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acres in Vietnam. Sourh Africa op–
posed Principl<: Number 1 of rhe 26
because ir soughr ro condemn aparr–
heid and racial segregarion. China
foughr ro omit Principie umbcr 26
which cal led for an end ro all nuclear
resring. (In spire of worldwide pro–
tests,
Francc was resring irs nuclear
weapons even during rhis confer–
ence.)
"T hird
W
orld" Dilemma
The environmenral concerns of de–
vcloping narions are verv differenr
from rhose of rhc industrial narions.
Developing counrries (commonly
re–
fcrrecl
ro
as che Third World) wanr
ro
cxploir rheir nacural resources rapidh•
and process more of them ar home in
order ro earn foreign exchangc and
raise rheir srandards of living.
' 'The wcalrhv counrries worry
abour car fumes. We worrv abour
srarvarion." This is rypical of rhe
vicwpoinr of represenrarivcs of rhe
Third World. To rhem. ic's a marrer
of prioriries. "Some of us would
rarher see smoke coming our of a fac–
rorv
and men employed rhan no fac–
rory at all."
Íf growrh
is
going to be limired
ro
safeguard rhe environmenr. whar can
be done ro assure a decenr standard of
living for rhe pcople of rhc Third
World? lf rhe world's resources musr
be rarioned, how can rh:n be done
cquirably, and who wi ll make rhe de–
cisions?
Many are rhc men who recognize
rhe necessiry of immediare acrion.
Speaking ar Srockholm. rhe Secrerary–
General of rhe Council of Europe,
Dr. Jujo Toncic-Sorinj srared: "This
conference has come abour ...
bccause rhe warnings of rhe scienrisrs
and orher responsible leaders have
bccome roo scrious
co
bt: disregar–
ded. . . . If rhis Conference is ro be
rhe milesrone ir musr be ... all rhe
governmenrs and peoples of rhe
world [musr] srarr planning. manag–
ing and governing our plancr as rheir
common herirage. This supposes rhat
a grearer sense of internacional soli–
dariry rhan exisrs roday can be creared
PLAIN TRUTH December 19 72
bv a dramaric coopcrarive effort...
Governmenrs are made up of men
and women - pcople who as individ–
u:~ls
and rogerher as narion-srares
muse work out che solutions ro glo–
bal problems
in htmnon)'
i
f
rhey
:m.' ro
succeed. Dr. Barry Commoner, a lead–
ing U. S. environmenral scicnrisr.
boiled ir down: ·•... when any envi–
ronmenral issue is pursued ro irs ori–
gi ns ir rcve:.tls a n inescapab le
rrurh ... a peace among meo musr
precede rhe peace wirh narure.''
Human Nacure - Root of
the Pro blem
Iris unfashionablc ro poinr out che
sums of mankind's failings.
1
r is
equally unpopular ro challenge rhe
popular concepr rhac man is basically
all righr and will solve his problcms
wirh a lirrle more rime. mone)' and
educarion.
Bur ir should be obvious rhat che
basic problem ac rhe Scockholm Con–
ference, and in mosr orher such con–
fercnccs. is rhe greed and self-inrcrest
of man. This is nor ro say rhac people
are nor sincere. Many people are nor
only sincere, bur are also honcsrlv
doing cheir bcsr
ro
improvc rhings.
They
ARE
seeking solurions. They
DO
wanr peace. They
DO
seek happiness
and success for rhemselves
AND
orh–
ers. Bur - and chis is rhe crux of che
matter - they do nor realizc rhar
man, in and of himsclf, does
NOT
pos–
sess rhe capabiliry
ro
direcr his way of
1
i
fe ro
pea
ce.
Man has a rremendous capaciry for
invenrion and for appreciarion of rhe
fine ares. He writcs symphonics and
builds hugc ciries. Yer, as U. Alcxis
Johnson. U. S. Undersecrerary of Srare
for Política! Affairs, poínred our re–
cently, "Technology
is
hurrying us
into che future ar a rare rhat neirhcr
our undersrandi ng nor our in–
sriruríons. including our díplomaríc
oncs. seem ablc ro comprchend or
cope wirh."
Men often rry thei r bes
t.
Yer rhe
solurions rhey propose, rhe decisions
rhey make, rhe avcnues rhev follow
- whích may secm logical and ra-
rional ro rhem from rheir own view–
point and posirion - onlv add ro rhe
rragic record of hisron·. Humanicv is
blind ro rhc real causes of war. mísery,
deach and pollurion. The fundamen–
tal cause is sclfishness - rhe way
of
gerring insread of rhc way of giving
and helping orhers.
The obvious solurion
ro
all rhe
qucscions and problems posed earlicr
in chis arricle was ncver even mcn–
rioned ar rhe Srockholm Confercncc:
a world governmcnr dedicared ro rhe
wav of seJAessnes.s. love and gíving.
Ir's a musr - rhere's no ocher answer.
Bur thc facc is rhar ir is impossiblc
under rhe presenr svsrem of sovercign
narion-srares- wirh all rheir connicr–
ing self-ínrerests - for divíded man–
kínd
co
"build such a world govcrn–
ment of and bv himsclf.
Wc
scate uneguivocally and boldly
char man musr havc rhc help of rhe
Beíng who put him on rhis earrh if
he is ro solve rhe problcms which he
faces. Man musr come ro recognize
bis own basic narure and realize char
he will nor find rhe solurions ro his
problems in Scockholm or anywhcre
els<:
wirhour rhe dirccr help of an ex–
cerna! source.
Yes. we mean God!
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