Evening star., 1946-07-17
Austin Supports
Vandenberg on
Russian Stand
Byrnes' Firm Attitude
May Be Continued
In u. N. Council
BY the Associoied Press

Senator Austin, Republican, Of
Vermont today joined with Sen
ator Vandenberg, Republican, of
Michigan in declaring that the
United States will not be
"coerced" into international de-
ciSionS.
The sooner the world learns that,
the better" added Senator Austin.
who has been named by President
Truman to represent this country on
the United Nations Security Coun-
Gil.
Thus he forecast the same sort of
firm United States stand in the
U. N. Council that Senator Vanden-
berg said Secretary of State Byrnes
took at the Paris Foreign Ministers
Conference.
The Vermont Senator's declara-
ton came in approving what he
called the "frankness" of Senator
Vandenberg's appraisal of the &C
complishments and failures of the
Big Four meeting.
Notes appalling Disagreement"
Noting that there was appalling
disagreement" among the major
powers over the immediate and
long-future of Germany, Senator
Vandenberg called on Russia to help
replace with dependable friendship
the distrust and suspicion he said
now exists between Washington and
Moscow.
The Michigan Senator added In
formal report to his colleagues
yesterday that the Russians must
learn that Americans cannot be
driven, coerced or pressured" into
decisions and will not bargain in
human rights and fundamental lib
critics anywhere on earth"
Indorsing this, Senator Austin
told a reporter he believes a candid
discussion of the difficulties the
American delegation encountered in
Paris will help solidfy public opinion.
II think the public announcement
that it is not our purpose to yield
to coercion is very important" he
said. The sooner the world under
stands that. the better"
Senator Johnson, Democrat. of
Colorado said he thought the Byrnes
and Vandenberg reports had gone
long way to line up the Senate
solidly behind the course the Sec
retary of State has pursued thus
far and to give him added backing
in the 2l-nation peace conference
that opens July %.
Senator Pepper, Democrat. oi
Florida, who was critical of a previ-
Gus poStconference report by Sena
tor Vandenberg earlier in the year
said he regarded the Michigan Sen
ators new statement as moderate >
But he is making the unques-
toned assumption that we are OF
necessity lined up in the Western
bloc, with the lines drawn between
Eastern and Western Europe" Sena-
tor Pepper said Our position ought
to be that of arbiter, not a partici-
pant in the age-old struggle between
Great Britain and Russia for power.
Paints Dark Picture.
Senator Vandenberg painted fol-
his colleagues dark picture of con-
! f1icting viewpoints at the Paris
meeting of United States, British
Russian and French foreign minis
ters, which he attended as an ad-
wiser.
But he frightened the canvas with
the prediction that patience, fail
play, tenacity and firmness
tiles which he said had been dis
played by Mr.. Byrnes-would make
it possible for Eastern Communism
and Western Democracy to fine
friendly, common ground"
Senator Vandenberg, who head!
the Republican senatorial confer.
ence, outlined a lengthy speech de.
livered before a we'll filled Senate
and crowded galleries. three factor.
on which he said peace hinges. They
are:
81. The dependable and effectiv,
operation of the United Nations il
behalf of justice courageously sus'
tanned by collective security.
2. The successful outlawry o.
atomic bombs and kindred inStru
ments of sudden, overwhelming
mass destruction, under a tight sys.
tenn of total discipline which makes
bad faith impossible.
Stresses Dependable Friendship.
"3. The development of depend
able and warranted friendship be
tween big and little nations ant
particularly between the great Uniol
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