Evening star., 1943-10-04
Poll Shows Majority
OF Senators Favor
Peace Collaboration
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press
A majority of the Senate IA
vors international collaboration
after the war, but there are so
many different viewpoints that
any foreign policy declaration
now almost certainly would have
to be vague and general in it's
commitments.
That was the Interpretation placed
by veteran observers today on the
results of an Associated Press poll
in which SO Senators were asked
II they would support the House
approved Fulbright peace resolution
II it came to vote in its present
form.
OF the 80, total of ~ said they
favored the principle of the measure,
which would record Congress as
favoring American participation
through constitutional processes in
appropriate international ma
chinery with power adequate to
establish and maintain just and
lasting peace among the nations of
the world"
Eleven Oppose Measure.
Eleven Senators opposed the meas
ure in its present form, 36 would not
commit themselves and seven were
not reached.
Meanwhile, Secretary of State Hull
declined to express his views about
the Importance Of Senate action on
the Fulhright resolution or a similar
statement.
At his press conference he said
everybody understands it is not the
function of the State Department
to suggest to Congress the precise
drafts of resolutions on this subject.
Among the SO Senators who re-
fused to state yes" or mo- views
were at least 10 who publicly have
said they favor some form Of inter-
national collaboration. II these
were added to the 42 who gave
qualified or full Endorsement of the
Fulbright measure, the 50 total
would be three more than majority.
Included in the group who would
not commit themselves were Chair
man Connally of the Senate Foreign
Relations Committee, and Senators
Vandenberg, Republican, of Mich
igan and White, Republican, of
Maine, who have drafted their own
foreign policy declarations.
Others who have expressed pub
licly desire for international post
war cooperation include Democratic
Leader Barkley. Senators Stewart,
Democrat, Of Tennessee; Eastland,
Democrat, of Mississippi; Truman,
Democrat, of Missouri; Brewster,
Republican, of Maine; Hawkes., Re-
publican, of New Jersey and Buck,
Republican, of Delaware.
Reservations Demanded.
Some of this group insist on Ger
tain reservations in any declaration
the Senate makes. Senator East
land, for instance, told reporters
that while he is for an international
organization to preserve the peace
he would not vote to surrender
American sovereignty-a point that
Senators Vandenberg and White
have stressed.
Senator Buck said he leans toward
what the Fulbright proposal stands
for, but wants more time to study
it. Senator Stewart said he is "for
something along that line" but
wants to hear what President
Roosevelt has to say about it. SEN
Senator Brewster called the House
measure "a long stride forward" and
said he was "favorably impressed"
Majority Leader Barkley has given
qualified approval to the Fulbright
proposal bu. refrained from COM
mitting himself because he is
member of the Foreign Relations
Committee and, like Senator Con-
nally. would be expected to support
sny resolution it reports.
Sen. Hawkes. is on record as in
dorsing the Republican Postwar Ad-
visory Councils foreign policy dec
laratlon and Sen. Truman has been
an active supporter of the Ball-Bur-
ton -Hlll-Hatch resolution for an in
ternational military force to put
down aggression.
Wheeler Favors Collaboration,
Even among the II Senators who
said they were opposed to the Full
bright resolution as it stands were
some who felt that international COL
laboration might have a place in
future world relations.
Sen. Wheeler, Democrat of Mon
tana, said, for instance, that I'VE
must collaborate for the purpose of
maintaining peace, but what the
nature of this cola boration must be,
no one can tell at this time"
Nearly score of the AZ Senators
who said they would vote for the
Fulbrlght proposal made it plain
that they would like to have some
thing more definite in the way of
commitments.
Thus majority Senate opinion
seemed to agree on the fundamental
point that the nations must get to-
gether to prevent future wars, but
there was wide divergence in