Evening star., 1945-07-22
Senate Approval
OF Charter Due
ByEnd Of Week
Desire for Recess
Moy Speed Debate,
Starting Tomorrow
BY GOULD LINCOLN.

Debate on the United Nations
Charter will open in the Senate
at noon tomorrow, with only a
single vote announced against
it-that of Senator Johnson Of
California. That the Charter
will be ratified overwhelmingly
and without reservation is con-
ceded. Prospects are for early
action, possibly before the week
ends.
Action on the Charter alone
stands between the Senate and a
much-desired summer recess. This,
too, may have something to do with
speeding up consideration.
Without roll call the Senate
yesterday adopted House-ap-
proved resolution making the
United States a member of the in
ternational food and agriculture
initiated at the Hot
Springs wv. Va) Food Conference
two years ago. This cleared the
decks and gave a complete right
of way to the Charter.
Three Senators Undecided.
Three Senators yesterday said
that they had not yet made up
their minds how they would vote
Senator Wheeler, Democrat, Of
Montana, and Republican Senators
Shipstead of Minnesota and Lam
ger of North Dakota. Senator
Brooks, Republican, of Illinois,
commented, Il probably will vote
for the Charter" still leaving a
possibility he might be counted in
the negative, although that does
not now seem likely.
Two other Senators. who weeks
ago were considered as possible op-
ponentS of United States adherence
to the Charter, Senator McCarran,
Democrat. of Nevada and Senator
Wherry, Republican, of Nebraska
said fatty they intended to vote for
it.
L think that the Charter should
be ratified by a unanimous vote of
the Senate" Senator McCarran
said. Senator Wherry, the Republi-
can whip, merely said: Il shall vote
for it."
The prospects are that there will
be no more than five votes against
it-and there may be only one. Over
support of the American
people for International cooperation
for peace. demonstrated in many
ways. is responsible for the situa-
ton in the Senate today. 1t is well
understood there are number of
Senators now supporting ratification
who have no love for American ad-
herence to the Charter and who are
skeptical of its efficacy.
1919 Situation Recalled.
The situation which faces the new
league for peace is vastly different
from that which existed when the
old League of Nations fight was
waged in 1919. Republican and
Democratic leadership alike are sup
porting ratification-with Chairman
Connally of the Foreign Relations
Committee rallying the Democrats,
and Senator Vandenberg Of Michi-
gan the Republicans. Both Sena-
tors, as delegates to the San Fran
cisco Conference, played important
parts in the making of the Charter.
In 1919, no Senator. Republican
or Democrat. had hand in draft
ing the League of Nations covenant.
The late Senator's Lodge of Massa-
chusetts, Borah of Idaho, Brandegee
of Connecticut and other Republi-
cans were violently opposed to the
covenant, some of them with or
without reservation, and so were a
handful of Democrats, including the
late Senator Reed of Missouri. With
the late President Wilson adari1ant
in his opposition to reservations, the
covenant fell between the two hos
tile forces, unable to muster the
necessary two-thirds vote for rati-
flcation.
Debate of the old league covenant
ran for nine weeks, from September
Is to November 10, 1919. 1t held
the attention of the country and
the world. The only one of the
old group of ''irreconcilableS" now
in the Senate is Senator
johnson. He is the only member of
the Foreign Relations Committee
who cast a vote against the new
Charter.
Connally to Talk Briefly.
AS chairman of the Foreign Rela-
tions Committee and in charge Of
the Charter, Senator Connally is
expected to open the debate on the
document, the most recent attempt
to provide for continuous peace
through international agreement
and cooperation His address will
be brief, for he discussed the Charter
at length when he returned to the
Senate from San Francisco several
weeks ago.
Senator Vandenberg indicated he
would make no formal address on
the Charter since he, too, made a
comprehensive speech in its sup
port Immediately after Senator Con-
nally. He will hold himself in readi-
ness, however, to explain any fea-
lures of the Charter or to answer
attacks upon it.
Senator Wheeler said he expects
to discuss the Charter and it's pro-
visions thoroughly. However. many
of the Senators have made it clear
they will speak only briefly, if at
all. The leadership, therefore,, will