Evening star., 1944-10-19
Text Of Dewey's Speech on Foreign Policy
New Yorker Aso Presidents Secret Diplomacy Mentioning
Coses Of Poland Ito Germany and Romono Examples

has just returned from Italy. He
reports mass unemployment, hum
ger, despair, degradation, delin-
quency and painful disappointment
:. :" because the Allies have not
helped the Italian people help
themselves" He quotes the solemn
warning of the Pope as follows:
THE great democracies must show
greater interest and concern for
Italy if she is not to plunge from
one dictatorship into another"
The italian people deserve some
thing better than the improvised,
inefficient administration which, per-
sonal New Deal government is CIV
ing them.
Case of Germany.
Take now the case of GERMANY.
Our experience in Italy should have
brought about timely decisions on
how to handle the invasion and oc-
cupation OF Germany. AS long ago
as last January. Gen. Eisenhower
told us we. would have to deal with
that problem this year. Yet. when
the invasion of Germany began.
there was still no official plan. Care
ful plans had. to be sure, been
worked out by the two departments
primarily qualified-the War and
State Departments. But that kind
OF planning goes for nothing when
the President personally handles
foreign policy.
Ihere was conference involving
this very vital subject between the
President and Mr.. Churchill at
Quebec last month. Did Mr.. Roose-
velt take the Secretary of War or
the Secretary of State to the con-
ference? AS usual, he took neither
instead, he took with him, the Sec
retary of the Treasury, whose quail
hcatlonS as an expert on military
and international affairs are still
unknown.
The result was first class cabinet
crisis when it appeared that the
work of the State Department and
the War Department was to be
scrapped in favor of a brand-new
scheme produced by the Treasury =.
In the end, the Treasury plan was
scrapped. A new plan was ordered.
this time to be produced by Mr.
Crowley, head of the Foreign Eco
nomlc Administration. And still
there is no official plan.
Propaganda for Goebbels.
Meanwhile, Germany'S Propaganda
Minister Goebbels has seized on the
episode to terrify the Germans into
fanatical resistance On the basis of
our Treasury Departments Ill con-
celved proposals., the German people
we're told that program of de-
Structlon was in store for them if
they surrender. Almost overnight,
the morale of the German people
seemed changed. They are fighting
with the frenzy of despair We are
paying in blood for our failure to
have ready an intelligent program
for dealing with invaded Germany.
Today, just an hour ago, l was
happy to learn that Allied heads
quarters had announced a program
for the occupation of Germany.
Turn now to France. The unfor-
tunsNe consequences of Mr.. Roose-
velt's personal antipathy for Gen
de 0aalle. areeonly too well known.
We backed hts antagonist. Darlan.
When sDarlan Was assassinated, we
backed Giraud.a Now, with France
free, Mr.. Roosevelt is compelled to
deal with Gen. de Gaulle, who is,
in fact, heading the only existing
French government.
Mr. Roosevelt's persistent refusal
to grant recognition to the De
Gaulle government of France Is
contributing to the increasing
chaos behind our lines at critical
period of the war. France is Ger
many's principal neighbor and
knows most about German aggres-
sion. The glorious resistance the
French people, made during four
tortured years entities them to
more generous treatment. We need
France in our councils and we need
her now
Points TO Romania.
One more illustration. Look at
Romania. On September II, 1914,
an agreement was made restoring
peaceful relations. This was no
mere military armistice. That
agreement fixed the future frontiers
of Romania. 1t disposed OF Bes-
sarabia and Pennsylvania, two OF
the worst trouble spots Of Europe.
1t dealt with economic matters.
Now, who negotiated and signed
that agreement? 1t was signed "by
the authority of the government of
the U. S. S. r., the United Kingdom
and the United States by Nell
nosky." That treaty was signed by
representative of Soviet Russia
acting in behalf of the United
States.
The day after it was signed, the
Secretary of State of the United
States declined to comment on the
ground that the terms had not been
received from Moscow in time for
study.
These are just a few examples of
what happens when a President in
sists upon handling foreign affairs
on the basis of personal, secret
diplomacy. The result is today that
no one knows what our foreign
policy is with respect to Poland,
France, Germany, Rumania and
other countries of Europe, or, for
that matter, South America or
China. We have no hint of what
commitments may have been made
and. American opinion is stif1ed and
ineffective.
Yet despite these obstacles we are