Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-08-04
President viii Push
Atomic Pool Plan
Even Without Reds

President Eisenhower promised
anew today to go ahead with his
atoms-for-peace plan, even with
out Russia, to help prove to the
world that the United States has
peaceful intentions-a job which
he said is terrific.
The President told news con-
ference the United States must
be more imaginative in COM
batting anti-American Commu-
mist propaganda and warned that
we should be less niggardly in
doing it.
Gen.. Eisenhower delivered a
lecture on the broad cold war
problems when he was asked to
relate the so-far untold policy
OF the futile American-Soviet
negotiations for an atomic pool.
Gen. Eisenhower proposed late
last year that the United States,
Russia and other atomic powers
contribute nuclear materials to
a pool for use in such projects as
development of power in back
ward areas. A series of Soviet
American exchanges has pro-
duced no agreement, but details
have not been made public.
Look In Other Directions.
Today, the President said
simply that his proposal was not
received favorably by the Soviet.
He related that he instantly
started studying what could be
done without the Russians to
show the world that the atom
can be used for useful purposes
rather than just for destruc-
ton.
The President said that many
of the worlds peoples seem to
feel that the atom belongs to
two big countries which want to
use it to destroy each other, the
President said, however, he wants
to make sure that every country
understands that it can benefit
from the atom.
Gen. Eisenhower said he does
not mean to be defeated in this
just because the Soviet won't
go along. He said that Ameri-
cans know we are peaceful but
the job of getting other people
to believe that is terrific.
Wants to Be Good Partner.
The President cautioned the
United States not to talk about
American leadership. He said
the United States wants to be a
good partner and if others say
they need us, then our leader
ship becomes implicit.
But If you want to be the
leader, Gen. Eisenhower contin-
ued. you don't just get up and
say you're bigger and stronger
than any one else.
The President, in answer to
another question, forcefully re-
peated the United States Gov
ernment's opposition to the adj
mission of Communist China to
the United Nations under the
present circumstances.
This was in comment on
resolution adopted by the Amer
lean Assembly Id group of pri-
vate organizations which met REL
Gently in New York. The Amer
lean Assenbly's resolution CON-
demned what it called the adj
ministration's permanent oppo-
sition to the admission of the
Red Chinese to the U. N.
Violently Disapprove.
The President said Communist
China has a government of
which we violently disapprove
and we are not going to accept
it in any organization if we can
prevent it-and we think we
can.
The President emphasized,
however, that situations can
change. He recalled that if any,
one during the winter of 1944-45
during the Battle of the Bulge
had predicted the present close
relations between the United
States and Western Germany
and Japan. he would have been
considered off his rocker. So he
was not going to predict the
course of relations between
Washington and Peiping.
The President said we will all
ways hope eventually to see the
sinner reform and come into the
fold.