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Washington, D. c.
TUESDAY, sEPTEMBER 20, 1864
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-05
TouQh Task for Dulles at Geneva
He VIII Have to Reconcile French Desire oGNe Up
With-U. S Opposition to Recognizing Red China

China into the N. N. It was
approved unanimously by both
houses.
Mr.. Dulles received no con-
gratulations for accepting the
Soviet demand to meet with
the Chinese Communists on
April IS at Geneva. His argu-
ments that we ourselves had
suggested at one time that
Geneva be the site for a
political conference with the
aggressors in Korea was not
well received. There was
nothing wrong with that. he
was told. But why agree to
discuss the ndo-China ques-
ton at a gathering intended
to settle only a limited objec-
tive-peace and unification Of
Korea through free elections?
It was pointed out that in all
likelihood the Asiatic states
bordering the territory will ask
to be present. Besides Indo-
China's immediate neighborS-
Burma and Siam-there is no
doubt In anybody's mind that
India and Indonesia will de-
mand to be represented. What
will our position then be in
the midst of these Asiatic ma
tons?
At present we are helping
France with money and equip
ment. and not the states Of
the Indo-Chinese union, in
the struggle against the Wet
Mini Communists. Of1cially,
we are helping one of our
Western allies to combat Red
Entertainments. A conference
at Geneva as suggested by us
last fall was to be the sequel
to the agreements reached at
Panmunjom. But the Pan
munjom negotiations broke of
without result.
At Geneva the Korean prob
lens may be showed aside, as
the questions of Germany and
Austria were at Berlin. And
the cards may be stacked
against us by the anxiety Of
our Western allies tn solve
their own problems by the ad-
mission of China into the U. N.
It will be hard to reconcile
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-05
Politics and Exposing the Reds
Administration Seen Counting Political Disaster
If 1t Insists on Alternating McCorthy's Admirers

the Army without legislation If
/ have to-"
Then Mr.. Wilson said that.
while Secretary of the Army
Robert Stevens was technically
responsible, he knew Mr.. Ste
vens had done the best he
could with a tough situation"
AS for the handling of wit
nesses. Mr.. Wilson didn't think
they should have to face ANY
such situation" namely. Wig
orouS cross questioning by
congressional committees.
What may be inferred. Of
course. is that the Army should
be able to put officers on the
witness stand who knew the
score in such cases and thus
avoid embarrassment for COM
handing. officers who merely
carry out orders that the legal
branch Of the Army gives
them.
In all this. the position of
Mr.. Stevens Is deserving Of
real sympathy. He was out Of
the country while most of the
row about DR.. Peress was go
ing on. And, when he came
back. he stated frankly that
whatever errors had been
made would be corrected and
that certainly a way should
be found to rid the Army Of
Communists and keep any Of
them from getting honorable
discharges. But he had not
read the wicker testimony
when he made his later COM
mentS about witnesses not be-
ing represented by counsel. He
had not read what Gen.
Zwicker had said that exas-
perated Senator Mccarthy. He
didn't know that the Army
had not sent counsel to the
hearing.
The whole episode is replete
with the aggresSiveneSs of an
interested press. Reporters ran
back and forth from one con-
troversialiSt to the other, para
phraSing comments in the
haste of news gathering. The
latest example was yesterday,
when Secretary Wilson's COM
ments were carried back to
Senator Mccarthy, who. with
out being advised of the entire
statement by Mr.. Wilson, i'm
pulsively let out a blast
against what he thought was
an unfriendly criticism by Mr..
Wilson.
One wonders how much the
country would be spared the
kind of cat-and-dog fight at
mosphere it is reading about
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-05
Dovid Lawrence

