The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-07-02

tension.
 CONNALLY TEARS
 PASSION TO EATERS
 Senator Connally was the first speaker against the Australian amendment. He launched rip- snorting tirade which he climaxed by picking up fistful of paper and ripping 1t to shreds.
 Anybody voting for the Aus tralian Amendment would be doing the same thing as tearing up the Charter"
 With those words, Connally stood on tip-toe, pulled back his arm and dramatically flung the tattered sheets of paper in the air. Delegates buzzed.
 Up sprang scholarly, quiet Prime Minister Peter Fraser of New Zealand. He denounced Connally for intimating that Evatt was sabotaging the Conference.
 This amendment was draft ed by a great legal mind" said Fraser, pointing his finger at the dour Texas Senator. You're only bringing extraneous notes in to becloud the issues"
 Russian Ambassador Gromyko rose and flatly stated:
 "The big powers cannot yield further"
 Several of the Latin American delegates chilled at the idea of taking sides, quietly left the room.
 Connally asked for an immedi- ate vote on the Evatt Amendment. Chairman Sofianopoulos agreed, called for voice vote.
 But Australian Minister Evatt jumped up and demanded a roll call.
 This issue is too serious" he said, to be decided on . nasty voice vote."
 While his remarks were being translated, the Egyptian delegate, who had been on the fense. asked what a roll call vote meant.
 "It means you stand up and are counted. We want to know just how everyone stands on this seri0us issue," replied the Australian.
 Remarking that he had an im- portant meeting to attend, the Egyptian picked up his brief case and departed.
 Meanwhile British Ambassador Lord Halifax and CShina's Well lington Koo rushed in. They had been hastily summoned from a dinner. Neithe rspoke publicly. But both lobbyed hastily and effec- lively among the smaller nations.
 Tn the end, Evatt lost; but by such a narrow margin that the Big Five agreed to a compromise, whereby there could be free and unlimited Assembly discussion of everything under the Charter" of the United Nations. Since the Charter is broad. this permits free discussion of almost any, thing, certainly anything pertain ing to the prevention of war.
 NOTE: The American Delega- ton was not unanimous regard ing the question of unlimited dis cussion. Senator Arthur Van denberg of Michigan wanted the Assembly to be a town meeting" of the world. Commander Har- old stassen of Minnesota agreed with him. Some delegates be- lieyed that had Eyatt won his point, the Big Five never would have walked out as etettinius threatened.
 POLITICS BEGINS EARLY
 It Is not news that the politl. cal pot boils necessarily in Wash. ipgton. But not many people re- aiize that politics even injects into the lives of Washington chil- dren. They take to politics Ike Q duck to water,
 Henry Her, IT., son of the AS. sistant to Federal Security Chief Paul McNutt, Is q page boy at the House of Representatives. All pages in the House gre appointed by the Democrats. as th majority party. Boys serving on the Re- publican side of Congress are loaned them hy the Democrats.
 q couple of week ego. young Her. who is ten. reported for work and was told that hA would be assigned HDn iDan'' 10 fhe Ne- publican sIas oi sns chamber.