Evening star., 1953-09-09
Stevenson Hits Foreign Policy
As Confusing toOur Allies

Adlai Stevenson said today
that the United States may have
to learn to live in peaceful CO.
existence" with aggressive Rus
sian Communism, perhaps for
many years."
In an interview with Newsweek
Magazine, the 1852 Democratic
presidential candidate also pre-
dicted that Republican foreign
policy will be "a likely target
for Democratic attack, and
sharply criticized "book- burning,
McCarthyism and insistence
upon conformity in thought"
His comments produced a
prompt reaction from Senator
Mccarthy, Republican, of Wis
consin and Senator Wiley Re-
publican of Wisconsin, chairman
of the Foreign Relations Com
mittee.
Draws Mccarthy Blast.
Senator Mccarthy said Mr..
Stevenson's remarks "conclu-
sively prove the wisdom of the
American people when they re-
jected his bid for the presidency
last fall"
Senator Wiley said Mr.. Ste
venson's comments don't add
any strength to our bipartisan
foreign policy"
In another political exchange.
Senator Dirksen, Republican, Of
Illinois. took issue with ex-Presi-
dent Truman's Labor Day state
ment in Detroit that the Demo-
Gratis should really go after that
outfit down there in Washing
ton and get 'em."
Dirksen Praises Hoover.
"It is a patent indication that
the ex-President from Missouri
is far more interested in his
party's success in November,
1854, than he is in the welfare
of the country" Senator Dirk
sen said. "It is in sharp con-
trast to the public service being
rendered by another ex-Presi-
dent, Herbert Hoover"
In the Newsweek interview
Mr.. Stevenson called for a
clearer definition of American
aims in the cold war with Rus
Sia. He said the United States
should begin to talk to the
world in terms of what we are
for, rather than what we are
against"
Merely being against commu-
nism is old stuff in Europe" he
said, land will win few hearts
in Asia. They need convincing
that we are more interested in
settlements by negotiation, in
reducing tensions and in stabil-
ity, than in force and military
action"
Doubts Prompt Accord.
The former Illinois Governor
said he doubts that a general po-
litical settlement can be brought
about in any single peace con-
ference.
ITO exist peacefully in the
same world with communism we
must ourselves remain strong
and calm, and we must continue
to develop a capacity and a will
to resist among our allies" he
said. Our great hope of alle-
Waiting tension in the future is
that in time communism will
change character-when people
become aware of its incompati-
bility with basic human in
Stincts."
In order to raise American
prestige and moral influence
abroad, Mr.. Stevenson said, It is
necessary to "calm down and re-
affirm our basic faith in democ-
racy."
Sees Confusion Abroad.
"Our democratic tradition is
admired abroad" he said, "but
our allies are confused when we
revert to book burning, McCar-
thyism, and insistence upon con-
formity in thought, which seems
to repudiate our Bill of Rights.
We can't be democratic for ex-
port only.
I'm foreign affairs, we need a
clearer and more consistent pol
icy. Our allies are bewildered
when we warn them on the Com
munist menace one day and
slash our defense budget the
next, and when it appears that
our trade, not aid policy will
deny them both trade and aid.