The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-11-01
Vundenberg ReiectsU UN Cost Budget
 Says D. s. Refuses
 To Poy SO Percent
 of Annuol Expense

ly opposed proposals that the US. pay half the United Nations, oper- ating expenses but indicated wil- nngness to contribute As much as, 2S percent to the annual budget.
 Sen, Arthur vandenberg, (R.- Mich) told the LIN. General Assem- bly's Budgetary Committae that the proposal by, Q committee of experts for 30 percent us. share was entirely inadequate to the total considerations which should be given international assessments"
 vandenberg, making a general plea for economy in the LIN. point ed out that the budgetary experts, in their report and recommendation. had themselves admitted that their estimate at best was an "educated guess" and that they didn't really know how much money would be required.
 Split Into Committees
 vandenberg opened the budget fight as the Assembly shifted from Flushing Meadows to nearby Lake Success and split into committees for the "shirt-sleeve" phase of its work before considering in plenary session such controversial issues as the Spanish question. world disarm- ament and the. veto.
 Meanwhile, the question of per- manent home for the world parlia- ment was thrown open again when the United States asked LIN. to consider the Greater New York and San Francisco areas, as well as the westchester County, New York, and Fairfield County, Conn, areas in its choice of a permanent site. The U. s. move was taken as an effort to head off reported backstage att tempts to shift United Nations back to Europe, perhaps to Geneva, Switzerland.
 Secretary General Trygve Lie op- ened the proceedings of the Budget ary Committee by submitting an estimated budget calling for expende itures of $2s, ,790008 during l947, a boost of more than $4.000.000 over the l946 expenses.
 Let's not bankrupt peace!" VanS denberg warned after Lie presented his report. He warned that "prema- ture expansion" of United Nations might mean that LIN. actually would retogress to the point when any peace-loving nation no longer can afford to belong"
 Five Issues MA Stake
 The touchiest questions were
 SPAIN: Several countries. led by Guatemala and Poland, were ready to demand . general breaking -on of relations with Franco's govern ment once the political committee gets to the question of Spain. Brit ain seemed certain to continue Its opposition to such move "at the uresent time." The United States, which has gone along with Britain in the past, remained silent.
 DISARMAMENT: The Political Committee, heir to most of the big issues confronting the Assembly, promised to be Q battle-ground TOT an enlarged version of the Amer ican-Soviet deadlock over atomic energy. The United States counter ed Russia's suggestion for UN disarmament treaty program with one of its own requiring interna- tional inspections and other sale- o,Iards. The same differences have delaved, progress on the most I'm. portant chapter in any eventual arns-scrapping program - atomic energy control.
 TRUSTEESHIP: The TrusteeShip Committee has enough material 70 set mn the UN Trusteeship Council this year and actually begin oN control of osme dependent areas The question marks were-tD- Russia's attitude toward the oraIs trusteeship agreements submitted for approval by Britain. France Australia. New Zealand and Bel .,;um and (2--the United States sttitude toward placing under trrsteeship the Japanese-manoateo and Japanese-owned islands or the
 WORLD REFUGEE oRoANIzA; rrrON. The United States planned to revive its lone fight for an Inter ost,nnai Refugee Organization to care for Europe's 1000, 600 displaced nersons when UNRRA tolos up nSNt snring strong opposition from the Slavic countries and indinerence from other countries threaten the prTT5sjR THE BIG FIVE VETO . The limited States, Britain. Russia. France and China have promised to fie1ht together against the small nation's effort to modify or scrap inc veto power in the Security Co,ncil. They cant lose, for event uaily a proposal to chance the ,,s, vos,