The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-30
Talk Urged
For Truman,
Red Leader
Rep. Mundt OF House For.
eign Affairs Group Pro-
poses Conference
FARLEY DOUBTFUL
Navy Announces Training
Cruise; Ships Will Omit
Soviet Waters

WASHINGTON, March 29.-P-
A personal conference between
Marshal Stain and President Tru-
man to iron out differences be-
tween Communist Russia and
Democratic powers was urged to-
day by Rep. Mundt {R-SD) of the
House Foreign Affairs Committee.
The Navy earlier ordered two
battleships and two aircraft car
riers to northern Europe this sum-
mer on a training cruise which
stop short of any Russian waters.
Mr.. Truman has shc yn no in
clination recently to travel to
another big-power meeting, telling
news conference questioners that
he does not see that any good
could come out of further parleys
by the chiefs of state at this time,
However, Mundt told reporters:
." feel that only through such a
conference a we secure the
clear-cut outline of the area of
agreement which can and must be
developed between these great
countries in the critical field of in
ternational relations"
He said the administrations
$500, 900, 900 measure to help
Greece Id Turkey curbs COM
munism amounts only to action
ION the fringe of the international
march of communism"
Consideration must also be CIV
en-, Mundt said, to analogous
cases such as Iran and Irao.
Korea, China, as well as such
other countries which are soon
likely to find themselves in a
similar situation-namely Norway,
sweden, Finland, Italy, Lebanon,
Egypt and Syria"
Consequently" said Mundt,
"the proper place to stop the
aggressive force of communism is
in Moscow by insisting upon an
early understanding in the fol-
lowing connections:
l.. Effective International safe
guards against the fabrication and
use of atom bombs.
!. "The real prerogatives and
purposes of the United Nations as
an influence protecting the auto
nomy of Independent states.
3. THE boundary lines and ex-
ternal policies that are to prevail
In this post war world"
Urging speed, Mundt declared:
While we are attempting to stop
communism at its fringes, nations
everywhere are attempting to
stockpile atom bombs and unless
We have speed the time for action
may come too late"
The nearest the warships will go
to the Baltic sea, where Russian
influence is strong, will be Copen-
hagen, Denmark . The itinerary
was announced without any ex-
PLANTATION except that this is to be
the first training cruise for Naval
Academy midshipmen in northern
European waters since before
World War II.
Accompanying the battleships
New Jersey and Wisconsin will be
the Essex class carriers Kearsarge
and Randolph, the destroyers
Cone, stribling, O'Hare and Mere
dith, and the Fort Mandan, a land
ing ship (dock).
The squadron will be command
Cd by Rear Admiral John Perry
and will arrive in European waters
about June 10 for a months stay.
Ports of call are to be Ports
mouth, Weymouth, Greenwich and
Hoolwich in England, Rosyth in
Scotland, Oslo in Norway, Cote
borg in Sweden, and Copenhagen.
The cruise will follow by about
tWo months the visit of another
group of U. S. warships to Greek
and Turkish waters, including the
strategic Dardanelles over which
Russia wants to share control
with Turkey.
announcement of the Navy plans
N northern Europe came during a
Weekend lull of congressional
arguments for and against Presi-
aent Truman's proposal for a
ssOo, &0,o 900 program to bolster the
wreck and Turkish government
against communism,