Evening star., 1947-07-11
Senator'S Seek Report
By Marshall on Move
To Strengthen u. n.
BY the Associated Press

The Senate Foreign Relations
Committee asked the State De-
partment today for a forma,
opinion on proposals to launch
this country on a drive to revise
and strengthen the United Ma
tions Charter.
With Secretary Of State Marshall
scheduled to talk with the commit
tee at a closed-door session at II
am. there were these other de-
velopments:
/. Official word was said to have
been delivered to Chairman VAN
denberg chat present plans call fol
Congress to receive the Marshall
plan for European recovery next
January, with no special session cal
this fall.
2. Republican leaders agreed tc
ask final action in the remaining
two weeks Of this session on legis-
lation approving (a American
trusteeship of the former Japanese
inundated islands in the Pacific
and 90 the U. N. headquarters site
in New York.
3. The COP leadership decided
to delay action on a measure te
standardize the arms of Latin
American countries, but left up In
the air final disposition of both
the Mundt bill authorizing perma.
nent State Department foreign in.
formation service and the Anglo
American oil compact.
The committee may decide next
Tuesday whether to risk Senate de-
bate on the information measure
written by Representative Mundt,
Republican, of South Dakota, and
already passed by the House. Ac-
ton on the oil agreement apparently
depends on whether Senator Con-
nally, Democrat, of Texas, is willing
to withdraw his opposition.
Marshall Faces Questioning.
Gen. Marshall, opening the first
of a scheduled series of of1-the-
record conferences with committee
members. was expected to face ques-
tions about his attitude on several
proposals to put Congress on record
as favoring U. N. charter revision
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Although the Secretary has been
described as not opposed to the OBJ
jective, OF strengthening the Ua N
enforcement authority, lawmakers
thought he probably would wait to
give his views in a formal reply to
the committees request for the
State Departments attitude.
Instead the cabinet member was
expected to explain in some detail
his plan for economic rehabilitation
of Europe, a move which promises
to involve large future expenditures
abroad.
Senator Vandenberg is reported
to have been told that as of today,
however. there are no plans to pre-
sent the program at any special
session Of Congress.
His own view apparently is that
it would be better to wait until a
complete survey of American re-
sources has been made by the three
committees appointed by President
Truman for that purpose. Compile
ton of this survey and an analysis
of European requests might well
require the rest Of this year.
See Trusteeship Approved.
The Republican leaders expect to
obtain approval in the next two
weeks, however, of the island trus-
teeship agreement, already cleared
by the Foreign Relations Committee.
And the committee has received
word from both Gov. Dewey OF New
York and Mayor O'Dwyer of New
York City that the U. N. site agree
ment will encounter no State or
city objections.
With these out of the way, the
Senate leaders will be about ready
to shut down shop for this session
That would leave the Latin Ameri-
can arms bill hanging until the next
meeting of Congress, a circumstance
that Senator Vandenberg is said to
view with approval.
1t is his attitude that Senate de-
bate on the proposal might hamper
American delegates at the proposed
Inter American Conference In Rio
de Janeiro this summer.