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American Use of Veto To Keep Red China Out Of U. N. Is Uncertain Decision Is Expected To Be Deferred Until Congressional Election By David Lawrence Just where does the State De partment stand today with re spect to the all-important use of the veto power in the United Nations? No instructions, it was learned authoritatively today, have been issued to date as to whether or not, if the issue of admitting Communist China to a seat in the Security Council arises, the veto power of the United States shall be applied against such ad mission. Before the Korean war broke out, the State Department had declared that while it would op pose the admission of Communist China to a seat in the council it would not use the veto. Since then, especially because the North Koreans got military aid from both Russia and Communist China in the invasion of a mem ber state in the United Nations, the State Department has re versed its position to the extent of withholding a decision one way or the other on the use of the veto. Raises Important Question. This raises an issue of tran scendent importance to the Amer ican people and particularly to the members of the Senate. For when the treaty containing the present charter of the U.N. was ratified almost unanimously by the Senate in 1945, the under standing was that America was not yielding any sovereign rights and that she retained the right to use her security council veto. As the Soviet government abused the veto power, the impression has been cultivated in this coun try that the United States would not use its own veto. Assuming that a good case can be made for the abandonment of the veto, the question arises whether the United States should surrender that important right without ex acting from Soviet Russia or the other nations a commitment to do the same thing. Otherwise the American gesture would be meaningless and members of the Senate might feel that the treaty which ratified the charter was being nullified without a justifi able reason. Strictly speaking, non-use of the veto is hardly a violation of the letter of the treaty but from some viewpoints it would be regarded as a violation of the spirit of the ratification act. Congress might see fit to adopt a resolution ex pressing its disapproval. It might conceivably lead to a bitter con troversy in which reservations or limitations would be attached to any legislation involving further participation in the U. N. Acheson to Consult Congress. Secretary Acheson has prom-! ised to consult Congress before any steps leading to recognition of j the Communistic government in China are ever taken by this country and it is presumed that this would also cover any action involving the use or non-use of the veto. Theoretically the case for dip lomatic recognition of Communist China has been based on the ar gument that the Communists have control over virtually all of Chi nese territory. This is no longer the basic question. What is at is sue is the question of fulfillment of international obligations. It in volves the same set of problems that caused the United States to hesitate for 16 years to recognize the Soviet regime even though the latter had undisputed control of all Russian territory and no other faction offered a challenge. The impression prevails here that the decision whether or not to use the veto to exclude Com munist China from the Security Council will be deferred until after the congressional election. If the Democrats win, the Administra tion probably will be emboldened to take a passive attitude toward the admission of Communist China. Opposition would be per functory for the record and if it becomes known generally that the veto isn’t going to be used by the United States, this will be the same as winking to the other na tions that they might as well go ahead and vote Red China in. (Reproduction Rights Reserved.) <★★★★ SPECIAL — —' |-1 S^Ti • • . r This Changing World Signs Grow That Stalin Is Preparing Another ‘Push Button’ War in Europe By Constantine Brown There are growing signs that Stalin is getting ready for another “push button” war in Europe. Latest reports indicate feverish activity in both psycholo g i c a 1 and military fields. Drastic purges have been carried out in the ranks of the German Communist heirarchy. Ger m a n Commu nists are being replaced in a number of cases by members of the Prussian aristocracy, Conitantlne Brown, which is known to be devoted to resurrection of Germany’s mili tary power. The Prussians were spared by the Politburo because of their in tense nationalism and are consid ered by the Kremlin to be far more reliable than the German Communists, who still hold Marx ist theory. That theory now is superannuated and is used merely as window-dressing by the Polit buro. The East Prussian “knights” are better material for Moscow’s plans in Western Europe. These men with yard-long aris i tocratic names also command ; greater respect from rank-and ; file Germans. The Communists whom the Russians have placed in high positions are regarded as mere rabble. Western Diplomats Worried. Military activities in Eastern ; Germany have the Western gen eral staffs and diplomats worried. The military preparedness of our allies still is 80 per cent on blue prints. It is true that a substan tial quantity of modern equip ment has reached Western Eu rope from the United States in recent months. But tanks and planes alone do not constitute an army. Men are needed in large num bers behind the machines. And so far there has been only a small effort by the other members of the Atlantic Pact to increase the number of fighting men. The French, who have the burden of providing most of the manpower, | are in a difficult position. The French have a war on their hands in Indo-China and the campaign has only started. The French government feels that it has its hands full with this war. where some 150,000 first line French and African troops are engaged. Reinforcements may be needed, says Paris, and the posi tion of