Evening star., 1952-11-15
Iran S Entezam Seen
As Most Likely Man
For Lie'sU. n. Post
BY the Assoeioisd Press

l N.l
15.-NaSrollah EnteZam, soft
spoken diplomat from Iran, was
reported today to be the most
likely possibility to succeed Trygve
Lie as United Nations secretary
general. even though Mr.. Entezam
says he is not a candidate.
Diplomatic sources here said So
Wet Foreign Minister Andrei ~
Vishinsky and British Foreign Sec
retary Anthony Eden are letting
it be known they do not object
to Mr.. EnteZam. Secretary of
State Dean Acheson has not tipped
his hand on the question so far,
American sources said.
The French were reported satis-
fed with Mr.. Entezam. chiefly be-
cause he speaks French with great
f1uency and because he has steered
careful diplomatic course in the
Arab-ASian bloc discussions on
Tunisia and Morocco.
The fifth permanent member
of the Security Council, Nation
alist China, which also has the
power Of veto, has not signified
its intentions, but some diplo-
mats said they did not expect
China to take the initiative with
q candidate.
Others Face Soviet.
Other aspirants for the $45,-
O00-per-year post include Carlos
P. Romulo, the Philippines, and
Luis Padilla Nervo, Mexico. both
former presidents of the Assembly.
There were reports neither would
be able to pass the Soviet veto
hurdle in the Security Council.
Mr.. Padilla Nervo spoke today
in the 60-nation Political Commit
tee to urge adoption of his coun-
try's compromise plan for repatri-
alton of Communist prisoners in
Korea.
Victor Belaunde of Peru, who
had been scheduled to speak, de-
cided not to at the last minute.
Peru also has a plan before the
committee.
Lie Meets With Lawyers.
Mr.. Lie met yesterday with three
noted lawyers to get advice on how
to deal with the McCarran COM
mittee probe into his employees
possible Red connections.
The conference came only a day
after his chief legal aide. Abraham
H. Feller, committed suicide, and
Mr.. Lie blamed the strain of
countering "indiscriminate smears
and exaggerated charges" by the
Senate subcommittee.
The lawyers are William Dewitt
Mitchell of New York, United
States Attorney General under
President Hoover and chief coun-
sci of the congressional committee
which delved into the Parl Har-
Dor disaster; Sir Edwin Herbert of
Britain, wartime director of postal
and telegraph censorship, and
Prof. Paul Veldekens of Belgium,
leading member of that country's
supreme court bar.
Tribute Paid to Feller.
The Assembly's Legal Commit
tee rose and stood silent for a
minute of tribute to Mr.. Feller at
the start of its work yesterday at
the suggestion of c. Salamanca
F1gueroa of Bolivia.
Prince Wan Waithayakon Of
Thailand. chairman. led a series
OF tributes to the late legal coun-
sci, in which John Maktos of the
United States joined.
The United States lost a fight
In the Assembly Budget Committee
yesterday to get it's U. N. budget
assessment cut to no more than
one-third of the total budget be-
ginning next January /.
The committee voted 10 to 10
with 10 abstentions for a Cana
dian amendment to defer limita-
ton action until January /, 1854.
Chairman Carlos Romulo de-
clared the amendment adopted.
The vote came after Senator
Wiley, Republican Of Wisconsin,,
and Russia's A. A. Roschin ex-
changed words over the Korean
war and rearmament expendi-
lures.