Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-05-08
III. Unit Votes
Ito Lift Ban on
Ties With Spain
Committees Action
Must Get 'Two-Thirds
Assembly Majority
By the Asxeeiotex Press

LAKE SUCCESS. May THE
United Nations Assembly's Politi-
cal Committee voted today to lift
a two-year-old ban on full 6iplo-
matte relations between U. N.
members and Spain.
The vote in the 58-nation COM
mittee was IS to Is, with is
abstentions,. in favor of a reso-
luton sponsored by Colombia
Brazil, Bolivia and Peru.
The committee then rejected In
Is roll call votes. paragraph by
paragraph, a rival Polish resolu-
ton that would have frightened
bans on Spain first voted by the
U. N. December IL, 1916.
The decision came at the end
Of bitter two-day debate during
which Russia and her friends
charged the United States has a
military alliance with General
issimo Franco.
Mcneil Answers Gromyke.
American Delegate Ray Ather-
ton declared that was not true
and Britains Hector Mcneil an
swered ''lie" to an additional
charge by Russia's Andrea A.
Gromyko-that Britain was SELL
ing jet planes and other war ma
terials to- Gen. Franco.
The committee vote still must
be approved by a two thirds ma
jority of the General Assembly
in plenary session to become final.
Backers forecast jubilantly to-
night they would get the votes.
If they do. 1t would mean the
United States and Britain-which
did not back the approved pro-
posal-could return to Madrid the
ambassadors they withdrew after
the 1946 resolution.
Whatever the Assembly decides.
it will conclude action on one of
the major items brought over to
the current spring session OF the
Assembly, now due to adjourn
May il. from the third regular
session at Paris last fall.
Remaining major items are the
future of Italy's prewar colonies.
Israel's application for admittance
to the U. N. and two draft con-
ventions affecting press freedoms
under discussion in the Social
Committee. One Of these conven-
tons already has been postponed
to the fall session.
The United States and Britain
led d group which commended
nothing should be done about
Spain at the current session on
grounds the conditions within
Spain have not changed.
This group abstained on the
four-nation Latin-American mo-
ton and voted against the Pol
ish proposal.
Fascist Franco" Scored.
Mexico, Guatemala, Panama
and Cuba split with the other
Latin American countries. They
opposed even the slightest step
toward bring Fascist Franco
as Mexico's Luis Padilla Neryo
called him-back into the COM
Of nations. |
Backers of the successful mo-
ton contended that the 1916 res
olution was a mistake and noted
that the General Assembly did
not reaffirm 1t when it was
brought up again in November,
1947. /
They said confusion has re-
suited because Argentina and
several other countries have sent
their diplomatic chiefs back 10
Madrid and that the situation
should be clarified.
They said their resolution did
not change the declaration in the
1916 resolution that Frances re-
gime is Fascist and was helped
10 power by Hitler and Mussolini.
Israel's Bid Debated. /
The Special Political Commit
lee, meanwhile. spent the day de-
batting Israel's bid for q. N. mem
Over Egypt's protest, the COM |,
nittee voted IS to 8 to close
the list of speakers. Later it
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