Evening star., 1951-07-16
Acheson Again Warns
Posf-Korea Letdown
Can Bring New Blow

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next six months to a year.
At the same time, he empha-
sized that the whole heart and
essance" of Truman adminiStra-
tion policy has been neither to
force a showdown with commu-
nism in Korea nor to permit the
Reds to force one there.
AS Korean cease-fire negotia-
tions resumed, the State Depart
ment made public the remarks
which Mr.. Acheson made in an
off -the-record talk here June 20
to a group of magazine and book
publishers. Spokesman said the
release was made on the request
Of several persons who heard Mr.
Acheson speak.
Other Developments.
Meanwhile. in reaction to the
preliminary cease-fire talks:
l. Senators O'Mahoney, DEM
ocrat, of Wyoming, and Bridges,
Republican, of New Hampshire,
teamed up in an appeal for q
peace which would not leave North
Korea "a fostering Communist
sore, a threat to South Korea
and q knife in the back of Japan
They called the peace talks q
great new opportunity" to es-
tablish a united Korea.
2. Senator Fulbright, Democrat,
Of Arkansas. said he was confident
that "our type government will
prove superior in the long-range
struggle" against communism.
In his discussion of the global
East-West struggle, Mr.. Acheson
took strong issue with character
izations of the United Nations
effort in Korea as the reluctant
crusade"
Called Essence Of u. S. Policy. =
He said this implied that both
sides were being led toward a
showdown there, and added:
Nov if anything is important,
If anything is true about the sit
uation in Korea, it is the over
whelming Importance of not fore
ing a showdown on our side in
Korea and not permitting our op-
ponents to force a showdown.
THAT has been the whole heart
and essence of the policy which
the administration has been fol-
lowing. E"
Mr.. Acheson warned that the
Korean fight does not represent
the final test of making valid 1.-THE
idea of collective security" Rather
he said, sit is important perhaps
for the inverse reason that in Ko-
rea we prevented the invalidatior
of collective security"
If peace comes in Korea, h
declared, it will have been brought
about by sacrifices of U. N. force!
and because of the efforts which
we have already made"
u. S. Must Be Prepared
1.-THE success of our policy" h
asserted, twill mean only on
thing, and that is that we hav
held off this conspiracy agains
us and that we have some tim
which, if used Iisely, will Civ
us the power and give us tn
union with powerful allies whicl
tan deter World War III.
eff we do not do that. if W
allow ourselves to be lulled b
Korea, I can assure you that
just as certainly as you are sittin
here, we will be hit within tn
next six months to year wit
a much tougher blow somewher
else.
"If we do not make the effort
now, we will be unprepared TO
that blow. We may completed
deter it If we now all bend to
,gether every effort we c. t
going forward with the program.
Agree on Major Points.
In calling for unity and indie
pendence of all Korea, Senator
O,Mahoney and Bridges told
.television audience they surprises
themselves by agreeing on majo
points of their discussion.
Senator O'Mahoney spok
sharply against ANY permanen
recognition of the 38th Parallel,
and urged strongly that the U. n
challenge Russia and China ane'
to permit Koreans to establis
their own government for the en-
tire nation.
Senator Bridges declared tn
American people never agai
would accept divided Korea, an
said such a situation would mea
keeping American troops ther
Indefinitely" because the Com
munists could "be at the throats
of the South Koreans at an
moment.
Fears New Aggression.
In a radio panel discussion
Senator Fulbright supported tt
current cease-fire talks, bv
feared an end of hostilities migl
be only a prelude to new aggre
sion elsewhere. Should fightir
break out at other points, he il
dicated he favored combating
in the same way as the Kor,
situation has been handled.
If all-out war can be avoide
the Senator said, he was CON
dent this Nation would win b
cause of its "superior-type" Go
ernment.
On the same program, Repu
lican Senators Dirksen of nlin,
and Knowland Of California Sc
they were worried that the ceas
fire talks might be followed by
IDEAL" in which the Chinese Re
would be seated in the Unit
Nations. Senator Monron
Democrat, of Oklahoma point
out that this Government /
pledged opposition to such {
mands by the Reds.