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Evening star., 1953-01-06
No Help From British on Korea
Churchill Is Still Following Trumon-Acheson Policy
Of 'Stoenote,' Unaware Voters Rejected 1t

by the Communist Chinese
arms. Even the moral force
of the great government of
Britain is not aligned today
with America in the Korean
war.
There are influential ele-
ments in Britain, moreover.
which want to keep on recog-
nizing Red China and to re-
sumo the sending of materials
in trade with the Commu-
nists-materials that can help
kill American boys in Korea.
The British minority groups
make no secret of their desire
to hand over Formosa to the
Red Chinese.
When the Prime Minister
says that "it would be a great
pity If the United Nations
armies or the United States
Armies wandered about all over
this vast China or made any
definite extension of the war;"
he virtually insults the intelli-
gence of the American leader
ship irrespective of which ad-
ministration here he has in
mind. For it was Gen. Mac
Arthur himself who said that
anybody who advocated the
sending of American troops to
fight on the mainland Of China
should have his head examined.
Nobody in any position Of inn
portance has ever advocated
such course, yet so deep is
the lack of understanding be-
tween Britain and America
that such a concept. fostered
by the British press. is sup
posed to be the real American
viewpoint.
When Mr.. Churchill says
that the war couldn't be ex-
tended, he fails to add that no
body in America wants to ex-
tend the war but that, If the
Communists extend it. there
will have to be countermeas-
ures, such as an economic and
naval blockade.
MIR. Churchill declares that
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the center of gravity" for
peace lies along the frontiers
of the Iron Curtain in Europe
and not in Korea. But he
seems to have forgotten that.
meanwhile, Asia with her vast
resources of manpower and
materials can some day in the
hands of the Communist i'm
perialists threaten the security
Of Europe.
All these contradictions be-
tween the American and Brit
ish viewpoints now emphasized
publicly by. Mr.. Churchill are
supposed to come under the
heading of resisting aggres-
sion." It certainly makes psy-
Geological warfare difficult
when there is no united front.
It is reminiscent of the way
Prime Minister Chamberlain at
Munich in 1888 thought that
peace in our time" would be
obtained by appeasing the
aggression of Hitler in Central
Europe.
The divergence Of view be-
tween the United States and
Britain is, of course, grist to
the Moscow mill. But 1t Is
more important to bring it
out in the open now than to
let it tester. Soviet Russia
knows the cleavage exists and
is counting on its continuance
as a factor in the cold war;"
The truth is America is begged
down in Korea because she
doesn't have the sincere CO.
operation Of her allies, partic-
ularly Great Britain. No move
can be made to improve the
American position in Korea
without consulting Britain
and, If there is a London veto,
it will be difficult to alter the
stalemate. A casualty list of
10000 Americans a year for
the next several years may be
the prospect unless enough
South Koreans can be trained
to do the holding job.
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independent. self supporting.
law-abiding families? What
The primary need. I'think. IN
for persons of character.
self reliant. devoted to the
preservation of liberty and law,
capable Of raising progeny Of
like character. and sound Of
mind and body. Since immi-
grafton must be selective.
should not the selection con-
slider experience in regard, to
national characters and eu-
genics? Should we. for example.
admit persons. themselves
sane. but with family histories
of insanity, on the unsupport-
able theory that physical char
acters are transmitted only to
one generation?
Do we, or do we not, wish
to remain predominantly q
Christian country? Do we, or
do we not. wish to remain pre- =
dominantly a white country?
Do we wish to increase the
numbers Of those who tend to
herd in great cities, or en-
courage a distribution of popu-
1ation through smaller towns
and on the land? Shall we in
crease the tendency to cul.
tural pluralism?
These questions are political
dynamite. but they are neces-
sary to any fundamental con-
sideration Of the immigration
problem.
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stocks have produced the
larger number Of indigents,
criminals, spies, racketeers?
What are American needs9
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falls and the President had to
be everlastingly on his guard.
lest he say something he later
would regret or allow some
thing to escape before the time
was ripe. There were days
when a 3O-minute session with
the correspondents took as
much out of Roosevelt as all
the rest of the days work. But
he had started something he
couldn't stop. and that Presi-
dent Truman, following in his
footsteps, couldn't stop. Now
President-elect Eisenhower Is
forced to face up to the prob
lem his two predecessors have
left him. Shall this most
democratic of all our demo-
cratic institutions be retained?
There are lntimations that
he confronts the established
ordeal with reluctance. Some
say this results in part from
the painful discovery during
the campaign that a majority
Of the correspondents travelling
with him had, at some stage.
lost their personal enthusiasm
for him. That could cause him
to feel he would be dealing with
a hostile group-for him, Until
he got into politics. an un-
usual and unpleasant experi-
ence. However, the Eisen-
hover charm Is authentic and
he should have no trouble in
winning the wary correspond
ents over-if he is able and
willing to give them news and
answer their questions.
There is the rub. At the
outset, and possibly throughout
his term, the President will
have to feel his way in the
field Of national policy. There
will be many questions con-
cerning which he cannot be
too positive. For this is going
to be not just an Eisenhower
administration, but an Eisen-
hover TAFT administration.
with at times the order Of the
two names appearing to be
reversed. The President viii
need to be cautious in answer
ing questions. unless the answer
has first been cleared with the
majority leader Of the Senate.
Otherwise he Is apt to read
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Fletcher KnebeI:
Potomac Fever