Well, they had I'VE mem
bers Of the Senate subcom-
mittee instead of one on the
job-as recently recommend
ed by President Eisenhower.
They had a code Of fair
procedure" - also as recon-
mended.
The witness, DR.. Marvin
Sanford Belsky. now in the
Army, was represented by
counsel-alSo as recommend
ed.
There was no "browbeating"
of anybody. And yet the facts
turned up at the Thursday
hearing Of the subcommittee
of which Senator Mccarthy is
chairman are these:
/. DR.. Belsky. an alleged
Communist, refused to answer
the Army's questions about
whether or not he was a Com
munist.
2. DR.. BelSky declined to tell
the committee whether he
aided the Communists in any
way while in the Army.
8. DR.. BelSky was not grant,
ed q promotion, though he
applied for q commission. and
he was never given any official
reason for that refusal.
So 1t turns out that all the
talk about how hard it was
for the Army to keep DR.. Irv-
ing Peress, dentist, known to
the Army as a Communist,
from being promoted from
captain to major or from be-
ing denied an honorable dis
charge was a lot Of baloney.
Yet it didn't take the testi-
mony of DR.. Belsky alone to
prove that point. Charles E.
Wilson. Secretary of Defense,
came back to town and opened
up with a free-swinging press
conference that disclosed these
unpleasant points:
/. That the Army could
have found a way to prevent
Maj. Peress from getting a
commission and that a court
martial could have been Or
dered.
2. That he ordered the 81
Americans who refused re-
patriation in Korea to be
court-martialed when Army
lawyers were debating wheth-
er he could order a court-mar-
tial.
3. That, while legislation to
keep Communists from getting
honorable discharges or COM
missions would be helpful, the
Secretary of Defense doesn't
need it. He said: 81 know how
to get the Communists out of
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-05
Thonnos l. Stokes
Republican Versus Republican
Mosochstic Exhibitions Of G. O. P Provide Source
Of Considerable Enjoyment and Hope to Democrats

the other end Of the luncheon
club circuit in Atlanta. Ga,
Senator Bricker was charging
defeat of his amendment to
furious lobbying" by White
House and State Department
aides, and booming that 1.-The
fight has only just begun"
After the Bricker bout came
the Mccarthy bombardment
of the Army and the White
House. While this is an OFF,
side scrap in that it takes no
time on the f1oor-at least
not so far-yet it can have
an effect there later If, and
when, important measures of
the Eisenhower program get
there. That is. If Senator Nc
Carthy decides to maneuver
his block Of extreme right
wing. votes against the admin
istration. His open defiance
Of the President indicates he
may be working himself around
to such a mood.
None of this contributes, Of
course, to advancement of the
Eisenhower program. and the
President thinks such may be
needed in the election.
Furthermore, If the feuding
between Senator Mccarthy and
the White House, State De-
partment. Army, ct al. goes
on. and there is every indica-
ton that it viii, and Senate
party leaders are unable to do
anything about 1t. or unwill-
ing to, the public is likely to
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foreign devils it was prepared
to shed American blood, but
the domestic allies of these
devils were only red her.
rings" This impossible con-
tradiction put the Republicans
in power under mandate to
settle the war in Korea and
clean house in Washington.
The latter task demanded
q systematic reconsideration
Of the whole administrative set
up; of the means by which
personnel is acquired: of the
security provisions in every
department. including the de-
tense forces. All these matters
are more fundamental to the
permanent reforms demanded
by the voters than the smok-
ing out of individual subver-
SiveS.
Such reforms could success
fully be carried out only by a
conservative, socially .enlight-
ened Government of men de-
voted to the preservation of
the Republic and it, his
toric traditions. setting aside
personal ambitions. and work.
ing in all branches of Govern
ment as a team.
The creation of such a team
required a leader with deter
mined detectives, who could
close the ranks of his party,
end the hysteric wave. and re-
store and increase the conf
dence Of the electorate that
Washington had a trustworthy
Government.
The people looked (and still
look to President Eisenhower
as that sort of leader: A man
above the more squalid aspects
of the party battle; free of
personal ambitions. who could
express the new conservatism
and create a new .1iberal-con-
sentative party representative
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and widening schism in the
Republican Party as a potent
issue in itself. perhaps more
potent ultimately than any
other that has developed SO
far, including farm discomfort
and unemployment. For the
split cripples the party and
weakens its ability to meet
those problems and otherwise
to make a record for itself.
Take a look back and then
around at where Congress is
today.
From the still powerful ma
tionalist wing of the Republic
can Party came the first big
break in ranks and the. first
major assault early in the ses-.
sion. That was over the Bricker
amendment to which Presi-
dent Eisenhower was so
strongly opposed. The Presi-
dent won out there in the end,
but not until after that issue
tied up the Senate for weeks
so that it did not get in a
lick of work on the Pres
ident's legislative program
about which he is concerned,
even if no one else is bother
ing much about it, Senator
Bricker, Republican, Of Ohio
was the rebel leader and he
really did stir up a rebellion,
in. fact he still is at his BUSH
whacking.
For, while Chairman Hall
was doing out his soothing
syrup in New York, down at
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such a development, insofar as
the American people are con-
cerned. with past flamboyant
declarations that we would
never permit an aggressor to
shoot his way into the U. N.
Mr.. Dulles argument that
another cabinet crisis would
have occurred in France if he
had ignored the French gov
ernment's plea to accept So
Wet Foreign Minister Molotov's
demand for an Asiatic con-
ference at Geneva was not
favorably received. Neither
was the explanation that
French Foreign Minister BIZ
dault had to be rewarded for
his stand to preserve the unity
Of the West against the So
Wet attempts to divide the
allies.
Reports from Paris indicate
that little progress has been
made toward ratification Of
the European Defense Com
munity. The opposition to
German rearmament in the
National Assembly remains as
strong as before the Berlin
conference. The Laniel-Bi-
dault administration has made
only a few converts among the
French legislators. And these
few demand that a solution to
permit the orderly withdrawal
Of French forces from Indo-
China must be found before
they decide to vote for rati-
flcation of the EDO.
The Moscow-Peiping axis is
willing to order the Wet Mimi
forces to cease fighting only if
Red China is accepted into the
U. N. This was the principal
reason for Peiping's interven-
ton in the Korean war and for
the strong support given by
the Kremlin to the Asiatic ag-
gressors. It is said by those
who attended the informal
conversations with Mr.. Dulles
that he has been warned that
any yielding on this matter
would be regarded by Congress
as the most spectacular diplo-
matte defeat this country has
ever suffered.
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Constantine Brown

