Evening star., 1946-02-09
French Plan 10 DELAY
Selection Of UN0 Site
Till September Loses
Committee Weighs Dutch
Motion to Accept Report
After l9-to-19 Vote
Ry the Associated Press.

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LONDON, Feb. "a French
proposal to postpone selection of
a permanent site for the United
Nations until next September
was defeated by a tie 19-to-19
vote in the permanent head
quarters committee today.
The United States abstained from
voting.
The committee then took I'D a
Netherlands motion for adoption of
a report recommending New York
City as the temporary seat of the
United Nations and the Stamford
Greenwich -Westchester area of
Connecticut and New York as the
permanent headquarters.
London Urged by Egyptian.
Mamdouh Riaz of Egypt suggested
earlier that London instead of New
York be selected as a temporary
site.
He made the suggestion as an
amendment to the report of the
Interim Site Committee, and said 1t
would be common sense" to keep
the temporary headquarters in the
British capital where all the organ
ization's documents now rest and
where there would be little added
expense.
This would not reverse the deci-
sion to have the permanent seat in
the United States, but would give
us four or five months to reconsider
the whole question:" the Egyptian
delegate said .
Renewed attempts to keep the
headquarters of the United Nations
in Europe, at least temporarily, were
reported yesterday, and Riaz's pro-
posal was the first opportunity for
the committee to discuss the ques-
tion.
Hoped to Leave Today.
Leaders had indicated over a week
ago that they expected to pack up
and go home by today, but when the
time arrived they found they still
had on the agenda about half of the
issues which were before them when
they started out four weeks ago.
UNO officials, with the constant
urging of the American delegation
chief, Edward r. Stettinius, jr., are
shooting now at adjournment by
Tuesday or Wednesday of next
week.
Meanwhile, the council which al
ready had disposed of the Iranian
and Greek controversies, seemed to
be at least as well up on its slate
as the Assembly, and the members
were working to settle the Indonesi-
an dispute today.
The expectation was that the
Syrian-Lebanese appeal for help in
getting rid of British and French
forces in the Levant would be
handled early next week.
The most debated issues remain
ing for the Assembly to dispose of,
in addition to the site, were the
relation of the World Federation
of Trade Unions tc the UNO and
a resolution advising the Economic
and Social Council to do something
about European refugees and war
criminals as soon as possible.
WFTU Connection Fought.
Russia has been backing the tight
est possible WFTU connection with
the United Nations. The United
States and Britain have tried to
block such a connection, and the
United States has insisted in COM
mittee that If the WITH, with its
American CIO affiliate, does get
recognition then the American Fed
Grafton of Labor must have the same
treatment.
One American source said the
matter might be compromised Mon
day under the leadership of Senator
Connally, Democrat, of Texas, so
that international organizations
such as the WITH" would be given
a consultative capacity with the
Economic and Social Council, and
regional and national organizations
such as the AFL" would get exactly
the same privileges.
The proposal on refugees and war
criminals provided less argument. It
seemed likely that this question also