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Evening star., 1954-05-16
Situation in u. S.

Conscious of his responsibilities, Sec
retary Dulles spent most of the week
calling the roll of Americas Southeast
Asia allies and Sneutrahst friends, to
ascertain how far they will go in re-
sisting the Red surge.
Before he can give final, unequivo-
cal answer to the French and Vietnam-
ese, however, he needs answers to three
difficult questions:
/. Will OUT allies join us in a united
effort to turn back the Communists?
2. Will the French agree to clarity
the moral issues involved by giving the
three Associated States complete in
dependence and putting their fate in
the hands of an international body op-
Grating under United Nations sanction?
g. viii Congress follow the Dulles
lead?
Obviously the answers aren't going
to be f1nalized in the next few days
Last week MIR. Dulles gave clear state
ment of his own aims, first to French
Ambassador Henri Bonnet and then to
the world in Tuesday press confer
ence.
Secretary Dulles u working toward
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Situation in Indo-Chino

In rainy Wet Nam the Communists
were trying to maintain the pressure
after their victory at Diem sBien Phu
nine days ago. Guerrilla units took
small points around Hanoi, making
spectacular headlines in Washington
and Paris, but apparently not making
much more than tactical inroadS.
The French commander in north Wet
Nam, Gen. Rene Cogny, explained that
the Reds had absorbed heavy losses in
Diem Bien Phu, and that he doubted
they could cross the 100 miles of noun
tain and jungle between northwest Wet
Nam and Hanoi for any co-ordinated
attack before the imminent beginning
of the monsoon" The key word is "co-
ordinated." Any large effort to push
the French out of the delta would re-
quire all the Wet Minis strength.
Gen. Cogny said he expected that
any large-scale Wet Mimi operation in
the delta must be postponed until Sep
tember Any Red thrust into Laos,
Gen. Cogny added, also can be con-
sidered stopped for the duration of the
monsoon.
The Monsoon Season
In Washington, meanwhile, people
harassed by daily headlines about what
were relatively minor fracaSes around
Hanoi were wondering what the mon
soon was waiting for. Representative
Wayne L. Hays of Ohio "a Democrat,
naturally arose in the House chamber
to announce his impatience:
Mr.. Speaker, the day before yester-
day I mentioned the fact that the
Communists were within 16 miles of
Hanoi This morning heard over the
radio that they are now miles from
Hanoi The Pentagon is still saying
the monsoons will keep them away, but
the monsoons have not been doing
very good job.
also said that apparently their
policy of massive retaliation had turned
out to be rain. It looks like it has not
been and is not working very well. We
had better get more rain.
Responsible military observers here
also are confident that the French and
Wet Namese can hold the rice-rich Red
River delta through the rainy season,
and probably long after that if the
Chinese keep their armies out. If the
situation becomes desperate, Gen.
Henri-Eugene Navarro can draw on
forces now operating in central Wet
Nam and on the south-central coast
at Mia Trang.
The Red River delta, of course, is the
only area between Hanoi and Saigon
that is worth q concerted defensive
effort.
Situation in Genevn
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Situation in France

The puny margin the French National
Assembly accorded M. Laniel Thursday
was far removed from the "virile reac-
tion of great nation" which he had
predicted the day Dien Bien Phu fell.
But it could possibly go down in the
history Of political disunity along with
the United States House of Representa-
tives' one-vote passage of selective
service extension just before Pearl Har-
Dor as thin, heroic reed such as the
world often has leaned on at critical
times.
From this vantage point in time,
however, the bitterness of the criticism
of M. Laniel still rings in the ears. The
cabinet will do well to finish out the
Geneva Conference. Yet Foreign Min
lister Bidault did not shrink from his
responsibilities. He stood by his terms
for an armistice in Indo-China, and
elaborated slightly on them Friday.
No Frenchman expects M Bidault to
stand firm, however, without solid COM
mitments from the United States and
the other allies. Premier Laniel put it
bluntly just before the Assembly gave
him its dubious vote of confidence
Thursday. France has need at present
to be clearly informed on what her
allies will or will not do," he said, ito
prevent the valorous conduct Of the
troops at Dien Bien Phu from turning
into shameful capitulation"
The Wet Namese are watching and
waiting, too.
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West Moves Slowly Towa ard Asia Action

