Evening star., 1946-11-07
Violent u. n. Quarrel
Fails 10 Get Action
I0n Minorities Issue
By the Associated Press

VII hubhSuhssS
By the Assoeiated Press
LAKE SUCCESS, N. Y, Nov. T.
An explosive Egyptian question con-
cerning the alleged persecution OF
racial and religious minorities in
Central Europe was passed on to
the United Nations Assembly today
after a violent quarrel in the As
sembly's Steering Committee.
The Egyptian resolution, which
proposed that the General Assembly
Invite" governments concerned to
abide by the U. N. Charter. finally
received a vote of three for and
three against, with three abstentions
and five committeeman not recorded.
The Assembly president, Paul-Henri
Spaak, said it would be reported to
the Assembly as draw.
Mr.. Spaak intervened with a
banging gavel to suppress the wran-
Cling just before the committee ad-
journed a six hour and 20 minute
session at $40 pm. The debate
grew so warm and loud that the in
terpreters frequently were drowned
out and made only token gestures
of translating
The Egyptian resolution named
no countries and did not specify
what minorities were being perse-
cuted. An Egyptian spokesman ex-
planned that it had been written
that way to avoid embarrassing any
member of the United Nations. He
said his government would be con-
tent with an assurance from the
General Assembly that the abuses
no longer existed.
Challenged by Manuilsky.
The document was Immediately
challenged by Dmitri Manuilsky
Foreign Minister of the Soviet
Ukraine, and by Andrei Gromyko
of the U. S. S. r. Both insisted on
having more precise details, arguing
that the Steering Committee could
not deliberate on a resolution
couched in ambiguous terms.
Philip Noel-Baker of Great Brit
ain entered the discussion with the
statement that he had not been in
formed about the resolution before
the committee met, and that he
had no knowledge of the terms OF
the Egyptian motion. However, he
said, the British government has
complete and tangible informa-
ton" about the movement west
ward Of Jewish refugees. He asked
the Egyptian representative II 1t
was these people who were meant.
Instead OF replying, Egyptian Del
egate Mahmoud Bey Fauzy ad-
dressed himself directly to Mr..
Mar1uilsky. He said he wanted to
put two questions:
Can the delegate Of the Ukraine
assure us that persecution and dis
elimination does not exist in Gen.
trail Europe? If it does, does he be-
lieve the question should be brought
before the United Nations?"
Takes Up Challenge.
Mr.. Manuilsky took up the chal-
lenge Immediately.
He replied, first, that perhaps Mr..
Noel-Baker had more information
about the meaning of the Egyptian
resolution than ''its authors. Then
he said that Central Europe meant
only Austria and Germany and that
he could say that no racial or re-
ligious persecution existed there
since the Nazis were smashed.
But perhaps the Egyptian reso-
luton refers to Poland" he con-
tinued. I'm that case. there is no
doubt that massacres of Jews have
taken place. The Jews have full
rights and privileges of citizenship
in Poland, but there still exist a
group of Poles in opposition to the
constituted government and they
do murder the Jews"
In his own state, the Ukraine, he
said, the Germans had killed more
than a million Jews, but since the
end of the war, Jews had been ac-
corded the same status as all other
persons.
He then said: Perhaps the
Egyptian resolution is referring to
Palestine
Mr.. Spaak himself burst out with
an admonition. Mr.. Manuilsky re-
piled:
Two questions have been put to
me. I am not the kind OF man
to listen to such questions without
replying" ...
Appeals to COMMITTEE.
Mr.. Spaak said he was going be-
yond the limits of the question, and
attempted to silence him. Mr.. Manu-
ilsky insisted on speaking, but finally
subsidized when Mr.. Spaak banged
his gavel and appealed to the COM
mitee.
F Mr.. Noel-Baker intervened with
the remark that he repudiated Mr..
,Manuilsky's needless and ground
less allegations"
South Africa then proposed that
Egypt amend her resolution, delet-
ing the words Gin these areas" and
added that is should be sent to the
General Assembly, but not to Com
mittee Three, which deals with hu-
man rights.
The Egyptians agreed to amend
the resolution, but insisted that 1t
be sent to the proper committee for
action. When the voting was taken,
there were three affirmative ballots
three negative, and three absten-
tions. Mr.. Spaak announced that,
with this result, he could only re-
port to the General Assembly that
the resolution had been considered
nv the Steering Committee and that