Word: charter
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...letter published in the CRIMSON's The Mail, Jerry A. Coons believes that the United States' stand in refuting the Admission of Red China to the United Nations is based merely upon an observance and respect for the principles set forth in that organization's Charter. In reference to Red China Mr. Coons states, "The United States has been fighting a battle for the specific provisions of the U.N. Charter. This is not a rearguard action, but a forth-right action." In concluding, also referring to Red China, he says, "If we are to bring in immoral 'aggressor' nations...
...necessary to realize that in no instance does Franco's regime prove to adhere to the specific provisions of the U.N. Charter any more than Red China's. In addition, against admission of Franco there are arguments that apply to no other government. One of these is that Franco was installed into power by the very governments the U.N. came into being to fight (Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy). The U.N. Charter was specifically made out to condemn Franco and the principles he stood for, and this policy was reasserted by a vote of the General Assembly on December...
...believed "Communists or other persons associated or affiliated with communistic or other subversive organizations" (those on the Attorney General's list) were on the faculty. If the investigating attorney found that they were communist or subversive, and the president of the institution refused to fire them, the charter could be revoked. If, as in the case of Harvard's charter, that grant is not revokable, tax-exempt status would be withdrawn...
...United States has been fighting a battle for the specific provisions of the U.N. Charter. This is not a rearguard action, but a forthright action. Until the Charter is amended it is the duty of the United States to stand by the principles of the original treaty. We can see that universality was not the basic assumption of the founders of the U.N. if we accept the Charter as an authoritative source. If we can't accept the Charter as an expression of the desires of the founders, whose word can we accept? The word of Alger Hiss...
...bring in immoral "aggressor" nations to make the decisions in the U.N. what will happen to the high ideals that were expressed in the Charter? Jerry A. Coons...