Evening star., 1954-01-15
Dean Labels Attack
By Senator WeIker
Great Aid 10 Reds
BY the Associuisd Press

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NEW YORK. Jan. 15.-Arthur
H. Dean, special Ambassador to
Korea. denies favoring a policy
of "appeasement" toward Red
China-as charged by Senator
Welker. Republican of Idaho
and terms Senator Welker's at
tack on him a great aid to the
Communists"
In a speech yesterday. Senator
Welker referred to an interview
with Mr.. Dean published Janu-
ary 8 in the Providence (R. ~
journal and said:
"Mr. Dean offers the view
which has long been held by pro-
Red apologists in the State De-
partment that there is posi-
bility that the Chinese Com
munists are more interested in
developing themselves in China
than they are in international
communism.
IT can't believe anything can
be farther from the truth"
Fomer Dulles Partner.
Mr.. Dean, a former law part
ner of Secretary of State Dulles.
broke off preliminary peace talks
with the Communists at Pam
munjom December IL after the
Reds accused the United States
of "perfidy" in the prisoner OF
war release last June by South
Korea of $1,000 anti Communist
Korean war prisoners.
Mr.. Dean called a news con-
ference last night at his Wall
street law offices and said:
IT am 100 per cent against
appeasement or knuckling un-
der, and to the best Of my
knowledge and belief ] have
fought the Communists at every
turn.
1T have said that in the selfish
interests of the American
people. we must face facts as
we find them, not as we would
like to find them -.
II shall continue to do every
thing I can to help the Far East
and Southeast Asia to fight
communism. have spent most
Of the last five months trying to
solve the Korean problem, which
Is a very tough nut to crack"
(In Washington, State
Department spokesman re-
fused any comment on the
Welker charges. But he told
questioners that Mr.. Dean
still is this country's special
ambassador for Korean peace
negotiations and will return to
Panmunjom whenever it is
useful for him to do so.)
Demands Probe of Views.
Senator Welker, a member of
the Senate Internal Security
subcommittee. demanded a con-
gressional probe of Mr.. Deans
views stemming from the Provi-
dence interview.
"It is crystal clear that what
he DEAN is talking about is
nothing less than need for re-
versing the existing American
policy toward Asia and embark
ing upon a totally different
course of action" Senator Welker
said. adding:
Il should like to ask if he is
speaking with the blessing Of the
Secretary of State or the Presi-
dent of the United States. Ger
tairlly Mr.. Dean was never con-
flrmed as ambassador by the
Senate and cannot lay claim to
its approval"
Mr.. Dean was appointed by
Mr.. Dulles and President Eisen-
hover last fall during adjourn
ment of Congress.
United States Far East policy
now recognizes Gen. Chang Kai-
shek's Chinese Nationalists gov
ernment and opposes seating
Red China in the United Ma
tions.
Mr.. Dean told his news con-
ference he did not know how
soon he would return to Korea
but added:
However, if we get word that
the Communists have retracted
their charges of 'perfidy' against
us. then I will return"
Will Affect Efforts.
Mr.. Dean said Senator Welker's
attack on him definitely" will
affect his further efforts in the
Korean negotiations.
81 don't think we realize the
difficulty the people in South
Korea will have in realizing how
a person so strongly against
communism as I am could be
attacked by United States Sem
ator." Mr.. Dean said.
Senator Welker also brought
up on the Senate floor Mr.. Deans
connections with the Institute of
Pacific Relations which his sub
committee claims had a "hald
core" of Communists on its staff.
The IPR was the subject OF a
prolonged subcommittee probe
in 1851 and 1852.
Senator Welker added that the
subcommittee's probe of the IPR
gave the committee consider
able insight into the career and
expressed views of Mr.. Dean"
The IPR's secretary general,
William L. Holland, has called
the subcommittee's charges
about IPR a fantastic conclu-
Slon."
Mr.. Dean said it was after
World War II that he Joined the
IPR, a 29-year -old privately
financed organization to pro-
mote study of problems in the
Pacific, and accepted election
to its Board of Trustees in 1916,
after learning that a number of