Editorial Note
At meetings of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe on August 8 and 9, preceding the first meeting of the Council at Strasbourg on August 10, Spaak proposed that among other things the Council consider its role in the economic field. Bevin stated that the OEEC would not last forever and that the Council should give some thought to machinery for future European economic cooperation. His view was adopted with the understanding that the work of existing organizations such as OEEC would be taken into account. (For other references to the Council of Europe, see pages 1 ff.)