Evening star., 1947-09-14

most trouble would come from the
Palestine problem or the Balkans
situation which the Security Coun-
Gil failed to settle after long days
of debate.
The conflict here involves, as do
so many of the problems, the fail
ure of Soviet Russia and the west
ern powers to see eye to eye.
Russia vetoed q majority finding
In the Security Council that Rus
sia's satellites in the Balkans
Yugoslavia, Bulgaria and Albania
are supporting guerrillas attacking
Greece and that semipermanent
commission should be sent to watch
the border. Russia blames Greece
for the trouble.
So the United States say that the
last recourse is for the Assembly
to bring the weight Of world opin-
ion to bear in the hope that a so
luton can be found.
Palestine involves elements out
side the United Nations-the Jewish
Agency for Palestine and other jew
ish and Arab organizations.
The British asked that the As
sembly make recommendations con-
cerning the future of Palestine. A
special U. N. Assembly last spring
set up a committee which inquired
into the case. The committee ma
iority came up with recommended
ton for partition of the Holy Land
into Jewish and an Arab state, an
autonomous Jerusalem and an eco
nomic union.
The commission minority pumped
for a federalized Palestine, with
Jerusalem as the capital.
Veto Defes Solution
This problem is so serious that
the Assembly will create a special
committee to deal with 1t alone.
That group will be in addition to
the six main committees which will
handle the other matters on the
agenda.
The veto is assuming the proper
tions of a permanent issue with no
solution in sight.
Australia and Argentina will lead
the fight to alter in some way the
Charter provision whereby the Ave
great powers, Russia, China, France,
Britain and the United States, can
kill a majority decision in the Sc
curity Council simply by voting
against 1t.
Argentina wants special meet
ing of the members after the As
sembly to do something about it.
But the opposition, no matter how
fiery, is expected to get nowhere
against the determination of Soviet
Russia to stand firm on the veto
in effect, vetoing any move to kill
the veto.
Besides these political hot 20
tatoes, there are the questions Of
Franco Spain, the treatment of In
dians in the Union of South Africa,
two points on which U. N. men,
bers have not fully complied with
decisions of the United Nations
Assembly.
Also, there are sure to be words
over the rejection of 10 applications
for membership. Only two coun-
tries, Yemen and Pakistan, came
through the Security
Council mill. Albania, Austria, Bull
garia. Fire, Hungary, Italy, Portu-
gal, Outer Mongolia. Romania and
did not pass.
Grave Economic Issues
Discussion Of the Security Coun-
ellis report will open the door to
any delegate who wants to air his
views on the Indonesian and Egyp-
tian cases, still very much alive, on
the slow progress in the Atomic
Energy Commission, the Military
Staff Committee and the Commits
sion for Conventional Armaments.
There will be words on arms
but the delegates realize
that in the present world situation
the hearts of the big powers do not
seem to be In that particular move.
There are grave economic issues
also.
Relief for devastated countries
perhaps will be the most pressing
of the economic and social questions.
The threat of hunger in some
countries will come up
and the Assembly must decide what
the U. N. can do to cope with this
problem.
The Assembly also must act on an
Economic and Social Council deci-
sion for a world conference on free
dom Of information and of the press
In Geneva next March and a widely
criticized agreement bringing the
Bank for Reconstruc-
ton and Development and the
International Monetary Fund into
the U. N. framework as specialized
agencies.
A spot for debate on the Marshall
plan will come up when the Assem-
bly, considers the Economic and
Social Council report on the work
Of the economic commissions for
Europe and for Asia, formed to
take steps for reconstruction work
on those continents.
Other Matters
The Trusteeship Council, the
of the three major o. N.
will have a report for the
Assembly. The visiting mission to
Western Samoa, the first investi-
eating group sent out by the Irus-