Evening star., 1946-03-20
UN0 Committee Meets
To SET Up Procedure
For Council Sessions
By the As.eeiuted Press

BY the Associated Press
NEW YORK, Mar. 20.-Rules gov
erning the handling of international
political issues by the United Ma
tions Security Council were included
among the leftover business Of the
groups London meeting to be
thrashed out today by represent
atives of the 11-nation council.
The committee meets in closed
session at Hunter College in the
Bronx to set up procedure in tack
ling issues expected to be placed
before the councils sessions be-
ginning Monday.
Trans protest against the activ-
ities of Russian troops in the coun-
try probably will be high among the
political developments. Heightening
the Iranian situation was the an
nouncement that Iran-although not
a member Of the Security Council
had asked for rooms for two rep
resentatives.
Police Plan to Be Offered.
Meanwhile, the UNO's Military
Staff Committee is expected to pre-
sent to the Council Monday its pro-
posed plan for an international
police force. suggesting its compost
tlon and the quota of forces to be
provided by the various nations.
Permanent members of the COM
mittee are the chiefs of staff of the
Big Five-the United States, Great
Britain, France, China and the So
Wet Union.
The third-foor gymnasium at
Hunter College has been converted
into the main meeting rooms for
the Security Council.
Homes Sought in New York.
The organization now seeks 500
to 1000 homes in and around New
York City to house UNO's perma-
nent secretariat.
Conversion work on the gymna-
sium is being completed today on
schedule, Robert Glenn, the builder,
said. He asserted it was the fastest
building job ever accomplished in
the city.
The color scheme for the big
chamber is soft tan and buff. About
5000 square feet of carpeting was
used, along with $500 yards of sail
cloth for drapery and 5000 yards of
upholstery material.
72-Foot Table Erected.
A 72-foot semicircular Council
table has been erected for the dele
gates. Facing this table are 200
plush-covered seats on a graduated
cement floor. There is a sound
proof, shell ceiling. Both direct and
indirect lighting are provided.
Two smaller gymnasiums on either
side Of the main chamber also have
been prepared for use of the council.
One will serve as private meeting
room for delegates and the other
will be a lounge with a 20-foot
mahogany bar.
Elaborate preparations have been
made to get news of the council
deliberations to the outside world.
There are press galleries on both
sides Of the chamber, and glass-in-
closed booths for broadcasting and
television face the council table. The
entire proceedings will be officially
recorded.
Radio C0yerage Provided.
All American radio networks and
the Canadian Broadcasting Corp.
will carry selected programs from
the floor. Eight New York inde-
pendent stations also will pick up
council programs.
International short-wave stations
operated by the State Department,
the British Broadcasting Corp. and
American networks will send broad
casts to overseas listeners.
English and French are the two
working" languages for the Council
session.
Bonnet Heads French.
The list Of II representatives to
the Council virtually was completed
with appointment of Ambassador
Henri Bonnet as head of the French
delegation. Australia has not named
its representative, but Paul Hasluck,
counselor to DR.. Herbert v. Evatt ]
Foreign Minister, was mentioned as
a likely choice.
Heads of the other delegations:
China, DR.. Quo Tai-chi; Russia
Ambassador Andrei A. Gromyko;
United Kingdom, Sir Alexander
Cadogan; United States, Edward r.
Stettinius, jr.; Brazil, DR.. Pedro
Leao Velloso; Mexico, Foreign Min
lister Francisco Castillo Najera; the
Netherlands. Foreign Minister Eelco
N. Van Kleffens; Poland, Ambassa-
dor Oscar Lange; Egypt, Minister