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sky's interpretstio of the U. N.
article was faulty.
This is only a recommending
body and I think it should consider
everything and send it back to the
final bodv-the four ministers" said
Mr.. Evatt.
The adoption of the two-thirds
rule seemed assured. however.
The debate on the question of
opening the conference to various
peace treaty questions occurred at
meeting of the Rules Committee.
Secretary of State Byrnes was ex-
pected to inform the committee
that the United States gave quail
fed support to the two-thirds
proposal.
A Netherlands proposal that each
country be admitted on an equal
footing to all conference commit
tees was defeated. II to 8, in the
first public roll call in the Rules
Committee.
The United States sbstained. Rus
sla. Yugoslavia, Poland. Czechoslo-
vakia, the Ukraine. White Russia
France Britain. India, Norway and
New Zealand voted nay" Belgium
Brazil, Canada, China, Ethiopia
Greece. The Netherlands. South AT
rica and Australia voted yes"
The British, in opposing the Dutch
proposal, said the rights of every
nation would be safeguarded bv
final consideration of every resolu-
ton on the general session floor. The
French said having all committees
composed Of delegates from all 21
nations would be too cumbersome.
Meanwhile, an Australian source
said that delegation might question
Soviet RuSsias S claim to $1,000. 900. =
900 reparations as written into the
present drafts.
The Australian source said DR.
EVatt probably would propose fact
finding committee to get a bill of
particulars showing how Soviet Rus
sia arrived at her claim for damages
Canadian sources said several
smaller nations also are taking a
serious view of treaty proposals for
Italy to cede the Briga and Tenda
border areas to France.
Proviso in Byrnes' Proposal.
Mr.. Byrnes' proposal, while calling
for two-thirds ma jority on all
major matters. carries the proviso
that any motion which receives a
simple majority but fails to receive
a tWo-thirds margin shall be sent to
the Big -Four Foreign Ministers with
request that it be given special
consideration.
Mr.. Byrnes has stated that any
motion which receives a thirds
majority will receive his support
when it comes up for considera ton
by the ministers.
Conference sources predicted that
the tWo-thiroS rule would be sup
ported by the Big Four-the United
States, Russia, Britain and France
Yugoslavia, White Russia, Ukraine,
Czechoslovakia, Poland and possibly
Canada, India, Ethiopia and China.
Australia and the Netherlands have
expressed opposition TO the two
thirds rule and have advocated that
conference decisions be governed by
a simple majority.
II the two-thirds ma jority is
approved. the Big Four plus the
Russian satellite nations will be
able TO black any changes by the
conference in those sections of
the peace treaties on which the
Big -Four foreign ministers are
agreed
Chief Disputed Sections.
This would mean that decisions
Of the conference would be limited
to those sections of the treaties
on which the ministers were un-
able TO agree at their last two
meetings here
Chief among the disputed sec
tions are the matter of Italys
colonies; free navigation on the
Danube; the Greek Bulgarian
frontier; the Czech Hungarian
frontier, Italian reparations to
Greece. Albania and YueosIavia,
equality Of commercial access to
Balkan nations; and a series of
economic clauses.
Consequently, the Italian Yugo-
slav frontier and the question of
the future OF Trieste may not figure
IN the decisions of the conference,
since the Big Four ministers finally
agreed on the so-called Bidault