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SUMMARY REPORT OF TWENTIETH MEETING OF COMMITTEE 111/1 Veterans Building, BQQm 223, June ~, 1945, 10:40 ~. Page 2, item 2, paragraph 2-- The Delegate of the United States urged that the text be adopted as unanimously as possible. LParagraph 1, Section C, Chapter vI7 In this connection he gave the following explanation of the manner in which the veto would operate with respect to methods for pacific settlement: He stated that when a permanent member of the Council was a party to a dispute, its enforced abstention would mean that the other four permanent members and three of the non permanent members might reach a decision which involved a judgment concerning "the rightness or wrongness of a dispute". This decision could include recommendations as to the terms of settlement. He observed, therefore, [that "there is no exception from the judgment of the bar of the world". The Delegate pointed out that, when no permanent member Was a party to a dispute every means of pacific settlement was opeh. After these means had been exhausted the parties were obliged to present the case to the Council. The veto would not apply ijither to a discussion of the matter or to an invitation to other interested nations to participate in the discussion. He suggested that a solution might be forth coming from the discussions, without the necessity of a decision. He compared application of the veto to the requirement of unanimity among the jurors in a criminal trial. He argued that unanimity would help assure acceptance of the recommenda tions for peaceful settlement, since they would thus carry the united weight of the nations of the world. With respect to the exercise of the veto in decisions to apply sanctions, the Delegate of the United States observed that this meant that if a major power became the aggressor the Council had no power to prevent war. In such case the inherent right of self-defense applied, and the nations of the world must decide whether or hot they would go to war. In conclusion, he expressed the opinion that although the proposed Charter was not perf~ct and ~ld be difficult to operate, it was as good as, or better than, any other system that could be devised. . ..
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u.s. DELEGATION MINUTES QE TWENTIETH MEETING OF COMMISSION III, COMMITTEE 1-- (Page 1, paragraph 2)
The Delegate of the United States (Commander Stassen) explained in some detail the deliberations of Committee III/2 on Section A of Chapter VIII and the relation of the veto thereto. He explained that where a permanent member is a party to a dispute that member cannot vote and that a decision under that section would be taken by the affirmative vote of all permanent members not involved in the dispute, plus a sufficient number of non-permanent members not involved in the dispute, plus a sufficient number of non-permanent' members to total 7. He referred to paragraph 4 of Section A wherein the Security Council may recommend terms of settlement to the permanent Council members should they be parties to a dispute. In such cases there would be no exemption from the bar of justice; the permanent members would not be above the law. He also pOinted out that in Chapter VIII A en couragement is given to all kinds of peaceful settlement outside of the Security Council. In addition any party has a right to call a matter to the attention of the Security . Council, thus permitting discussion to take place. This would be by a procedural vote. Moreover, an invitation to non members of the Security Council under paragraph 5 of VI, D to participate in discussion would be made by a procedural vote. Only when action is required would the unanimous vote ot all permanent members be required; that ls, in the taking of decisions for enforuement action. II1ss Louise Wh1 te, SPA Bennie Mae Stevens, SA Authorization tor Pinance Otticer to Pay Per Diem to Commander Harold B. Stassen tor the Period April 13 to 19 and July, to 8 and Mrs. Stassen's Room Rent in San Francisco.
Some time ago Mr. Gerig advised me that he felt sure the Department would agree to paying Commander Stassen per diem tor the time he spent in Washington prior to and tollowing the San Francisco Conference which was trom 9 a.m., April 131 to 12 noon, April 19, and trom 11 a.m., July" to ,ljO p.m., July 8 and that he would recommend such payment. These V1sitst ot Commander Stassen to Washington were tor the purpose, in the first instance t ot attending pre liminary meetings ot the United States Delegation and, in the secondtot consultation with President truman and other orticia1s regarding his release trom the assignment ot U.S. Delegate. With regard to reimbursement to Commander Stassen tor the amount he paid the Fairmont Hotel in San Francisco to cover Mrs. Stassen's room rent, Mrs. fho~ne, BJ't informed me that they would need a memorandum ot authorization trom you betore such reimbursement could be made. I was told by Mrs. Clement that you had said the State Department would handle this matter. I would therefore, appreciate your authorizing the Pinance &tticer to pay these two items by memorandum which I may attach to the vouchers I am now preparing.
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July 10, 194~
The Bohemian Club San Francisco t Calitornia AccountIng Department Gentlemen. I am trying to put in order allot Commander Harold B. St.... n·s reoord8 trom the San Francisco Cont.rence, and I 40 not tind a receipted statement tor the luncheon wbioh he gave at the Bohemian Club on June 22. It is mf recolleotion that someona in the accounting department gave me the total charge bY telephone a day or 80 betore the Conterence cl08ed, and that I mailed you a check in that amount. Would you ldn4ly check on this and intorm me it I am correct. It a statement had not been submitted at the time the bill was paid, would you furnish me with one, marked paid, to complete my records. Your cooperation in this matter will be greatly appreciated. Sincerely yours,
(Mrs.) B. U. Stevens Seoretary to Comdr. Stassen
Room 220 t Jlain State Building Department ot State Washington 2~, D. C. STATEM ENT BOHEMIAN CLUB POST AND TAYLOR STREETS SAN FRANCISCO 2, CALIfORNIA clUN 26 1945 r Oomdr. H. E. Stassen, June 30, 1945. M,x xlii I' ,tI •••• ~x¥CXX"W)dx\xx1«iXxJy lffiirmont Hotel, SfI&!i xiua iiliiKx I San Francisco, Oalif. L AMOUNT ENCLOSED 5 ______PLEAS!: DETACH AND RETURN STUB WITH YOUR REMITTANCE-YOUR CANCELLED CHECK WILL BE YOUR RECEIPT.
