Evening star., 1948-12-03
u. VotesP Ian
For Cancellation
In Palestine
U. S. Loses Fight for
Immediate Admission
Of Israel as Member
BY the Assoeioted Press

Nations today approved a new
American proposal for broad
conciliation on Arab and Jewish
boundaries in Palestine without
reference to the Bernadotte plan
or last years partition.
The United States apparently lost
its fight for immediate admission
of Israel to U. N. membership, how
ever. The Membership Committee
of the Security Council decided to
adjourn its consideration of the ap-
plication until after the Political
Committee completes its Palestine
debate. This could mean the As
sembly will be unable to reach the
application in this session, even If
the Security Council had time to
approve it.
The Political Committee accepted
by large majority an amendment
proposed by Dean Rusk OF the
United States to a British resolu-
ton. The change passed by a vote
of ~ to 2, with the II Arab and
Slav bloc states not voting.
The amendment instructS the
conciliation commission to be set
up under that portion of the British
resolution passed yesterday to take
steps to assist the Jews and Arabs
to settle all outstanding problems.
British Proposal Altered.
The committee yesterday deleted
that part of the British proposal
which would have instructed the
commission to give equal weight to
the Bernadotte plan, proposed by
the slain mediator, Count Folke
Bernadotte, and the partition plan
passed by the U. N. General As
Sembly in 1947.
MIR. Rusk pointed out today that
the adverse vote yesterday was
given both by delegates who OBJ
jected to the Bernadotte plan and
these who objected to the 1947-par-
tition scheme.
IF the committee is unable to
make boundary recommendations
that are acceptable to the ajority,
then the question must be left to
the conciliation commission" Mr..
Rusk said.
The committee then knocked out
the last important reference to the
Bernadotte' plan in the British reso-
luton. 1t rejected proposal direct
ing the conciliators to follow Count
Bernadottes recommendation that
Arab Palestine be given to Trans
Jordan.
The vote was 26 to 10, with u
abstentions. Opposing the pro-
posal we're the IL Arab and Slav
bloc nations and Afghanistan, Aus
tralia, Burma, Costa Rica, Cuba, Ell
Salvador, Ethiopia, Guatemala, In
dia, Iran, Pakistan, Turkey, Uru-
quay and Venezuela.
Australian Proposal Loses.
The committee at the beginning
of the meeting rejected by a vote
of 80 to Z, with four abstentions,
an Australian proposal to establish
a subcommittee to give the conclh-
ators instructors acceptable to the
majority of the Political Commit
tee
In debating the proposal to turn
Arab Palestine over to Trans-Jor-
dan, Russian Delegate Semyon
Tsarapkin said the proposal would
nullify the partition plan which
called for a separate Arab state.
Russia has called Trans-Jordan's
King Abdullah British puppet and
twice has vetoed Trans-Jordan's ap-
plication for U. N. membership.
Harold Beeley Of Britain said he
did not believe a separate Arab
state in Palestine would be likely
to be capable of maintaining its
existence and asked why the Soviet
Union so persistently insists" on
establishing weak Arab state in
Palestine.
The committee then began debate
on the future of the holy places and
shrines in Jerusalem and the rest
of Palestine. Britain proposed these
should be placed under U. N. super
vision.
American, Australian, Russian and
New Zealand informants said they
believed that less emphasis on the
slain mediator's proposals is inev-
liable in any final settlements now.
The informants-all intimately
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