THE CONFERENCE: Of Mice & Lions

It took the Big Five twelve hectic San Francisco days to agree on an interpretation of the Yalta veto formula (TIME, June 18). In just half that time they made the Little Forty-five take—but not like—the Big Power version. The accompanying scrap gave San Francisco its liveliest week, portrayed world attitudes and worries in plain folks' language.

The Forest. Mexico's Alfonso Garcia Robles averred that the right of any one of the Big Five to veto Security Council action created "a system of order in the forest which will keep the mice in...

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