MISCELLANEOUS DATE RESTAURANT AND BAR CHARGES BALANCE CHARGES AND CREDITS HAY 31'(5 54.45
PAY LAST AMOUNT IN THIS COLUMN ~ . ARTICLE XXI. Monthly dues shall be payable in advance, together with any indebtedness incurred during the previous month. If payment of indebt edness is not made on or before the 20th of the month, it shall become delinquent. The name of a delinquent member and the amount of his in debtedness shall be posted in the Club and notice of his delinquency shall be given to him by the Secretary. From the date of such posting further credit shall be denied such member untill the indebtedness shall be paid in fUll. BOHEMIAN CL.UB. SAN FRANCISCO. CALI,.. ADJ-ADJUSTMENTS LOY-LAUNDRY SUN-SUNDRY ITEMS VAL-VALET BRE-CAMP BROMLEY OR RENTAL L-M-LABOR OR MATERIAL AT GROVE TAX-TAX V-<:-VISITOR CARDS OF EQUIPMENT MSE-MIDSUMMER ENC/lMPMENT CHG. TSP-TRAPS OR SWIMMING POOL XMS-CHRISTMAS Box B-S-BARBER SHOP RMS-RoOM RENTAL T-T-TELEPHONE OR TELEGRAM DUS-DuES INCLUDING TAX SCE-SHARE CAMP ExPENSE STATEM ENT BOHEMIAN CLUB POST AND TAYLOR STREETS SAN FRANCISCO 2, CALIFORNIA
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Comdr . H. ~ . Stassen June 30,1945 Fairmont TIotel , San Francisco, Calif. L AMOUNT ENCLOSED
PLEASE DETACH AND RETURN STUB WITH YOUR REMITTANCE-YOUR CANCELLED CHECK WILL BE YOUR RECEIPT. ------$------
MISCELLANEOUS DATE RESTAURANT AND BAR CHARGES BALANCE CHARGES AND CREDITS
54.45 s JU, 24145 50.23 8.65 11 3.3 3 s JU~ 2 6 145 54.45 .. 58.88 s
PAY LAST AMOUNT IN THIS COLUMN 5 ARTICLE XXI . Monthly dues shall be payable in advance, together with ..y indebtedness incurred during the previous month. If payment of indebt edness is not made on or before the 20th of the month, it shall become delinquent. The name of a delinquent member ud the amount of his in debtedness shall be posted in the Club, and notice of his delinquency shall be given to him by the Secretary. from the date of ~uch posting further credit shall be denied such member until the Indebtedness shall be paId in full. BOHEMIAN CLUB. SAN FRANCISCO, CALIF'. ADJ·ADJUSTMENTS LOY-LAUNDRY SUN-SUNDRY ITEM. VAL-VALET BRE·CAMP BROMLEY OR RENTAL L-M-LABOR OR MATERIAL AT GROVE TAX-TAX V-C-VISITOR CARDS OF EQUIP,,"ENT MSE-MIDSUMMER ENCAMPMENT CHG. TSP-TRAP. OR SWIMMING POOL XMS-CHRISTMA8 Box B-S·BARBER SHOP RMS-.ROOM RENTAL T-T-TELEPHONE OR TELEGRAM DUS-DuES INCLUDING TAX SCE-SHARE CAMP EXPENSE ~ BOHEMIAN CLUB
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BELGIUM L I Augus te De Sohryver Acting Chairman BRAZIL t via 0 scimanto Brito Consul o~ Brazil CA H. H. Wrong Assoc . Underaec. state Ext. Af"fairs CEllA Hsu 0 Ambassador to Turkey COLOW Alberto Llaras Camargo 'ster of Foreign AttairB u- ·ECE Constantine Goulimis Legal Adviser I Fadhil Al-Jamali Director enera1, Foreign Att ir (oni tar) Charles Habib 11k I n1ster to the United States LUXEMBOURG Hughes La Gallais in1ster to the United States RUSSIA. K. • tlovikov Delegate of USSR SYRIA aria Ai-Khouri Prima nister j Deputy tor Damasous URUGUAY Jose Serrato :inis~er of Faeign Affairs .• ....--- -
Representatives 2n Committee Illig: Argentina •••••••••• Oscar Ibarra GARCIA •••••••••..•.••Ambassador to U.S. Australia •••••••••• Prof. K.H. BAlLEY ••••••••••••••••• Att. Gen. Dept.
-----4 Belgium •••••••••••• Charles de VISSCHER •••••••••••••••Minister w.o. portfolio, former. e1\'AZ IL 1 i9li•• ~ ••••.•••••• Octavio de Nascimento BRITO •••••••Consul of Brazil. A L.----l I3'OLIVIR •. • · ·•·• · . .. .• . e M U.CIS SALAMFtNCR ...... " _." •....C. H" 'R ~ DRFFAI"e5 ,.,,.130 6No~ IRf!:f Byelorussia ••••••••Anton R. ZHEBRAK •••.•••••••••.••••Academy of Sciences of U.S.S.R.
