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...precarious settlement of the Iran crisis last week was U.N.'s most dramatic victory to date...
...Army Day in the U.S., President Truman (see NATIONAL AFFAIRS) stated the U.S. position on dependent peoples even more strongly than he had in his Navy Day speech. Truman said: "We hope for the peaceful settlement of the differences which have arisen between colonial peoples and colonial sovereigns in all areas. The roots of democracy, however, will not draw much nourishment in any nation from a soil of poverty and economic distress...
Grave charges may be leveled against the United Nations, and more especially against the big four who dominate it. Overemphasis has been placed on the urgency of patching up the local sore spots of a still unhealthy world. The real cures to be derived from settlement of the war and active promotion of the peace are strangely neglected. On May first, the Peace Conference is scheduled to begin, and we suddenly realize that not one real treaty agreement has been reached. With bright optimism the Big Four foreign ministers announce plans to meet on April 25th, allowing five days...
Last week, she accepted an out-of-court settlement of $2,500. But that was not enough. She also insisted on a personal letter of apology from former student Ed Gardner...
...Chinese people are engaged in an effort which should command the grateful cooperation of the entire world. It is an effort almost without precedent. Their leaders are making daily progress toward the settlement . . . of deep-seated and bitter conflicts which have lasted for 20 years . . . . They are succeeding in . . . ending hostilities . . . and are now engaged in the business of demobilizing vast military forces and integrating the remainder into a national army. They have agreed to the basic principles for the achievement in China of political and economic advances which were centuries coming to Western democracies...