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By ALIHED A, DUCKETT
'J : Bulletin Feature Writer
JAMAICA, N. Y. If world peace is to be achieved, imperialism
must go, Ralph Bunche told THE NEW ENGLAND BULLETIN
in an exclusive interview here last week.
The suave, handsome statesman, who recently returned to the
United States from his tough assignment of mediating the Palestine
situation, spoke with grave sincerity of the necessity for eliminating
exploitaton of colonial peoples.
"We cannot lay a firm foundation for peace in the world unless
the international community takes great steps toward eliminating
colonial problems, imperialism, rivalries over colonial areas and the
use of colonial people as pawns," he emphasized.
Twenty years of study and work
in the area of: colonial problems
has made Dr. Bunche an expert. It
is his first love in the thrilling,
important field of dealing with
world problems. His assignment in
Palestine, he looks upon as a
"strange interlude."
Rumors have been persistent that
the brilliant Dr. Bunche would ac
cept an offer to become an As
sistant Secretary of State in the
Truman Administration. The internationally-famed
diplomat who
gave the world an example of sterl
ing courage and resolution when
he took over critical negotiations
in Palestine after the assassina
tion of Count Bernadotte, indicated
that he would like to continue his
work with the United Nations.
In the event he were offered a
post in the National Government,
Dr. Bunche explained, he would
consider it a great honor. However,
he indicated his first interest lies
and would probably remain in the
colonial trusteeship problem.
"As a father of three children,
I have a very, special interest in
what kind of world ours is going
to be," he continued.
"Unpleasant Fan Mail"
Interesting sidelight on what
went on behind the scenes at Pal
estine was revealed when we asked
Dr. Bunche for some particulars
about unpleasantnesses he had en
countered early in the negotiations.
We had in mind his being charged
with anti-Jewish prejudice.
"I never had any trouble with
the people of Palestine," he an
swered calmly. "I received a num
ber of nasty letters last fall and
rierht throuerh December. They all
came from New York. I never had
the Palestine assignment one of
the most complicated in the his
tory of mediation is that there were
actually eight parties involved,
rather than two or three.
Dr. Bunche explained that his
dealings were with the Jewish
state of Israel and the even Arab
states all of whom are independ
ent and have different policies and
attitudes.
Presently, he is involved on the
last leg of Palestine problem
that; of negotiations with Syria.
Every morning he leaves his beautifully-appointed
home in the UN
development here and goes to his
office at UN. His life these days
is one merry-go-round of newspa
permen, photographer, well-wishers,
friends, folks who want to ap
pear on this program or that. He
hasn't had a vacation since 1941,
going from war work to OSS, the
State Department and finally, the
UN.
He's A Tired Man
Although the Palestine Mediator
is fit and looking his capably alert
self, he is a very tired man. He
has been under a tremendous
strain, not only mental, but, in
actual physical danger a fact
which he shrugs off.
He's' looking forward to the con
clusion of the Syrian negotiations
so that he can take a long, long
vacation. He says his plan for a
vacation is a vacation without plan.
"I just want to pick up and leave
with the family, go anywhere I
want to go, do anything I want
to do fishing, hunting. J Just re
lax. No schedule or routine."
Certainly, , he won't want to see
any newspaper folk for a long
time. It is hard to understand how
he can be so gracious. The metro
politan dailies, wire services and
representatives of Negro papers
came xroxii ew x ux ' A" are constantly at his heels. Harpers
an unpleasant note from an Arab , nnll- ÌT1AS flrft
exhaustive features on him, trail
ing him about daily.
He finds it necessary to stick
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HISTORIC DOCUMENTS are these which Dr. Ralph Bunche is displaying to Bulletin staffer
Alfred A. Duckett during a recent interview at the Bunche's beautiful home in the United Nations de
velopment. The documents are bound copies of original armistice agreements which brought peace to
embattled Palestine. (Bulletin Photo by Arnold DeMiile.)
or Jew over there. All my un
pleasant fan mail was from here."
He smiled as he said this.
"Since I was dealing with the
Jews and Arabs there in Palestine
and only with them, the observa
tions of people in New York who
did not and could not understand
had no bearing on my actions or
decisions," he added. "What was
being said here didn't bother me."
Dr. Bunche is happy, however,
that, in light of his handling of
the situation, those who had ac
cused him of anti-Semitism are left
without a leg to stand on.
One of the factors which made
pretty close to the city. The other
night he was on his way into the
National Broadcasting studios when
he received a message that he was
urgently needed back at UN due
to important developments in Pal
estine. Its pretty much of a rough
life for him.
We wondered what he thought
about Mr. Robeson's Paris state
ment. He said it was "an absurd
sia could never be wrong, which
is, of course, equally absurd.
Interested observer during the
interview was pretty Mrs. Bunche.
Five-year-old Ralph, a handsome,
active and quite precocious young
ster, flitted in and out the room
until Father Bunche diplomatically
persuaded him it was bedtime.
Objects To $50 Dinner
Just before we left, we had a
splendid example of the human
Varmness of this man who has
been called by The New York
Times "the outstanding Negro in
the world.
A group of top-level socialities
had planned a Waldorf-Astoria
dinner in his honor a benefit for
the National Conference of Chris
tians and Jews. Tickets were be
ing sold at $50 a plate. - He had
asked that the dinner be cancelled
because, as he put it:
"Most of my life I've been a
professor and in government serv
ice. I object to the principal of a
fifty-dollar dinner because most of
my friends could not afford to at
tend." It was a forthright remark, prov
ing that an able man who has made
headlines around the world, who is
one of the foremost factors in the
news events of the day and who
handled a crucial world situation
with great skill integrity and fi
nesse is still the Ralph Bunche so
many of his friends knew and ad
mired before he became the cynos-
his statement, reverting to the pos
sible offer of a high government
job.
"I have a great deal of faith in
the United Nations. There is where
I feel the charter for world peace
may be written. If I were to leave
UN, I think I should likely want
to return to my profession that
of teaching."
Ralph Bunche ,one of the ten
most important world citizens to
day has never stopped teaching.
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