Evening star., 1951-01-08
Taft Favors Quitting
Korea, Building Line
In Japan, Formosa

Ill JoPoIIr IVIi1USu
Debate over United States
foreign policy on Europe as well
as Korea took no holiday over the
week end.
Senator Taft. Republican, of
Ohio topped long list of men,
bers of Congress and others who
voiced varied views yesterday on
what the Nation should do in the
present crisis or what the ad-
ministration should not have
done.
The Ohio Senator. amplifying
much of his 1O,0OO-word foreign
policy pronouncement of last Fri
day. declared he would support
establishment of a huge inter-
national army to defend Western
Europe but only if Gen. Eisen-
hover and Congress approved it.
He opposes any such action un-
til completion of a survey of the
European situation by Gen
Eisenhower and a thorough dis
cussion and decision by Congress,
he said in television interview.
Would Withdraw from Korea.
AS for Korea. Mr.. Taft said he
thought American troops should
be withdrawn from that country
and that defense efforts in the
area be centered on Japan and
Korea. He added that if he had
been in control of foreign policy
at the outbreak of the Korean
fighting he would have kept
United States armed forces out
of Korea.
While Democratic leaders in
Congress obviously were waiting
for President Truman's state of
the Union message to deal with the
rising criticism, Democratic Sena-
tors Magnuson of Washington, Ell
lender of Louisiana, Russell of
Georgia and Douglas of Illinois,
and Representative Celler of New
York, attacked Republicans yes
terday.
Senators Saltonstall of Massa-
chusetts and Capehart Of Indiana
made comments containing vary
ing degrees of criticism of Demo-
Gratis who scored recent speeches
by Senator Taft and former Pres
ident Hoover.
Senator Taft's interview yester-
day and Senate speech last Friday
drew a charge by Mr.. Celler that
the Ohio Senator seeks to ad-
vance himself at the expense Of
the country's military defense"
Politics Charged.
Describing Mr.. Taft as a Mon
day morning quarterback" Mr..
Celler asked:
|, Would it not be preferable to
defend ourselves 5000 miles away
in Europe with the aid of the
Atlantic Pact than to wait and do
so on Long Island Sound?"
Senator Magnuson, who ap-
peared with Senator Saltonstall
on a television program yesterday,
accused the Republicans of play
ing politics with foreign affairs
with an eye to the 1852 elections. -
Speeches by Mr.. Taft and Mr..
Hoover, in Mr.. Magnuson's opin-
ion, are dividing the Nation and
are second guessing" He pre-
dicted that the 82nd Congress will
be "unruly" on both foreign and
domestic issues and that the Re-
publicans will take every ad-
vantage" to press their election
ambitions.
Senator Saltonstall, while not
in complete agreement with every
thing Mr.. Hoover and Senator Taft
said, declared that they were mot
as isolationist as some people
would have you believe"
Capehart Gives Views.
"Our enlightened self-security
starts with a strong Europe" the
Massachusetts Senator said. He
added, however, that I'VE may
have to change our minds" il
Western European countries do
not provide the type of military
assistance the United States ex-
poets.
Senator Capehart, in still an
other television interview, opposed
sending any United States foot
soldiers to Europe unless Western
Europe furnishes $50 divisions OF
its own. He called for inclusion
of German army in the defense
setup and that Spain. Greece and
Turkey be admitted to the Allan
tic Pact.
Secretary of the Army Pace ap-
peared with Senator Capehart on
the telecast of Mrs. Franklin D.
Roosevelts weekly program. He
questioned the Indiana Senator's
military judgment" particularly
on the question of $50 divisions.
1 Defending the administration S
position, he described 1t as "a
policy Of cooperation with the
free people of Western Europe
and our North Atlantic allies In