Delegates to the seventh U.N. General Assembly gathered last week in New York and gaped like tourists at their spickly span new headquarters. Never have the technicians of peace been given a better workshop. The 18 acres along Manhattan's East River were a brilliant enclave of cubes and domes encased in glass and white stone, stocked with marvelously efficient gadgets and thick rugs. The Assembly's own $12½ million hall, a low, sweeping building with vast high corridors and uncluttered lobbies, looked serene and orderly. The New York Times's Anne O'Hare McCormick heard more...
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