Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-02-23


stand pat on the controversial
prisoner policy and give general
support to the Indian peace plan
While there is no indication
of any brand-new ideas for peace
there is also no indication that
the new delegation is going un-
prepared into the assembly SEES
sion.
Almost continuously since the
new administration took Office
conversations with free world
delegations have been going or
here and in Washington.
Accent on Three Items.
Accent in these conferences
has been placed on three items
regarded by Ambassador Lodge
and his staff as crucial:
/. The question Of Korea.
. 2. The appointment of a new
secretary-general to succeed
Trygve Lie.
3. The United Nations person
mel policy problem-whether in
ternational civil servants Of
American citizenship shall he
subject to the same loyalty pro-
visions as U. S. Government
workers.
Successor to Lie.
The question of who will sue
coed Mr.. Lie is most important
It hinges on finding someone
who will be, if not fully accept
able, at least not repugnant to
the Soviets and the United
States. alike. Prominently men
toned for the secretary-general-
ship at present are Mr.. Pearson
and Gen. Carlos Romulo, AM
bassador of the Philippine Re-
public. Either man, it is be-
lieved. would be eminently
suitable to the United States.
Many observers believe that of
the two, Gen. Romulo would be
more acceptable to the Russians
than Mr.. Pearson.
In the matter of U. N. person
mel policy, Ambassador Lodge
may have achieved a diplomatic
master stroke by getting FBI Di-
rector j. Edgar Hoover into the
act at a time when many for
eigners are frankly worried about
what right-wing Republican con-
gressicnal investigators might dc
to the U.N. Secretariat. Mr.
Lodge has had all international
civil servants of American citi-
zenship at U.N. headquarters fill
out forms for civil service and
FBI checks. BY so doing, it is
felt, he has taken the ball away
from such Senators as Mccarthy
of Wisconsin and Jenner of In
diana and passed it to the nom
political FBI.
Fear of Congress.
However, this move of Mr.
Lodges has not completely dis
PEELED the fear that has hung
like a cloud over the big glass
Secretariat building. Until the
FBI's field checks are made and
some joint reports by Mr.. Lodge
and Mr.. Hoover on the proved
loyalty of U. N. attaches are de-
livered, there is likely to be
worry that Congress will move
in anyhow. The attitude of for
eign diplomats here ranges from
concern over what they regard
as American hysteria to outright
scorn and propaganda-making.
Yet it is believed that by TAX
ing the issue to the FBI, Mr.
Lodge has done what the State
Department itself has largely
failed to do: Follow Gen. Eisen-
hower's policy of letting the
executive branch clean it's own
house, meanwhile warding of
importunate members of the leg
iSlative branch.
Few Changes Made.
Except on the topmost level
there have been few changes at
the missions Park avenue head
quarters. Mr.. Lodge has sue
ceeded former Senator Austin OF
Vermont as chief delegate, and
James j. Wadsworth. jr., of New
York has succeeded Ernest Gross
as second man. Ben Cohen,
United States delegate on the
Disarmament Commission, has