Evening star., 1947-10-14
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10 Start Work Now on
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BY the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press
LAKE SUCCESS, Oct. 14.-The
United States took the lead to-
day in urging the United Ma
tions Assembly's Palestine Com
mittee to begin work imme-
diately on drafting a specific
plan for future government of
the Holy Land.
First. the United States Joined
Sweden in a resolution calling on
the 57-nation committee to base its
plan on the proposed partitioning
Of Palestine into separate Arab and
Jewish countries.
As a supplement to this, the
United States submitted another
resolution calling on the committee
to create 4 subcommittee to work
out details of a plan for the future
government of Palestine and report
back to the 57-nation group by No
vember 3.
The Swedish american resolution
proposed that the basis for the fu-
ture government of the Holy Land
should be the unanimous recon-
mendations and majority report of
the 1l-member U. N. Special Com
mittee on Palestine (UNSCOP) call
ing for partition.
Some delegates speculated that
the United States. Sweden or some
other U. N. member might propose
that the proposed subcommittee be
composed of the same II members
that recently made the Holy Land
inquiry and recommended the par
tition of Palestine.
Resolutions Submitted.
The joint Swedish American and
American resolutions were submit
ted to Secretary General Trygve Lie
last night for distribution to the
other members of the Palestine
Committee. which was scheduled to
meet at pm. today.
They were the first resolutions
presented since general debate be-
gan on the partition plan, and came
shortly before the deadline of last
midnight, when all such proposals
were to be submitted.
With Russia lining up with the
United States yesterday behind a
proposal to partition Palestine into
separate Arab and Jewish states,
representatives of the six Arab coun-
tries in the United Nations held an
hours-long caucus last night.
An Arab spokesman said the group
discussed Russia's Palestine policy
statement and also the speech Ca
mile Glamour, Lebanese minister
OF interior, was scheduled to make
some time today.
The spokesman said the Arab
states representatives were almost
glad to hear Russia's statement that
she favored the partition plan be-
cause it proves the Communists in
the Arab countries false"
Communists in the Arab states,
he said, had predicted that Russia
would support us and we did not
want Communist backing for we are
anti Communist"
Not Surprised at Russia.
The spokesman added that the
Arab delegates were mot surprised
at the Russian position-we had not
counted on her backing"
Although details of the six-nation
Arab bloc's caucus last night were
not Immediately known, it was be-
lieved that plans were made to
unleash series of speeches attack
ing the position taken by the United
States and Russia who in rare
instance are in agreement.
There are still at least 81 more
speakers who have informed the
committee of their desire to speak
on the controversial issue in general
debate
These include British Colonial
Secretary Arthur Creech Jones, who
Is expected to reply to certain re-
marks made before the committee
by Arab delegates. He was not ex-
pected to announce any new British
policy. Mr.. Creech Jones recently
disclosed Britain's intention to re-
linquish her 25-year-old League of
Nations mandate in the Holy Land.