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Evening star., 1953-03-25
Common Asian Front Supported
Proposal Is Gaining Ground Among Military Men
Not Only in United Stotes, but Also in Fronce
Constantine Brown:

The idea of creating a COM
mon front in Eastern Asia, ex-
tending from Korea to Indo-
China, is, gaining ground
among top-ranking military
men not only in this country
but also in France.
The question is whether the
French political leaders will
be as willing as the military to
support this idea. It should be
recalled that the allied gen.
erals were in favor of rearm-
ing Western Germany as early
as 1850. Their views were en-
bodied eventually in the EDO
treaty which was signed by
the six European nations con-
cerned and by the United
States and Great Britain.
After nearly a year, only
America, Britain and Germany
have ratified the EDO treaty.
The other nations are still
wondering whether it would
be wise politically to do so.
It is true that a common
front in East Asia does not
offer the same political prob
lens as the rearmament Of
Western Germany. It is much
more in the nature of a prac-
tical military problem.
Frances Premier Rene May
er, his Foreign Secretary
Georges Bidault, Minister for
1ndo- China Jean Letourneau
and Finance Minister Bourges-
Maunoury are carrying the
case directly to United States
officials. They will have ex-
hauStive conversations with
key men in our Government
during their stay in Washing
ton. A part Of their time will
be occupied with discussions
Of our assistance in 1ndo-
China.
The common front cannot
be realized, say the French.
unless America assumes the
largest share of expenditure
for the war in 1ndo-China.
So far. that war has cost the
French government an average
Of 81 billion a year.
President Eisenhower and
Secretary of State Dulles will
want to know what interpreta-
ton the French political lead
ers place on the common front.
If they mean only that the
United States should assume
so or 10 per cent of the ex-
penditures on the basis of a
loose strategic collaboration,
our French friends may find
only a polite and cool recep-
ton insofar as this subject is
concerned.
M. Letourneau, the minister
for Indo-China. has already
indicated that in the event
America agrees to support the
campaign in that country, it
should confine itself to speed
ing up the sending of war ma
terials without increasing in
any way the number of mill
tary observers who are already
in Saigon and Hanoi.
Any increased control" par
ticipation on the part Of the
Evening star., 1953-03-25
Fletcher KnebeI:
Potomac Fever

Senators Taft and Sparkman inspect the FB1 file Of Charles
Bohle likes choice for Ambassador Russia It's getting
that the only record that be cleared nowadays the
that's been blank for years
Former President Truman sails for Hawaii. It's we'll
earned resand the country deserves every minute of it.
Secretary Of Agriculture Benson he'll get rid Of
poyes who don't with the administrations farm policy
That real He half the employees
not believing rugged ndivduais- the other half for
agreeing with them.
Another atomic weapon exploded in Nevada The idea
to keep setting until got
won't hurt anybody.
Bernard Baruch asks committees to quit hold
ing secret meetings Congressman love Official secre-t
them something important hide along with
The State Department Russia of "abricatng
unounded version plane attack You can't trust folks
fabricae unfounded versions-he first thing they'll
be lying about something
plane flies the Iron Curtain with
Maenkov better hurry and halfway to meet
e-or all his constituents will be there ahead of him.
Evening star., 1953-03-25
New Rule on Borders Needed
Idea Of Conference to Determine Frontier and Shore
Jurisdiction Is q Timely Effort to Preserve Peoee
David LoWrence:

When Prime Minister
Churchill announced the will
ingness Of the government of
Great Britain to accept the
Soviet Unions suggestion that
military representatives Of
both sides hold a conference
to And a way to avoid clashes
between airplanes at the bor-
der zones in occupied Ger
many, it could mean the
beginning of a much wider
discussion as to what are the
territorial limits of a nation
nowadays insofar as the air
and the seas are concerned.
Traditionally, international
waters are everybody's beyond
the 3-mile limit, though in
recent years there has been a
tendency for domestic police
purposes. such as smuggling,
to impose a 12-mile limit. But
with modern jet planes that
fly 900 miles or more an hour,
1t is possible for planes to
approach within so or so miles
and within a matter of min
utes to invade the territory
OF another nation, sometimes
unwittingly and sometimes
with the deliberate purpose
Of making photographs of
Notifications, airf1elds, etc.
The other day Senator Flan-
ders. Republican, of Vermont
said he thought perhaps the
United States Air Force
bombers which tangled with
Soviet jets near the coast of
Siberia might not have been
engaged in a weather recon-
naissance mission but in some
other useful work, and that he
thought the purpose might
have been more accurately
stated. This raises the question
OF whether America is pre-
pared to concede that her air
planes must stay away from
q point as close as Is miles
from the Siberian coast, no
matter what their mission.
The United States Air Force,
Evening star., 1953-03-25