Minister Churchill dimes with Eisenhower Churchill
counting old friendship help him along with Ike
-he fellow who knows a fellow who knows Dewey.
Adai Stevenson threemonth trip around the
world The Nation rejoices the journeyhes the first
Democrat in 20 to abroad on his own money.
President the AFT. teamsters union head
quarters to Washington Beck hears Ike dealing with the
unonsevery time Ike shues the deck for Federal jobs out
falls labor leader and 80 milionaires
considered boxing salary
100 grandeavng him in the happy position of Of still
being the Nations top Oman.
Outgoing Gov. Val Peterson of Nebraska finally gets job
in the Ike administration Peterson he going get
job explains refrained from chewing
off the last stubs of his fngernails.
House Un-Amercan Activities Committee begins in
vestigaton college Communists The best Commu
nists the college to make them play toobano
other sport makes man a capitalist faster.
Republican with Eisenhower the Of
making Hawaii 49th State This of the Republicans
amSgettng people in the Union stand
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Dorothy Thompson:

The issues connected with
the immigration bill, passed by
a two-thirds majority Of Con-
gress over the Presidents veto.
will not stay laid, and Presi-
dent Truman's Commission on
immigration and Naturaliza-
tion. headed by Philip B. PERL
man, is bent on unrolhng again
the whole question. This COM
missions report. issued last
Friday, recapitulating oppos-
ing arguments in the hearings
while the bill was under con-
sideration, blasts the bill as
IAN arrogant, brazen instru-
ment of discrimination" and
as causing resentment against
us abroad" It recommends
reconsideration, and suggests
that visas should be issued
annually on the basis of five
categories: Right of asylum.
reunion of families, needs in
the United States. special needs
in the free world, general i'm
migration. It also recommends
no discrimination against
colored peoples and Asiatics
and says the bill is not based
on Sound fundamental prin-
ciples."
There are features of the So
called McCarran Act which
should, I think. be recon-
sidered, among them the secu-
rity provisions that. as an
example. kept part Of the
crews Of foreign ships from
landing during the recent
holidays.
But in choosing future
United States citizens, we can
find no fundamental principles
in the report Of the Perlman
Commission.
There is but one way to
prevent all discrimination, and
that is to open the gates to
any one who wants to come or
leave.
But the Perlman Commits
sion also recommends that inn
migration be limited and selec-
tive. and of the i've considera-
tions to determine selection,
Evening star., 1953-01-06
Constantine Brown:
Churchill Cites Many Problems
Trying Situations in Korea, Iran and Egypt Head List
OF Subjects He Will Discuss With Gen. Eisenhower
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defy the Communist-prodded
Nationalists who are pressing
him to continue his present
adamant policies.
But Mossadegh insists that
the American Government.
give him scme political elbow
room by providing him with
about $100 million to replenish
his empty treasury. This sum
is negligible if it can help
keep Iran outside the Iron.
Curtain. But the British in
sist on substantial compensa-
tion for their nationalized
properties.
Both Gen. Eisenhower and
Mr.. Dulles have kept close tab
on the situation in Teheran
and are said to be prepared
to intervene if Mr.. Churchill
can promise a more compro-
missing attitude from his gov
ernment, which holds the ma.
jority stock in the Anglo
1ranian Oil Co.
A similar softer attitude Is
expected of the British gov
ernment concerning Egypt.
Gen. Eisenhower looks at the
country principally from the
military point of view. He il
'vitally interested in the crea-.
ton of a Middle Eastern COM
mand with Turkey and Egypt
as the cornerstone Of such an
organization.
The APPEARANCE of Gen.
Naguib as the virtual dictator
in Cairo lent much hope in the
last few months for settle
ment of the old dispute be-
tween Britain and Egypt over
the British forces in the Suez
Canal zone and the control
of the Sudan. Unfortunately
these hopes have been frus-
trated so far.
MIR. Churchill, who prides
himself on being as good q
military as political strategist.
will set forth the British point
of view in his talks with Gen.
Eisenhower and is expected to
hint what concessions his gov
ernment could make to Ma.
guib to permit the strength
ening of the NATO defenses In
that area.
Evening star., 1953-01-06

