Evening star., 1954-11-21
|knowIand Prepares
For Senate Battle
On Foreign Policy
BY jack Bell
Associoted Press Stuff Writay

Senator hnOWlanQ. RepuDli-
can, of California, has told
friends he has no intention of
resigning as Republican Senate
leader because of his public diff
ferenceS with President EiSen-
hover and Secretary of State
Dulles over some aspects of for
eign policy.
Moreover, Senator Knowland
has asserted that in the unlikely
event of a challenge to his lead
erShip role In the new Congress,
he will fight the issue out within
the conference Of all Repub-
lican Senators.
There has been a great deal
Of speculation as to what touched
off Senator Knowland's proposal
in the Senate November Is that
Congress call State and Defense
Department officials and men,
bers Of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
to determine whether any basic
changes were needed in the Ell
senhower administrators for
eign policy.
Felt He Must Speak.
It was his view. Senator
Knowland said then, that the
Communists were advancing
"the Trojan horse Of (peacefuD
co-existence" to gain time for
an atomic stalemate in which
they would proceed to "nibble
away" the free world.
Gen. Eisenhower said that
some means of living together
with the Russians must be found
if the world was to avert de-
Struction. Mr.. Dulles said he
saw no immediate emergency
that would require a congress
sional review of foreign policy.
Senator Knowland was re-
ported authoritatively to have
felt that he must speak out to
alert both American allies abroad
and administration officials at
home to a view he believes is
strongly supported within Re-
publican ranks in the Senate.
Views Advanced.
AS he has related them to his
colleagues, Senator Knowland's s
views are these:
He believes the Free World
must choose between peace-with-
honor and peace-at-any-pric
He fears American allies may be
lured into a big power conference
with Russia, which the United
States could hardly boycott if the
allies accepted, and out of this
might grow some form of secur-
ity pact for all Europe.
He thinks that almost newt
ably such treaty would legalize
the Iron Curtain, destroying the
spirit of the enslaved peoples in
the satellites and eliminating the
possibility of any future revolt
by them.
He also fears that as a part
OF security guarantees the Rus
slams would demand United Ma
tions recognition of Communist
China and the United States
might be out-voted BY it's allies
on that point.
Would Defend Islands.
Senator Knowland said in an
interview yesterday the United
States cannot permit Communist
China to seize Quemoy or the
tTachen Islands and use them
for an assault on Formosa.
The represents another pos
sible divergence Of views with
Gen. Eisenhower and Mr.. Dulles,
since they have been unwilling
thus far to make any public COM
ment for defense of the islands
which have been under Red she'll
ing and minor attack.
Senator Knowland, who trav-
eled through 80 States with Gen.
Eisenhower in the 1852 presiden-
tial campaign and expresses a
real affection foI the President,
evidently was much impressed
by the Eisenhower and Dulles
assertions then that the United
States would not be satisfied
with mere containment of COM
munism but would offer new
hope to the enslaved peoples.
He has contended publicity
that one step could be taken in
that direction by breaking off
diplomatic relations with Russia
on the grounds that we no longer
can deal with a government
which breaks its promises and
its treaties. :
Entitled To His Views.
Gen. Eisenhower has opposed
any break but the White House
has said repeatedly that Sen.
Knowland is entitled to express
his views.
There have been some COM
plants that Senator Knowland
didn't always keep the White
House and State Department ad-
vised on intended foreign policy
utterances. When he first called
for break with Russia, he made
public a telegram to Gen. Eisen-