Evening star., 1945-03-05
Big -Four Invite
.39 Nations 10
Security Farley
France Drops Out
As Sponsor, but
WiIIAttend ToIks
By JOSEPH H. BAIRD.

The United States, acting on
behalf of the Big Four powers
represented at Dumbarton Oaks,
today invited 80 members of the
United Nations to meet at San
Francisco on April Is to draw
up final plans for a world Sc
curity organization. France, at
the last moment, refused to be
one of the sponsoring powers,
although she will attend the con-
ference.
The Lublin government of Po-
land was not among those invited
to the meeting. However, an invi-
tation will be issued to that coun-
try If, in line with the Yalta agree
ment, its present regime has been
reorganized and recognized by the
major powers before the meeting.
Concurrent with issuance of the
invitations, the State Department
revealed that the Big Four had
reached an agreement on voting
procedures problem left open at
Dumbarton Oaks Under the for
mula agreed on any one of the big
powers may block action in the
security council on a proposal to
use force in a dispute to which it
is party.
Deserves Permanent Seat.
This agreement represents a
diplomatic victory for Soviet Rus
ria, which insisted on the right
to veto use of the councils powers
in a dispute involving itself. How
ever, the council will take action
of a judicial nature, not involving
the use of sanctions, by the vote of
a majority of seven, counting those
of large and small nations as of
equal value.
Including the sponsoring powers,
the United States, Great Britain,
Soviet Russia and China-44 ma
tions will be represented at San
Francisco. 1t was made clear that
even though France declined to
become a sponsor of the conference,
it will be entitled to a permanent
seat on the security council. 1t was
not included in the list of 80 nations
to whom invitations were extended
inasmuch as it already had been
classed as one of the big powers
to play a major role in organization
of the United Nations security plans.
The formal invitations were made
public by the State Department.
At the same time Secretary of State
Stettinius, now at the Pan-Ameri-
can Conference in Mexico City is
sued statement clarifying the de-
cision reached with regard to voting
in the council The principle of the
voting formula was worked out at
the Crimea Conference among Presi-
dent Roosevelt, Prime Minister
Churchill and Premier Stain. They
said in a statement then that it
would not be made public until
after France and China had been
consulted.
Draws Distinction.
Mr.. Stettinius in his statement
drew a distinction between cases in
! which the council was engaged 1n
performing its quasi-judicial func-
ton of promoting specific settle
ment of disputes" and those in which
| it exercised a political function in
taking action for the maintenance
of peace and security" In the
| former case it was specified that no
party to dispute could vote on the
decision taken by the security coun-
Gil. But in the latter case distinc-
ton was made between permanent
members and nonpermanent mem
bers. Adverse vote of any one of the
permanent members may block ac-
| tion.
The Secretary explained that this
differential between members was
made because the big powers must
(See SECURITY, Page A-4.)