Evening star., 1954-05-20
Searching Look Due
Al Red China Trade,
Bridges Promises
By the Assoeiussd Press

BY the ASSoeiof0d Press
Chairman Bridges said today
the Senate Appropriations Com
mittee will make q searching
inquiry" into the extent to which
free world allies have agreed to
relax bans on trade with Red
China.
Senator Bridges plan for an
investigation Of this issue came
after Senator Mccarthy, Repub-
lican, Of Wisconsin told the Sen
ate yesterday it would be "crim-
inal folly" not to cut of United
States. financial aid to nations
which ship "the SinewS of mill
tary and economic strength" to
the Communists.
Senator Mccarthy had barely
finished his floor address before
Foreign Aid Administrator Har-
old E. StasSen shot back with q
statement that what the Senator
said was fantastic, unbelievable
and untrue"
Mr.. StasSen, who had tangled
with Senator Mccarthy before.
said, 1--WE are steadily building
for peace under President Eisen-
hower's leadership" In an OBJ
vious reference to Senator Nc
Carthy's televised tangle with
Army officials, Mr.. StasSen went
on: Senator Mccarthy is fran
tically reaching for diversionary
headlines after the sorry spec
tacle of his record in recent
hearings"
Mccarthy Calls for List.
Senator Mccarthy, in what he
said was a painful and unpleaS-
ant" discussion of Republican
shortcomings" called for the
listing by Mr.. Stassen Of "every
type of material which we have
agreed that our allies can ship
to our enemies"
Senator Bridges said in an in
terview today that the appropria-
tions group, which passes on
foreign aid funds, already has
taken cognizance Of Mr.. Stas-
sens statements indicating a
weakening Of the ban on trade
with the Reds"
1--WE will want to go into this
matter very thoroughly and see
that the aid we are giving. or
it's equivalent, is not directly or
indirectly f1ltering into Commu-
mist hands," he said.
Mr.. StasSen's statement said a
full accounting Of the admins
tration's successful administra-
ton of trade controls" was given
in a report to Congress made
public on Sunday.
Sees Decline on Whole.
In that report Mr.. Stassen
portrayed free world trade with
the Communist bloc as a whole
as declining in 1858. While COM
merce with Red China crept up
at least temporarily, he said,
"the glittering prospect of a vast
and lucrative trade" which trad
ers enviSioned with the Chinese
mainland was not materializ-
ing" :
Senator Mccarthy told report
ers his Senate speech was no
"one-shot affair" that he in
tends to pursue the subject
further. 81
Senator Mccarthy said COM
gress should withhold foreign aid
funds until the administration
enforceS what he said would be
practical blockade" on the
coast of China by telling Ameri-
can allies "they will not get one
cent Of American money so long
as they either ship goods to Red
China or allow their ships to be
used to carry cargoes to Red
China" The United States has
barred its traders from shipping
to the Chinese Communists.
4A4O "AoOOA1OA1 OCkldOO1 HAS
fought with the Eisenhower ad-
ministration before over allied
commerce with China. In De-
cember he called for his sup
porters to write President Eisen-
hover urging him to stop what
Senator Mccarthy called this
blood trade"
Criticism of Own Party.
In response to a question by
Senator Chavez, Democrat, of
New Mexico. yesterday, Senator
Mccarthy said it was correct"
that he was criticizing policies
OF the G. o. P. administration.
He said Gen. Eisenhower had
taken many steps in the right
direction" but hadn't gone far
enough.
1T may be painful and un-
pleasant to discuss the short
comingS of ones own party" he
said, "but as long as I am in the
Senate. I'm never going to re-
frain from exposing what is
wrong merely because it might
be in my party"
He said that while he dis
agreed with some policies, he
had supported Gen. Eisenhower
in 1852 and would do so "if he
were running now, because I