Evening star., 1953-12-24
Nixon Praises Dean
,FeT Walking Out on
Meeting With Reds
By the Associuted Press

BY fhe Associated Press
Vice President Nixon says this
country's chief negotiator was
fully justified in turning his back
=for the time being, anyway
on the Communists in the long
drawn-out negotiations toward
starting a political conference as
q sequel of the Korean war.
Asserting there has been "some
criticism" of Special Ambassador
Arthur H. Dean for returning to
this country and leaving the Ko-
rean political talks in allegiance,
Mr.. Nixon told a Nationwide
television and radio audience last
night:
1--WE should recognize that the
time is past when we should try
to reach agreement with the
Communists at the conference
table by Surrendering to them. :"
Mr.. Dean demanded the Reds
withdraw an accusation of per
fidy" against the United States.
The talks have been suspended
since his walkout two weeks ago.
o-z Hits Truman Diplomacy.
i Slapping, by implication, at
the Truman and Roosevelt ad-
ministrations, Mr.. Nixon added:
1--WE are paying the price in
Asia for that kind of diplomacy
right now."
Mr.. Nixon reported by NBC
television and by major radio
networks on the recent $4,000
mile tour he and his wife made
at President Eisenhower's behest.
AS the Vice President spoke,
his 75-year-old father lay seri-
ously i'll in a hospital at Phoenix.
Ariz. Mr.. Nixon went ahead
with his broadcast after talking
with his fathers doctor by
telephone.
Gen. Eisenhower, the Vice
President said, has taken the
offensive in the drive for peace"
and "for the first time the Com
munists are on the defensive all
over the world"
Moreover, he said, "the Com
munists' deeds are catching up
with them"
And, said Mr.. Nixon, "that is
why they are losing support OF
peoples everywhere throughout
Asia"
Partial Text of Speech.
Following is a partial text of
Mr.. Nixon's speech:
why should Americans care
what happens half way around
the world?
"One hundred fifty thousand
Americans who were killed or
wounded in Korea are the best
evidence that what happens
there affects us here.
cat the present time in the
world there are approximately
$40 million people committed to
the free nations. There are 800
million on the Communist side
and there are 600 million who
can be classified as not COM
mitted. These 600 million live for
the most part in those areas of
the world which we visited.
1.-THE Communists are making
an all-out effort to win them to
their side. The wars in Korea.
Indo-China and Malaga, revolu-
tionS in Burma, Indonesia and
the Philippines. and subversion
everywhere are some of the in
dications of the Importance that
the Communists place upon this
area.
''If they are able to win all or
part of it the balance of power
in the world as far as people
are concerned and from the
standpoint of resources will shift
to the Communist side. The free
world eventually will be forced to
its knees. 1t is vital. therefore,
to keep these uncommitted mil
lions from going behind the Iron
Curtain.
''We found a great well of
friendship for America in the
countries which we visited. We
found terrible poverty. hardship
and misery but remarkable
courage and dignity among the
common people in the face Of
these factors. Despite differ
ences in religion. in music. in
art and culture we found that
the great masses of the people,
like the people of America, had
the same fundamental beliefs.
"They believed in the dignity
of man and in the existence of
a supreme being. They treasured
their independence as nations
We found there the same love
for children and respect for
parents that we would find in
any American family.
"They are a great and vital
force in the world and they will
be decisive force in the future
They can and would like to be
friends of the free nations. They
may be forced to join with our
powerful enemies.
II have noted some criticism
of Mr.. Dean for his failure to
agree to a political conference
with the Communists. We should
recognize that the time is past
when we should try to reach
noreenoent with the Communists