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By DAVII) HOROWITZ
UNITED NATIONS, (AJP) —
The UN has created a new type
“police force” unequalled anywhere
in the world. Some 150 young and
courteous blue-uniformed men go
to their designated posts here at
World Headquarters and attend to
their daily duties as international
servants. Seeing them from day to
day, as this writer does, they ap
pear more the “guide" than the
"policeman.” Indeed, the term
“police” is never used here. They
are properly referred to as "Secur
ity Officers." In accordance with
UN regulations, they bear no arms.
In ease of trouble, they must rely
entirely on their hands and psy
chology. Ju-jitsu plays an impor
tant part with them, especially with
those who are yearly assigned for
Field Service in the Middle East,
Lybia and other Trust Territories
where a UN Commission is at work.
But, whether at Headquarters or
in the field, the world is beginning
to tiike note of a new type "police
man" possibly the prototype of
the future “One World" officer.
Mitchell Goldstein boasting a
record of four years' service with
the U. S. Marine corps, saw action
in the European theatre during
World War 11 and spent 1945 in
Korea and China — is one of seven
Americans of the Jewish faith at
tached to approximately 75 per
cent of guards representing the
United States here. The other 25
per cent is from Europe, Canada,
Central and South America. Inter
estingly, the U. S. S. R. and satel
lite countries including the Asian
and Arab countries are not repre
sented.
"Though the men belong to va
rious religious religions and races,"
security officer Goldstein told the
writer during a visit to the AJP
office here, “They are all free
trom any racial and religious bias
or prejudice. A feeling of true
universality, he said, “motivates
all of us. We feel part and parcel
of an international order. Of
course, we do not lack a sense of
humor, the six-foot tall Goldstein
added with a smile. “For example,
whenever the rotation system
brings me to the platoon that raises
the sixtv-member nations’ flags
each morning, my fellow officers
usually assign me with the task of
raising the Blue and White Israeli
tlag. In the same manner, we let
a French officer raise the French
flag, a Belgium the Belgium flag,
etc. Sometimes it falls to my lot
to raise an Arab flag — all in the
true UN spirit."
Defining the meaning of the Se
curity force, Goldstein gave the
following picture:
"Our principal function is to pro
tect lives and property; to keep
peace and order and to be generally
helpful when dealing with the pub
lic. The entire corps — operated
as a semi-military organization —
is divided into two main sections
Headquarters and Field services
At headquarters there are five pla
toons. One is assigned to cover all
meetings and special events. The
other four rotate around the clock
to give a 24-hour coverage of the
UN-compound and buildings. Each
officer is required to patrol a set
post which has regular and set or
ders. As for the Field service, the
men are assigned from headquar
ters to various missions overseas,
including the protection of UN per
sonnel and property. Recruitment
is for about one year. An officer,
however, may not go to a country
where his own nationality is in
volved in a dispute or settlement
Hence no guard of the Jewish faith
has ever been sent to Israel.”
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