The Wilmington morning star., 1945-03-31

Secretary of State Stettinius todav
said nothing has happened tn dis.
courage MIN about creating a sue
cessful world organization at San
francisco. But he declined to dis.
cuss the Big-Three vote ratio nro-
jected at Yalta.
Stettinius held a news conference
Immediately after comforting with
three members of the u. S. dele.
administrations Tom Connally d.
Tex and Arthur H. Vandenberg
(R-Mich) and Rep. Sol Bloom n,
N.Y..
When they departed, the Con-
gressmen told reporters who
sought more details of the agree
ment on voting in the prospective
world assembly that stattinius
would have statement.
Instead, the Secretary OF State
said he would answer questions
next week.
Most of the questions asked Stat
tinius related to the White House
disclosure yesterday that Premier
Stain had asked three votes in
the assembly and that President
Roosevelt and Prime Minister
Churchill agreed to support this
claim, provided the United States
also had three.
The British Commonwealth of
Nations on the basis of member
ship in the United Nations would
have a total of six.
Taking up the Presidents an
nouncement. Stettinius placed spe-
cial emphasis on that protion which
said the Big Three agreed that
the ultimate decision on represen-
tation in the assembly of the world
organization would be made at the
San Francisco Conference.
The agreement was not included
in the Yalta communique, he ad-
ded, because that was confined to
decisions. The vote plan, he added,
must go before the conference.
Stettinius then replied affirma-
lively when asked whether the
Dumbarton Oaks proposals were
not also to be put before the world
conference for decision by all the
United Nations.
Asked whether the United States
was disappointed at the Russian
choice of Ambassador Andrei Gro
myko to head their delegation, in
stead of Foreign Commissar V. M.
Molotov, the Secretary replied that
this Government welcomes any
delegation sent by the Soviet Union
and will work with it in complete
harmony.
Stettinius repeatedly turned aside
all questions on whether the White
Russian and the Ukrainian repub-
lies, for which Russia wants votes
in the assembly, also would have
representative and separate votes
during the San Francisco Confer
ence
The sponsoring nations, he said,
had agreed that only United Ma
tons would attend the conference.
But he declined to say whether
Russia would be considered more
than one United Nation.
A reporter asked Stattinius on
what he based his confidence that
San Francisco would be a success.
He replied it is based on his
faith that the war has not been
fought in vain.
While attention conferred on the
voting agreement, one high rank
ing official who would lot permit
use of his name said fatty that no
additional secret agreements al
tering the Dumbarton Oaks pro-
posals had been reached at Yalta.
Bloom told a reporter in the
wake of White House disclosure OF
the Crimean agreement that "by
any reasoning we should have the
same vote as any empire Of any
country in the world
Bloom left no doubt that the
American delegation will be asked
to sponsor a proposal OF this ma
ture if the Yalta understanding to
give the United States and Russia
three votes each in the assembly
is pressed at San Francisco.
The White House announced yes
terday that Premier Stain had ask
ed for one vote for the Moscow
government and one each for he
Ukrainian republic and the White
Russian republic. President Roose-
welt and Prime Minister Churchill
agreed to back this claim, pro-
yided the United States is given
three votes also.
Declaring that the British would
have six seats for the United King
dom, Canada, Australia, India,
New Zealand and South Africa,
Bloom said it would be unfair
for. the United States to have only
three.
"By the same reasoning he
said, 1--WE should have SIX
While there was some DISPOSE
ton to discount the controversy
over voting strength in an assem-
bly, thai. in fact, will have little
more thar debating powers. Sena-
tor Vandenberg (R-Mich) indlca.-
ed he would champion the cause
of the little nations.
81 deeply disagree with any vot-
ing proposal which would destroy
the sovereign equality of nations
in the peace leagues assembly,
as previously proposed at Dunn
barton Oaks Vandenberg said in
a statement. He, too, is a delegate.