The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-11-18

 nations could cooperate to main tain peace.
 Size of each nations delegation in the General Assembly is not yet determined, but each nation large or small would have only one vote.
 This is an over-simplif1ed state ment of the functions and powers of the General Assembly, as set forth in Chapter V of the Dumbarton Oaks proposals, but there you may see that the Assembly is in no sense a world legislature, passing Jaws" for all the nations of the woDld.
 Its recommendations might take the form of conventions" which would then have to be submitted to all the governments.
 But If any countries, by not ratify- ing an action of the Assembly. should endanger the peace of the world, that would be something else. A WAY TO CRACK DOWN
 ON ARMAMENT BUILDING
 For instance, one of the questions that might come before the Assem- bly, would be limitation of arma- ments. The Assembly might agree upon convention for world disarm- ament, and submit it to the govern mentS of the world for ratification. If one nation should refuse to ratlfy and should go on building up It's armaments, then the Security Coun- Gil of the United Nations organ1za- tion might move in and crack down. The General Assembly would be ob- igated to refer such cases to the Security Council for enforcement.
 Other questions on which the As- sembly might act would be tarln barriers, how large powers should treat dependent colonies, regulation of white slavery, opium traffic, or even the international distribution of obscene postcards.
 The important thing to remember is that on any of these questions, the Assembly could only recommend. It would be up to the individual mena- Der nations to act.
 Another job designated to the As- sembly is the coordination of pol icies of existing international CO., operative agencies such as the Inter- national Labor Organization and the United Nations Food and Agricul- ture Organization, and to set up such additional co-opative agencies as might be necessary. The Gen. eral Assembly would not exactly be "boss" over these agencies, but 1t would oversee them
 THE ASSEMBLY IS
 A GENERAL HOUSEKEEPER
 Other functions of the Assembly are largely in the nature of house. keeping for the United Nations or ganization. The General Assembly could make its own rules of proced- ure.
 Further, the General Assembly may elect it's own president, may ap- portion the expenses of the member nations in maintaining the United Nations organization, and it may make the budgets for those ex- penseS.
 Finally, the General Assembly may exercise certain checks upon the Security Council. The Security Council may nominate the secretary general, but the Assembly will elect him and if the General Assembly turns down a nominee. the Security Council must suggest others until an acceptable one is found. Similarly the Security Council may recom- mend new mmebers for the organiz- ation and recommend that others be expelled. But it is the General As- sembly which gives final decision to such recommendation
 The General Assembly is not en- powered to veto any actions of the Security Council, but it is the Gen. eral Assembly which determines which countries shall be represented and elected to the non-permanent seats on the Council, so the Gen. eral Assembly indirectly controls the Council in this manner. Functions of this Security Council will be dis cuSSed in the next article.