LA / tA-S~,~ ~' ~~nada ••••••••••••• H.H.WRONGI. •••••••••••.••••••••••••Assoc.Undersec. State Ext. Affairs. Chile ••••••••••••••Fausto SOTO ••••••••••••••••••••••• First Sec of Wash. Embassy. ~~'71!~ hina •.•••••.•.••••HSU Mo •..•••..•.••••••••.•••••••••Ambassador to Turkey. -- . Colombia ••••••••••• Eduardo Zuleta ANGEL ••••••••••••••Ambassador to Peru. Costa Rica •••••••••Julio Acosta GARCIA •••••••••••••••Minister of For. Relations. Cuba ••••••••••••••• Guy Perez CISNEROS •••••••••••••••• Cuban Foreign Servioe. Czechoslovakia ••••• Jan PAPANEK ••••••••••••••••••••••• Czeoh. Govt.lnfo.Servioe, N.Y.C. DfriMf\RI'( .. .• ...... ' " " Dominican Republio.Manuel A. Pena BATLLE ••••••••••••• Seo. State Foreign Affairs; Eouador •••••••••••• Gonzalo Esoudero MOSCOSO •••••••••• Minister to Uruguay. Egypt ••••••••••••••Adly Bey ANDRAOUS ••••••••••••••••• Judge, Mized Court. El Salvador ••••••••Heotor David CASTRO •••••••••••••••Former Ambassador to U.S. Ethiopia •••••••••••Ato Aklilou ABTE-WOLD •••••••••••••Vice-Min. Foreign Affairs. France •••••••••••••Jules BASDEVANT ••••••••••••••••••• Legal Advisor, Min. For. Affairs. Greece •••••••••••••John PeLITIS ••••••••••••••••••••••Amb. Extraord. & Plentip. Guatemala •••••••••• Francisco VILLAGRAN •••••••••••••••Adviser to delegation. Haiti •••••••••••••• Pierre CHAUVET ••••••••••••.••••••• Undersec. State for Commeroe. Honduras •••••••••••Virgilio R. GALVEZ •••••••••••••••• Undersec. State for Treasury. India ••••••••••••••Sir V.T. KRISHNAMACHARI •••••••••••Repres. of Indian States. Iran ••••••••••••••• Nasrollah ENTEZAM ••••••••••••••••• Former Min. Foreign Affairs.
Iraq ••••••••••••••• ~~jid KHADDURI •••••••••••••••••••• Prof. Higher Teachers College. Lebanon ••••••••••••Abdallah YAFI •••••••••••••••••••••Deputy; Former Prime Minister. Liberia ••••••••••••Col. Moses GRANT •••••••••••••••••• Frontier Foroe C.O.; ¥il. Aide. Luxembourg •••••••••Alphonse ALS ••••••••••••••••••••••Ministry Foreign Affairs. . . .. -' ...
Mexico ••••••••• • •• Manuel Moreno SANCHEZ •••••••••••House of Repres.;Natl Univ. Mexico. Netherlands •••••••J.H. van ROYEN •••••••••••••••••• Counselor of Embassy. New Zealand ••••••• J.V. WILSON ••••••••••••••••••••• Dept. Ext. Affairs, Counselor., Nicaragua ••••••••• Gu1llermo Sevilla SACASA •••••••• Ambassador to U.S. ~y •••••••••••• Edvard HAMBRO ••••••••••••••••••• First Sec., Min. Foreign Affairs. Panama •••••••••••• Octavio Mendez PEREIRA •••••••••• Pres. Interam. Univ., Panama.
Paraguay •••••••••• Cesar R. ACOSTA~ •••••••••••••••• Counselor, Wash. Embassy. Peru •••••••••••••• Luis Fernan CISNEROS ••••••••• , •• Ambassador to Mexico. Philippines •••••••Jose F. IMPERIAL •••••••••••••••• For. Servo Asst.; Advisor to Delegatior. Saudi Arabia •••••• (Shaikh) Abdul Rahman AL-BASSAM.Second Asst, Min. Foreign Affairs Syria ••••••••••••• Toufik HUNEIDI ••••••••••••••••••Sec. to Delegation. Turkey ••••••••••••A. Sukru ESMER •••••••••••••••••• Deputy for Istanbul. Ukraine ••••••••••• Ivan S. SENIN •••••••••••••••••••Vice-Chairman of Delegation. Union of S. Africa •• J.R. JORDAN ••••••••••.•••••••• Charge d'Affaires, Wash. Legation. U.S.S.R ••••••••••• Georgy N. ZARUBIN ••••••••••••••• Advisor; substitute to 111/2. G.P. ARKADIEV ••••••••••••••••••• Advisor; original member of 111/2. United Kingdom •••• Sir William MALKIN •••••••••••••• Legal Adviser to Delegation. United States •••••HES and CONNALLY
r--4 Uruguay •••••••••••Jose SERRATO ••••••••••••••••••••Minister of Foreign Affairs. Jacobo VARELA •••••••••••••••••••Alternate chairman with above. Jose A. Mora OTERO •••••••••••••• Chief asst. to above chairmen. Venezuela •••••••••Manuel Perez GUERRERO ••••••••••• Post War Plan. Corom; Chief Sec. Gen. yugoslavia •••••••• Teodor GJURGJEVIC ••••••••••••••• Chief of Protocol, Legal Adviser. -~-~~ ~~(/~ ~ ~~~- ' {[JQO~~ voting Delegates in Attendance at Committee 11/4 (Where more than one name appears, the first named has been the representati'fre most regularly in attendance. A delegate of superior rank not regularly in attendance is indicated by an *.) • -~~~-~ Argentina - Santiago Diaz Bialet
~ - Herbert Vere ~; Francis Michael Forde*
~v'~~ - Auguste De Schryver at- - No representative.
