Evening star., 1950-08-20
British Labor Pledge
OF Unity Heals Rift
In Council Of Europe
BY the Associated Press


European Consultative Assembly
today.
British Laborite James Gala
CHAN made the pledge on behalf
of his Laborite colleagues at a
closed session of the AsSembly's
General Affairs Committee in
reply to a threat by French So
cialist Guy Mollet to resign as
committee secretary.
Persons who attended said Mr..
Callaghan apologized for what he
called a misunderstanding in the
vote yesterday on a committee re-
port presented by Mr.. Mollet. The
report embodieS series of reso-
lutions on European unity to
which the Laborites objected, al
though Hugh Dalton, British COM
mittee member last year. had ap-
proved it.
Mr.. Mollet demanded in a
stormy session that the British
Laborites tell the committee ex-
actly where they stand on the uni
flcation Of Europe, so the commit
tee would know how to proceed.
He accused them of taking one
position in the committee and an
other in public sessions.
Mr.. Callaghan replied that all
the British Laborite delegates
were determined. on their return
to London, to promote Assembly
resolutions both in the govern
ment and in Parliament. Mr.. Mol
let then told the committee that,
under these circumstances, he
would be happy to continue as
secretary.
Formal Pledge Made.
"They made a formal pledge"
he said. I'VE will see If they can
overcome objections of the For
eign ONCE by the time we come
back here in November"
British Foreign Secretary Ernest
Bevin has been an outstanding
opponent of uniflcation schemes
In the Committee of Ministers, the
veto-holding upper house. The
Assembly is the lower house of
the Council, sort of parliament
in which delegates of is nations
participate.
Assembly officials said Mr.. Mol
let's resignation would have pre-
cipitated a bitter fight on the
Assembly floor between advocates
of closer unif1cation and "go-slow"
delegates, mostly British Laborites
and Scandinavians.
Did Not Answer Roll Call.
Mr.. Mollet was angered particu-
1arly because Mr.. Dalton left the
chamber for the Assembly bar
during the vote yesterday on the
committee resolutions. Mr.. Dalton
thus did not answer the roll call.
The Assembly today elected a
West German Christian Democrat,
Heinrich Won Brentano, and Tur-
keys Suad Mayri Urguplu. as fifth |
and sixth vice presidents, respec- |
lively.
Without objection, the Assembly
adopted a proposal from it's Steer
Ing Committee to recess the pres
ent session some time late this
month.
The motion included a six-point
minimum program for Assembly
decisions before the recess:
Proposals for European po-
litical authority or amendments to
the Council statute to give the
Councils executive and legislative
functions.
2Winston Churehill's proposal
for unified European army.
3-A convention to guarantee
human rights in member states,
including European court to en-
force it.
A European social security |
code.
5 - Proposals indorsing the
Schuman steel-coal pool plan, plus
motions by Edouard Bonnefous of
France for a European transport !
authority, by Mr.. Dalton for regu-
lation of fishing in the North Sea |
and by Constantin Tsaldaris of
Greece for a European tobacco
monopoly.
ga motion by Mr.. Bonnefous
10 create a special committee for
diplomatic affairs and European
security.
Ofhcials said the Assembly prob
ably will take its recess about Au-
gust 20 and reconvene in mid
November.