Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-25

head of the bed, the others
Ileft the room. Forty minutes
later Mrs. Dulles left the hos
pital for home to make the
funeral arrangements.
Ailment known in 1855
Cancer first struck Secretary
Dulles in November, 1856, when
he was operated on for an in
festival disorder. But he con-
tinued to direct American
foreign policy even while in
the hospital. and was back at
the State Department before
Christmas.
He suspected q recurrence of
the cancer late last year, but
carried on his strenuous. globe
travelling schedule until early
February. He made a last. pain
ridden trip to London, Paris
and Bonn to concert Western
policy In the face Of Soviet
threats to Berlin.
Then he entered Walter
Reed Hospital the second week
in February for q hernia oper-
alton. Doctors discovered at
that time o recurrence of the
abdominal cancer. A few weeks
ago he contracted pneumonia,
which he was not able to
shake OF.
President Eisenhower refused
to give UP hope he could re-
cover. however. and Mr.. Dulles
retained the title Of Secretary
OF State until April is, keeping
In daily touch with world de-
velopments and consulting fire.
quently with the White House
and the State Department. He
continued as a White House
adviser until his death.
President at Gettysburg
The President received the
news Of Mr.. Dulles death at
Gettysburg. Maj. Gen. Howard
M. Snyder, Mr.. Eisenhower's
personal physician, phoned him
about $3.50 am. to say Mr..
Dulles was in critical condition.
Calling again just before 8 am,
Gen. Snyder told the President
the former Secretary was dead.
Mr.. Eisenhower Cancelled his
plans to go to church. He
went to the sun porch of his
country home and wrote a
tribute in pencil, on a yellow
scratch pad like that Mr..
Dulles often used.
"One Of the truly great men
of our time champion of
freedom and foe only to
tyranny" he said. This country
men and all who believe in
justice and the rule of law
grieve at the passing from the
earthly scene of one Of the
truly great men of our time"
The President and his wife
ended their week end at the
farm early. motored back to
Washington, and called at Mr..
Dulles home to express their
sympathy to his widow and
family.
Other Survivors
Besides those at his bedside
when he died, other survivors
are a daughter, Mrs. Robert
Hinshaw. a Presbyterian min
lister in New York: and two
sisters. Mrs. Margaret Edwards
of Rye, NY, and Mrs. Natalie
Seymour, of Utica, N. Y.
Secretary of State Herter, in
Geneva preparing to begin the
third week of the critical for
eign ministers conference with
the Soviet Union. issued a
statement saying Mr.. Dulles
truly gave his life in the serv-
ice of his country"
Harry S. Truman, former
President who had called Mr..
Dulles into his administration
to negotiate the Japanese peace
treaty, commented, We've lost
a good public servant and I'm
as sorry as I can be-"
Sir Winston Churchill of
Great Britain declared Mr..
Dulles was "a man of principle
and integrity whose example
should long be remembered
+. -. a great American has
passed"
British Prime Minister Mac
milan saluted him as an Amer
lean patriot lin whom the high
est ideals were supported by a
signal force of character"
President Charles de Gaulle
cabled the President. 81 deeply
feel the great loss which the
death of John Foster Dulles
constitutes for yourself, for
your country and all men at
tached to freedom"
Chancellor Adenauer declared
West Germany had lost IAN UNI
destanding friend who made the
cause of the German people
his own"