CONFERENCES: For Us, the Living

The delegates of 51 nations gathered last week for the first UNO General Assembly. They met on a great battlefield of the war—London. That battle, as much as Stalingrad or Midway, had been a turning point in the war. Though the delegates inevitably brought lesser interests along, they gathered also with a sense of dedication. Around the globe, the living shared it.

Even the vanquished depended on UNO for their eventual hope. With all its faults—and the first few days made them evident—UNO had a chance to make the world's ideal of a just and durable peace come true. And...