Evening star., 1953-12-11
Move Expected
In U. n. Shortly
On Atomic Plan
u. S. Due to Call
Discerning Session
EorIy Next Month
By Gornett D. Horner

EurIy Next Month
By Gornett D. Horner
The United States is expected
to call a meeting of the United
Nations Disarmament Commits
sion early next month in a move
to start work on President Eisen-
hower's new atomic peace propo-
sal.
The first step would be to set
up a subcommittee of the major
French Red PopeE Reports Atomic Plon
Interests" Moscow. Poee "A
atomic powerS-as suggested by
the General Assembly-to try to
break a long deadlock between
the Western allies and Soviet
Russia on atomic disarmament in
private" or secret negotiations.
As Gen Eisenhower made clear
in his historic speech to the
United Nations General Assem-
bly, last Tuesday, the United
States would seek in these pri-
vate talks two things:
l. Progress toward measures to
ban atomic and hydrogen weap-
ons under effective safeguards,
presumably along with a bal
anced reduction of all kinds of
armamentS.
2. Agreement by the atomic
powers to pool some of their
atomic materials under an in
ternational agency to promote
peaceful uses of atomic energy
"for the benefit of all man
kind"
Lodge Due to Head Group.
American officials find it diff
f1cult to conceive that the Soviet
leaders will refuse to go ahead
with the private talks suggested
in November % General As
sembly resolution. regardless of
their final position on the
Presidents atomic materials
pool proposal.
Ambassador Henry Cabot
Lodge, top American represen-
tative at the U. NJ. will become
chairman of the disarmament
commission January l under a
procedure rotating the chair
manship monthly. This will
put him in position to press for
getting work started to try to
carry out the Presidents pro-
poSalS.
officials believe it unlikely the
disarmament commission, head
ed this month by Great Britain's
Sir Gladwyn Jebb. will have an
other meeting before January l
because of the approaching holi-
day season and indications that
most delegates want some rest
after their work in the Assembly
session which ended Wednesday.
Time to Fix Details.
This will give time for Amer
lean experts to work out details
of whatever new proposals.
aside from the Presidents bold
atomic pooling plaintiffs Gov
ernment may submit in renewed
efforts to break the disarmament
Stalemate.
State Department Press Officer
Henry Suydam said today the
matter of reducing the Presi-
dents proposal to tangible form
is under consideration in the
department and it is impossible
yet to say exactly what form it
will take.
He added that, of course, there
will be no departure from the
Presidents statement that dis
cusSion of details lie within the
scope of private talks among the
major powers suggested by the
U. N. General Assembly.
So far as can be learned, there
is no plan to depart from the
essentials of the balanced" re-
duction in all kinds of arma-
ments previously advocated by
the United States and supported
by majority of the U. N.
Effective Safeguards.
This plan would lead to inter-
national control of atomic
energy under effective safe
guards. including a process of
conenuing inspection, along with
numerical limitations on the
sizes of conventional armed
forces.
Such "Synchronized" disarma-
ment had been held essential by
the United States and its West
ern allies to prevent Russia, with
her huge ground armies. gaining
big advantage if atomic weap-
onS should be banned without
reduction in mass armies. Amer.
lean representatives in the U. N.
have made clear, however, that
(See DISARMAMENT. A-4.)