Brazil Carlos Martins; ~Ticente de Paula Galliez Byelo Russia - Georgy I. Baidakov
Canada ~. Q. Wilgress; H. H. Wrong;
Chile Julio Escudero; Fernando Illanes
China -"fT. K. Wellington Koo Columbia - Lius Eduardo Nieto Arteta Costa Rica - Julio Acosta Garcia - Francisco Aguirre
Czechoslovakia - Ernest sturc; I van Kerno*; 'Tladirnir 1Tochoc* Vaclav Benes*
~ Denmark - Hartvig Frisch, Dominican Republic - Miss Miner,ra Bernardino (once or twice) Ecuador - Neftali Ponce; Luis Eduardo Laso* Mohamed Awad; H. E. Abdel Hamid Pasha Badawi* El Salvador - Carlos Leiva (infrequently) ,.. ,.
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Ethiopia. - Ato Ambai Wold-Mariam France - Paul-Emile Naggiar Greece Constantine Goulimis -.~ Guatemala Jose Luis Mendoza; Manuel Noriega Morales* Haiti - Pierre Chauvet Honduras Jorge Fidel Duron
India Sir V. T. Krishnamachari Iran - Allah Yar Saleh . -> rug, - Fadhil ~lj~!2:i \, ~ Lebanon Charles Habib Malik
Liberia - Gabriel~. D~nniR; Richard Henries
__-~ Luxembourg - Hugues Le Gallais
Mexico - Rafael de la Colina
Netherlands - Charles O. "an der Plas New Zealand - Peter Fraser; A. D. McIntosh Nicaragua Colonel Luis Manuel de Bayle Norway - Jac. S. Worm-MUller Panama - No representative. faraguay - Juan Bautista Ayala (now and then) - Manuel B. Blosa
Phili~ine COmmonwealth - Brigadier General Carlos P. Romulo
~ Arabia - Asad EI-F~qih - Faris aI-Khouri Turkey - Sinasi Hisar I' •
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Ukrainian So~riet Socialist Republic - 1Tladimir G. Bondarchuk
~ Qf South Africa - H. T. Andrews.; D. L. Smit
Yn12n Qf So~iet ~cialist Republics - K. V. No~ikov
~ United Kingdom - The Viscount Cranborne Uruguay Cyro Giambruno Venezuela Carlos Rodriquez Jimenez
Yugosla~ia - Stanoje Simic
Secretariat of Committee 11/4 Eugene Chase, Secretary Harold Beeley, Associate Secretary Ruth Bacon, Assistant Secretary 1'Tilliam Yale, Assistant Secretary AUSTRALI A PERU Deputy Prime Minister Forde victor Andres Belaunde Dr . Evatt SOVIET UN I ON BELGIUM s. Tsarapkln Senator Rolin UNITED KINGD0111 CANADA Colonel D. Capel Dunn Ambassador Pearson Paul Gore Booth (has returned to Washington) URUGUAY COLOMBIA Hector Pay sse Reyes Sr . Lleras Camargo VENEZUELA ECUADOR , Rafael Ernesto Lopez Ambassador Galo Plaza Lasso EGYPT Mamdouh Bey Rlaz FRANCE , Guerin de Beaumont GREECE Constantine Goulimis INDIA Sir A. Ramaswami Mudaliar MEXICO !Jlanuel Tello It' NETHERLAND S Adrian Pelt NEW ZEALAND J . V. Wilson OFFICE OF THE MAYOR ROG E R D . LAPHAM SAN FRANCIS C O
July 17, 1945.
Commander Harold E. Stassen, USNR, Staff, Commander 3rd Fleet, C/O Fleet Post Office, San Francisco, California. My dear Commander: Under separate cover I am mailing to you, as a memento of the San Francisco Confer ence, a reproduction of the American Delegation signing the Charter of the United Nations. The negative of this historic picture was furnished by Mr. William D. Chandler, Asso ciate Editor of the San Francisco Chronicle, who published the picture on the first page of his paper on the closing day of the conference. San Francisco is more normal these days, but we stil l miss all our many guests. Imagine you won't be minding too much a change of scene. Hope to see you any time you are passing through San Francisco. THE UNDER SECRETARY OF STATE WASHINGTON
... July 30 , 1945
Dear Commander Stassen: Although my letter may not reach you for some time I do not want to let the occa sion of the ratification by the Senate of the United Nations Charter pass without sending my l'larmest congratulations to you as one of the American delegates to the San Francisco Conference. By your con structive work you contributed in a large measure to the formulation of a document which could ''lin the overwhelming approval of our Senate, and I want you to lcnow that your work is very highly appreciated. History will not forget your outstanding contribution to the result . iith high est eem and kindest personal regard, I am
Joseph C. Grew
Commander Harold E. Stassen, U8NR, Third Fleet Staff, Care of Fleet Post Office, San Francisco, California. I THE WHITE HOUSE i WASHINGTON i July 30, 1945
Dear Harold,
It gives me pleasure to send to you herewi th a photostated copy of an origina1 cartoon by Cliff Berryman which appeared in the Even'ing Star on June Z7, 1945.
