Evening star., 1945-05-02
Security Farley
Ready 10 Start
Workon Charter
Four Commissions
Set Up; All Headed
By Smaller Nations
CONFERENCE WILL GET 16 United
States amendments soon. Page AS
By GOULD LINCOLN,
Star Staff Correspondent.

Star Staff Correspondent.
SAN FRANCISCO, May o.
With a week of political skir-
mishing behind it, the United
Nations Conference finally has
completed its organization and
today starts on it's big job-the
draft of a charter for a new
international organization to
preserve peace in the future.
Outstanding among the results Of
the past weeks activities is inter-
American solidarity, evidenced in.
the shoulder er-to-shoulder stand
taken by the American republics on
both the admission to the confer
ence of the Ukraine, White Russia
and Argentina and the rejection of
the Russian demand that the pres
ent Lublin government in Poland
be invited to the parley.
What this may mean in the over
all international picture remains to
be seen. In the opinion of impor-
tant American personages here, it
does not mean at all that it will
result in any lack Of cooperation
with the rest of the world.
Two Schools of Thought.
1t may help to focus attention,
however, ON the question of how far
regional associations of nations may
go in the handling of threats to the
peace arising within those regions.
This may prove one of the large
problems with which the conference
has to do. There are two schools
of thought on this issue, one being
that regional action to enforce peace
must be taken only when authorized
by the international organization.
What place the Monroe Doctrine
will have in such setup is q ques-
ton which the United States and
the other American republics will
have to consider carefully. Espe-
cially is this true for the United
States, which has always to reckon
on Senate approval Of the treaty
which is to come out of this con-
ference.
The Conference Steering Com
mittee and the conference itself
agreed unanimously to the or
ganization for work as submitted
yesterday. This was a great satis-
faction to Secretary of State Stet-
tinius, who, as chief executive officer
Of the conference, has had the bur-
den, in major part, Of preparing the
recommendations for ALLEGATION Of
commission and committee officer
ships.
Even at the eleventh hour there
were threats of conflict, with q sug-
gestion that if Argentina were rec
ognized by an appointment to one
OF these Offices, the Russian dele
CATION might renew its anti-Argen-
tina position. One place, rapporteur
of the commission on judicial or
ganization, was left vacant, which
may go to Argentina later, it is
said.
No United States Appointments.
All of these Offices went to repre-
|sentatives of smaller nations, many
of which had not been recognized
by appointments to the Executive
and Credentials Committees and to
other major conference Offices, ex-
|cept one to the Soviet Union and
one to China. The United States
and the United Kingdom, of the
four sponsoring powers, had none
of these appointments.
The Craftsmanship of the COM
mission on General Provisions went
to Belgium; of the Commission on
the General Assembly, to South
Africa; of the Commission on the
Security Council, to Norway, and
of the Commission on Judicial Or
ganization, to Venezuela. Under
each of these commissions are two
or more committees, which will deal
with special subjects.
Each country will have a member
on each commission, and on each
committee, If it so desires. This
means that the influence of the
big nations will be full throughout
the conference structure.
The fact that some Of the leading
figures at the conference, among
them Russian Foreign Commissar
v. M. Molotov and British Foreign
Secretary Anthony Eden, may be
forced by events in Europe to return
to their home countries before the
work here is finished was admitted
officially.
Molotov to Leave Soon.
Secretary Stettinius told a press
conference yesterday afternoon that
he expected Mr.. Molotov to leave
San Francisco within a few days,
but he believed the Russian foreign
commissar would remain until the
commissions and the committees
have settled down to work.
He said he never had anticipated
(See LINCOLN. Page A-6.)
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