comers, is up next year here.
Senator Humphrey is a superb
campaigner and has been de-
veloping into one of the Sem
ate's most formidable de-
baterS. In recognition of his
talents, the new leadership put
him on the Foreign Relations
Committee as a replacement
for the equally formidable re-
tired Texan. Tom Connally.
Acknowledging that Senator
Humphrey could be hard to
beat, Republicans are pressing
Representative Walter Judd,
one of their best spokesmen,
to run against him. With his
party in the State grumbling
and disunited, Mr.. Judd natu-
rally would be less inclined to
take the risk.
The for-Eisenhower- r-before-
Chicago group here includes
both members Of the national
committee, Mrs. r. Peavey
Heffelfinger and George Et-
zell. Mr.. Etzell replaced the
veteran Roy Dunn. a Taft sup
porter, after a brisk fight at
Chicago.
The Minnesota primary was
a three-cornered battle. Mrs.
Hefelflnger and Bradshaw
Mintener, a prominent Min
neapolis lawyer, led for Gen.
Eisenhower. Mr.. Dunn put
up a terrific fight for his idol,
Senator Taft, and Mr.. Stassen
held together what remained
of his old machine as Gov
ernor.
Eisenhower supporters con-
tributed the ferment that put
Minnesota in the role Of an
Evening star., 1953-03-25

leaders do not believe in q full
fiedged military coalition with
one supreme commander in
the Far East. Since Marshal
JUN cannot be spared from
Europe. it stands to reason
that Gen. Clark would have to
assume that task and a large
number Of American staf Of
ficers and instructors for the
Wet Nam army would have to.
participate in the Indo- China
operation.
The fact that the French
quartet of important members
of the cabinet is not accom-
panied by either Rene Pleven.
Frances realistic Minister Of
National Defense, or by any
ranking military men indicates;
that our guests wish to confine
their discussions to a strictly
political and financial level.
In view Of possible military
developments in the course Of
this summer in Korea and
do-China, it was hoped that
the American-French conver-
sations might include military
matters in Eastern Asia.
The British are operating on
their own in Malaga and have
not indicated that they are
interested either in American
military support or in a COM
mon front. Neither do they
want to become involved with
the Chinese Nationalists on
Formosa. who are expected to
play a secondary but impor-
tant role in whatever military
operations may develop.
Evening star., 1953-03-25

on the other hand, contends
that the air is everybody's ju-
riSdiction and that no sover-
eighty was violated by Ameri-
can airplaneS in the vicinity Of
Kamchatka. This contradicts
the Russian charge that the
American planes not only ap-
preached close to but actually
flew over Russian territory.
There is no precedent which
gives one nation the right to
fire on foreign airplanes of any
nationality when they come as
close as Is miles to its coast.
For if that doctrine is to be-
come the international law of
the future, then it is more i'm
portant to the United States
than the Soviet Union. Thus,
foreign airplanes which come
close to Alaska would be SUBJ
ject to being fired upon If they
approach the territory of the
United States, and the same
principle would apply to for
eign submarines. From time
to time there have been re-
ports that unknown subma-
rines have come close to the
American coasts or that they
were sighted in waters close to
American island possessions in
the Pacific. If the new rule is
that both the air and the sea
are no longer International and
that each nation judges for
itself whether it will permit
planes or submarines of other
nations to traverse the air or
the seas near to it's bases of
operation, then a new era in
international discussion of ter
ritorial limits will have been
begun.
The sensible thing is to lay
the problem before an inter-
national conference such as
was held at The Hague in
1907, when the first rules re-
garding maritime warfare were
promulgated. There has always
been desire on the part Of
governments which are at
peace with one another to ex.
Evening star., 1953-03-25
Thonos L. Stokes
Monitor McCorthy's Mischief
Disturbing and Disgusting Deboce DeroroIzes
Administration That Was Given q Mandate

