Evening star., 1952-11-20

G. o. p. PARLEY-New York.
Senator Taft discuss Republics
leaders of the 83d Congress ye
Eisenhower
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an American delegate to the
United Nations General Assembly
probably will head the Senate
Foreign Relations Committee ir
the SD Congress. He, as we'll a;
Senators Taft of Ohio and Bridge.
of New Hampshire. and Repre-.
sentative Martin of Massachusetts,
prospective House Speaker. were
among top-level Republicans who
saw the general yesterday.
Complete Accord Expressed.
Senator Wiley said Gen. Eisen-
hover expressed his complete ac-
cord" with the principles of the
United Nations. AS for the in
voluntary repatriation of Com
munist prisoners of war in Korea
Senator Wiley said, Gen. Eisen-
hover has long held" the ides
that such prisoners should not be
forcibly returned, as has beer
demanded by Communist spokes-
men in the Korean peace talks.
1t was explained at Eisenhower
headquarters later that Gen
EisenhoWers stand on this matter
did not necessarily mean he ac'
cepted or rejected specific point.
or proposed compromises in con.
nection with repatriation of tht
prisoners.
The Eisenhower-Eden confer.
ence today attracted further at.
tention because Mr.. Eden arc
Secretary of State Acheson yes,
terday repeatedly discussed India!
compromise plan.
Confers With Gen. Ramey.
Gen. Eisenhower wound up work
yesterday shortly before 8 pm.
following long meetings with Brig
Gen. Roger Ramey, Air Force chie1
Of staff for operations, and Mai
Gen. Wilton B. Persons, retired
That conference presumably hac
something to do with the forth
coming trip to Korea.
The earlier talks with Senator
Taft, Senator Bridges and Mr.
Martin covered vast range u
possible legislative moves in the
new Congress-. The legislators re-
ported that there were no differ.
ences of opinion, although only
one concrete decision was made
That, according to Senator Taft
was to continue beyond the next
April l expiration date the gov
ernmental Reorganization Act un-
der which the President can re.
vamp administrative agencies un.
less Congress specifically rejects
the proposed changes within &C
days.
The conferences with the con-
gressional leaders did not go into
the selection of a Senate majority
floor leader. Senator Taft said. He
has announced he would be
available if Senator Bridges die
not want the position. He declared
yesterday he was confident the
matter would be worked out har-
moniously
The IA or Is" topics discussed
with Gen Eisenhower, Senator
Taft said, included:
Tax legislation, especially stat
utes due to expire next year; the
reciprocal trade act scheduled to
expire June IL; possible changes
in the Taft-Hartley Act, and Sen
ator Tafts proposal for a COM
mission study of the proper
functions of Federal and State
governments in the field of social
security. health, welfare, housing
and education.
While the conferees agreed or
the desirability of trimming the
Federal budget, they decided tt
await the presentation of the Tru.
man budget early in January anc
the studies being made by JOSEPH
M. Dodge Detroit banker, who i!
fiscal adviser to Gen. Eisenhower
Senator Taft remarked that hi
recently heard a "rumor" ir
Washington that. the Truman
budget would turn out to be con.
siderably smaller than the So;
billion previously indicated.
Miss Adkins Sees General.
Other visitors with Gen. Eisen'
hover yesterday were Miss Berths
Adkins. Republican national com.
mitteewoman from Maryland
Mrs. Katherine Howard, Repub.
lican national committeewomar
from Massachusetts, and formel
secretary of the national commit.
tee, and Mrs. Ivy Priest, nationa
committee vice chairman IL
charge of the women's division
They said they had been invites
by Gen. Eisenhower to discus
possible appointment of women tt
Federal Offices. including the cab.
met. They did not suggest specifi,
names, they said.
Lewis K. Cough, American Le
gion national commander, talket
with Gen. Eisenhower for half al
hour. He said he urged a stepped
up military offensive in Kore,
and the use of Chinese Nationals
troops against Chinese Commu
mist forces.
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