Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-05-07
Farley Committees
Working on Score
OF Key Amendments
BY GOULD LINCOLN,
Star star Corrsxnond.nt

got down to brass tackS, drivin(
ahead through its dozen com.
mittees toward the draft Of {
charter for new world security
organization.
Delegations Of the two newly ad.
mitted Soviet republics, the Ukraine
and White Russia, who arrived here
yesterday, were Immediately given
representation on the committees
assuming places reserved for them
The Ukrainian delegation is headed
by Foreign Commissar Dmitri z
Manuilsky and the White Russian
by Foreign Commissar Kuzma Kis-
selov.
The committees, which eventually
will report to four commissions
have before them the more than 90
proposed amendments to the Dunn
barton oaks plan, in which the four
sponsoring powers, the United
States, Britain, Russia and China
have joined.
Two other American proposals
relating to review Of treaties and
to regional agreements, to which
the approval of Britain and China
has been added and to which the
Russian delegation is expected to
adhere, also are before the COM
mittees.
These constitute a completed pro-
posal for an international organi-
cation, laid before the conference
by the sponsoring powers-which
wrote the Dumbarton Oaks agree
ments in the first instance.
No Effort to Limit Amendments.
The committees have before
them also a large number of pro-
posed amendments submitted by
other nations.
All the participating nations have
representatives on the committees,
and there has been no effort on
the part OF the four sponsoring
powers to limit in any way the
consideration of amendments Of
fered by the other nations. On
the contrary, each nation has the
utmost freedom to present its ideas.
Nevertheless, the fact that the
sponsoring powers have been able
to get together on their own amend
ments is a long step forward and
should help shorten the conference
and lessen its labors.
Delegates expressed confidence
that a charter would be written and
approved by all the participating
nations.
They said the amendments agreed
to by the sponsoring powers already
have put flesh on the bare bones of
Dumbarton Oaks, humanizing and
liberalizing those proposals. Both
Senator Vandenberg, Republican, of
Michigan, and Comdr. Harold E.
Stassen Of the American delegation,
held this point of view.
The proposed "trusteeships," how
ever, still are being dealt with by a
special committee of representatives
of the United States, Britain, Russia,
China and France. Trusteeships will
be . new and separate chapter in
the charter, not having been incor-
porated in the original Dumbarton
Oaks proposals. The representatives
Of the five nations have before them
the American and British proposals
and much work has been done. The
committee will meet this afternoon.
U. S. Has. Big Interest.
The United States has a peculiar
interest in the .trusteeship setup
because Of the Pacific Islands which
it has wrested by. force from Japan,
and on which It intends to main
tain military and naval bases both
for its own defense and for the
peace Of the world under the inter-
national organization. -
The disposition of these islands
will be made when a peace confer
ence is held at the conclusion of the
war in the Pacific Since the United
States has joined in the United
Nations agreement that the war is
not being waged for territorial ag-
grandizement, the principle under
which the United States will con-
tinue to hold these islands is OF
great moment.
There are TOO of these islands,
most Of them held by Japan under
mandate after the World War. Their
combined population is about 40
900. It has been estimated that 80
square miles is all the territory in
these Islands which this country
will require for bases, located per-
haps on not more than Is islands
When 1t comes to trusteeships
over so-called backward peoples and
peoples unable to stand on their
own feet In the modern world, the
British, French, Dutch and other
nations have different problems to
consider. Some of these areas con-
tain large populations. There are
political considerations involved
also.
Regional Control Issue.
The question of regional controls
also is one that must still be ironed
out. Under the Dumbarton Oaks
proposal on regional arrange
ments," the Security Council is en-
powered to use such regional ar
rangements or agencies for enforce
ment action under its authority If
peace is threatened, and no such
action is to be taken by the regional
agencies without the authorization
of the council.
The United States has proposed
an amendment which excerpts from
this general rule measures which
may be taken against enemy states
the Axis powers-or against any
renewal of aggressive policy by
those states. But that is the only
exception. American delegates in
sist they will stand for no other
exceptions, because if they were al
lowed it would mean a return tt
separate alliances and power poll.
tics, and there might just as vel
be no international peace organi.
cation.
The Russians and the French are
reported seeking liberalization Of
this American amendment, on thu
ground that it is too great a limita.
ion on independent regional action
There are some Americans, too, whit