Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-05-19


In commenting on disarmament
in general. Mr.. Dulles assured the
Nation that there would be no
concessions made which might in
volve "the very existence of the
United States itself" unless the
Soviet concessions were "veriflable."
But he voiced some hope that the
Communists this year were making
genuine" efforts toward some
progress on disarmament. The
American attitude, he said. was to
take only steps that were care
fully measured. carefully taken. and
carefully calculated"
Eisenhower's View
President Eisenhower, at his
Wednesday press conference. ex-
pressed the opinion that the Soviet
Union "like all the rest of the
world" was feeling the pinch of
building. supporting. maintaining
these tremendous military organi-
zations." He noted that the
Russians were apparently taking
a different tone and growing more
serious" toward the problem Of
disarmament.
The President seemed to be TAX
ing a more conservative approach
than he had previously. He said,
for example, that it was going too
far to say that he had real hope"
for step toward effective disarma-
ment. Notably. he forebore to COM
ment on the old Eden scheme for
the standardization of Germany, a
subject on which he had expressed
hopeful sentiments just a week
before. But Mr.. Dulles. on Tuesday,
had set at rest any ideas that the
old policy of the United States on
that subject had changed.
I'VE do not accept" said Mr..
Dulles, ANY arrangement which is
based upon the present partition
Of Germany" And, he went on.
the policy Of the United States
would continue to be close co-op-
Grafton with West Germany. 1--WE
would act only in the closest con-
cept with Chancellor Adenauer,"
the Secretary declared.
Soviet Delegate Valerian A.
Zorin. like Mr.. Stassen. left London
for discussions with his government.
He was still affable and smiling.
Most noteworthy of the weeks
events in the Soviet capital was
a speech by Premier Nikolai Bull
ganin to a group of visiting Mon
golians at the Kremlin. Mr..
Bulganin said nov that there are
some symptoms of some easing of
international tension. favorable
conditions are created for the re-
sumption" Of personal contacts
between statesmen (of East and
Vest"
Mr.. Dulles seemed unimpressed
by Mr.. Bulganin's pleasant words.
Asked to comment on the chances
for new high-level talk he OBJ
served: q. !. Mr.. Khrushchev did
not seem very enthusiastic about
the prospects about a conference
between Mr.. Gromyko tSoviet
Foreign MiniSter) and myself, and
don't look forward to it either
with any great enthusiasm"
'Atoms-for-Peuce' Plan
On Tuesday. Acc Chairman
Lewis w. Strauss told the Senate
Foreign Relations Committee that
the proposed International Atomic
Energy Agency, awaiting Senate
approval. would be valuable as
bar to widening Of the atomic
race, and a protection for world
health against the dangerous RADIO
active wastes produced by atomic
power applications.
The Acc chief, following the
administration line favoring the
Senate approval Of the IAEA stat
ute now before 1t as a treaty, said
the IAEA posed mo undue risk to
the security Of the United States"
Backing the agreement as essential
to head OF atomic anarchy" Mr..
Strauss urged ratification of the
statute as implementation of Mr..
Eisenhower's atoms for peace
proposal in 1858 to the United
Nations. But Senate right-wing
opposition to ratification continued
to be strong. A two-thirds Senate
vote is necessary to ratify.
AS II to add a reminder and a
postscript to the weeks disarma-
ment and atomic activity, Acc
Commissioner Willard F. Libby said
Friday that a heavy rain accom-
panying thunderstorms over the
Washington area Tuesday night
was radioactively "hot." DR.. Libby
blamed 1t in part on the Russian
tests. and assured residents that
despite the measurably high RADIO
active content Of the downpour. the