Evening star., 1953-08-27
dulles Indicates u. ).
will Seek 10 Change
u. n. Charter in 1855
BY the Assecioted Press

y The United States probably
STill eventually seek changes in
sthe United Nations Charter
(Which would give more power
j4e.to the General Assembly and
pcut down Russia's ability to pre-
Event action on critical issues
= The development Of a policy
Ealong this line was indicated by
GSecretary of State Dulles yes
Eterday in a speech before the
EAmerican Bar Association at
EBoston.
IL Mr.. Dulles told the Nations
slawyers they will have con
.-6picuous opportunity" for serv-
ssice in connection with a possible
Conference on charter revision
-about two years hence. His
Comment was in line with the
.sknoWn belief in the State De-
fpartment that there should be
public consideration and dis
cussion of what revisions of the
u. N. Charter would be in, the
American interest.
re-Atomic' Charter.
The charter at present, Mr.
Dulles said, is "pre-atomic age
..charter" which actually was
made "obsolete" by the explosion
of the first atomic bomb over
Hiroshima on August 6. 1945.
Had the delegates at the San
Francisco United Nations con-
. ference in early 1945 known of
the mysterious and immeasur-
able power of the atom" he
said, the charter provisions deal
ling with disarmament and arms
regulations would have been far
.more emphatic and realistic"
The charter gave the Security
Council responsibility for for
1mulating plans for establishment
-of system for arms regulation.
: Each of the powers in the Sc
: curity Council - the United
= States, Britain, Russia, France
and Nationalist China-has a
veto.
Inadequacy Evident.
Mr.. Dulles listed as another
inadequacy the fact that the
basic United Nations concept
of cooperation among the great
powers resulted in provision for
the veto in the Security Council
and for permitting the General
Assembly only to recommend ac-
ton. He said as practical mat
ter the assembly's voting pro-
Cedure with one vote per nation
precluded its decisions having
more than advisory weight"
I'VE now see the inadequacy,"
Mr.. Dulles said, "of an organi-
cation whose effective function
ing depends upon cooperation
with a nation which is dominated
by an international party seek
.sing world domination.
1 Although he did not go into
"details, the import of his words
appeared to be that the organi-
.7ation could be made more ade-
,squate by reducing its dependence
Upon the cooperation of the
Soviet Union with the other
powers. Presumably this would
be done by giving the assembly
1greater authority, perhaps with
: some modification of its voting
{ procedure.
Z. Would Restrict Veto.
: Theoretically at least, there
!. would also be the possibility of
> limiting the use of the veto in
: the Security Council, but whether
: that would be practical would
: seem to depend upon Russias
attitude toward the charter re-
vision.
: Mr.. Dulles said a third charter
lnadequacy arose from what he
called disregard for the fact
that world order, in the long run,
depends not on men, but upon
law. law which embodies eternal
principles of justice and NOR
1ality." He said the General AS
[sembly has made little progress
lin promoting the progressive de-
c.velopment of international law
lin the eight years of its ex-
ristence.
: The U. N. charter provides,
sSecretary Dulles recalled. that
.-the General Assembly in 1855
emust consider proposal to call
"a general conference to review
4the charter. He reiterated his
previously announced decision
.that the United States will vote
for holding such a conference.