Evening star., 1950-12-07
Peace al Any Price
Won't Be Accepted
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told newSmen today he had heard
of no final date for their conclu-
sion.
Differences with France over
inclusion of German units in the
Western European forces seemed
TO have been resolved, as France
announced that she will call g
meeting of Western European ma
tions in Paris next month to draw
up plans for European army.
Korea Prospects Still Dark.
The French previously had in
sisted on creation of a unifieu 4
defense ministry and the pooling
of Western Europe's coal and steel
before using German troops.
But the critical Korean situa-
ton continued to overshadow the
parley here. While there was evil
dence that any move toward
peaceful action by the Chinese
Communists would get the imme-
diate attention of the President
and the Prime Minister, officials
disavowed any real optimism over
the prospects. With the troops
of Red China moving forward
they saw little prospects for ac-
ceptance by the Chinese Commu-
mist government of an appeal from
13 Asiatic peace-seeking nations
for the Reds to cease firing.
And in the meantime the Tru-
nan-Attlee conversations turned
from the political to the economic
side of the picture, as a working
staff drawn from the advisers of
both began discussing plans for
increasing the output of scarce
materials needed for the defense
effort, and of boosting industrial
production.
In the face of reports preceding
his arrival that Mr.. Attlee, with
the support of the French gov
ernment, was preparing to advo-
cate a softer approach than previ-
ously had been adopted in dealing
with the Communists. his Press
Club talk was viewed Importantly.
Flatly he ruled out a policy of
"appeasement" in trying to get
rid of the cause of war in the
Far East.
President Truman maintains
that our objectives are TO seek
protection in Europe no less than
in the Far East, but he feels that
a certain balance between the two
must be maintained.
This is roughly the same issue
that was stirred in World War II,
when it was a question of how
much strength would be thrown
against Germany at a sacrifice
of building up forces in the Pacific,
in order to get rid of the Nazis
as the prime aggressor before
dealing finally with Japan.
White House Communique.
AT the conclusion of yesterday
afternoons meeting, this COM
munique was issued from the
Whit House by Acting Press
Secretary Stephen T. Early:
There was full discussion of the
problems relating to the defense
of the North Atlantic community.
''The President and the Prime
Minister are in full agreement on
the necessity of carrying out
urgent plans and programs de-
veloped by the North Atlantic
Treaty Organization.
They agreed along with other
members of NATO that they would
go forward with energy in build
ing up the military strength of
the Atlantic community"
Asked if this course Of action
indicated a Fastening of the ap-
pointment of the supreme Allied
commander for Atlantic forces,
Mr.. Early responded:
II would take 1t that the phrase
with energy would mean a speed
ing up
Won't Be DETECTED From Goal.
An official source, celebrating
later. said that naturally. the
recommendations of only the two
nations here can't decide every
thing.
In the course of the discussions
here, the President has made it
clear to the Prime Minister tn ..
he considers the current situation
gave, but that we have taken the
position of being firmly and ir-
revocably committed against ag-
gression, and that whatever Set
backs may occur, we cannot be de-
flected from that goal.
This indication of thought by
the President was reflected signifi-
cantly in a midday conference
yesterday with DR.. John Myur
Chang, the Korean Ambassador
who said he was encouraged" by
his conversation with the Presi-
dent whom he told that the Ko-
rean Republicans would fight to
the end.
In agreeing on the need for in
creasing output of materials in
short supply, and also of boasting
production, it was said that
thought was being given to civilian
needs as we'll as to the military.
Both the President and Mr.
Attlee have agreed to re-examine
controls to make sure there will be
no leaks of critical items to the
Communist world.