Wi th best wishes,
Sincere~ yours,
Co~~der Harold E. Stassen 744 Stewart Lane So. St. Paul, Minnesota TOM CONNALLY, TEX., CHAIRMAN WJ.1.TER F. GEORGE, GA. HIRAM W. JOHNSON, CALIF. ROBERT F. WAQNER, N. YI ARTHUR CAPpm, KANS. ELBERT D. THOMAS. UTAH ROBERT M. LA FOLLETrE, JR •• WIS. JAMES E. MURRAY, MONT. ARTHUR H. VANDENBERG, MICH. CL.AUOE PEPPER, FLA. WALLACE H. WHITE, JR., MAINE THEODORE FRANCIS GREEN, R. I. HENRIK SHIPSTEAD, MINN. ALBEN W. BARKLEY, KY. WARREN R. AUSTIN, VT. JOSEPH F. GUFFEY. PA. STYL.ES BRIDGES, N. H. CARTER GLASS, VA. ALEXANDER WILEY, WIS. COMMITTEE ON FOI'tEIGN RELATIONS J AMES M. TUNNELL. DEL. CARL A. HATCH, N. MEX. LISTER HIL.L.. ALA. SCOTT W. LIJCA5, IL.L.. August 13, 1945
ROBERT". SHIRL.EY. CL.ERK Commander H. E. Stassen, U.S.N.R. Staff Command, Third Fleet c/o Fleet Post Office San Francisco, California
Dear Commander Stassen: This will acknowledge your note of the twenty ninth ultimo advising that you had received by radio the news as to the ratification of the Charter by the Senate. Allow me to thank you most earnestly for your generous comment respecting my services in connection nth the ratification as well as my services at San Francisco. It is mighty fine to have your worils of approval. I have been watching the operations of the Thini Fleet nth the knowledge that you were aboard Admiral Halsey's Flagship_ This morning I have noted that you are again in action. I want to extend to you my earnest congratulations upon the fine service which you are rendering. I hope, however, that the war may soon come to an end and save the 1ives of many thousands of American soldiers and sailors. Hoping to have personal contact with you upon your return am with cordial r.egards to you and Mrs. Stassen in which Mrs. ConnallY' joins me, I am SincerelY',
Te/lo THE UNITED NATIONS CONFERENCE
ON INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION
Dear Commander stassen, TO identify' myself still with the great enterprise in which I was but the cop; in one whee~ - Assistant in Information of the IR ternational ~ecretariat - and you the essence and the power for thfr machinery, I use this letterhead. First I must tell you that I was in Room 223 on the night of JUne 12th, when you made your ·epoch- making plea for the Charter. I was sitting, .so to speak at your feet - on the step that runs round the room, ten or twelve feet fromJand facinF\ you, 8enator Corililly and T,ord Halifax. I sat there from 8 . "30 to well past midnight, when the vote was taken •. your approach to the problem, stressing the faults in the new world-constitution by pointing out the criticism of the Foundinp; Fathers of our own 'sacred' Constitution was convin cing. But so was :,1r . EVatt. He swung me back ~o the small nations and their demand for equal rights. ~ena tor Corwlly' s 'Vm . Jennings Bryan-type of oratory and argument : 'Trust the 'Big Powers - you must trust themJ! (when Germany was a Big Power as late as '39 and up to then, alas trusted by many ~) did not, for me, confirm your case. I could hardly restrain myself from calJing out about Germany . Oh, at the Conference I badly wanted to make a speech - although I have ne ver in my life made one . T wanted to point out that no p;reat world movement could succeed without the greatest of the Christian virtues. Fai th and :-rope were strongly represented, but Chari ty was almost en tirely lacking. ~ Jot entirely, for in Mr . rr . v. soong's great opening speech at the First Plenary Ression he sounded a true note that Cha~ ty was in the Chinese agenda - even if it meant foregoing some so vereignty. But sincre my return to the turnip-fields I have been asl,::ed to talk four times locally about U. N. C. I.O. Once was over the radio from Mr. 'Jimmy' Byrnes home-town , spartanb~rg - a middle Routh hook-up, reaching about 30 cities, so I could tell his consti tuents that now they had sent him to boss our foreign affairs it was up to them to learn what he was up against. rrhat now they were ci tizens of u•• as much as of U.~. and they must be equally proud of both. rrhe director of the station rushed in when the advertising went on(in the middle of my half hour) to congratulate me and say, 'Mrs. 7.op;baum, vou have the most wonderful radio voice I've ever heard - 8,S c;ood as Dorothy Thompson' s~ 'If only I could use it fur tner for un1ted Nations! . rrhis brinp; s me to the real purpose of this letter, your own fin~ radio address. Alas, I did not hear it, for I have a poor little radio & get few stations. But I have read it. T,ike yourself I want to spend the rest of my life workinp; for the united rations - and I believe h\lmble workers 11ke myself will also find work to do. I h wri tten to ~i r . ~tettinius, and hope there may be someth1np.; for me in time - perhaps in the re-education of the pazi youth, for I speak German - as well as French_Italian like a native, ~panish ~ess well. TT -
