Evening star., 1945-11-22
Urges UN0
To Scrap Veto as
Result Of Atom
Attlee Tells Commons
New War Cun BRING
Civilization Setback
BY the Associated Press.

'h'Sh SStD0SN
BY the Associated Press.
LONDON, Nov. 22.-Anthony
Eden urged scrapping of veto
powers under the United Ma
tions Charter in Commons today
as result of atomic energy dis
coveries.
A spokesman for the Conservative
opposition, the former Foreign Sec
retary, urged in Commons debate
that all nations state their present
ideas of sovereignty" .
Mr.. Eden proposed revision of the
United Nations Charter after Prime
Minister Attlee warned that if the
world again lapsed into war on a
large scale, atomic warfare will re-
suit in the devastation of towns ano
the deaths of millions"
Gives Account of Parleys.
Opening the Labor governments
p first full dress debate in Commons
on foreign affairs, Mr.. Attlee said
atomic warfare would set civiliza-
ton back ito an unimaginable
extent"
He gave Commons an account of
his recent talks in Washington with
President Truman and Prime Min
lister King of Canada on the future
control of the atomic bomb.
In my view, it is impossible to
isolate the problem of the atomic
bomb from that of the use of other
weapons" he said. The atom bomb
is the latest word in destructiveness,
but it may not be the last.
ut has brought home to us, as
nothing else has done, that if civil
tzation is to survive, there must be
no repetition of the First and
Second World Wars"
Throughout his opening remarks,
Mr. Attlee pleaded for peace and
understanding among nations.
I'VE desire to promote the use of
advances in scientific knowledge for
peaceful and humanitarian ends and
we declare our willingness to eX-
change fundamental knowledge with
any nation that will fully recipro-
cate," he said.
II ask the House to note the desire
for full reciprocity"
Confidence Already Established.
Mr.. Attlee then declared the
United Nations Organization-"if if
all nations are resolved to use it
could establish the rule of law to
prevent war"
THE atomic bomb is here, not
something vague and just to be
noticed" he said. Il want every
one here and throughout the world
to be personally concerned in the
success Of the United Nations"
He emphasized that no interna-
tional organization, however care
fully framed" would serve unless
the nations were resolved to lay
aside war and the threat of war as
instruments of policy.
Mutual confidence is already
established over great areas of the
world" the Prime Minister added.
WAR between Britain and one of
the dominions, or one of the do
minions with the United States is
unthinkable.
1T seems to me that it is the task
Of statesmen to spread that conf
dence throughout the whole world
Then he posed this question to
Commons on the atomic bomb:
"Can it be wise, when the United
Nations Organization is only just
born and is not out of it's cradle, to
broadcast to the world the methods
of making such destructive
weapon?"
He explained that there was not
only atomic energy to be dealt with
but "all weapons adopted for mass
destruction"
Hopes for World Response.
"No one of these weapons" Mr.
Attlee said, has any legitimate
place in the ornaments necessary
for the ordinary purposes of internal
security and the protection of a
government against lawlessness."
Mr.. Attlee said he hoped there
would be a worldwide response
to the principles of the declaration
made by himself, Mr.. Truman and
Mr.. King.
This is a matter which cannot be
solved by Britain, Canada and the
United States" he said. "It would
have been a disservice to the cause
we have at heart if we had tried to
do so.''
At another point, the Prime Min
lister said:
II do not believe that in a war
ring world, except to a very limited
extent, there can be a set of Queens
bury rules. Such an attempt would
be as futile as that at the end OF
the Middle Ages to ban the use OF
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