Evening star., 1946-06-17
British May Block
j. n. Council Action
On Spain Today
BY the Assoeioied Press

possibility of Great Britain
blocking action on a subcommit.
tee report on Franco Spain arose
today as the United Nations Sc
curity Council was called int
session to debate the question.
Russia already has fatty opposed
the findings, but eight other nation.
have agreed to accept them.
The meeting was set for 2::30 pm
A British spokesman said Sir Alex.
ander Cadogan has been instructed
by London to seek Qualifications ane
notifications of the report in regarc
to its legal aspects. The spokesman
refused to elaborate by expressed
hope that Sir Alexander would bt
able to work out the changes in pre-.
session consultations with othel
delegates.
Andrei A. Gromyko, Soviet dele
gate, stated last week that he woulc
not agree to the report, which recon-
mends that the 51-nation genera
assembly take action against the
Franco regime, and there was wide
speculation whether Mr.. Gromykc
would use the veto, abstain from vot-
ing, or abstain from voting and con-
tend such action did not constitute
q veto.
Veto Is Doubted.
The Soviet position has been that
the Security Council should call for
an immediate break in relations with
the Franco government and not pass
the issue to the General Assembly
However, in some quarters it was
believed that Mr.. Gromyko might
hesitate to invoke an outright veto
on the theory that it was better tu
have some action taken than none
at all.
Should Great Britains opposition
to the report materiallze it prob
ably would be along different lines
than the Russian stand, in view of
the British Labor party's recent
declaration against applying sane
tions to Spain.
Mr.. Gromyko's action in the
Council was watched closely in re-
lation to the veto issue. The Charter
merely states that seven affirma-
tive votes, including all the Big
Five, are required for passage. No
provision is made for abstaining, ex-
cept when a nation is party to the
dispute. and subsequently the Char
ter does not state whether failure to
vote is actually a veto.
Two More Votes Needed.
The United States, France, China
Australia, Poland, Egypt, The Meth
erlands and Brazil have indorsed
the report, but the votes of Russia
and Great Britain are needed for
approval under the Big Five provi-
sion.
DR.. Francisco Castillo Najera,
Mexican foreign minister, takes over
craftsmanship of the Council today
and was expected to state the po-
sition of his country. He succeeds
Alexander Parodi of France under
the system of alphabetic rotation
of the Craftsmanship each month.
4bCdStloli 1dfUl dDlt W
the United States proposal to scrap
the atomic bomb in exchange for a
guaranteed world front outlawing
plan, advanced last week by Ber-
nard Baruch. goes before the Atom
ic Energy Commission for discussion
on Wednesday. Indications were
that questions Of rules and proce-
dure would be taken up before the
commission got down to work on the
report itself.
Economic Sessions Pushed.
The Economic and Social Coun-
Gil, which hopes to wind up it's cur
rent session by Saturday, plunged
into another week of heavy work.
Todays program is expected to
include a decision on the issue of
governmental or nongovernmental
representation. on the various COM
missions operating under the Coun-
Gil. Russia has maintained that
persons on these bodies be named
by and speak for their respective
governments, while the United
States contends they should be Sc
lected on the basis of oualifca tions
as experts in their own fields and
sit as individuals.
The long debated refugee prob
lem comes up before this Council to-
morrow. Still to be decided is
whether refugees should be forced
to return home regardless of per-
sonal preference as demanded by
Russia, or whether valid objections
should be upheld as favored by the
United States.
On the question of aiding Jews in
Europe, the Council has to decide
whether to classify as refugees"
prosecuted Jews who never left
Germany or Austria. AS such they
would come under a program ad-
vanced by the Committee on Refu-
gees and displaced persons.
The International Health Confer
ence, scheduled to continue more
than a month opens Wednesday
DR.. Thomas Parran is the chief
United States delegate.