Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-06-24
All Delegation
Chiefs Approve
SecurityPdct
Formal Acceptance
By Full Conference
Slated for Tomorrow
BY DOUGLAS B. CORNELL
Associated Press Stan Writer.


SAN FRANCISCO, June %
Delegation chiefs of so United
Nations approved tonight the
charter they will offer to the
world as a basis for permanent
peace.
Formal, routine acceptance still
is required at plenary session OF
the United Nations Conference
Monday. That will be followed
by the signing of the constitution
for a new United Nations League.
Approval was voted at a meeting
of the conference Steering Com
mittee tonight. The chairman of
every delegation is a member of
the committee.
Stettinius Beams.
Secretary of State Stettinius left
the meeting beaming
We've got a charter!" he ex-
claimed.
Delegates raised their hands in
unison when he put the question
Of approving the charter except
for whatever refinements in spell
ing and punctuation the experts
consider necessary.
There was one last-minute fare
up about treaty revision. 1t CEN
tered around an old Bolivian
Chilean dispute over Bolivian &C
cess to the sea. But in the end,
nothing additional was done.
Tribute Paid Roosevelt.
There was dramatic moment of
silent tribute to the late Franklin
D. Roosevelt in the Steering Com
mittee, proposed by John Sofianop-
oulos of Greece. Mr.. Stettinius told
Mr.. Safianopoulos afterward he
whVl1 wire Mrs. Roosevelt tonight
o9Vhe honor accorded the late Pres
ident. ----,..
Mr.. Stettinius also received q
tribute. Francis M. Ferde, Australian
Deputy Prime Minister, was desig-
mated to draw up a resolution prais-
ing the Secretary for his conference
endeavors. All delegations will
sign it.
The Steering Committee decided
to leave vacant place, between the
spot reserved for the Philippines
and Saudi Arabia, for new Polish
government to sign the charter later
Chile Protests Rephrasing.
There was no specific mention of
the Bolivian-Chilean affair at to-
nights meeting, but Chile objected
strongly to co-ordinating commit
tees suggestion to rephrase Ian
guage pertaining to respect for
treaty obligations in the charters
preamble.
Originally the preamble would
have said that the peoples of the
United Nations are determined ito
conditions under which
justice and respect for the obliga-
tons arising from treaties and other
sources of international law can be
maintained"
The Co-ordinating Committee, ex-
planned Field Marshal Jan Christian
SHUTS of South Africa, wanted to
make the preamble more pleasing
to "the man in the street." so it
proposed to substitute:
ITO establish conditions under
which justice and respect for law
and the pledged word can be main
tanned"
Gromyko Opposes Change.
Soviet Delegation Chief Andrea
Gromyko said it was as easy for the
man in the street to understand a
reference to treaties" as to "the
pledged word" He and Manuel Gal
lagher of Peru opposed the change.
So did Joseph Paul-Boncour of
France.
But eventually it was decided that
the Co-ordinatng Committee should
work treaties" back into the pre-
amble.
Chile apparently wanted respect
for treaties included specifically be-
cause she was compact with b.
livia concerning use of the port of
Africa.
When it comes to ratification of
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