Evening star., 1947-01-13
Marshall Is InI,eriting|
2-Party Unity, but Rift
Impends on Argentina

Impends on Argeniin;
: Gen. George C. Marshall as
sumes direction Of American for
eign policy this week with fresl
assurances Of Republican leader
ship support for a united front o.
major political and economic issues
Growing bipartisan demands o.
Capitol Hill for softening tn
United States attitude toward Ar
gentina threaten the chief polio,
rift confronting, the new Secretar,
Of State.
Gen. Marshall will be sworn in a
the White House soon after his ar
rival, according to present plans
White House Press Secretary
Charles G. Ross told reporters to-
day. He said he did not know YET
lust when Gen. Marshall woule
reach washington. He is expected
the latter part of this week.
Gen. Marshall, on his way homs
from l3 months of arduous ef1ort
to end civil strife in China, remained
in Honolulu resting over the weei
end.
Carrying on until Gen. Marshal
is sworn in, retiring Secretary ol
State Byrnes bid official farewell
today to the chiefs of diplomatic
missions of foreign countries here
in an II am. reception at the
Blair-Lee House. Later Mr.. Byrne:
conferred with President Truman
on pending State Department prob.
lens.
vandenberg Stresses Unity.
Meanwhile, the bipartisan unity
on major foreign policies he will In
herit from Secretary Byrnes was
strengthened by Chairman Vanden'
berg of the Senate Foreign Rela-
tions Committee in his address be.
fore the Cleveland Council on Worle
Affairs Saturday night.
Senator vandenberg, leading Re.
publican spokesman on foreign al
fairs, declared in favor OF sucr
things on which the COP attitude
has been unc1ear as continuance ir
some form of tariff cutting recipro.
cal trade agreements, and relie1
grants and rehabilitation loans te
deserving nations ravaged by war.
He also gave renewed support tc
A policy of firm but friendly cam
cor" which he saw as the cue to
improved relations with the Soviet
Union and to Mr.. Brynes policies on
such major issues as disarmament
and atomic control.
On his chief difference with cur
rent administration policies, SEN
ator Vandenberg was reinforced over
the week end by demands from
Democratic as well as Republican
Senators and from former Under
secretary of State Sumner Welles
for a change in attitude toward Ar
gentina.
Conference at Rio.
Mr.. Byrnes reiterated Saturday
night, when he spoke along with
Senator Vandenberg at Cleveland,
that the State Department did not
want to 20 ahead with projected
inter-American conference at Rio
de Janeiro to negotiate a hemls-
phere- defense treaty until the Ar
gkntine. gpyernment carried ept
promises to- rid itself Of NaH "a
finences. .nns5,
Senator vandenberg asserted that.
while he mpathize6 With the ee-
sffgtU purge ths hemisphere OF It's
last vestiges of -Nazism, the de-
cision on holding the Rio confer
ence should be made jointly by the
American Republics and not die
tated by us alone" He contended
it was past time to hold the con-
ference.
: Senator George, Democrat, OF
Georgia, supporting Senator Van
denberg's position, told a reporter
last night he believed perhaps the
State Department has been putting
too much emphasis" on Argentina S
obligations.
Conflict Reported.
Senator Hickenlooper, Republican,
OF Iowa, said existence of unsolved
problems with Argentina should not
stop vigorous efforts to solve the
problems of the hemisphere to the
mutual satisfaction of everybody"
George S. Messersmith, Ambassa-
dor to Argentina, who has been here
since Christmas for consultations
with Mr.. Byrnes, has been reported
In conflict with Spruille Braden,
Assistant Secretary of State for
Latin American affairs, on some
aspects of Argentine policy, al
though agreeing that the Peron
government has not fully compiled
with all its commitments.
If Gen. Marshall should heed the
demands for a change in current
policy. Mr.. Braden could be ex-
pected to be replaced promptly. A
former Ambassador to Argentina
himself, Mr.. Braden has been the
chief proponent Of a tough policy
toward Argentine President Peron
Change on China Indicated.
Another call for a policy change
by Senator Vandenberg-a shift In
emphasis In China policy to en-
courage efforts to organize coali-
ton government there under a new
constitution framed under the lead
ership of Generalissimo Chang
Kai-shek-appeared to have been
foreshadowed by Gen. Marshall
himself.
In his valedictory statement last
week as President Truman's special
envoy, Gen. Marshall said China's
salvation lay in assumption of con-
troll by liberals from extremist ele-
ments in both the government and
Communist factions.
Gen. Marshall hailed the new con-
stitution as laying the form for
democratic China" but said 1t re-
mains to be seen to what extent
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