Evening star., 1946-01-27

structions appear and declare they
had nothing to say against the Rus
SLAMS and that their government
was engaged in negotiations with
the Soviet government.
Assembly Work Speeded.
Despite the sudden shift in the
Iranian situation, the meeting Mon
day OF the Council is still full OF
interest and has its prospect OF
drama. The work of the General
Assembly is being pressed forward
as rapidly as possible in an effort
to bring this first half Of the first
meeting Of the United Nations to
a close not later than February S.
The prospects, according to Amer
ican sources, appear good for a
quick windup.
The Council, continuing body,
will 60 on with its work, irrespec-
tive of Assembly adjournment. The
second half of this Assembly meet
ing has been scheduled for April
in the United States, which is to
be the permanent home of the
UNO. 1t may be postponed, how
ever, until later in the year, owing
to the fact that a peace conference
is to be held in Paris in May.
The Lebanese delegation, it is
learned, may take the opportunity
to lay before the Council request
that consideration be given to the
situation created in their country
and Syria by the continued pres
ence of French and British troops
with a view to having this situation
ironed out and the troops with
drawn.
Decision on Site Remains.
The American delegation and
others are now demanding that the
Site Committee which has been
looking over places for the perma-
nent home of UNO, as we'll as a
temporary site in the United States
return to London without delay and
make their report. This is one of
important decisions yet to be made
by the Assembly.
1t is understood here that The
Site Committee has a half dozen
sites to- suggest, three in the New
York area and three in the Con-
necticut and Boston areas. Hyde
Park is one of those in the New
York area.
BY the time 1t reaches here the
committee is expected to have come
to some conclusion as to the best
site. 1t should reach London, it was
said tonight, by midweek.
The United States, represented in
the Council by Edward r. Stettinius,
jr., is making its influence felt in
the new agency. Mr.. Stettinius has
taken leading part in the discus
sions and decisions of the Council.
U. S. Active in Committees.
The United States is playing its
full part in the committee work of
the Assembly too. 1t was a resolu-
ton drafted by Representative Sol
Bloom, chairman of the House For
eign Affairs Committee and a men,
ber of the American delegation
dealing with UNRRA, which was
finally approved by the Assembly
committee in place of the original
British proposal.
This resolution provides for the
appointment by the Assembly of a
committee to urge member nations
to make further contributions to
UNRRA, and to urge members of
the United Nations which have not
been members of UNRRA to Join I'D
and make their contributions to the
relief agency.
Under the British proposal invita-
tions would have been extended to
"other peace-loving states" not sig
natory to UNRRA to join the organ
ization. This might have been in
terpreted as an invitation to such
nations as Spain, and had Spain
declared its intention of joining a
controversy might Immediately have
arisen.
Also the Bloom resolution referred
specifically to the fact that the work
of UNRRA is to end in Europe De-
cember 81, 1916, and in the Far East
by March, 1947. The British reso-
luton left it wide open as to how