Evening star., 1940-10-18
BY the Associated Press.

WtLlkte, Repu0Hcdn pTeSldeHtldI
candidate:
I am delighted to be here in St.
Louis. I have very pleasant recol-
lections of my visit here some weeks
prior to the Republican convention.
Tonight I want to take this op-
poytunity to tell you about one
OF my deepest convictions.
It is of course true that people
who live on the sea coasts of
America-on the Atlantic and on
the Pacific-are closer to the prob
lem of foreign affairs than those
who live in the interior.
But I am sure the people who
Hive on the sea coasts will agree
that foreign policy for the United
States cannot be a true policy. 1t
cannot be realistic policy unless
It gives full expression to the ideals
and hopes of this great American
interior
Here in the valley of the Missis-
sippi we can look outward in our
minds eye, across the Alleghenies
to the Atlantic, and across the
Rockies to the Pacific. We can see
In giant perspective the position of
America on the earth.
Can See Trying Situations
Across Atlantic and Pacific.
We can see in Europe the ad-
vance of bloody armies across ma
tions that were once numbered in
our Democratic world. We have
seen those armies advance across
fields where some of our boys lie
buried.
And when we turn in the other
direction and look out across the
Pacific, we find that the same in
eatiate and aggressive dictator who
has made a shambles of Europe,
has now joined in alliance with
Japan-an alliance that seems to
be aimed at the United States.
We may perhaps take comfort
In the fact that Japan is very far
away. We may perhaps also take
comfort In the recent intimation
by the Japanese foreign minister
that the new alliance is not really
aimed at us. We deeply hope that
he is right.
Nevertheless. In the light OF the
record, we must view that alliance
with profound misgivings. We can
not afford to assume that it Is
meaningless. We must be on our
guard
Now, my fellow Americans, this
situation has been brewing for
number of years-since the World
War. and even before that. But
tonight I want to conflne our dis
cussions to the last four or f1ve
years.
In those four or five years the
administration in Washington has
been active in foreign affairs. 1t
has been active, so it tells us. in
promoting the cause of peace. And
it has been extremely successful in
persuading the American people OF
the wisdom of its foreign policy.
There are some persons IN
America today who admit frankly
that this administration has failed
In its most elementary duties at
home. They admit frankly that
the New Deal has demoralized
American industry. created wide
spread unemployment, and brought
America to the verge of bankruptcy
New Deal Neither Wise Nor
Effective in Foreign Affairs.
And yet these same persons tell
us that this administration has been
80 wise and so effective in its for
eign policy that it ought to be
reelected for a third term.
I am in agreement with many OF
the basic information objectives OF
this administration at the present
time. I shall return to some OF
those obiectives in a moment, to
define them.
But wish to make it plain to-
night that I do not think the
New Deal has been either wise
or effective in foreign affairs. I
do not believe that it has contrl-
buted to peace. I believe 1t has
contributed to war. And I believe
1t has done so because of a funda-
mental misunderstanding funda-
mental failure to understand-the
role that America must play among
the nations Of the earth.
In order to define what I be-
lieve to be the proper role OF
America, the proper function of
America, am going to quote some
passages at considerable length.
They were written about America
by a European statesman-the most
courageous and, I believe, the most
farsighted statesman in the world
today. I am referring to Winston
Churchill, Prime Minister of Great
Britain.
The first passage was written In
December, 1887. I have read 1t
before in this campaign. I want
to read parts of it again because
It defines, better than any words
I know, Americas role IN world
events.
Churchill Saw Danger in
War on Private Enterprise.
There is one way above all
Others" said Mr.. Churchill, "in
which the United States can aid the
European democracies. Let her re-
gain and maintain her normal pros
perity. A prosperous United States"
he says, "exerts an immense bene-
ficent force upon world affairs. A
United States thrown into financial
and economic collapse spreads evil
far and wide, and weakens France
and England just at the time when
they have most need to be strong
The Washington administration" :"
I am still quoting Winston
Church-"has waged SO ruthless a
war on private enterprise that
the United States = is actually
=. leading the world back into
the trough of depression. The
effect has been to range the execu-
tive of the United States against
all the great wealth producing
agencies of the capitalist system"
Now mark this next passage we'll.
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