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Evening star., 1951-05-22
Doris FIeeson:

Under heavy pressure from
their colleagues, two Democratic
Senators recently approached
President Truman on what
they knew was touchy sub
ject-Secretary of State Ache
sons continued tenure Of Office.
Both Senators are party reg
ulars and supporters OF admin
istration foreign policy; they
have never hazed Mr.. Acheson
for whom they have personal
admiration. They agreed to
carry the message to Garcia be-
. cause they felt that the Ache
son-must-go sentiment among
Democrats on the Hill was
reaching the peril point.
It was loves labor lost, how
ever. The President reacted
with swift anger. He said that
Dean Acheson was doing a fine
job and he was satisfied with
him. This efectually shut off
discussion of the dim prospects
under Acheson leadership for
the new foreign aid program
which is said to total about $40
billion in it's present draft
form. Nor did any one venture
into the realm of the 1852
Democratic Presidential cam
paign in which Mr.. Acheson
promises to be an issue.
Few politicians are on the
kind of easy terms with the
Secretary of State that permit
personal review with him of the
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Constantine Brown:
Conflict on Overall Command
Arrangements for Tight Alliance on Atlantic Defense
Slowed in Western Europe Mediterranean Areas

The paths OF allies are never
smooth. and nothing proves 1t
better than the starts and re-
verses which have marked the
progress Of the Atlantic pact
nations to set up naval COM
mands for both the Atlantic
and the Mediterranean.
Several months ago the word
was allowed to leak out that
Admiral William N. Fechteler,
commander in chief of the
United States Atlantic Fleet, was
being nominated to become Su-
preme Allied Commander in the
Atlantic, with overall functions
comparable to those Gen. Eisen-
hover is performing in Europe.
Winston Churchill precipi-
tated a storm in the British
House of Commons with his as.
seftion that British admiral
should have been given that
job. Disclosure that a Briton
would become commander of
the Eastern area under Admiral
Fechteler did little to moder-
ate the. complaint.
The British government, it
appeared. had concured read
lily in the selection nf Admiral
Fechteler, but 1t subsequently
appeared also that the storm
raised by Mr.. Churchill--even
stirring up Laborites in Com
mons-had caused the British
government to take a second
look.
Weeks passed and confirma-
ton of Admiral Fechteler's NOM
nation by the deputies of the
Atlantic pact foreign ministers
in London (the Charles Spof-
ford committee) did rot come.
Finally, the United States, heed
ing popular demands in the
United States, undertook to
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bring Greece and Turkey into
a closer relationship with the
North Atlantic Treaty Organ
ization, and the preliminary
negotiations over the Mediter-
ranean command were thrown
into chaos.
It seemed likely that a British
admiral would have gotten the
Mediterranean command, al
though the name Of Admiral
Carney, American naval COM
mander in Europe and the Medi-
terranean, was thrown in as a
possibility.
The Churchill demands plus
an augmentation Of American
interest in the Mediterranean
the result Of sponsoring closer
ties with the Greeks and
Turks-haye served to throw
wide open an arrangement which
at one time seemed pretty well
completed, namely the Atlantic
command. Meanwhile, the Med
iterranean area took on fresh
Importance for the United
States.
Gen. Eisenhower is sweating
out the organization of his
European army, having to worry
not only over the lack of def
mite defense arrangements for
his right flank but also over
the insistence of the French on
a bigger share in command
functions. Paris does not like the
idea of being relegated to a
secondary role On both the
European mainland and in the
Mediterranean. France is will
ing to see an American take top
command in the Mediterranean,
but wants Western area COM
mand for herself.
Certainly these false starts
Evening star., 1951-05-22

