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Eleanor Roosevelt — Part 36

59 pages · May 09, 2026 · Broad topic: Civil Rights · Topic: Eleanor Roosevelt · 59 pages OCR'd
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(9 es me re cr ATTERSON ASKS MRS. FDR. ND UN SILENCE ON GENOCID By JOSEPH STAROBIN who had championed the rights _ A ff canis, PARIS, Jan. °17--Walligg, of the African tribes whom the executive secretary of[Union of South Africa has at ZL easy roger Rights Congress today] tempted to annex. - again challenged Mrs. Eleanor} Patterson denounced the off. | icone acting chief “of Ste| cial silence on his earlier plea one. - S. delegation to bring the/month a ag0 and asked Mrs. Roose~ — crimes against the Negro people|velt to obtain a place for the geno~ | before the United Nations Assem-|cide petition on the agenda of the ee ion on Human Rights. 7 bly. Commissi Io a sharp letter to the United|He also insisted on a personal | ates mission here, the fighting hearing | @ has brought such worldwide i , cited the UN trustee- | i ord of horrible crimes against the tn committee's precedent in ihearing the Rev. Micha a Scott American Negro people and argue: that all this does not constitute enocide, Patterson maintained t t even so the question falls the competence of the UN “I cannot accept,” he said, “the tion that these matters are o only to the internal pens of law and order in the “Patterson said in his letter, “Either those bodies sre them- selves guilty, or they cannot pre- vent the commission of crimes by | isresponsible elements. Fhe crimes , ainst the Negro people remain’ planned, premeditated, incited and | oked. The record is 335 years) Cisig recent assassination of Harry oore, Plorida | NA CP secre ry et ooo argue | Thies is a clipping from. ®! ility of the U. S. prrerames Page __f —_ of the a d inability te step such crim Da sail worker Ls ln es a UN investigation all tip | | “are hale Lo clip a the Gear of -=-- Government. [- ange | [00 SO dey OT AELORDED 6 FEB 26 1952 ri 104 -39-4- —-~/y on for rion a ge be =, ree na i a
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