Evening star., 1945-07-26
Charter
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future agreements of the United
States with the Security Coun-
Gil for its quota of armed forces
to be used in international polio
ing shall be ratified" by treaty
or by joint resolution of Congress.
Senator Lucas, Democrat, of Il
linois took the lead in demanding
that it be made clear ratification
of such agreements should be by
joint action of both houses, and he
had the support of many of his
colleagues. Senator Taft, Repub-
lican, of Ohio demurred, although
he said he did not feel strongly on
the subject. Senator Connally
and others, including Senator
Wheeler, Democrat, of Montana, in
sisted that this was an issue which
would be dealt with when the agree
ments with the Council were nego-
tiated some time in the future.
The net result is that the ques-
ton is open: there can be no claim
that the Senate. when it acts
upon the Charter. agreed in ef-
feet, that the agreement with the
Security Council would be handled
as treaty. requiring a two-thirds
vote. A further result is that
the Senate made it clear in debate
that these agreements should be
ratified by Congress or the Senate
by itself, and should not be agree
ments by executive order. In what
form the agreements will finally
be sent to Congress for ratification
will necessarily depend on the Pres
ident. who alone has the power to
such agreements.
Hart Issues Warning.
Speaking in support of the Char
ter. Senator Hart, Republican, of
Connecticut, chief of the Asiatic
Fleet when this war started, declared: /:
I'VE shall ratify the Charter and
Loyalty fulfill our commitments
He warned, however,
that the United States must not at
tempt to bear all the burdens of the
world, and strongly urged that this
Government use its bargaining
to look after American in
tereSts.
Illustrating his meaning, Senator
Hart criticized the project of Secre-
tary of the Interior Ickes. who as
hard fuel administrator has pro-
posed that this country ship 6,000, 900
tons of coal to Europe at once to
help relieve conditions there.
Not So Simple.
That sounds simple Senator
Hart said, ''but the doing of it will
not be simple He pointed out that
it is proposed to return $4,000 miners
from the armed services, equivalent
to two infantry divisions. to mine
the coal. and that Americans limit
their coal consumption drastically
He added that the railroads, already
hard pressed, will have to transport
the coal to ports, and that some 700
of our best freighters would be
needed to carry the coal overseas.
There are many coal mines" he
continued, distributed over North
west Europe-in Germany, France,
Belgium and even in Holland. 1t
would have been well to have esti-
mated what this effort will cost us
as balanced against the effort of
getting the coal from numerous
mines in Europe"
Senator Hart said he did not mean
TO criticize Mr.. Ickes. Some subor-
dinates, of course, thought up that
{, ,o00, ,000-ton project" he said. Il
don't expect, as it has been said in
some qarters, that John l.. Lewis
president of the United Mine Work
ers) really has anything to do with
1t. Those bright young men in the
Interior Department probably pro-
duced the idea; and it is such errors
of Judgment as that in our interna-
tional dealings which seek to warn
against