the Truman administration
into the reverse position in
self defense. 1t exhibited
rigidity toward any overtures.
Though those may not have
been in good faith, they still
were dismissed, it sometimes
seemed, with undue bluntneSs
and arbitrariness. The Tru-
man administration, under the
constant heckling of the Nc
Carthy clique, leaned over
backward toward what ap-
peared to be an excessive
hardness" It permitted itself
to be shackled, as we noted
critically here and in other
places.
The Eisenhower admins
tration started fresh. without
barnacles. The new President
could not be accused of soft
ness" toward communism. nor
could his Secretary of State,
nor anybody else in his admin
istration. This was recognized
as a psychological advantage.
An event soon occurred that
permitted the new President
to seize that psychological ad-
vantage. This was the death
Of Josef Stain. not only the
ruler Of Russia, but also q
symbol not easily replaced.
Though the meaning Of the
succession Of Georgi M. Ma
lenkov was not clear, President
Eisenhower took the initiative
to express our friendship for
the people Of Russia and to
offer to meet the new Premier
halfway. On its side, the
Russian government began to
use a different tone in speak
ing to its own people and to
the outside world which may
be just another peace often
sive" without real substance or
for some devious purpose, but
on the other hand might indi-
cate q different approach. At
least there has been q revival
Of hope all over an anxious
world.
President Eisenhower, with
Evening star., 1953-03-25
Baptist Group Calls
For Limitations on
Probes by Congress

Limitations on the powers Of
congressional investigating COM
mittees was advocated by a
Baptist group yesterday.
Asserting that "the great body
of our American people have not
gone communistic," a resolution
passed by the Baptist Joint
Committee on Public Affairs
asked that wise limitation
should be placed upon the
powers OF those who would in
vestigate them in the schools
or in the churches"
The motion warned that. when
responsible commentators, emf
nent ministers. along with
thoughtful editors" point out
the dangers Of methods used by
congressional investigating COM
mitteeS, then "the American
people who love freedom (would)
do well to be on the alert"
Cites Dangers Within.
I'm some countries Of the
world the people have been
robbed of their liberties by DOM
mating groups from within.
rather than the forces from
without" the motion added.
The Joint Committee, an
agency of the Southern and
American Baptist Conventions
and of the National Baptist Con-
vention, U. S. A.. Inc, and the
National Baptist Convention, met
at Baptist headquarters, 1928
Sixteenth street NV.
The resolution asserted the
right Of congressional commit
tees to make Investigations but
warned they are "obliged to rec
ognize the rights of the people
provided to them in the Bill Of
Rights.
Point Four Plan Backed.
ut is possible that danger may
arise from reckless use of power
by men who. by their methods,
may come to be the tool for the
promotion of communism, rather
than a means Of eliminating
Communists from any hurtful
connection or position within
our Government"
Support of the Point -Four pro-
gram of aid to nations overseas
was approved by the group.
The Rev. Edward B. willing
ham, pastor of National Baptist
Memorial Church and chairman
of the Joint Committee, presided.
Evening star., 1953-03-25
5000 Miners Facing
loyoff in Rail Strike
By the Associoted Press

ALLENTOWN. Pa, Mar. 25.-
About 5000 miners in Panther
Valley pits will be idled imme-
diately by the walkout Of en-
ployes of the Lehigh Valley Rail-
road, a mine spokesman declared
last night.
c. A. Probert. in charge of
production for the Lehigh Navi-
CATION Coal Co., said "it's i'm
possible for any mines to oper-
ate while the strike is in effect"
Service on the railroad was
brought to a standstill yesterday
when engine and train service
men Of the industrial line walked
of their jobs in q wage dispute.
Evening star., 1953-03-25

troops in Korea. He contended
Mr.. Truman had usurped his
presidential powers.
The attorney said: II am going
to wait six months and see what
the new administration does. II
they don't do anything, am
going to start up again."
LOS ANGELES. Mar. Is (R.-
Former President Truman and
his family sailed aboard the liner
President Cleveland yesterday
for a vacation in Hawaii.
Before sailing Mr.. Truman en-
tertained IL fori her buddies Of
d Battery, 10th Field Artillery.
35th Division, which Mr.. Truman
captained during World War I.
The ex-President took a turn at
the piano during the festivities.
Evening star., 1953-03-25