two weeks (the cropped photograph
and the purloined letted), this one back.
fired.
Senator Everett M. DirkSen of Illinois,
second-ranking Republican on the in
quiry panel, had submitted motion
to expedite" the hearings by cutting
down on public testimony and by re-
ceiving a curtailed amount of SUBJ
sidiary testimony in closed sessions.
No action was taken on the motion in
the morning, but a vote was scheduled
for early afternoon.
Chairman Karl Mundt, Republican,
of South Dakota had announced previ-
ously that while he felt Senator Dirk
sens motion to be desirable, he would
vote against 1t if any one of the six
principals felt it to be unfair or un-
just"
During the luncheon recess, minor
changes were made in the DirkSen res
olution. Before it was brought to a vote
of committee members, Senator Mundt
polled the principals.
Welch's Objection
Senator Mccarthy interposed no OBJ
lection, but Mr. Welch-after humor-
Gus interlude in which he made two
phone calls to Army Secretary Robert
Stevens at the Pentagon-said his
client considered that "the proposed
resolution would not result in fairness"
With this, Senator Mccarthy ex-
ploded "It is now clear" he said that
Mr.. WEIGH -. is not acting in what I
would call good faith when he keeps
me at the phone for two hours, and I
finally accept what he thinks Is a
proper document, and he comes in here
and says, 4 never saw it before"
The charge that Messrs. Welch and
Mccarthy had been in direct consulta-
ton on a deal to shorten the hearings
came as something of a lightning
strickland it survived just about as
long.
Mr.. Welch, it turned out, had been
lying on couch during the noon recess,
and not only had not kept the Senator
on the phone "for two hours" but had
not even called him once.
The matter was Strengthened out,
more or less to everybody's satisfaction,
on Wednesday, when Committee Coun-
sci Ray Jenkins explained that he had
received, and passed on to Senator Nc
Carthy, some crossed signals.
AS soon as Mr.. jenkins completed his
explanation, Senator Mccarthy stacked
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veys has been that Southeast ASia'S
primary value to the free world is in
its strategic position and in what it de-
prives the Communists of getting. The
Reds would be about Is per cent
stronger with the rice, tin, rubber baux-
ite and other raw materials which
could fall under their sway If Southeast
Asia fell behind the collapse of Indo-
China.
A Hord SoIes Job
Congress, it need hardly be said, will
be harder to sell on the negative prop
osition of depriving the Communists of
something in Indo-China we don't need
than it would be if we were in danger
of being directly weakened by the coun-
try's fall.
Another worrisome problem for Sec
retary Dulles will be Great Britain'S
position, assuming our No ally finally
comes into the Southeast Asia alliance
after the Geneva Conference ends.
Would Britain stop the alliance from
carrying the war into Red China if Mao
Tse-tung were to answer Western in
tervention by sending his legions into
Wet Nam? Can Britain stay our hand
from using atom bombs? Will Britain
be allowed to veto the use of Chinese
Nationalist or South Korean forces
against China if the war spreads? All
these measures are known to be on our
military StrategiStS' minds.
The answer, for now, is that these
questions must not be allowed to jeop-
ardize Anglo-American unity. The i'm
portant thing at present is to get the
alliance functioning. When the fat is
in the fire, Anglo-American unity is
more important than any one piece of
real estate, in Asia or Europe. But the
strains on the English-speaking alli-
ance probably will continue to be keenly
felt in the troubled months ahead.
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Cambodia and Laos would be left ripe
for the picking.
Mr.. Dong consented to air evacuation
OF about $50 seriously wounded Franco
Wet Namese forces still at Dien Bien
Phu. The operation started Friday,
after the French command agreed not
to bomb Red wounded moving eastward
from the fortress. The Communists, of
course, took advantage of the modified
cease-fire to rush troops delta-ward.
Wednesday the anti Communist Wet
Namese fatty rejected the Red cease
fire plan and submitted one of their
own, demanding more than the French
had asked the Saturday before. They
insisted that the French-backed gov
ernment of Bao Dai be recognized as
the only lawful government in Wet
Nam.
Wet Namese Foreign Minister Nguyen
Quoc Dinh said:
Wet Mimi has always declared it
wished struggle for the national in
dependence. In few days this inde-
pendence will be achieved in a total
and absolute fashion such as every son
Of Wet Nam has wished for the past
80 years.
Under these circumstances the
struggle Of Wet Mimi has no longer any
reason for existence. It can and must
cease In order to reunite the nation
under democratic conditions to be
determined
It must be clearly understood that
the peace sought by the State of Wet
Nam is not peace Of servitude. We
have our national objectiveS constantly
in view.
MIR. Dinh firmly rejected all plans for
partition of his country, but had his
own novel scheme for dissolving the
opposing military forces. He proposed
incorporating the Wet Mini troops into
the Wet Nam Army, under international
supervision.
While the Indo- China pot boiled out
side the Geneva conference room and
in the French National Assembly, dele
gates to the Donation conference on
Korea sandwiched in three days of
deliberations from Tuesday to Thurs
day. The deadlock continued, amidst
conflicting reports from Seoul and
Geneva about the South Korean posi-
ton. It was not clear whether Presi-
dent Syngman Rhee in Seoul and For
eign Minister Pyun Yung Tai in Geneva
would 60 along with the Vests pro-
posal to hold all-Korea elections, or
whether they would stick to their
previous position that the vote should
be confined to North Korea, to fill seats
in the Rhee National Assembly.
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ing speculation after SpeecheS by RUS
sias Vyacheslav Molotov and Red
China's Chou En-lai that the high
riding Communists might be doing just
what the West had no right to hope
they would do-overreaching themselves
and thus reuniting the disorganized
American-British-Fr French coalition.
Soviet Foreign Minister Molotov later
offered paper concession. He said he
would consent to international super
vision of the Red-planned Franco-Viet
Namese military capitulation. This was
only froth on the Communist demand,
of course. But it was enough, never
theleSs, to raise hopes among the fainter
hearts in metropolitan France.
In Paris on Thursday, Joseph Laniel's
government just barely survived vote
of conf1dence-289-28 The National
Assembly thus underworld, however
falteringly, the strong stand Of Foreign
Minister Georges Bidault against the
Communists at Geneva.
Through it all, Secretary Of State
John Foster Dulles worked doggedly in
Washington to unite our allies and
arouse Congress. It is his job to lead
the free world resolutely into what may
be war, not only with the Wet Mimi but
with the Red Chinese But determined
stand now looked like the best way
to forestall disastrous war later. And
there is just a chance that strong
move-spearheaded by the threat of
United States intervention-could pre-
vent war; It might even soften the
Reds attitude at Geneva.
Time for Decision
France put the proposition squarely
up to the United States after the
Assembly vote Thursday: Either assure
effective American Intervention in
Indo- China, with or without allies, or
prepare for a French deal with the
Reds at Geneva. In other words, put
up or shut up.
France now feels that the Red
Chinese and Russian build-up of Wet
Mimi strength prevents her from
carrying the whole burden.
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The Box Score

