Evening star., 1945-05-12

line. Mr.. Stettinius reports back
to a delegation meeting today at
which final United States accord
on the formula is slated.
The reaction of Latin American
leaders battling here for an inde-
pendent security system in this
hemisphere remains to be deter
mined but United States leaders
were hopeful the self-defense theory
would meet their approval. This
would speed the conference toward
successful conclusion.
The n-Stettinius talk also Is
understood to have covered a gen.
eral review of conference work to
date and problems ahead prelimi-
nary to Mr.. Eden's imminent de-
parture for London. There were
reports he would fly by way Of
Washington, stopping off there long
enough to call on President Truman.
One of the stin unsolved problems
is that of providing international
supervision for trusteeship admins
tration of lands taken from enemy
countries in the two World Wars.
Britain and the United States are
near agreement on the United States
contention that areas suitable for
military base development should
be given into exclusive control of
the governments which operate the
bases.
Soviet Sides With U. S.
On the same problem, Russia; In
an amendment submitted to the
Trusteeship Committee of the con-
ference, sided entirely with the Unit
ed States. Russia also went along
with an American proposal that
special council should be established
in the proposed new peace league
to head up the trusteeship system.
Russia said the council should in
clude the Big Five powers as per-
manent members, which would give
it about 18 or 20 member nations in
comparison with the 13 to Is men,
bers previously contemplated.
A more powerful position seemed
to be in prospect for the leagues
proposed Economic and Social Coun-
Gil. A conference committee studying
plans for that agency voted unani-
mously last night that it would rank
next to the powerful Security Coun-
Gil, in order to emphasize the i'm
portance of promoting economic, So
Icial, educational and similar activi-
ties on worldwide scale as essen
tialS of a lasting peace.
The Dumbarton Oaks plan, which
China, Russia, the United States
and Britain drew up at Washington
last fall, provided that the council
should be subordinate to the League
Assembly. Russia insisted then on
concentrating on peace-enforcing
arrangements, as in the Security
Council, but has since swung over
to the Anglo-American- Chinese ar
gument that weight must be given
to building peace as well as to
being ready to fight for it.
Debate Big-Power Veto.
A conference committee assigned
to study peaceful means by which
the Security Council might try to
settle future international disputes
spent the better part of a three hour
session last night debating whether
the big powers in the council should
have veto in such cases. Canada
proposed that an Affirmative vote of
any seven of the II council mem
bers should be enough to have the
council take up dispute and rec
ommend settlement. There was
much argument reported but no de-
cision.
Other committees made more
measurable progress. The group
studying membership In the new
league voted to let any Allied ma
tions, whether or not represented at
this conference, become an initial
member merely by adhering to the
(See SECURITY, Page A-4.)