U.S. DEMAND FOR TRUCE IN PALESTINE

Grey River Argus, 1 April 1948, Page 5

U.S. DEMAND FOR TRUCE IN PALESTINE

Attitude Of The Soviet

(Received March 31. at 9.30 p.m.) NEW YORK, March 30. Mr. Warren Austin (United States) formally moved in the Security Council to-day that the Council call on the Arabs and Jews in Palestine to cease their acts of violence immediately and that the Jewish Agency and’ the Arab Higher Committee make available to the Council representatives to help arrange a truce. _ In another resolution, Mr. Austin asked the Council to call a special General Assembly session: “to consider further Palestine’s future government.”

Mr. Austin said the United States adhered to its Palestine trusteeship proposal, but was not prepared to offer a specific resolution now. RUSSIAN CHARGES

M. Gromyko (Soviet) accused the United States of sacrificing the partition plan because of oil interests and strategic considerations. The United States had abandoned partition before the Security Council had adequately made an effort to find -if it could he made to work by peaceful means. The Soviet was not convinced that partition was unworkable. M. Gromyko saw no grounds for a special Assembly session, and doubted if the trusteeship proposal would solve the Holy Land problem. He said the United States .must bear the full responsibility for the killing.

The American reversal of policy was a heavy blow to the United Nations with which leading circles in the United

States had ceased to reckon long

ago. The Council adjourned the discussion on Palestine until April 1.