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STUDENT RIOTS
DIDN'T RUFFLE
THIS OLD HAND

When students in for
eign countries protested
something or other by
rioting, Secretary Dulles
thought their goings-on
should not be taken too
seriously. He remembered
that as a student at the
Sorbonne in Paris, II used
to go out and riot occa-
sionally."
ION whose sfde?" news
men asked.
Il can't remember now
which side I was on" he
replied. THAT shows how
students just like to riot
for the fun Of it,"
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three-year law course in two
years.
He encountered trouble max
ing a law firm connection. His
grandfather stepped in to help
him land a S50-a-month job
with the New York firm of Sui
Ivan g. Cromwell. Nine years
later he was a partner there.
At 80 he headed the firm. He
remained until Gov. Dewey APP
pointed him to the Senate in
1949.
Aptitude for Law
Mr.. Dulles aptitude for law
was demonstrated before he got
his license to practice. When
he took his bar examination he
skipped several questions so as
not to be late for a dinner en-
gagement with Miss Janet
Pomeroy Avery. whom he mar
ried later. Despite the answers
he omitted. he passed the test
He and Miss Avery were
married in 1912. They had two
sons and a daughter. One Of
the sons, Avery, was converted
to the Roman Catholic faith
while serving in the Navy dur
ing World War II and he be-
came a Jesuit priest.
A trip to the Orient in 1895
convinced Mr.. Dulles that wal
between the United States anc
Japan was inevitable. That
same year he wrote War, Peace
and Change" a philosophical,
analysis of the causes of war
which was one of the books
ordered burned by Adolpt
Hitler.
Wrote Second Book
His second book. War OF
Peace" published in the spring
of 1850, gave an inside view Of
many world problems he wa:
familiar with and some genera
recommendations for keeping
the world from another shoot.
ing war. He said that Soviet
communism had invented 6
twilight zone between war anc
peace in which to carry on ag.
erosion.
! Mr.. Dulles also wrote exten.
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treatment for abdominal can
GER.
This was his second major
illness during his career as Sec
rotary of State. The first was
in 1856 when cancer first struck.
A section of his intestine was
removed in an effort to halt the
cancer. He was back in the
hospital late in 1858 for treat
ment Of an inflammed lower
colon.
But his courage and deter
mination could not prevail
against a second attack by can
Ger, discovered when Mr.. Dulles
underwent the hernia operation
last February 10. Despite deep
X-ray treatments and injec-
tons of radioactive gold, the
State Department was obliged
to announce on April IA that
increasing discomfort in the
Secretary's lower neck was
fe AIRED due to a malignant
tumor.
On April Is, the day after
that announcement, President
Eisenhower told the press in
an emotion-choked voice that
Mr.. Dulles had resigned from
Office.
The President said:
II personally believe he has
filled his Office with greater
distinction and greater ability
than any other man our coun-
try has known-a man of tre-
mendous character and cour-
age, intelligence and wisdom. y
Princeton Graduate
After he went to Lausanne to
study French at the insistence
of his grandfather, Mr.. Dulles
came back to Washington and
was tutored for Princeton. De-
spite his youth and his admis-
sion that he ''loafed," he was
graduated there a Phi Beta
Kappa and the valedictorian oil
his class.
He won a fellowship to the
Sorbonne in Paris and spent
a year studying international
law and travelling. Then he
came to George Washington
University and completed the
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are basic moral values and vital
interests for which we stand,
and that the surest way to
avoid war is to let it be known
in advance that we are pre-
pared to defend these prin-
ciples. if need be, by life itself"
Praised by Eisenhower
President Eisenhower ex-
pressed complete faith in Mr.
Dulles as a skillful diplomat de-
voted to peace. He called him
"the best Secretary of State
I have ever known"
BY the time the magazine
article was published, Russia'S
cold war strategy had changed
| to pose a different problem fol
the United States.
How to stand ION the brink
of war" was overShadoWed BY
the problem of how to meet the
trade and economic lures the
Soviet leaders were casting ir
the backward and underdevel.
oped lands of Asia and thu
Middle East.
The Secretary said that Mos
COW, while still aiming at worlc
domination, had been forced tt
make a change in its methods
because of the unity, f1rmnesi
and determination of the FIRE,
world"
Urged Border NATO
He told the Senate Foreign
Relations Committee that tn
Russians were junking a 80
year policy of violence ant
