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OmtiiagJOHANNKSBUKG,_JULY *, 1945GOOD REASONS FOR A SPECIAL SESSIONflOlJTH AFRICA will shorl-ly have the opportunity of welcoming homo the Prime Militate? and oi' showing its appreciation of the immense contribution which he has made to the .success of the San Francisco Conference.■J'hoso lalk.s were not 0 smooth .sailing that was scarce, to he expected hui u is certain thill they would have been fat-more difficult ; i n cl protracted without Lilt' assistance ol iliai unique contblnanun of past experience unci Iaiih in the future Which General Smuts was ableto bring to I.lie counsels ot the nationsBut San Francisco, as has been repeatedly stressed. was only a beginning, 'ihe m.sk of making the World Secuniy Charter work lias still to be faced, and tlie first necessity is lhat it should be ratified by Hie nations which will have to unplemeut it.Last week President Truman asked that no time should be wasted, in a fine speech which showed that lu- is a worthy successor to President Roosevelt, he told the United States* Senate that the choice is. quite plainly, “the Cl i.iitcr or chaos.” He urged that America should give a lead in ratifying Llic agreements. and thus point the wt.y down itie load along which all police-!•i:,g nut.ons must march logethei i’ civilisation is to be sat ed(JCitf'iul Smuts could wish for no tuiici luKfu of the Un on’s (initih.di hir hi:s work than that hi:; con'.‘ai should follow that, trail nlt;i!e all speed. A special session I I’arlturncnl will benecessary, and we presume that this will be summoned as soon as possibleThat the Charter will be ratified by the Union is, ol course, a foregone conclusion, but it is important that its terms and implications should oc thoroughly discussed, so that “■’vliament and the country may made fully conversant with .a; responsibilities they are shouldering.A special session, therefore, will not be merely a tiresome formality. Indeed, it to 11 be very welcome for other reasons. There are domestic matters which could well do with some further discussion in Parliament.Many people, tor example, are uneasy about the progress of demobilisation. The plan was, and still Is, a good one on paper, and the Demobilisation Directorate is doing its best to see that it functions smoothly. But it is now obvious that m practice its tempo is being retarded by causes which, to the soldier due for discharge and his family, are by no means clear One ol these bottlenecks is ascribed to the reluctance of the army to release men to whom it has no further useful work to assign. Lack of housing is blameu lor another, and lack of suitable employment for a third. A full debate on the subject would have a healthy influence.Other questions that require additional discussion are the housing shortage and the continuance of controls. By any standards this is an exceptional and busy year, and Members of Parliament should not grumble if they are asked to work overtime.MIRlWaPotoIT iScncctiic trobe tweeRussiamcelin,Staiifarc tki shortly, has bee a keen* dam w Hiller'sMunich Fotsdar Kaiser. Genera! war an ililleibut the no nuM iiation many’s —the ' always any iv^ purposeOn I lie K almas huro|]Thesuasion Polish ( to a po nicnt h honour Ya i la-set* rc I opportu United, ivcogm*
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Sunday Times
Johannesburg, Gauteng, ZA
Sun, Jul 08, 1945
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