Evening star., 1951-04-26
East Europe Showing
No Sign Of Early War
Plans, ENJOYS Report
By Gornett D. Homer

American ambassadors in coun
tries behind the Iron Curtain re
port mo indication Of preparation
for immediate war" In that area
Congress was informed In testi
mony made public today. =
George w. Perkins, aSsistan
Secretary of State for European
affairs, said this was the ,"unani.
NOUS" feeling when he appeared
before a House Appropriations sub.
committee last February ~. Hi,
testimony was kept secret until
today.
Secretary Of State Acheson told
the group, however, that "oul
problems are rendered urgent by
the mounting threat of Communist
imperialism and the need to meet
that threat if we are to safeguard
our independence and our free
way of life."
Tells Of Every Meeting.
Mr.. Perkins reported to the COM
mittee on a meeting in Europe of
American ambassadors from be-
hind the Iron Curtain.
Their unanimous feeling" he
said, was that there was no indi-
cation Of preparation for immedi-
ate war in the countries from
which they came"
Mr.. Perkins said this was true
in all the Eastern European Com
munist capitals where there are
American missions with the ex-
ception of Budapest, where they
were busy building air raid
shelters"
At another point, Mr.. Perkins
said that Russia's satellite coun-
tries in Europe were building up
their armies "as fast as they
could" He added:
"But they were In particular
trouble because they had elimin-
ated most of their officer personnel
as being not trustworthy from a
Communist point of view, which
left them without any reasonably
well trained officer personnel that
they could rely on, and they had
young boys with three months
training trying to act as regimental
commander and that sort of thing,
and the armies were not well
trained"
Mr.. Acheson said that the Gin
creasing deterioration Of our re-
1ationS" with Russia and her
eastern European satellites con-
tinues to produce difficulties un-
likely to be solved so long as
those governments adhere to their
present policies"
Emphasizes Aid to Europe.
He emphasized that the United
States is assisting Western Eu-
rope in the rapid building up of
military strength sufficient to pro-
vide a powerful deterrent to any
new aggression.
Warren r. Austin, United States
representative at the United Ma
tions, told the subcommittee he
did not think it would be "well
for the world and for peace" to
put the Soviet out Of the United
Nations. Mr.. Austin said he knew
many Americans felt that the Rus
SLAMS should be kicked out of the
u. N.
One of the reasons for not do
ing so. he said, is that the Rus
sian actions in the u. N. reveal
before the whole world "the lies
they can tell, the hatred which
they bear, their hostility to every
Independent country in the world. :"
The subcommittee also was told
that at least Is American Am
bassadors have to dip into their
own pockets to pay necessary ex-
penSes at their posts.
Representative Flood, Demo-
crat. of Pennsylvania, declared
this an outrage, because it means
"that you have to pick some
wealthy guy for these assign
ments."
The situation was brought out
in discussion of representation al
lowance funds during hearings by
House Appropriations subcom-
mittee made public today.
Cites Lower Reimbursement.
Haywood P. Martin, director of
thet Safe Departments Office of
Personnel, told the subcommittee