Evening star., 1947-08-19
Marshall Sees
Peron Aide on
Defense Pact
U. S. Secretary Will
Make Major Policy
Address Tomorrow
BY the A.seeiated Pres.

the treaty and exchanged views,
Gen. Marshall said they emerged
Mr.. Bramuglia told newsmen
"The general was given a state.
ment."
Gen. Marshall is to deliver a ma.
jor policy address at the confer.
ence tomorrow and is expected tt
spell out United States views or
questions facing the delegates ir
drafting a hemisphere defense
treaty.
Norman Armour, Assistant Sec.
retary of State, and Ambassador
William Dawson accompanied Gen
Marshall to the conference with
Mr.. Bramuglia.
Meets Chilean Minister.
Later, the Secretary talked pri-
vately for 40 minutes with Chilean
Foreign Minister German Vergara
about the projected treaty and
about Chile's economic problems.
Mr.. Vergara told a reporter his
country and the United States were
'in complete accord" about treaty
points. He expressed the belief
that Argentina would adhere to the
United States and Chilean views.
Cuba, however. was on record as
warning she would refuse to sign
a hemisphere defense treaty unless
it covered what the Cubans termed
economic aggression"
nalf r,,hov ~ reo
dor to the United States, told re-
porters he would demand as a mat
ter of principle that fundamental
human rights and dignities be pre-
served in this treaty." asserting that
Cuba would never sign any inter-
national agreement not containing
such rights and dignities."
Mrs. Peron to Arrive.
The biggest question involved
thus far is Cuba's demand for a
clause to bar economic aggression
as well as military attacks.
Gen. Marshall's speech is sched-
uled to follow the arrival of Mrs
Eva Duarte Peron, wife of Argen-
tina's President, at the plush Qui.
tandinha Hotel where the confer
el1ce is being held. The Argentine
delegation will tender her gala
reception. It was not known yet
whether she would be escorted into
tho chamber where conference
plenary sessions are being held.
A member of the United States
delegation said Gen. Marshall had
not yet received invitations to any
Of the functions scheduled to honor
Mrs. Peron.
Aggression Group Meets.
The only conference business
scheduled for today was a meeting
this morning Of the Committee on
Aggression.
Gen. Marshalls speech tomorrow
is expected to give the official United
States reaction to the formal de-
mand submitted by Cuba yesterday
for treaty clause against economic
aggression"
Dr.. Belt declared that Simple
notification which one state makes
against another that it will apply
sanctions, or means of economic
financial or commercial coercion ii
the other nation does not accede to
its demands. should be considered
a menace"
Cuba, through DR.. Belt, has been
objecting strenuously to a provision
in the recently adopted United
States Sugar Act, one clause of
which gives the Secretary of Agri-
culture authority to withdraw or
withhold an increase in sugar quotas
If foreign countries fail to give
United States citizens fair and equal
treatment.
The United States previously has
made known its opposition to dis
cussing economic matters at this
conference. preferring to leave such
questions over for another inter-
American conference next January
in Bogota.
Whether the United States dele
cation would continue this opposi-
ton, II faced with a strong demand
from other delegations, could not
be determined. Some observers,
however, noted that the United
States already had agreed to COM
promise its standing on the voting
processes to be included in the de-
tense treaty, so as to require q
unanimous vote of all signatories
before any military action could be
taken against an aggressor, rather
than a two-thirds majority.
In any event, DR.. Belt let it be
known that he intended to press
for a full conference decision on his
economic aggression" clause. He
conferred today with Senator Van
denberg, Republican, of Michigan
and sought to arrange a meeting