the government headed by Rene Pleven would become critical if he asked for a substantial in crease in the military service and draft of French native reserves. The situation in the other countries is about the same. In the face of the still latent threat from Eastern Germany, where the German forces of about 100,000 well-trained and well-equipped men are backed by about 40 Rus sian divisions, it will be necessary to rush American reinforcements to Europe as soon as possible. Quick Korea Clean-up Sought. The Joint Chiefs of Staff hope with a good deal of justification that by the middle of November major operations in Korea will be completed. No fresh American re inforcements will be needed and this will enable us to send to Europe several National Guard and reserve divisions called to duty last July. They will bolster the insufficient American, British and French troops which now are in Germany. The high hopes of military men that we may be able to start organizing combat forces in coun tries which have substantial man power are fading rapidly. The French government is still ada mant against the rearming of Western Germany, where 10 di visions could be raised in record time. French and British poli ticians are equally adamant about providing Spain with war material to equip at least a portion of the 400,000 first-line soldiers who now are in the Spanish army. Since we have supplied them with billions of dollars for eco nomic and military recovery they seem to think our manpower is inexhaustible, too. They seem to imagine that we can send hun dreds of thousands of men for the defense of Europe on short notice and overlook the fact that the casualty list in the “police : action” in Korea so far has I reached nearly 25,000 men. Struggle Within G. O. P. Fight to Eliminate Tobey From Senate Part of Campaign Against Progressives By Thomas L. Stokes Senator Tobey, Republican of New Hampshire, is one of those stalwart, grass-roots, progressive public servants representing the best of the New England tradi tion. He has contributed much to good and honest gov ernment. During h i s long service in both branches of Congress he has, like some others, affront ed powerful economic inter ests because of his paramount Thom** l. stoke*, concern for the general public, interest. His contest for re-election is arousing National attention be cause as has happened in similar instances, powerful interests be yond the borders of his State are trying to eliminate him from the Senate. The adopted device is to split the Republican vote, which is about the only political trick that could work in his norm ally Republican State. Despite the expenditure of much money, those gunning for Senator Tobey failed to beat him in the primary in a very close race with Wesley Powell, former adminis ;rative assistant to Senator Tobey’s colleague, Senator Bridges, Re publican of New Hampshire, who is thus recognized as a party to the anti-Tobey drive. Then Mr. Powell tried to enter the race as an independent, which obviously would have split the Republican vote and bring about election of a Democrat. However, he has been ruled off the ballot by the New Hampshire Ballot Law Commis sion. Part of General Campaign. The Tobey case is significant! as part of the general campaign against progressive elements in the Republican Party. The con centration of outside interests, both political and economic, on this small New England State not only reveals the intensity of the intra-party struggle between conservatives and progressives, but serves, likewise, to empha size how much New England has come to contribute to the latter in a shift geographically within the party. It offers also an intriguing . historical parallel. New England progressivism ranges from Senators Tobey and George D. Aiken of Vermont to a more moderate and modified sort in such others from that region as Senators Flanders of ! Vermont, Lodge and Saltonstall : of Massachusetts and Margaret ! Chase Smith of Maine—none of ! whom can be identified with Old Guard Republicanism and are | frequently found challenging that ! viewpoint openly. This numerous and influential progressive nucleous in New Eng land, which is matched elsewhere in the East, reveals a transfer of weight eastward and away from the agrarian Middle West, once the domain in the Twen ties and Thirties of the so-called Republican insurgents or, more colorfully, “sons of the wild jack ass”, as they were called. The Far West contributes also to Re publican progressivism in such figures as Gov. Earl Warren of , California and Senator Morse of •'Oregon. The latter also was th| target of Old Guard conservatives in his contest for renomination in the primaries this year, but sur vived handily. The phrase “sons of the wild! jack-ass”, interestingly enough,: was coined about the Western Republican insurgents by a pre- j decessor of Senator Tobey from! New Hampshire, the late Senator George Moses, cynical and quip ping Old Guarder. He gave it to the front pages in a speech here one night at a New England Council dinner at which he thought, mistakenly, there were1 no reporters present. That opened wider the schism in his party and set the Western insurgents off on a wild and fresh rampage, es pecially since Senator Moses then was chairman of the Republican Senatorial Campaign Committee.! Later he was shown to have had a hand, indirectly, in an at tempt to defeat the late Senator Norris of Nebraska in 1930 by running in the primary a grocer from Broken Bow, Neb., by the same name—George W. Norris— to confuse the vQters. That trick didn’t work. LOUIE —By Harry Hanan . Old Pro of Politics People Turning Out in Droves To See Barkley Do His Stuff By Doris Fleeson JOPLIN, Mo., Oct. 9.