Here is a compilation of what has
been accomplished to date in the Nc
Carthy- Army hearings. Time used"
is expressed in hours and minutes Of
open sessions; pages used" refer to
photographed pages of transcript.
Evening star., 1954-05-16
Army Witness

box accompanying this section of
the Review shows the time consumed,
the pages of testimony filled and the
witnesses examined since the hearing
began II working days ago.
Mr. Adams, chief witness this week,
was on the stand briefly on May 3.
But his return last Wednesday was
really his first chance to be heard on
the matter. at issue before the COM
mittee.
The Army counsel proved to be a
vigorous and precise witness who ap-
peared willing to provide the detail
to supplement the broader, sketching
strokes Secretary Stevens had con-
tributed to the picture in the earlier
days of the hearing. But he seemed to
some observers to be, also, man who
could rise above principle.
Wednesday was a deceptively easy
day for Mr.. Adams. At that time he
was stating his side of the case. He
told of his long time of troubles with
the committees regular counsel, Roy M.
Cohn, over the military career of Mr..
COINS friend, G. David Schine. He
told of abuse and obscenity which he
said Mr.. Cohn had heaped on him. And
he repeated under oath the charge that
probably had raised more eyebrows
than anything else: That Mr.. Cohn had
threatened to wreck the Army" and
force Secretary Stevens out. if Pvt.
Schine drew an overseas assignment.
Thursday was different matter,
with Mr.. jenkins playing the role of
relentless prosecutor instead of SYM
pathetic counselor. Mr.. Adams, how
ever, stood up we'll under Mr. Jenkins
grilling. On Thursday afternoon he said
he had taken more abuse on the sub
ject of Schine than had come his way in
all his dealings with Congress.
Mr.. Jenkins drew from the Army
Continued on Page A-28.)
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Situation in Geneva

