Evening star., 1944-09-02
World Peace Formula
Due for Disclosure
Soon After Election
Dumburton Delegates
Expected to Complete
y Work by End Of Month

The work Of the security confer
ence at Dumbarton Oaks has pro-
gressed to the point where Ameri-
can officials are hopeful that 1t will
have a peace plan ready for consid-
Grafton of a formal United Nations
conference in November.
That month was mentioned spe-
ciflcally late yesterday by Michael
]. McDermott, pu olic relations aide
to Secretary of State Hull, in giving
newspapermen a verbal report on
the conference. Mr.. McDermott's
report was interpreted to mean that
the .conferees are making rapid
progress in reconciling points of
difference in the American, Russian
and British plans.
If that timetable is followed it
would mean that the conference
would convene shortly after the No
vember elections when the complex
ion of the next administration will
be known
According to present plans the
preliminary talks at Dumbarton
Oaks, including the second phase
of the conversations. which will be
held between the Anglo-American
powers and China, will be COM
pleted by the latter part of this
month. Hence it would be possible
to hold the full-dress conferences,
at which final plans for peace ma
chinery will be worked out, as early
as October.
Election InterpOses Delay.
However, the administration ap-
parently regards it as unwise to
have an important international
conference in session during the
hottest period of national political
campaign. The possibility is seen
that all statements of United States
policy at the conference would have
to be weighed in the light of their
immediate political effect.
In contrast to last week end,
when the delegates took a holiday
in New York, the Steering Commit
tee and various subcommittee at
Dumbarton Oaks intend to hold
several sessions today and tomor-
row. They are attempting to COM
plete the American British Russian
phase of the conversations by Sep
tember Is when the Chinese are to
enter the talks. DR.. Wellington
Koo, chief of the Chinese delegation,
and members of his staff now are
standing by" waiting to enter the
conference
The statement by Secretary Hull
st his press conference yesterday
that the United States would like
to see the development of a strong
France was interpreted in some
quarters as implying that the Amer
ican delegation may back proposals
that France be given a permanent
seat on the council of the postwar
security organization.
British Back Move.
This suggestion, it was learned
reliably, was advanced several days
ago by the British, whose historic
policy has been to foster France as
strong military power on the
continent as a checkmate to Ger
many.
The original plan had been to
conflne the permanent members of
the council to America, Britain,
Russia and China, at least until all
French territory was free and
France had held national elections.
There are certain technical OBJ
stacles in the way of giving France
q permanent seat until after the
elections, as the United States does
not recognize the French Commit
tee of National Liberation as the
government of France. After con-
versations here this summer be-
tween Gen. Charles de Gaulle, head
Of the committee, and President
Roosevelt. the committee was rec
ognized as the de facto" civil au-
thority In liberated French terri
tory, but this action fell short of
full diplomatic recognition.