Evening star., 1949-02-01
Republican Demand
For Facts on China
forecast in Senate
BY the Associotsd Press

+: A Republican demand for a full
administration accounting of Amer
acan policies toward Nationalist
China may be forthcoming in the
Senate.
4. The move was foreshadowed late
yesterday by Senator Bridges, Re
publican, of New Hampshire. He
told the Senate that this Nation
Virtually has turned China "over
70 the Communists" He predicted
fhat some day this is coming back
10 haunt the administration.
Senator Bridges accused Gen.
George c. Marshall of having done
p miserable job" as a representa-
tive Of this Government to China
before he became Secretary of
State.
, Gen. Marshall was sent to China
Joy President Truman shortly after
the war to try to help the Chinese
settle their internal differences.
The effort was not successful and
Senator Bridges said Gen. Marshall
returned to this country bitter"
against the Chinese.
! Disputed by ConnalIy.
Chairman Connally of the Senate
Foreign Relations Committee
warmly disputed Senator Bridges.
He came back with sadness and
disappointment" Senator Connally
said He wasn't bitter. But if he
was bitter, it was bitterness against
the tChinese) officials who had lost
,the confidence of the people
{ He said Gen. Marshall reported
Son his return that Generalissimo
fChiang Kai-shek was surrounded
sby officials who had lost the peoples
fconfidence and that Chang didn't
shave the courage to dismiss the old
sfriends who had helped him to
tpower'
Il have high opinion of Gen.
Marshall as Chief of Staff" Sem
tsator Bridges said, but as an ennis
,sary of this Government to China,
i think he did a miserable job"
i. Senator Knowland, Republican,
;;of California suggested Senator
Connally examine the directive
under which Gen Marshall went to
China to see if it stemmed from
the Yalta Conference.
Defends Dead President"
Senator Connally. his voice heavy
with sarcasm, replied: "Oh, we've
got to dig up something on a dead
President of the United States"
Senator Bridges touched off the
exchange when he demanded to
know whether Secretary OF State
Acheson supports the reported views
Of his brother, Edward C. Acheson, /
that the United States has written
off" as a loss its expenditures in
Greece and China.
Senator Bridges said Edward c.
Acheson, professor at George
Washington University here, was
quoted as taking "an optimistic view
regarding future relations with
Russia" in a recent speech here.
Edward Acheson said last night
that statements attributed to him |
and which Senator Bridges quoted,
asere no relationship to his views. |
Based on Press Dispatch.
"Up until this moment have
made no public denial because the
statements attributed to me bore no
reta tionship to my own views as was I
we'll known by those before whom
! spoke" he said in statement.
However, these statements have
now been directed against the integ-
rity of my brother and I, therefore,
publicly deny them. The views at
tributed to me in the published re-
port are not my own, much less
those Of my brother"
The article from which Senator
Bridges quoted was North Ameri-
can Newspaper Alliance dispatch by
Robert S. Allen. which appeared in
the New York Times last Friday.
The New York Times Bureau in +,
Washington said the story appeared
only in the first edition and was
Withdrawn when the syndicate
ssked that it be killed. Edward
Acheson said that was also his
understanding.