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    "ocrText": "-6-\nII. UNITED NATIONS\nUS Ambassador Advocates Harmony to Prevent Future War. - US\nAmbassador Warren R. Austin,\nin an address of August 12 on the\n/\npromotion of world government and the preservation of the UN, said\nthat assuming we have faith in the fundamental principles of the UN\nCharter, it is clear that we must not break the combination which we\ncreated to effectuate such principles. He declared:\n\"We would thereby render impossible the cooperation\nnecessary for the foundation of abiding and prevailing peace.\nWe would set up the opposite of it, and that is competing\norganizations-at least two of them-=one led by the United\nStates; the other led by the Soviet Union. The logical\neffect of such a situation would be a residual bloc or blocs,\nunable, for various reasons, to become a member of either\nthe so-called world government, led, for the time being, by\nthe United States, or the Soviet bloc led by the Soviet Union.\n\"Are we not firmly convinced that the principle of\nuniversality should be protected and promoted? Is it not clear\nthat the cause of peace would be better served with the Soviet\ngroup and all other member states remaining in the United\ncity\nNations? 7\nUS Evaluates Work of UN Interim Committee Opposed by USSR. - In\nto 6 CHATIONAL SEGVICE* t\na statement before the UN Interim Committee on August 10, Charles P.\nNoyes, Deputy US Representative, expressed approval of a subcommittee\nreport recommending that the Interim Committee should be reestablished\nfor an indefinite period. He declared:\n\"Furthermore, I think it must now be clear that the mem-\nbership of the United Nations is not using the Interim Com-\nmittee, as the Soviet Union has charged, as a crude device to\nbypass the Security Council. While we may continue to hope\nthat these six _nonparticipating7 member states may change\ntheir viows and come eventually to participate in the Interim\nCommittee work, we believe it undesirable as a matter of\nprinciple, in the light of the Soviet Union's policy in and out\nof the United Nations, that the vast majority of the membership\nof the United Nations should abandon this constructive effort\nsimply because of Soviet opposition and nonparticipation. \" 8\nUSSR Opposes Point Four Program in ECOSOC. - The UN Economic\nand Social Council, holding its ninth session in Geneva, discussed\neconomic development of underdeveloped areas and asked its Economic\nCommittee to outline a workable procedure for putting into operation\na technical aid plan, to be submitted at this session. In debate on\nBulletin, August 29, p. 283. (Address at the Berkshire Festival,\nLenox, Mass,\nIbid., August 22, p. 251."
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