Evening star., 1946-12-27
baruch Insists
On vetoBan in
Atom Curb Plan
U. S. Delegate Backed
By Complete Accord
With Canadians
By the Associated Press

LAKE SUCCESS, N. K, D6C. III.
-Bolstered by complete un-
derstanding with the Canadian
delegation, Bernard M. Baruch
stood firm today on his demand
that the veto must not stop the
punishment of any nation vio-
lating international atomic con-
troll regulations.
The American delegate to the
United Nations Atomic Energy Com
mission held his ground as the COM
mission went into session behind
closed doors this morning as a
committee of the whole to consider
recommendations and general find
ings in the report it must make to
the U. N. Security Council next
Tuesday.
Andrei A. Gromyko, Soviet dele
gate to the commission, was absent
and DR.. S. P. Alexandrov, white
haired Russian scientist, took over
his countrys seat after telling re-
porters tersely that Mr.. Gromyko
was occupied with other business"
May Refuse to Vote. :
Mr.. Gromyko's unexpected alb
sence led to immediate speculation
that Russia again would refuse to
participate in a vote on the Baruch
proposal. At previous meeting at
which the plan was indorsed in
principle, 10 to 0, Mr.. Gromyko
fatty refused to take part in any
ballot and Poland was recorded as
abstaining.
Mr.. Gronyko was the only prin-
cipal delegate not in attendance to-
day. Mr.. Baruch represented the
United States and Sir Alexander
Cadogan Great Britain.
For a time it appeared that the
Baruch plan would encounter rough
sailing because the Canadian dele
CATION had circulated number of
comments and suggestions affecting
the proposals which Mr.. Baruch
wants the commission to adopt as
its blueprint for atomic control.
Way Smoothed for Baruch.
But the second echelon" of the
and Canadian delegations
met for hours late yesterday and
were reported to have agreed on all
points, thus smoothing the way for
Mr.. Baruch when the test is made
in the commission.
These reports said the American
delegation lost no ground on its
basic demands in the agreement.
The two delegations were said to
have been separated only on pro-
cedural matters. but never on
fundamentals.
Mr.. Barueh demanded at the first
Atomic Commission meeting last
June that the veto of the five great
powers be dropped in any atomic
control system.
Russia's position is an enigma.
Mr.. Gromyko pleaded last week for
n nsore time to study the American
plan and indicated then he might
be prepared to discuss it late this
week. There still is no indication
whether Mr.. Gromyko is prepared
TO go ahead with the discussion in
5omorrow's committee meeting.
Report Due December 81.
The commission November 13 de-
cioed it would make report to the
United Nations Security Council by
December 81, before the complexion
of the commission is changed by
Colombia, Belgium and Syria taking
seats now held by Mexico, the Meth
erlands and Egypt. Yesterday the
political committee of the commits
sion approved, with Russia sitting
silent and Poland abstaining, the
scientific and technical phases of
this report.
There remains to be inserted in
the draft report the general findings
and recommendations on which the
committee of the whole now must
decide.
A general Assembly resolution De-
cember IA, gave top priority to
the problem of outlawing the atom
and other weapons of mass destruc-
ton. 1t made no mention of the
veto system now in effect in the
Security Council and some delega-
tions have thought that it might
not be necessary to mention the veto