experience that, Gen. Eisen-
hover is a determined man.
He knows that If Gen. Eisen-
hover has decided that the
best remedy for the present
deadlock is serving an ulti-
matum on the enemy to cease
the fighting, neither the British
Prime Minister nor the rest Of
the United Nations partici-
pants in Korea can change
his mind.
There is no question that
Churchill will obtain from the
next President the assurance
that Britain and the Common D.
wealth nations will be informed
about our next move to give
them a chance to associate
themselves with our decisions
or to withdraw. And judging
by the present temper Of the
British it Is probable that they
will not refuse to go along
with whatever actions Gen.
Eisenhower may wish to under
take.
Churchill is said to be chiefly
interested in obtaining some
assurances that u. N. forces
will not be sent to fight over
the vast Chinese territory.
From what has been indicated
by those surrounding our next
President, there is no such
thought in his mind or in the
minds of competent military
men with whom he has can :
vassed the military situation
and the capabilities of the
enemy armies.
The British Prime Minister
is also greatly bothered by the
Iranian and Egyptian prob
lens. He believes the former
possibly could be settled
through some friendly inter-
ventions by the United States
Government.
Our Ambassador at Te-
heran. 10y Henderson. per-
formed a rare diplomatic feat
in a verbal marathon when he
discussed the 1ranian problem
for nine hours with Premier
Mossadegh last week. Accord
ing to the skimpy information
which has come out, the
shrewd Iranian Premier seems
willing to take a chance and
Evening star., 1953-01-06
Constantine Brown:

Prime Minister Winston
Churchill has arrived in New
York with a bagful Of prob
lens to talk over with Gen.
Eisenhower. These range from
the general international, pc
litical and economic situation
to matters he considers as
direct British interests. such as
Egypt and Iran. but which can
be settled only by American
diplomatic and economic in
tervention.
Gen. Eisenhower promised
the Senate leaders who visited
him last week that he will
make no commitments to the
British leader. He and his
future Secretary of State,
John Foster Dulles. will merely
take due note of Mr.. Church
ills invariably interesting and
forceful statements Of views.
Mr.. Churchill was warned
before he sailed from Britain
on this automatically unprec-
edented pilgrimage that the
new crew which is taking over
on January 20 from the Demo-
cratic administration has made
definite pledges to the elec-
torate and that these must
be kept.
A solution to the war in
Korea has number one priority.
There seems to be no doubt
that Mr.. Churchill has some
inkling of what is in Gen.
Eisenhower's mind about
Korea. The general examined
the situation firSt-hand; he
talked to military men-in-
cluding the British representa-
tive at Gen. Mark Clark's
headquarters-about the capa-
bilities of the allied forces to
end the war. by force if neces-
sary; returned to New York
where he had an exhaustive
talk with Gen. Douglas Mac
Arthur who has a very realistic
appreciation of the situation
in that area and is said to have
decided what to do, to end q
police action" which has
been going on for nearly three
years and has cost more than
10000 American casualties.
Mr.. Churchill knows from
Evening star., 1953-01-06
Good Advice F rom Governors
Eisenhower Will Give State Speech Eorly
In Order to Seize Initiative for His Own Program

