Evening star., 1950-11-29
Speaks
On Korea Over
Radio Tonight
Truman and Advisers
Seek to Avoid Sturt
OF New World War
BY Gornett D. Horner

Secretary of State Acheson will
discuss the grave situation in
Korea and its worldwide impli-
cations in a radio address to the
Nation at o'clock tonight.
Michael j. McDermott, State
Department press officer, told re-
porters that the Acheson address
will be "a very important speech"
Mr.. Acheson's subject will be
THE Strategy of Freedom"
Arrangements for the major
speech were announced today as
this Government moved cautious
ly in an effort to meet the new
crisis in a way that would not
increase the danger of a third
world war.
President Truman, Mr.. Acheson
and other top officials were said
to feel that the new Chinese Com
munist offensive in Korea con-
fronted this country with it's
gravest decisions since World
War II.
Mr.. Acheson's speech tonight,
aides said. will review events in
Korea. what actions it is possible
for the United States and its AL
lies to take in trying to keep the
conflict from spreading into an
all-out war. and make a plea for
American unity in meeting the sit
uation.
Acheson Changes Plans.
Mr.. Acheson is scheduled to
speak from his desk at the State
Department.
The speech will be televised by
Station WTTG and carried on
radio by WMAL, WTOP and VOL.
WRC will broadcast q transcript
tion at a later hour.
The gravity with which admin
istration leaders view the implica-
tions of the Chinese Communist
offensive in Korea was emphasized
by a last-minute change in Mr..
Acheson's plans.
He had been scheduled to fly to
Cleveland today to address
meeting of the National Council
Of Churches of Christ in the
United States. He decided over
night. however, that he should not
be away from Washington at this
time and Cancelled the trip.
Speech to Be Piped to Cleveland.
The speech that had been writ
ten for him to deliver there was
discarded and a new one was be-
ing prepared today in the light of
the new situation in the Far East
It will be carried by direct teie-
phone line to the Cleveland meet
ing as it is broadcast nationally.
John Foster Dulles, Republican
foreign affairs adviser in the
State Department, made an un-
heralded call today on Senator
Taft, Republican policy chief in
the Senate. There was no an
lnouncement on the purpose of the
visit.
President Truman talked over the
crisis with the National Security
Council for an hour and Is min
utes late yesterday. Persons IA
miliar with the situation said the
secret session produced no hard
and fast decisions.
This Governments intention,
Informed officials said, is to deal
with the situation in the United
Nations and through intensive
consultation with Great Britain.
France and other. United Nations
Allies in the struggle against
Communism.
Such an approach is aimed at
avoiding any split in the u. N.
anti Communist coalition which
might result If the United States
acted alone.
Some authorities reported that
consultations already under way
involve proposals for use of po-
litical and economic sanctions
against Communist China by the
u. N. These might mean cutting
off all trade with China by'non-
Communist countries and with
drawing diplomatic recognition
accorded the Peiping regime by
some nations in the Western bloc.
(See DIPLOMATIC, Page A-3)