THE UNITED NATIONS CONFERENCE
ON INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION l!eantime there must be vOluntary work to be done here amonp;st our own people , as you su~~est . I should like to start a discussion club in this small but quite alert community)to discuss united ations problems. If ever within the next months your arduous duties permit you , perhp V3 you would write me any su ,fl;estions you miF;ht have for such D.. pro.1ect \'1hich lould give it interest - or at least your blessing. your C- in- C.)Bill Halsey) is one of my husband's oldest and best friends - if 70~ had not been knoc~ed out early in the war he mi~ht have been fighting with youl - and please ~ive him our love . Tell Bill our hearts are with him every hour of every day and night· - our hearts and our prayers. And this goes for those who are serving with him. I hope I may one day be nearer than ten feet from you , listenin~ to youl
~incerely your fellow citi*en in Nations,
• • F. !"' . lEary pinchot, Cord eyer's lovely bride is my cousin, and through them both I felt in San Francisco almost a personal contact, but knowing you were sorely overworked I purposely never sou~ht to make it one . Aren ' t they a lovely pair! ~~ !2: UNITED STATES ARMY
Headquarters Company (J.A.) Western Defense Command Presidio of San Francisco, Calif. 1? August 1945
Commander Harold Stassen c/o United States Navy Washington, D. C. Dear Commander stassen:
Vfui1e the United Nations Conference on International Organization was in progress in San Francisco, I was and still am stationed with the Western Defense Command at the Presi dio of San Francisco. I had the op portunity to do a considerable amount of work in connection with the Conference, all of a routine nature, under the direction of the Judge Advocate of the Army-Navy Coordination Group Hq, U1~IO. I am making up a scrap book in connection with UNCIO, and the purpose of this letter is to request your autograph for my scrap book. Your signature on a letter, in reply to this communication, would be highly treasured, particularly as I predicted when you were Governor of Minnesota that you would some day be President--I still think this pre diction will come true.
Being 46 years of age, I expect to receive my honorable discharge from the Army within the next week. During the past two years, while I have been stationed at the Presidio of San Francisco, my wife has been working for the American Rational Red Cross at the Civic Auditorium, San Francisco. I have contributed more than my share to the Blood Bank and have bought more than my share of war bonds. We have used only the gaso line allotted by our "A" card and have never. bought nor sought any black market commodities. I mention this in the hope that my request for your autograph will merit your consideration. I hope that you will not con sider me too presumptuous in making this request. My civilian address is: ]dward S. Paterson, 827t w. 41 st., Los Angeles 37, California. Respectfully,
FDWARD S. PATERSON Technician, 3d Grade WALTER F. GEORGE, GA., CHAIRMAN DAVID I. WALSH, MASS. ROBERT M. LAFOLLETTE, JR., WI ... ALBEN w. BARKLEY. KY. AnTHUR H. VANDENBERG, MICH. TOM CONNALLY, TEX. ROBERT A. TAFT, OHIO JOSIAH W. BAILEY, N. C. JOHN THOMAS, IDAHO HARRY FLOOD BYRD. VA. HUGH BUTLER, NEBR. PETER G. GERRY. R. I. EUGENE D. MILLIKIN. COLD. JOSEPH F. GUFFEY. PA. OWEN BREWSTER, MAINE EDWIN C. JOHNSON. COLD. HAR.LAN J. BUSHFIELD. S. OAK. GEORGE L. RADCLIFFE. MD. ALBERT W. HAWKES, N. J. SCOTT W. LUCAS. ILL. COMMITTEE ON FINAN~ BRIEN MC MAHON. CONN. CHRISTIE B. K£NHEDY. CLEJIlK August 23, 1945.
Commander Harold E. Stassen, Staff Com. Third Fleet, c/o Fleet Post Office, San Francisco, California.
My dear Harold:
Thanks for your thoughtful note of July 29th which would have been answered sooner except that I stole aw~ for a couple weeks' real rest - the first time in five years. I deeply appreciate your t,ypically thoughtful message. We cer tainly won a spectacular battle in the Senate. A few months ago no one would have dreamed that we could poll any such practicallf unanimous vote. I think it demonstrates the wisdom of truly non-partisan methods in dealing with foreign affairs.