in politics don't need to be
told that good political currency
can be driven out by bad. Good
political currency would mean a
serious discussion of the issues
that now divide American public
opinion, issues more important
perhaps than any the country
ever faced. What we seem
destined to get, however, is no
such serious discussion. Every
thing else but.
One way to counter the cam
paign now aborning might be
to turn the tables on the trouble
makers. Gen. Macarthur is SUBJ
ject to recall by the Senate COM
mittee. He could be put on the
stand and given the same treat
ment that Senator Wiley has
given Gen. Bradley.
Following his return to the
United States, but before his
appearance in the Senate COM
mittee room, the general had
conversations with various
people, including former Presi-
dent Hoover and Senators
Bridges and Taft, as well as
certain prominent publishers.
What did he say to each of
them and what did they say
to him? The exact words, in
all cases.
Before his return, while he
still reigned in Tokyo. the gen.
eral had a frequent visitor from
the States. name of Senator
Knowland. Let us have record
of every exchange between these
two. What support back home.
if any, did the Senator promise
the general? Perhaps none, but,
following the Wiley line, there's
no harm in asking and we might
turn up something interesting.
And, of course. we should
put the other parties to the con-
versations on the grill. Might
find some discrepancies in their
recollectionS.
Above all the committee
should have a full account Of
the consultations between the
general and his Man Friday.
Maj. Gen. Whitney. What does
Macarthur say to Whitney and
Whitney to Macarthur, assum-
ing that Whitney is permitted to
speak in The Presence, before
Whitney calls in the press to
report what the great man Is
thinking?
Senator Wiley surely will agree
these are things the people
are entitled to know.
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Voice Of America Nov in China
U. S. Launches Psychological Warfare Campaign
Aimed at Overthrowng Peping Red Regime

pronouncement was not new in
the sense that 1t has been his
toric American policy. But the
words Of Dean Rusk-which, in
cidentally. were not widely ap-
preciated-make it quite. clear
that all bets are off so far as the
Red Chinese are concerned. He
said in part:
"The independence of China
is gravely threatened. In the
Communist world there is room
for only one master--a jealous
and implacable master, whose
price of friendship is complete
submission. How many Chinese,
in one community after another,
are now being destroyed because
they love China more than the
Soviet Union' 49,.
"The freedoms of the Chi
nese people are disappearing.
Trial by mob, maSs-slaughter,
banishment as forced labor to
Manchuria, Siberia or Sinkiang,
the arbitrary seizure of prop
erty, the destruction of loyalties
within the family. the suppress
sion of free speech-these are
the facts behind the parades and
celebrations and the empty
promises"
Dean Rusk added that the
territorial integrity of China
is now an ironic phrase" and
he pointed out that the maps of
China now being published on
the mainland show how China
has been dismembered.
How does all this relate to
Korea? The objective of the
American Government Is to
wake up the people Of China
to the fact that their sons are
being slaughtered in a war di-
rected by Soviet Russia. Mr..
Rusk declared:
Hundreds of thousands of
Chinese youth are being sacri-
feed in a fiery furnace, pitting
their waves Of human flesh
Evening star., 1951-05-22
Dorothy Thompson:

