Evening star., 1952-08-09
Only Eisenhower Able
TO Avert Third War,
Dulles Declares
BY the Associo,sd Press

BY the Asseciossd Press
DENVER, Aug. 9.-Gen. Dwight
D. Eisenhower believes. says John
Foster Dulles, that President Tru-
mans foreign policy is placing
America in the greatest peril in its
history.
And Mr.. Dulles, Republican in
ternational affairs expert who un-
til recently was an adviser to Sec
retary of State Acheson. says only
the election of Gen. Eisenhower
as President can block Soviet dom
ination of the free world and avert
a third world war.
Mr.. Dulles told a news con-
ference yesterday that Gov. Adlai
Stevenson, Gen. EiSenhower's
Democratic opponent for the
presidency. "lacks the experience,
the stature and the power of de-
cision in great world matters
which are so necessary to save
our nation at this time"
Sees Peril To Nation.
Mr.. Dulles, chief author of the
foreign policy plank of the Re-
publican platform, spoke out after
a two-hour conference with Gen.
Eisenhower and his vice presi-
Dental running mate, Senator
Richard M. Nixon Of California.
II think we all agree" Mr..
Dulles said. that the trend of
our present foreign policies is to
put our Nation in the greatest
peril it has ever been in the
entire course of our national his
tory"
Then he went on to blast those
policies and to say:
II would not be here expressing
the views I have if they were not
in accord with Gen. Eisenhower's
views"
Gen. Eisenhower. Senator Nixon
and he agree. Mr.. Dulles said, that
foreign policy is the major issue
of the campaign-a view Gov.
Stevenson expressed last week.
Virtually all credit for improve
ment of morale in Western Eu-
rope belongs to Gen. Eisenhower
who was North Atlantic COM
mander until last June land not
to the administration, Mr.. Dulles
declared.
Cites Soviet Power.
cat the end of World War H."
he said. Russia was a relatively
weak and terribly devastated coun-
try. The United States had un-
precedented power and prestige
in the world.
"Since then the balance of
power has been steadily moving
against us. One-third of all the
people of the world are already
under Soviet dictatorship as a
hostile force against us. The re-
mainder of the world, which we
call the free world, is held to-
gether very precariously.
"The Russian leaders have been
picking off the free world piece
by piece and if this process goes
on, there will be a balance of
power against us so great that I
do not think that general war can
be avoided because the Communist
leaders will then have good hope
of victory.
II am absolutely convinced that
Gen. Eisenhower. by reason of
his experience. stature and pres
tige throughout the world-and
policies I feel confident he will
check that trend. Il
believe he alone can check that
trend"
In reply to a question, Mr..
Dulles said there are two major
differences between administra-
ton foreign policy and the course
Gen. Eisenhower advocates.
First" Mr.. Dulles said. 1--WE
Republicans advocate a global.
balanced policy which will treat
the people Of the Far East, Middle
East and Africa as equals and
first-class members of the free
world and not as second-class
expendables, which is the admin
istration's policy.
"The second difference is that
we will abandon the policy of
mere containment (of commu-
nism) and will actively develop a
resistance spirit within the cap
tive peoples, which-in my opin-
ion-is the only alternative to a
general war.
II believe this type Of aggres-
sive despotism (communism), un-
less stopped from within. will
keen m ooinc until II has IN he