The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1932-07-01
ITTVINOFF IS
BOYCOTTEDBY
BANKER PRESS
Soviet Union VIII Not
Take Responsibility for
Geneva Failure
DEMANDS RESULTS
Workers of U.S.S.R. and OF
Entire World Want Real
Disarmament
DEMANDS RESULTS

Geneva, June 3D. Maxim Lit !
cinoff, head of the Soviet delega-
ton to the disarmament" confer
ence, yesterday spoke before the !
general commission of the disarm-
ament conference. Litvinoff's talk |
has been boycOtted by the capital
iSt press.
In his address Litvinoff con-
demned the conferences as sabo-
tagging real disarmament. He de-
clared that the Soviet Union is
unable to accept or share respon-
Sibility for the course of the con-
ference. He pointed out that only
recently has the Soviet delegation
found it possible to resume off
cial contact with other delegations
and declared that the Soviet dele
gates are in Geneva not as tour
lists picking up rumors about the
contents of conversations on dis
armament between the representa-
dves of several states. The Soviet
delegates are themselves members
of the conference and their exclu-
sion is unjustified.
mot Least Result"
Mtvinoff further noted the ex-
tremely unsatisfactory state of af-
fairs of the conference, declaring:
''The fifth month of the con-
ference is drawing to a close, yet
it is unable to register the slight
est progress or the least result"
Pointing out further that the
differences revealed at conference
between different states were un-
mitigated, at least officially, Lit
vinOff drew attention to the fact
that technical committees carried
out considerable work involving
500 documents formerly forming q
pile nearly Is centimeters high.
However there is no indication
whatever that their work has any
bearing on the conference and viii
be used by it. The conference
dealt with details of questions
without first deciding them il
principle. Thus, he maintained
the proceeding committees had {
purely academic character.
Pointing out that after almos
10 years of preparation for thu
disarmament conference and near
ly five months after it's opening
there has still been no answer t.
the question of whether all state
represented in it are prepared TO
any disarmament or reduction o
arms, Litvinoff declared:
"The peoples state which l req
resent like the people of the en-
tire world are interested not i
outward success" of the confer
ence but in genuine successes
disarmament"
Refuse Soviet Proposals
Stressing the responsibility {
all delegations before their nation
ais, Litvinoff stated:
"The Soviet delegation const
tutes part of the conference an
participates in all its commission
and bureaus and this may lead
incorrect conclusions about the s.
Wet delegation sharing some pa
Of the responsibility for the futil
" OF these proceedings. In realit
the Soviet Union cannot accel
this responsibility since not one
Its basic proposals has ever be-
adopted by the conference. II
conference refuses to discuss t
questions the Soviet delegation h
advanced and declines to app
those methods which the Sow
delegation recommended.
The Soviet delegation declar
and declares that the states repl
sented by it prepared propose
and plans for complete disarm
ment or partial disarmament, be
cumulative and qualitative. The
proposals have been rejected"
Attitude to U. S. Proposals
Referring to the American pl
posals he declared he welcom
the essentials of the propos
made by the American delegati
because in part they tend in I
same direction as the Soviet d
posals which were previously D
SeHsed here without securing 81
port. He welcomed the propos
ne said because they contain