Evening star., 1944-03-26

Anzio beachhead may be relieved
and contribute to the fall of Rome
reached an agreement. He was
specifically asked to give his views
on a report that the two leaders had
agreed on postwar military
alliance.
Going over the points seriatim.
Dewey came to the alliance item
and commented:
We have more or less had a mill
tary alliance with Great Britain
since the War of 1912. When Britain
went to war we had to depend on
the British Navy, and we should
certainly cooperate with Great
Britain to the fullest extent"
Backs British Relations.
A reporter asked: do you advo-
cate or recognize the possibility or
probability of a military alliance be-
tween the United States and Great
Britain, to continue on a formal
basis?"
Dewey replied: II should think
that would be in our interest. We
have long had close military re-
latlonship with Great Britain, and
the American people never suffered
such a shock as they did when they
felt that the British Navy might be
seized by the Nazis."
do you think" he was asked. 'it
would be possible to broaden the
base of such an alliance to include
any other of the United Nations?"
"It would be hoped" Dewey
answered, that in working out the
structure of peace we would have
Russia and China in it at the be-
ginning. We would hope that be-
fore the war comes to an end we
would be able to reach a closer
understanding with our Russian
Allies. A military alliance has in
finite possibilities and none can
write the military terms before this
war is over. I trust we will
enter no commitments which are
not previously approved by the
Senate"
Since Mackinac there have been
the Moscow, Cairo and Teheran
conferences. Dewey now tells
friends that if he understands the
Teheran agreement, the way has
been paved for a four power post
war agreement.
Cites Republican Record.
Dewey also believes that the Re-
publican party is making a mistake
by not trying to rub off the "isola-
zionist" label. He points out that
Ellhu Root. Charles Evans Hughes,
Frank B. Kellogg and Henry L..
Stimson, Republican Secretaries of
State, followed a co-operationist
international policy. He would like
70 near series of speeches on inter-
national affairs by such Republicans
as Senators Austin, Burton and Ball,
Representatives Eaton and Wads-
worth and Cows. Baldwin of Con-
nectlcut and Sewall of Maine. Many
voters would much rather hear a
speech or a series of speeches by
Gov. Dewey on the same theme.
The Democratic strategy against
Dewey is to spread the idea that as
President he would be a boy trying
to do mans job, particularly at
the international conference with
such old diplomatic experts as Prime
Minister Churchill, Marshal Stain
and Generalissimo Chang Kai-shek.
Dewey's answer to this is that per-
sonahties have already played too
great a part at the international
meetings and that it is time to get
the American people agreed on
foreign policy that, regardless of
personalities, can be properly pre-
sented and defended by whomever is
President or Secretary of State.
Dewey wants foreign policy debat-
ed during the campaign, regardless
OF whether the two party platforms
have virtually identical planks on
this topic. He realizes that the
Democrats would have tactical ad-
vantage on this because of their
access to confidential material, but
he has his own sources of informa-
ton, including top diplomats and
foreign leaders with whom he con-
fers frequently in New York.
What kind of campaign would
Dewey make on international and
domestic issues? New York Demo-
cratic leaders have healthy re-
spect for his speech-fnaking and all
around campaigning ability, and pri-
vately concede that he would be the
hardest Republican nominee to beat
in this State. For one thing. he is
one Republican prospect who could
exploit to the fullest his own record
of successful prosecution of gang
sters, racketeers and corrupt Tam
many politicians. He would also be
the beneficiary of large percent
age Of the Negro vote, which he has
attracted in local elections by his
appointment Of Negroes to impor-