Evening star., 1943-11-26
European Delegates
To UNRRA Block
'CoddIing' Of Nazis
Ey the Associated Press.

Ey the Associated Press.
ATLANTIC CITY. N. j., Nov. 90
European delegates to the United
Nations Relief and Rehabilitation
Administration conference, who
have been fighting here in a solid
bloc for stern policy toward Ger
many, have won two major points
at issue.
They succeeded in delaying action
on a proposal to use UNRRA funds
to return to Germany those Ger
mans in other lands at the end of
the war. They also defeated an
amendment whereby Germans
would pay only ito the fullest posi-
be extent" instead of all costs for
relief operations in their country.
Argument over the first issue was
highlighted by a dramatic address
by Yugoslav Minister Constantin
Fotitch, who described how Ger
mans had entered his country and
driven people from their homes with
nothing but the clothes on their
backs. He wanted the Germans &C
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The committee decided to iron out
the matter at a special session Of
the UNRRA council to be called in
a few months, or in the event of a
sudden crack of the Axis to let it
60 over to the peace conference.
Payment Is Issue.
The amount the Germans would
pay for relief extended on home ter
ritory was at issue in the general
policy committee.
1t had been decided by a sub
committee that all expenses con-
nected with relief operations in en-
emy territory would be borne by the
enemy territory concerned.
The argument was brought up In
the general policy committee that
Axis nations might be without funds
at time when UNRRA health Off
cials might have to work in their
areas to prevent epidemics from
spreading to neighboring Allied ma
tions.
To meet the issue it was pro-
posed that the phrasing be changed
to make the Axis countries pay only
ito the fullest possible extent"
Russia Also Opposed.
The amendment was defeated,
with the European nations standing
shoulder to shoulder and the Latin
Americans, for the most part, back
ing them up.
The note spit the big four"
China, the United Kingdom and the
United States voted for the loop
hole which would permit UNRRA
funds to be spent in Germany.
Russia voted against it.
The Polish vote seemed to place
Poland in a position where she
would agree to have UNRRA relief
sent into enemy territory even
though the enemy nations might
not be able to pay.
Poles Stress Fullest"
At press conference a Polish
delegate, Mieczyslaw Sokolowski, ex-
planned that his country would favor
demanding that Germany pay to
the fullest limit of her ability, with
an emphasis on the fullest"
At another press conference,
called to explain the Soviet position,
Delegate A. M. Smirnov explained
that his country expected to handle
UNRRA supplies, but that there
would be no objection to the en-
trance into Russia of either UNRRA
officials or any special
field missions
The commiteesconsidering the re-
turn of the 2O,0OO,OO0 displaced peo-
Piles of Europe, 6O,OO00OO in China
and possible 1OO,000,OO0 in Russia
agreed that citizens of the countries
should be returned home with the
aid of UNRRA.
"Non- Nationals" Covered.
The "non-nationals" s"-people who
fed from the. land of their birth
and lived in other countries for pro-
longed periods, even those who fled
before the war began-will be per-
mitted to make choice. provided
the country of their choice will
accept them.
This problem has been one of the
most ticklish, partly because of &C
ton by the Chinese delegation. wor-
ried about the millions of Chinese
nationals who have lived for years
all over the Far East, and who, if
they returned home, would create
even greater problems for China
after the war
The resolution as adopted by the
committee makes is possible for
China to refuse to accept any home
ward migration.
The possible pool of stateless peo-
pie will be referred to the Inter-
Allied Committee on Refugees.