The Key West citizen., 1954-05-06
BY D. HAROLD OLIVER

BY D. HAROLD OLIVER
WASHINGTON @-Sen. Guy Gil.
lette (D-Iowa) told q national
Democratic conference today the
United States suffered "an
astounding and unprecedented re-
versal" at Geneva on. the question
of Indochina. He blamed it on what
he called ''split" Republican ad-
ministration lacking a foreign
policy.
He said the 1852 election put one
group Of Republicans in charge of
the executive branch and another
group in Congress. The "fiasco"
at Geneva, he said, is only the
most glaring example Of what
price America is paying in the
struggle against Communist i'm
perialism.
Secretary Of State Dulles said
yesterday the Geneva talks are
going about as anticipated and that
he knows of nothing that has hap
pened to justify an Interpretation
that the United States had suffered
any defeat.
President Eisenhower told his
news conference few hours later
he has unqualified faith in Dulles.
He said no one loses a battle while
the battle is still going on.
Gillette said selection of a Dem.
ocratic Congress in November
would not cure "the split in the
Republican party, which may well
be incurable, but it will heal the
breach in our government and al
low the President to lead America
in the leadership Of the free
world"
Gillette, a Foreign Relations
Committee member, said the coun-
try viii live to regret the admins
tration's decision not to use the
United Nations machinery to halt
the Indochina war.
''We could have hauled the Red
aggressor before the bar Of world
opinion" he said, "but we pre-
ferred to revert to outworn meth
DDS Of military Intervention"
Gillette's remarks were pre-
pared for a panel on american
security" at the second days ses-
sion Of the Democratic National
Committee meetings. The party
rally viii come to a close tonight
with a $1O0.a-plate Jefferson-J Jack
SON dinner at which former Presi-
dent Truman will be an informal
speaker. 4.
Sen. Lyndon B. johnson and
Rep. Sam Rayburn, Texas leaders
Of the minority party in Senate
and House, are billed for "major
speeches" to pep up the drive for
election Of Democratic majorities
in Congress in November.
Adlai e. Stevenson, the party's
1852 presidential candidate, was
originally listed for talk, but he
did not come on advice of his
physician. He Is recovering from
an operation.
Late yesterday, Chairman Steph.
en- A. Mitchell of the national COM
mittee cautioned Democrats to be-
ware of political indictments" he
said may be instigated by Atty.
Gen. Brownell, and Of "smear and
fear" tactics of Sen. Mccarthy (R-
Wis) in the coming campaign.
Mitchell urged his fellow Demo-
crats not to be overconfident, even
though he said their party holds
a ''most genuine advantage" over
the Republicans ''in the basic con-
fidence of the voters and on the
major issues of the day."
Mitchell said he has been in
formed that ''the junior senator
from Wisconsin (McCarthy) is
booked for three months of speech
es-but without Eisenhower's ap-
proval, we are told"
The executive committee Of the
national group gave unanimous ap-
proval to Mitchell's action in de-
nying national committee financial
support for James Roosevelt and
Rep. Robert L. Condor, who are
seeking Democratic nominations
for Congress in California.
In another development, Mitchell
refused, on advice of the commit
tees parliamentarian, Rep. Clar-
ence Cannon of Missouri, to recog-
nize Wright Morrow, who arose to
inquire about his status. Mitchell
said Morrow was "out Of order"
since he was no longer a commit
tee member. Morrow cried, "You
are accommodating Texas"
Morrow campaigned for Eisen-
hover In 1852. He resigned in Sep
tember 1852 as national commit
teeman In q letter to the Texas
Democratic State Committee and
sent q copy to the national COM
mittee. The state committee re-
fused to accept it, but Mitchell did.
In his foreign policy speech, Gil
lette declared:
'While the whole world was