Evening star., 1950-09-11
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Farley Policy
Secretary Will Urge
BuiIdup of Europe's
'One-for-AIl' Defense

The House and Senate Commit
tees on foreign affairs today as
sured Secretary of State Acheson
of their support for "the general
line" he will follow in the i'm
portant international conferences
starting in New York tomorrow.
Secretary Acheson will urge
there that the Western powers in
tensify the build-up of a "one for
all" defense force in Western
Europe to counter the menace of
Russian aggression.
The program he will espouse-
already approved within the execu-
tive branch of the Government
calls for use of Western German
divisions in an international force
under the unified command of an
American along with "substan-
tial increases" in United States
and other Western troop strength.
Joint Statement Issued.
Before leaving for New York at
g pm. today. Mr.. Acheson spent
two hours behind closed doors
with the members of both COM
mittees, bringing them up to date
on the world situation. The two
chairmen-Senator Connally of
Texas and Representative Kee of
West Virginia-issued joint
statement. which read in part:
After a lively exchange OF
views, the committees indicated
their full support for the general
line which the Secretary will fol-
low, and assured him that he was
taking to New York the hopes OF
the Congress that the next few
weeks would result in a speed-up
of practical responses of the free
world to the Soviet challenge"
The two leaders of the congress
sional committees also revealed
that Mr.. Acheson indicated that
our policy would be to continue
to support the present representa-
ton of China in the United Ma
tions."
C0nnally Clarifies Reports.
One of the questions discussed
at the closed session was the
Presidents statement Saturday
regarding commitment of addi-
tional United States forces to
Europe. In this connection Sena-
tor Connally issued q separate
statement, clarifying reports in
morning newspapers of his views
on that subject. In this separate
statement, Senator Connally said,
In the matter Of sending ad-
ditional troops to Europe, I stated
that at the moment I am more
concerned in getting additional
troops to Korea than any other
place. We are signatories to the
North Atlantic Treaty and are
pledged to defend any country
signatory to the treaty against an
armed attack by an aggressive
power. We shall perform our
obligations under that treaty and
when Western Europe and the
United States and Canada and
Great Britain build up their
forces of resistance, we shall do
our part. and do it promptly"
The meeting of Mr.. Acheson
with the two committees this
morning was in line with a prac-
tice he has followed for some time
OF keeping the members of Con-
gress charged with foreign policy
fully advised on all important in
ternational meetings.
The chairman's statement said
that besides discussing the future
OF Germany, including the con-
tribution of Germany to the joint
defense effort, Mr.. AcheSon also
touched on other economic, mill
tary and political problems in
Western Europe.
In regard to the Far East" the
statement said, "the Secretary re-
viewed the current status of major
problems, including Korea, For
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