—It’s get ting so that any place in the United States where you can land a DC-6, they have either just seen Vice Pres ident Barkley or are expect ing him A sports-lov ing Nation that dotes on it’s old profession als has taken the famous old pro of politics to its heart and is turning out in droves to watch him do his stuff. His romance appar- DerU ently was the one touclfi of na ture that made the whole world feel akin to the Vice President, and, cagey showman that he is, he begins and closes his act with references to it. That he is able, at the same time, to dispense the Democratic story—all of which he saw, part of which he was—with informed skill makes him his party’s most valuable property. He is cared for accordingly. The fledgling lawyer. Alben Barkley, campaigned for prosecutor of McCracken County, Ky., 45 years ago on a one-eyed bay horse he borrowed from an uncle. Vice President Barkley now descends upon the customers from a gleaming mainliner, complete with sleeping facilities, a mimeo graph machine and a staff of eight. Prosperity Apparent. The Barkley parades, on view this fall in 18 key States, are an instructive glance into the ma terial prosperity everywhere ap parent. The bands are brightly furbished; every other person, at least, seems to have a new car; the stores look busy; the people are well dressed and cheerful. The Vice President is far too experienced a politician to be lulled into any easy optimism about an election. He knows, too, the hard facts about the world situation, and since he has a good opinion of the American people, he thinks and knows enough to worry, too. After casing his first audiences carefully and watching what brought them to the edge of their chairs with closer attention he figures that: The Government’s expenditures J rfte Vases Wired into k f i®. LAMPS 1 \ Let us help you put to useful pur- W \ wmlf P08' your odd, unusual pieces! ^ jjj Expert repair and refinishing of \ all types lamps and fixtures. £ Antique China, Gian, Rapairad \ V °1^MWELL A « 710-12TH ST., N.W., Just Abovo G | I A delightful hew‘ appointment to any afternoon . .. pleasant conversation . . . string * music ... in the splendid tradition of the Mayflower. Served Monday through Saturday. Tea Complete. 1.00 SIDNEY'S STRING MUSIC * . For Reservation! Call Taddy or Erie „ Dl. 3000 are larger than tbf people desire, and so they man be explained and Justified. They do not un derstand those initial reverses in Korea and not ewm victory there has wiped out tkeir bafflement over why so much money tor de fense didn’t avert such a situa tion. They want tfussurance that there are no Comnunists in the! Government and that we are making headway against world Communism. Takes Constrwtive View. Mr. Barkley nattrally takes an affirmative, constactive attitude about these question. From that! astonishing storebuse of mem-: ory and experienc* tumble dates,1 figures, illustrativeanecdote. For, an hour and 15 mfciutes. without notes or repetition he holds his audience. If they won’t buy the Barkley version d current his tory, the Democrat! have certainly lost a sale. Aware that tb Republicans have Senator Mcterthy on the road, in doubtful Sates, he makes a reasoned defena of Secretary of State Achesqp and stands, surety for his patriotism. His conclusion iifariably is that a repudiation of he administra tion would “encoirage our ene mies and discoura* our friends.” "As long," he sars, "as I can keep my youth aid vigor I’m in this fight.” if (Released by the *11 Syndicate.) McLemore— Insurance Companies His Greatest Fear By Henry McLemore Before any trip I take I make a careful point of visiting my insurance agent and taking out a high and fancy policy against loss and theft. I would no more think of starting off without this precaution than I would of leav ing without my shoes and pass port. Why I am so careful to do this not only mystifies, b e - wilders and be fuddles me — it angers me. Henry McUmon. There is nothing in the world that frightens me so much as an insurance company. I would no more put in a claim for a loss with one than I would jump in a vat of boiling molasses. Afraid to File Claim. The very thought of filling out a claim makes goosefiesh pop out all over me, even though every thing I have to report as lost was lost without any skulduggery on my part. I know I have a legiti mate claim, but I always feel that the insurance company will feel that I am a crook of the first water, and that the things re ported lost are still in my posses sion. On my trip last summer I lost a hat, a pair of binoculars, two suits and a pair 0| shoes. I swore to myself that I would walk right up to the insurance company, look it in the eye, and demand to be paid for these losses. I had a happy time on my way home thinking of how nice it would be to get a wad of money for the suits, shoes, etc., and this happi ness lasted until I got home and was faced with the prospect of reporting the missing items to the agent of the company. Then I started thinking of all the questions the agent would ask me, and all the forms I would have to fill out. Where were the suits stolen? At what time were they stolen? What is the name of the person Or persons who stole them? Were they stoler from a room or were they stolen while you were wear-i ing them? Do Shoes Fit Thief? Do the shoes fit the man who thefted them, and what is the TRANSFER^^mAGE CO. 460 New York Ave. N.W. NA. 1070 LOCAL HAULING OUR SPECIALTY color of the hair of the man who bought the second-hand shoes from the man who stole them? Insurance companies spend large sums of money on advertise ments urging citizens to be sure to insure against theft and loss. The advertisements are almost merry and give the impression that nothing makes an insurance company happier than to repay a policyholder for anything he loses. But when you start filing a claim the insurance people—so it seems to me, at least—fix you‘ with a cold and stony stare and act as if they should have known better than to have granted you' a policy, and would have been much better off to have never started a loss and theft section in the first place. The result is that I have never filed a claim for anything yet. I don’t believe I would even if I lost my head, or had my ears stolen. (Distributed by McNaught Syndicate, Inc.) 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