On the orders of the day: Mr. JOHN T. HACKETT (Stanstead): I should like to ask a question of the government. Will Canada support the United States in its plea to the security council for a declaration that the present situation in Palestine is a threat to the peace, and, in fact, a breach of the peace? Right Hon. L. S. ST. LAURENT (Secretary of State for External Affairs): Mr. Speaker, I am not prepared at this moment to make a categorical answer to the hon. member's question, because my information is that late Saturday afternoon the security council disposed of both a proposal submitted by the delegate of the United States and one submitted by the delegate of the United Kingdom. Though I have no information as to just what the precedure was, we received an official notification from the secretary general, Mr. Trygve Lie, in a telegram which I think I should read to the house, because, though I have scanned the newspapers carefully, I have not seen its text published. This is the dispatch: Lake Success, May 22, 1948 Have honour to communicate to your government following resolution adopted by security Council at its 302nd meeting held 22nd May, "The security council, taking into consideration that previous resolutions of the security council in respect to Palestine have not been complied with and that military operations are taking place in Palestine; "Calls upon all governments and authorities, without prejudice to the rights, claims or position of the parties concerned, to abstain from any hostile military action in Palestine and to that end to issue a cease-fire order to their military aiid^ para-military forces to become effective within thirty-six hours after midnight, New York standard time, 22nd May, 1948; "Calls upon the truce commission and upon all parties concerned to give the highest priority to the negotiation and maintenance of a truce in the city of Jerusalem; "Directs the trade commission established by the security council by its resolution of 23rd April, 1948, to report to the security council on the compliance with the two preceding paragraphs of this resolution; "Calls upon all parties concerned to facilitate by all means in their power the task of Inquiries of the Ministry

the united nations mediator appointed in execution of the resolution of the general assembly of 14th May, 1948." Draw attention in particular to paragraph two of this resolution. Trygve Lie It is true that there is a report in the newspapers of this morning under the dateline, "Lake Success, N.Y., May 23," which reads as follows: The United States appeared ready tonight to renew its fight for a Palestine cease fire order, voted down late Saturday by the united nations security council which instead appealed to Jew's and Arabs to stop fighting. However, there has been no subsequent proposal, of which my department has any knowledge, of further action since this resolution was adopted. Hon. members realize that the difference between the resolution adopted and the one submitted is that the one submitted called for a declaration under chapter 7 of the united nations charter, which provides for methods of coercion. Canada is a member of the security council. As such our delegation on the security council is responsible not only to the Canadian people but to all members of the United Nations. All I can say is that the whole matter is being, and will continue to be, considered in the most objective light possible, with a keen and earnest desire to make such moves, and take such measures, as will seem to be both practicable and best fitted to bring about a cessation of the terrible situation which, I will not say, exists, because I do not know at this moment whether this resolution has been complied with, but which has been in existence until very recently in the Holy Land.

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On the orders of the day: Mr. DONALD M. FLEMING (Eglinton): May I ask the Minister of National Revenue whether the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation has purchased a building in Montreal for its offices and other purposes at a price reported to be $750,000?

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