FRANCO SHOULD ABDICATE

Chronicle (Levin), 4 December 1946, Page 8

FRANCO SHOULD ABDICATE

DOES NOT liiiPRESENT PEOPLE lieceived Titesdhy, .7 p.hi. NEW X Oltiv, Dec. 2. Tlie Uhited Stilt'es proposbd ili thb Politieal and Secufity Cohuhittee tliat the United Nations ask 'Geneial Er'ahcb to abdicate as dictator* of Spain aud ha tui over the countrv to a provisiouai government brdadlv representative of ihe Spanish people". American offiCials said the proposal could be iutei'preted as an invitation to tlie ttpanisli people to get rid of Franeo. Tne United Slates resolution wafe olfered as a substitute for a Polish pi'dposal cailing for a break iit dipiomatib relations with the Eranco reginte. Thte American resolution called for the Gffiieral Assembly to reeonimend tliat thb Eranco Government be debarrexl froih niembership iii international ag'eitcies established at' the initiative df the United. Natioiis and from All activities related to the United Nation s. Tlie resolution coittinii'Ad: "The General Assenilily places on reeofd its prdfonnd conviction 1hat iii the ihterest of Bpain And world eooperation tlie people of Spain slionld give pvoof io Ihe WoHti tliat they have a gdvoi iluient wlvidji derives its authority from the cohsdnt Of the governed, and tliat to aellieve that (-11 d Eranco shouhl surrendel' the puwera of government to a provisiouai gOvei'hment broadly representative of the iS)»anish people. Such goverhiiferit slionld be commil ted to freedom 0f speecli, religion and assembly knd to tlie pronipt holding of an election in-which the Ej>aiiisli )icople, free from foree, and int iinidnlion and regardless of pai'ty, may express their will." The resolution described the Eranco (iovernnient as iuiposed bv i'oree on the Spanish people wifh the aid of the Axis I'owers. It gave niaterial assislance. to the Axis diiring Ihe war. It does nol represent tlie Spanish people and by ila continued control of Spain is makiiig impossible the participation of a Spahish people with tlie peoples of tlie nnitOd iiat ions in international ali'airs. AI r. Lange (Poland) opened the dc bate with a plea that the Assembly adopt Poland 's resolution to isolale Spain (liplomatically. "The survival of a partner of the Eascist Axis remainS j a thorn in the living flesli of the United J Natioiis. I'nless proper action is talcOn it will infiict deeper wounds upon otu i organisation as well as upon international peace and security. Senor Pedro Zueolaga snpportOd Mr. Uange's resolution, sa.ving niuch of the public's cold scepticisin towards tht United Nations was tlie result of the organisation 's failure to aet agaiust Eranco. - Costa Pica and E1 Snlvador opposed action against Spain, couteiiding that the United Nations did not possess the right to intervene in the inteinal affairs of anv couiitry-