The Key West citizen., 1953-05-14
MCCARTHY SAYS BRITAIN
SHOULD APOLOGIZE FOR
CHEAP ATLEE ATTACK
BY 6. MILTON KELLY

WASHINGTON R- Sen. McCar-
tAy (R-Wis) said today Britain
should apologize for what he
termed a "cheap" attack by for.
mer Prime Minister Attlee on
President Eisenhower and the
American people.
Conservative party members Of
the British Parliament, Mccarthy
said, sat silently last Tuesday
while Attlee made zone of the
most insulting speeches ever made
n the legislative body of recipi-
ont nation against an ally which
has been pouring out her economic
life blood for practically every
ether nation on earth"
In a speech prepared for Senate
delivery, Mccarthy declared:
.''The American people are en-
titled to an apology for this cheap,
uncalled for, fantastic attack upon
the President and people of the
United States.
"We are entitled to an explana-
Non as to whether the majority
party in Britain agrees with Mr..
Attlee, who was rejected by the
British people"
One by one Mccarthy took up
Attlee's reported declarations that
s'there are elements in the United
States that do not want q truce In
Korea; that the presence, OF Eli
senhower or any American might
s'hinder" direct peace talks with
the Russians; that ''the American
Constitution was framed for an
isoIationist state" and that "the
Americans do not wish to have
anything to do with Europe" I"
McCarthy's prepared text con.
tanned no mention Of Attee's state
n,ent that zone wondersh whether
Eisenhower or Mccarthy wields
the greater power in U. S. foreign
policy.
.sWhat shocked me-" Mccarthy
said, "was that no nnemDer Of the
majority party arose to contest
what he had said"
81 shall distribute to whatever
senators who desire it," Mccarthy
said, "a copy Of q picture Of Attlee
reviewing Communist troops In
Spain In 1887 with Communist Gen.
Miaia and Commissar Anton. q
leader of the Communist party in
Spain, all three giving the Commu-
mist cIenched-fist salute.
"But lest someone think Attlee's
Communist salute was merely m
act Of courtesy on bis part, ! have
here q letter in Attlee's own hand
writing. He first praises in
glowing terms the Communist bri-
gade and extolls Its devotion to
the cause Of freedom and social
justice.
.sAnd listen 70 this closing para
graph: 4 shall try to tell our com
rades at home Of what ] have
Seen
".Comrade' is q Communist
term meaning fellow Communist. I"
Several times thereafter the text
Of McCarthy's speech mentioned
Attlee as t'COmrade Attlee."
Mccarthy said Attlee welcomed
Churchill's proposal for big
power meeting, but "hinted the
presence Of any American would
only hinder talks"
Mccarthy said that was . 'liber'
against Eisenhower and "slanders
the American people"
aPerhaps Mr.. Attlee forsets that
the u. S. has suffered 10000
casualties in Korea, while the
British figure is roughly 3,70O," the
senator said. He went on:
elm connection with his state.
ment that there are elements IN
the u. S. who do not want . truce
IN Korea, Comrade Attlee knows
full well that this nation which has
contributed 90 much In agony,
blood and tears !. II. does want
peace In Korea and peace through.
out the world, but peace with
honor--peace without surrender. /"
Il should be, he said, ''the kind
Of peace we could have obtained
when Douglas Macarthur was In
charge In the Far East. had he
not been hamstrung and his hands
tied by the Achesons and Attieei
of this world"
.'This country that Attlee calls
isolationist--which he says wants
nothlng to do with the rest Of the
world" Mccarthy said. s'has given
since the end Of the shooting par,
of World War II what would
amount 10 $6l, ,6t3 for every day
since before Christ was born. :"
Those figures, he said, drama'
tire the lump sum totals Of y
billions Of foreign cid already pro.
vided. and the administration re,
quest for six billions more next
year.
Mccarthy renewed his denuncia.
tion of British trade with Red
China. He said q recent edition ol
the London Sunday Express re-
ported British exports to China IN
January were valued at LOO, ,ooc
pounds sterling. compared with
7l,0O0 pounds . year earlier.
He referred then 10 . letter from
Secretary az Defense Wilson which