Evening star., 1943-09-08
COP Leaders Indorse
Collaboration Policy
For u. 5. After War
BY GOULD LINCOLN.
Star Staff Correspondent.


! MACKINAC ISLAND, Mich.
Sept. 7.-CaSting "isolationism
definitely out of the window, the
Republican Postwar Advisory
Council has committed the Re-
publican party. as far as it is
able, to a foreign policy of in
ternational collaboration.
At the conclusion of its two-day
session here yesterday the council
composed of "a Republican Gov
ernors, leading members of Congress
and party officials, adopted unani-
mously the report of its Foreign
Policy Committee. 1t calls for ''re-
sponsible participation by the United
States in postwar cooperative or
ganization among sovereign nations
to prevent military aggression and
to obtain permanent peace with or
ganized justice in the world"
This is the kernel of a rather
wordy report 1t lays down prin-
ciple which will be discussed far and
wide. Whether it will be adopted
finally by the party depends on
what the Republican National Con-
vention does when it meets to write
d platform and nominate its presi-
Dental candidate next year.
Approved by Both Factions.
The amazing point about the ac-
ton of the council is that the for
eign policy report received the
hearty approval of both the "reser-
vationists" and the collaboration
fsts." 1t was hailed on the one hand
by Senator Vandenberg of Michigan,
Gov. Green of Illinois, Representa-
tive Reid of New York and Repre-
sentative Hoffman of Michigan and
on the other hand by Senator Austin
of Vermont, Gov. Baldwin of Con-
necticut and Representative Eaton
of New Jersey.
Other recommendations by the
Foreign Policy Committee, included
In the report, were.
Prosecution of the war by the
United Nations to conclusive victory
over all our enemies, including.
(A) Disarmament and disorgani-
gation of the armed forces of the
Axis.
(b) Disqualification of the Axis to
construct facilities for the manu-
facture of implements of war"
"(c) Permanent mainten ance of
trained and well-equipped armed
forces at home -
Silent on World Policy.
1T did not advocate an interna-
tional police force, nor attempt to
specify what kind of postwar CO.
operative organization" shall even
tually be set up.
Senator Austin and other advo-
Gates of collaboration with foreign
nations insisted. however, that the
door was wide open to set up any
kind of league, council, court or
other form of organization that may
be deemed necessary as conditions
arise.
The "reservationists" pointed out
that the organization was to be one
of sovereign nations" Also that
the report specified: Constitution
alisrn should be adhered to in de-
termining the substance of our poll
cies and shall be followed in ways
and means in making international
commitments" 1t means that any
treaty of adherence to an interna-
tional cooperative organization
must be ratified by two-thirds
vote of the Senate. This they con-
slider a safeguard. 1t is obvious,
however, that the Republicans could
not have advocated the avoidance
of the Constitution in making in
ternational agreements.
vandenberg's Stand.
Senator Vandenberg. chairman of
the Foreign Policy Committee, in
laying the report before the coun-
Gil said
In view of our probable supre-
macy in 1914, know of nothing
more indispensable to universal
destiny than the Republican party
shall first preserve and defend the
essential interests and institutions
of our own America; second, CO.
operate in complete good faith with
our Allies in the postwar effort to
end military aggression forever and
to create rependable peace with JUS
tice in free world.
These objectives are not incom-
patible, and only those with an
motive will attempt to make
them so. These objectives compile
merit each other in a sound foreign
policy in these cataclysmic days"
Gov. Baldwin of Connecticut as
serted that cooperative organiza-
ton" as used in the report, meant
that the Republican party looked
forward in the postwar world to
some form of organization. "call 1t
what you will. with other sovereign
nations. for the establishment and
perpetuation of peace" He also inter-
preted the phrase organized justice"
as meaning that the Republican
party is committed in the future to
some form of world court that will
be established by foreign nations to
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No one rose to deny Gov. Baldwin's
Interpretation.
Policies Reported Revised.
The report of the Committee on
Domestic Policies also was adopted
unanimously by the council after it
had been materially amended. The
original report of the committee,
headed by Senator Taft of Ohio, re-
leased for publication by the COM
mittee early yesterday, was vigor-
ously criticized as being innocuous
by members of the council, in ex-
ecutive session. 1t was revised by
the committee before its presenta-
ton to the council for action late
yesterday.
AS finally written it assails the
New Deal vigorously and promises
to lay down an affirmative program.
The report said the number of
Federal civilian employees has grown
500 per cent to a total Of more than
100000 and that the number of
bureaus has SO multiplied that
every detail of American life is now
regulated by bureaucratic decree"
They are the instruments of
fascism.s 1t declared, "they are the