The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-03-23

Friends of Senator
George Hopeful For
Post War World
BY charles p. Stewart

BY Charles p. Stewart
Chairman Walter r. George OF
the Senate's newly-formed com
mittee TO pass on schemes for
the postwar organization OF
United Nations may succeed in
creating that new and better
world optimists hope for.
The senator's friends are not
overly hopeful, however. Sena-
tor George is not 100 per cent
optimiSt as probably are ma,
iority Of his committee asso-
ciates. A few Of them are mod,
erately pessimistic, as he is.
but more than half OF them, 10
judge by their records, are far
more Utopian-minded than he IL.
The pessimistic theory is that
the super-optimists overdo their
calculations.
They have been that way for
some time but British Foreign
Secretary Anthony Eden has
enormously stimulated them. His
visit here having been forecast.
senator George proposed his in
vestigating committee, TO keep
tab on Eden's suggestions. IN
queStionably his motion was TO
keep them within what he consid-
cred reason
The postwar program ur-
avoidably will be expensive. and
even its supporters agree that
the United states will have TO
foot the bill.
Far be it from me to imply that
Senator George does not believe
in a better world, if it is obtain
able, but he manifestly does not
regard its successfulness as
certainty, and does not want the
| nited States to pay for ii. il
It fzzles. On this Point he clear
ly is skepticsl. It may be ele-
CANT for foreign lands. but how
will it affect US, as it gets into
action?
Hence. the Georgia solon's ad.
vocscy OF a preliminary inyesti-
CATION
II probably was not so much TO
investigate as to counteract.
Well, when an outstanding
Democratic senator. like George
of Georgia, calls for a quiz, il is
pretty hard TO refuse it TO him.
Besides. since he asked for the
committee. it was pretty hard 10
deny him the chairmanship.
SO George got it, The vice
president names committee mem.
berships. And Vice President
Henry A. Wallace selects them.
Wallace, as is well known, Is
international to a maximum. SO
when he picked his committee, he
naturally picked them from his
side. He gave Senator George
the craftsmanship. but the COM
mittee is different proposition.
The Georgia senator had to
have the Craftsmanship, since he.
invented the motion.
The rest OF the members,
though, are solid administration
ists-Democrstic Senator Lead
er Alben Barley, Senator Claude
Pepper of Florida, Senator Carr
Hayden OF Arizona. Senator c.
O'Mshoney OF Wyoming and Sen
ator Scott Lucas OF Illinois.
There have to be some Re
publicans. too-such as Senator
Charles McNary OF oregon, Sena-
tor Arthur Vandenberg OF Michi-
gan. Senator Warren Austin or
Vermont and Senator Robert Taft
OF Ohio.
And there may be couple
more, but the Georgia chairman
will be readily outvoted.
That is, he will be outvoted for
the present
What Senator George needs is
authority to attain real leader
ship OF the committee.
George may he able TO get It
by broadcssting pessimistic
minority report directly follow
ing each optimistic broadcast by
the committee majority. To &C
complish this he will need 10
make his own ut,erances so
convincing that public sentiment
will indorse them. 1t is a pretty
hard job, though, for a minority
chairman to discount a majority
committee. His fellow Democra-
tic members are certain to stick
together. The Georgian doubt
less will get some support from
the Republicans. though one OF
then. Minority Senatorial Leader
McNary. is likely to be kept too
busy with his task OF leadership
10 devote much attention TO COM
mittee work.
That is one OF the items that
Vice President Wallace appar-
emily kept thoughtfully in mind
in choosing the group OF investi-
gators.
But it puts Senator George up
against mighty difficult situa'
ton,