Evening star., 1953-01-14
Eisenhower 10 Meet
With Foreign Policy
And Defense Chiefs
BY Q steff cerrsspendsnt Of The ste,

by Sfoft Correspondent OF The Stuf
NEW YORK, Jan. 14.-Presi-
dent elect Eisenhower today
called together top foreign af-
fairs and defense officials for a
conference after an unexpected
announcement that he had Or
dered an on-the-ground study In
Europe of political trends"
there in relation to this Nations S
participation in the North At
lantic Treaty Organization and
in the economic assistance pro-
gram.
Secretary of State-designate
John Foster Dulles. who will
make the survey with Harold
Stassen, incoming head of the
Mutual Security Agency, told re-
porters in brief colloquy only
that the study would deal with
policy"
Mr.. Stassen also said he would
not attempt to spell out details.
The President-elect today is
meeting with Mr.. Dulles, Mr..
Stassen. Defense Secretary-des-
ignate Charles E. Wilson and
Gen. Walter Bedell Smith, re-
Gently chosen to be Undersecre-
tary of State.
Mission Not "Technical."
1t was assumed that they
would canvass further the plans
for Mr.. Dulles and Mr.. Stassen's
trip, which was announced yes
terday afternoon near the end
of a two-day conference Gen.
Eisenhower held with Vice PreSi-
dent-elect Richard M. Nixon,
prospective cabinet members
and other top advisers.
When Mr.. Dulles was asked if
they would take up the lag" in
the European defense buildup,
he responded that the mission
was not a "technical' one.
He was asked if it would deal
with the issue raised recently by
Secretary Of Commerce Sawyer,
who said too many people were
doing too many things in con-
nection with American aid in
Europe and that the result was
waste and inefflciency. Mr..
Dulles responded that that was
something for the consideration
of Donold B. Lourie, who has
Just been designated as Secre-
tary of State for administration.
He added that he and Mr..
staSsen were concerned with
policy.
Re-echoed by Churchill.
Secretary Sawyer also said the
Europeans want trade not aid" 1"
sentiments that were re-echoed
here a week ago by British
Prime Minister Winston Church.
i'll when he visited Gen. Eisen-
hover.
The Dulles-StaSsen task
force" will leave the end of the
month, and be gone about 10
days. Their studies, it is sup
posed, will give some ideas to the
new administration on what is
to be done about the multi-bil-
lion dollar spending program this
Government has been carrying
on.
Mr.. Dulles would not discuss
the itinerary TO be followed, but
he said smiling1y they would not
60 behind the Iron Curtain. "
The study repeatedly was de-
cided on in Gen. EisenhoWer's
conference with his advisers.
Earlier it had been reported that
Mr.. Dulles was going to Pakistan
and India, later in the spring.
The conference. which held a
full-dress review of various for
eign and domestic problems to
be dealt with after January 20,
put in some time yesterday work.
ing on the inaugural and state
of the Union messages which
will be Gen. Eisenhower's first
in his new role.
Government reorganization
also came in for discussion.
RockefelIer Sits In.
Nelson Rockefeller. head of a
committee working on this mat
ter, sat in on the afternoon Ses-
sion with Charles Stauffacher.
who is serving as liaison between
the committee and the Budget
Bureau. He said later they had
had an Unconstitutional" dis
cussion of the reorganization
problem.
Gen. Eisenhower's calling list
today included Arthur M. Hill of
Charleston, w. Va, chairman of
the board of the Greyhound
Corp, who is a former chairman
of the National Security Re-
sources Board, and Juoett
Shouse, former chairman of the
Democratic National Executive
Committee, who bolted the New
Deal in 1884 to head the anti
Roosevelt American Liberty