Evening star., 1946-08-03
PowersWin
Fight on Paris
Chairmanship
Post to Be Rotated;
Two-Thirds Vote Next
Question on Agendo
BY The Associated Press

PARIS, Aug. 3.-The Paris
Peace Conference voted, IL to 8,
today to rotate the conference
Craftsmanship, as urged by the
large nations, and then turned
to the question of whether a
tWo-thirds vote or a simple ma
iority would decide all issues.
The vote on the craftsmanship was
the first outright test in the dispute
between large and small nations
and was a victory for the United
States and Soviet Russia. The
Craftsmanship will rotate among the
United States. China, France. Great
Britain and Russia in that French
alphabetical order.
The nations voting for the rotat-
Ing Craftsmanship proposed by the
Foreign Ministers Council were:
The United States, Canada, China,
France, Great Britain, Norway, Po-
land, Czechoslovakia, the Ukraine,
Soviet Russia, Yugoslavia and White
Russia.
The nations voting for a single
permanent chairman we're:
Australia, Belgium. Brazil. Greece
India, New Zealand, the Neither
lands and South Africa. ETHIOPIA
abstained from voting in the action
by the Rules. Committee.
China was not an inviting power.
due to the insistence of Russia, put
as a member of the Foreign Minis
ters Council will take its turn in the
chalrmanship rotation. Each chair
man will serve three days.
Fight Looms on Voting.
The question of two thirds ma
tority, favored by Russia and the
United States, promised to be an
other fight between large and small
nations. The Rules Committee ad-
Journed until Monday without
reaching a decision.
A British spokesman, meanwhile.
said Britain would go down the
line in support of every compromise
reached by the foreign ministers on
peace treaties. He expressed the
opinion there would be no reopen
ing Of the Trieste question. despite
Yugoslavia's opposition to the min
isters' decision to internationalize
that disputed city.
The Rules Committee Wrangled all
day yesterday on the chairmanship
question. 1t was turned in favor
of the big powers when Secretary
OF State ByrneS announced he
would support the Big Four decision
because the widening split develop
ing over it menaced both the con-
ference and later meetings of the
foreign ministers
After the vote the conference
moved to the question of extending
invitations to former satellite coun-
tries to sit in the conference as
well as to other countries not men,
bers of the conference.
Byrnes Backs Molotov.
Secretary Byrnes had aligned him
self with Soviet Foreign Minister
Molotov in calling for rotation of
the craftsmanship.
The position of the United States
Is based on what is wise in this
matter" Mr. Byrnes said. In my
opinion the matter is not of as great
Importance as it seems to be to
others. When I vote it will be to
sustain the recommendations of the
council.
MY friend Mr.. Molotsv feels
strongly about this. - do not
feet SO strongly. I only hope that
the conference will be allowed to go
ahead and vote its convictions, one
way or the other. I am more in
terested in your recommendation
than I am in who will preside.
Il want to make clear now the
position of the United States. Where
the suggestions sent out by the
council do not cause me to feel that
they would be harmful, I want to
go along with those proposals.
mo individual can receive q
UNANIMOUS vote. That is unfortu-
nate
However, Mr.. Byrnes voiced