Evening star., 1939-02-02
Hoover Sees Threat
OF War in New Deal
Foreign Policy
Roosevelt Plans Use
Of Force, He Says
In Broadcast
BY the Associated Press.

In Broadcast
By the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, Feb. 2.-Herbert Hoov-
er declared last night President
Roosevelt had announced q new
departure in foreign policy which
would provoke international i'll will
and possibly lead t9 war.
The use of coercion, such as eco
nomic sanctions, he said, was an
integral part of President Roose-
velt's proposed expansion of foreign
policy, and asserted any form of
coercion is the straight path to
war itself"
Mr.. Hoover set forth his views in
an address to the Council on Foreign
Relations and Nationwide radio
audier =. Gen. Charles G. Dawes.
formeriY Vice President and Am
bassador to Great Britain, and many
OF the city's outstanding business
and professional men were in the
visible audience of approximately
300.
At the outset of his speech the
former President asserted the Ma
ton was "deluged with talk of war"
that our minds are being prepared
to accept war as inevitable" but
warned that it was necessary to
keep our heads"
Policies Up to People.
Some authoritarian governments.
he added. "are making war or are
aggressively threatening other ma
tlons The world is taut with fear"
But, he added. the dangers to the
United States must be appraised
coolly, soberly and without PARTISAN
ship.
Mr.. Hoover said the Nation would
willingly bear the burden of increas-
ed armament for national defense.
but contended the proper degree"
OF military preparedness depended
upon the Nations foreign policies
and the source of its dangers.
Our foreign policies in these
major dimensions must be de-
termined by the American people
and the Congress, not by the Presi-
dent alone" he said.
The speaker dismissed the danger
of military attack upon the United
States by European and Asiatic
relationships,
Mr.. Hoover said the American
people thus far have limited their
approval of foreign policies to non
intervention in the affairs of other
nations, armament for defense only
of the Western Hemisphere, protec-
ton "by force if necessary of the
lives of Americans who are of
necessity abroad, international CO.
operation to promote peace and
prosperity, and prohibition of the
sale of arms to nations at war.
The former President, declaring
the Nations first purpose was to
maintain liberty in America, said "a
war to save liberty would probably
destroy liberty" Therefore, he
averred, the Nation should consider
the possible consequences of using
force beyond protection Of the
Western Hemisphere.
Mr.. Hoover expressed the hope
America would stand against the
principle that durable peace could
be imposed on nations by force,
threats, economic pressures, or war,
because it is the only hope of pre-
serving liberty on this continent" :"
Mr.. Hoover interpreted the "prac-
tical application" of President Roose-
velt's proposals to mean that:
America would either support one
side in a conflict with war supplies
or deny them to the other.
America would determine which
side in a conflict was the agressor.
Foreign Policies Simple.
Mr. Hoover added:
For 100 years before the Great
War and since we rejected the
League of Nations our foreign poll
cies have been simple and en-
phatic.
''Mr. Roosevelt now proposes to
expand these policies. The sum OF
his proposal is that we make effec-
tive protests at acts of aggression
against sister nations. He says we
must use methods stronger than
words and short of war. He asks
for armament to back his extensions.
AS Daniel Webster said in his reply
to Hayne, Let me run the honor
able gentleman's doctrine a little
into its practical application"
THE determination of the who
and when of aggression sounds easy.
1t sometimes is easy. But if one
examines the history of the world
the distinction between legitimate
expansion and wicked aggression
becomes confused. The League OF
Nations after some years of effort
failed to find even a definition of
aggresSor. We are to set ourselves
up as the oracle of Righteousness
in age-old quarrels that began be-
fore our nation was born. A large
part of the United States was the
result of aggression under any
definition; likewise parts Of the
British Empire and France. The
world will not remain static, for the
pressures of populations, economic
life, and defense are not static
forces. In any event, it does not
seem to be a job that America
should undertake. More especially
as each case must need be debated
in Congress and divided by the
emotions of our racial origins.
Let me say at once that any form
of direct or indirect coercion of ma
tions is force and is the straight path