Evening star., 1949-05-12

Away with al statutes which wrrw passes.
tT the horse ard buggy DAYS or tts ~.
samptsen that any yote cast under rres-
sure or for q payment of any kind was mol
only ininlcal 10 the general welfare eG'
that both the seller and tire purchase
should be held crsmtnally liable ard treated
accordingly. HARRISON TuIlhAAAS.
Easion- Nd,
Wants Congress 10 Investigate
Biased" State Department Advisers
To tht Kastss ss 1ns ssas;
IL committee of Congress ever Gets
around 10 investigating our Chinese tofrisu
policy. the first thing II should do wosald es
10 call In the various Far Eastern advisers
Of the State Department who have been
setting this policy in order TO find on, wlac
among them are Communists and who are
merely fellow travellers" Our Far Eastern
policy has been so consistently biased that
no one can convince me that this has bern
due merely 70 the sheer stupidity Of these
State Department advisers, The committee
should ask who advised President Roosevelt
at Yaita to agree that the Russians we're 10
have special rights In Manchuria without
even comforting with the Chinese govern-
ment. II should inquire who IL Was that
originated the fable 10 the effect that the
Chinese Communists are merely Agrarian
socialists. also who continually has been
harping on the theme that the Nationalist
government Is 50 corrupt that that II would
do no good to supply military aid to II. In
cidentally. the Greek government also is
corrupt. but our military mission In Greece
has been making our aid effective, So why
did not these bright State Department. ad-
visers long since suggest that a similar mis-
sion be sent TO China 10 oversee how our
aid was utilized3
The committee then could find out who at
the start Of the war insisted that the Ma
tionalist government stop fighting the Com
muntst army as the price of obtaining our
aid-that was the move which really gave
the Communists their start
II We could promptly get rid OF the Com
munists and fellow travellers who have been
directing our Chinese foreign policy. 1t might
not be too late TO save the situation in China.
HENRY c. PARKER.
Compromising With Communists in China
Opposed on Principle Of National Integrity
To the Editor of The Star:
Owen baltimore. an ex-adviser TO GEN.
eralissimo Chang Kai-shek, Is preaching
the gospel OF defeatism and conciliation in
our struggle with communism In China.
Claiming that no government exists TO
which we can extend aid. he advocates a
policy Of reconciliation with the Commu-
nists and even an implementation OF Presi-
dent Truman's Point 4" techniques OF ex-
tending know how" aid 10 Communist
China's industries, as well as 10 the indus
tries of neighboring Asiatic countries to
strengthen them against Communist infl-
tration He points out that the situation
in the Far East differs from that in Europe.
where ECA is proving successful In combat
ing boring from within"
Mr.. Lattimores advice seems the logical
concomitant OF the advice which Alger Hiss
gave President Roosevelt at Yalta There
the argument effectively was used that John
Hays open door" Of equal opportunity for
all in China had long since been clesed by
events themselves. that Russian help Tn de-
featine Japan was absolutely essential: and
that the only practical way to obtain such
help was to yield TO Russian demands for
control OF Port Arthur and Dairen. cession
OF Saghalien and the Kuriles and occupa-
ton Of Korea north OF the SO degree of lat
titude.
President Roosevelt. IL now turns out. was
swayed by the same arguments which the
fellow travellers" have used effectively in
every country: You better go along with
communism; 1t is going TO succeed anyway
and you better get on the bandwagonl"
Similar arguments have been used at all
crises In our national history. George WASH
ington was so advised in the dark days Of
Valley Forge. THE jig Is up." he was told
You better surrender and let the Tories
take over" Abraham Lincoln was told the
same thing when he secretly met the vice
president OF the Confederacy at Wiliough-
bys Point the day before the evacuation OF
Norfolk. Let us end this struggle, now" ="
he was told. IAN we ask Is to keep our
slaves" And Woodrow Wilson met the
tempter in the form Of the German am
bassador in 1914 who urged him TO submit
TO unrestricted submarine warfare rs the
price of peace with Germany.
Our great men In history all have been
measured by their moments Of decision.
When Theodore Roosevelt delivered the
ultimatum TO Germany In the Venezuela dis
pute and later sent the feet around the
world. he struck mighty blows for peace
Franklin ID. Roosevelt. sick and ailing at
Yalta, and surrounded by sycophants OF
subversion. had not the strength TO stand
hrm for our traditional China policy. the
Open Door" For the sake OF help we did
not need against Japan he forced Chang
Kai-shek to sign treaty with Moscow that
gave Moscow all Il wanted. The success OF
communist In China Is the logical result
OF this weakness and this treachery. just
as surely as the success OF the American
Revolution. the victory of the Union. and
the safety Of the Western hemisphere. were
the results Of the innate strength Of WASH
ington. Lincoln. Theodore Roosevelt and
woodrow Wilson.
Franklin d. Roosevelt listened TO AIger
Hiss and probably later regretted 1t bitter
ly. It Is hoped that Harry 8. Truman viii
not listen TO Owen baltimore and those he
speaks for. We already have waited too long
for the dust 10 settle" in China
RE- ST
sim Thinks Modern Art"
II -A1Ost Horrible stun" Ever
70 fAs Edssof u me star.
The Mr.. zins vino objects 70 my opinion
on some modern art In recent exhibit in
the Corc0ran Art Gallery says In hts letter