Evening star., 1953-06-04
Wiley Praises Taft,
But. Firmly Shuns
'Go-It-AIone' Policy
BY J. A. o'Leory

Chairman Wiley of the Sen
ate Foreign Relations Commit
tee held out an olive branch
today to Senate Majority Leader
Taft in his recent foreign policy
differences with the Administra-
ton. but made it clear he will
not subscribe to the "go 1t alone"
doctrine.
For the second time in a week,
Senator Wiley called going it
alone sheer suicide in today's
shrunken world" and IAN 18th
century dream"
He spoke out the first time at
Memorial Day exercises after
Senator Taft said in Cincinnati
last week that If Korean truce
negotiations fail this country
may rs well forget the U. N. as
far as Asia is concerned, and
act in its own best interests.
Although he stood by his
views on full cooperation with
the U. N. today. this time Sem
ator Wiley heaped praise on Mr..
Taft. and said, "I have the deep
est faith in our ability to sit
down and work this problem
out together with our colleagues,
and with the Executive branch"
Speaks At Press Club.
The latest views of the For
eign Relations chairman were
contained in a speech prepared
for delivery this afternoon to
the Conference on Non-Govern-
mental Organizations. at the
National Press Club.
LET me say. too" Senator
Wiley continued. that Senator
Taft has expressed views which
reflect the sentiments of deep
displeaSure among many of the
American people with regard to
certain questionable actions and
Irritating inaction by our allies.
There is no blinking at that fact.
"I, for one, want to work out
with our allies more harmonious
and effective solutions to COM
mon vexing problems. I refer,
for example. to the issue of trade
and shipping with Communist
China, a subject on which We, as
Americans. have the strongest
convictions.
And / refer to other issues
none of which Is beyond solution,
however. and none of which
justif1es any mistaken notion of
going it alone"
Other high spots of the Wiley
speech were:
/. He warned that the Bricker
constitutional amendment to
curb the treaty-rnaking power of
the President and the Senate
could "have the most harmful
consequences" and "jeopardize"
the Presidents role as the spear
head of foreign policy. A Senate
committee may vote on the
Bricker proposal today.
2. He called for passage of the
administrations $5.4 billion for
eign aid authorization for next
year in substantially its present
form. f
In urging his colleagues to be
cautious "in their words and
deeds" in these troubled times,
Senator Wiley said stoo many
folks have become overnight ex-
perts' on too many subjects"
Decries Some Attitudes.
He added that too many
Americans think we can simply
walk into the 60-member United
Nations. declare a policy and
have it universally acclaimed,
simply because it seems so en-
inently good in our own Amer
lean eyes,"
In appealing to Congress not |
TO cut the foreign-aid bill, Chair
man Wiley borrowed a phrase |
from the late Senator Vanden-
berg, Republican, of Michigan
by declaring: IF a man is
drowning 10 feet from your boat, |
1t does no good to throw him a
lifeline GA feet long"
He also cautioned his COL
leagues against concentrating
too much on the dangers in one
part Of the world, failing to re-
member that "the Communists
are at work in all areas of the
world"