Evening star., 1948-09-26
Vishinsky Urges Cut
OF 0ne-Third in Arms,
Ban on Atomic Bomb
BY the Assoeioted Press

BY the Assoeioted Press
PARIS, Sept. Is. - RuSsia's
fiery Andrei Y. Vishinsky today
urged the five great powers tt
scrap a third of their land, sea
and air forces and demanded q
ban on the atomic bomb.
The Soviet deputy foreign min.
lister told the United Nations Gen.
eral Assembly in a rapid-fire, so.
minute speech that a group oi
leaders In the Western bloc are map.
ping an atomic war against Rus.
sia. He blasted the United States
as leading wild armaments race
and seeking to dominate the world
Western power delegates, par
ticuaarly those of the United States
tagged his speech "old stuff" Brit.
ish Minister of State Hector Nc.
Neil called it "warmed-over hash.
For the second straight year the
former Soviet prosecutor singled
out Defense Secretary Forrestal ir
his vehement attack against the
West. He said Mr.. Forrestal is a
leader in the group Of men laying
"flashily colored plans" for using
the atomic bomb to destroy such
Soviet cities as Moscow, Leningrad
Kiev, Kharkov and Odessa.
The general feeling of delegates
as expressed to newsmen. was that
Mr.. vishinsky's policy speech to the
5S-nation Assembly was merely a
warmed-oyer version of the arms
limitation demand put forward in
the 1946 Assembly by Foreign Min
lister Molotov and Mr.. Vishinskvs
own attack of last year on what he
called warmongers.
I'VE feel keen disappointment
that Vishinsky failed to meet Sec
retary of State Marshalls calm,
conciliatory address of last Thurs
day. an American official said.
His address was essentially an at
tack on the U. N. program over the
past two years. We didn't hear a
single word favorable to the U. N.
The American delegation later
Issued statement welcoming Mr..
Vishinsky's emphasis on arms limi-
tation and offering to proceed
toward implementing such a pro-
gram within the U. N. machinery.
THE United States Government
will give willing and careful study"
the statement said, Ito any proposal
for regulation of armaments which
complies with the control plan of
the u. NJ Atomic Energy Com
mission or with the principles gov
erning regulation of conventional
armaments approved by a majority
of the members of the commission
for conventional ornaments.
Mr.. Vishinsky called on the As
sembly to set up within the frame
work Of the Security Council" an
international control body to carry
out reduction of armaments and
armed forces of the United States,
Russia, Britain, France and China.
His proposed one-third slash would
be put into effect within one year.
Soviet Would Keep Veto.
Delegates Immediately noted that
the phrase within the framework
OF the Security Council would give
Russia a veto on the control body's
decisions. Russia previously pro-
posed such an arrangement for an
international atomic control COM
mission and it was opposed by the
0tIer four great powers,
The nub of Mr.. Vishinsky's pro-
possls came at the very end of his
speech in these three plans:
/. The Assembly recommends to
the Big Five, as the first step in the
reduction of armaments and armed
forces. to reduce by one-third during
one year all present land, sea and
air forces.
2. The Assembly recommends pro-
hibition of atomic weapons as
weapons intended for the aims of
aggression and not for those of de-
fense.
8. The Asse bly, recommends
establishment within the framework
of the Security Council an inter-
national control body for the pur-
pose of supervising and controlling
the implementation of the measures
for the reduction of armaments and
armed forces and for the prohibition
OF atomic weapons.
Cites Lack of Progress.
Mr.. Vishinsky said that after
months of debate U. N. efforts to
control atomic energy and slash ar
maments have not moved one inch.
He blamed this all on the Western
powers.
On the atomic issue. he said it was
clear that the real reason for the
attitude of the Western powers was
that the United States deemed II
necessary to retain the threat of
the use of atomic weapons as key
factor In the cold war against Rus
sia.'
He said the United States plans to
spend billions of dollars in the mill
tary budget in the next five years.
He added sarcasticalE:
This Is the United States Ave
year plan, gentlemen"
The Soviet deputy foreign min
lister criticized the five-power Brus-
sels alliance as being in direct con-
tradiction with the interests Of
strengthening the peace and secur-
ity of the peoples"
Slavs Applaud Vishinsky.
Slav delegates in the Assembly ap-
plauded when Mr.. Vishinsky raped
the United States position on atomic
energy and again when he said Rus