Evening star., 1953-09-15
Reds and West
SquareOfffo for
U. n. Opening
Koreu and Seating
Of Red China Issues:
Election Today
By the Associated Press

UNITED NATIONS, N. Y,
Sept. 15.-RusSia and the West
ern powers squared off for IL
weeks of bitter fighting today as
the United Nations General AS
sembly gathered again to debate
such issue as Korea and the
seating of Red China in the
world organization.
AS the diplomats assembled
for the opening this afternoon
of their eighth annual session,
Western delegates were confident
the 60-nation body would side
track the Chinese question for
the remainder of this year at
least.
They also believed the as
sembly would stand pat on it's
previous recommendation that
the Korean peace conference be
a two-Sided negotiation rather
than a round-table of bellig-
erentS and neutralS.
There was no indication Just
when Soviet Delegate Andrei Y.
ViShinSky would bring up these
two issues. but he was expected
to raise them within the first
few days of the session.
Election This Afternoon.
This afternoons meeting was
scheduled to be devoted to the
election of an Assembly presi-
dent, seven vice presidents and
seven committee chairmen, who
will constitute the powerful
Steering Committee.
The colorful sister of India's
Prime Minister Nehru, Mrs. vi
jaya Lakshmi Pandit, was re-
ported to have enough support
for election as president, but
Prince Wan Waithayakon of
Thailand still was in the race.
Mrs. Pandit had the support of
both the Soviet bloc and the
leading Western powers, includ-
ing the United States.
The first fight over the China
representation question may
come in the Credentials Commit
tee, which probably will meet
tomorrow. That body would re-
port back to the Assembly it.
self. opening the way for a de-
cision.
The United States and Brit
ain already have agreed to back
a move to postpone all consid-
Grafton of the China represen-
tation question during 1858.
They believe that most coun-
tries outside the Soviet bloc will
support this.
Linked to Korean Conference.
The seating of Red China is
closely linked with the Korean
peace conference, since the
Peiping regime was one of the
belligerents in Korea and one
of the proposed participants in
the peace parley. The United
States and some others take the
position that no action must
be taken until the Chinese Reds
prove themselves worthy of a
U. N. seat.
The first clash over the Ko-
rean question probably will
come in the Steering Commit
tee when that body starts con-
Sidering the ALLEGATION of items
to the ASsembly's major COM
mittees. Although this question
is sure to go to the Political
Committee, Mr.. ViShinsky may
provoke a debate by demanding
priority for it.
The Korean question already
is on the ASsembly's agenda, so
discussion is assured. The
United States and its friends
are prepared, however, to urge
the Assembly to stand by last
months decision that the U. N.
should be represented only by
countries that fought under the
U. N. banner.
Mr.. Vishinsky is expected to
demand approval of Red China's S
latest proposal that the confer
ence be transformed into a
round-table affair, with Russia,
India, Burma, Pakistan and In
doneSia invited in addition to the
belligerents. A similar Soviet
proposal was overwhelmingly re-
jected by the Assembly last
month.
United States Secretary of
State John Foster Dulles and Is
other foreign ministers were
among the diplomats listed as
heads of their delegations.