Evening star., 1944-11-09
Australia 5 Air Plan
Rejected as American
Idea Gains 5irenqih
By the Associated rresp.


CHICAGO, Noy. S.-The effort
to reach = world aviation agrees
ment proceeded today along path
limited to separate national opera
tion Of airlines.
The issue Of an international
company to own and operate air.
craft on global routes was elisni-
mated yesterday with the rejection
Of the joint proposal Of New Zea-I
land and Australia, one Of the four
major plans pending before the In
ternational civil aviation confer
ence.
The United States plan, built
around the theory Of freedom OF
flight; the Canadian proposal,
based ON assignment OF routes
through world agency, and the
United Kingdom plans, calling for
division of trafiic formula, remain
for discussion.
Decision Made BY Voice Vote.
Dismissal OF the Australian New
Zealand idea took place at meet
ing Of the conferences No. COM
mittee. The decision was on voice
vote in support Of q motion by Bra
zil, and no effort was made to poll
the delegates for an actual count.
With that touchy issue out Of the
way and the national electionl
ended, the United States delegation,
headed by Adolf A. Berle, jr., wasI
prepared to deal more directly with
the proposals regarded as .likeNesti
framework for q world aviation au-
thority
Thief New Zealand Australian
plan, adopted at Canberra early this
year, was linked closely with the
idea Of postwar security, q thought
which the United States, at least,
feels belongs in the Dumbarton|
Oaks meeting rather than here.
Thus the decision to reject the idea
because of lack of "unanimity"
represents q step in the direction
of the United States plan.
Speed b Emphasized.
Also indicative Of an approach
to the American view is the con-
ference's growing emphasis on the
idea of getting air transport started
as quickly as possible and reach
Ing some agreement on q transi-
tional organization while laying the |
foundation for q permanent one.
The British Empire countries and
some others came here feeling that
efforts should be centered primarily |
on setting up a permanent world
authority now.
The Canadian plan still is the one
most nearly acceptable to the United
States. The basic principle which
is unacceptable here, is the pro-
posal to allocate routes through q |
central authority. Canada finds lit
tie support for the idea, even
among members Of the British Com
monwealth.
Much Detail Work Ahead.
A week Of discussions has shown
general agreement on the idea Of aI
set of principles to govern competi-
ton, although much of the detail yet
is to be settled.
Just as Canada stands nearly
alone on route ALLEGATION, the United
Kingdom finds small support forI
trafic division, one of the key points
in its proposal.
The disposal Of the Australian
New Zealand world company plan
demonstrates the conference lead
ers' determination to narrow the
issue as quickly as possible. The
action had the effect Of completely
removing an entire proposal from
the realm of discussion, although
France gave notice that 1t was con-
sidering reintrodudcing the idea in o.
limited form. The French sugges-
ton is that the conference either
order a study of the International
company plan by the permanent
convention or establish one such
trunk route as guinea pig for OBJ
Servation and study.