Evening star., 1953-03-31
Mccarthy Chat
With Dulles on
Ship Deal Set
New Move Held Up
Pending Meeting at
Lunch Tomorrow
BY Cecil Holland

lican, Of Wisconsin announced
today he will confer at lunch
tomorrow with Secretary of State
Dulles before extending his SEN
ate subcommittee's efforts to cut
OF more Greek shipping to Iron
Curtain areas.
He said the meeting with Mr..
Dulles was arranged as a result
Of Mutual Security Administra-
tor Harold E. Stassen's charge
yesterday that the Senate in
vestigation subcommittee's ex-
curSion into diplomacy was "un-
dermining" executive efforts to
cut of trade between the West
and Communist countries.
The luncheon meeting will
take place at / pm. in Secretary
Dulles Office, the State Depart
ment revealed.
Action Causes FurOr.
It will be held amidst a wide
spread furor stirred up by SEN
ator McCarthy's weekend an
nouncement that his Senate
Subcommittee's staff had nego-
tiated, without consulting the
White House or the State De-
partment, an agreement with
the Greek owners of 242 ships
that they would break off all
trade with North Korea and
Communist China.
Senator Met cCarthy said another
agreement involving $50 ships
owned by Greeks operating out
Of London was being held up
pending the meeting with Secre-
tary Dulles.
I'VE could complete that agree
ment today" Senator Mccarthy
added. But we are going to
hold it up until we talk with
Mr.. Dulles"
The earlier agreement an
nounced by Senator Mccarthy
involved Greek shipping oper-
ating largely out of New York.
Defense Aide Testifies.
Senator Mccarthy made the
announcement Of the Dulles
meeting at : pubic hearing at
which Frank G. Nash, Assistant
Secretary of Defense for Inter-
national Security Affairs. was the
witness.
Mr. Mash testified that he has
no knowledge Of how the Nc
Carthy agreement will affect
other negotiations underway.
III it results in q net decrease
in the amount Of shipping going
to China. it is something that
is welcome to the Department of
Defense" Mr.. Nash said. He
added, however. that no such
agreement should undercut over
all Government policy.
Senator Mccarthy, meanwhile,
said he looks to President Eisen-
hover to back him in the dis
pute.
Senator Mccarthy told report
ers he was amazed" by Mr..
StaSSen's accusations.
Nixon Figures in Situation.
Vice President Nixon's name
figured in the situation as a
possible trouble shooter for Gen.
Eisenhower.
One informant said Mr.. Nixon
planned to report to the Presi-
dent on the StaSsen- McC Carthy
fuss at today's meeting Of the
National Security Council. An
other said. however. that Mr..
Noxn would discuss the situation
with Mr.. Stassen before taking it
up with the President.
MIR. ,StaSSen also was sitting in
on the Security Council meeting.
An informed source who asked
not to be identified by name said
Mr.. Nixon had been given a full
report on the ship agreements
deal by Francis Flanagan, gen.
eral counsel Of Senator McCar-
thy's subcommittee.
It was said that the result Of
the discussions might be a presi-
Dental decision In Senator Nc
Carthy's favor. but not necessar-
lily an immediate one. Nixon and
Senator Mccarthy declined to
discuss the matter.
Gen. Eisenhower told his news
conference last week he would
not seek to interfere with Sen
ator McCarthy's Investigations
as long as the Senator sincerely
believes he Is doing the right
thing.
The White House said it had
no comment on Senator Nc
Carthy's statement that he ex-
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