Evening star., 1953-02-10

the Associated Press that Secre.
tary of State Dulles had reported
that President Eisenhower has
made no decision or a possible
blockade of Red China or other
action in the Far East.
Mr.. Dulles, who testified at
closed session of the Foreign
Relations Committee, was quoted
as having told the group that
any discussion of a blockade is
premature"
Senators H. Alexander Smith,
Republican, of New Jersey, and
F'ulbright, Democrat, of Arkan-
sas said they got the impress
sion from Mr.. Dulles that the
whole Far Eastern situation is
wide open for any action the
President may want to take in
the future.
ClarificatiOn Sought.
AS he left the meeting, Sem
ator Wiley was pressed by re-
porters for some clariflcation of
the debate that has been going
on among members of Congress
over the possibility of such a
blockade.
Folks have read into the mat
ter something that is not there, "
said Senator Wiley, presumably
referring to the withdrawal of
the 7th Fleet as a barrier be-
tween Formosa and China.
THAT was not contemplated
in any statement made hereto
fore" he added.
Eiaborating on this statement,
the Senator said his own opin-
ion is that the United States is
in a war, and that in time of
war decisions are the function
OF the Commander in Chief.
Then he added that mo such
determination has been made. )"
Dulles Report Major Topic.
The situation in Korea and
the Far East was brought up
only incidentally in the meeting,
which was devoted primarily to
a report from Mr.. Dulles on his
tour of Western Europe last week.
On this subject, Senator Wiley
issued a statement which indi-
Gated that this country may have
to reassess its own course of ac-
ton unless the free nations of
Western Europe make headway
with their own unity plans.
Senator Wiley said the pur-
pose of the trip by Mr.. Dulles
and Mr.. Stassen, Mutual Sc
curity Director, was to find out
what progress Western Europe
has made and to ascertain the
intentions of the six co-operat-
ing countries toward ratification
of the treaties for a European
defense command. The pro-
posed European army was to be
created under those treaties.
Treaties Signed Last May.
Senator Wiley'S statement
read in part as follows:
'Mr. Dulles recalled that the
treaties themselves had contem-
plated ratification within six
months from the date of their
signing last May, but that no
final action has been taken.
"The Secretary expressed the
opinion that Europe has the re-
sources to sustain itself if it
moves along the course of unity.
But, he said, if it does not move
along this course, we will be
faced with a very serious ques-
ton of what our own future
course will be-"
Earlier today Senator Wiley
had urged a speedup in delivery
of military supplies to the Chi
nese NationalistS on Formosa
He said that would impress the
Communists more than the mere
withdrawal of the 7th Fleet.
Il feel that the actual delivery
of the military hardware to the
Chinese NationaliSts will be re-
garde6 as infinitely more sig
nif1cant than some Of the specu-
lation as to what Chang Kali
shek will do and when he will do
it," said Senator Wiley.
Debate during the past few
days over whether the China
coast should be blockaded has
been accompanied by some Dem
ocratic demands that the ad-
ministration make its plans
clearer.