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which has helped to maintain un-
popular minorities Of Communist
conspirators in power In the
Soviet satellites and. in the case
Of the coup in Czechoslovakia, un-
doubtedly played a large part in
putting them in power
The Secretary said the people
Of Europe are reminded Of the ma
: ture of this weapon by carefully
/, timed and skillfully staged dis
plays of Soviet military power
such as the recent exhibition at
Moscow of the latest model jet
powered military planes"
Sees Counsel of Despair"
Mr.. Acheson also answered the
argument that there Is no way OF
providing Western Europe with
defense forces sufficient to protect
Il from invasion.
. He called this the counsel OF
despair" and likened it to an ar
gument that people should not
lock their doors because burglars
sometimes break in.
He made 1t clear the goal Of the
arms program is to discourage an
sggressor from launching the at
tack by -providing~ his potential
victiins Iihh nousfl-strength to
prevent "a quick and easy VIC
tory"
It was emphasized during the
recent debate on the North At
lantic defense pact that one of its
main purposes is to assure the free
nations of Western Europe that,
If another agsresssr starts I; to
march, an effort will be made to
prevent these countries from being
occupied, instead Of following the
pattern of the past two World
Wars-of liberating them after
they have been invaded.
Senate Hearings Delayed.
Leading Republican exponents
OF the bipartisan handling of in
ternational affairs are not against
the principle Of military aid to
cooperating nations, but their at
titude is summed up in the words
Of Representative Vorys of Ohio
that the administration arms
budget is "too much, too soon"
Chairman Kee of the Foreign
Affairs Committee has predicted
the bill will be approved without
substantial change, but few COM
mittee members share his op-
timism.
Meanwhile. Chairman Connally
Of the Senate Foreign Relations
Committee, said he would let the
House Committee proceed for a
while before he makes plans for
Senate hearings.
When Senator Connally' intro
duced the administration bill in
the Senate late yesterday, OBJ
servers noted that 1t had no Re-
publican names on it as co-spon-
sors. In addition to Senator Con-
nally, it was sponsored by Sena-
tors Thomas of Utah, Lucas OF
Illinois, Tydings Of Maryland,
Mcmahon of Connecticut, Green
of Rhode Island and Pepper of
Florida.
Senators Vandenberg Of Michi-
gan and Dulles Of New York. lead.
ing Republican advocates Of bi-
partisan foreign policy, are among
those In favor of q smaller, in
terim military aid program at
this session.
There are others IN CONGRESS
who oppose shipping any arms
abroad, and there are strong indi-
cations that the administration
will have to be content with q
smaller allotment between now
and the January session of Con
gress.
Although the arms bill is not
confined to Western Europe, the
bulk of it is for those countries
which Joined in the North Atlantic
defense pact. The argument OF
Republicans who want a small
interim bill now is that, COM
prehensive program should wait
until the joint defense council te
be created under the treaty come!
into being. Mr.. Acheson contend!
the Presidents bill already is ar
interim program.
Treaty Nations Beoin Talks