Southwest High School - Roundup Yearbook (St Louis, MO)

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PEACE THROUGH UNDERSTANDING By NANCY FROBASE As most of us realize, the war which has just ended has been a costly one. We have lavishly poured our men and material resources into the maw of Mars in order to gain the victory. Our long-sought peace is at hand. How are we to win it? One of our statesmen has declared that peace is God's greatest gift to the world! Certainly, if this is true, man has spurned God's offering, for twice in one generation the world has re- sounded with the harsh sounds of a global war. It is our duty to see that a third war never comes, not only for ourselves but for those who come afterus. How may we obtain God's great gift of peace? The keynote in main- taining this is world understanding. This must be the foundation of any workable plan. Hence, there is a great need for organization of all peace- desiring nations. The basic structure for such an organization was created at the Dumbarton Oaks conference in the summer and fall of 1944. Dele- gates from England, Russia, China, and the United States attended this conference. Here the nucleus for the plan was formulated. Principle number one of the Dumbarton Oaks proposals enshrines the phrase sovereign equality . This provides for a General Assembly in which all member nations, regardless of their size, population, or wealth, would be on an equal basis. All of the United Nations are invited to send representatives. Each one continues to have supreme authority over its own country. Each, therefore, has both a right to a voice in the affairs of the family of nations and a responsibility to share in the task of creat- ing a peaceful world order. The second point and the most important of the proposals is the pro- vision for a Security Council of eleven members. The five most powerful nations-England, United States, Russia, China, and, in due time, France- are permanent members. The other six nations are elected for two-year terms by the General Assembly. Each nation on the Security Council has one representative. In the early conferences voting power was a contro- versial subject, but the dispute was settled at the United Nations Confer- ence on International Organization last June. In the early part of the con- ferences Russia desired absolute veto power for the permanent members of the Council. England, China, and United States agreed, except in the case that one of the Big Five was the aggressor. In which instance the veto power should be suspended, in order that the nation would not pass judgment on itself. Finally a settlement was reached when Russia con- sented to the above arrangement. The purpose of the Security Council is to settle disputes peaceably by negotiation, conciliation, mediation, arbi- tration. Then if a settlement is not reached, the Council refers the trouble to the International Court of Justice. If the dispute still remains unsettled, the Council employs economic measures or armed force, which is supplied by the various nations, each having agreed in advance to supply certain forces. In such a large organization many specialized offices are deemed neces- sary, but we need mention only one of them. As would be necessary in an organization of this size, the Secretariat is the co-ordinator of all. It is headed by a Secretary General, who is nominated by the Security Council and elected by the Assembly. The Dumbarton Oaks plan, the San Francisco organizational meeting, and the London conference have started the nations along the road to world understanding, but it is the people who must see that the plan suc- ceeds. They must have faith in this new organization, they must keep themselves well informed upon world afairsg they must become interna- tionalists in their viewpoints, they must show a willingness to compro- mise, they must insist that men and women of high integrity act as dele- gates to the conferences. Only the vigilance of the world's people, their active interest and loyalty to it, can bring success to this undertaking. Thus may this war-torn world enter upon a new and better tomorrow. Twenty-s1'x

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Performing their tasks with quiet efiiciency, the members of this group show true school spirit. They receive no reward other than the satisfaction of knowing that theirs is a job well done. Truly, the Special Service club is composed of some of Southwest's most deserving workers and is an im- portant factor in making our school run smoothly. QSPRINGJ Row One: May Cooper, Patty Johnson, Jean Easley, Dot Hoifman, Lorraine Wente, Bonnie Tuter, Sylvia Goodbrake, Paula Ann Bowman. Row Two: Coralie Branson, Chris Hayo, Mary Ann Haemmerle, PaulirIeaEvans, Mary Jane Barrett, Shirley Wolfarth, Patricia Vogel, Virginia Scism, Roberta Whitehead, Marian Jones, Maria Davi, Kathern Borchardt, Dolly Pohlrnan. Row Three: Betty Duval, Joycelyn Kibby, Barbara Boyette, Katherine Ruedlinger, Dolores Bandera, Shirley O'Donnell, Juanita Jonas, Doris Stephens, Kathleen Braun, Rosemary Monticelli, Jewell Roberts, Skip Amberg. Row Four: Florence Klug, Norma Jean Barham, Wanda Reidel, Nancy MacDonald, Ruth Van Leer, Dolores Dyer, Bill Hancock, Charles Moench, George Cooper, Jacqueline Weiss, June Jatho, Cliford Dye. . Row Five: Bill Holtzclaw, Roy Henke, Marian Poeschel, Jim Peterson, Richard Scharf, Bill Brennecke, Art Niemoeller, Mary Rohlfing, Patsy Haller, Charlotte Devereux, Milton Christensen, Phillip Provencher. Twenty-Hue

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