Evening star., 1950-10-30
halik Urges Council
10 Keep on Trying 10
EIectLie Successor
By the Assoeiafed Press

LAKE SUCCESS. Oct. 3d.
. Russia's Jacob A. Malik demand
ed today that the Security Coun-
ell keep trying to elect a new
secretary general of the United
Nations instead of tossing The
problem to the veto-free General
Assembly.
His demand was made at
closed-door session of the Council
as a final move to delay almost
certain approval of a 14-nation
resolution calling for a three
year extension of Mr.. Lies term
by the Assembly.
A session of the Assembly has
been called for tomorrow to act
on the American-backed plan to
extend Mr.. Lies tenure.
Informed quarters said Mr..
Malik began the Council meeting
this morning by insisting that the
l1-nation body continue its efforts
to settle the problem. In his
initial speech, however. he did not
submit the name of any new
candidate to succeed Mr.. Lie.
American Delegate Warren R.
Austin has indicated he will cast
the first American veto, if neces-
sary. to prevent Council nomin-
alton of anyone but Mr.. Lie.
DeadiOcked Twice.
The Council has reached a
complete deadlock twice and both
times notified the Assembly of
this fact. Legal authorities say
the Assembly. in such circum-
stances, has the authority to ex-
tend the incumbent's term, al
though it cannot elect any one
new without a Council recon-
mendation.
Both times Mr.. Malik has called
for another Council try and thus
has kept the Assembly from act
ing.
Russia is determined to throw
Mr. Lie out for active support of
United Nations action in Korea.
The United States wants to keep
him to vindicate that action and
to prove that no secretary general
need fear for his job when he acts
against Russian wishes. !
When the Council reached its
second deadlock last Wednesday, /
the United States prepared reso-
luton to have the Assembly ex-
tend Mr.. Lies term.
1t has now been co-sponsored .
by 13 other nations-Britain, Can
ada. Cuba, Ecuador, France.
Greece, India, New Zealand, Mica
ragua, Norway, Pakistan, the Phil
ippines and Yugoslavia.
That list includes all members
of the Security Council except
Russia, China and Egypt, and
probably means the countries
sponsoring this resolution will vote
for no one but Mr.. Lie in the
Council This would mean no
other candidate could win. even
without an American veto.
In that case another deadlock
is insured and the issue again
would be tossed to the Assembly, /
where an easy victory for the res
olution is believed certain.
Showdown Vote Set.
While the Council debated Mr.. |
Lie, the 60-nation Political Com
mittee has scheduled a showdown
vote on rival East-West peace
plans.
Before that group is a three
point plan, introduced by Soviet
Foreign Minister Andrei Y. vi
shinsky, calling for tagging the
first country to use the atom bomb
war criminal" a one-third re-
duction in the size of armed forces
along with the banning of war
propaganda, and a new Big Five
peace pact.
To counter this, the West intro
duced plan called Peace
Through Deeds" 1t would have /
the U. N. denounce aggression as.
the gravest crime against human
ity. 1t would not single out the
atom bomb as any worse than any
other weapon when used to sup .
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