Secretary Dulles will have to
walk a very tight rope at the
forthcoming Geneva confer
ence. He will have to recon-
cile the French desire to pay
any price short Of actual sur
render to terminate the war
in IndO- China and the deter
mined opposition in this coun-
try to recognition Of Com
munist China.
On the eve Of mis- depar-
ture for the 1nter-American
Conference at Caracas the Sec
rotary Of State had several
private talks with leading
Senator'S and Representatives
Of both parties. He was in
formed by these men, friendly
to him personally. that his
own position and that Of his
party will be seriously threat
ened II he budges at Geneva
from the position Of no recog-
milton Of the Reds or yields
on their admission to the
United Nations.
Mr.. Dulles was also re-
minded that the Senate agreed
only after the personal inter-
vention of President Eisen-
hover last summer to drop a
resolution placing that body
on record as demanding with
drawal Of the United States
from the U. N. If Red China
were admitted.
The Chief Executive urged
the Senate leaders not to
adopt that resolution prema-
turely lest 1t might handicap
our international relations.
But the President is said to
have added that If the U. N.
yields to the urgings Of the
U. S. S. r. and some major
powers" to admit the Peiping
regime he would himself give
the green light to the Senate.
The Senate could then cut
of all appropriations for our
participation in the U. N.
The withdrawn resolution
was replaced by one express
ing the sense" Of Congress in
opposition to admission Of Red
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THONGS L. Stokes

