Bowles Says Both Parties to Blame For Present State of World Affairs

The uneasy "peace by terror" which now exists in the world is largely the fault of both American political parties, Chester Bowles, the new Representative from Connecticut's Second Congressional District, said last night.

The Republicans have been content to match Russia step by step in military development, meanwhile struggling to uphold their "idiotic policy on the China coast," Bowles stated in an address in the Winthrop House Junior Common Room. He strongly asserted, however, that his party was equally at fault for "not standing up and questioning the GOP policy."

Bowles continued that both parties, moreover, have "taken too many things for granted" and "swept a lot under the carpet." For instance, the U.S. has blindly held to its "strictly European policy," even though Russia has steadily been gaining control of Asia and Africa.

Attacks Far Eastern Policy

In its "superficial" Far Eastern policy, the U.S. has made the mistake of "unleashing Chiang Kai-shek," Bowles contended. Bowles also has "never felt that the Baghdad Pact made sense," and he charged that the American policy in the Middle East is irrationally based on four men "of whom not one could take out an insurance policy."

The solution to the world's problems is not simple, but "people who believe in peace" can still work out a solution; "What we must do first of all in foreign policy is make contacts with the people," Bowles concluded.

Bowles was ambassador to India under the Truman administration.