Evening star., 1952-02-17
Taft Would Oppose
Sending U. 5. Ground
Force 10 Indo-China
Ey TIE As,oc;o,ed pre..

ey the Aasociaied Press
DENVER. Feb. 16. - Senator
Taft tonight said he opposes send
Ing American ground forces to
1ndo-China and called for the
armies Of Nationalist Chinese
troops On Formosa to hght COM
munisrn In Asia.
In an address keyed to foreign
policy, the Ohio candidate for the
Republican presidential nominal
tion declared. '.in Asia we are all
ready arming the French and
their Indo- Chinese allies. Why
on earth should we not arm those
Chinese soldiers who believe In
freedom and are eager to fight
communism"
sOur experience on the con-
tinent Of Europe" Senator Taft
said In speech before a sell-out
crowd of 1000, "has taught us
that gifts Of money and arms can
not buy a viii to fight. In Formosa,
We do not have to try to buy o will
to fight. The viii exists"
MilIikin Backs Taft.
Senator Taft was introduced at
the COP Lincoln Day box supper
In Denver City Auditorium by
Senator Millikin. The Colorado
Republican used the occasion to
announce fatty, "I am for Bob
Taft for President"
HE does not have to, serve a.
long and difficult apprenticeship
to learn how to handle the prob
lens of government, Senator Mill
ikin declared.
Senator Millikin's announce
ment came as no surprise here.
Gov. Dan Thornton, wealthy COP
cattleman who is known to favor
Eisenhower. but introduced Sena-
tor Millikin to the crowd, said
onlys.I thought it might be an
opportune time for him to say
that"
Senator Millikin normally exerts,
Q heavy influence over selection Of
Colorado's 1S national convention
delegates but is expected to be,
challenged strongly by Gov.
Thornton and other Eisenhower
hackers. One COP group has
started a move to pledge the dele
cation to Senator Millikin.
Has Hard Day.
Senator Taft put in a hard day.
as the windup of his Western tour
Reaching Denver shortly before
noon. he held q press conferencef
addressed a University Of Denver:
Law School luncheon. conferred
with party leaders. held two res
ceptions and then went to the box
supper. He is scheduled to leave by
plane for Washington at 5::35 am.
(EST0.
He hit out at Gen. Eisenhower
ON domestic issues at the press,
conference. He asked reporters
what does he think OF the Taft
Hartley law?" and added, Hes
going to have to answer questions
like that sooner or later II he. pians
to run, and when he does he's
going to lose votes. one way or
the other" f
In his speech tonight Senator
Taft said the present administers
tion gradually has come around M
Opposing In every way the extern.
sior1s Of power t6 communists
wherever oppositiorf is within our
capacity" But past policy has
produced Soviet threat, he con
tended.
Much Of the threat was born
at Yalta. he said, adding, "the pe0-
pie who directed our policy at Yal-.'
Ia. particularly Gen. Marshall and
Averill Hartman, are still inf1u-t
ential in the Government today.
- at Yalta, they made agree
nients which gave Stain every
thing he asked. ="
Senator Taft said, president
Truman's novel motto seems to
be War Without Victory That Is
doctrine I abhor. We should
do everything we can to avoid
getting into war; but once we are
In a war. we should fight to win" :"
Says Stain Has Initiative.
Stains primary objective, he
added, is to conquer all Asia.
Senator Taft said Stain built a
bastion of satellite states to pro-
tect his European rear and set
out to conquer China. He said
Stain still holds the initiative
and now can attack Burma, Indo-
China or Formosa. '
Must we, in Acheson's phrase,
wait for the dust to settle until
it has settled on all Asia?" Sena-
tor Taft asked. I'VE are certainly
not going to- send American
ground forces. to Indo- China ~
at least not If I can prevent 1t.
Great. Britain and France can or
will do nothing. effective. Have
we no friend who can and viii
act?"
He said the troops on Formosa
could and would act. They should
he said. be helped to raid or In
wade Communist China but de-
clared that in the present Demo-
cratic administration there has
never been any desire TO develop