I envy you your place with Admiral Halse,y and the Fleet during these historic days. You will be at the heart and center of all of this spectacular and significant activity. I hope you may soon be released to return to civilian life and to an active part in our public affairs. Good luck and God bless yout
With warm personal regards and best wishes,
Cordiallf and faithfully,
R .' > .~ , J ~ .. l' "l,,' ,-- .. . , " I
'F. R. IN-VilES STASSENlO, ATTENDI ' WORLD PEACE PARLEY IN FRISCO By· W AL TER T. RIDDER Staff writer W ASHINGTON-Comdr. Harold E. Stassen will be in vited to be a member of the United States delegation to the' United Nations conference in San Francisco April 25, Presi dent Roosevelt announced Tuesday afternoon. The conferenc., one of the outgrowths of the Big Three meeting at Yalta. will prepare the charter for an interna· tional organization along the lines suggested b:y' the informal conTenations at Dumbarton Oaks. While the While House announcement merely slaled the Presi dent "will invite" Slassen to attend, it is assumed THE INVITA· TION IS T,ANT AMOUNT TO A COMMAND. The other American delegation members will be: Secretary of Slale Stettinius, chairman. Former Secretary Hull. Senator Connally (D., Texas), chairman of the Senate foreign relations committee. Senator Vandenberg (R ., Mich .), member of the Senate foreign relations committee. Representative Bloom (D., N. Y.), chaIrman of the House for eign relations committee. Representative Eaton (R .. N . J.l, ranking Republican member of the House foreign affairs committee. Virginia Gildersleeve, dean of Barnard college, the women's branch of Columbia university of New York. The Navy turned aside all inquiries relating to Stassen's im· mediate movements. Department officials said they have no knowledge of when Stassen will arrive in the United States. Stassen is presumably in the South Paci1ic, where he is flag secretary and assistant chief of staff to Adm. Halsey. THE NOMIN:ATION OF STASSEN CAME AS A COM· PLETE SURPRISE. The former Minnesota gOT.rnor has repeatedly stated h. i. out of .politics "for the duration", but hi. appointment to the United Nations conference push .. him once again into the forefront of the political picture. No evidence could be found in Washington Tuesday night that the appointments were made in any way other than by the , President. Apparently no Re'l- pUblicans were consulted on the :I COMDR. STASSEN Jelections ~ . . __ _ _ _ . __ 1* The choice of Stu.en ap· I pears a direct slap at G~y • . Thomas E. Dewey. who diu· I ing the 194( pre.idential I campaign Jent hlJ own repre· sentati ... e. John Foster Dull... to work out bi·partisan for. eign agreementa willi .the then Secretary Hull. Dewey has consistently sought to leave the door open for con· ferences between the Adminis- " tration and -his own representa-' ,. tive, but the choice of Stassen seems to have slammed the door on the former Republican nominee. ~ arJ;:t ~~~~~~~~n o~asub~i1 ea~ States participation in a world organization. He and Senator Ball (R., Minn.) have been con sidered the most likely heirs to the mantle of Wendell L. Will· kie as spokesmen for the inter nationally-minded Republicans; It may be. too. that the for mer Minnesota governor has been chosen to represent the , American serviceman element at the conference. Whate ... er the reasons for the selection of Stauen. it is unu.ual for the President to pick for so prominent a post a man from the opposition party .... ho is aho a No.1 con· tendu for the 1948 presi- dential .w.epstale·... The makeup of the delegation reveals an internationally-mind I. ed group. representing the two major political parties and the women of America. Both Con· nally and Bloom have been leaders in pressing the fight for the President's foreign policy and fot a strong international 1organization, Both were logical choices as chairmen of Con gressional foreign affairs com mittees. Stettinius and Hull nursed the Dumbarton Oaks agreement and their selections a's Ameri· can delegates were foregone conclusions. Representative Ea ton is known as an ardent internation-' <\ alist. and has been very active '. in the work of the bi-partisan :i Congressional committee' which e has been holding foreign policy e conferences with the State de e partment. il Senator Vandenberg is the , only departure from a straight.. . 'e out seniority selection. He is t- out-ranked on the Senate for~ reign relations committee by '{ Senators Johnson (R., Calif_),.. - and Capper (R., Kan.) neither (' of whom has taken a very vigor- ous part in foreign ' relations work. Dean Gildersleeye, has long been a close of friend of Mrs. Roosevelt, and-a'dvocates' an in ternational, organiution. •, She served previously 'l'on. the a visory committee for ' Dumba' - ton Oaks. . t Minnesotans Includ~ ny' In ,New Portrait Book /
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Minnesota's Harold Edward Stassen impressed Karsh ous man with a quality' of absolute sincerity." Stassen San Francisco. Cal., during the ' United Nations confel:ence. " negatives of this and other portraits in the new book will be fi Canadian archives and the U. S ~'Library of Congress. ; , , - • HOME ASSET Maj ..Ryan, Stassen's Right-Hand TO STASSEN Man at S. F., Is Old Side-Kick ,. Midwest May Place Special to the Mlnn ••polls SlUI.ilay Trlban. SAN FRANCISCO-Maj. Elmer J. Ryan, for six years Him in White House member of congress from the second MiIinesota district, has By M. W. HALLOR.AN been a right-hand man of' his old pal, Comm. Harold E. Stas stalf PoUUca\ Wrlt.r sen, former governor of Minnesota, at the San Francisco Unit .r .. he Minneapolis Sunday Tribune ed Nations conference, it was learned Saturday. One of the greatest assets S ass~n and Ryan have been close friends for years. They Comm. Harold E. Stassen has were college J!lates . at University of Minnesota and then be as a candidate for the Repub came law partners in South St. lican nomination for president Paul. They helped each other in cam· -and then for election if nom paigns, although of different po inated-is the fact that Minne litical faiths; Stassen running sota's 'former . governor comes first for Dakota county attorney from a midwestern state. and then for governor as a Repub This Is ·contrary to the belief lican, while Ryan was elected to held by a great many pe~ple that congress on the Democratic ticket. his midwestern footing is a lia- AIDS IN RESEARCH bility. . Ryan has dug up a great deal That line of thought goes some of the background material for thing like this. 0h, Stassen doesn't many of the important decisions stand any chance, coming from Stassen has made as one of the way out here; those fellows who American delegates at this con run conventions want a man from ference framing a world charter one of the big eastern states, a to preserve the peace. man who is known there and can Serving also as one of Stassen's carry the state in the election aids, Sergeant John Thomson of Minneapolis. 