The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-09-24
United States Pushes Toward international
Set-Up For Peaceful Usage OF Atomic Power
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The United States pushed new
plans today to set up an interna
tional agency to foster peaceful
use of atomic power, with or with.
out Russian cooperation.
Secretary of State Dulles out.
lined the four-point proposal in a
major us. policy speech in the
ninth U.N. General Assembly yes
terday afternoon.
Developing the ideas set forth
In President Eisenhower's speech
to the U.N. last December, the
secretary called for:
l. Creation of an international
agency to include nations from all
regions of the world" Dulles said
it is hoped the agency will start
work 'as early as next year."
2. Holding of an international sci
entific conference under U.N. aus
pieces next spring to consider the
"whole vast subject" of the peace
full use of atomic power.
3. The opening in the United
States early next year of a reactor
training school where students
from abroad may learn the work.
ing principles of atomic energy
with specific regard to its peace
time uses"
4. Invitations to a substantial
number" of foreign medical and
surgical experts to work with
atomic energy techniques in US.
cancer hospitals.
Dulles's proposals brought i'm
mediate expressions of approval
from many other UN. members.
Henry Cabot Lodge Jr, chief us.
delegate, called for a meeting
Of the U.N. Steering Commit
tee to put the proposed plan on the
Assembly's agenda as an "impor-
tant and urgent question"
The top-level UN. executive
group in a hurried session after
Dulles spoke broke its five-day
week plan and scheduled a meet
ing on the atomic plan for Sat-
urday.
The 15-nation committee, which
decides whether to include items
in the agenda, includes the United
States and Russia. Debate on the
agenda item may show what posi-
ton the Soviets intend to take in
the later Assembly debate. Rus
sia's Andrea ViShinsky declined to
discuss the speech with reporters.
Dulles speech disclosed that the
Russians on Wednesday asked for
new talks on President EiSenhow-
er's original proposal. They had
given it cold shoulder in all pre-
vious talks. Dulles said the Soviets
would talk about atoms for peace.
The US. secretary said the So
Wet Union had in effect rejected
The plan last April when it said
substantially it could not agree to
It unless the United States joined
in a paper ban" on use of atomic
weapons.
"The United States remains
ready to negotiate with the Soviet
Union" Dulles told his intent au-
dience. "But we shall no longer
suspend our efforts to establish an
international atomic agency. d..
81 would like to make perfectly
clear that our planning excludes
no nation from participation in this
great venture. AS our proposals
lake shape, all nations interest\
IN participating and willing to take
IN the responsibilities of member
ship will be welcome to join with
us in the planning and execution of
this program.
Britain's Minister of State Sell
wyn Lloyd said his country would
Join such group.
Unofficially, it was said that all
seven countries so far consulted
by Dulles had agreed to come into
he agency. Besides Britain they
are France, Canada, Australia,
Belgium, Portugal and South
Africa.