Montana labor news., 1945-05-03

VI SdlllAd llOlI W ulJOl q SiO'e'A
, The first session was devoted to vel
I coming addresses by Edward R. stettin-
ius. leader of the U. s delegation, and
President Harry s. Truman. speaking
from washington In the following
weeks delegates will work in committees
and in plenary sessions on detailed plans
for the new world security organization
mapped at Dumbarton Oaks and Yalta
In the few days preceding the opening
of the conference when delegates and
press were pouring into this war-crowd-
ed city from every part of the world, an
aura OF confusion and pessimism hung
over the conference, based on sensation
al press reports OF dissension among the
Big Three ana Of grumblings of dis
satisfaction from smaller nations But
the air was cleared with statements by
stettinius and Deputy Prime Minister
Clement r. Atlee of Great Britain, who
arrived on the eve of the conference. ex- .
S pressing faith in the success of the par
ley
Il come" stettinius said. with firm
f belief chat the United Nations are united
q in their determination to succeed in
Il establishing a world organization I say
Il this with no wish TO minimize difficult
II ties we must meet at this conference and
" afterward say it because 1 believe all
e peaceful people in the world demand it
% and the governments represented at this
conference must not and will not fail
them
If Attlee speaking for Foreign Minister
Anthony Eden, who had not arrived yet,
ID said. We come here with a strong de
ir termination that this conference has got
.g to be a success: We want it to be a
q framework within which our people may
> have security
lie Attee backed this up with the an
nouncement that Britain agreed with the
r. U. S. in supporting the Soviet request
.d for separate seats in the General As
l. sembly for the republics Of Soviet White
ne Russia and Soviet plrainia, giving the
USSR three votes in all BY making
this position clear and strong even be-
fore the formal conference opening, the
British served notice that they have no
intention Of gnaWing away at the bonds
N uniting the u s., the Soviet Union and
". Great Britain, on whose continued gen
II uine friendship depends the future peace
1rl Of the world
H. The Big Three likewise enter this con-
up ference firmly agreed on what had been
.e played up by gloom-singers as one OF
the nottiest questions before the gath
IT. ering g-the voting setup OF the proposed
is Security Council of the new organiza-
I'd ton Britain the U. s., the Soviet
Union, France ana China will be perma-
net members of the council and each
sb has the right under the compromise
"a worked out at Yalta to veto military ac-
~ ton against itself by other council
members.
.o- While this agreement has aroused
~ much controversy, it is conceded thai
this provision is in fact pledge by the
big powers to continue their war-borr
cooperation into the peace. They realize
that if ever their relations descend t.
the point where war is the only solution
then the purpose of the security organi.
zation will have been defeated and &
vote on the question will be a feeble, in
IN Elective gesture.
vii The firm resolve of the big nations t'
lgs make the conference a success was fur
$50 ther demonstrated with Stettinius an
nouncement that Britain, the USSR ant
me the U. S had accepted proposals by hi
oV- Chinese that international disputes b.
be settled with due regard for principle
ION of justice and International law" Thi
Ill apparently was intended to forestan an.
eH attempt to make the question of justic
lite a protracted arguing point at the con
are ference.
Other main issues before the confer
car ence will be how to integrate regiona
'hn agreements into the world security organi
on zation, the French-Soviet treaty, admis
sion of Argentina into the conferenc,
ks creation of a trusteeship system 70
BOW inundated and liberated colonial terri
va tories and the powers of the propose
ION International Court of Justice
lrs The delegates here are earnestly de
ON termined to avoid the pitfalls of the dis
li- credited League Of Nations. They kno-
the presence of the U. S. and the Sovie
Union means that they have alread
successfully surmounted two of the chic
obstacles to success of the league. The
rect believe the building of a firm peac
u, framework is a debt owed to the million
.o. of war dead and to FDR.
was -