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Evening star., 1952-11-17
Thomas L. Stokes:

This particular lookout on
Washington has, it seems, done
lobbyists and the lobbying pro-
fession here a grave injustice.
Maybe some apology is due.
It all concerns a piece here the
other day opening thus:
Lobbyists for what President
Truman calls the special in
terestS' are happily whetting
their knives for the fresh, raw
meat soon to be laid before
them in the new Republican
Administration. The sound of
their jubilation fills the air
around here"
Jubilation? Happy? 'Tain't
so, the lobbyists are wailing
reproachfully every time you
run into one of the fraternity
and you can't take many steps
around this city without doing
that. One of a cynical turn and
articulate in that fashion even
took typewriter in hand to ex-
press his grievance about the
naisapprehension that may go
abroad about his profession.
Happy? No, they're blue.
Why? Well, because they now
expect the Republicans to do
naturally. without any nudging
from them. all the things that
business has been paying lob
byists to try to get the New
Dealers and Fair Dealers to do,
or not to do.
I In short. these poor fellows
Evening star., 1952-11-17
A Soldier Will ook at Korea
Political Strategy of War Has Led to Costly StoIemotes
All-Out Offensive May Bring Quicker Solution
Constantine Brown:

President-elect Eisenhower's
visit to Korea is not intended
to be a morale booster for the
troops or merely to keep an
electoral campaign pledge.
He is going to look over the
situation with the eyes of a
professional soldier who soon
will also be our Chief Execu-
tive. A visit to the front is far
less important than his discus
sionS with the Supreme Allied
Commander, Gen. Mark Clark,
the ground forces commander,
Gen. James Van Fleet, and the
corps and division commanders.
Heretofore the strategy of the
Korean War has been political
rather than military. Consider
ations which were determining
factors in the conduct of the
Korean police action" were
Moscow's intentions in the
event we fought the war for a
decisive military victory. the
risks of extending an offensive
campaign into a full -fledged
Asiatic war, and the timidity
of the majority of the allies
who had sent forces to Korea.
This political strategy led to
the present stalemate which has
cost us 127,000 battle casualties
besides an undisclosed number
of non-battle casualties. The
billions spent in the Korean
War are still a top secret in
the possession of only a hand
full of high officials.
Gen. Eisenhower is expected
to discuss with the military men
on the spot, who were his sub
ordinateS in World War II,
what forces we may need to
obtain a military victory in the
event the Reds are adamant in
their refusal to agree to an
armistice. The way of the dip
lomats has been very costly to
Evening star., 1952-11-17

us and has brought no solution
to the problem.
Gen. Eisenhower is expected
to look at the situation in the
same waM he regarded the situ-
alton across the Channel in
1914 The Germans had a re-
putedly impregnable defense
system along the coast, an eff
fective and experienced ground
force and a sizable number of
submarines and air power. Yet
he urged an attack on the
enemy's well-fortified strong
holds.
AS in 1914, we can muster
now a sufficient force to stage
an offensive in Korea. The
answer to those who point out
the heavy losses such an opera
ton may involve is that in the
nearly two and one-half years
Of fighting defenSively in Korea
we have suffered heavy losses
and are nowhere in sight of
victory or peaceful settle
ment. A well-conducted often
sive is unlikely to cost us as
much as we have spent in cas-
ualties so far and might put an
end to the bloodshed.
If the military plans should
call for such an offensive action
we could put into the field
without calling on any of our
forces in Europa minimum
of 81 divisions. These would in
clude IA American combat di-
visions (Army and Marine);
the equivalent of more than
two Allied divisions compris-
ing Turks. British and Com
monwealth troops and others;
three Chinese Nationalist di-
visions equipped with American
modern weapons and at least
IL Republic of Korea divisions
which have proved themselves
battleworthy in recent actions.
The strength of our airpower
Evening star., 1952-11-17
Fletcher KnebeI:
Potomac Fever