due caution. has set out to
explore the prospects. He is
in a position to do this which
the Truman administration
did not enjoy because Of the
psychological hazards imposed
by the McCarthyites.
The Wisconsin Senator has
not yet taken it upon himself
to pass judgment on this new
search for a possible adjust
ment. But anybody who set
out to throw obstacles in the
way could not have picked a
better course than to attack
the Voice Of America, which
Is our medium of reaching
both our friends and our foes,
and the man who was ap-
pointed ambassador and will
be our contact at the other end
of the line if anything fruitful
should develop. Mr.. Bohlen is,
too, eminently qualified by his
training, experience and abil-
ity to judge at first hand just
how sincere may be the Rus
slams in their various moves.
It must be said that Senator
Mccarthy began his attack on
the Voice of America before
the change in Russia and his
attack on Charles Bohlen be-
fore the new Russian overtures
had begun to be recognized, 50
he can be exempted from any
specific design. But the effect
Of spreading distrust Of our
State Department is the same,
and the guilt the same in a
world in which events move so
rapidly. His criticism Of Secre-
tary of State Dulles Is begin
ming to approach in its lofty
and SNUG cynicism that which
he heaped, with more direct
and sharp language, upon
former Secretary Acheson, so
that there was real point to
the inquiry addressed to him
in Senate debate as to whether
President Eisenhower and Sec
retary Dulles are. in fact, ION
trial"
The question might b.
Evening star., 1953-03-25

plore possible areas Of friction
relating to the movement. Of
ships during q period Of war,
and there Is no reason why
during a time Of tension the
same approach to an under
standing should not be applied.
Hence. the conference sug-
gested by the military COM
mander Of the Soviet zone in
Germany could lead to an
agreement concerning the
methods by which signals
could be internationalized 50
as to prevent any planes from
firing upon other planes with
out first giving the proper
warnings. For, even with the
best intentions. there will be
cases where planes will stray
from their accustomed routes
of travel due to weather haz-
ards or accidents of mechan-
ical operation. At the moment,
British and American planes
are staying 80 miles away from
Soviet border zones in Ger
many.
So far as submarines are
concerned. it is not too early
to require that upon being sig
nailed they should come to the
surface for Identification and
that, if such repeated warn
ings go unheeded, there be an
effort made to track down the
submarine or otherwise pre-
vent its further encroachment.
For today there are radar and
detection systems which en-
able navies to chart the loca-
ton of submarines. Plainly,
II there are no rules and the
Soviet Union insists that no
planes fly the air close to her
territory except with her con-
sent. the same line of reasoning
might be applied to submA-
rineS. A state of international
anarchy instead Of peace
might then ensue. The con-
ference idea is q timely effort
to prevent such a contingency.
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Evening star., 1953-03-25
Thomas L. Stokes:

The reckless McCarthyit,
blasts hurled at the State
Department under it's Eisen-
hover administration steward
ship have reached the point
where they are being assessed
for their effect on our foreign
policy at a crucial moment,
and that is a matter of seri-
Gus national concern. =.
The disturbing and disgust
ing spectacle in the Senate
ramifies beyond the particular
targets Senator Mccarthy, Re-
publican, of Wisconsin hap
pened to find convenient for
his continued notoriety-which
was the Voice of America, first,
and, second. the nomination of
Charles E. Bohlen as Ambas-
sador to Russia, demoralizing
as his self-appointed monitor
ing has been in both those
cases.
What he is doing must be
measured against the broad
background of Eisenhower ad-
ministration objectives and
world events.
It may be said, first, that
the administration assumed
office in an atmosphere Of hope
that it could begin to tackle
the overwhelming problem Of
the times, an honorable ad-
justment with Soviet Russia,
with the fresh approach avail
able to a new administration
ard backed, in this instance,
by an overwhelming public
mandate that was almost un-
precedented.
1t would start out, it was
taken for granted, without GER
tain impediments from which
the previous administration
suffered.
Among these. notably, was
the constant drumfire on its
State Department by the
McCarthyites, wild and loose
charges Of "softness" toward
communism. That had the
effect, as was reported here
from time to time, Of driving
Evening star., 1953-03-25

United States, M. Letourneau
has stated, would damage
Frances prestige as a great
power not only in the eyes Of
the Wet Nam people but also
In the rest Of the world.
Gen. Mark Clark, who made
a perfunctory visit to the Indo-
China front this week, has
announced of1icially that he
would recommend that Wash
ington give top priority to the
French needs for war ma
terials. At this time we have
committed ourselves to send
5000 million worth of equip
ment to the French over and
above their share of MSA as
SiStance. But Gen. Clark is re-
ported to oppose the idea Of a
general loose coordination Of
military activities.
The impression gathered
here from military quarters
which support the idea of a
single front is that while
French Marshal JUN believes
in a close tactical and strategic
cooperation between all coun-
tries concerned in fighting
Communist aggression in the
Far East, the French political
men are interested principally
in obtaining a vastly increased
contribution for Indo-China,
even If we were to reduce the
MSA support to France in
Europe.
For reasons of prestige, and
also because they fear trouble
from the rambunctious As
sembly. the French political
Evening star., 1953-03-25
Doris FIeeson::
EisenhoWer's Minnesota Woes
Stossen Still Outgunnng Presidents Pre-Chicoqo Admirers
And Effect Could Be Felt in 1854 Off-Yeor Elections

