Evening star., 1945-05-29

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American uniforms and drivir
for a spying mission by ming
settlement. Our sole object is tc
remove from the charter a danger.
Gus blot"
Claims Wide Support.
In reply to questions, Mr.. Evatt
declared distinct majority of the
delegations" is supporting the Aus
tralian position. He included in this
majority both Canada and New
Zealand. 1t requires, however. q
two-thirds vote of the conference tc
adopt amendments to the charter
Asked if Australia would persist
in this fight against the voting for
mula if the Big Five present an in
depreciation not consistent with the
Australian view. Mr.. Evatt replied:
I'VE will meet the issue when we
come to it,"
The belief persists that If the big
powers continue to stand by the
voting formula, they will prevail
If the medium and small nations are
confronted with the necessity of 60
ing along on this issue Or killing
the new international organization
for peace it is predicted enough OF
them will acquiesce
Mr.. Stettinius in his report to the
American people and the armed
forces on the work of the confer
ence, dealt with the failure to ad-
NIT the Polish Lublin government
to the conference and also with
the admission of Argentina.
United States Position on Poland.
Declaring it is a matter of deer
regret to the United States that the
people of Poland. who suffered 50
terribly and fought so bravely in
the war, are not represented here,
Mr.. Stettinius said that Yalta agree
ment for reorganizat ton of the pro-
viSiOnal government on a broader
democratic basis has not vet been
carried out.
The United States he said
took the position that Poland could
be represented only by a Polish
government formed in accordance
with that agreement" He added
that negotiations for reorganiza ton
OF the Polish government have
been disappointing.
1T Is the intention of the United
States to exert all it's influence in
collaboration with the Soviet Union
and Great Britain toward fulfill
ment OF the Yalta agreement on
Poland" he declared.
With respect to the admission of
Argentina. which was made over the
protest of the Russian delegation,
headed at that time by FOREIGN
Commissar V. M. Molotov, Mr.. Stet-
tinius said:
L wish to make clear that the
vote of the United States in favor
OF seating Argentina did not consti-
tute blanket Endorsement of the
policies of the Argentine govern
ment. On the contrary, with many
of these policies both the Govern
ment and people of the United
States have no sympathy"
Reasons for Admittance.
He explained that the Mexico City
Conference of American Republics
last March opened the way for Ar
gentina to return to her traditional
policies and restore the united status
of the Americas. Argentina after
that, he said, declared war on the
Axis and signed the Act of Chapul-
tepec, and as a further step in this
process the American republics felt
that Argentina should be admitted
to the San Francisco Conference.
The United States expects Argentina
to carry out effectively all her COM
mitments under the Mexico City
declaration. he asserted.
Turning to the cooperative spirit
exhibited by the Soviet Union dur
ing the conference, Mr.. Stettinius
pointed out that Mr.. Molotov, who
had expected to remains here for
only a few days, stayed on for two
weeks until the Big Four sponsoring
powers had completed their agree
ment on long series of amend
ments to the charter.
He said Mr.. Molotov had expressed
to him the Importance which his
government attached to the success
full establishment of the world Or
ganization and his satisfaction with
the results "of our collaboration.
Mr.. Stettinius defended the Yalta
voting formula requiring the con-
curing votes of the five big powers
for security council action. Criti-
cism that this is extending undue
privilege is not justified.
1T is not a question of privilege,
but of using the present distribu-
ton of military and industrial power
in the world for the maintenance
Of peace he continued, "and it
must be remembered that any action
taken by the council toward settling
a dispute may ultimately lead to the
necessity for enforcement action il
peaceful methods fail"
Asks Trust in Big Powers.
Asserting that it is necessary to
Va esoO w eAiS SOON 1dAtLl VI CIlC Ol&
powers, Mr.. Stettinius said, ITO as
sumo that they seek to violate
pledges rather than to enforce them
is to oppose the existence of any
organization for peace and to re-
sign the world to an endless sue
cession of wars"
Mr.. Stettinius praised the amend
ments which are being written into
the charter on regional agreements
trusteeships and the economic and
social council.
The first, he said, amply preserves
the value of inter-American agree
ments and at the same time CO.
ordinates the work of this group OF
nations with the international or
ganization.
The second, he ssaid, will fully
safeguard the control by The United