Evening star., 1946-01-12
Council Elected
After Red Move
|ForDe|ayLoses
BroziI, Egypt, Mexico,
Australia, Poland and
Netherlands Chosen
Ey the Associated Press.

BY Inc Associated Press.
LONDON, Jan. 12.-Overrid-
ing Russian efforts to POSTPONE
the balloting, the United Ma
tions Assembly today elected six
nations to non-permanent seats
on the important Security
Council along with a five-power
permanent bloc.
Australia, Brazil, Egypt, Mexico,
the Netherlands and Poland were
chosen to nonpermanent member
ship on the Council. which will con-
troll the proposed world police force.
The United States, Britain, Russia,
China and France are the perma-
nent members of the 1l-nation body.
The election was completed after
Canada and Australia went through
Two lndeclslve ballots in a runoff
between the two members of the
British Commonwealth.
Canada then proposed that Aus
tralia be chosen by acclamation.
That procedure was ruled out of
order, but, Canada having in effect
withdrawn, Australia received 46
votes on the final tally.
Five Named on First Ballot.
The other five nonpermanent
members were elected on the first
ballot. All ballots were secret.
The five were Brazil (47 votes)
Egypt t45), Mexico (45), Poland
(39) and the Netherlands (3D.
These and Canada were on a slate
which had been circulated by the
United States delegation.
The Russian motion to delay for
nation of the Security Council,
which eventually will control the
proposed world police force, was op-
posed on the floor by Secretary of
State Byrnes and British Foreign
Secretary, Ernest Bevin, who said
the Soviet proposal would set a bad
precedent. Russia had been re-
ported critical of the candidates. of
Mexico and the Netherlands.
First it was reported that the
Russians favored Norway and Bel
gium for these two places, but at
the last minute the Ukraine delega-
ton proposed Norway and New
Zealand instead.
Fraser Sides With Soviet.
Prime Minister Peter Fraser of
New Zealand sided with the Soviet
delegation in a speech in which he
virtually demanded a place for Aus
tralia on the council as a repre-
sentative of the Southwest Pacific.
Jan Masaryk, chief of the Czecho-
slovakian delegation, also lined up
with the Russians. contending that
delay would be useful in helping
the Assembly make up its mind.
Mr.. Bevin, however, backed Mr.
Byrnes and called on the Assembly
to put an end to lobbying and get
on with the vote, quite straight" He
said he regarded the motion as "a
very dangerous precedent"
After the vote on RusSia's pro-
posal, Assembly President Paul
Henri Spaak asked for nominations,
but none was offered. Mr.. Spaak
then asked the delegates to start
| voting
Andrei Gromyko, Soviet Ambassa-
dor to the United States, immedi-
ately protested. He said he could
not understand a procedure in which
votes could be cast without nomina-
tions being made and the merits of
the nominees discussed.
Mr.. Spaak reopened the nomina-
tions and Dmitri Manuilsky, Ukrai-
MAN delegate, proposed the election
of Brazil, New Zealand and Poland
for two years and Mexico, Egypt and
Norway for one year.
Norway and New Zealand, whose
names had not appeared on the in
formal American list circulated
among the delegates, Immediately
announced they were not candidates
Then Mr.. Spaak called again for
votes, and the delegates started q
| procession to the gilt ballot box on
the rostrum.
Gromyko Urged Delay.
The postponement motion was
made by Gromyko, acting chief OF
the Russian delegation, who con-
tended that a delay would give more
time for discussion on the choice OF
the six nonpermanent members OF
the Council.
Mr.. Byrnes, stepping to the plat
form Immediately after the proposal
was submitted, declared, II regret
very much that I feel impelled tc
oppose the motion for postpone
ment"
A few minutes earlier, before the
Assembly opened its third session
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