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DECEMBER 22, 1956.
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NEW DELHI — A world on the
brink of calamity precipitated it
self here into the long-range de
liberations of the United Nations
Educational, Scientific and Cul
tural Organization on how to
construct “in the minds of men
. . . the defenses of peace.”
The month-long. sessions of
UNESCO’s ninth General Confer
ence were marked by repeated
attempts by the Soviet Union and
her satellites to condemn Anglo-
French “aggression” in Egypt and
at the same time to sidetrack any
reference to communist bestiali
ty in Hungary.
But following, the leadership of
Italy’s delegate Dr. Vittorino Ve
ronese, former Italian Catholic
Action president who is now gen
eral secretary of the Permanent
Committee for International Con
gresses of the Apostolate of the
Laity—the 77-nation body beat
down communist attempts to
make UNESCO a Red propagan
da agency.
The chief of the U.S. delega
tion, Stanley C. Allyn, president
of the National Cash Register
Company, warned against at
tempts to distort the organiza
tion’s work “for political or pro
paganda purposes.” Pledging
America’s continued support, he
said:
“To those who believe in the
goals of UNESCO, the present
crisis is another proof of the con
tinuing, if not indeed of the in
creasing, importance of UNESCO
. . . Our task is not to seek the
spectacular victory; ours is the
slow, methodical and sometimes
thankless task of him who plants
the trees in the hope that future
generations will reap the fruits of
his labor.”
In the course of its biennial
meeting, UNESCO adopted by ac
clamation of Belgian resoldtion
appropriating, $200,000 to aid in
restoring war-ravaged schools in
Hungary and the Near East.
The General Conference also:
•—Adopted by a vote of almost
two to one a U.S. resolution deny-
.,itig UNESCO membership to
communist China.
—Approved concentration of
UNESCO’s international work on
three major projects: aid in the
development of the primary edu
cation systems in 20 Latin Amer
ican nations; scientific research
on arid lands, and promoting mu
tual appreciation of Asian and
Western cultural values. Under
the education project for Latin
America, where more than half
the children have no schools,
UNESCO will cooperate with
Latin American governments in
the establishment of teacher train
ing colleges, and will provide
fellowships and research funds.
—Voted a budget of $22,600,000
to carry out UNESCO activities
during the next two years.
—Heard a call by Govardhan
Mapara, general secretary of the
Asian Regional Organization of
the International Confederation
of Free Trade Unions, urging that
UNESCO demand of the Soviet
Union “that the jamming of radio
broadcasts from non-communist
countries stop forthwith.”
—Unanimously elected , Italy’s
Dr. Veronese as chairman of the
UNESCO executive board, which
decides policy matters that arise
during the intervals between the
General Conferences. Among the
15 new members of the executive
board—which was increased from
22 to 24 members—was Dr. Athel-
stan Spilhaus, vice chairman of
the U.S. National Commission for
UNESCO and dean of the Univer
sity of Minnesota’s Institute of
Technology.
On November 5, the .opening
day of the conference, Archbishop
Joseph Fernandes of. Delhi and
Simla offered Mass for its suc
cess. Among those attending were
Dr. Luther Evans, Director Gen
eral of UNESCO and formerly
U.S. Librarian of Congress, three
deputy directors general, and
numerous delegates and mem
bers of the UNESCO secretariat.
The presence of some 800 del
egates and observers here made
the conference the largest of a
worldwide organization ever to be
held in Asia,
choslovakian delegations joined in
presenting a resolution to brand
the Anglo-French action in Egypt
as “aggression,” Dr. Veronese
gained the floor and declared
that what “belongs” to the U.N.
should be left to the U.N.
Pointing out that the oppression
of Hungary had been left unmen
tioned by the communists, he de
clared emphatically that UNESCO
should be the conscience of all
peoples and all oppressions . . .
But the 46-year-old Italian law
yer asserted that UNESCO’s task
is in the fields of education, sci
ence and culture, and that purely
political matters should be left
to the United Nations itself.
One resolution which would
have sidetracked the Hungarian
crisis came in the form of a com
munist attempt to amend a reso-
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subject of Egypt, and to ignore
the crushing of the fight for free
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