The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-12-13
LIN Passes Arms Resolution
MoIotoVHits Loss of Soviet Census. Plan
 Byrnes kAey Give
 Out U. s. Forces
 inventory Todoy
United Nations Han, Flush.

United Nations Han, Flush ing, N. Y., Dec. 1S-(UP)- Soviet Foreign Minister V. M. MolOtOv charged the United Nations today with attempts to destroy" . Russian pro pOsal for a worldwide troop and armament count. MOlO- tOv spoke after a 54-nation LIN committee unanimously passed an arms reduction resolu- ton hailed as "a first step" in eno- ing the menace of war.
 Molotov's charge threatened to end the big power unanimity which resulted in passage of the arms re duction proposal by exclamation, amidst LIN oratory pnoclaiming 1t an important example of great power unanimity."
 He said some nations were trying to sidetrack the Soviet demand for a worldwide count on troops and armamentS, asking caustically where is this resolution who dared destroy this drafte"
 Receives Assurance
 He received assurance from Paul. Henri Spaak of Belgium. president of the General Assembly, that his proposal still was before the gen. eral Assembly for its consideration. But British and U. S. delegates maintained that the census issue was covered in subcommittee res- olution which called for Submis- sion of whatever information that the Security Council might demand of member states.
 The procedural sQlabble came as reports persisted that Secretary of State James P. Byrnes might take the initiative in the disarmament debate later in the day by voluntar- fly announcing the size and location of American armed forces.
 Earlier, Molotov told the commit tee that the disarmament resolution to summon a special General As- sembly to approve a world arms control program placed the nations on 'the important and difhcult road to general arms reduction"
 The resolution. now sent to the General Assembly for formal &C., ceptance, calls upon the LIN Secur- ity Council to prepare treaties for arms reduction and atomic control. The treaties then would be Submit- ted for approval of a special assem- bly, and ratification by member states.
 Nations Hail Resolution
 Before the resolution was ap- proved by exclamation both large and small nations hailed it as the UNs first specific step toward world disarmament.
 Sen. Tom Connally. D.-Tex.), |, termed it real hope" for wiping out the menace of war, and con- graduated Molotov for Soviet CO., operation in drafting the proposal. Britain's Sir Hartley Shawcross ex- pressed real hope" that the Se- curity Council quickly would pre- pare arms control treaties.
 The resolution, product of weeks of debate, carefully preserved the authority of the LIN Atomic Energy Commission and called upon the Security Council to expedite treaties for both atomic and general arms control. Chief points of the reso- iution:
 1. The Assembly calls on the
 Council to draft measures to
 regulate and reduce arms and
 submit the measures to a spe-
 cial Assembly session.
 2. The Atomic Energy Com
 mission is urged to speed its
 work to outlaw the atomic
 bomb and divert the new force
 into the channels of peace.
 3. The council is directed to
 establish effective and veto-leSS
 safeguards for inspection and
 other steps in guarding against
 violations of arms agreements.
 {. LIN member states are urged
 to withdraw as rapidly as posSi-
 ole their forces from former en-
 emy states and from territory of
 LIN members and engage in a |,
 balanced reduction" of their
 armies at home.
 The secretary's address. billed as A full disclosure of this country's views on the long sought goal Of ,.,-.aSurflo ,zsea .... a v,aa.a$ uroe ess1Aia.pf to revision during the day.
 It was reported that some ad- visers had suggested to Byrnes that a way to topple Soviet Foreign Minister V. M. Molotoy from the initiative-taker's role in the long and complex LIN disarmament de- bate would be to announce without further ado the totals and locations of American armed forces.
 Byrnes was described as interest ed in the idea, but it was clear that the final draft of his 30-minute address to the Assembly hinged on how and when the disarmament comes up for final action in a pienary session of the Assem- ply.
 One of the most explosive issues was finally decided last night when the Assembly voted 34-to-6 in favor Of a resolution inviting Gen. Francisco Franco to end his Fascist dictatorship over Spain and inviting LIN members who haven't already done so to with draw their ambassadors and min- isters from Madrid.
 Disarmament faces a long and vet0-studied path through the United Nations Security Council. once the Assembly puts its stamp of approval on an unprecedented document 1, entitled: Resolution on governing the general