Union message is shaping as a
thoughtful, generalized state
ment of his party's contribu-
tions to the Nation in the past
20 years. It admits they are
out now but calls attention to
their point of departure in
contrast to the present.
His budget message Is much
tougher. He will present q
must" program and fight for
it. The economic report which
will follow is said to be glow
ing. along the lines Of the "you
never had it so good" slogan OF
the campaign.
In his own discussions OF
it, the President thinks of
the state-of-the Union mes
sage as q document for the
whole party, an invaluable
memorandum for its defend
ers everywhere. He expects
that his budget and economic
papers will be q well-stocked
arsenal for Democrats in the
Congress as they move into
opposition.
Mr.. Truman has said that he
thinks the Republicans will get
the country into a depression.
He thinks it more than ever
since he has been told the
prospective Secretary Of the
Treasury is a tight money"
man. Then, as he sees it, the
Democrats can use his final
blueprints in a fighting man
ner they have not used for his
program for q very long time.
Evening star., 1953-01-06

Of his great victory, that the
country will support him in a
program tailored to his cam
paign. In virtually every
State he ran well ahead of his
party; his were the coattails.
The Truman victory in 1948
was the reverse of this.
Nothing can detract from the
Presidents courage in 1948 but
1t is a fact that able Senators
and Governors made his vic
tory possible.
This situation gives the gen.
eral his strongest hold on the
Congress. A President strong
with the people cannot be
safely defied by a House
elected every two years and
a Senate one-third Of whose
members run the same
gantlet.
Gen. Eisenhower will be
moving into a vacuum with
his messages. The President
and his staff are lavishing
much sweat and loving care
on his farewell state papers.
but he will not deliver them
in person and the mood OF
Congress plainly dictates they
will be all but filed In the
wastebaSket.
Mr.. Truman is described as
resigned to this fate. That is
why he is saving his energies
for a farewell to the Nation
by television and radio next
week.
The Truman state-of-the-
Evening star., 1953-01-06
Lowell MeIIett:

It ID q little difncult to ad-
wise the President-elect and
his press secretary-designate
In this matter Of White House
press conferences. The ques-
ton of whether to have them
or not have them obviously is
giving concern. When asked
they say neither yes nor no.
which indicates at least some
doubt as to the wisdom Of con-
tinuing the operation which
the press and perhaps the pub
lie have come to consider per-
manently fixed in our national
life. There is basis for the
doubt.
Presidential press confer
ences aren't easy. They were
not even for a mastery
performer like Roosevelt. al
though he sometimes could
make them seem so, especially
in the early days Of his admin
iStration. In those days he
could substitute charm for in
formation, when it seemed
necessary. Reporters would
leave q session Of informal give
and take, delighted with an
offhand wisecrack-or o wise
crack that seemed o6hand
when delivered-telling one
another the President was a
great guy. When they sat down
to write what they had learned
they might find they had not
learned much, but still. after
Harding, Coolidge and Hoover,
they had reason to feel their
relations with the White House
were greatly improved. Then.
too, there was always the pos
Sibility. In those days Of great
change and New Deal inn
provisions, Of something ex-r
citing coming forth-news Of
what Congress was going to
do, for example, before Con-
gress itself knew about it.
But In time the press con-
ference grew tougher. The re-
porters came prepared. often
better prepared on a given sub
ject than the President him.
self. The path to the front
pages became filled with pit
Evening star., 1953-01-06
David Lowrence:

What Prime Minister
Churchill said in his press in
terview dramatizeS the reason
why the alliance between Great
Britain and the United States
is weak today and why the
United Nations is even weaker.
With surprising disregard
for the amenities of the hour
when it is presumed Moscow
is anxious to learn what might
be done by Gen. Eisenhower
about Korea-the British
Prime Minister definitely spells
out the limits of international
action and virtually washes
his hands Of any responsibility
for getting the American
troops home from Korea any
time in the next quarter of a
century. He is still following
the Truman-Acheson line and
seems unaware that it was re-
pudiated in the recent elec-
ton.
It begins to look as if the
British Prime Minister doesn't
care how long the Stalemate
in Korea lasts inasmuch as
Great Britain doesn't have to
furnish the manpower to do
that troop-consuming job. The
British Prime Minister seems
content with a "stalemate" as
long as American troops con-
tinue to be drafted.
Mr.. Churchill made also an
inept remark to the effect
that Britain would not with
draw her diplomatic recogni-
tion of Red China. This has
been the viewpoint Of London
for o long time. It has, how
ever, ranked in many an
American breast. and to have
the British Prime Minister
reiterate it publicly doesn't
sound like the tact of a
Churchill. It sounds like a
warning to Gen. Eisenhower
that Britain will continue to
clasp the hands Of the Red
Chinese in friendship while
American boys are being killed
Evening star., 1953-01-06

