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Memorandum of the meeting of the United Nations Commission on Human Rights held April 10, 1946. Confidential draft by Judge Joseph M. Proskauer for Shatwell's committee. [1] (1946)

handle is hein.ali/hrbor605507 and id is 1 raw text is: CONFIBBIAL NOT FOR PBLIO&TIH Memorandum of the meeting on the United Nations Comission on Human Rights held koril 10th. at the Woodstock Hotel, New York City. Presid- ing: Professor fi. M. Maclver. Present: Mrs. Anna Schwartz of the National Council of Jewish Women, Mr. Staffeld of the Council for Democracy, Clark M. Michelberger of the Amferican Association for the United, Nations, Miss Margaret Olson of the Committee on Human Rights of the Commission to Study the Organization of Peace, John Nilingston- -Mr. Wyman and Mrs Etchevery of Americans United for World Organizationj Adam Yarolinsky of the American Veterans Committee, John Collier of the Institute of Ethnic Affairs, Mrsi, Elsie Elfenbein of the Post War'orld. Council, Read Lewis and Mr4 Chyz of the Common Council for American Unity, Miss Annette S. Lawrence of the Council against intolerance, Miss Takayoshi of the Japanese American Citivene League$ Miss Peggy Cabn of the United. States Student Assembly, Bernard Jaffe of the National Lawyers Guild, Mr. Liskoseky of the American Jewish Committee, a representative of the National Women's Trade Union League, Miss Emerine of the National Peace Con- ferencc, Isabelle Frank of the.Friends of Democracy, Frederick Holde of the Federal Council of Churches, Dr. Frank Barth~of the American Jewish Conference, Milton D. Stewart of the Commission on Freedom of the Press, Mrs. Edgerton Parsons of the National Council of Women, Dr, William Draper Lewis of the American Law Institute, and from the Americpn Givil Liberties Union Interna- tional Committee Judge Dorothy Kenyon and Roger N. Baldwin. Mr. Baldwin read off the list of organizations invited. and. asked for further suggestions, The following were suggested: NAACP, National Council of Negro Women, Council on African Affairs, National Consumers League. Professor HacIver opened. the meeting by stating that it had been called to find out if some common means could be devised between private organizations for approaching the Commission on Human Rights of the UNO to meet in New York on April 29 He stated that it was the intention to coordinate activities not to create a new organization. Mr.B3aldwin stated that the published proposals for securing human rights could be boiled down to three main types: (1) Proposals for action similar to that of the ILO which would promul- gate standards of civil liberty to be recommended to the nations. (2) Proposals that the international authority be given power to intervene in the Internal affairs of the nations under their own civil rights laws and in an advisory capacity, as a friend of the court.n (3) Proposals for international conventions on lines of the Postal Convention and others, to establish civil rights in fields where common interests are involved between the nations, Mr. lames P Hendrick; s6eaking for the State Department, first em- rlaine that while the position of Mr- Winant on the Economic and Social Council was that of a rbpresentatte of the United States Government, Mrs. Roosevelt on the Commission on Human Rights was acting as a private individtal.

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