Evening star., 1953-09-13
By EorI H. Voss


Dulles became Secretary of State
last January he announced his new
blunt-look diplomacy. 1t was to be
in the old American tradition of
open covenants openly arrived at.
he said. None of that striped-pants.
secret diplomacy for him.
Mr.. Dulles told the American
people he wanted foreign policies
to be:
. "Open SO that you can know
what they are"
. Simple so that you can under
stand them and judge them"
Q Decent and moral SO that they
will fit into your idea of what you
think is right"
Openness, simplicity and right
eousness, Mr.. Dulles said, used to
be the great American traditional
foreign policy" and he was going
back to it. For the Washington
diplomatic corps and our allies life
has been one long series of cold
showers ever since.
What the net effect of Mr.. Dulles
new bluntness has been is still a,
matter of controversy. Our bewil-
dered allies are asking themselves
only one question: How long, o Lord,
how long?
If outward appearances mean
anything, the answer is: Quite some
time.
For indications are that Mr.. Dulles
still enjoys the confidence of Presi-
dent Eisenhower and the rest of his
administration He also has found
some measure of support in other
domestic circles. Many are frankly
delighted with the blunt look.
Others. however look at the appar-
ent confusion around them and
openly grieve.
Lotest Attack
Mr.. Dulles latest attack of blunt
ness hit the world the week before
last. In the space of q couple of
days he laid himself open to criticism
for remarks about Germany, Japan,
India and Trieste.
Here are 10 examples of the Dulles
technique of openness. simplicity
and Righteousness from his first
seven and one-half months in office:
|. EDO or Else
February Sat Bonn, during his
tour of Europe just after the in
auguration. Mr.. Dulles was quoted
by Chancellor Adenauer as COM
planning that unless "there are clear
and visible signs by April l" that
the European army treaty would be
ratified, the United States Congress
would balk at voting continued big
scale military and economic aid.
A few days earlier in Rome. Mr..
Dulles had said, Il am not here to
preach or talk but to listen and
learn"
In May. Secretary Dulles told Con-
greSs that cuts in foreign aid below
$50 billion would cause more spend
ing in the United States own de-
Tense budget, Herewith bewildering
congressman who remembered his
February warning to Europe about
what they would do if EDO were
not quickly ratified.
z. Secret Agreements
February 20-Congress received
Mr.. Dulles draft resolution renounc-
ing "secret understandings .. which
permit enslavement." The res
olution pleased nobody and even
tually died in the Senate. largely
because 1t attacked only the Krem-
lin and avoided Republican cam
paign attacks on the Teheran. Yalta
and Potsdam agreements. Congress-
men accused Mr.. Dulles of embar-
RAISING them politically.
3. Formoso and Korea
April 10-The White House had
to deny stories attributed to Mr..
Dulles in background press con-
ference that the United States was
considering a Korean settlement
with division of the country at the
narrow waist of the peninsula and
a United Nations trusteeship for
Formosa. Senator knowland led the
outraged anti-aircraft which downed
this trial balloon.
4. Mideost 'Fonoticism'
April 14-Secretary Dulles said in