WORLD SECURITY ORGANISATION

Press, Volume LXXX, Issue 24368, 21 September 1944, Page 6

WORLD SECURITY ORGANISATION

ATTITUDE OF UNITED STATES (Rec. 11 p.m.) NEW YORK, Sept. 19. “Mr Cordell Hull (United States Secretary of State) has indicated to the press that it would be fair to expect Britain. America, and Russia to reach full agreement quickly on all points at the Dumbarton Oaks Conference,” says the Washington correspondent of the “New York Times.” "He did not discuss reasons for the delqy, but he emphasised that the first phase of the conference might take longer than anticipated. “It is noteworthy that the Republican senators (Mr J. H. Ball and Mr H. H. Burton), whom Mr Hull summoned for a conference last week, addressed the Senate to-day in favour of the American plan for an international security organisation. Mr Ball, who is reported to have presented Mr Hull’s viewpoint, stressed the necessity for the rapid creation of a security organisation, the desirability of authorising the Administration to use United States forces to prevent or repel aggression without specific Congressional approval, and the need for American support for the security organisation, ‘even if we don’t get a perfect solution for all political and boundary problems throughout the world.’ “Mr Ball said the necessity for seeking Congressional approval for the use of United States forces against an aggressor would defeat ‘he purpose of the organisation, because it would take Congress at least a month to reach a decision, whereas the Germans conquered Poland in 26 days.” ' The “New York Times” says the debate was a prologue to another great Congressional debate on United States foreign policy, and confirmed that both Republicans and Democrats were m-_ ternally divided.