Evening star., 1944-12-12
been asked or willing to join this

been asked or willing to join this
team"
Rockefeller Explains Views.
The next witness was Mr.. Rookie
feller who gave his views on what
may be done to improve inter-
American relations, which will be his
particular task in the State Depart
ment setup. He was questioned
briefly by Senator Guffey, who said
that he had read, or heard, that Mr..
Rockefeller had promised to send
eight South Americans to Harvard
and pay their expenses. Mr.. Rookie
feller fatty denied that he had ever
said he planned such a thing.
Chairman Connally then called
Mr.. Dunn. Mr.. Dunn also read a
prepared statement to the commit
tee, giving his experience in the
State Department during the last Is
years. He was with Secretary Hull
at the Moscow conference.
Senator johnson, Republican, of
California. wanted to know where
the Atlantic Charter is now.
1T is still there" said Mr.. Dunn.
1--WE are carrying on under the prin-
ciple of the Atlantic Charter to-
day"
After Secretary Stettinius finished
his prepared statement, he said in
response to question by Senator
Guffey that he would favor a policy
OF preventing use of American lease
lend supplies by one of the Allies
against another ally.
"Not Proper Question"
Are the British now using lease
lend material against our Ethiopian
Allies?" Senator Guffey asked.
Chairman Connally interrupted to
say ne did not believe that was a
proper question in view of the war
situation, and Senator Guffey with
drew it.
Senator Shipstead, Republican, of
Minnesota, asked Secretary Stitti-
MUS what he believes the practical
foreign policy of the United States
to be. The Secretary said he would
welcome the opportunity to go into
that detail, but it would take some
time. Chairman Connally suggested
that another occasion be found for
this discussion.
Senator Guffey remarked that for
some years 1t had appeared to be
State Department policy to follow
the British lead in Europe COM
pletely, and asked if that was the
policy now.
Mr.. Stettinius said, "I assure you
that I will follow the President and
Mr.. Hull in that regard" adding
that he would welcome an oppor-
tunity to discuss this matter also in
more detail later.
Satisfactory Relationship.
Senator Guffey also mentioned re-
ports that 1t was planned to transfer
much OF the powers of the Foreign
Economic Administration to the
State Department, and asked Mr.,
Stettinius if he concurred in such
a move. The Secretary replied that
he was confident that the satisfac-
tory relationship between himself
and FEA Administrator Leo Crow
ley would continue.
Gen. Holmes said Gen. Eisenhower
and the War Department had agreed
to release him in the event his
nomination is confirmed and that he
welcomed the opportunity for service
in the State Department "in the
belief that we must make our plans
and have our tools in hand" for
coping with postwar problems.
In response to question by
Senator Guffey, Gen. Holmes said
he and Robert D. Murphy, political
adviser to Gen. Eisenhower, drafted
the controversial agreement with
Admiral Darlan in North Africa.
Senator Guffey did not pursue this
point and Gen. Holmes said later
he was disappointed that there was
no opportunity for a full discussion
of the so-called Darlan deal.