intolerance and bringing thei
system and habits closer t,
ours" by offering economic aic
But the Reds purpose. he EN-
phasized, still was ito subver
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sively on foreign affairs for
magazines.
While he sometimes appeared
personally in courts, most of
his work as a lawyer was done
behind a broad desk in his
hardwood paneled office.
His public speeches were pre-
pared carefully except when
he ran for the Senate. In a
political campaign he felt that
extemporaneous speeches were
more effective. He travelled in
a chartered bus and his stops
included a number of small
communities. CT 5alfgO
Those who watched Mr..
Dulles in action said he was at
his best in those places. He
would shake hands as If he
were greeting an old friend.
He would stick his thumbs I'M
der his suspenders and talk
freely with anyone who cared
to hold an interview. He had
the air and mannerisrns of q
small-town merchant.
In at the Beginning
Mr.. Dulles fought the cold
war from its start.
He attended the l945 meet
ing of the Council of Foreign
Ministers with Secretary Of
State James F. ByrneS; the
1947 meetings in Moscow and
London with Secretary George
c. Marshall, and the 1949 meet
ing in Paris with Secretary
Dean Acheson, in each case as
Republican adviser.
/ Gov. Dewey appointed him
to the Senate in July, 1949,
after the resignation of Sem
ator Robert F. Wagner. When
Mr.. Dulles ran for the election
to the seat a few months later,
Gov. Dewey called him 1.-THE
only man in the world today
/ the Russians are afraid Of"
Mr.. Dulles race for the Sem
ate at the age of 81 was his
first quest for an elective Office.
He had not wanted to make
that race, but did so at the
urging of party leaders. His
opponent was one Of the Dem
ocratic Party's champion vote
getters, Herbert H. Lehman.
four times Governor of New
York. Mr.. Lehman won by
less than 100000 votes out Of
almost 5 million cast.
While affable and relaxed
with those he liked. Secretary
Dulles was shy of manner and
deeply reserved, though he
possessed a shrewd sense of
politics. .-.s
In his campaign, he attacked
the Truman administration on
it's home-front policies, assail-
ing what he called "statism."
In turn, the administration
sharply attacked him, but IA
months later President Tru-
man sent him to Japan as his
personal envoy.
That was typical of the uni
versal high regard in WASH
ington for his ability and integ-
rity.
Had Isolated Retreat
For rest the Secretary visited
his Lake Ontario retreat, an
800-acre refuge known as Main
Duck Island on the Canadian
side of the boundary. There
tIC tCu SCAAllPA lLllAIAfC CAISb"
ence. The place had no gas,
no electricity, no stores.
There were no servants. He
and Mrs. Dulles did their own
chores and said they liked the
life as a change from the re-
'finements of Manhattan. where
they made their permanent
home. They also had a home
at Cold Spring Harbor, N. Y,
and one in Washington.
For relaxation Secretary Dull
les read detective stories. 1T
lis the detective who must put
his mind to work." he ex-
plained. My mind is relaxed
as read Of his deductions and
: restful sleep follows"
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goodwill tour of seven Euro
pean countries, and he kept up
a pace that would have wearied
many a younger man. In his
first three years he Travelled
close to 100000 miles.
During that period he went
to Europe 16 times, to the Far
East three times, to Canada
twice, and he also visited the
Middle East, Bermuda and
South America, travelling al
ways by plane. His foreign trav-
els took him to at least 20
countries never previously Wis
tied by an American Secretary
of State.
The cold war permitted Mr.
Dulles little relaxation. He sped
from one crisis or conference to
another and the last years OF
his career as Secretary of State
were in many ways the most
exhauSting.
Close to War
In 1856, the double crisis of
Hungary and Suez brought the
world close to another major
war. Mr.. Dulles worked prin-
cipally in the United Nations
during those months, securing
stiff resolutions directing the
Soviet Union to withdraw from
Hungary and Britain, France
and Israel to leave Egypt.
At the same time Mr.. Dulles
warned Russia that any vol
unteers" it sent to Egypt would
be stopped by American forces
In 1857 the Eisenhower Doc
trine" promising aid to Middle
Eastern countries threatened by
Communist aggression was an
nounced. Later that year the
Turkish crisis brought warnings
from Mr.. Dulles that Russia and
Syria would tangle with the
United States If they attacked
Turkey.
In the next year Mr.. Dulles
dealt with the Latin American
crisis which eliminated with
the stoning Of Vice President
Nixon in Venezuela, was blamed
for the overthrow of the French
government "a crisis which
ended with the return of Gen,
Charles de Gaulle-and then
