Education: Ram or Windbag?

Though few U.S. citizens, perhaps, confuse UNESCO with Nabisco, not many could tell you what UNESCO is.

Parisians might do better. Paris welcomed an international art show, a film festival, concerts and scientific exhibits, all dedicated to UNESCO Month. In Paris last week the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization was getting ready for its first meeting.

But not even the delegates to the Paris conference could say for sure what UNESCO was all about until after they had decided on a director-general, an 18-man executive board and a plan of action. If...

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