THERE IS MORE to be pleased about on this side
of the Atlantic in Senator Fulbright's succession to the chairmanship of the Senate's Foreign Relations Committee than that this influential position should have fallen to the first and only Rhodes scholar in the United States Senate. (The senator's gratitude to the Rhodes trust, and his affection for this country, are reflected in the Fulbright scholarships.) Senator Fulbright is a liberal-minded Democrat from the not very liberal-minded State of Arkansas, and if he has been cautious on the domestic question of segre- gation, he has been outspokenly critical of Mr. Dulles's foreign policy, notably over China, Formosa and the offshore islands. He will be a useful watchdog of American foreign policy, and a shrewd and effective curb on Mr. Dulles. What a pity that Mr. Selwyn Lloyd does not have a similar guardian.
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