II one restudies the agree
ments reached between the great
powers during and Immediately
following the war and the dis
cussions at subsequent less i'm
portant conferences, and relates
these to the San Francisco Con-
ference, it appears that the in
tention was to divide the world
into spheres of influence in
which each of the three great
powers would be separately re-
sponsible for policing peace"
and all settle within the U. N.
any differences between them
selves.
Thus, Russia was clearly
granted, in Europe, a sphere of
influence in the Eastern Baltic
from the Gulf of Finland to
Stettin and handed outright the
coastal area of East Prussia; in
Poland. where the partition of
the country made her ipSo facto
a Soviet satellite; and, roughly
speaking, everywhere east of the
Danube - in CZechoslovakia,
Hungary, Rumania, Bulgaria.
Yugoslavia, it would appear
from some of the conversations,
was to be a shared sphere be-
tween the U. S. S. r. and Brit
ain, but Greece would be in the
British sphere. Germany was
to be disarmed, and, according
to the security needs of the VIC
tors, dismembered CYalta).
In Asia, all Japanese con-
quests since 1905 were to be dis
tributed between China and
Russia or be under a joint Chi
nese-Russian condominium-the
Chinese Eastern and Southern
Manchurian Railroads and the
port of Dairen.
Other questions, such as Iran
ana the conventions governing
the Dardanelles (Turkey) were
aired, but left to future diplo-
matte negotiation.
The San Francisco Charter
clearly rests on the premise of
Great Power agreement, which,
in turn, would appear to rest on
the respect of each for the
sphere of the other-thougf
that of the U. S. S. r. was the
most specifically defined. OF
course. the ugly imperialist-
tainted words, sphere of in
fluence," satellite" ETC., were
never used. But to any one ia
miliar with the diplomacy Of
power politics, this is precisely
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against the fire power Of mod
ern weapons - and without
heavy equipment, adequate sup
ply or the most elementary med
ical attention. Apart from
Korea. the Chinese are being
pressed to aggressive action in
other areas-all calculated to
divert the attention and ener-
gies Of China away from the
encroachments of Soviet imper-
ialism upon China ITSELF"
This is the kind of doctrine
that should have long ago been
disseminated, but 1t comes op-
portunely now just the same
when the Red offensive in Korea
is causing the death Of tens Of
thousands of brave Chinese
soldiers. The significant para
graph in the Rusk speech,
which steers carefully away
from any attempt to dictate
what elements shall be welded
together to fight communism,
says:
1--WE cannot provide formula
to engage the unity of effort
among all Chinese who love
their country. But one thing we
can say-as the Chinese people
move to assert their freedom
and to work out their destiny
in accordance with their own
historical purposes, they can
count upon tremendous support
from free peoples in other parts
of the world"
This is the kind of pro-
nouncement which, If made
also to the people of the satel-
lite countries in Europe, would
in time bring a profound change
in the "cold war;" especially If
it breaks down the will to
fight" Of Red China's armies
many Of whose soldiers are al
ready deserting in response to
leaflets dropped on them from
day to day promising food, shell
ter and freedom.
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what was set up. And the role
Of the United States of America
appears to have been that of a
neutral generously handing out
other peoples property to the
U. S. S. r. or Britain.
To any student of geopolitics
the agreements were hair-rais-
ing. And they were in fiat con-
tradiction to the war aims pre-
sented to the American public
(Atlantic Charter, and to the
popularly held concept of a
United Nations. The San Fran
cisco Charter rests on inequality
and the responsibility of the
Great Powers to police any &C
tions of the smaller which might
involve breach of peace. This
could. of course, be interpreted
to include secession from the
proper sphere. But the Great
Powers could not themselves be
policed in any way, because Of
the veto.
The question now is to what
extent Russia has violated the
letter and spirit of these agree
mentS.
She violated their letter in
setting up Communist govern
ments in East Europe, but not,
it seems to me, their underly-
ing and implicit assumptions.
The existing governments of
these states were never con-
suited: the states were disposed
of-and disposed into the Soviet
orbit. Thereafter. Western in
Evening star., 1951-05-22
Democrats Fear Acheson Load
Senators, Party Regulars, Meet Only Truman Anger
In Passing the Word Against Secretary of Stote

The Truman StubbornneSs Is
justly famous. A long expert
ence in Washington indicates
though that such situations do
not remain static. Frequently,
too, those who insist hardest on
self-justification are badly hurt
in the end.
A year ago most Democrats
felt that the Secretary OF State
could ride out the storm and
their arguments included the
question Of who could replace
him. When they discuss re-
placements now they come up
with some surprises.
One of the most astute, who
is doing a notable job for the
administration right now, wants
the job offered to Gov. Dewey
Of New York. He insists that
the former Republican Presi-
Dental nominee is in substan-
tial accord with Truman for
eign policy and that such devia-
tions as exist are purely politics.
When Senator Margaret Chase
Smith Of Maine suggested Mr..
Dewey for Secretary of State
in January. 1948, a great chorus
of derision went UP.
The President has yielded no.
where in little or large matters
to insistent pressures on him
to shore up his administration.
AS those National conventions
approach the Democrats are
powerful nervous about it, too.
Evening star., 1951-05-22

and conflicts of interest are
slowing up the decision on over
all command in two important
areas Of defense against Rus
sian aggression. Perhaps they
are the inevitable result of at
tempts to make sovereign ma
tionS weld themselves together
into a tight alliance. Perhaps
they are the result Of made
quate consideration of all
points of view before decisions
are made.
At any rate, what once looked
like a firm arrangement for
Atlantic defense, not only to
ward off the threat of Soviet
naval incursions into the At
lantic but also to maintain Gen.
Eisenhower's supply line from
the United States, is thrown out
the window.
There can be little argument
with the view that the Medi-
terranean in many ways is more
important to the United States
than is the Atlantic-from the
standpoint Of naval command.
But the decision to include
Greece and Turkey in Atlantic;
pact defenSes was too long de-
layed. When it came it threw
a monkey wrench into the
machinery.
The Atlantic pact nations
need now a speedy decision on
the whole matter and immedi. q.
ate progress on the establish
ment not only of the commands
themselves, but of the complex
procedure which will be neces-
sary to unite British, Ameri-
can. French and Italian naval
forces into a single fighting
navy which can meet the Red
threat anywhere it should oc-
cur in the Mediterranean.
Evening star., 1951-05-22
Results of the Orbit CONCEPT
Restudy Of San Francisco Conference Plan Raises
Question of Which Nation Is Violating What

