Evening star., 1944-09-04
Tri-Power Agreement
On World Security
Expecfed This Week
By the Associated Press.

A three power agreement late thi
week on the principles and plal
for . world security organization
was predicted today by person
familiar with the progress of tn
British -American-Russian talks q
Dumbarton Oaks.
For the time being, however, tn,
agreement will not be admitted Of
f1cially since the British and Amer
ican delegations want to keep s
proper diplomatic position in prep.
aration for the Chinese phase o1
the talks expected to open a weel
from today.
To do this, it is understood, they
cannot afford to commit them.
selves irrevocably on any point o1
negotiation with the Russians ex.
cept points on which the known
Chinese position is in agreement.
AS a result it may be that after
the Chinese talks some points will
have to be referred to Moscow for
further discussion and agreement be-
fore any final official statement of
accomplishments is made.
Ban on Politics Favored.
Meanwhile, a move by a Southern
Democrat and Midwestern Repub-
Ican to keep politics out of congress
sional peace planning won strong
support on Capitol Hill today. One
observer compared it to the recent
Cordel Hull-John Foster Dulles con-
ferences.
Several members of the House For
eign Affairs Committee praised the
objectives of the proposal-offered
as legislation by Representatives
Hays, Democrat, of Arkansas and
Judd, Republican, of Minnesota-al-
though some questioned its practi-
cability.
Republican Fulbright, Democrat
OF Arkansas, a peace planning lead
er, declared "the plan applies to the
legislative branch in much the same
way as the nonpartisan conferences
between Secretary Hull and Mr.
Dulles did to the executive" Mr..
Dulles represented the Republican
presidential nominee, Gov. Thomas
E. Dewey, in his talks with Mr.. Hull.
The Hays-Judd resolution speci-
fies simply that all legislation re-
garding establishing and maintain
ing peace shall be the joint respon-
sibility of the majority and minority
parties"
Virtually all the sessions so far
among the Russian, British and
American groups at Dumbarton
Oaks have run smoothly, greatest
difficulties resulting from misunder-
standings due to language differ
ences. Most OF the work has been
concerned with peaceful ways of
settling international troubles.
Three controversial issues arose
during the course of the first two
weeks and inconclusive evidences
leaking through the wall of secrecy
around Dumbarton Oaks indicated
that as the third week opened they
were still to be settled:
l. The scope of the world organi-
zation-should it include provision
for handling economic problems
such as food and finance? The
Russians said no. The British said
yes. The Americans proposed 4
broad but relatively vague world
super-agency of which political Sc
curity would be one part, economic
cooperation a second and welfare
and education activities a third.
2. The place Of the small states
All agreed they should have a place
on the council in which the four
big powers five when France comes
in) would dominate. The question:
How much of voice should the
small nations have in deciding on
when to use force against potential
aggressors? Russia originally said
none. The United States and Brit
ain urged limited vote for them.
3. The organization of force-Be-
lieving in the principle Of an inter.