Evening star., 1953-04-16
Mccarthy, Rebuffed
By London Greeks,
Asks Eisenhower Aid
By Cecil HoIlond

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up to the Eisenhower admins
tration the next move in efforts
to persuade Greek shipowners
in London to refrain from all
trade with Communist China.
He says he hopes Secretary of
State Dulles-due back today
from a brief vacation-will as
sure the shipowners that this
Government wants them to take
such action.
The new development came
yesterday in a news conference.
All day long reporters had
been calling the Office of Wis
consin's fast-moving Republican
1awmaker.
What they wanted were his
views on an announcement out
of London. It was to the effect
that the Greek shipownerS there
had turned thumbs down on
proposal advocated by Senator
Mccarthy to keep their vessels
out of trade with Communist
China and other Soviet-bloc
countries.
Since Senator Mccarthy had
indicated such an agreement was
forthcoming, his views were be-
ing sought.
At 4 pm, after day-long eff
forts. the reporters finally saw
the Senator AS a result Of the
repeated telephone calls he had
arranged a news conference at
that hour.
TV Coverage at Farley.
1t turned out to be something
Of a production-complete with
two or three grinding televiSion
cameras, a battery of other pho
tographers and between so and
so reporters.
Ordinarily it would have been
a rather routine sort of news
conference. But the turnout
made it otherwise and indicated
anew that the controversial Wis
consin Senator occupies a prom
inent role in the Republican ad-
ninistration-at least as far as
deals involving Greek shipowners
are concerned.
Out of the news conference
that ran for an hour and five
minutes came these hard facts |
as related by Senator Mccarthy:
/. Senator McCarthy's inves-
legations subcommittee received |
advance notice that the London
group would not sign such agree
ment unless they receive a re-
quest from the executive branch |
OF the Government here.
2. Some of the individual
members of the London group,
which operates between 100 and |
$50 ships in overseas trade, have
indicated" to the Mccarthy |
subcommittee they were willing
to enter into such an agreement.
3. The facts will be submitted
to Secretary of State Dulles on
his return Thursday from a Lake
Ontario vacation.
4. The Wisconsin Republican
has written President Eisen-
hover. The Senator said that
protocol" did not permit him
to reveal what the President had
answered.
Out Of the give-and-take of
the news conference there
emerged the indication that SEN
ator Mccarthy believes the next
move is up to the administration
and to Secretary Dulles in par
ticular. to assure the London
shipoWners officially that this
county would like to see their
ships kept out of the Communist
trade.
New York Group Aids.
Some time ago Senator Nc
Carthy had announced that he
had obtained an agreement-the
word he used then was "nego-
tiated" and that since has been
discarded-from Greek shipown-
erS in New York to keep 242
vessels out of Communist trade.
He said that working through
the New York group with their
friends in London he hoped for
an additional agreement.
The Mccarthy efforts in this
field. on the surface at least.
have received an official stamp of
approval from Mr.. Dulles, from
President Eisenhower, and,
somewhat belatedly, from Mu-
tual Security Administrator
HalC,d E. Stassen under whose
immediate jurisdiction such
agreements lie.
Senator Mccarthy exhibited
an engaging reluctance to blame
any administration official for
the failure to obtain the agree
ment with the London group. |
Asked if he would credit" Mr.. |
StaSSen with the present attitude
of the London group, Senator |
Mccarthy said he had no desire |
to credit any one with it.
Conference Called OFF.
The conference, it was noted,
took place at the hour Senator
McCarthV ORIGINALLY was Sched. |