"Well Begun"

In a 5,000-word joint communique, the Big Four this week told what Dumbarton Oaks accomplished. In general, their plan for a brave new world followed already revealed outlines (TIME, June 12 et sea.). But the communique added these details:

P: The new world order will benamed The United Nations.

P: France "in due course" will become one of a Big Five entitled to permanent seats on the eleven-man Security Council.

P: The Assembly, to which all nations will belong, will have even less power than expected. It may debate broad problems but should not "on its own initiation make recommendations" on any tough problem up before the Security Council.

P: Old-line organizations such as the International Labor Office will fit into an 18-member Economic and Social Council. .

P: The United Nations should have armadas of "national air force contingents . . . immediately available" to send against an aggressor. (The Administration reportedly will ask Congress to create a special air unit, which could be sent into action without Congressional approval.)

Franklin Roosevelt gave Dumbarton Oaks his accolade: "Well begun." Tom Dewey chimed in with approval, too. But still unanswered is the basic question: How can the new world order stop an aggression by one of its own Big Five? Russia wanted a chance to veto any Security Council decision involving her; the U.S., Britain and China did not. That remained to be talked out at a "higher level," i.e., Churchill-Stalin-Roosevelt (see above).

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