Evening star., 1945-04-21
REDS SHELL BERLIN, ADVANCE TO SUBURBS
Truman to0pen
Farley
With Broadcast
Preconference TuIks
Here Held Up as
MoIotov Is Delayed

MoIotov Is Delayed
President Truman will address
the opening session of the San
Francisco Security Conference
by radio from the White House
Wednesday night, it was an
today, as the Presi-
dent and other high United Ma.
tions leaders waited anxiously
for the arrival of Soviet Foreign
Commissar v. M. Molotov to take
part in preconference discussions
OF important problems.
Mr.. Truman will speak for about
10 minutes on a program that will
run from 7:30 to 8 pm, Washington
time, according to Jonathan Daniels,
White House press secretary. His
remarks will conclude a series of
welcoming addresses by Secretary Of
State Stettinius, Gov. Earl Warren
OF California and Roger D. Lapham,
Mayor OF San Francisco. AL radio
networks will carry the program.
President Roosevelt had expected
to address the conference in person.
Mr.. Molotov's delay in arriving
here was cutting short the time re-
manning for the disposal of many
problems demanding talks among
Big Three leaders before next We'd
neSday.
No Word From Molotov.
While other delegates already were
pouring into San Francisco today,
Mr.. Stettinius and British Foreign
Secretary Anthony Eden waited here
for Mr.. Mdotov's arrival. President
Truman also may join in the dis
cussions.
There was no definite word this
morning on the time of the arrival
OF the Soviet Foreign Commissar, en-
route here to head the Russian dele
cation to San Francisco at the di-
rect request of President Truman
to Premier Stain. 1t had been
thought that he would reach here
yesterday.
Aside from the deadlocked dis
pute over Polish representation in
the United Nations meeting. nu-
merous policy matters relating to
proposals for the world security Or
ganization to be set up at San
Francisco awaited discussion by the
Big Three foreign secretaries.
Issues Include Territories.
Among them, it was understood,
are the type Of trusteeship system
for former enemy territories and
other dependent areas to be made q
part OF the world organization char.
ter, and several changes in the
Dumbarton Oaks proposals which
the American delegation has agreed
tentatively to sponsor.
Chinese Foreign Minister T. v.
Soong and French Foreign Minister
Georges Bidault. also waiting here
before proceeding to San Francisco,
may be called into some Of these
discussions.
The Big Four Nations sponsoring
the conference.-the United States,
Great Britain, Russia and China
are expected to seek unity Of action
In regard to any proposals for alter.
ing the Dumbarton Oaks outline
for the world security organization
they drew up here last summer.
Stettinius Remains Here.
The United States delegation has
withheld any official word on the
type of changes it may sponsor
pending discussion of them with the
other sponsoring powers.
Although France refused to be.
come one of the sponsoring powers,
Mr.. Bidault is expected to be
brought into preconference discus
sions OF the projected trusteeship
system in view of Frances position
as a great world colonial power.
Mr.. Stettinius had hoped to be
In San Francisco in time to well
come the first delegations arriving
there, but has remained here in
the expectation that many of the
issues demanding prior agreement
by the big powers could be settled
IN discussions with Mr.. Molotov.
With the time for the conference
opening growing close, he and the
other Big Five delegates presumably
Will have to depart by Monday, pos
sibly leaving some problems to be
discussed en- route or during the
preliminaries of the full conference.
Delegates Optimistic.
The Associated Press reportet,
from San Francisco that a spirit
Of high hope for success in Great.
ing an effective world security sys.
tenn dominates those delegates al.
ready on the scene or on their wav.
Jan Christian Smuts, South Afri-
can Prime Minister and the oniy
delegate who played leading part
at Versailles when the old League
OF Nations was set up, said on his
arrival in San Francisco yesterday
that he had very good expectations
Of the work We will accomplish"
His hopeful sentiments were in
accord with those expressed in
by members of the
delegation and in Ell Paso.
Tex, by Mexican Foreign Minister
Padilla.
There are dif1culties, but moth.
]. tsee SECURITY, Page A-2J