Knowland proposes US withdrawal from United Nations if Red China is admitted. Criticized by Dr. Charles W. Mayo as weakening US moral influence. Sen. Herbert H. Lehman calls it madness and abdication of leadership, foreclosing peaceful settlements. Columnist George Holt notes President Eisenhower's disagreement. Peter Edson highlights Soviet Russia's increased UN involvement and Communists' entry into ILO after US loss. James Tanham reports no evidence of Communist sympathies in UNESCO.