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u) . . a) ¥ Den 8, _ These attacks, yy ' Soult task which Amevican dt- Undermining — Foreign Policy ene? ol | A Communication . WE ARE deeply disturbed by the current attacks upon the Ip- tegrity and devotion to American inferests of the Secretary of State, Mr. Ac'-pson, and the per+ sonnel of the State Departmen “We are keenly aware of the corrosive results of such attacks upoo the efficiency and effec- tiveness of Government person- nel. However much Government officials may steel themselves against irresponsible onslaught, | however Youch they may seek to- 1 ignore unfounded personal: ¢ abuse, their ability toe devote’ i themselves to their tasks, to: { . command public confidence and - to persuade those with whom they deal are profoundly af- fected. It is for this reason that we be+ lieve that the irresponsible per- sonal attacks upon Mr. Acheson and the personnel of the State Départment represent a serious Manger _to the national interest. . sponsored as they are by persons in high posi- tion, have the effect of undere. { ebarge of our foreign relations. They are a severe blow to our effectiveness In international af- fairs. . _ NO ONE would suggest that it ts necessary for Americans to agree on any particular policy advanced by the State Depart |. ment All international pro- | grams tmoust be subjected to pub- — He eriticlsm tf they are to re ; celve public support. But the ate | ‘tacks upon the State Depart ment now made are not criticism. |: ef its policies. On the contrary, | they are attempts to make both, Americans and ecltizens of for ; eiga countries believe that whats ever policy the State Department advocates is the product of men who do not have the real interest of the United States at heart. | This is being done by innuenda { and suggestion of Communist af- - fillation and sympathy. The ef- | fort of the charges is to create © suspicion of the motives of those | who are engaged in the most dif- mining the officials who are nt i — . “4: : Tolson ee. add te mo “ i Rosen Nor would tt be suggested that oMzials of the Governrcant, ims) _ cluding the State Department, ’ should be immune from criticism or Investigation. But to make . ' unsupported charges of Commu- ‘nist affiliation, however dis- " guised or qualified, ts base, in- ‘excusable and unpatriotic in a fundamental sense, — ow ‘ ANYONE--including a Sen+ ator—who impairs the effective- ness of our international rela- tions for partisan purposes, dis- eredite bla party and his office; “and anyone who does this by unfounded personal attacks upon the loyalty and integrity of In K dividual public officials, is doubly i guilty. Oe are forced to conclude that the very purpose of these attacks is to divide the people of this vountry, for partisan purposes, on the crucial question of fore . eign policy administration. Cere - tainly Its effect Is to weaken the _ position of our officials abroad and to impair thelr efforts to rally the free nations of the world to united opposition to the spread of communism, No one: except a Communist sympathizer or a vain, reckless and arrogant man would deliberately tend himself to such ends. - We write this letter in the ata oth 1 jo ware te eosit me the Sate De- us in expressing .© partment, in whose bands our destiny is so largely entrusted, that we Believe in its high pur- pose and integrity and that we regard any attempt to undermine confidence in its good faith as subversive of Ame inter- ests. MAN ARNOLD, ABDYFORTSS, . PAUL AA PORTER - * Fashington. a t ‘De tha Taman Times-Herald ___. “fm Wash. Post [as a1-93ank: te wet 2 wach ~ News | “_ a Wash. Star 1 meen 72 20 1950 N.Y. Mirrer __. Date she. boos