Evening star., 1945-04-09
United Nations Jurists
Meet Here 10 Study
World Court Plans
Experts to Recommend
Program for Security
PorIey at Son Francisco
BULLETIN.

Senator Vandenberg, Re-
publican, of Michigan pledged
in the Senate today every
effort in my power to bring
back from the San Francisco
Conference "a treaty of sal
vation" the Senate can &C
cept lin enlightened self
interest,"
Secretary of State Stettinius
today told legal experts of SO
United Nations, meeting here to
draft plans for a new interna-
tional court, that the worlds
peace-loving peoples look to
them to give voice to their high
resolve that differences between
nations" should be settled peace
fully ION a basis of justice"
The Committee of Jurists is ex-
pected to recommend that the full
United Nations Conference conven-
ing in San Francisco April 25 mod
ify the statute of the present Per-
manent Court of International JUS
tice, formed after the last war, to
fit it into the projected new world
security organization rather than
adopt completely new court
statute.
American delegates to the San
Francisco parley arranged to attend
the opening of the jurists meeting
in the Departmental Auditorium be-
fore beginning a week of daily ses-
sions of their own to seek agree
ment on policy issues.
Publicity Favored.
Continuous publicity on the pre-
liminary activities of the American
delegation was favored by Senator
Vandenberg, Republican, of Michi-
gan, one of the delegates, and some
other members of Congress.
While there were indications that
the State Department planned no
public announcement of delegation
decisions until they are made known
at San Francisco, Senator Vanden-
berg was said authoritatively to be
urging that the group tell the world
at once if it should reach a decision
on any revision of principles out
lined in the Dumbarton Oaks pro-
posals for the world security organi-
zation.
Chairman Connally of the Senate
Foreign Relations Committee, also
a member of the American delega-
ton to San Francisco, pointed out
however, that the delegation may at
tempt to reach only tentative agree
ments for possible revision in the
light Of developments at the con-
ference April Is.
While the delegation policy meet
ings beginning this afternoon were
to be held in private, the opening
session of the Committee of Jurists
was open to the public. Later bust
ness meetings will be closed.
Give and Take Urged.
In a response to Mr.. Stettinius
address of welcome to the jurists
Sir Michael Myers, chief justice anc
acting Governor General of New
Zealand, said there must be Ger
tain amount of readiness to give and
take" in settling whatever differ
ences of opinion might arise in prep
aration of the proposed world court
statute. No nation can reasonably
expect to have its own way in every
thing" he declared.
DR.. Wang Chung-hui, Chinese
representative and a former judge of
the present World Court at the
Hague, pointed out that in working
out plans for a world court to fit
into the proposed new security Or
ganization I'VE are not treading on
new ground" but seeking to "im-
prove upon system that has been
in existence for almost quarter of
a century"
The jurists planned to attend the
Supreme Court session today and
later were to be luncheon guests OF
Chief Justice Stone.
Diplomats expected little contro-
versy during the meeting. The most
important issues appeared to be
whether the revamped World Court
should have means to enforce its
decisions and whether all countries
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