FUTURE OF UNO

Chronicle (Levin), 10 June 1947, Page 4

FUTURE OF UNO

! People Not Politicians Wffl . Decide Its Success - — -_... • | He was firmly of the • opinion that the League of Nations f ailed because the ordinary people of the. world were not behind it. They" were not enlightened as to the, f unctioning of the league. 'They1 never really understood it, Expressing this opinion at a Rotary luncheon in Levin yesterday, Mr. E. A. Tatrant, past preSident o'f the « Juhior Chamber Of| Commerce in New Zealand and: present Vice-preSident of the! Junior Chamber of Commerce Intemational, stressed the need for a keener understanding of the workin"gs of the tinited •NaiS'ons/' The necessity for .fceeping them-. selves so well informed that they, eould be iational in what they' supported or did not support was the responsibility of the youth of today. It was the opinions of the peoples of the world that ccunted,! and if they stood firmly behindi UNO there could be no doubt :of its success. Mr. Tarrant recently returned from Dallas, America, where hej attended the convention of the •Junior Chamber of Commerce. Intemational, at whfch dO'O dele-l gates representing 35 COuntri'eS were present. Described by the American . press as ihe "littleUnited Nations/' the conference lasted for five days, three . of which were devoted to discussions on intemational relations. While attending the confer-: ence, Mr. Tarrant also visited Lake Success and made a first ' hand study of the workings of the United Nations Organisation. The Levin Rotary -Club and; Junior Chamber are anxious that a branch of the United Nations be formed in Levin, so that local residents can be kept -closely intouch with th'e Work Of the organisation. With this in view the Rotary Club invited to its luncheon yesterday representatives from "the Horowh'enua -county Councll, •Levin Bo-r-ough Counoil-, A/-and P,« Association,- Federated Far-mers,-Junior Chamber and other organisations. While in America Mr. Tarr-ant had spent two W'eeks arranging for a liaison between tht UNC 'andthe Junior Chamber Intemational, so that it could 'Obtain hrst hand information. He had also? spent two weeks in the secretariat' of UNO. "The key men in UNO are not there from the point -of View of* finding a job. They are not eom-

merciany mmaeci, b«t are -import-, ant men who have means of their' own," ®aid Mr. Tarrant, when 'Commenting *on the activities a>f> UNO. "They are »out to make the-' • scheme work no matter what dt. costs them."_ The Economic and Social Council was -in session when.he was there. He Was Veryf impressed with the broa'd moral5 manner in which they approached the problems. The power of the Security Council, however, rested m the willingness of the people, for peace. It had no power mean-' while to enforce its decisions. That could not come until it had control of all arnis and the arm-' les of other countries. .Common agreement eou-ld enly come when the notgftries of the world -leamt to co-operate better J A large factor in bringing this] about was co-operation of an* enlightened and well-informed1 public. This fact Was -fully realis-: ed by the UN and had led to the settmg up in New York of a sys-. tem of releasing 'information.'

""u,u wa-^ iiuw requirea was a senes of small organisations throughout countries *sueh a's New! Zealand, for the receipt of information and . films on the Subject. It: was no use depending on a scheme. operatmg on a national basis. Small associations could dissemin--ate the information pamphlets and present them from an angle that would be appreclated loeaT'y/ There was -a tendency -to reg-ard* UNO in terms of politics and politicians.^ it was looked upon ^-si something distant and -rsmote in towns such as Levin. "UNO is not self operative. it depends on its' information service to act as a spearhead, and requires the backeZery ,Person- If it geis that backmg fro'm a Weli-in'foimed' people then it stands a goodchance of being sucCessf-Ul-/' . . Ari appeal to all , organisations m Levin to get behind any m'ove; towards the establishment df a,' branch in Levin was made by the! presrdent, Mr. E. R. Winkler; following Mr. Tarrant's ad'dreSS. . i , , °f than-ks was tendered >. rne speaker on the motion of Mr F. H. Hudson, while he was introduced by Mr. H. B. Burdekin ?