The Atomic Energy Commission successful Hbomb
test in the Pacific It'll ives-nobody will
war big enough to use it in.
V will bring Washngtons big reception for Eisen
hover into home You'll feel just though
Pennsylvania Avenue provided the neghbos stand
in front of several walk back and
forth your feet
Tafs friends boom him Republican leader post
where he confer daily with Ike administration policies
After ALL it's only fair that President should the first
to know what they
Gov Allan Shivers proposes coalition
ve to take the Democratic What that
to win is to get back the oldsoned creed Jersonand
the od-fashoned name Of Roosevelt.
Congressman velde the sleuh says Communists
trying to infate the Republican Party Time running
out the Redand they hope the Democrats would
turn the clock back.
British Foreign Minister Anthony expected
with Eisenhower The British worried about how they stand
with ence the election he hasn't sent them single apology
committee charges Department tried
choke off tax indictments year. Investigations
slowing down latela the Republicans home reading
the record to find out how the Democrats got with it,
Evening star., 1952-11-17
Dulles Viewed as Logical Choice
Probably None Could Do Better in the Cabinets Top Position
Than the Man Whose Grandfather Was Secretary of State

Gil of Foreign Ministers in
Moscow. Then, with Secretary
Of State Acheson, Mr.. Dulles
attended the Council of Foreign
Ministers at Paris in 1949.
Thus Mr.. Dulles has had the
confidence of four successive
Secretaries of State under the
Democratic administration and
when the time came to negotiate
the all-important treaty with
Japan he was selected as per-
sonal representative of the
President with the rank of
ambassador.
MIR. Truman had been irri-
tated by the speeches of Mr..
Dulles critical of the Truman
regime in his campaign for
Senator in New York in 1949,
but the President had no other
choice-Mr. Dulles was the only
man who could do the delicate
job of writing the peace treaty
with Japan.
Early in his conferences with
the President last year, Mr..
Dulles made it clear that he
reserved the right to consult
with anybody and he said that
meant Gen. Macarthur. Mr..
Truman didn't like it but
couldn't really object as Mr..
Dulles wouldn't have taken the
job otherwise. It is mark of
Mr.. Dulles skill in steering
away from domestic politics in
handling international affairs
that he consulted constantly
with Gen. Macarthur on
japanese affairs all during the
time he was representing the
Truman administration in han
ding the japanese Treaty.
1t was, however. in the unan-
imous report of the Senate
Foreign Relations Committee
that the greatest tribute to Mr..
Dulles was written. For both
Democrats and Republicans said
in their report recommending
ratification that the job he did
in negotiating successfully the
Japanese Peace Treaty was the
best example of bipartisan CO.
operation as well as cooperation
between the executive and legis-
lative branches of the Govern
ment that had ever been done.
This was due in large part to
his experience in the Senate
where he had carried the burden
alongside his close friend,
Senator Vandenberg, in getting
the United Nations Treaty
ratified by overwhelming vote.
It will be recalled that Mr..
Dulles and Senator Vandenberg
also drafted the first military
assistance bill for aid to Europe
and got it through the Senate.
Mr.. Dulles had been since
1850 a "consultant" in the State
Department but resigned early
this year to make a series of
speeches critical of American
foreign policy. He was invited
by both Senator Taft and
Gen. Eisenhower to write the
Evening star., 1952-11-17
An Opportunity for Eisenhower
Steps He Takes Now Are Vital as Foreign Policy Agencies
Impede Each Other and Confuse Our Allies in Europe

ample, understood the problem,
was shown when he insisted
upon having some measure Of
control over ECA functions
when he was High Commission
er of Germany.
The economic aiders are nat
urally prone to exaggerate their
successes. Sometimes the dip
lomats take in too much terri
tory in their own planning as a
result.
Europe's defense has Jagged:
objective observers believe there
is more than mere slippage in
the effort to attain the goals
set at Lisbon. Some declare
that in no country has there
been a response. in the now
nearly eight years since the war
ended, either to the needs OF
the situation or the aid offered
by this country.
Gen. Eisenhower is, of course,
we'll equipped to grasp these
hard facts with which his Secre-
tary of State must deal in at
tempting to formulate a real
istic policy. Here, as in other
fields, the steps he takes i'm
mediately when his prestige is
at its height, his storehouSe OF
goodwill crammed to bursting.
are vitality important. His Sec
ond chances will not be so lus-
trous.
Evening star., 1952-11-17
Thomas L. Stokes
Pity The Poor Lobbyists Now
Is Social Welfare Measure for Their Relief in Order?
They Expect to Suffer-but Not That Much

