Evening star., 1950-10-21

his country did not wane even
after his 80th birthday.
In March. 1850, he roundly
criticized charges by Senator Nc
Carthy, Republican, of Wisconsin
that Communists were infesting
the State Department.
He said such tactics would not
insure loyalty of Government en-
ployes, but instead they spattered
mud upon individuals of high in
tegrity, impede the conduct of
foreign affairs and discredit the
Secretary of State. The one-time
Secretary of State wrote:
Every Secretary of State. sec
ond only to his President, and
alone among appointive officers of
the Government, stands before the
world as the representative of the
United States of America. No
man who holds this Office can fail
to feel the extraordinary respon-
sibility he carries for service to
the country and its peace.
"The man who seeks to gain po-
litical advantage from personal
attack on Secretary of State IS
man who seeks political ad-
vantage from damage to his coun-
try"
Mr.. Stimson's writings were
capped by his memoirs. ION Ac-
tive Service" published in April.
1948. He said three principles
are necessary for world peace:
Cd United States-British friend
ship. CD A sound economy with
no international debt burden or
trade barriers and CD Universal
military training for Americans
Saw War With Japan.
After the war, Mr.. Stimson re-
vealed to the congressional COM
mittee investigating the Pearl
Harbor disaster that he and Sec
retary of the Navy Knox had
thought, even before the sneak
attack, that America must fight
the japanese. if they engaged the
British and French in the East.
In a statement to the commit
tee, Mr.. Stimson justified every
thing he and other officials did in
Washington to alert the Hawaiian
commander to possible attack and
criticized him for his failure to
respond.
Despite his years. Mr.. Stimson
was unusually active as War Sec
retary. Associates portrayed him
as running" into an adjoining
Office to talk to Gen. Marshall,
then Chief of Staff, and Jump
ing" into a jeep for frequent field
inspections.
Among several trips overseas
was three-week air tour of Ice
land. Britain and North Africa in
1943 for closeup study of
American troops. After D-day,
he visited the combat areas of
Normandy. and in 1945 accom-
panied President to the Big
Three" meeting at Potsdam.
1t was the latter conference, Mr..
Stimson wrote after his retire.
ment. that left lasting impress
sion regarding Russian motives.
Until then, he felt American
policy was governed by eagerness
to get Russia into the Pacific War.
Midway of the Potsdam confer
ence. the American delegation got
news the atom bomb test had sue
ceeded.
From then on. Americans
thought Russia'sy entry into the
war against Japan was point
less" but Mr.. Stimson recalled
that Premier Stain continued to
press for additional Russian bases
and control outside the so-called
Russian sphere.
Disturbed by Observations.
Mr.. Stimson said he was deeply
disturbed by this first direct OBJ
servation of the Russian police
state in action" and later wrote
President Truman in a memo:
"The present state of Russia, If
continued without change, would
very possibly in the end produce
a war"
In later years, Mr.. Stimson more
than once said he believed the
Russians would not make war but
warned that "dictators do not
change easily and. rather than to
be persuaded of their error, might
in desperation resort to war"
Mr.. Stimson revealed in his
memoirs that the D-day invasion
OF France would have been made