Evening star., 1954-11-30
Eisenhower Supports Dulles
In Rejecting Chino Blockade;
Know|ond Renews Request
President Agrees Step
Against Reds Would
Be War Action
By John v. Horner

threw his full support behind
Secretary of State Dulles dec
laration that the United States
will not blockade Red China in
an attempt to force the release
OF Americans jailed on spy
charges.
The Presidents position was
made clear after Senate Repub-
lican Leader Knowland renewed
a demand for the blockade in
retaliation for the latest Com
munist provocations.
In a major speech last night
Secretary Dulles declared the
United States will exhaust all
peaceful means of obtaining the
release of the Americans before
resorting to a "war action such
as a naval and air blockade Of
Red China
Complete Approval.
Questioned about President
Eisenhower's views on the Dulles
speech, White House Press Sec
retary James Hagerty said today:
"The President, of course. ap-
proved completely the speech
of his Secretary of State last
night. He consulted with him
(Mr. Dulles on the speech and
had a further exchange on the
subject matters in the speech as
late as yesterday afternoon.
"The speech carried the full
approval of the President"
Since Gen. Eisenhower was
still in Augusta yesterday after
noon and Secretary Dulles was
In Chicago. they presumably
talked by telephone.
Mr.. Hagerty told reporters the
President agreed with the Sec
retary's description Of a blockade
as war action.
It was disclosed, meanwhile,
that the United States has de-
livered an oral protest "in the
most vigorous terms" on Red
China's action against 13 Ameri-
cans convicted and jailed as
spies last week.
State Department Press Ofiicer
Henry Suydam said the protest
was delivered yesterday to the
acting Chinese Communist con-
sui general in Geneva by Arneri-
can Consul General Franklin c.
Gowen.
Deliberate Violation.
Mr.. Suydan told reporters:
"Mr. Gowen delivered an oral
protest in the most vigorous
terms for the sentencing of l3
Americans to long prison terms,
in deliberate violation. of the
Geneva conventions and the Ko-
rean truce agreement.
while the Chinese Commu-
nists stated they rejected our
protests and sought to defend
the action of the Peiping regime,
our official made clear, in direct
and forceful terms, the abhor-
renee and Indignation which
this Government and the Amer
lean people view the deliberate
fouting of international agree
ment and civilized practices by
the Chinese Communist regime
in its treatment of prisoners of
war"
Mr.. Suydam pointed out that
the channels used at Geneva are
at a consular level and not at
the diplomatic level. The United
States and Red China, having
no diplomatic relations, have
worked out an arrangement for
exchanges in the Swiss city.
Representatives of the two coun-
tries met at hotel.
Will Act vigorously"
Mr.. Dulles said in the Chicago
address, which was carried by
radio and television, that the
United States will react "vigor-
ously" for the protection of its
citizens.
Senator Knowland said in an
interview on a morning television
program that he will be inter-
ested to see what vigorous steps
are planned.
He indicated impatience with
the administrations use of dip
lomatic notes to protest the Com
muniSt action. He said the Reds
(See DULLES, Page A-3.)