Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-08-15


The bald, 74-year-old Texal
verbal blow upon blow on Mr..
Eisenhower to the extreme de-
light of a jam-packed audience
of bowling Democrats. The oc-
casion was Mr.. Rayburn's ac-
ceptance of the permanent chair
manship of the Democratic
Convention for the third time
in d row.
Mr.. Rayburn attacked the
President and his administration
on all fronts. but he reserved
the sharpest thrusts for the
operations Of the Republicans in
world affairs.
Policy of Most Risks
II the administration has had
a foreign policy. he said, ut has
been the stubborn policy of mas
sive retaliation, a policy which
involves the taking of the most
serious risks with the lives and
fortunes and honor of the Amer
ican people"
The facts are, of course" Mr.,
Rayburn said at another point
that the man primarily re-
spohsible under our Constitution
for the conduct of foreign policy,
simply is not handling the job
Instead, we have Mr.. Dulles. and
Mr. Stassen, and Mr.. Nixon, and
Mr. Sherman Adams, and prob
ably half a dozen other special
assistants. all enunciating for
eig1i policy. We have become a
Nation Of many voices"
The popular Democratic war
horse told the cheering delegates
that I'VE sit on a seething vol
canO, while the White House and
the State Department have still
to produce single new effective
contribution toward world peace.
Where are the days of the
MARSHALL Plan; Of aid to Greece
ands Turkey that stopped Soviet
expansion there cold in its
tracks; of Point Four and the
program of technical aid to un-
derdeveloped countries that
brotght a new meaning to Amer
lean leadership?
End Result of Four Years
Il. The end result of foul
yeats of Republican mishandling
Of four foreign affairs" the
Speaker charged. lis such that
we pave fewer friends than ever
before, and we have made
enemies of many that were oul
friends and well-wishers.
The trouble with the Re-
publican Party is that foreign
policy is conducted on the basis
Of hat Mr.. Dulles each morning
con$iders are good and bao
nations. A bad nation is one
thai disapproves of Mr.. Dulles
But since Mr.. Dulles opinion
changes rapidly" he told his
gleSful listeners. "a good nation
is sometimes bad, and a bad ma
tioA is sometimes good. Thus,
Mrt Dulles and the nations are
In constant stew about one
andkher- aN
On one day, President Eisen-
hover gives his Interpretation of
neutralism. On another day,
SECRETARY Dulles gives still
another definition. Still later
thee Viee President presents
another Interpretation. There
after others in the administra-
tion come forth with their in
terpretations of neutralism.
Nation Left Guessing
Each Of these interpretations
is IN conflict with the other
Finally. the White House clari-
f1eS all of this confusion by
fatty saying that they all mean
thes same thing If all this
leaVes America guessing as to
What the United States means
by heutfalism. you may imagine
now it bewilders those abroad
M. Rayburn drew laughter
and applause when he remarked
thai under President Eisenhow-
er, I'VE have an administration
that has developed the classic
Army buck-passing game to new
heia hts.
i When somebody is caught
giving away our national re-
Ioutces. the blame falls on the
6ect etary of the Interior. When
irat b is discovered in a Dixon
Yadss power project. the fault is
aidto the Bureau of the Budget
Whsn initiation follows deflatior
bec9 uSe of manipulating interest
rate. the responsibility lies with
thes Treasury. When mergers
md consultations succeed each
'th& in dizzy array, the buck is
pasR d to the Justice Depart
nelN
Bets not abSolve the under.
ind for their grievous failures, >
he vent on. adding amid thun.
aer4ls encouragement. But
believe in putting the blame
where it really lies. 1t belongs
IN be shoulders of the President
# TIE United States. The people
'ledsed him as the Chief Execu-
ives He, and he alone. must bear