Evening star., 1947-04-27
Special u. n. Session
ion Palestine Problem
Opens tomorrow
BY the Assoeiatsd Press

/ NEW YORK. April rs. Britain
land the other big powers may
Ibe forced to show their hands
lon the Palestine issue in the spe-
cial session of the United Ma
tions Assembly opening Monday.
/ Reports from small nations In
dicated that the Arab League might
get some support in its efforts to
pin down the British on the explo-
sive issue, either through drawing
fout the British in debate or inducing
a commitment that London would
accept the recommendations OF a
proposed inquiry commission.
Britain and the United States
were ready to resist any efforts to
throw open debate when the argu-
ment that the agenda called only
for discussions of q commission.
However, there appeared to be little
doubt that some delegates would
delve to the very bottom of the
question and fire series Of en-
barrassing questions.
Hungary Seeks to Join U. N.
AS delegates arrived from all parts
OF the world for the extraordinary
session on the Holy Land, Hungary
made a surprise move in filing for.
NAL application for U. N. member
ship.
The envoy of the first Axis state
to seek entry into the 55-nation peace
agency, Hungary said in note that
the treaty had been signed and
therefore the limitations imposed
upon my country's sovereignty by
the arnistice agreement are of tenn
Iporary character and will lose their
effect upon the coming into force of
said treaty" The communication
was signed by Aladar Szegedy
Maszak, Hungarian minister to the
United States.
The u. N. announced that no ac-
tion could be taken on the applica-
tion until the peace treaty had been
ratified by the signatory govern
ments. At that time the request will
go to the Security Council for vote
and thence to the Assembly for
final ballot.
The polish delegation, which
| sometimes reflects the attitude to be
taken by Soviet states, was under
stood to be ready to insist that
Britain and the other four top pow
ers be included on any special Pales-
tine commission. The Polish reason-
ing was that no report would carry
weight without Big Five participa-
ton.
Polish Source Disturbed.
A Polish source, seemingly dis
turbed by a recent statement in the
House of Lords that the British need
not be bound by any U. N. decision,
also said that this situation should
be clarified. The British delegation
remained silent on that point, but
it was recalled spokesman had said
earlier that Sir Alexander Cadogan
could be expected to clarity London's
position in due course.
The major powers apparently were
agreed that the Assembly should not
accede to the Arab demand that del
egates take up the basic question of
establishing an independent Pales-
tine at this session.
The session will open Monday
morning at Flushing Meadow, site
OF the Worlds Fair. Opening cere-
monies have been stripped to a min
imum, and the delegates are ex-
pected to get into the business of
elections Immediately. 49,
A slate accepted by the Big Five
in a caucus with Secretary General
Trygve Lie would give the seven
vice president posts to Russia,
/ United States, Britain, France.
China, India or the Philippines, and
a Latin American country. The six
committees would be headed by
Egypt, Canada, Czechoslovakia, Po-
land. Mexico and Sweden.
DR.. Oswaldo Aranha, former Brx-
lillian foreign minister, was expected
to have little or no opposition for
| the presidency