Evening star., 1954-05-13
The Political Mill
Serious Situation
Demands U. S. Unity
Need Must Trunscend
All Purtison Politics
By GouId Lincoln


It's time to stop kicking around the
American Secretary of State, John
Foster Dulles, and the Eisenhower for
eign policy particularly as it relatesm
to Indo-C China. Unity in the Unitednr
States, in q serious situation, trans,
Scends iii Importance partisan politics.
The administrations policy in Indo4iS
China is firm; it has not changed, and
it Is calculated to bring Important
results. tpq
One Of the most hopeful signs ofo3
national unity grows out of a state-
ment by the Democratic leader of theid
Senate, Senator Lyndon johnson ofm
Texas. delivered yesterday in the Sen4os
ate. In 1t Mr.. johnson said he andic
his colleagues on the Democratic sidetI
were ready to meet the President andio
the administration more than half wayfo
- without "abdicating our right tor
legitimate criticism" or submerginsm
differences based upon principle. >ns
''As responsible men," he said, "wem
are ready at any time to cooperate
in the preservation Of our country" On
Senator Johnson's Pledge. ~,
1t was patriotic statement. and,
welcomed as such. Senator johnson.
serious to get into any argument "aS =,
to who did what to whom and when. ~
The door to legitimate cooperation
he added. is wide open IT do not
think that any one party has e.
monopoly on loyalty and devotion to-
the country" he said. ANY offer Of
legitimate cooperation on the part Of
the majority will be accepted in the
same spirit by the minority now or at
any other time" 10"
A main item in the Indo- China
policy, enunciated many times by both
President Eisenhower and Secretary
Dulles, is the creation Of united front
OF collective security in Southeast Asia.
The aim Of this united front Is not
war-it is peace. Secretary Dulles has
been working at this since 1850, whenh0
he was, under direction of former Presi.p"
dent Truman, engaged In negotiatinGi6
the japanese peace treaty. Substantial
progress has been made-and much ofso
1t recently-despite great difficulties. 7nl
Secretary Dulles has told the Senatsso
Foreign Relations Committee that un.
less full independence was assured thei1
Associated States of Indo-China, and
unless the United Nations could be-
brought into the picture to clarity the ia
moral issues. the United States could -
not be asked to send troops. And in any,
event, this country would not engage
in war over there without the approval
OF congress. 20
Allies Must Help Themselves. -
OF paramount Importance, too, Mr..
Dulles has made clear, is the partici.
patton OF the Asian nations themselves.
IN the southeast area in the proposed
united front against further Com
mun1st aggression. They must be
interested themselves in remaining be-
yond the clutches of the Communist
dictatorship.
An hour before Senator johnson
made his statement in favor of biz -
partisan cooperation on foreign af-
fairs. President Eisenhower told his
press conference that his administra- ~
ton had gone to great lengths to IT"
keep the Democratic leadership in
Congress informed on the Indo-; ~
China situation and other matters
connected with the Nations foreign ~
policy. He has. he said, favored bier
partisan action in foreign relations ''ii
and disassociated himself completely -
from charges in some Republican %
quarters that Democrats are not loyal.Ies
They are, he said as loyal as any
other Americans. qct
Former President Truman has de-1T
plored partisan politics in meetingy!p
international problems. Certainly the 80
atmosphere for a united front on
foreign issues seems to be Improving 90
1t deteriorated badly less than q week,u2
ago. lsG