Evening star., 1947-01-05
RY ihe Assncinied presa

BY The Associated Press
The tert of the resignation oJ
American representatives to the
United Nations Atomic Energy Com
mission, as submitted to President
Truman by Bernard N. Baruch yeS-
terday:
Dear Mr.. President:
have the honor to inform you
that the first phase of the work of
the United Nations Atomic Energy
Commission has been completed.
The basic principles have been
clearly stated in the commissions
report which has been submitted to
the Security Council and exposed
to the study of the world.
Accepting the principles, sub
stantially those first enunciated by
the United States delegation on
June IA last, the commission, after
more than 100 conferences, voted
on December 80 by 10 to (Russia
and Poland abstaining) to approve
the formulae submitted by the
United States, as in keeping with
the desires of the nations repre-
sented and with the creating act of
the General Assembly on January
"a, 1916 in London.
The task of general disarmament,
with special accent not only or the
war use Of atomic energy but on its
peaceful uses, too, previously had
been set by you in consultation in
Washington with the Prime Minis
ter of the United Kingdom and the
Prime Minister of Canada in No
vember, 1915; and outlined and
fortified by the conference of for
eign ministers in Moscow in De-
cember, 1945. the personnel being
Mr.. Secretary Byrnes of the United
States: Mr. Molotov of the Soviet
Republics, and Mr.. Bevin of the
United Kingdom.
The active undertaking of the
problem of general disarmament by
the Security Council expressed In
the resolution of the United Nations
General Assembly on December IA.
1916, has created new situation in
which our hand would be strength
ened by an identic representation on
the Security Council and the Atomic
Energy Commission. This country
is one, of the few whose Atomic
Energy Commission representative
is not the same as the representa-
tive on the Security Council.
Lauds Associates.
Former Senator Warren Austin,
our member in that body, is thor
oughly equipped to handle this busi-
ness as it develops from now on.
In fact. he would be handicapped by
divided authority. And were he to
take over the atomic subject, he
would have the important aid of
the United States Atomic Energy
Commission dealing with domestic
phases of this natter, to. the head
of which you recently appointed the
Honorable David Lilienthal. He
would also have the assistance of
the staff We have built up; of the
State Department, which has been
kept informed of our proceedings,
and of the United States members
OF the United Nations Military Staff
Committee
So, because of my belief that the
work of my American associates and
myself is over, and because I am
Convinced that the job now should
be taken over by Senator Austin, I
submit by resignation and those of
the men who have worked with me
all of whom worked without fee
or expense allowance, and at con-
siderable sacrifice to their personal
affairs for nine months. Their
efforts were of inestimable value to
the country, and, I hope, to the
world. They include Messrs. John
M. Hancock, Ferdinand Eberstadt,
Herbert Bayard Swope, Fred Searls,
jr., DR. Richard c. Tolman and Maj
Gen. Thomas F. Farrell.
We had the continuing help of
Maj.-Gen. Leslie r. Groves and his
staff-he was the head of the atomic
project since its military beginnings;
and the help of our scientific panel;
Drs. j. R. Oppenheimer, Robert F.
Bacher Harold G. Urey, Charles A.
Thomas, Arthur H. Compton and I.
I. Rabi. To this credit list J. add
the members of the United States
delegation to the United Nations
Military Staff Committee, partic-
ularly Lt.-Gen. M. B. Ridgway, U.
S. A., Gen. George c. Kenney, U. S.
A., and his successor Brig Gen. c.
P. Cabell, u S. A., and Admiral r.
K. Turner, U. S. NJ; they repre-
sented the Joint Chiefs of Staff of
the United States.
Grateful for Staff's Work.
We acknowledge the debt we owe
to the preliminary work done in
the Acheson- -Lilienthal report and,
too, am grateful for the ever pres
ent and efficient work of our staff,
who gave their minds and hearts
to the job, at far lesser compensa-
ton than they could have earned in
private pursuits
No acknowledgment would be
complete without recording the un-
failing, whole hearted support given
at all times by you and Secretary
Byrnes.
Permit me to make certain
points:
In working out the basic princi-
Piles to govern the control of atomic
energy, make bold to suggest that
I and my associates have carried
out the primary orders given by you
and the Secretary of State at the
time of my appointment last April.
l accompany this letter by the
full report of the work of the com-
mission. From it's text you will
understand why 1 see encourage
ment as to the eventual outcome
for with four of the great powers,
permanent members of the Security
Council, and six other nations in
agreement, the difficulty of gaining
unanimity has lessened. While