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Senator Sam J. Ervin Says . . . .
WASHINGTON —Hie Sen
ate may be called upon soon
tp ratify the Genocide Con
vention, a treaty which was
adopted by the General As
sembly of the United Nations
on December 10, 1048, and
\Yhich was submitted by
President Truman to the Sen
ate for its consideration on
June 16, 1049.
; Shortly thereafter, the Sen
ate 'Foreign Relations Com
mittee appointed a subcom
mittee composed of very able
Senators who conducted hear
ings on the treaty, and re
ported to the full committee
that the United States should
not ratify the treaty in any
event unless the Senate
adopted four substantial un
derstandings and one sub
stantial declaration. In es
sence, these reservations
sought to clarify some of the
vagaries of the treaty that
are shrouded in uncertainty.
Since this report was made,
the Senate Foreign Relations
Committee and the Senate it
self by inaction have refused
to ratify this treaty.
Recently, however, the Sen
ate Foreign Relations Com
mittee has revived the issue
of ratification and notwith
standing that there has been
a substantial change of cir
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cumstancea which would
make what was unwise in
1950 to be wise in 1970; the
treaty.may come before the
Senate soon.
Basically, the treaty makes
genocide a punishable crime
under international law. When
a nation ratifies the treaty,
persons charged with geno
cide or any of . the other acts
enumerated in this document
would be subject to a crim
inal trial in a tribunal in his
own nation or a foreign na
tion. Such a tribunal would
have jurisdiction over con
stitutionally responsible rul
ers, public officials and priv
ate individuals who are ac
cused of committing genocide
or any other acts enumerated
in the treaty.
I certainly do not question
the good intentions of those
who drafted the Genocide
Treaty or those who (favor its
ratification, yet it seems to
me that the Senate should not
penmit itself to be persuaded
by the good intentions of the
proponents of this treaty to
radically alter our entire
constitutional system of gov
ernment at a time when it is
manifest that a substantial
number of the American peo
ple do not wish to expand
their international obliga
IB CHOWAN HERALD, EDENTON, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, JUNE U, 1979.
tions and at a time when the
existing laws of the United
States and its several states
are adequate to punish all of
the physical acts of violence
denounced by the Genocide
Treaty. I am concerned, too,
that in ratifying the treaty we
shall place Americans on
trial at the mercy of foreign
tribunals which may not op
erate under the "due process”
safeguards accorded to the ac
cused under our legal sys
tem.
Witness what would happen
if the Senate should ratify
the Genccide Treaty during
our present intervention in
Southeast Asia. American
soldiers fighting under our
flag could be tried and pun
ished in a foreign court—
even in courts of our warring
enemy —for killings and
woundings of members of the
military forces of our war
ring enemy. Thus, American
soldiers and pilots who kill
and wound North Vietnamese
soldiers or members of the
Vietcong might be subject to
trial and punishment by a
new court established pur
suant to this treaty.
Moreover, the ratification of
the treaty raises many other
serious legal issues about the
jurisdiction of our (federal
and state courts in respect to
virtually every alleged homi
cide. It is interesting to note
that the American Bar Asso
ciation has twice urged the
Senate to reject the Genocide
Treaty once in 1949 and
again in 1970.
Strangely enough, the chief
reason cited by proponents for '
the ratification of the treaty
is that it will improve our
image in the eyes of Russia
and other totalitarian parties
to the treaty and that this
should be enough. This is
dubious logic, but more im
portant, it ignores all of the i
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ought to deter the Senate
; from ratifying this treaty.
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OPTOMETRIC CONGRESS
WRIGHTSVILLE BEACH
Dr. A. F. Downum, an Eden
ton optometrist, attended the
63rd annual spring congress
of the North Carolina State
Optometric Society here at
the Blockade Runner June
7-9.
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lives at peace with itself, its
fellowmen and with God.
Golf News
By LEW DEERE
I haven’t had a column the
past two weeks because I
have been an busy trying to
get the greens in shape and
getting my family off to
Italy and I just haven’t had
time. 1 want to take this op
portunity to thank all those
who helped in getting my
wife off to Italy. I can’t ex
press how we felt about what
you did for us. You realty
astonished us with your gen
erosity. It is most gratifying
to know that one has so many
friends and it also shows
what the people of Edenton
are made of. We would like
to express our most sincerest
appreciation.
Two more holes-in-one at
the club. On Saturday, June
6, Bob Ashley got one on No.
5, and on May 26 L. T. Tef
land of Raleigh got one on
No. 2. Nice going, fellers.
1 would now like to start
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This clinic will be in two age i
groups. So I need to know
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clinic and what their ages
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set who want to attend would
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The pool is now open at
the club and we have had a
lot of sun-bathers already.
We have a can drink and
cookie machine set up at the
rear of the club house so
those who want drinks, please
get them there as no bottles
are allowed at the pool. Bring
the family out. Swim, then
cook your steaks in the pic
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have a nice day.
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Services Are Held For Mr. Sutton .
Funeral services were held
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Seth Sutton, 86, 959 North
Broad Street, who died Fri
day at his home following an
illness of several months. He
was a retired carpenter.
Mr. Sutton, a native of Cho
wan County, was bom Feb
ruary 14, 1884, son of the late
Seth Stephenson and Mary
Penelope Sazemore Sutton.
He was the widower of Mrs.
Maggie Ward Sutton.
Surviving is a son, William
Leonard Sutton of Poguoson,
Va.; three daughters, Mrs.
Gwendolyn Smith and Mrs.
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10 grandchildren and eight
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The services were held in
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with Rev. Virgil Wilson in
charge. Burial was in Beav
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