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Show Marquis Child . Help for Tito Vital Now Despite Risk WASHINGTON To ensbls Marshal Tito of Yugoslavia to go on standing up to tlx Soviet Union la a major objective of ths United States and Great Britain In eaatern Europe. So long aj Tito la off the Com-m Com-m unlet reeervatlon and ht war with the eomlnform la growing hotter Russia la hampered ham-pered In her plana to consolidate the military and economic re-sourcea re-sourcea of the Soviet sphere. Obviously, the chances for peace are thereby Increased. This policy has been the source of a closely guarded eon troversy at the highest level here la Wsshlngton. It csme about as a result of Yugoslavia's application for a license to purchase pur-chase a steel rolling mill In this country. Shortly before he went on a ' brief visit to Yugoslavia, Ambassador Am-bassador Sava N. Koeanovlch was told that the necessary export ex-port license would be iaeuedw "Thaf'waa baaed on the conviction convic-tion of experts in both the state and commerce departments that It wae a "calulated risk" In the Interests of peace. Already Making Survey Steel engineers of the New Yorir firm of H. A. Brsssert were alredsy In Belgrade making mak-ing a survey and British are also at work. While terms of payment had not been worked out the hope wss that this could bo negotiated on a basis of private trade sines Yugoslavia Yugosla-via Is sending to this country. Increasing shipments of lesd, copper snd other minerals. All this sppesrs to hsvs been premature, slnrs In a lsts phase of the discussions Bee. of Defense Louis Johnson asserted as-serted himself. As hs has dons In several Instances, he stepped Into what had been considered up to that point matter of foreign policy, Johnson vrss opposed to permitting per-mitting Yugoslavia to buy and Import ths steel mill. Yugoslavia, Yugosla-via, he said with characteristic finality, was behind the Iron' curtain, and that was enough for him. Finslly, Bee. ef Stats Dean Acheaon, with experts from state and commerce, met Johnson John-son to argue It out." According to eome of those percent It waa aa extraordinary session. Dean Johasoa Estimate Johnson Is reported to hav made the fist eta t merit that th proposed mill would Inereass th steel capacity of Russia and ths satellites by 8. To those In the commerce department familiar fa-miliar with steel production thle was a startling statement Soviet Russia today can produce pro-duce annually an estimated 17.-000.000 17.-000.000 metric tons snd ths satellites, sxclusivs of Yugoslavia, Yugosla-via, perhaps another S.000.000 ton a Ths export license sought by Yugoslavia calls for an expenditure ex-penditure of about 13.000.000 over-alL A mill of that else, sa ths experts figured It would certainly not add 6 to the steel potential of eastern Europe. Other startling ststements In a different vein are attributed to Johnson. He Is ssld to hsvs threatened to carry ths issue to the White House with stress on th political Implications for 151 of such a concession to an Iron curtain country. Aeheeea Argue Case In skilled and lawyer-like fashion Acheson argued the rase for strengthening Tito so that Yugoslavia can resist th tightening tight-ening cord of economic blockade block-ade appoed under Russian orders by all the satellites. While that blockade Is causing some economic hardship. It hss not ssrlooely weakened th regime of Marshal Tito. It hss. however, delayed the grandiose plans for Industrialisation Tito has orated sbout This, It seems to me. Is a question tn which sentiment and emotion ehould enter as little as possible. If, aa a purely practical matter, Tito can be sustained, then Russia's position posi-tion In Europe Is weakened. To deny Tito even this small lifeline life-line will make th Kremlin rejoice. re-joice. , Th International bank la about to send a mission to Yu-g Yu-g os la via as th result of an application ap-plication from Belgrade for a loan to develop mineral resource. re-source. But because ef th way in which It Is set up th bank must proceed slowly. Both Oalcejlated Bisks The controversy ever ths Yugoslav Yu-goslav min hears soms resemblance resem-blance to the question of whether wheth-er or not this eonutry Is to share stomie Information with Great Britain and Canada. Both are calculated risks. Both are risks proposed la the Interest of ultimate ulti-mate peace and security sa the world. Ia th end Pres. Truman will probiabty hav to decide whether Yugoslavia la to get a steel mill. Those who oppose these risks or. for that matter, any rlah seem often, whether they realise It or not to be acting In the belief that war Is the only way out To accept that belief Is. It seems to me, to denv that there Is sny hope left Copyright IMS. United Feature Syndicate |
