Evening star., 1952-09-26
Eisenhower Twisted
Facts in Attacking
Policy, Acheson Says

Policy, Aeheson Says
Secretary of State Acheson
charged today that Gen. Eisen-
hover "tortures the facts and uses
misquotations to attack American
foreign policy"
In extraordinarily blunt Ian
guage. Mr.. Acheson told a news
conference that the Republican,
presidential candidate misrepre-
sented the State Departments
Far Eastern intentions as Sec
retary AcheSon described them in
a speech to the National Press
Club December IL. 1850.
Eisenhower's Speech.
Gen. Eisenhower said in a
speech in Cincinnati on Monday
that Mr.. Acheson excluded Korea
from the American defense perrin
eter. thus encouraging Communist
forces to attack there.
Secretary Acheson said today
that this 'tortures the facts" and
"omits important parts" of the
statement by using innocent little
dots" in place of key phrases in
the Acheson speech.
Secretary Acheson said that in
his 1850 speech he placed the
American defensive perimeter in
the Far East on a line running
from the Aleutian Islands off
Alaska to the Ryukyus and on to
the Philippines.
MY point was that if this line
were attacked we would defend it
alone If necessary just as we
would our continental area" Sec
retary Acheson said today.
The generals speech says II
excluded areas on the Asiatic
mainland such as Korea.
Denies Excluding Korea.
"The fact is, however, that T
used no language whatever 'ex-
GLIDING Korea or any other area
in the ASiatic mainland or sug-
costing any lack of interest by
the United States in the event of
an attack on any area of the
Asian mainland in general or
Korea in particular.
"On the contrary, I referred
specifically to these other areas /:
in the Pacific /,
THE general. or those upon
whom he relied. dealt with my
specific statement on these other
areas by cutting it out from be-
tween two other sentences they
quoted to make their point.
Here is what I said about the
other areas of Asia: |,
Should such an attack occur
one hesitates to say where such
an armed attack could come
from-the initial reliance must be
on the people attacked to resist
it and then upon the commit
ments of the entire civilized world |,
under the charter of the United
Nations. which so far have not
proved a weak reed to lean on by
any people who are determined to
protect their independence against
outside aggression
THAT was the warning which
I gave in January. 1850. That
was the warning which the {
sggresor disregarded. :
Gen. Eisenhower combination ]
Of paraphrase and quotation left
out that warning and thus en-
abled him to go ahead and dis
cuss the Korean situation just as
if no such utterances had oc-
Cured and as if his own Gov
ernment rather than the aggres-
sor bore the guilt for Korea's :
tragedy" F.:
Defines ''Perimeter."
Secretary Acheson said the two
points that he wanted to make
absolutely clear" today are that
the defensive perimeter was one
the United States would defend
alone but that the defense of the
other areas in which the United
States had an interest twas not a
responsibility which it was just or
wise or possible for the United /
States to bear alone"
Instead I stated that the de-
fense of these nations of Asia
against aggression lay properly
first with themselves and then
with the commitments of the en-
tire civilized world under the char
ter of the United Nations, "Secre-