European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 23, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Poge 12 the stars and stripes june 1977 William genocide convention ratification is urged Ira Eaker senator Jacob javits of new York has announced his intention to press for the ratification of the genocide and although there Are abundant reasons to doubt it will save any endangered Spe the arguments in favor of its passage outweigh the negative Here is what one should Bear in mind in thinking about any International human rights Law 1 the ideological enemies of human most conspicuously the communist will not be contained by the Legisla forces must Back nations policy when president Carter recalled Gen John Singlaub from South Korea for conversations and eventual concerns and reactions were was this another Case where the career of a Gallant officer was to be sacrificed to the headline Liberal news Media did general Singlaub know that a Deci Sion had been made by the commander in chief on troop withdrawal from South Korea and did he thereafter criticize that decision i was not aware that a definite policy on troop withdrawal from South Korea had been announced by the Carter adm Nistra this is borne out by the fact that George chairman of the joint chiefs of and state department assistant Secretary Philip Habib have been sent to South Korea for consultations prior to the announcement of the detailed policy on troop 1 knew that the Campaign statements of Jimmy Carter had indicated that troops abroad would be reduced when he became i also had noted that recent statements of president Carter indicated that our nato commitment was to be increased rather than if general Singlaub knew that his state ments to the reporter were critical of a decision which had already been made by the commander in chief he deserves the rebuke he has defense Secretary Harold Brown restated the policy on the military role in the de Casio making process on face the May military leaders May in Are encouraged to contribute their advice on subjects affecting the National Security prior to the time the com Mander in chief makes the they Are expected to support that decision and to insure that it is carried this policy has been in and generally for Halfa Century to my certain any other course would Lead to Hyman Rickover has been critical of Many presidents and their both in his congressional testimony and his news Media no president has seen tit to give him the Singlaub treat but let him be the exception that proves the the president of the to a political and diplomatic Leader and also command the n in cow my and Carttom on Page represent those of the Aulbort and Are in no Way to be con dered As representing to flew of the Start and or the United or in chief of our armed the Only military men who play in the political and diplomatic Ballpark Are the joint chiefs of and then Only when military men shout always be Consul on weapons tactics and for there is where their expertise is what Are the probable consequences of the Singlaub affair it can be expected to make the Mili tary extremely wary of entrapment by the hostile news thus making this administration less rather than More responsive to the it May be construed As a warning to military men against giving advice to the president and the Congress on weapons be tactics and in that the National Security could it probably will be seen by Kim in song As a weakening of resolve to sup port South thereby further destabilizing a critical Congress always is available to serve As a Check upon tyrannical or arbitrary presidential it shares with the commander in chief responsibility for the National be including the designation of Mili tary it Seldom has shirked this vital tit lot a Offei times weve accepted korean a few of Werl Gustovel zealous Weil investigate this matter Weare Nota but this does not mean that the lation cannot be put to useful it want until september 1973 that the soviet Union ratified the several conventions on human rights passed by the United nation in the late 40s while on the same n the soviet Union ratified in 1875 the Helsinki add the new soviet and would think one could go to live in the soviet Union As to a libertarian As for human rights is regarded at a kind of Kinky Western to be shunned along with Beethoven and Mozart 2 non ideological enemies of human rights Are much likelier to Benefit from stipulated definitions of human Evelyn laughs prophetic Black describes the state of Azania in which hilariously Are made to emulate the manners and morals of the the Azan lans manage to get things just a Little As when a reception is Given to two visiting British ladies representing the Royal society for the prevention of cruelty to the society name is misread by the local who gives a speech on the Earnest efforts being made in Azania to imitate the British by the cultivation o cruelty to Ani the Pasqui Nade is wonderfully carried but the residue of the novel reminds that norms achieved by the More civilized states after millennia of agonizing expert ence Are a part of the Universal u and when human rights finally arrive in nations like Iran and it will be be cause of the persistent idealism of such people As have fought for Universal Decla rations of human 3 the genocide convention was signed by president Truman in december of and although three times recommended to the floor of the to the foreign Lions has heretofore failed of probably the main reason for this was the opposition of the american bar it was widely during the 50s and that americans might be detained in murky parts of the Globe and charged with genocide against Ameri can negroes or vietnamese tried and in our passage of the genocide Coo mention or our rejection of would not have stood in the Way of a state that chose 4 to press such a charge against a Citi available to us in such situations is nothing More than our diplomatic and our atom l marshal Amin decides to try a rep Porter for complicity in genocide because he carries a Check Book of the Chase tonal Bank that has branches in South he will do so irrespective of any legislation passed by the even the recommendation of the bar 1 which now favors is based on the attendant the genocide conventions article v reads the contracting parties shall enact the necessary implementing legislation to enforce provisions of the this Means that Only Congress can Laws that would give Teeth to the genocide convention and Congress is in our 4 with these what is the Point of the convention it is a moral but moral Points Are after All about All we have we should officially identify our selves As approving the proposition that genocide is a violation of International the crime of genocide is one of the distinctively hideous crimes of the Century Practised against the against the against any number of african against against Cam ans in less than a systematic against the failure of the Senate to declare itself on the subject is itself and Sena Tor javits is right to urge its to