Evening star., 1950-08-09
u. n. Members Study
Methods Of Breaking
MaIik's FiIibuster
BY the Assoeiuted Press

LAKE SUCCESS, Aug. g.
United Nations Security Council
members mapped strategy today
to break Russian President Jakob
A. Malik's one-man Stranglehold
and filibuster which has stopped
the Council in it's tracks.
The Russians were not invited
to the informal conferences which
occupied most other delegations
The Council recessed yesterday
until tomorrow afternoon after
getting nowhere in one Of the
most bitter, heated sessions since
Mr.. Malik took over the presi-
dency August /.
Taking the floor when he wished
as Soviet delegate, Mr.. Malik
threw another resolution into the
Council, this one seeking to con-
denim the United States Air Force
for bombings in North Korea. He
did this after making new charges
that the United States is the ag-
gressor in Korea, debating the
role the U. N. is playing.
Austin Makes Rejoinder.
Warren R. Austin, United States
delegation chief. retorted point
edly:
Who hasn't co-operated with SO
other U. N. members in the Ko-
rean action? Who could call of
the North Korea invaders? What
member of this Security Council
is assisting the invaders in the
Security Council?
In each case, Mr.. Austin an
swered himself: "The Soviet Un-
ion."
But Mr.. Malik refused to allow
Mr.. Austin'S resolution Of July
81, denouncing the North Koreans
and demanding that aid for them
be outlawed, to come up for a
discussion. He refused to seat the
South Korean representative un-
less the council agreed to hear a
North Korean.
The meeting was still begged
down in a welter of procedure
when it gave up until tomorrow.
Mr.. Malik wanted it to meet today
and talk about the bombing of
North Korea but was voted down
9 to /, with one abstention-Yug-
oslavia.
After the meeting, Ernest Gross,
an American delegate, said a num-
ber Of courses are possible to meet
Mr.. Malik's obstruction.
The most extreme, he said,
would be to change the rules of
the council on electing a president
and make them effective immedi-
ately - virtually throwing Mr..
Malik out of the chair.
Another extreme move - he
stressed these are possible but not
probable-would be to have no
more meetings this month.
Another would be to transfer
the problems to a specially-called
session of the General Assembly.
Secretary General Trygve Lie
said Monday such a session could
convene in "a hours If conditions
Expulsion Not in Prospect.
But Mr.. Gross added the course
to be taken to thwart Mr.. Malik S
obstruction will be decided after
consultations that may last
through tomorrow morning. BY
that time other delegations can
have instructions from their
capitals.
Mr.. Gross said there has been
no question of trying to expel
Russia from the U. N. for not
carrying out it's obligations.
But he said the council now
faces a constitutional crisis be-
cause the president cannot or win
not perform his functions, If the
U. N. can't do business in the Sc
curity Council. then it must do it
in the General Assembly where
Russia doesn't have a veto, he
added.
Mr.. Austin called for the days
recess, he said, to allow Mr.. Malik
to get instructions from Moscow
so he can give a ruling and let
the council go ahead with its
business.
Mr.. Malik said he had instruc-
tions and they were Ito uphold