Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-10-20

l want to talk with you about
the most serious failure of the
Republican administration.
mean its failures in conducting
our foreign policy. For although
its failures have been serious
here at home, in serving the
cause Of peace they are far
more serious. And they should
not be kept out of sight-where
the administration would like to
keep them. It will be q sad day
for America when We no longer
talk about the issue that means
more to us than any other.
I'm not going to spend much
time on the Secretary of State,
Mr.. Dulles. Under our Consti-
tuition, the President conducts
Americas relations with the rest
Of the world. and he is re-
sponsible for them, and for his
Secretary of State.
But cannot refrain from
commenting on Mr.. Dulles spe-
cial contribution to our public
life-you might almost call it
Mr.. Dulles one new idea.
mean his habit of describing
every defeat as a victory and
every setback as a triumph.
Urges Less Fiction
We would all be better off with
less fiction and more plain
speaking about our foreign af-
fairs.
The Republican candidate has
q list of successes he likes to
recite. And let us acknowledge
such successes as we have had
and be thankful.
There is, unfortunately, an
other list.
This other list shows that
Korea is still divided by an un-
easy armistice line and still
costs us hundreds of millions
OF dollars In economic and mill
tary aid.
The richest half Of Indo-
China has become a new Com
muniSt satellite and after loud
words and gestures America
emerged from that debacle
looking like a paper tiger" in
the Orient.
Communism and neutralism
have made great gains in Cey-
Ion and Burma and Indonesia
in the past year or so.
In India, which may be the
key to a free Asia, we will have
had four Ambassadors in three
and a half years-provided the
administration gets around to
filling the vacancy which has
existed since last July. And that
is a very poor way of showing
our concern for the second
largest and one Of the most in
fiuential countries in the world.
In Western Europe, when the
ideas of European defense
community collapsed, we heard
no more about Mr.. Dulles
threatened "agonizing reap
praisal" and meanwhile the de-
clining influence OF NATO has
stirred widespread concern.
The Cyprus Dispute
The Cyprus dispute has grave
" disturbed the relations be-
tween three OF our valued allies.
Yet so far as l can discover.
we have been Of no help what
soever in settling that dispute.
Iceland is insisting on the
withdrawal Of our forces from
the key base we built there.
Americas relations with its
Oldest and strongest allies. Brit
ian and France, are more fragile
than they have been in a gen.
Grafton or more.
And the Republican candidate
says that AL is we'll" that COM
munism is ION the rum that
American prestige has never
been higher that peace is Sc
cure.
do not mean 70 criticize the
compromises that have been
made. But I severely criticize
this effort TO mislead the peo-
pie. to describe an armed truce
as peace. TO gloss over serious
difficulties. to obscure the grim
realities. 70 encourage the peo-
pie not 70 know the truth.
What are the realities2
We live AZ a watershed Of his
tery-and no man knows IN what