Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-01-02
U. 5. Failures Make
Stain Pre-emineni,
.WiIIkie Charges
BY the Associated Press.

NEW YORK, Jan. Wendell l..
Willkie will say in the New York
Times tomorrow that the United
States has failed in moral, eco
nomic and political leadership, and
that as result Premier Stain has
emerged as the single most potent
statesman in international affairs. .
Writing in the newspapers maya
zine section, Mr.. Willkie said he be-
lieved President Roosevelt had mot
gone far enough in the recent con-
ferences at Moscow, Cairo and Te-
heran.
THAT Mr.. Roosevelt has not as
sumed leadership in working out
these two underlying necessities-a
political base for international CO.
operation and an economic base for
international trade and development
lis. I believe major disappoint-
ment," Mr.. Willkie said. For the
free forces of the world expect
moral, economic and political lead
ership from the President of the
United States today.
And the Presidents failure to
exercise 1t has already had its eff
feet all over the earth.
Stain Is Keyman.
To-day in Africa, in Asia, in Eu-
rope, in South America, even right
here in the United States, the aver
age man is asking single question
He is not asking what Mr.. Roosevelt
is going to do next. He is not asking
what Mr.. Churchill is going to do
next. He is asking what Mr.. Stain
is going to do next.
THE United States has at least
momentarily failed in leadership
, politically. economically and moral
ly. Mr.. Stalin-and to a certain ex-
tent the ideas which he represents
has stolen the show"
Mr.. Willkie said that a pressing
question was what Russia intended
to do about the political integrity
OF Finland. Poland, the Baltic and
Balkan states, and declared that
forces were at work in both Repub-
llcan and Democratic parties to
take selfish advantage of any move
that Russia may make with regard
to these smaller states"
Assails Jockeyirg.
Some Republicans, Mr.. Willkie
said were adopting "a policy of sus-
picion toward Russia" in the belief
that any anti-RusSian feeling will
inevitably react against Mr.. Roose-
welt to the advantage of the Repub-
lican party"
The offenses of the Democrats
are equally glaring,' he said. THE
Roosevelt administration apparent
~ also has its eye on votes in 1914
II, too, seems to be angling for, or
anxious to retain, the support of
some OF the anti-Russian groups. -"
He charged the administration
with signal failure long ago to
assume leadership of the new forces
in the world" which. he added
was for no other apparent reason
than that it did not want to antag-
onlze strong elements in the Demo-
cratic party which are on the whole
anti-Russian"
And that failure of leadership. "
he said. has contributed greatly
to the emergence of Mr.. Stain as
the single most potent statesman
in international affairs"
Mr.. Willkie said this country
could not affect Russia's attitude to-
ward the smaller states by stihlu-
lating in this country distrust for
Russia" n~
Must Show Good Sense.
I'VE cannot impress upon Mr..
Stain the justice and wisdom of
our ideas by using his country as
a domestic political football" Mr..
Willkie said.
He said the United States must
recognize Russia "as an equal with
whom We desire to work and live
Our attitude toward her must be
demonStrably the attitude of COM
mon sense and not the attitude of
prejudice or passion" Mr.. Willkie
said. To achieve this attitude does