MINNEAPOLIS, Mimi, Mar.
25.-This populous Northwest
State, one of the first to un-
cover the Eisenhower ground
swell in the presidential pri-
maries last spring, still likes
Ike. It is generally agreed
that, despite his lack of posi-
tive achievements so far and
his present difficulties. he COM
mands a wide range of popular
support.
He is in real trouble. how
ever. among his own greatest
admirers, the true believers who
made it possible for Minneso-
tanS to write in his name and
give his candidacy a boost at a
crucial moment.
They have been admitting
with increasing frankness that,
since the election, they have
been outgunned by Harold
Stassen, the native son they
showed aside in order to help
the President. Last night they
held a private strategy meeting
to discuss how they can best
get it across to the President
that in their view, apart from
the question of ingratitude, he
Is cutting his own throat here.
Minnesota has considerable
Importance in the 1854 off,
year elections. 1t is an i'm
portant farm state, and farm
policy is rated the Achilles
heel of the Republicans. It
was here that the President
outbid the Democrats with a
call for 100 per cent parity
price supports.
Also Senator Humphrey, one
Of the young Democratic
Evening star., 1953-03-25

Eisenhower kingmaker during
the crucial roll call at Chicago.
They can't see that Mr.. StasSen
did anything for him except
make speeches which, it turned
out. he didn't need.
They still weren't too sur
priSed and resentful when Mr..
Stassen wangled the important
job of Mutual Security Admin
istrator. But as time marches
on and Stassen supporters keep
marching into the Govern =
ment. their tolerance has worn
thin.
Bernard Stanley joined the
White House staff, Warren
Burger became Assistant At
torney General, Amos Peaslee
is mentioned for Ambassador
to Australia-all leading Stas-
sen men. The coup de grace.
however, was the naming Of
George McKinnon, Mime
apolis attorney, as United
States District Attorney for
Minnesota.
Mr.. McKinnon is the StaSsen
lieutenant who tried and al
most succeeded in keeping
President Eisenhower out of
the Minnesota primary. He
managed by what Ike-men
call legal technicalities to keep
the Eisenhower name of the
ballot and fought to the end
against the write-in.
The Ike-men have had
enough-and their feelings
aren't soothed by the fact that
the folks at home are laughing
At to kill about their dis
comfiture.
(Released By the Bell syndicate. Inc.)
Evening star., 1953-03-25
Suit Against Truman
TO Halt War Fails
BY The AsSeeiated Press

CLEVELAND. Mar. 25.-A
suit filed against former Presi-
dent Truman in an effort to
halt the war in Korea wound
up as a dud yesterday.
Federal Judge Paul Jones dis
missed the action because Harry
S. Truman no longer is Presi-
dent"
William w. Cavanaugh, an
attorney, filed the suit last year,
asking the President be en-
joined from using American
Evening star., 1953-03-25

raised as to whether one Sena-
tor could do so much mischief
as is suggested here. and
whether undue alarm is being
raised. The only answer is to
point back to the previous ad-
miniStration and to the real
distress he is causing in this
one by the way he is throwing
his weight about so recklesSly
Evening star., 1953-10-18
Phntn
MRS. RICHARD F. BUSCH, Jr.
The former
Miss Virginia G. HarwOOd.

4AA0o n 8 AAAAtI % HUI "OVN'
Miss Virginia Carolyn Har-
wood, daughter of Mrs. Hazel
Sterling Harwood and Mr.. Har-
old S. Harwood, became the
bride on October Is of Mr.. Rich
ard Ferris Busch, jr. He is the
son of Mr.. and Mrs. Busch of
Buffalo, N. Y.
The ceremony took place at st.
Marks Episcopal Church with
the Rev. Edward B. King Off
ciating. There was a breakfast
following the service. Mr.. and
MIS-. Busch will reside in Florida.
Evening star., 1953-10-18

Miss Jean Ann Mack, daugh-
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph A.
Mack, became the bride of Mr..
Thomas Joseph Stohlman, son
of Mr.. Edwin L. Stohlman and
the late Mrs. Stohlman, on Oc-
tober II. The Church of An
nunciation was the scene of the
wedding at which Msgr. Russell
A. Pheland officiated. A re-
Ception followed in the Williams
burg Room at the Mayf1ower
Hotel.