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i. S. TO SEIZE MEAT INDUSTRY SATURDAY
Big 5DeadIock
Feared Near on
Meeting in Byrnes'
Office Fails to
Arrive at Result
By the Associated Press.

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LONDON, Jan. 23.-The top
men of the five principal powers
in the United Nations met Sc
cretly in the Office of Secretary
of State Byrnes today and were
reported to have failed again to
agree on a candidate for secre-
tary general Of the new security
organization.
The negative result of the 90
minute meeting led some officials to
express fear that the five powers
were drifting toward a deadlock on
the question, made more acute by
charges of political interference
made by Iran against Russia and by
Russia against the British in Greece
and Indonesia.
American officials had hoped to
make swift progress on the situa-
ton today, both at the five-power
meeting and later informal ses-
sion of representatives of all II Sc
curity Council members, so the new
peace organization could begin
building its permanent staff.
U. S. Backing Pearson.
The five powers have to agree in
order for the full Council to nomi-
nate a man whom the 51-member
General Assembly may accept or
reject.
The United States is reported
backing Lester Pearson, Canadian
Ambassador to Washington, for the
$40, 000-a-year post. Russia has been
advocating the candidacy of Trygve
Lie, foreign minister of Norway.
The meeting, at Mayfair hotel,
was the first such session that has
been attended by Andrea Vishinsky,
Soviet vice commissar of foreign
affairs and chief Russian delegate,
since the beginning of the UNO
conference. Mr.. Vishinsky arrived
in London yesterday.
i Others at the meeting in addition
!, to Mr.. Byrnes we're British Foreign
Secretary Ernest Bevin, Paul Bon
cour of France and v. K. Wellington
, Koo of China.
Action on Atom Waits.
Shortly before this secret gather
ing of diplomats, British officials
were reported authoritatively to have
discussed with French delegates an
-iapproach by the British govern
lment to the Security Councils ham
d ding of the Russian complaints
, against British policy in Greece and
lIndonesia
The United Nations Organization
: postponed until tomorrow its sched-
uled action to set up machinery to
Y guard against an atomic war.
The office of Gladwyn Jebb, UNO
I executive secretary, said
= I'VE moved up the meeting to to-
: day because Byrnes wanted to get
back to America as soon as possible,
: but have had to cancel it for today
because Of getting the political
and Security committees report
ready for the Assembly,
e American officials said the delay
was technical one.
y Stettinius to Head Group.
Edward r. Stettinius, if, will
head the American delegation dur
ing the UNO's consideration of
, 1ranian and Russian complaints.
= The Security Council meeting to-
: day did not call for considera-
ton of the Iranian and Russian
{ cases.
: Meanwhile, UNO officials dis.
counted talk that these controversial
issues might create a crisis in the
: new peace organization. Assembly
v President Paul-Henri Spaak de,
e clared there was mo ground for pes.
: simism." At the same time h,
warned against falling into "the er
: rors of the League of Nations" b,
g putting off major problems.
: The British government, a quail
: fed British source said, had moth
: ing to fear or be ashamed of ant
certainly nothing to conceal" in it
policies in Greece and Indonesia.
j.. British Prime Minister Attlee tolt
!. the House of Commons yesterda,
- that the British aspired only to al
!, amicable settlement" between tn
- Dutch and Indonesians.
Informed observers expressed be
: lief that Britain's case for keepin,
troops in, Greece and Indonesia hat
. (See UNO, Page A-4)