Evening star., 1951-10-17
Jessup Firmly Denies
He Favored Move 10
Recognize Red China
BY [. Edqor Primo

~ BY |. Edgar Primo
Ambassador -at-Large Philip c.
Jessup. lighting for confirmation
as q United Nations delegate, to-
day emphatically asserted he had
never favored or recommended the
recognition of Communist China,
the withdrawal of recognition of
Nationalist China or the cutting
of of American aid to Chang
Kai-shek.
In biting phrases. he answered
assertions by Harold E. StaSsen,
president of the University of
Pennsylvania. that he must have
participated in talks which led to
Q. White House conference Febru-
airy S, 1949. In which it was pro-
posed the United States halt ship
ments Of arms to the embattled
Chinese Nationalists.
"Mr. Stassen is mired in a
morass of misstatementS," DR..
Jessup told a Senate foreign re-
lationS subcommittee which is ex-
pected to vote on the AmbaSsa-
doris nomination later in the day.
"Grasshopper" Technique.
DR.. Jessup accused Mr.. Stassen
Of ''grasshopper technique" be-
cause Of his assertion that the
Ambassador must have been con-
suited prior to the White House
meeting even though it was clear
he had not attended.
Mr.. Stassen at first testified that
Mr.. Jessup attended the meeting
The witness said that meetings
with Secretary of State AchesonI
and Assistant Secretary Rusk at
the end of January, 1949. did not
involve China matters. He intro
duced documents to back his con-
tention that his talks with the
Secretary on January 81 involved
his pending resignation as am
haSSador -at-large.
Called Inconceivable.
In his testimony. Mr.. Stassen
pointed to these meetings between
the Ambassador and Mr.. Acheson
and the Ambassador and Mr.. Rusk
and said it was Uncomfortable"
that they did not discuss the pro-
poSal to halt aid to the National
ists-a proposal which constituted
q major reversal of United States
policy. /
The Ambassador began his tes-
tilmony by saying that statements
by Mr.. Stassen reminded him of
the following nonsense couplet of I
Hilaire Belloc:
THE dog to serve some private
y ends
= Went mad and bit the man."
under questioning, Dr.. JesSupl
said that the issue Of recognitionE
cEs cEsnon-recognition of Red China
had been discussed by him many
times after June, 1949, when his
ontciA State Department duties
involved the Far East.
Senator Quotes Letter. 4
Senator Smith, Republican, of
NeR Jersey, read from letter DR..
slessup sent him IN December. 4
1919, in which the Ambassador
said that former Secretary Of
State Stimson's non-recognition !
policy toward Manchukuo, then
under japanese rule, had failed and
that he was happy to see that
American policy on recognition of |
nations was returning to a /
purely factual basis" |
The Senator said from this let
ter that he had gotten the i'm
"Mr. Jessup was at least
leaning toward de facto' recogni-
tion" of Communist China. He
asked DR.. JesSup to comment on
that but the witness said he would
take up that matter later in his
testimony.
Can Block Action.
y Chairman Connally of the full
Foreign Relations Committee yes
terday refused to say whether he
would call his group together to
vote on the nomination before
adjournment. If he blocks action.
the way would be open for Presi-
dent Truman to give DR.. JessupI
O recess appointment.
Senator Brewster, Republican,
OF Maine, vigorous opponent of
DR.. Jessup, declared the admin
iStration feared a Senate floor vote
because they know they are
licked" -.
He added that if DR.. Jessup. a
close friend and top adviser tol
Secretary of State Acheson, had
any self-respect he would resign
when he knows he does not have
the confidence of the majority of |
the Senate"