UNITED NATIONS: The Times That Try

The U.N. General Assembly last week broke up into eight committees and, theoretically, buckled down to work. Actually, it continued to squabble over its 66-item agenda.

After much controversy, the Political & Security Committee had decided in which order it would proceed with the business in hand: debate i) Greece's complaint against her Communist neighbors, 2) the Italian colonies, 3) Russia's proposal for a Big Five "peace pact," 4) Palestine, 5) Indonesia and 6) the report of the Security Council. The committee had just disposed of item No. i by passing the Greek issue on to a conciliation commission when...

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