fluences within them were, inn
plicitly, not a matter of West
ern right but Of Russian tolera-
ton. This was so clear to me
at the time that I noted in
March, 1945, "the device Of
friendly governments in vari-
Gus orbits will rapidly demon
strate that states friendly to
the Soviets will be unfriendly
to the West, and vice versa"
The agreements regarding the
Far East clearly implied the
withdrawal of Western influ-
ence from the Manchurian area
and the establishment Of a joint
Russo Chinese sphere. Any one
who can't see that has not a
political mind. Korea, an ap-
pendage of that area, is clearly
in this Russo Chinese sphere.
Thus, when President Truman
draws an analogy between
Korea and Greece and the Ber-
lin blockade, he is conveniently
forgetting the assumptions of
these terrible agreements.
I, for one, would rather see
confirmed or disputed the
course of reasoning that led to
such a division of the world be-
tween the big three, than know
what private talks occurred be-
tween Gen. Bradley and Presi-
dent Truman regarding the
dismissal of Gen. Macarthur.
For. until we know that, we
shall not know who Is violating
what-technically, or implicitly.
released by the Bell Syndicate. Inc.)
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problem. The reports which
reach them are that the Secre-
tary reflects Mr.. Truman, that
what he has said publicly is
what he feels privately.
1t is that he is doing his work
properly. that it is up to the
President and he will stay as
long as the President wants
him.
The Senators are not giving
up. They do not want to go
into another campaign under
the Acheson load and they will
renew their pressures at every
opportunity.
They are not particularly con-
cerned about the Secretary's role
in the Macarthur inquiry. They
are satisfied that he can handle
anything thrown at him by his
hostile inquisitors;; with the
Bradley precedent behind them
they are not worried about a
contempt citation. What they
do groan about is having to
steer his foreign-aid program
through Congress and the cam
paign.
Meanwhile Mr.. AcheSon is
coming under fire from his own
supporters for the changes in
China policy which were ac-
knowledged by Assistant Secre-
tary Rusk over the week end.
Comment on it is bitter and ap-
peasement of his critics freely
charged to the Secretary.
Evening star., 1951-05-22
Dovid LoWrence:

The United States has
launched a psychological war
fare campaign inside China
which could some day lead to
unification of all anti-Com-
rnunist elements in that country
and the overthrow of the Com
munist government at Peiping.
The American point of view.
carefully developed after much
planning at the State Depart
ment, has just been broadcast
through the Voice of America"
to the Chinese people. Similar
broadcasts will continue to be
made from now on.
This approach does not mean
that the United States is at
tempting to tell the Chinese how
to set up a free government or
who shall head it UP. That's
matter for the people of China
to decide. But the all-important
development is that the United
States has abandoned any idea
of dealing with the Communist
regime and, in effect. has served
notice that. if a government
representative of the wishes of
the Chinese people arises, it will
deserve diplomatic recognition
from all countries in the free
world. It could be an expanded
Nationalist government or a
government brought into being
throught Nationalist efforts. It
could be the Nationalist govern
ment itself if it regains control
of the mainland.
The American policy, which
cuts the Gordian Knot and de-
stroys any probability of a
deal with the Communist
Chinese, has attracted consid-
erable attention since it was
announced last Friday night by
Dean Rusk, Assistant Secretary
of State for Far Eastern Affairs.
The department itself, con-
fronted with queries asking what
change it has made in Far
Eastern policies, has said the
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sports columns ever put be-
tween covers.
The men who design the
type for those footnotes which
appear at the bottom of adver-
tisements and which read "at
additional cost" add Fed. tax"
etc., must be graduates from
sideshows where they spent
their time engraving the Lords
Prayer on the head of a pin and
the first four chapters of Gone
With the Wind" on a caraway
seed. You can have hockey
as a sport until the ice is
widened or the teams are cut
to four men, or both. OF all
the places in the world I have
visited, Noumea, New Caledonia,
has the best climate. Better
than Hawaii, and that is say
ing something. The hottest I
have ever been, not excepting
Calcutta. Hong Kong. or New
Guinea. was in Wichita, Kans.,
and next to that, Washington,
D. c.
My wife says she has been
kissed by just four important
men in her life-Gen. MacAr-
thur. Jess Willard, Johnny Mack
Brown and Barney Ross. Pay
ing the rent doesn't count, I
guess. There are S million
ballet dancers in the United
States. I know. because I have
seen them all on television. ..
1t makes me nervous to watch
expert harmonica players play
their chosen instrument. They
all look as if they were throw
ing a fit of some sort. Best
play on Broadway: Darkness
at Noon"
The Senate Crime Investigat-
ing Committee had better dis
band if it has nothing more
serious on its mind than the
scandals in basketball and the
supposed scandals In boxing.
The scandals in these sports are
bad. yes. but hardly peanuts to
the big ones that are kicking
around. u. Twins dressed alike
I can stand, but mothers and
daughters rigged out in the
Evening star., 1951-05-22
Lowell MeLIett:
Other Private Conversations
Wiley Might Ask Macarthur for Full Details Of
Talks With Taft, KnowIond, Bridges, ct al

