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POWER ANO INTERNATIONAL AGGRES·
SION.
"EXCEPT TIIE LORD BUlLO THE
HOUSE, THEY LABOR IN
VAJN
THAT
BUILD IT." THE UNITED NATIONS
ORGANIZJ\TION WILL FAIL.
IT
IS DOOMED
BEFORE IT STARTS!
* * *
That is what
1
wrote
in
San Fran-
cisco, Sunday Apri l 29th, 1945 - more
than a quarter of a century ago!
1
had seen so much savage bickeriog
and angry struggle for selfish national
advantagc,
I
think
I
was stirred to sorne
heat of indignation as
1
wrote.
I
remember one press conference held
by the American Secretary of State:
Edward Stettinius. We press representa–
tives v:ere kept waiting some 40 or 45
minutes, as
I
remember, before Secretary
Stettinius entered the room. He was
steaming hot with anger. He had been
detained by Mr. Molotov of the USSR
in another meeting. H e burst out, in
an off-the-cuff explanation, with indig–
nation at the unfair, unreasonable and
antagonistic tactics the Russian had used
in detaioing him.
I
remember the scene as the chief
delegates of the "Big Three' ' Powers
arrived at the Opera House for the
opening Plenary Sessions. Mrs. Arm–
strong and
1
were standing on the steps
just 11bove the front sidewalk when a
Cadillac limousine rolled to a stop. Out
stepped Sir Anthony Eden, smiling and
handsome. The news photographers
asked if he would pose for a picture.
"Certainly," he smiled.
lt happened
Mes.
Armstrong and
were standing in the exact spot the pho–
togs wanted to place Mr. Eden. We
stepped to ene side and gave him our
spot.
1
don't remember whether we were
caught in the picture.
lt was the same when Secretary of
State Stettinius arrived, also handsome
and smiling.
Then two CadiiJac limousines rolled to
a stop. Out of the first car leaped seven
uniformed men. l'm not sure now, but
1
believe thcy were armed. They dashed to
the rear door of the second cae, and,
with three or four more uniformed
guards leaping out of the second car,
formed a double line before the rear
door. Grim and scowling, Mr. Molotov
The
PLAIN TRUTH
stepped out lxtween the two unt–
formed lines. Then the whole procession
walked stiffly aod unsmiling, with
Molotov completely surrounded by his
guards, up the steps.
1
attended a special Molotov press
conference. He was the same. Bellig–
erent, unsmiling, accusing the United
States, praisiog the USSR.
What an opportunity for the United
States to have championed the rights of
those smaller downtroddcn ill-treated
countries between East and West Europe
- Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland,
Czechoslovakia, Rumania, Yugoslavia.
The United States was by far the
strongest military Power in all world
history then. We had the atom bomb.
Russia had no nuclear weapons .
If
the
Uoited States had stood up to Russia IN
STRENGTH, and given its demands, the
Krernlin
1uordd
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have risked war.
But we had lost the pride of our power.
We weakly submitted to Russia's
demands and threats.
And as a result the United Nations
has become virtuaJJy a Kremlin SOUND·
JNG
BOARD for propaganda before the
world.
The world
couLD
have peace - if
men in power in the Great Powers were
willing to sacrifice selfish national inter–
est, and personal aggrandizement, and
if g iant powers like the United States
were willing to use their power to
defend the rights of trampled-over little
nations.
But men in power are human, swayed
by human nature. They are NOT will–
ing. And so, where do we go from
here? ls humanity self-DOOMED? The
answer is emphatically NO!
The answer is to be found in our
intriguiog booklet,
The IY/onderful
IY/orld Tomorrow
-
IY/hat it IY/ill
Be Like.
lt's sent gratis, of course.
In it you are going to take an astonished
glimpse into a new world - as it will
be in just ten or fifteen short years.
l'll count it a privilege to send this
along to you, if you haven't read it
already. It will bring you thc facts - it
sizzles with interest, and gives you
sound reassurance. Thcse problems
wi/J
be solved, after all. Personally, 1 look
forward in faith and confidence -
and so should you. O
Au¡tust-September 1970
tr/Mt
Our
READERS SAY
(Continued from imide front cover)
you said about people not wanting to
help any one for fear of being involved
rushed ioto my mind ... but
I
didn't
stop for anything, just ran to the phone
and called the police. They carne right
away and did get the
three
men who
attacked this woman. She was badly
beaten and her face badly cut - she
was taken to the hospital.
1
can't under–
stand why people will not at least caU
the police. It didn't hurt me a bit to
do that."
W
H
ynooa .,
Mílwaukee, Wisconsin
"After reading the artide 'Oh, Was
That You Screaming'
in
The
PLAIN
TRUTH ( April-May)
l
decided it was
time
I
became a cootributor.
1
wish
everyone could read this with just at
least a little bit of concern. So I
am
sending a contribution for what
1
have
become convioced is truly a worthwhile
cause."
Thomas
E.,
Guttenberg, Iowa
e
Thank you! Thaf
J
one way of
becoming invoived where thoiiJands wi//
benefit (Jee the Jllne-Juiy "Personal
from the Editor').
"Personal Reconstruction"
"1 am trying to get involved ( for
the first time in my life) constructively.
I
am sick of beiog a hippie - having
ruined things for myself by dropping
out of university after ene year and
living common law with my boyfriend
for another year on drugs, etc.
1
have
returned home to my parents with my
child and am planning to continue my
education. My droppiog out of society
a year ago only caused a lot of pain to
all
concemed. Your PLAIN TRUTH
magazine appeals to my personal recon–
struction campaigo to make the most
out of what's left of my life."
Mrs. M. A.
C.,
Stratford, Ontario
"1 have received your recent booklets
and artides that 1 requested. l've been
sitting in this prisco for 16 months