sent Marines to Lebanon to
end the threat of an outside
coup there.
Asiatic Crisis
AS the Lebanese crisis eased
the Chinese Communists begar
Smelling the Nationalist hello
offshore Quemoy Islands. anc
again Mr.. Dulles stood firm ano
when the Communists relaxed
tensions in the Far East they
revived them in Europe by pre-
cipitating the Berlin crisis.
1t was in the midst of thi.
crisis and after a busy European
trip to strengthen the West
lines that Mr.. Dulles was forced
to enter Walter Reed Hospita
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ullIiASJKdtlOtio IL nigh uiplOLnl
sharpest kind Of attack from
Spokesmen in both parties. He
was praised and assailed by
the press. He was lauded and
denounced by foreign diplo-
mats.
Through II all--sometimes to
the CONSERVATION Of his Bit
terest critics--Mr. Dulles main
tanned a sort Of serenity that
might be attributed to his up
bringing. He was reared In q
Presbyterian parsonage. the son
Of a minister. In fact. he al
most entered the clergy him.
self.
John Foster and his younger
brother. Allen Dulles, now head
Of the Central Intelligence
Agency, gave considerable
thought to following In their
fathers footsteps. Both deliv-
cred forceful sermons in family
services at home but they came
to feel that the ministry re-
CURED a special type of per-
sonality which they felt they
lacked.
Their interest in religion per-
sisted. nevertheless. The broth
ers became prominent protes-
tant laymen.
Eldest of Five Children
John Foster was the eldest
of the five children born to the
Rev. and Mrs. Allen Macy
Dulles. Though their home was
then in WATERFOWL, N. Y, Mrs.
Dulles had come to Washing
ton in order to be with her
mother at the time of her sons
birth. Thus it was that the
SD Secretary of State was
born in the Capital, on Feb
ruary rs, 1888.
Foster was graduated from
high school at the age of Is.
His grandfather, Gen. John
Watson Foster, who was Sec
rotary Of State in the Benla-
min Harrison administration.
gave him a trip to Lausanne,
Switzerland, to study French.
This was to help prepare the
young man for a diploms tic
career.
The grandfather seemed to
have prophetic vision. John
Foster Dulles went with the
general to the Second Hague
Peace Conference in 1907 as
his personal secretary.
When only 80 years old,
he was appointed by President
Woodrow Wilson to his first for
NAL diplomatic mission. AS
special representative of the
State Department. he success
fully negotiated with Central
American governments on pro-
lection of the Panama Canal
from attack of World War ]
enemies.
Defective eyesight kept him
out of combat duty in that war
But he served in Army intelll-
gence and became a major
helping negotiate trade agree
ments with five neutral nation:
that frightened the blockade Of
Germany and made additions
shipping available to Allied
powers.
Goes to Versailles
After the Armistice he be-
came a member Of the United
States delegation to the Yer
sailles Peace Conference. HI
was designated chief American
counsel on reparations anC
other matters.
He drafted the peace treaty
clauses on reparations and Later
was appointed a United States
member of the Supreme Eco
nomic Council. Still later hi
became the American member
of the provisional reparation;
commission.
In 1927, he was legal adviser
on the Polish plan of flnancia
sterilization. In 1888, he wa
American representative at thu
Berlin Debt Conference. HI
served in many other position
In which he was affiliated WITH
foreign policy matters.
He masterminded negotia'
tons in the peace treaty with
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Japan after World War II. He
helped found the United Ma
tons and served as a delegate
to numerous u. N. General As
sembly sessions.
When President Eisenhower
took office early in 1858, Mr..
Dulles achieved his ambition.
He became the Secretary Of
State. Thus he followed in the
footsteps Of his grandfather
and an uncle. Robert Lansing,
who was Secretary of State
during woodrow Wilson's pres
idency.
As such he Travelled hundreds
Of thousands Of miles to confer
with diplomats around the
world, nnaneuver for peace.
bluff and cajole. In this role
he came directly to grips with
the Communist problem.
Found Very Firm
The Russians found out at
conference tables that this
quiet-appearing diplomat could
be very firm. And so did the
leaders Of some friendly ma
tons, whom he alternately
urged, warned and high pres
sured into oiling their guns
and keeping their powder dry.
His policy in dealing with the
Communists was keyed to a
warning that any further ag-
gression would be met by 're-
taliatory Furnishing power SO
severe that the aggression would
not pay"
But communism did advance
in Indo-C China. French and
Vietminh officers, enemies of
almost eight years of warfare
there, signed an armistice in
