Evening star., 1950-04-06
Dulles Stresses Need
For National Unity
Against Red Threat
BY the Assoeioted Press

NEW YORK, April 6.-John
Foster Dulles said today he had
accepted appointment as foreign
policy adviser because the need
for national unity was urgent in
the face of Russian threat" as
grave as ANY we have ever faced
in shooting war"
Mr.. Dulles. former Republican
Senator and one-time United
States delegate to the United
Nations, issued his statement at a
news conference in his home
shortly after his appointment was
announced in Washington.
1T is time to rally from frus-
trating confusion that has it's
roots in mistakes of the past
rather than in the circumstances
of the present." he said.
Backs Acheson Stand.
Mr.. Dulles said he was "in full
accord" with recent speeches in
which Secretary of State Acheson
discussed Soviet-American ten
sions.
"The United States is engaged
In a cold war" said Mr.. Dulles,
an international lawyer, and a
long time foreign affairs adviser
to New York's Gov. Thomas E..
Dewey.
THE leaders of Soviet Com
nnunism are carrying out method
ically, ruthlessly, and so far with
much success, a long-laid program
for the encirclement and strangu-
lation of the United States" Mr..
Dulles said.
Mr.. Dulles statement continued:
1T is a time when all who love
freedom, here and elsewhere, must
find unity behind policies which
rise above the ever-mounting level
OF the deSpotic danger.
Bipartisan Policy Confirmed.
president Truman has recently
confirmed to me that bipartisan
ship is the policy of the admins
tration and that partisan consid-
erations will not, under any cir
cumstances, influence his conduct
of the foreign policy of the United
States. Secretary Acheson in his
recent California speeches dis
cussed the nature of Soviet-Amer-
lean tensions in terms that were
profound and enlightening and
with which I am in full accord.
It is time to rally from frus-
trating confusion that has it's roots
In mistakes of the past rather than
In the circumstances of the pres
ent.
Secretary Acheson tells me
that the President and he believe
that I can help them to find the
policies and to achieve the unity
we need. I feel that it is clearly
my duty to respond"
Il have consulted with Senator
Vandenberg, Gov. Dewey, Senator
Ives, Senator Alex Smith and
Representative Pfeiffer, all of
whom concur in the course I am
taking"
In reply to questions Mr.. Dulles
said that "a meeting of the minds
between him and President Tru-
man had been effected through
Secretary Acheson.
Asked about his duties, he said:
Il will be an individual who
eonfers daily with Secretary Ache
son and I win give him my advice
and counsel" 49,
The former Senator said that
he would have complete access
to everything" in the State De-
partment.
Not in Accord With Mccarthy.
Asked if he was giving up any
plans OF running for Office next
fall, Mr.. Dulles said:
No commitment was sought or
given as to what my course will
be next fall. That is a decision
to be made in the light of circum-
stances. 1t is conceivable that it
might work out so that I will not
run for the Senate and it is con-
ceivable that might run"
Asked about his views of the
activities of Senator Mccarthy,
Mr.. Dulles said:
Il do not share Senator Nc
Carthy's apparent appraisal of
Secretary Acheson. If I did. l
would not be willing to serve as
his intimate associate in the De-
partment of State"
At Albany, N. Y, Dulles ap-
pointment was hailed by Gov.
Dewey as good for the country"
Mr.. Dulles was a member Of
the inner circle during the New
York Governors 1914 and 1948
campaigns for the presidency.
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