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    "ocrText": "-7-\nIV. CONTINUED SOVIET OBSTRUCTION IN THE UNITED NATIONS\nAspects of Security. -- Durward V. Sandifer, Acting Direc-\ntor of the Department's Office of United Nations Affairs, in\nan address of March 29 surveyed opportunities in the work of\nthe U.N. to create a stable world. On the subject of inter-\nnational security, \"our most serious concern today\", he said\nthat Soviet obstructionism has been a roadblock to the attain-\nment of U.N. objectives with respect to atomic-energy con-\ntrol, armaments regulation, supply of armed forces to the\nU.N., and pacific settlement of disputes. Referring to the\nresponsibility of the U.N. to assist dependent peoples, he\npointed up the Soviet use of all U.N. organs, as woll as the\nSoviet press and radio, in season and out of season, to\nincite the unrest of the colonial peoples of the world.\n1\n\"Point Four\". -- The U.S. proposal for an expanded U.N.\nprogram of technical cooperation to promote economic develop-\nment, presented to the Economic and Social Council by U. S.\nRepresentative Willard L. Thorp, was received with general\nfavor except by the Soviet bloc. The U.S.S.R. charged that\nthe resolution was couched in such general terms that it was\nimpossible to pass judgment on it, and suggested that larger\nforeign investments would do more harm than good. The Polish\nrepresentative was extremely critical and termed the program\na plan to give great American corporations unbridled rein\nover underdeveloped countries.\n2\nVIFTU Allegations. -- Leroy D. Stinebower, U.S. Deputy\nRepresentative to the Economic and Social Council, on March 8\ncharged that memoranda submitted by the World Federation of\nTrade Unions, accusing a long list of nations with infringe-\nment of trade-union rights but ignoring such offenses behind\nthe Iron Curtain, thus revealed that \"these allegations are\nmotivated by Communist considerations for Communist objectives.\"\nHe spoke of the WFTU's apparent satisfaction with the prac-\ntices in the U.S.S.R. and its satellites, where \"the workers\nare required to sacrifice to the party and the Government\ntheir personal liberties and freedoms - their freedom to join\na union of their own choosing and their freedom to be heard\non union policies.\" Pointing out that the U.S. did not\n\"affirm or deny the accuracy of any of the specific allegations\nin the VFTU documents\", Mr. Stinebower urged that the matter\nbe transmitted to the ILO for its consideration.\n3\n1\nPress relense 197, March 29.\nThese developments occurring in February were published\nby the Department in March. Bulletin, March 6, pp. 283, 295;\nMarch 13, p. 313.\nBulletin, March 20, pp. 358-359."
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