U.S., BRITISH RELATIONS

Press, Volume LXXXIX, Issue 27040, 15 May 1953, Page 9

U.S., BRITISH RELATIONS

American Policy Defended

(NX Prut Association—CopvrigW (Bee. U p.m.) NEW YORK, May 14.

The speeches of Sir Winston Churchill and Mr Attlee in the foreign policy debate fa the House ot Commons earner this week were the subject of more ceaunent fa American newspapers today. The comment followed on the heels of the debate in the Senate yesterday wW< * several Senators bitterly denounced the criticism of United States policy made in the British debate. The "New York Times,” citing re®“k® b Y Mr Attlee about United States isolationism, said: "It is a queer kind of isolationism that sponsored the Marshall Plan and the Atlantic Pact.

Mr Attlee’s comments, coming from the head of a great party, seem strangely naive and ill-considered.” The isolationist "Chicago Tribune,” commenting on Sir Winston Churchill s call for a Big Three meeting, said that “Americans, mindful of the history of Mr Roosevelt’s and Mr Truman’s war-time personal diplomacy, will have little taste for these arrangements.”

The “San Francisco Chronicle” said that when Mr Attlee spoke of certain elements in the United States not wanting a settlement of the Korean war, he gave “specific aid to the Kremlin in its efforts.to drive a wedge of misunderstanding between Britain and the United States.” , Senators* Comments Senator Homer Ferguson (Republican, Michigan) today urged President Eisenhower to "speak out now” in an effort to win British support for a "firm policy” towards Communists in Korea and elsewhere in Asia." He made the suggestion in an interview at which he said that Mr Eisenhower should make a public statement “that shows that our policies do not coincide with those of Sir Winston Churchill and Mr Attlee. An early statement on our stand by the President would be of great benefit. “Sir Winston Churchill and Mr Attlee have been advertising to the world where Britain is going to stand in the Korean peace negotiations if there is a cease fire, and I am fearful that this will discourage our Allies in their efforts to resist communism. “But I still hope we can be reunited with Britain and our other Allies in a firm stand against the expansion of communism and the President is 'the man to do it” Senator Ferguson is a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.

The leading Democrat on the Senate Armed Services Committee, Senator Richard Russell (Georgia) said in a separate Interview that he believed that the United Nations negotiators had already yielded too much to the Communists in the Korean truce talks. “I regret to see a softened policy in Korea,” he said. “I am not in favour of the Churchill and Attlee policies, although I assume there was a great deal in their speeches which was designed for home consumption.”