The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-12-09
Franco Spain Clash Foees UN Delegates
 Explosive Issue
 Hlshlishts FlnoI
 Week of Debote


 Lake Success, N. r., Dec. e--CuP) United Nations diplomats headed for a climatic clash over Franco Spain today as they plunged into ( final hectic week of internatlona debate and decision-maklns.
 Tn the committee rooms of the tj N. General Assembly the question ol 0enerallssllno Francisco Frafico'i Spain dictatorship was the most OK. plosive of . string of vital natter now in the decisive stage. The lssut was whether the LIN. should ordei Q general diplomatic isolation oi Spain in an effort to oiist Franco--e move desired by Russia and c large bloc of supporters.
 The United States and Britain confident they could avert the dip. lomatic break, worked to the last or e backstage campaign to round iir supporters. They argued that thC break would help Franco or touch off civil war.
 Wary of Words, Phrases
 Russia and the western powers re. stunned their jockeying over Q U.N blueprint for world disarmament Both sides were on the brink oi agreement on the general principles for e worldwide reduction of arms and armies. But each was wary oi the words and phrases proposed bS the other on the way to tell the world-and the LIN. Security Coun. cil-how disarmament may be ac. complished.
 One aspect of the disarmament is. sue flared up ct a weary early inorn- ing plenary session of the Assembly today at nearby Flushing Meadows where Sir Hartley Shawcross of Bri- tain and Soviet Foreign Minister V M. Molotov opened fights to tailor a resolution calling for e worldwide of troops of all the United Nations.
 As the Assembly began final con. Sideration of the census proposal, al. ready approved in committee, Shaw. cross revived his once-defeated pro- posal that the census be accompan. ed by some form of verification to assure an honest count.
 Molotov followed him with an eFn. ohatic attack on the resolutions re. luirement that governments tell the LIN. the size of their home forces IS we'll as those abroad. He demand ed, as he had done unsuccessfully In the Assembly Political and Secur- lty Committee, that if home troops are to be counted, the inventory al- 30 cover all armaments-"including atomic bombs and rockets"
 Trustceshlp Unit Has Deadline
 He accused the United States and Britain of inserting troops at home" into the original Soviet troops cen- sus proposal in order to divert ct. tention from troops being maintain ed overseas"-troops which in some cases, the Soviet Foreign Minister said. are applying pressure on small countries.
 The East-West rivalry overflowed into the Assembly Trusteeship Committee, where delegates of the 54 United Nations must complete by Wednesday a string of decisions which will determine whether the long planned LIN Trusteeship Coun- cil takes shape this year.
 Economic and Financial Commit tee members were ready for a vote on the already-decided question of how the hungry countries of the world will get food after UNRRA ends this year. The result was pre- ordained in favor of the United States proposal for a program un- der which individual nations will mete out relief as they see it. AL though a majority of countries wanted instead a new international agency to succeed UNRRA, but this would require US. money and the U. s. has announced 1t will not join.
 one long-festering issue was whipped into shape for the full Assembly yesterday when the full political committee overTode Rus sia's protest and approved an Aus tralian resolution aimed at modify ing application of the Big Five Se- curity Council veto power.
 POwerless Resolution
 The resolution requested Security Council members to institute 'prac- tices and procedures" aimed al lessening use of the veto. Even though approved by the Assembly it could have no effect if Russia oi any of the other Big Five refuses to heed 1t.
 A furry of Sunday meetings which preceded two long plenary meetings also produced two sting ing defeats for the western coun- tires, one of them a decisive devel- opment in the Franco case.
 A 20-nation subcommittee which Britain complained was loaded in favor of a break in relations voted II to 5 to write into Q United States resolution on Spain the rec ommendation that all LIN member: who have diplomatic contact with Franco end 1t immediately. It alsC accepted a French resolution call' ing on an end to food purchases by United Nations in Spain. Thi' would leave more food for thu Spanish people and cut of soEn' valuable economic support tol Franco.
 The subcommittee's decision pro. pelled the issue into the full DO litical committee.
 The other setback was the Trus. teeship Committees reversal Of itl decision to leave open for futurt consideration the Union of South Africa's attempt to get LIN sallctior for annexing its South West African mandate an American-authoret decision. Instead it voted to reject outright the South African proposal and suggested that the mandats be offered for LIN trusteeship.
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