Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-05-08
Farley Can Wind Up
Work in Three Weeks,
MoIofov Believes
BY GOULD LINCOLN,
Star Staff Correspondent.

Star Staff Correspondent.
SAN FRANCISCO, May 9Th
United Nations Conference ha
an emphatic "go-ahead" sigma
from Soviet Foreign Commissa
v. M. Molotov today in it's worl
of setting up a world organiza
ton to maintain peace in tn
future.
Declaring that the four sponsor
ing powers, the United States, Grea
Britain, Russia and China, hav,
achieved unanimity regarding pro
posed amendments to the Dunn.
barton Oaks formula, Mr.. Moloto'
told press conference yesterday:
THE work of the conferenc,
should be speeded up and tn,
foundation of the postwar organ.
ization Of international security
laid"
Almost at the same hour as Mr.
Molotov was speaking, British For.
eign Secretary Anthony Eden de.
clared in a radio address that thu
San Francisco Conference has beer
charged with IAN indispensable
task"
Eden Is Confident,
ST am confident" Mr.. Eden said
that we are going to agree on thu
charter, and I have hopes that il
will be better document than any.
thing of its kind that has existed
In the world until now"
Mr.. Molotov hailed the unanimity
reached by the Big Four powers or
Dumbarton Oaks amendments as
, essential for the success of the
conference"
He expressed confidence that with
in the next two or three weeks the
conference will be able to consider
all principal problems and conclude
its work.
The Soviet Foreign Commissar an
nounced approval Of two amend
ments, sponsored by the United
States and previously concurred in
by Great Britain and China, to I'LL
the only gaps in a solid front pre-
sented by the Big Four on amend
ment proposals.
The two measures finally winning
Soviet support concern incorporation
of regional systems into the world
charter and review of any situations
threatening peace.
While Mr.. Molotov approved the
language of the review" amend
ment-the pet of Senator Vanden-
berg, Republican, of Michigan-his
Interpretation of its language was
narrower than that placed on it by
the American delegation.
The Americans have held that un-
der this amendment, which gives the
general assembly of the world or
ganization the power to recommend
measures for the peaceful adjust
ment of any situations, regardless of
origin, which it considers likely to
impair relations among nations,
treaties might be reviewed and rec
concentrations made. The original
Vandenberg amendment used the
word treaties" 1t was omitted in
the present draft, with the idea that
the new language was broad enough
to cover everything.
Referring to the suggestion that
treaties which have been concluded
between some of the United Ma
tons might be revised" Mr.. Molo-
tov said: Naturally, the idea of
revising treaties was rejected as
untenable." He held that submis-
sion of treaties to the organization
would violate the sovereign rights
of nations.
Senator Vandenberg later issued
q statement in which he declared
that Mr.. Molotov was correct.
With both Mr.. Molotov and Mr..
Vandenberg satisfied, however, the
prospects of struggle over this
provision have disappeared.
Mr.. Molotov and other delegates
said the first phase of the confer
ence Is over, and the second phase,
In which the amendments offered
by all the other nations will be
taken up by the committees and
commissions, is beginning
Eden May Leave in Week.
AS Mr.. Molotov spoke, the Belgian
and Norwegian delegation chiefs
to hasten back to Europe
TO confront urgent problems aris-
Ing with Germany's final surrender.
MIR. Molotov is expected to leave
here for Moscow shortly. Mr.. Eden
may leave within week, although
his plans are described as indefinite.
The work of the conference has
settled down largely into routine
meetings Of commissions and COM
A meeting of the 14-nation Exec
utive Committee was scheduled for
1880 am. Pacific war tine), to be
followed by a Steering Committee
session of all 48 delegations chiefs
at $3.50 pm. The chief problems
confronting them was a decision on
how the conference should arrive at
its decisions-by majority or two
thirds vote. A compromise for
simple decisions by major
ity vote and others by two-thirds
was expected.
France Joins Big Powers.
The big powers have set up ma
chinery for keeping a firm grasp on
conference progress by making sure
Of their own unity on all future is
sues. The Big Four became the Big
Five yesterday when Foreign Min
lister Bidault Of France Joined the
almost daily sessions of the Amer
lean, British, Russian and Chinese
leaders. The first reported action
of the five was to set up a subcom-
mittee of world organization experts
to study and report on all amend
ments put forward by the smaller
nation delegations.
Many amendments have been
proposed by the medium and small
nations. They will attack the char
ter, as approved by the sponsoring
nations, from four important direc-
tons: First, to strengthen the pow
ers of the assembly; second, to
soften the veto power of the five
permanent members of the Security
Council; third, to increase the num-