Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1946-12-16

'oi.N' HI Inc Inl-
ted Nations assembly turned over
to the 1l-mcmbcr security council
Monday the monumental task of
setting into motion a program for
reducing the armies OF the world
ana destroying the mass des,ruct.
I'VE weapons of war.
Ending an historic eight weeks
session at 1874 a. m. tEST,
the top diplomats of 81 nations
gave the world its first concrete
nope Tor outlawing war and then
headed Tor home after writing am
othcr chapter in mans long search
for peace.
The next regular meeting Will
pc held in New York next Sent. Is.
but the assembly may be called
INTO special session in six months
10 approve worldwide arms re-
dnctions which the Security Coun-
Gil is to plan in detail.
Solemn Pledge
In the vaulted gold and-blue as
scmbly hall at Flushing Mead
ow Park. the worlds diplomats
gave a solemn pledge that their
countries would support immed-
ia'e steps to reduce their armed
forces and prohibit the use OF the
atomic bomb.
This was regarded as the most
significant achievement of the
assembly, which met in the United
states for the first time and select
cd Manhattan skyscrapcr site
Tor its permanent home.
But almost equally as significant
was the attainment OF virtually
unanimous agreement among dele
gates. A unanimity that had been
conspiciously lacking since the
United Nations was born.
For the first time since hositlit-
les ended. delegates agreed there
was an increase in cooperative
spirit between Soviet Russia and
The western powers.
Russia Seen Softening
There was evidence In some
RESPECTS OF softening of Russian
poIicy and the diminishing OF Sow
let suspicious. Delegated agreed
generally that L. S. Secretary OF
state james +. Byrncs contribute
cd greatly to this by disclosing vol
unfairly the number and Position
OF American troops on foreign
sol! -- information that Russia
fought unsucccsSfully 10 have
every nation give to the U.N.
This advancement in United
Nations relations was kcynotcd hv
warren r. Austin. chief of the l..
:. delegation in the closing hours
al the session.
Starting with the ink and paper
charter Austin told fellow dele
gates, we progressed from posit-
~" disagreement and skcpticism ;
to III" solution Of the great prob
i"mS confronting us, to a newly
discovered harmony to almns,
unanimous agreement. | think that
We have established the essential
reality of the United Nations
Peace. Hope scars
Later. the American delegate
told the Associated Press:
The accomplishments OF this
session give promise O! the attain
mcnt OF security without war a
peace that will prevail through tho
effective processes o: the United
Nations
Similar sentiments were Cx-
pressed from tho klcig-lichtcd
rostrum by Secretary General
Irygvc Lie and assembly prcsi-
dent Paul-Hcnri Spaak of Belgium
Mt the dramatic finale.
Many have drained about an
international parliament OF man"
Lie said. II think We are ut the
beginning Of that parliament"
Most delegates agreed that the
importance Of the assembly was
cmpha sized by the fact that Rus
STA had sent her top-flight diplo.
mats 10 the session foreign Min.
lister V. NJ Mo'otov. Deputy
Foreign Minister Andrea Y. Wish.
insliy and Ardrci a. Gromyko.
And here, really for the first
time. secret diplomacy was tossed
overheard and delegates big md
small-spoke more bluntly, more
frankly than they had at either
San Francisco or London. Only in
the confines of the Security Coun-
cil-at London and then at Lake
Success. NY had this gloves
off diplomacy been practiccd and
then only by the Big Five.
Behind the delegates as they
hurried home Monday for the
Christmas holidays was a job that
in pure paper work alone stagger-
cd the imagination. The record
totalcd 4,si1 documents, 33,0S8
pages. 1882 .7S4 words.