U.S. Must Exhaust All Avenues For Negotiation

Gisborne Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 22696, 22 July 1948, Page 5

U.S. Must Exhaust All Avenues For Negotiation

LONDON, July 20. The diplomatic columnist, Walter Lippmann, declares today in his widely syndicated column that unless measures are taken to avoid accidents and deaths in the Berlin air corridors, the conflict between Russia and the United States will become altogether unmanageable and irreparable * If there is to be another world war, let it not be begun lightly for it won't be concluded easily," he says. “Let it not be begun on the advice of the exasperated men in Berlin nor decided on the frivolous speculation that the Russians won't fight if we act violently.” Above all, Lippmann declares, the United States should not place itself in the position of resorting to war before exhausting the possibilities of negotiation and peaceful settlement. He asserts that the record shows that the possibilities of negotiation have not been exhausted.

U.S. DOUBLING AIR STRENGTH IN EUROPE

(10 a.m.) WASHINGTON, July 21. The United States will, by August, have more than doubled the armed air strength which she had in Europe when the Berlin crisis started four weeks ago. According to figures made available by the United States Air Force spokesman today, the strength comprises 75 fighter planes, 48 twin-engined transports permanently assigned to Germany, 30 Superfortresses and 54 fourengined transports temporarily assigned and at present employed in the air lift to Berlin.

Seventy-five jet fighters are due to arrive in Germany early in August, via Glasgow, from Panama, and 60 Superfortresses and 16 jet fighters are temporarily assigned to England. The 75 jet fighters going to Germany in August will carry 1500 men as crew and ground personnel.

U.S. BOMBERS’ TRAINING FLIGHT

(10 a.m.) LONDON. July 21. The United States Air Force announced that Superfortresses from Germany took oil from Furstenfeldbruck in Bavaria in the early hours today for a bombing training mission over Heligoland. The bombers returned within seven hours.