The President and the Press
Some Bosis for the Apparent Reluctance With Which
Eisenhower Views White House Press Conferences

in the papers that the blunt
Ohioan has said. TITS not that
way at ALL"
No. the problem Of the press
conference isn't easy. but it
probably will be solved some-
how.
Evening star., 1953-03-08
Two District Officials Oppose
Chevy Chase Highway Plan

Chevy Chase (Md.) residents,
opposing a super highway
through their area, have some
strong support in the District
in their fight to block the prof.
ect which they say would force
the opening of Rock Creek Park
to commercial vehicles.
John Nolen, jr., director Of
the National Capital Planning
Commission, and c. Melvin
Sharpe, chairman of the Com
mittee of One Hundred of the
Federal City, voiced opposition
to the plan yesterday.
Samuel r. Harrison, chair
man of the Regional Highway
Committee, said his group had
indorsed the proposed highway
through the Upper Rock Greek
valley as a necessary limited
access route into downtown
Washington.
The Chevy Chase group is
fighting a Maryland State Roads
Commission plan for a southeast
leg of the new Route 240 to cut
across their area from Grosvenor
lane and Wisconsin avenue, un-
der Jones Bridge road and Con-
necticut avenue and over Jones
Mill road into the park.
The plan calls for dumping
traffic onto East-West highway
near Beach drive.
Described as Plot.
Opponents charge this is part
of a plot of District and Mary
land highway officials to force
the opening of the Rock Greek
valley to commercial traffic.
Mr.. Nolen said his group has
continually opposed any plan for
constructing a super highway
through the upper part of Rock
Greek Park. His organization.
however, has supported a plan
for widening of the present Rock
Greek road as far north as Colo
RADIO avenue and then channel
ling the traffic onto Sixteenth
street and Tilden street.
There is no need for an ex-
pressway into the northern
regions" Mr.. Nolen said. He
said Sixteenth street and Con-
Evening star., 1953-03-08

necticut avenue can handle the
traffic load at present.
Mr.. Nolen added he felt Route
240 should enter the District by
tying in with the proposed
George Washington Memorial
Parkway in the Macarthur
boulevard area.
Mr.. Nolen also charged that
the plans to bring the traffic
directly into the center of the
city would merely add to the
congestion Of the city's main
streets.
Fears Park Destruction.
Mr.. Sharpe said he was con-
tacting the executive board oi
the Committe of One Hundred
and hoped it would take a united
stand against the plan for a
highway through the upper
reaches Of the park.
"We are in direct opposition
to any effort to destroy the
public parks" he said. He said he
opposed any plan that would
bring commercial traffic through
the park, but would have to
think twice" If the limited
access road was to be barred to
trucks.
Mr.. Harrison, however. pointed
out the parkway plan is not new
some 10 years old, he said
and that the proposed parkway
down the west side of Rock Greek
park was included on last years
long-range program In the Re-
commended Highway Improve
ment Plan for the Washington
Metropolitan area.
The Citizens Action Commit
tee for Fair Highway Planning
formed to fight the Chevy Chase
route, still is waiting for word
from Gov. McKeldin after a
conference with him two weeks
ago.
A spokesman close to the
Governor, however, has reported
the chief executive is unlikely
to change the proposed route un-
less the State Roads Commits
sion and his Highway Advisory
Committee suggests q better
substitute plan"
Evening star., 1953-03-08
Air Crash Found Quickly
In Maryland CAP Test
By N. A..oeio,.d Pres.

BALTIMORE, Mar. MARY
lands Civil Air Patrol went into
action today on one Of it's prac-
tice air search problems and in
less than 90 minutes located the
site Of a simulated plane crash
between Frederick and Hagers-
town.
Patrol squadrons at Frederick.
Hagerstown. Sykesville. Essex,
Annapolis. Glen Burnie, Balti-
more, Prince Georges County
Airport. Silver Spring and Sails
bury participated in the prob
lem.
Today's problem started at
7::30s am. and between 8:45 and
9 a pilot had spotted a smoke
flare signal for help not far of
U. s. 40 near MyerSville.
1t. Harry Beatty Sd of the
HagerStown Squadron made the
find and in another few mo-
ments sighted two survivors"