National Affairs: Those Americans!

The most surprised men in the world this week were the seven members of the UNO committee to choose a site for the world capital. After 29 days of being wined, dined, high-pressured and deluged with mail by ambitious mayors and governors, they finally announced their choice — and discovered that the chosen community was aghast.

The committee wanted UNO to live just where a big chunk of New York City's wealthier commuters already live —in 42 square miles of southwestern Connecticut and New York's suburban Westchester County. Yugoslavia's Dr. Stoyan Gavrilovic pointed out...