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       4.  Use of force or the application of other 
     measures of enforcement;
 
       5.  Approval of agreements for the provision of 
     armed forces;
 
       6.  All matters relating to the regulation of 
     armaments;
 
       7.  Determination of whether a regional arrange-
     ment is consistent with the purposes and 
     principles of the general organization.
 
        So long as this is so, Soviet Russia has more to 
gain than to lose, just as have we--in stature, in 
prestige, in leadership, and in prospects for a success-
ful and effective world order--by agreeing to place 
herself on an equal footing with all other countries 
before the bar of world opinion as regards efforts on 
the part of the new organization to bring about peaceful 
settlement of whatever controversies may arise between 
her and other countries.
 
                                   II
 
       The manner in which the proposed voting formula 
would safeguard our basic national interests mar be 
seen from the following concrete example. If the United 
States were to become involved in a dispute with Mexico, 
and if Mexico or some other country were to bring the 
situation to the attention of the Security Council on 
the plea that its continuation is likely to threaten 
the peace, the United States would accept the Council's 
decisions made without its participation, by a vote of 
the other permanent members and at least two non-permanent 
members only on the following questions:
 
       1.  Whether the matter should be investigated by 
     the Council;
 
       2.  If an investigation is made, whether, on the 
     basis of its results, the dispute should be 
     considered to be of such a nature that its 
     continuation is likely to threaten the peace;
 
       3.  Whether the Council should call on the United 
     States and Mexico to settle or adjust the 
     dispute by means of their own choice;
 
                               4.  Whether,