Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-03-23
Ball Proposal
Backers Shy
At Showdown
Cold Reception Causes
Concern Over rs Fate
By PAUL MtLLON

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w h. not too much 10 say that
tho Ball Burton-HatCh-Hlll re-
SolvcrS for an intcrnationallzod
world were surprised and diSap-
pointed al the reaction their res
olutlon received in the Senate,
They say so themselves, in pri-
waite.
The plans FOR Fastening a Sem
ate declaration on the subject
have therefore cooled somewhat,
not I'm the sense that those Of
this particular school of thought
intend 10 abandon their ideas,
but certainly 10 the extent that
a cool. calm, unhurried debate
now seems IN prospect.
This is especially true since
the British foreign minister. Sir
Anthony Eden, expressed his
views on the subject in executive
session with the House foreign
affairs and Senate foreign rela-
tons committees.
No one asked Eden straight
out OF he liked the Ball reSolu-
ton. That question was pri-
marty in the minds Of most OF
the senators directing Inquiries
10 him from both sides of the
fence
Also. this is one Of the few
secret sessions OF any character
held in Washington in recent
weeks. from which conflicting
accounts have not been related
to the press by the participants.
4 IL present seemed agreed on
"A what he had said ANY one
must therefore assume as au-
thentic the anonymously an
nounced statement Of his posi-
ton. namely, that territorial and
boundary questions should be
left for settlement after the
war: that the four big powers
would have to settle these QucS-
tons then by negotiation; that
the ideal OF all of us is Collec-
tive security.
To make the Ball Burton
fatCh-HI1T resolution conform 10
this. most OF the specific recon-
mendationS which have been
advocated by Vice President
Wallace and Under Secretary of
State Sumner WeiicS would have
10 be eliminated.
The final phrase denouncinC
territorial ACKNOWLEDGEMENT would
have TO be stricken out and,
presumably also. the interna-
tional police force.
While Eden said nothing Spe-
officially on the latter point. it is
the administrations working
basis for internationalized SeCur-
ity. and the whole OF EdenS tone
CounSelling delay was at vari-
ance with II and the entire
resolution, which pr m arily
would require an international
conference now 10 settle these
and other problems.
The Eden talk, therefore, as
represented. seemed to offer the
first sight of common ground
upon which opposing factions in
the Senate might meet. BY
stripping the resolution of its
controversial features. it might
be rewritten TO express ideals
which are common TO both sides.
As Eden expressed them, they
seemed to be acceptable to both.
At least this seems TO be
about the only thing that can
be done with the situation at
present in ConSonance with the
primary purpose of winning the
war. A knock-down, drag-out
fight certainly would serve no
good war purpose.
4 MOTHER sign Of settling
"A dust on this subject was the
lttle-n I Cegd announcement
from the White House that
committee headed by State Soc
rotary Hull is TO meet with the
President weekly on postwar
food. relief, and rehabilitation
problems (moSt Of which Mr..
Wallace seems TO have been
counting as exclusively in his
balliwiCk).
On the committee are prac-
teal men, who know the prob