Evening star., 1961-03-01
POLICY
Rusk Gives Views
To Senate Group

State Department Press OFF,
GER Lincoln White said Mr..
RuSk's statement was generally
in line with the meaning Of the
memorandum which Mr.. Rusk
sent to Mr.. Mcnamara.
Representative Arends. Re-
publican Of Illinois and top
ranking minority member Of
the House Armed Services Com
mittee, urged in a House speech
today that the letter from Sec
retary Rusk to Secretary Nc
Namara be made public. He
also proposed that the COM
mittee investigate the entire
matter.
Mr.. Arends noted that The
Star is standing by its original
account and said that this
statement, as well as officials
statements in the State De-
partment, provided sufficient
reasons for the committee to
investigate.
The Associated Press said that
authoritative informantS re-
ported that what Mr.. Rusk
recommended was an Increase
in the ability Of the North At
lantie Treaty allies to meet a
substantial. non-nuclear attack
in Europe by conventional
means rather than by instant
use of nuclea: weapons.
Strength Listed
At the same time these in
formants said Mr.. Rusk ex-
pressed the view that it would
be necessary for some years at
least to maintain American
manned medium range bal
lastic missiles (which carry
nuclear warheads) in the Euro
pean area. based either on
land or on seaborne carriers
The presence OF these missiles
in the European area, Mr.. Rusk
reportedly recommended,
should be accompanied by an
assurance to the allies that
they will be used If necessary.
Mr.. Rusk's statement yester-
day, climaxed a tempestuous
day for the foreign policy chief.
He spent nearly three hours un-
der closed door quizzing from
members of the Senate Foreign
Relations Committee.
After the meeting Of the
Senate Committee, Chairman
j. William Fulbright, Democrat
Of Arkansas, said Mr.. Rusk had
disavowed favoring a complete
defense policy switch.
Senator Fulbright quoted Mr..
Rusk as saying "it was very
regrettable that irresponsible
and reckless reports leak out
which could greatly endanger
our relations with our allies"
The Senator said he agreed
with the Secretary and added:
"The so-called free press is
one of the hazards Of this coun-
try in dealing with foreign
policy"
No Word From Abroad
Mr.. White, who issued Mr..
Rusk's statement several hours
after the Senate Committee
session, said he did not know
of any concern voiced so far
by United States allies over
The Stars account Of Mr..
Rusk's views. ,t ,4~
Mr.. White said he had no
information concerning the
progress of an inquiry started
yesterday to find out what Gov
ernment official or officials
leaked" an account of Rusk's S
memo to The Star.
Mr.. Rusk's statement said:
There has appeared a news
report purporting to give my
views regarding current studies
now under way about our de-
fense policies. This news report
was highly inaccurate.
Il have, of course. expressed
my views on such subjects in
discussions within the admin
istration. I expect to do so in
the future.
Hopes for Progress
when current studies are
completed they will be consid-
cred by the President, who will
determine the attitude of the
executive branch and the pro-
posals to be made to the Con-
greSs.
I'VE are anxious to bring
about legitimate easing of ten
sions throughout the world. We
are hopeful that substantial