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...Plank believes the U.N. is handicapped by the Soviet attempt to "make as much trouble as possible and is almost moribund as an effective instrument of world politics...
...Faculty member, John N. Plank '45, instructor in Government, proposed that the United States seek alternatives to the U.N. He argued that "as a viable institution, the U.N. will have to be subordinated to regional organizations." Specifically, he suggested that a group composed of the entire Atlantic Community be formed and that the Organization of American States be strengthened. He pointed out that the OAS has charter provisions for setting up inter-American laws and regional institutions such as universities...
Both Morgenthau and Roger D. Fisher '43, lecturer on Law, attack Plank on this issue. Morgenthau can see no alternative to the U.N.--"if the United States scuttles the organization, there will be nothing." Fisher believes there is no time to create an alternative structure
Although the traditional governing forces in South America are "scared silly" by Castro, Plank indicated that the Cuban leader may succeed in convincing the non-governmental Latins that their cause, Cuba's cause, and the cause of emerging underdeveloped nations...
...Both plank and Stanley H. Hoffman, associate professor of Government, considered the U.S. extremely vulnerable to accusations of economic colonialism. Hoffman doubts that the new states will see any significant difference between French political colonialism and American commercial colonialism...