The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-23
CONFERENCE
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behind-the-scenes campaign to in
sure the defeat Of the Argentine
proposal.
In the United States view, il
would be regarded throughout the
world as aimed against commit
nism and specifically against Rus
STA. From the start of the confer
ence the United States delegates
had been watchful for any move
to make the defense treaty an
anti-communistic one.
Sen. Arthur H. Vandenberg, r.,
Mich, No. 2 man on the Amer
can delegation, said o. the Argen-
tine proposal:
1T virtually turns the treaty IN
to an armed alliance against the
rest of the world which will not
do. It would cease to be a regional
arrangement"
1T would be a tremendous mis-
take" another high American au-
thority said. But a lot of these
countries are talking along this
line. W. must stand firm against
it,"
Economic Conference
The resolution for an economic
conference was 4 compromise.
Argentina. at the start OF the
meeting here, wanted to hold a
special economic conference as
soon as possible. There was no
doubt that some countries hoped
for a Marshall plan for the west
ern hemisphere.
But Secretary of State George
|C. Marshall in talk after talk with
individual chic delegates has said
bluntly that the United States is
not going to be a Santa Claus for
either Europe or the Americas.
The result is that the 1913 con
ference, on the presently foreseen
basis, will be n Of cooperation
and self-help, not Of dollars from
heaven.
The resolution adopted today
provides:
/. The inter-American econom-
ic and social council shall draft
a proposal on inter-American CO.
operation for submission to the
Bogota conference.
2, The council shall be strength
ened by economic specialists.
3. The Bogota conference shall
set tho date for the economic con-
ference.
4. The economic conference
shall "study the best ways and
means of e%tfecting any previously
signed agreement and Of drafting
the most convenient measures to
be taken in order to improve and
make more effective inter-Ameri-
can cooperation in the economic
field"
Guillermo Belt, Cuban ambassa-
dor to the United States, vainly
supported his country's demand
for inclusion of economic agrees
sion in the defense treaty at the
steering committee meeting. Del
egates Of Bolivia, Colombia, Peru
and Venezuela joined him.
With only Cuba and the four
other countries in the minority,
the steering committee voted that
it was not.
Informal Talks
Argentine Foreign Minister
Juan A. Bramuglia started in
formal talks with delegates today
seeking support Of his country's
proposal that the defense treaty
exclude action in event Of an at
tack by one American republic
against another. Argentine
sources said that he had won the
support Of Venezuela. They added,
however, that when a vote came
Argentina would abide by a ma
jority vote.
The Argentine proposal was
submitted in a 10-page memoran-
dunn.
It held that in cases Of con
f1ict between American countries
existing machinery and tradition
was sufficient to assure a solu-
ton.
Reference should be made in
the treaty preamble, Argentina
said, to this machinery.
America has always solved
controversies without using ccer-
cion and has always appealed to
methods Of persuasion" the mem
orandum said. application of CO.
ercive measures to American
states would mean breaking of ex-
listing solidarity and would ignore
the pacific spirit which up to now
has permitted solution Of conflicts
in the new world"
Not To Use Force
1t was suggested that in the de-
tense treaty the signatories under
take ID not to use force against
each other and CD to settle dis
putes by peaceful means.
A diplomat close to Marshall
said of the Argentine proposal:
"At Moscow Gen. Marshall told
Russian foreign minister Wiache-
slav) Molotov that the United
States would not retreat from
Potsdam to Yalta. You can be
assured that if necessary Gen.
Marshall will tell Argentina here
that the United States will not re-
treat from Chapultepec to Ha-
vana."
This referred to the Havana
Harbor - when the American re-
publics agreed that any attack
from outside this hemisphere on
one country would be regarded as
ar attack on all, and the Chapul-
tepec conference at Mexico City
in 1915 when the mutual defense
principle was extended to include
attacks by one American country
against another.