Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-06-06
Waning Peril
0fMdjor War
Seen byDuIIes
New Soviet Moves
Are Encouraging,
Secretary Says
BY ]. A. OLEARY
Star stan Writer

The world has been moving
away from the danger OF
another major war in the last
five years, Secretary of State
Dulles said today.
But he cautioned the Senate
Foreign Relations Committee
that this trend is due to the
collective security developed
among the free nations. Failure
to maintain that security would
reverse the trend away from
peace, he said.
Mr.. Dulles also threw cold
water on the value of q summit
conference between Russia
and the Western powers at
this time.
He was asked by Senator
Aiken. Republican of Vermont,
If he believes any lasting good
could come from such a meet
ing.
$50 far" he replied, nothing
has developed to make me
think it would accomplish any,
thing that could not be
achieved by other means of ne
collation."
New Moves Hailed
Nevertheless, the Secretary
had said earlier in a prepared
statement that this govern
ment has been encouraged by
Russia's recent acceptance of
a proposal to study what would
be required to supervise at
least one aspect of a possible
disarmament agreement. He
also expressed announcement
at Russian acceptance of a
proposed conference on peace
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1--WE believe, that if we pa
tiently persist along sound
lines, some significant agree
ments may emerge" the Secre-
tary added.
He was called before the
committee this morning to re-
view American foreign policy
in general as part of a study
the committee has been con-
Quoting for several months.
Chairman Green asked the
Secretary why he believes the
trend has been away from the
danger of war for five years.
Had Relied on Force
Mr.. Dulles replied that prior
to five years ago there had
been a series of events indi-
eating that the Communists
intended to rely on force to
gain their detectives. He men,
toned the Korean War, the
efforts to cut off Berlin and
the difficulties in Greece as il
Illustrations. He indicated that
in recent years the Commu-
nists have been trying a diff
ferent approach.
Senator Green wanted to
know if the United States is
more secure from military at
tack than it was five years ago.
Mr.. Dulles answered that
there is a possibility that two
or three years from now the
United States may be more
susceptible to a missile attack
that did not exist before the
penetration of outer space.
He explained later, however,
that he did not mean to imply
that there would be a greater
likelihood of such an attack two
or three years from now. He
expressed belief that such an
attack would not be made I'M
less the attacking power was
convinced it could knock out
this country'S capability of
counterattack. He said he
does not believe such power
exists today or will exist in the
foreseeable future If American
defenses are kept up.
Stress on Domestic Needs
The Secretary also predicted
that the demands of the people
in the Communist nations for a
better standard of living will
grow to the point where
their leaders will have to pay
more attention to the needs
OF their own people and less to
their external goals.
Mr.. Dulles said that is only
one of several ''insoluble prob
lens faced by Soviet Premier
Nikita Khrushchev and the rest
OF the Kremlin leadership. He
listed the problems as:
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