Then he cited an example.
familiar to everybody now.
about what is in store. He ex-
planned that the tidelands oil
lobby has been spending $780,
900 a year on it's campaign to
get enacted into law the bill
for State control. President
Truman vetoed that bill twice,
and would do so again. AS long
as he was around, there was
work for the lobby.
Eisenhower" the corre-
spondent added, 'has promised
to sign a tidelands bill. There
is no more need for the lobby"
He went on to say, in his
cynical way. some things that
might be disputed, but never
theless are symptomatic. to wit:
"The lawyers were literally
drooling over the antitrust suit
against the oil cartel. Here
were luscious fees for many,
many years. Nuts, the first
thing the Republicans will do
will be to drop that suit.
"Those devils in the D. of j.
Department of Justice) used
to sit UP nights thinking up
suits that would bring rich fees
to their lawyer friends. The
Federal Trade Commission. at
whose trough a lot Of us fire.
men used to feed. viii be de-
emphasized. Business went
have anything to worry ab1t:
Evening star., 1952-11-17

President Truman's difficulties.
The ruling coalition in Con-
gress distrusted the Truman ad-
ministration in economic mat
tiers and above all disliked Sec
retary Acheson. Mr.. Truman
had all he could do to keep
the State Departments regular
functions from being hacked
away while it's members were
being subjected to ripper bills
and "McCarthyism."
From the start of the Mar
shall Plan, such Republican in
ternationalists as the late Sen
ator Vandenberg warned that
the price of their support for
economic aid was a separate
agency headed by a business
man. Mr.. Hoffman, a Repub-
lican, was Senator Vandenberg's
choice and the President was
forced to forgo his own prefer
ence for Averell Hartman.
Whatever the political merits
of this method and the acknowl-
edged gifts of Mr.. Hoffman, the
effects were not altogether
happy. The economic aiders,
having more money at their
disposal, often had more influ-
ence, as we'll as a better life for
themselves, than the diplomats
and consular officers. Such diff
ficulties were minimized where
superior men held the top posts,
but they existed.
How we'll Mr. McCloy, for ex-
Evening star., 1952-11-17

is a restricted matter. But 1t
would not require too much Of
an effort to add between 1900
and 1900 Air Force, Naval and
Marine planes to the numbers
already available in the Far
Eastern tleater.
The Allied Navy is supreme
in that area and, according to
Navy spokesmen, the threat Of
eventual participation by So
Wet volunteer" submarines
would not change the picture
IN any considerable degree.
No military man undertakes
the hghtlng ability Of the Chi
nese. This is particularly true
when they are on the offensive.
students of military affairs
maintain that Orientals show
themselves in a less favorable
light wner. they are placed on
the defensive.
Inc EnlneSe must rely almost
entirely on military supplies
from Russia, thousands of miles
away by land communications
from rhe battlefront. after their
arsenals al Mukden are de-
stroyed. Their present Substan-
tial stockrlle is the result of the
cease-fi:e parleys which have
been going On for 16 months.
The truce talks permitted the
Reds to brig a vast quantity of
arms and ammunition up to the
Yalu River and across it. But
once this is exhausted they will
have fai more serious problem
of replen,sfling it than we who
have control of the sea.
Thus, il appears to those who
think strictly in military terms
that a full-fledged offensive in
Korea might bring us to a
quicker solution of the problem
than the present strategy which
permits the enemy to wage q
war of attrition against the
American and Allied forces.
Evening star., 1952-11-17
David Lawrence.

Jo7ln Foster Dulles is a mat
ural" for Secretary of State.
Now that the political courtesies
or amenities in connection with
the visit of Gov. Dewey to Gen.
Eisenhower are over-it'S al
ways compliment for a Presi-
dent-elect to indicate to a
political leader that he might,
if he wished. have the top place
in the cabinet-the selection
of Mr.. Dulles becomes logical.
If Gov. Dewey were asked
he probably would say that
John Foster Dulles is the best
man to appoint as Secretary
of State. Had Mr.. Dewey been
elected in 1948 he would have
chosen Mr.. Dulles for the post.
Probably no man in America
is better qualified to perform
the complex duties of Secretary
of State today than Mr.. Dulles.
. Not only has he had experience
in international affairs but he
is the one man who can recon-
cile varying views on foreign
policy in the Senate of the
United States.
AS a former member of the
Senate, he knows the ropes on
Capitol Hill. He has worked
with Senator Taft and has a
healthy respect for his ability.
The record of John Foster
Dulles both inside and outside
the Senate is remarkable not
only for experience with for
eign affairs generally but for
inside knowledge of what the
present administration has been
doing and where it has made
it's errors in foreign policy.
Beginning in the days of the
Paris Peace Conference at the
close of World War I-when he
was counsel to the American
delegation and working closely
with his friend. Bernard M.
Baruch, who headed up repara-
tions-Mr. Dulles has made in
ternational policy his life work.
He comes by it naturally since
his grandfather-John w. Fos-
ter-was Secretary of State in
the administration of President
Benjamin Harrison, Republican,
in the 1880's.
AS a member of the San
Francisco Conference which
created the United Nations in
1945 Mr.. Dulles worked daily
with Republican Senator Ar
thur Vandenberg, of Michigan,
and Secretary of State Stet-
tinius and has been an American
delegate to all the United Ma
tions Assembly meetings with
one exception until this year.
He was at the right hand of
Gov. Byrnes of South Carolina
when, as Secretary of State, the
latter went to the meeting of
the Council of Foreign Minis
ters in London in 1945 and he
went again with Gen. Marshall.
Secretary of State, to attend
in 1947 a meeting of the Coun-
Evening star., 1952-11-17