Geneva that was generally re-
garded as q defeat for the free
world. Under its terms. much
of Indo- China came under
Communist rule.
The first Communist Hinged
government in the Western
Hemisphere - in Guatemala -
was ousted after a 12-day revo-
luton. Mr.. Dulles hailed this
development as a new and
glorious" victory over Red
encroachments.
The Secretary gained a repu-
tation for stating the harsh
facts of his diplomacy in blunt,
undiplomatic words.
An article in Life Magazine
early in 1856 quoted Secretary
Dulles as saying the Eisenhower
administration walked three
times to "the brink Of war
over Korea during the 1858
armistice negotiations, Indo-
China and Formosa - and
averted it each time by letting
the Communists know the
United States was prepared to
take strong action"
A Necessary Art
The article represented him
as saying the ability to get to
the verge and yet sidestep war
was a necessary art" Of diplo-
macy. IF you cannot master
it," he was quoted, you in
evttably get into war. If you
run away from it, if you're
scared to go to the brink, you
are lost. &. We walked to the
brink and we looked it in the
face"
/ There was hot criticism from
Democrats on the ground he
distorted history and showed a
lack of responsible leadership.
i Discussing the article during
the row it stirred up. Mr.. Dulles
elaborated on what he termed
a policy of seeking to prevent
war by preventing miscalcula-
ton by a potential aggressor. +"
He had called the idea of de-
Tense by the threat of massive
retaliation a policy of deter
renee" Expanding on that, he
said:
II believe that the United
. States should adopt every hon.
orable course to avoid engage.
ment in war. Indeed, I have de.
voted my whole life to the pur.
suit of a just and durable peace
II believe, however, that there
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and communize the nations
that are its targets"
To counteract the Soviet
threat, Mr.. Dulles urged that
Congress authorize long-range
development projects to in
crease the economic strength of
the Soviet target countries.
In an address to the annual
luncheon of the Associated
Press in 1865, Secretary Dulles
suggested the broadening of the
North Atlantic Treaty Organi-
cation (NATO) from a defensive
military alliance to a group
with positive aims for world
betterment.
He coupled that with a re-
newed plea for free world unity
in the face Of Soviet soft talk.
And implicit in his remarks
was concern to cement the ties
which brought NATO into being
in 1949, under the threat of
Soviet aggression, lest they
weaken under Moscow's new
look"
Mr.. Dulles did not spell out
details of what he had in mind
as to NATO. But he pointed to
the Organization of American
States as illustrating "the posi-
bilities of a regional organi-
cation"
ut takes account of external
perils," he said of GAS. But il
concentrates primarily upon its
own positive accomplishments.
Among other things, GAS op-
Grated in economic and cultural
fields, and sought to improve
health and stimulate agri-
culture.
Negotiated Treaties
Among the accomplishment
lin which he took especial pride
was the revengeless Japanese
peace treaty-"a peace Of rec
onciliation,' he called it
latter World War II.
He wrote and practically
Isinglehandedly negotiated that
along with three Pacific secu-
rity pacts. At the japanese
Peace Conference in San Fran.
cisco he helped to defeat the
various Russian moves to wrecl
the project.
President Harry S. Truman
Ia Democrat. offered the Repub'
lican Dulles appointment as thu
first postwar Ambassador tt
Japan, but he declined it. HI
had been a key figure in bipar'
tiSan foreign policy co-opera'
ton with the Truman admins
Iration, serving as a close adj
wiser to the then Secretary Dear
Acheson.
While working on the Japa.
nese peace treaty he held the
rank of ambassador.
Mr.. Dulles remained in the
State Department until the
Senate completed It's work or
the treaties. Then. early ir
1852, he cut his ties with the
Truman administration so al
to have a completely free hanc
in that election year to attack
those Of its foreign policie;
with which he disagreed.
Mr.. Dulles came into consid.
cradle prominence in 1914 wher
New York's Gov. Thomas E
Dewey selected him as his for.
eign affairs adviser in his cam.
paign for the presidency. Mr.
Dulles served in the same ca.
pacity four years later. Hac
Gov Dewey been elected eithel
time, Mr.. Dulles was slated tt
be his Secretary of State.
Both Mr.. Dewey and Senator
Robert A. Taft, who had headed
opposing factions of the Re.
publican Party. urged Gen. Eli
senhower to appoint him Sec,
Rotary of State.
Travelled Widely
From the time he took offic
Secretary Dulles was a man o
motion. He had hardly gottel
-
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Dulles A Tough and Daring GeneraIinth the Cold War

