Evening star., 1948-09-22
Russia Warns
|0f Danger Of
Split in u. n.
Argentina AssoiIed
For Move to Admit
Five to Membership
BY the Associoied Press


gate Andrei A. Vishinsky de-
clared today "the United Ma
tions may become the disunited
nations if the policies of certain
countries are followed"
The Soviet Deputy Foreign Min
ister unleashed his blast at Ar
gentina in the first meeting of this
sessions powerful Steering Commit
tee. He spoke in opposition to an
Argentine proposal to admit to men,
bership all nations which had re-
ceived seven votes of the Security
Council Russia had vetoed five
such membership applications in the
past.
The seating of the Russian dele
gate and the representative of Po-
land on the Steering Committee
through their elections as vice presi-
dents of the Assembly was reported
to have averted serious clash in
the one-day old Assembly session
just short time before.
Warns Against Attacking Charter.
"As long as the Soviet Union is
member of the United Nations she
will fight any attempt to undermine
the Charter" Mr.. Vishinsky as
serted.
IF you want to save the United
Nations do not attack the Charter
De not try to undermine the United
Nations. The United Nations may
become the disunited nations if the
policies of certain countries are fol-
lowed"
The Charter requires that all the
Big Five must approve applications
for membership.
The day-old Assembly session
quickly ran into other snags, too.
Bulgaria and Yugoslavia protested
against placing on the agenda the
report of the Balkans commission
investigating the Greek civil war.
Reds Given Week to Settle.
The Western powers, meanwhile,
gave the Soviet Union week to
agree on the Berlin situation before
they take the issue to the United
Nations, French sources said. The
informants said the Foreign Min
listers of Britain, France and the
United States agreed on outlines of
a note which may be sent to Moscow
this week.
The Russian magazine New Times
said in an article broadcast from
Moscow that the United States was
preparing to subject the United
Nations to new test, stopping
neither at causing serious damage
to its prestige. nor even at risking
its breakdown"
High U. N. sources expressed relief
that Russia and Poland won places
on the Steering Committee. Source
close to President Herbert v. Evatt
said a move had been reported
under way to freeze the Russians
out, as they had been frozen out of
committee chairmanships yesterday
If this had come about, Russia had
oeen expected to reply with
blistering attack on the West.
Work on Agenda Begun.
With Poland and Russia, the dele
gates elected China, France. Britain,
Mexico and the United States to
vice presidencies and concomitant
memberships on the Steering Com
mittee. The other Steering Com
mittee members are six chairmen
of committees chosen yesterday and
President Evatt, Australian deputy
prime minister.
DR.. Evatt convened the Steering
Committee to draw up the agenda
Almost at the outset, Mr.. Vishinsky
objected to the Argentine proposal
that all applicants for U. N. men,
bership who got seven votes or more
in the Security Council be admitted
This would have covered Austria,
Finland, Fire, Portugal and Trans
Jordan, all of whom were vetoed by
Russia.
Allies to Meet Again.
Top-ranking diplomatic and mill
tary advisers of the three Western
nations will meet again to study
the text of the new message to
Soviet Foreign Minister Molotov on
Berlin, French sources said.
They described the message as
proposing a four-power directive to
the military commanders in Ger
many concerning the crucial ques-
ton of Berlin's currency.
American Secretary of State Mar
shall, British Foreign Secretary
Bevin and French Foreign Min
lister Robert Schuman have sched-
uled another meeting for some time
(See U. NJ, Page A-6D