Evening star., 1945-11-25
THE SUNDAY STAR, Washington. D. c.
NOVEMBER - -
Conna|Iy Urges Senate
10 Approve Expanded
Role in United Nations
BY GOULD LINCOLN.

Senate Foreign Relations Com
mittee last night urged promp
and favorable action by the Sen
ate on the bill implementing thi
country's participation in tn
United Nations Organization.
He was supported By Senate
Vandenberg of Michigan, leader O
Republican thought on foreign af
fairs. The bill which has bipartisan
support, is to be taken up in th'
Senate tomorrow.
The United Nations Charter /.
the only present hope for worlc
peace and cooperation" Senator
Connally said. The United State.
must not shirk its responsibility
or leadership in the new organic.
alton. Either we tackle our respon.
sibilities with a vigor and determin.
alton characteristic of the American
people or else we let the worle
tumble in about u.s.
Vandenberg Cities Importance.
In the same vein, Senator Van.
denberg said: THE more difficult
the foreign situation becomes, ano
the more complex the postwar work.
gets, the greater the need for the
United Nations Organization. Fal
from being less important than il
was last spring at San Francisco
(where the charter was written), it
Is infinitely more important, due
to the events that have happened
since. This is true not only because
of the atomic bomb, but because
of the obviously worsening of all
international relations. The United
Nations Organization is the one
great central hope we can tie to as
the basis for finding the answers
We so sadly need"
Both Senators predicted passage
Of the bill by an overwhelming ma
jority
Attack may come from two angles
First, from those who believe that
Congress should be called on before
any of the armed forces of this
country are sent into action by the
Security Council. including the quota
forces assigned for use by the coun-
Gil. Second, from those who wish
Congress also to pass on use of diplo-
matte and economic sanctions by the
Security Council, prior to their use.
Senator Connally said the heart of
the bill is the section which would
give the President power to make
available to the Security Council a
quota Of armed forces-in amounts
to be set later by Congress-for in
forcement action against aggressive
nations
The President would not have to
come to Congress on every separate
occasion for authority to allow use
Of the troops, but he would have no
authority to assign more than the
statutory quota.
This is exactly as 1t should be, -
Senator Connally said. The Secur-
ity Council must have the power
and the authority to act promptly
or it will fail in its au-important
task.
Bitter experience has shown that
here Is one place where we dare
not temporize. The Security Coun-
Gil Is one agency which we cannot
afford to hamper.
THE council would be rendered
weak and impotent if every case
Of aggression had to be discussed
In the Congress and in the legisla-
lures OF 80 other nations before
action could be taken. Such a pro-
cedure would encourage hesitation
and delay would be the delight OF
every potential aggressor."
Wheeler Planning Speech.
Senator Wheeler, Democrat, OF
Montana, who has threatened
opposition when the implementing
legislation comes before the Senate
although he voted. for the charter,
is planning a speech on the meas
ure. Senator Taft, Republican, of
Ohio, has submitted three amend
ments. However, the bill probably
will pass practically unchanged.
The Taft amendments seek to
limit cooperation by the United
States in the use of sanctions with
out some direction by Congress
One amendment limits action taken
by the President under the sanctions
clause to three months, and there
after there must be congressional
action.
Another provides that the Amer
lean representative in the Security
Council shall not vote for the use
of sanctions against a nation unless
that nation shall have been given a
hearing before the Security Council
except where the nation has at
tackled the territorial integrity OF
other nations.
A third amendment directs the
American representative in the Sc
curity Council to urge on the coun-
Gil immediate action on a limitation
Of armapents, the use of weapons
such as 0she atomic bomb, rockets
and poison gas, and effective amend
ments to the charter to secure the
enforcement of such undertakings
Opposition May Be Deferred.
1t is possible that the major fight
will be deferred until the agree
ments on the quota Of armed
forces come.
Any attempt to amend the bill
to compel the President to come
to Congress before these police
forces may be used by the Security
Council will be defeated. 1t is es-
tinated that not more than a dozen
votes could be mustered In favor oi
such an amendment.
In this connection, Senator Van
denberg said the bill covers the use
of peace forces, not war forces
When they are used it will be te
keep the peace and prevent war
In his statement Senator Con.
nally said:
II want to drive home the fact
that in this bill the United States
is undertaking no new obligations
We are but making the necessary
arrangements to carry out the obli.
cations which we have already as.