20-year-old son of J. those states have the big electoral Cameron Thomson, president of vote and that's what counts. Min· Northwest Bancorporation, has nesota or any of these states out handled a vast amount of office de here, with a handful of votes, get tail and helped "screen" Stassen the brushoff. from crackpots and other~ who Stassen's right-hand man· Veterans serve Stassen at conference Tom Dewey, governor of New have sought a hey-day with con- York, or some other easterner is ference delegates. . * * * * the man they say the chaps run usually from 8 a.m. until past 10 the maJor* powers* *holding * diverg- Stassen* discusses * * developments * . 1 ning the GOP convention will He bas sbared tbis job with at night_ ent views_ of the conference with Ryan, want. anotber youthful veteran, Lt. As a member of the conference It was Stassen who prepared a Thomson and Meyer to get their Cord Meyer, 27, of New York, security council and judicial or· "working paper" as a basis for viewpoints as representatives of BUT LOOK AT TfIE RECORD wbo served with the marine ganization commiSSions, Stassen the solution of this problem, the men and women in the armed They forget that never-not corps. has required a vast amount of bringing th~ varied proposals forces. even once-have the Republicans Both were wounded in action- historical and technical informa- into line. Both Thomson, whose home is picked a winner from the east. tion for the arguments he has pre- t 4309 F t S M' Thomson on t.he RQen river on sen ted orr such contr~rsial is- At the same time he protected a remon avenue ., In- Although the Republicans have the western front and Meyer lost United States interests in the Pa- neapolis, and Meyer were recom had 12 of the 17 presidents since sues as the Yalta voting formula an eye on Guare. They and Ryan and trusteeships, the world court cWc ,. where Islands wrested from mended. by their universiti..es to the party started, nine of the are representatives of the 12,000,- the Japs are designed to become Stassen for appointment as his GOP presidents came from the and peaceful settlement of dis- 000,000 service men and women putes. outposts of this nation's defense aids. midwest, only three from the east for whom Stassen has shown a Ryan helped supply research in the postwar era. Thomson left Harvard to enter -and all of these three succeed speCial concern at the conference. material that aided Stassen in Stassen, incidentally, has come the navy. He subsequenUy went ed from the vice presidency on HAD TO HAVE EXPERTS one of his major accomplishments to be known as the work horse of deaths of the presidents. into the anny and fought in Eu Since the 'conference opened at the conference-the settlement the conference. That is about the rope. He came here from a bos It is true that two of these April 25, Ryan, Thomson and of the dispute over trusteeships. highest compliment that can be pital in Seattle, Wasb., on special three, Theodore Roosevelt, New Heyer_ have worked long hours, Tllis issue was deadlocked, with paid at this hard-working parley. leave for the conference. York, and Calvin Coolidge, Massa ----~------~------I EUS FRA~SS APPEALS chusetts, were elected to succeed He has won high respect at Meyer was graduated from Yale themselves-but that was no trick committee meetings and at press in September, 1942. He fought at all with the prestige of office conferences-frequently a sniping with the marines in the Marshall I behind them and ' the country in ground for minority groups - and Marianas islands and his let. each case in the middle of over with his clear-cut statements. ters from overseas were published whelming Republican dominance. With Australian Prime Minister in the Atlantic Monthly. He was I Chester A_ Arthur, also from New Herbert V. Evatt, he shared top honorably discharged for physical York, couldn't even win the nom honors in a newspaper men's poll insabtnty June 1. I ination to succeed himself in the , as making the most outstanding7r~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ contribution to the conference. III GOP convention. , The work of Thomson and The Democrats have been the Meyer is differen.t from that of OPEN BE c boys to acquire president-mak Iill l\IIa~or Ryan, but equally stren; MONDAY ing stature by first being politi , uous. 9 TO 9 ORE cally successful in the east. 'I" At Stassen's office in Fairmont hotel, headquarters of the United The only three preSidents the States delegation, they prepare Democrats have elected since the Stassen's daily schedule, go over Republicans first cam.e into pow his voluminous mall. And they er in 1860-Grover Cleveland, :I handle the people. Woodrow Wilson and" Franklin b. Roosevelt-were easterners. It's been the Democrats, not the Re publicans, who've profited liy the sloglln "first get yourself elected governor of New York it you want to be president." GOP HAS DIFFERED Cleveland and FDR came by that route-and so did Samuel 3_ Tilden, whom the Democrats al ways will claim was robbed of the presidency in 1876. Wilson was governor of the next-door 'neigh bor -state of N~w Jersey-and one reason New York couldn't furnish the man in that Democratic year t of 1912 was that the governor \ they had then was about to be tossed out on his ear. "Get yourself elected to high office in Ohio, DIlnols or some other midwestern state" bas' ratber been the slogan for suc cessful GOP aspirants to the presidency. Look at their roster: Lincoln, illinois, 1360; Grant, Illinois, 1868; Hayes, Ohio, 1876; Garfield, OhiO, 1880; Harrison, Indiana, 1888; Mc Kinley, Ohio, 1896; Taft, Ohio, 1908; Harding, Ohio, 1920; Hoo ver, born in Iowa, resident of Cali fornia when elected in 1928_ Interesting it is how the Repub lican habit started 1' .i~ht off the bat-in 1860 William H.- 1:ieward, who had been governor of New York, take note, was suppose: to be nominated. But Lincoln bea him in the convention. :"(1
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