Evening star., 1950-10-03
Bridges Sees Se|Iout
On Asia; Denial Made
By State Department
By Gornett D. Horner

new Hampshire. To-Day charged
the State Department with a
grand sellout" to the Commu-
nists in Asia and called for a !
"housecleaning" from Secretary
of State Acheson on down.
State Department officials said
the Senator was apparently
mixed up in his Interpretation
of recent developments, and in
sisted there was no basis for the
sinister inferences he drew.
ID Senator Bridges based his
charges on a Security Council
vote last Friday-over United
States opposition-inviting Com
munist China to send a represen-
tative to the council November Is
for hearings on the Formosa ques-
ton.
Secretary OF State Dean Ache
son is now obviously opening the
back door for the entrance of
Communist China into the United
Nations" the Senator charged. He
alleged that the American dele
cation made no real effort to
block" the bid to Communist
China. asserting that this was
part of blueprint for a grand
sell-out."
Rejection of Earlier Plan Cited.
Charging that this was selling
down the river every one who
gave his life under the United Ma
tions flag" in Korea. Senator
Bridges recalled that the United
States had turned down "a black
mail Russian proposal at the be-
ginning of the Korean conflict
that it could be settled by admit
ting Communist China to the UN.
State Department officials point
ed out that the question of put
ting Communist representative
in China's permanent seat on the
Security Council is an entirely
different matter from letting the
Chinese Communists be heard on
the Formosa issue. They insisted
there was no connection between
the two.
The United States still ada
mantly opposes Chinese Commu-
mist membership in the U. NJ, and.
officials said, did everything it
could to block the bid to the For
mosa hearing November Is.
The Formosa question is before
the Security Council on a COM
plant by the Communist Chinese
regime that President Truman's
action to neutralize that island
during the Korean conflict is I'm
yasion."
Insistent on Hearing.
The American delegation on the
Security Council welcomed an in
vestigation of the charges and
proposed that the Council set up a
commission to investigate.
Other members of the Council
argued. however. that precedents
call for Communist China as the |
complaining party to have hear
ing before the exact method of in |
vestigation was decided upon.
Seven countries-Great Britain, !
Norway, India, France, Russia, |
Yugoslayia and Equador-voteG |
for Communist representative to
be invited to hearing November |
Is. The United States, Cuba and |
Nationalist China voted against
the bid. Egypt abstained from
voting.
The Council majority action was
in line with long record in the
Council of hearing parties to dis
putes wholly without reference to
membership in the U. N. Most re-
Gently South Korea has been rep
resented during discussion of the
Korean problem, though not a.
member.
Informed of Understanding"
Senator Bridges said that he
was informed three weeks ago "of
an understanding between our
State Department and the British
Foreign Office to arrange for the
entry of Communist China into
the United Nations" He said he
was assured then by officials that
he contacted that this was a lie
and designed to upset bipartisan
policy"
1T now seems very obvious" the
Senator charged that the United
States delegation, on instructions
from the Secretary of State, last
Friday made no real effort to block
this move.
I'm any case. the facts show
that the invitation to the Com
Chinese is so worded as to
raise the whole question as to who
is to represent China, and to per-
NIT propaganda against the Presi-
dents Formosa policy. -"
Aren't We now accepting a pro-
posal which was offered to us by
Mr.. Malik (Soviet U.@N. delegate)
before our great sacrif1ce?"
Senator Bridges asserted that
he thinks "the time has come for
a housekeeping of the. State De-
partment, eliminating every one,
from the Secretary down. who has
appeased Communists in, the Far
East" a
: -, -
The State Department" he
sis giving away everything
won by the blood Of our youths
and marks major step toward
turning Asia over to the Com
munists." @@sF