Evening star., 1946-01-24
Council Preparing
70 Act on Iruniun
And Red Protests
By the Associated Press,

LONDON, Jan. 24.-The United
Nations today ordered the crea-
tion of a special commission to
devise controls for atomic energy
and moved swiftly toward action
on three critical political issues
involving Iran, Greece and In
donesia.
A few hours after the General
Assembly had voted unanimously to
set up the Atomic Commission un-
der the Security Council, Secretary
OF State Byrnes left for Washington
in President Truman's plane, the
Sacred Cow.
In a leave taking with reporters,
Mr.. Byrnes announced that the
United States favored the quickest
possible public hearings by the
council on charges filed by Russia
against the British in Greece and
Indonesia, and by Iran against
Russia.
Council Meets Tomorrow.
The council ordered a meeting of
It's II members tomorrow to take up
the three cases, and American off,
cials strongly expected that the
council would decide to- hold public
hearings on the three controversial
cases next week.
In mis- opinion, Mr. Byrnes said,
the quicker the three cases are
given full hearings the better it
would be.
Particularly pleased that the first
formal action of the Assembly on
major question had as it's objective
the limitation of military arma-
ment, Mr.. Byrnes said the Ameri-
cans next move on the atomic
question would be to urge the gov
ernments to appoint their members
to the new commission as soon as
possible so it can get organized at
UNO headquarters in the United
States.
Other developments today in
cluded the proposal by the Ameri-
cans before the Assembly's Trustee
ship Committee that hundreds of
millions of people under colonial
rule be assured that the ideals of
the United Nations on self-rule and
independence apply to them as well
as to the people living under man
dates and trusteeships.
Secretary's Salary Fixed,
The Assembly adopted COM
mlttee report setting the secretary
generals net salary at $4,000 an
nually plus $4,000 expense ac-
count, and fixing the term of his
appointment at five years with the |
possibility Of reappointment for /
second five-year term.
Mr.. Byrnes said he did not know
whether Gen. Eisenhower would re-
consider his refusal to accept the
secretary generalship, since the
question had not been raised
recently.
He said Edward r. Stettinius. il.
American member OF the Council.
would head the American delegation
after his departure, and that Sen
ator Connally would be the Amer
lcan member of the important
General Committee of the Assembly.
In a speech to the Assembly urg-
Ing creation of the atomic commis-
sion, Mr.. Byrnes said it was neces-
sary to save the world from an
atomic ornaments race.
Vishinsky Aids Byrnes.
Approval of atomic control plans
came after little more than an hour
OF discussion during which both Mr..
ByrneS and Andrei Vishinsky, chief
Soviet delegate, urged prompt ac-
ton.
The vote was At to 0, with four ma
tions abstaining.
The commission would have no
power to compel the United States
or any other country to disclose any
OF its atomic energy production Sc
crets or disclose how the atomic
bomb is made, according to interpre-
tations given by Mr.. Byrnes. Its re-
sponsibility will be to work out ways
of keeping atomic energy from being
used destructively.
It will be composed of representa-
tives of the II nations on the Sc
curity Council and Canada, and will
be responsible to the Council for its
work and policies.
Byrnes Denies Reports.
Shortly before the Assembly ses-
sion yesterday Mr.. Byrnes teld re-
porters that he had not been urging
the Security Council to delay con-
sideration of the complaints brought
to it by Iran against Russia and by
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