For Democrats these days
the shoe is on the other foot.
And it's a 'hot foot"
They're sitting on the side
lines watching the Republican
Party hot foot" itself, cut it
self up. For that is what is
going on. despite all the nice
assurances from Republican
National Chairman Leonard
w Hall that I'VE are not
divided party" Democrats can
remember when they were in
the middle of the ring and
slugging at one another in
civil way of their own, South
against North and everybody
else. while Republicans relaxed
and enjoyed it.
AS was remarked suavely by
Senator jackson Of Washing
ton, q Democratic member Of
Senator McCarthy's investi-
eating committee. the tiff be-
tween President Eisenhower
and the Wisconsin Senator is
"a Republican family quarrel"
about which Democrats can do
nothing.
But shrewd, political wise
Democrats are coming to be-
lieve that they may get great
deal out Of it by default-pos-
sibly an election victory this
fall, that is if it keeps up, and
frankly nobody around here,
including Republicans. can see
much chance of 1t slackening
up.
Democrats regard the open
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get a picture Of confusion here
that will not inspire confidence.
For the ultimate test Of a po-
litical party Is whether 1t can
govern.
Republicans In the Senate
and that includes the leaders
remind one Of spectators at a
tennis match. They jerk their
heads now toward Senator Nc
Carthy, now toward the White
House. trying to decide which
is most important for the con-
gressional elections. The guess
of an outsider Is that the Pres
ident would be. But If the in
decision persists among the
party leaders. and they keep
kow-towing to Senator Nc
Carthy and tolerating his at
tacks on the President and
the administration. they won't
have to make a decision. For.
by permitting the Mccarthy
a@aults to continue against
their own administration. they
will help to dim the Presidents
prestige and thus diminish his
usefulness as a campaign SYM
Dol. as well as furnishing them
selves.
No strong leader has risen
in the Senate to pull the party
together. The supposed lead
ers are a confused junto.
Maybe Democratic optimism
Is we'll founded.
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Readers have asked why !
have not commented more
fully on the Mccarthy Stevens
fight.
Partly because I have been
awaiting fuller administration
reactions. Partly because I
have felt sick at heart in con-
sidering the national situation.
The chief issues in 1852 were
the foreign policy which had
involved US in a terrible war
against communism in Korea.
and Communist infiltration in
Government at home, the lat
ter to a certain extent a hold
over from the wartime alliance
with the Soviet Union
I say Ito a certain extent"
because there had been Com
munist inf1ltration. as the Hiss
case proved. long prior to our
entrance into World War II.
The New Deal was a left
wing movement that could be
enthusiastically administered
only by persons of left-reform-
ist persuasions. While it never
welcomed Communist collabo-
ration. considering itself rather
as a rival of communism. it's
disposition was to regard Com
munist sympathizers as lesser
evils than economic royalists"
or other "reactionaries."
Immediate postwar develop
ments saw a vast extension Of
Soviet power and brought dis
illusionment regarding Soviet
good will toward ! non-Com-
munist states, a revolution in
Asia which quickly Sovietized
China. and a sharp and in
evitable reaction in America
against Communist agents and
Sympathizers.
To this reaction the Truman
administration. bold in the
foreign field. reacted lamely at
home. Against the Communist
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still. They are complaining
bitterly now. For example. the
current Business Week attacks
Senators Mccarthy. Knowland.
Bricker and LANCER for Great
ing disunity and sapping the
strength of the executive
branch"
Democrats expect to support
the Eisenhower foreign policy
but they will stand aside from
the Mccarthy problem. They
think the independent vote
which gave the President so
large a majority and the Re-
publicans in Congress a bare
control is being driven back to
them.
What the G. o. P. leaders
hope to do also Is to clear the
field for the Presidents pro-
gram which is so well designed
to appeal to the moderate
voter. They do not want it
obscured by Mccarthy head
lines; they are fearful that
already people tend to think
of this Congress in terms Of
what happens to the Senator
from Wisconsin.
Republicans contend that the
program will do very well and
that much will be accomplished
about which they can boast.
They know they must give
ground on taxes and the farm
program; otherwise they seem
genuinely optimistic over their
chances to give the President
important legislation which
will go far to prove his title to
leadership.
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some aspects of it.. Mr..
Knowland underscored his I'M
happiness when he stepped out
of his leadership seat to vote
as a Senator to curb the PreSi-
dents treaty-making powers.
Thus there will be an emo
tional response to an attack
on Mr.. Dulles. but there will
be a counter-responSe from
the internationalist Repub-
lican forces which are really
responsible for the nomination
of Mr.. Eisenhower
This group will rally strongly
to the Secretary of State. They
have been increasingly un-
happy over the Presidents re-
luctance to tangle with Nc
earthly. beginning with the
campaign. They see it as both
bad morals and bad politics.
They persuaded a Repub-
lican convention which really
preferred Senator Taft to
nominate Eisenhower because
the G. o. p. a minority. needed
Independents, liberals and
Democrats weary of their third
team in Washington to win the
election. Taft had always
argued that the only thing
necessary was to be more Re-
publican and so enchant mil
lions Of stay-at-home Re-
publicanS.
The march Of time has
seemed to persuade Eisenhower
to this course in dealing with
Mccarthy. Even If he were
willing to do it in the case of
Mr.. Dulles, it is doubtful If his
original supporters would stand
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Fletcher Knebei-
Potomac Fever

The White House kilograms support Ike Mccarthy
nine to In the running Mccarthy battle Ike
always gets the nrst wire-and Joe the last word.
Republican Senator Brcker the White House
featng his treaty bill by furious" lobbying Ike
time to lead the Republican Party The next tine he'll
outdistance It,
Republican Chairman Hall says Republican battles
just family differences" The Democrats much closer
family circle-they quit speaking years
Haleck predicts the will approve ST.
billion cut In excise taxes Excise go
bargains wife picks keep from getting into
Of solvency.
The Senate opens debate statehood for Hawaii Repub-
hcans anxious add another Satethey
to fight In
Republican Senator Young Of North Dakota Ike has
lost votes in his State The thing Democrat
about Republican these days is to what other Republic
saying