Show Marquis Childs Ike Calls for Europe Unity WASHINGTON W R c p n r t s from rom Europe indicate that thi already al- al r ready rendy the stirring speech which General Dwight D. D Eisenhower Eis Lis- Listi ti 1 made i in London last week is beginning begin begin- rc nin ning to get et re rc- i suits In that talk which w h hie i c h rr was a kind of oC flag nailed to sr v tit the c masthead to hearten all who believe Mr Childs the nations Ili of the free world must cooperate effectively in order to meet the Communist threat Eisenhower called for fOI the unification of oC Europe It II was a couri courageous speech since the supreme commander of the North Atlantic defenses boldly pointed to the next essential essential essential es es- es- es step And Ancl th that t step is not at itt all popular with some of the North A Atlantic Treaty Organization Organization Or Or- governments Brit Brit- Britain's Britain's ains ain's Labor government takes lakes a adim adim anim dim nim view of European union The rhe plague of customs barriers harriers tariffs national jealousies and ann r rivalries is more than anything else responsible for slowing down the N A Ar T 0 O effort in Europe Unless this ancient tangle this tightly tied knot of sovereignty can be cut the North Atlantic Defense OrganizatIOn Organization Organization may never be he more than thana a half-fulfilled half wish That realization reali was behind Eisenhower's urgent words Senators Visit isit VisitA isitA A planeload of senators Republican Republican Re Re- publican and mn Democratic members members mem mem- bers hers of the Senate Foreign Relations Re lIe- lations Committee h has s arrived in Paris Pans on a visit first to Eisenhower Eisenhower Eis Eis- and then to the capitals capitals capitals capi capi- of a dozen countries One thing the senators will I learn and that is about the great difficulty of oC placing defense defense defense de de- de- de contracts in Europe This goes back to the insistence of each country that it have its own autonomous defense production production pro pro- system complete with all the trimmings Under a unified Europe de defense production could be parceled parceled parceled par par- out to countries with specialized facilities Thus France is equipped to produce trucks truck tracks half and other vehicles for all the N NATO A T TO 0 powers in Europe Holland could turn out sufficient destroyer destroyer destroyer de de- e escorts s c cor o r t s and other sma small craft as well as electronics equipment Belgium Belgium Belgium Bel Bel- gium is skilled in the production production production tion of oC sma small arms and sma small arms ammunition Stoutly Resisted But such specialization has been stoutly resisted That is isone isone isone one reason so few defense contracts contracts contracts con con- tracts have been let Unless there is much greater urgency behind the drive this fact coupled w i j t h shortages of scarce material will likely in inthe inthe inthe the near future produce unemployment unemployment unemployment in key industries in Italy and France If that happens happens hap hap- pens the political fat will be bein bein bein in the fire Between the present divisions divisions divi divi- and doubts and a successfully successfully successfully suc suc- coordinated effort the margin seems so small It Itis Itis Itis is that next step which Eisenhower Eisenhower Eisenhower Eisen Eisen- hower is working with all nIl his energy and persistence to bring to pass Whether this happens in time to build defenses defenses' defenses defenses-ade adequate ade- ade quate to convince the Russians of the futility of any attack on Europe is still an open ques ques- tion While Eisenhower is working orkin intensively under fairly trying circumstances to galvanize the power of the west to resist an attack there is evidence of the development of a clique in this country determined to kill him himoff off isolationists Neo haters and fanatics they are motivated ed of course by the obvious fact of oC Ikes Ike's overwhelming popularity popularity popularity pop pop- in this country Opposed Opposed Opposed Op Op- posed to the whole North Atlantic Atlantic At At- lantic lantie project they sec see in his popularity a political threat Acute Fear There is something almost pathological in the acuteness of oC this fear It is indicative of oC what may be ahead if the spectre spectre spectre spec spec- tre they so o dread bulks larger on the horizon and Eisenhower's ers er's political strength th grows There arc are those who believe that the smear attack on General Gen eral George C C. Marshall 1 secretary sec of defense was intended to be in part at least the buildup buildup buildup build build- up of oC a campaign aimed eventually eventually even even- at destroying Eisenhower or in any event at neutralizing him politically I do not believe that any attempt of that sort can suc sue Eisenhower's hold on the country is too great But at the same time this docs does not mean that he has any considerable considerable consider consider- able chance of obtaining the nomination of oC either major party We have gone Jone a lon long way in inthis inthis inthis this country toward ceding our political birthright to a few Cew professionals |