foreign-policy plank of the Re-
publican National Convention
and it was so satisfactory to
both wings of the party that it
didn't create a controversy at
ala task of skillful presenta-
ton that the party leaders who
had feared a split on that issue
deeply appreciated.
While Mr.. Dulles enjoys good
personal relations with Prime
Minister Churchill and An
thony Eden, the British press
has at times been critical of
him, especially for his part in
writing the Japanese Peace
Treaty. Certain British inter-
ests wanted the treaty to be
punitive and to destroy Japan
as possible competitor in ship
ping in the Pacific. Also, some
of the British interests wanted
Japan to be compelled to trade
with Red China and play ball
with the Communists, while MIR.
Dulles wanted the Japanese to
stick to the Chinese National
lists in accordance with Ameri-
can policy.
The so-called liberation"
policy for the satellites of Rus
sia in Europe has been attrib-
uted to Mr.. Dulles. This has
aroused the ire of certain critics
in Britain and on the continent
but the hullabaloo is largely
a failure abroad on the part
of Europeans to understand
during the campaign the dis
tortions of American politics.
For Mr.. Dulles is not a believer
in preventive war but leans
rather to the side which hopes
for psychological instead Of
military maneuvers in satellite
countries to weaken Russia's
hold on the smaller countries
under her domination.
It will be refreshing, indeed,
to have as Secretary of State
a man who is not overawed by
the devious ways of British di-
plomacy and yet who knows
how to work with Britain and
the other old-world countries
on European matters while at
the same time possessing a
thorough knowledge of Korea,
Japan and Far Eastern prob
lens. For not only did Mr..
Dulles write the peace treaty
with Japan but he had major
part in writing the Pacific Sc
curity Pact. This agreement is
regarded today as the corner
stone of a peace structure in
the Pacific comparable to the
North Atlantic Treaty for
Europe which Mr.. Dulles
helped substantially to get
ratified by the Senate.
Certainly for experience and
knowledge Mr.. Dulles is the
best man in the United States
today for Secretary of State
and in all probability his desig-
nation for the post will be an
nounced in the next few days.
Evening star., 1952-11-17

complain they won't be needed
now. ....
AS anybody around here
knows. lobbyists for business for
the last 20 years have done
handsomely by keeping their
business clients in a constant
state of fright and worry about
what those blankety blank New
Dealers and Fair Dealers might
do to them next. In other words,
they capitalized on human mis-
ery-the misery of business. A.
nance and industry.
Now the New Dealers and
Fair Dealers no longer will sit
in the seats of power. These
whipping boys will be no more.
Or, as the articulate member
of the profession tells the sad
story:
your column on how we lob
byists are whetting our chops
over the halcyon days ahead
lifted me appreciably, but sober
analysis sent me back to the
valley of despond.
There won't be any fires to
require us f1remen.
He went on to say that it
was his recollection that when
the 80th Republican Congress
came in back in 1916 for what
proved only a brief, two-year
heyday, one Of the biggest busi-
ness lobbies operating here
fired half of its staff, thinking
they no longer would be needed.
Evening star., 1952-11-17

we f1remen won't be able to
make them worry.
Didn't you know that all
Of us voted secretly for Steven
son and the continued redistri-
button of wealth?"
Ones heart does almost bleed
for the now luckless fraternity
of lobbyists. Perhaps the hat
should be passed for them, or
better, some sort of social well
fare measure for the relief of
lobbyists be enacted. It might
appropriately be the first order
of business in the new Republic
can administration.
They seem to think Republi-
cans owe it to them.
Don't. however, be too dis
Evening star., 1952-11-17

turbed about the moaning and
groaning.
It is doubtful that these fell
lows are going to starve. They
will find something that their
business clients need to be pro-
tected against. They always
have. There have been Republi-
can administrations before. and
they did all right then. There
are always Democrats in Con-
gress, and even a few progress
sive Republicans they can ad-
vertise as trouble-makers.
There will be a change"
here, yes. But not the mil
lenium.
Evening star., 1952-03-23

