Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-10-12
Poland Gains
Over Turkey
nj. n. Voting
Eight Ballots Fail
To Decide Contest
For Council Seat

UNITED NATIONS, N. "
Oct. IL (AP).-Copmunist Po-
land gradually pulled ahead of
Western-backed Turkey today
in a deadlocked contest for a
seat in the United Nations Sc
curity Council.
After eight secret ballots in
the 82-nation General Assem-
bly,, Poland was only seven votes
short of the required two-thirds
majority of those present and
voting.
The vote on the eighth ballot
was Al for Poland and "a for
Turkey. Israel was absent
throughout today's voting be-
cause of the Jewish holiday.
On the seventh ballot, Poland
received AZ to SO for Turkey.
Polish Foreign Minister Adam
Rapacki said Poland was in the
contest to stay. Western sup
porters of Turkey also said they
were standing firm.
Long Tieup Possible
There was a possibility the
deadlock might continue for
weeks.
Ecuador and Ceylon were
elected without opposition to
fill two other vacant Council
seats.
On the first ballot Poland
received as votes to SO for Tur-
key. On the second Poland got
43 and Turkey SO.
Poland picked up two votes
again on the third ballot. The
vote was as for Poland and So
for Turkey.
| There was little change as
tthe voting went on. Poland got
IS on both the fourth and fifth
ballots. Turkey received IS on
the fourth and "a on the fifth.
A United States spokesman
said the United States would
stick to Turkey indefinitely
Chief United States Delegate
Henry Cabot Lodge said he was
optimistic that Turkey would
win eventually.
Poland and Turkey are con-
testing to succeed Japan, whose
two-year term on the Security
Council ends January /.
Ceylon was unopposed to
succeed Canada as a British
Commonwealth member, and
Ecuador was the sole candidate
for the Latin-American seat
now held by Panama.
Rivals Optimistic
One contest also was listed
for the Economic and Social
Council, between India and
Japan to take the seat held by
PakiStan. Unopposed candi-
dates were Brazil, to succeed
Mexico; Denmark, to succeed
Finland, and Britain, Poland
and the Soviet Union for re-
election. The ECOSOC terms,
also starting January /, are for
three years.
The rival Security Council
aSpirants were outwardly OPP
timistic of the final result but
both foresaw considerable bal
loting.
Polish Delegate jerry Micha-
lowski said he hoped his coun-
try would lead from the first
ballot onward and "get in, but
we don't know after how many
votes"
Seyfullah Esin Of Turkey
said he thought his country
had "a fair lead" and certainly
would win, though some ballot,
ling might be necessary.
Interruption Seen
Other delegates predicted
that neither would get the nee
essary twothirds majority in
the 82-nation Assembly right
away and that after five or six
fruitless ballots, the Assembly
would postpone further voting
to next week.
In 1855. the Philippines and
Yugoslavia went through IS in
conclusive ballots spread over
two months before they finally
agreed to split the two-year
terms. This time both Poland
and Turkey served notice they
would not split.
A deadlock could persist in
definitely if hard-core hackers
of the two rivals held firm
This might result in a COM
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