The U.S. and the U.N.
The San Francisco Conference which founded the United Nations
organization was looked upon by peoples around the world as the
sunrise of a new day of peace and brotherhood. While hope ran
high in most quarters, some of these same peoples were suspicious
about its lofty ideological character. Humanitarian ideologies
had made their appearance before, but there had always been a gap
between theory and practice. Colored peoples and other minorities
around the world observed the San Francisco Conference with hope
mixed with caution. They wanted to see whether it was mere
ideological rhetoric which would salve the consciences of the
exploiters and dull the senses of the exploited, or whether,
perhaps, its aims might spring from genuine conviction and become
established in a framework which would be fully implemented.
The U.N. was to be more sweeping in its goals and programs than
the League had been, and it was hoped that it would have more
power to carry out its decisions. Its very initials signified
that the peoples of the world were to be one people bound
together in brotherhood, freedom, and equality.
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