Evening star., 1945-06-06
u. ). Offers New
Interpretation
Of Veto Plan
Formula Assures
Council Heurino
On Any Dispute
BY GOULD LINCOLN,
Star Staff Cnrrasnonaant

OalN rCANC1OCO, y uIle Oil lie
United States has advanced a
newly worded formula on the
discussion veto" issue in the
hope of breaking the United Ma
tions Conference deadlock with
Russia over this problem.
This new formula is being con-
sidered in Moscow and in San Fran
cisco. The negotiations are being
conducted in Moscow between Harry
Hopkins, President Truman's repre-
sentative, and Premier Stain, and
in San Francisco between Secretary
of State Stettinius and Russian Am
bassador Ador Andrei Gromyko.
. The effect of the new formula
ansinterpretation of the Yalta voting
formula for the security council of
the United Nations peace organiza-
tion-is to insure the presentation
to the council of any international
dispute which the disputants desire
to present, and to assure a hearing
of any one or all of the disputants.
DISCUSSION OF Dispute.
This means that the dispute would
be argued before the council by the
disputants-it would be in effect be
a discussion" of the dispute, in
which members of the council also
could join. However, after presenta-
ton Of the dispute and discussion
incidental to the presentation, when
the time comes for the council to
decide whether to take the matter
up for consideration and recon-
mendation, any one of the big five
permanent members of the council
could exercise a veto.
The Soviet position is understood
to be that in the 11-member Sc
curity council all of the Big Five
would have to agree before the
council could take up dispute and
begin to discuss it-except that If
one Of the Big Five was party
to the dispute it could not vote.
Unlimited discussion by the coun-
Gil, Russia holds, would violate the
Yalta voting procedure already
agreed on, which calls for unanim-
ity of the five permanent members
on steps that are to be taken to
settle dispute.
The United States, in making
the new move for an adjustment
Of the differences with Russia on
this issue, takes the position that
there has been a misunderstanding
between this country, Britain,
France and China on the one hand
and Russia on the other over Ian
guage rather than over basic ideas.
Right Of Petition.
In It's present emphasis that there
shall be free discussion Of a dispute
before the security council, without
a veto operating against it, the
United States Is seeking to guaran-
tee only the right of petition" by
any country which wishes to lay
complaint before the council.
American hope that Russia will
accept the new Interpretation is
based on the belief that Moscow is
not really opposed to establishing
the right of any country to present
dispute, but only to proceeding to
discuss it in council-after the pre-
sentation has been made-without
a vote of the council under the Yalta
veto formula.
The newly worded interpretive
formula does not mention discus
sion" at all. 1t merely puts into the
records of this conference a Big
Five agreement that the right of
petition by any country is inherent
and not subject to veto. 1t would
leave the Yalta voting formula un-
touched.
Mr.. Stettinius and Ambassador
Gromyko already have held one
conference on this subject. They
may meet again today. It was ad-
mitted that negotiations over the
veto issue are developing in Mos
COW and here, with London prob
ably playing some part. The Brit
ish, French and Chinese delega-
tions at the conference have sided
with the United States on this issue
and are expected to continue to
do so.
One American delegate predicted
today that the controversy with
Russia would be settled. His COL
(See LINCOLN, Page A-5.)