John Foster Dulles whose diplomatic experience dated
from The Hague Conference Of 1907 of the
brilliant yet controversial to hold the once Of
Secretary of State
Though he served both Republican and Democratic adj
minstratons in high diplomatic posts he under the
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Travelled Widely

From the time he took Office
Secretary Dulles was a man of
motion. He had hardly gotten
settled when he was of on a
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M'r.o,. 'nIMHl1E!7

Laboratory tests show: Even after active ex-
ercise, perspiration cannot wash Lifebuoy's
protection from your skin. Safely odor-
proofs for over "a hours. That's why active
people can bank on new White Lifebuoyl
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-19
Miracle in LMl4z1EI

When Puralin Plus stays with your skin, it
helps lock out" blemish bacteria, too. Com
plexions feel cleaner, fresher, even softer
with new White Lifebuoyl And new White
Lifebuoy is mild as lanolin.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-19
Miracle 'nIMHI1EI

The lather washes away, but Puralin Plus,
Lifebuoy's active deodorant, stays with your
skin. You can't see tor feel it-but
Puralin Plus odor- proofs your entire body,
in almost every instance, for over "a hours.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-02-22
3-Acre Truct
Overlooked
In Dam Site

The Town of Fairfax may
have to condemn a 3-acre tract
it just about overlooked in its
reservoir site on Goose Creek
in Loudoun County.
Mrs. Mary Elizabeth TinSley,
rs, of SO S street NV. says
she isn't interested in selling
the land.
Town Manager Glenn w.
Saunders said the town has
acquired three large tracts for
the dam, reservoir and filter
plant to be built in its $4.5
million water supply project.
He said the 3-acre parcel, To-
Gated in the area to be flooded,
was overlooked at first. He said
it will be condemned if the
owner won't sell.
Mrs. Hanna Hughes of the S
street address said her mother,
Mrs. Tinsley, lived on the three
acres for many years. She said
1t was bought about 10 years
ago by Mrs. Tinsley's father.
She said her mother doesn't
want to sell it.
Il hate to think of a dam
being built on that land" said
Mrs. Hughes. She said she had
planned to build a bungalow
on it, after she retires from
nursing. .
The town is clearing land for
the dam and reservoir. It has
bought 173 acres for $4,000
from three landowners, j. w.
Carr, who had Is acres; G. F..
Brewster, Ill acres, and R..
Ernest Dupuy, So acres.
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Northwestern U. Wins
Debate on Capitol Hill.

livered with restrained gestures
and faultless diction.
The Senators seemed to hang
on every word.
The affirmative team argued
with some emotion, for the end
of nuclear weapons development
on the grounds it was imprac-
tical and dangerous to the hui
man race.
The West Pointers, erect in
their gray uniforms and crew
cuts, spoke crisply and with
determination of the need to
meet the Russian threat with
more and bigger weapons.
They Shake Hands
When the results were an
nounced, the cadets, Reggie
Brown and Edwin Netzloff,
marched to their, conquerors
and shook hands.
Some 1856 debaters took part
in the three-day tournament.
Mr.. Collins, a native Of Ra-
leigh, N c., also took first place
for the affirmative in individual
competition. Dale Hagen Of
Northwestern was first for the
negative.
The persuasive speaking con-
test was won by Fred Walker
of the Air Force Academy, fol-
lowed by Thomas Drummer of
Northwestern and Fred T.
Smith Of Maryland.
The Air Force Academy was
awarded the Calvert Trophy
for the team with the best
record, not in the finals.
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Five Children
Die in Fire in
CrisfieId Home

CRISFIEID, Nd. Feb. 81
(AP).-Five children died early
today in a fire that quickly en-
quilted their modest home and
spread to two adjoining houses,
sending IS persons fleeing into
the freezing cold.
Their mother, Mrs. Charles
Miles, escaped by leaping from
a second-floor window. She re-
ceived a minor cut on her arm
in the fall. Her husband was
not at home at the time.
Dead were Mary Lucille, 10;
Diana Cullen, s; Charles Alonzo,
4; Ralph Gregory. 2, and Or
vile Antonio, two weeks.
Sparks from the roaring
blaze were whipped along by a
biting wind and started fires on
the roofs of three houses sew
eral blocks away.
Firemen said the house was
a mass of flames when they ar
rived. They speculated the fire
might have been started by q
family wood stove used to heat
the building.