Show I S SECRETARY SECRETARY of stat Stats John Jehn FOSter FOS Foe ter Duties Dulles who has the mos most difficult job In the Republican administration ad ministration Is la the of c grave concern by his friends an and top men In Washington There ar ara are area a number of reasons reason for this concern In the first place Secretary Dulles has not received universal praise in fn the nations nation's press To the contrary he has been receiving some bad press notices The volume vol ume of these attacks and cism approaches that to which Secretary Atchison of ot the Truman Administration was subjected As one nationally known columnist col pointed out p perhaps it is not the man who is being criticized but the office Being Secretary o of State Is is without doubt the most difficult in present day government This office is expected to solve immediately im mediately those problems that have accumulated through years problems lems that are constantly changing and shifting like Uke quick sand It is is perhaps time of ot the American Ameri Ameri- can to stop and reconsider what is expected of ot a Secretary of ot State what powers are invested in the office and what are its numerous nu limitations If U the present trend continues continue Washington observers are saying Secretary Dulles may be the first Arst to leave the tho Eisenhower If It this happens another good man will have been sacrificed because It is Impossible tor for any man no matter what his name name to till fill an office that Is the focal point of ot criticism of history The American Legion Lellon In Its national convention demanded full full- scale action including the use of atomic and hydrogen bombs to drive the Communists Communist from Korea It if peace negotiations should tall fail This demand Is the subject of con speculation In Washing t ton n. n y J Few deny that such action would launch a third world war It s. some diplomats point out that In view of this fact the Legion Le Legions Legion's gion's gions demands are somewhat drastic drastic dras dru tic and perhaps out of order What most foreign observers would like t td know is ts whether or or not the Legion reflects the general thinking of the American people They say lay if It it does then the next world war is well on its way Does Does it re reflect general American think ing log This convention also attracted the attention of ot observers because of a speech made by Secretary of ot State Dulles in which he said that new aggression against Korea or Indochina might provoke a war lIe He added that the Communists could not count on privileged sanctuary in Manchuria it if they renew aggression aggression sion lion against South Korea This sounded very much like a anew anew anew new government policy of warning would would-be aggressors against secure security ity infringements infringement By mentioning Indochina it would seem that the policy includes our intervention in that area It if the Chinese should decide de clde cide to march in that direction proximately Approximately one month re reo main maim before the tho final deadline tor for conference on Korea It f and when the convention begins from rom that time Ume a new tension will rule the world for a number of weeks diplomats report This is how they reason It If the Communist prolong the talks alks with endless blocks the American temper may cau cause e a walkout walk The United States has already already al al- ready said it will not sit It inden indell at a peace conference with he the Reds What happens In the event of a walk out Does Don the war in la Korea begin again These are serious erious questions and worthy of considerable and prolonged pro pro- longed thought f e |