Evening star., 1946-08-08

viding that recommendations voted
either by two-thirds or a simple
majority should go to the Foreign
Ministers Council for consideration
although those with a two-thirds
majority would have more weight.
The council has the final say on in
cluding such recommendations in
the treaties.
Mr.. Molotov said these voting
rules would confuse the whole con-
ference
Until Mr.. Molotov spoke, it had
been assumed that adoption of the
rules by the full conference was a
foregone conclusion since all the
members of the 21-nation confer
ence were represented in the Rules
Committee.
Insists on Revision.
"The Soviet delegation" said Mr..
Molotov, cannot agree that the
conference should adopt recommen-
dations by ajority of one vote.
Therefore the Soviet delegation con-
Siders that rule which had been
adopted by the Procedure (Rules)
Commission an error, and insists on
a revision of this erroneous report.
THE Soviet delegation wishes to
recall one elementary thing: 1t
should be the desire to obtain un-
animity in conference like this
Using the same arguments he had
put forward in the heated debates of
the Rules Committee, Mr.. Molotov
discussed the possibility of large ma
tions attempting to dictate to the
smaller powers and said I'VE should
not be carried away by a policy OF
pressure.
He said "All the conferences of
the great powers which took place
during the war adopted quite a
number of decisions and all of these
were adopted by unanimous agree
ment."
The Foreign Ministers Council,
he continued, had suggested that the
conference adopt the two thirds
principle, but Sin spite of this the
British delegation submitted to the
Rules Committee a new voting pro-
cedure. Although opposed by one
delegation it was adopted"
Carried Away Too Far
Asserting that the British and
American delegations had Joined
hands" in this maneuver, Mr.. Molo-
toy said they probably expected to
facilitate recommendation which
would be desirable to them"
But, he said, they had allowed
themselves to be carried away too
far. They did not reckon with the
fact that it is the concensus of the
Foreign Ministers Council that q
two-thirds vote is preferable.
Now it is question of saving the
main conference from making this
same mistake as was made in COM
mlttee," Mr.. Molotov argued. THE
big mistake can be made more pro-
found if we continue to walk along
the wrong road"
He said the Soviet delegation
agreed to the Rules Committee draft
except for the one item permitting
a recommendation to be carried by
a simple majority.
Georges Bidault, temporary presi-
oent OF the conference, had sum-
moned the delegates into a plenary
session to receive the proposals Of
procedure drafted by the Rules Com
mittee.
Today's session was to be Mr.
Bidault's last as temporary presi-
dent. The conference will be headed
next by Secretary of State Byrnes
under rotation plan in which the
Big -Four ministers will take turns
IN presiding for three days each,
The Rules Committee Yesterday
approved American Russian propo-
sails to invite representatives of Italv.
Romania, Bulgaria, Hungary and
Flnland to sit in on both the plenary
and committee sessions and the five
former enemy states were expected
TO begin participation Saturday.
Janos Gyongyosi, Hungarian for
elgn minister, is expected to arrive
IN Parls today. The Romanian and
bulgarian delegations are already