SO Gu. #. with full width freezer
that holds an amazing AZ pounds OF
frozen food. Also has large
Roller Drawers for fruits, vege-
tables, chiller tray for extra
storage space, all porcelain enamel
interior. Buy now at Lacy'S Z stores.
Branch stores open evenings It'll q.
Evening star., 1952-03-23
Men Should Be Taught Respect
For SerWicewomen, Group Says

A special advisory committee
recommended last night that men
in the Armed Forces be taught to
show respect for women in uni
form. The group is composed OF
At women.
The Defense Department Ad-
visory Committee on Women in
the Services strongly" urged IN
a report to Mrs. Anna M. Rosen-
berg. Assistant Secretary Of De-
fense, that the men "be given
orientation to the fact that they
will work with women in uniform
who merit their respect and cour-
tesy as qualified members Of the
defense team"
The committee also found it
was "deplorable that many COM
munities are still unaware of the
extent to which women are max
ing their contribution to national
defense through military service
and these communities have not
made adequate provision for their
leisure time"
1t recommended that additional
quantities of the proper" kind
of literature on health. nutrition
and personal conduct be provided
for uniformed women.
The committee. formed last
September, was pleased to find
Improvement In housing for worl-
en- and commended the services
Evening star., 1952-03-23

distributed as follows: Mt. Alto,
1856: Bethesda. so: Walter Reed,
10. OF the Mt. Alto beds. 80 are
reserved for women veterans. AS
of Friday there were 301 veterans
as patients in Mt. Alto. with so
on waiting list.
The proposed hospital here is
to have q 15-foot wall Of concrete
and steel in the center Of the
building. designed to resist an
atomic bomb blast.
Cost Of q 500-bed hospital with
the atomic CORE is estimated at
50 million to $11 million. An In
crease to $50 beds would raise the
cost to from $12 million to SIS
million, twas said.
Evening star., 1952-03-23
|Sasscer Urges Action
On Increasing Size d
New VA Hospital Here

Fast action on q proposal to|
increase the size Of the authorized
new veterans hospital here has
been demanded by Representative
Sasscer, Democrat. Of Maryland.
In q letter to Frederick j. Law
ton. Director OF the Budget. Mr..
Sasscer recounted pleas received
In his Office regarding veterans
who are having difiiculty In being
admitted to Mt. Alto because Of
the lack Of beds"
Mr.. Sasscer declared many pa
tients ''in this area" are being
sent to Martinsburg, w. Va, Perry
Point, Md. and as far away as
Newport News. Va. His letter con-
|cluded. II earnestly urge that
favorable action on the project be
taken as expeditiously as possible. !"
Construction Held Up.
The recommendation Of the
Veterans Administration to in
Icrease the planned size Of the
proposed hospital on hte Soldiers
Home grounds from 500 to 750
beds has been before the Budget
Bureau since last November. In
the meantime. construction has
lbeen help up.
The VA Is ready to start con-
Struction as soon as some word
lon the recommendation is heard
from the bureau.
Need for additional beds was
seen by Veterans Administrator
Carl r. Gray. jr., as q result Of q
survey which showed that aS q
result Of the war In Korea, the
number Of beds available to veter-
ans at Walter Reed Hospital and
1.-THE Naval Medical Center OF
Bethesda has been curtaiIed. i
Decision Up To Truman.
Both the White House and the
Budget Bureau have remained
silent as to the current status Of
the proposed hospital. It was
Isaid the final decision is up to
president Truman. who originally
ordered the planned number Of
beds cut from $50 to 500 In line
with a general order affecting
veterans hospitals nationally.
Beds for veterans total 395 IN
the immediate Washington area
Evening star., 1952-03-23

on their moral guidance programs.
It found excellent" recrea-
tional facilities for the women on
bases and added that the basic
plans for food service was COM
mendable.
Calling the shortage Of nurses
and medical specialists in the
armed forces Critical" the group
also said that it believed milital &
hospital personnel management
was actually more efficient and
far more advanced than average
civilian practices.
The report reafiirmed the COM