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...other deterrent was more sophisticated. It was called UNESCO; it was composed of leading intellectuals from all over the world, and it was designed to attack war at its roots, "in the minds of men." Through science and education and propaganda, it was to divert the aggressive instincts, fears, prejudices which make men fight...
...successful were the two deterrents? China's heap of skulls has not, apparently, accomplished much; last week, civil war raged only 200 miles away. UNESCO's heap of brains was not doing a great deal better. That was demonstrated last week when UNESCO wound up its conference in Mexico City...
...their main purpose, the delegates generated more strife than peace. When little Uruguay tried to discard the old aggressive pride of nations, others pounced on her furiously. It was proposed that Spanish be made an official UNESCO language, which would complicate proceedings considerably. Uruguay tried to be peaceable, voted against the proposal. The other Spanish-speaking countries forced the conference to term "official" the languages of all UNESCO members...
Even an ostensibly harmless action like the choice of Beirut, Lebanon, for next year's UNESCO conference, was an occasion of friction. Polish Delegate Jan Drohojowski, who had walked in & out of the conference in a constant huff, saw a last-minute chance for what he considered a crack at the U.S. He said he hoped that next year the delegates, "especially when they visit the neighboring Holy Land, will obey the Ten Commandments and not bow down to the Golden Calf...
Married. Arthur Alan Compton, 29, U.S. State Department representative on UNESCO's staff, son of Nobel Physicist Arthur Holly Compton; and Nathalie Xenie Felser, 28, daughter of Parisian Banker Emanuel L. Felser; in Mexico City...