G. Edward Griffin - The Fearful Master - PDF Archive

A Gallup Poll showing that only 1% of the people had ever heard of
UNESCO is not depressing. It means that hardly anybody has been
turned against it! How many people can name the five most important
committees in the U.S. Senate? How many can name all the countries
in Central and South America? How many persons know the official
name of the Marshall plan? The important question is, how many
persons will be affected by UNESCO, whether they know it or not, and
in what ways? . . . UNESCO is a part of the fundamental law of 40
nations; as such, it need not be on the defensive. Clearly, the 40
member states are themselves on the defensive. 11
In spite of this continuous bombardment on the subconscious thinking of Americans for
almost two decades, the number of people who are beginning to question the UN
continues to grow. So much so, in fact, that by June of 1963 the master planners were
beginning to worry. The National Advertising Council publicly announced on June 24 that
it had been called in to help resell the UN to the American people because, as it put it,
"The United Nations is considered by close observers . . . to have lost some of its grip on
public opinion." 12 With the help of a Madison Avenue advertising firm, the National
Advertising Council launched a gigantic campaign in the press, radio and TV valued at
over five million dollars! As you may recall, the gimmick that was used as the main theme
for this campaign was a picture of a huge and frightening mushroom cloud of an H-bomb
explosion. And after thus sending a calculated chill down our spines at the thought of
nuclear holocaust, the advertising experts then flashed the words: "This Is One Alternative
To The United Nations!"
Now really, who are the "fright peddlers"?
NOTES
1. Mike Newberry, "Birchers Take Warpath Against UN Peace Hopes," the Worker
(January 21, 1962), p. 6.
2. 46 Angry Men, p. 84.
3. United Nations Guardian of Peace, Department of State publication #7225 (September
1961), p. 36.
4. Speech by George Todt before the Congress of Freedom, Veterans War Memorial
Auditorium (San Francisco, April 1955).
5. "Anti-UNESCO," Los Angeles Times (March 2, 1955). Also, "Boy Supported," Los
Angeles Times (March 7, 1955). Also, "Speech Freedom," Los Angeles Times (March 11,
1955).
6. Daily Worker (October 28, 1953), P. 6.
7. Congressman James Utt, "Power Shift in the United Nations," Congressional Record
(April 11, 1962).
8. United Nations General Assembly Yearbook, 1946-1947, annex 12, general records,
6th commission, p. 226. Also, Eleanor Roosevelt and William DeWitt, The United Nations