Of these a full account Of all
their private conversations with
one another and with the Pres
ident relating in any way to
any of our war problems. Fail
ing in this he will be able to
consider the case against the
President complete and ready
to take to the people.
Six of Wiley's Republican
colleagues in the Senate COM
mittee gagged a bit on this pre-
cedure as applied to Gen.
Bradley and refused to lend
their support. But it is to be
remembered that a number of
Republican Senators also gagged
on the Mccarthy tactics as
applied to Senator Tydings but
that those tactics became the
basis Of the party's campaign
nevertheless. Since the cam
paign was successful the same
tactics are certain to be used in
the coming presidential contest.
Glasses in economics are told
that, under Gresham,s Law, bad
money drives out good. Glasses
Evening star., 1951-05-22
Henry McLemore::
Delivers q Few Opinions
On Mice and Martins
Henry WcLen1ore:

Private opinions made public:
That Gen. Macarthur is a very
exceptional man never was bet
ter proved than when he
changed from uniform into
civvies. He looked good. Most
officers when they switch to
multi look as if they had been
outf1tted by Cy jenkins EN-
porium in Turkey Scratch. Miss,
on a dark, rainy day. Gen.
Vaughan excepted. of course.
Homogenized milk is one
of the Goth century's greatest
curses. What's a man to do
for cream for his coffee?
never see the name of Cyrus
Ching without wondering to
myself what "that big China
man" knows about American
labor disputes. Never was
able to understand why base
ball fans get a kick out Of
watching managers and players
raise a terrific beef with the
umpire. My inclination is to
yell, "Oh. get of the field and
let the game go on" as 7 never
saw a manager or player win an
argument with an ump.
I'd rather pick up rattlesnake
than a white mouse, or a block,
gray. green, or yellow mouse, for
that matter. If I wore skirts
I'd pull them up and Jump on
a chair every time saw one.
e. The hammock (the between
trees type) is the most uncom-
Portable sleeping device ever
created by man. Make mine a
mattress Of 10-penny nails any
day.
There must be a man some
where in the wide, wide world
who. when ordering a martini,
says. "And make it very, very
wet" It's a wonder to me some
bartender hasn't brewed some
flannel gin for those men and
women who want their martins
drier than the Sahara on the
4th OF July There isn't
any such thing as a good dill
pickle any more, and that goes
for sauerkraut, too Jimmy
Cannon's Nobody Asked Me" is
about the best selection of
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Lowell MeIIett:

It is fairly clear by now that
the 1852 campaign, barring a
miracle of some kind, is likely
to be pitched on a very low
level. Something like the
Maryland campaign of last year
can be expected on a national
scale.
This has been made clear by
the present efforts to tear down
the reputation of Gen. Bradley,
following the prolonged attempt
to destroy Gen. Marshall. Next
in line, it seems safe to assume,
are Generals Collins and Van
denberg and Admiral Sherman,
composing the Joint Chiefs of
Staff. Senator Wiley or some
other Senator doubtless will
endeavor to obtain from each
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