Pham Van Dong, the Wet Mini
foreign minister, disclosed the Com
muniSt asking price for cease-f1re in
Indo- China on Monday. Indignantly
spurning stiff French proposals, he de-
manded a cease-f1re followed by the
withdrawal of all foreign troops. Later,
he said, there ought to be free" elec-
tions arranged between the Wet Mini
and the Wet NameSe. \aa
At present the Wet Namese are SO
weak, both militarily and politically,
that such scheme would pave the way
for O Red take-over In Wet Nam. Little
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Surprise No. IN the same forgotten
pile with the photo and the letter Of
earlier weeks by saying:
"I have had my staff check the record
and they tell me that at no time did I
ever claim and I don't now claim that
I ever talked to Mr.. WEIGH directly, and
I do not intend to talk to him directly
about any settlement. Just so that Is
absolutely clear"
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Wet Mimi controlled
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a Southeast Asia defense alliance COM
mitting member nations to fight If Red
aggression continues in Indo- China. He
wants Wet Nam, Laos and Cambodia to
be independent members of the al
lance.
Foreign Reaction
He added logical progression from
this policy. If Indo-C China should fall
before his rescue plans can be imple-
mented, the United States would try to
save the rest of Southeast ASIA This
remark caused what appeared from
this side of the Atlantic to be undue
alarm in France, which fancied she
detected an intention to abandon"
Indo-China. How this affected the
Paris confidence vote, if at all, was i'm
possible to assess.
On Wednesday, President Eisenhower
came out even stronger to save Indo-
China. He said the free world should
face the situation with optimism and
determination.
AS if anticipating the imminence of
a Wet Nam independence declaration,
as predicted by Mr.. Dinh in Geneva, the
President commented that no nation
can be saved for freedom unless it
wants to be saved. Then he added a
broad hint. What was needed, he said,
was an enthusiastic request from Indo-
China for free world cooperation.
The pattern Mr.. Dulles is weaving
thus becomes clear. He is creating
conditions which will permit United
Nations-sanctioned action in Indo-
China similar to that taken in Korea,
but again circumventing the Russian
veto in the Security Council. Independ-
ent Wet Nam, Cambodia and Laos,
once they become parties to the U. N
affiliated collective security arrange
ment like NATO, will be able to invoke
the new pact without the Security
Council or the General Assembly hav-
ing word to say.
MiIitory Stoff ToIks
The united action plans advanced,
meanwhile, on other fronts. New Zea-
lands External Affairs Minister, T. C.
Webb, confirmed in London Thursday
that his country was joining Britain,
Australia, France and the United States
in talks on a Southeast Asia military
pact.
Malaga and Hong Kong probably
would be brought under the wing of
such an alliance, and it was expected
that Thailand and the Philippines
would be among the first Southeast
Asia countries to be invited to partici-
pate. The military men will have to
iron out the question of individual ma
tons commitments, touchy subject
who have been and still are miffed at
our allies token support in the Korean
united action.
Talks probably would have been un-
der way already except for British re-
luctance to upset the Geneva negotia-
tions. Prime Minister winston Churchill
also has problems within the Common
wealth, notably in India and Ceylon.
India especially Is reluctant to abandon
its third force position in world affairs
or see the Indo- China war interna-
tionalized. Another handicap for the
Churchill government is politics at
home, now most unfavorable to any
new war commitments.
Britain's military reports from Indo-
China also tend to discount the gravity
of the present situation. Nor are the
British observers as impressed with the
economic assets of the area, a question
that reportedly is getting new going
over from American policy makers too.
The general conclusion In past sur
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One Surprise a Week

Tuesdays "expediting" session evoked
from Senator Joseph Mccarthy of Wis
consin-the chief "anti-Army" princi-
pal-his third big surprise in as many
weeks. Like his surprises Of the first
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expedite

new word-or rather an old word In
new dresS-has come out Of the Mccarthy Army
hearings on Capitol Hill. The word Is expedite"
and the new meaning seems to be something
like move around in circles"
Last Tuesday was an example Of expediting
(new style) brought to its finest flower. The
entire day was occupied by attempts to expedite
the hearings, with the result that not one
syllable of testimony was taken in the hours
and SO minutes of that days morning and
afternoon session.
An important point was being settled, how
ever: Whether the hearings should remain out
in the open, or go (partly at east) behind closed
doors. So it would be unjust to say that nothing
was accomplished; fairer comment would be
that no progress was made.
Here are glimpses of what expedite" meant
to Noah Webster and what it has come to mean
on CAPITOL Hill:
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Review Of The Week:
Reds Demands at Geneva, French Near Crisis
Spur Dulles Moneuvers for United Front

Painfully the the struggle
munst expansion in Southeast Asia slowly being clarified
At the conference Eastern affairs
Reds demanded exorbitant sunvta free world capulaton
, 1954-05-17

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todayS housewife is as conscious
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shiny new automobile.
For instance, the 1854 surge.
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vcNsher design. Distinctive In ap.
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enameled rotunda cabinet encas.
Img g from top 10 bottom, the
Whirlpool washer has so many
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& Dual push.button controls
mounted on the front Of the unit
ST. the wash, OF drain used wash
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y Other features include . hinge
feed area to provide ample space
Tor feeding clothes through the
Wringer, cuadruple wringef re-
lease controls, retractable power.
cord. and drain hose designed to
hook over tub or sink edge. An
automatic pump empties the entire
washer in two minutes.
, 1954-05-17
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