Evening star., 1947-10-22
Hot Debate in u. n.
Due Today on Soviet
'Warmonger' Charge
Vishinsky Will Lead Off
In Booking Move for
Action on Accusation
BY the Associated Press

LAKE SUCCESS, Oct. 22.-The
United Nations turned today to
Russia's "warmonger" charges
with prospects of a series of
verbal barrages outstripping any,
thing heard in the two-year his
tory of the peace agency.
The Soviet demand that all gov
ernmentS prohibit "warmongering, ?"
the key issue of the Russian program
in the 1947 General Assembly,
reaches the debating stage in the
57-nation Political Committee with
Deputy Foreign Minister Andrei Y.
Vishinsky ready to fire the opening
blast.
The issue came up on the heels of
humping defeat for Russia in the
full Assembly, which voted over
whelmingly in plenary session yes
terday to set up watchdog commits
sion in the Balkans as proposed by
the United States. The vote was 40
to 6 with only the Soviet bloc in
opposition.
Work to Begin November 21.
The new commission will begin
operations by November al and
eventually have headquarters in
Salonika, Greece. 1t will seek
solution to Greek border unrest,
which a majority of delegates con-
tend has been prompted by support
to Greek guerrillas from Yugoslavia,
Bulgaria and Albania. Russia and
Poland, elected to the 11-nation
commission, reiterated they would
boycott the commission, and indi-
cations were that the group would
function with only the United
States, France, Britain, China,
Brazil, Pakistan, the Netherlands,
Mexico and Australia.
| Mr.. Vishinsky and the other So
Wet delegates already have made
the most of the "warmonger"
charges throughout meetings of the
Assembly and its committees and
have specifically accused American
Delegates Warren r. Austin and
John Foster Dulles and a list of
other prominent Americans.
The American position will be
one OF refraining from throwing any
coal on the fire. Originally Mr.. Aus
tin planned to speak briefly, stress
ing the U. N. Charters declaration
of freedom of expression and the
American Bill of Rights. He then
planned merely to vote against the
Soviet resolution without attempt
ing to amend it or introduce any
other versions.
CounterprOposal Offered.
|. Secretary of State Marshall and
the other American delegates were
said to feel that nothing could be
gained by engaging in a sling
ing contest. The Russians were be-
lieved certain to interpret any reso-
luton voted no matter how far wat
cred down or removed from the
original Russian charges-as Soviet
victory.
However, Australia has introduced
a counterproposal calling on the
U. N. to condemn untrue propaganda
picturing national personages as
promoters of war a direct slap at
Russia. Canada and France were
reported working on other versions.
What effect these steps would
have on the American policy was
not Immediately decided, but a
source within the delegation ex-
pressed the belief that the United
States would refuse to support any
motion on the subject, regardless of
whom it condemned.
Four Appeals for U. N. Action.
The Russian resolution, one of the
most outspoken ever dropped in the
U. N. hopper, made these four ap-
peals for U. N. action:
/. THE U. N. condemns the crimi-
nal propaganda for a new war, car
ried on by reactionary circles in a
number of countries and. in partic-
ular, in the United States, Turkey
and Greece, by the dissemination of
all types of fabrications through the
press, radio, cinema and public
speeches. containing open appeals
AOl o6S1Soo1Oil dSdll1ot VIC pCoIC-
loving democratic countries.
2. The U. NJ regards the, tolera-
ton of, and even more so, the sup
port for this type of propaganda for
new war, which will inevitably be-
come the Third World War, as a
violation of the Charter =.
8. The U. N. deems it essential
that the governments of all coun-
tries be called upon to prohibit, on
pain of criminal penalties, the carry
ing on of war propaganda in any
form, and to take measures with a
view to the prevention and suppress
sion of war propaganda as anti
social activity endangering the vital
interests and well being of peace
loving nations"
4. The U. NJ affirms the necessity
for speedy implementation of con-
troll of atomic energy and world
wide arms reduction as a blow at
(See U. n, Page A-4)