Evening star., 1948-04-24
Marshall Back
From Bogota tc
Handle Events
Conference Expected
To Adjourn Next
Week as Planned
By NewboId Moves, Jr.

Secretary of State Marshall
landed at National Airport at 8
am. today, returning from the
Inter-American Conference at
Bogota to deal with important
events" here.
Gen. Marshall did not say whether
there was any particular problem
which had demanded his return
However, Undersecretary of State
Lovett, on hand to greet him, said
it was merely the accumulation" OF
State Department business here
which called for the Secretary S
presence.
Gen. Marshall predicted the
Bogota conference probably would
adjourn on scheduleslate next week
Few More Meetings Needed.
He said that when he left the
Colombian capital yesterday ''it was
rather expected there would be a
few more meetings of the Steering
Committee and that the general
work would be completed by
Wednesday or Thursday morning.
Two more days probably would
be needed to get the results OF the
Western Hemisphere talks in shape
for signature, Gen. Marshall said
He declined to comment when
asked by a reporter whether he felt
the world situation had been helped
as a result of the conference, which
he held together when a Commu-
nist-abetted revolt in Bogota threat
ened to break it Hp.
II was sorry to leave before the
completion of the conference Gen.
Marshall said, but as matter OF
fact we had reached decisions on
most of the fundamental conSidera =
tions, particularly as to the organic
pact"
Martin Also Returns.
This pact is designed to transform
the pan-American system into
regional organization under the
United Nations.
There remains the problem of
economic considerations. but very
good progress has been made in
teaching decisions regarding many
of the issues involved" the Secre-
tary said.
He praised the work Of William
McChesney Martin, president OF the
Export Import Bank, who handled
the economic side of negotiations
for the American delegation and
who returned to the Capital with
Gen. Marshall.
Brig. Gen. Marshall S. Carter,
special assistant to the Secretary,
was another passenger in the C-54
Army Transport plane in which
Gen. Marshall travelled from the
Colombian capital with one stop
over, at Balboa, c. z.
Armour Now Chairman.
Assistant Secretary of State Nor
man Armour has taken over the
craftsmanship of the American del
egation in Bogota, Gen. Marshall
said.
Before leaving riot Bo-
gotta last night Gen. Marshall told
fellow delegates at the conference
only that important events demand
my return to Washington"
Oficials here expressed the view
that he was coming home not to
deal with any particular crisis, but
to tackle problems which accumu-
lated since he left March %. These
include:
l. The drive within the United
Nations to secure a truce between
Jews and Arabs in Palestine, set up
a trusteeship government and pos
sibly send an international peace
keeping force, including American
troops, to the Holy Land. There is
some fear here this drive may not
succeed in time to prevent extensive
warfare in Palestine when the Brit
ish give up their mandate May Is
2. Decisions by the American
Government on how to give military
support to the projected Western
European union. President Truman
told news conference Thursday he
soon might have an announcement
on this major foreign policy de-
velopment.
3. The continuing critical situa-
ton in Berlin, which still is the
worst trouble spot in relations be-
tween the western nations and
Russia.
4. Possible Soviet reaction to the
Communist defeat in the Italian
elections.
When Gen. Marshall left for b.
gotta he said he would remain at
the conference until it ended. But
the meeting. originally scheduled to
last six years. was broken up by the
Bogota revolt.
Gen. Marshall remained iff&the
Colombian capital for the resump-
ton of the conference. but authori-
ties here said they saw no COM
pelling reason for him to stay any
longer, now that the major work OF
the delegates has been completed.