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question on it's agenda, and that
three members supported 1t. This
report is to be taken up next Tues
day, and presumably the council
will then vote on this issue.
Since the Polish resolution on
Spain can only be adopted with the
concurrence of at least seven Of the
members of the council including
all of the five permanent members,
it does not stand a chance Of ap-
proval-unless the inquiry asked by
Col Hodgson is made and a case
against the Franco regime develops.
The Hodgson amendment, or sub
stitute, creates a subcommittee of
five of the Council members to re-
port on the following questions:
Il. Is the Spanish situation one
essentially within the jurisdiction of
Spain?
-. Is the situation in Spain one
which might lead to international
friction or give rise to a dispute?
'3. If the answer to question ca is
yes Is the continuance of the sit
uation likely to endanger the main
tenance of international peace and
security?"
U. S. Favors Hodgson Proposal.
Representatives of the United
States and British delegations are
disposed to favor the Hodgson pro-
posal. Both have been opposed to
the adoption of the Polish resolu-
ton unless more evidence against
the Franco government was pro-
duced. They will obtain the views
Of their governments, however, be-
fore voting on the proposal. q
Col. Hodgson, in presenting his
amendment, said that If the inves-
tigation showed that the Franco
regime and the situation in Spain
were endangering international
peace, then the council should take
every action possible under the char
ter against Franco. 1t was his con-
tention that breaking of diplomatic
relations with Franco would be an
ineffective move. s.. ....-
The Australian took issue with
some of the statements made by DR..
Oscar Lange, the Polish delegate,
when DR.. Lange presented the case
against Spain. Col. Hodgson said, for
example, the information he had
was that the Spanish army today is
not as large as it was six months ago.
I'VE have here at this table," Col
Hodgson said, two schools Of
thought. One school says, let US
without investigation impose certain
The other school says, we
won't do anything because it is a
matter Of domestic jurisdiction. The
view point of the Australian delega-
ton is that we accept neither prop
osition. We want an investigation
into the three questions I have in
dicated."
An investigation such as that pro-
posed by Col. Hodgson, if it estab-
fishes the facts, can clear the atmos-
phere so far as Spain is concerned.
A vote in the Council on this pro-
posal may disclose, too, just how
much propaganda has been floating
around and how strong a desire
exists to obtain the truth about the
Spanish situation.
Gromyko Attacks Spain.
Russia's delegate, Andrei A. Gro
myko, in his argument in support of
the Polish resolution, branded Fran
CO Spain a hot bed of Fascism,
from which German, italian and
Spanish Fascists were seeking to
operate. He described in detail
Frances aid to the Axis powers dur
ing the war; said he had sent the
Blue Division" made up of Span
iards to fight against the Red Army
on the eastern front, and that
Franco had been preparing to throw
Spain into the war on the side Of
Germany, and failed to do so only