Evening star., 1944-10-19
BY the Associated Press,

i- lotUing is the teIt OF an address
=. last night before the Herald
-. Tribune Forum by Gou. Thomas
E. Dewey, Republican presiden-
- ttal nominee:
- c. 1t Is . great pleasure to. participat
In this annual exchange of opinion
About urgent problems of our time
Certairlly the most urgent problem
I'VE face in the world is the preven
4ion OF future wars. > =.
yaei We are agreed on one thing W.
must not have Third World War
Fhat means we must prevent q fu
ss3ure war before 1t happens.
iss.s If any doubts remained after Pear
ydarbor. they have been ended b.
The last desperate act OF the Nazl
rim Launching Hitler's blind weapon
scf revenge, the robot bomb. This l!
ffutile sayagery. But it serves II
swarm us against the future.
=. - Japanese planes launched from .
E3ew aircraft carriers on December Z
s~l941, struck us devastating blow
fsat Pearl Harbor. If we fail to make
Secure the peace, of the world, The
hext war will not begin by sur
prise attack on an outlying base
It will begin when robot bombs
6 launched thousands of miles away
suddenly rain death and destructlor
/ on our major cities,
Inescapable Conclusion.
Even before this war. the air.
plane had reduced the size OF the
earth. The robot bomb has made
this world OF. ours still smaller
It has put us under the guns OF any
aggressor nation that may rise Ill
power anywhere in the world.
If-there should be a Third Worlo
War, America would be in the front
lines In the very first hour. That Is
not an argument. 1t Is TACT.
Every American must learn the
inescapable conclusion. We must
never forget it. We must never
again run the risk OF permitting
war to break loose in the world. To-
gether with all freedom loving peo-
ple, we have had a narrow escape
we CARE ilOt tdhC diiStliSA Sia"AA~~'
This war must be the last war.
To this end, the United States
must take the lead in establishing
a world organization to prevent fu-
ture wars. I am more than little
tired of the defeatist attitude which
some people take toward our par
ticipation in world affairs. To hear
them talk, you would think that the
United States had never shown any
competence In foreign relations. At
least, not until the last few years.
Diplomatic Triumphs.
Actually, from the earliest days OF
our Nation, when Benjamin Frank
lin induced the King of France to
enter the Revolutionary War on our
side. American history is packed
with diplomatic triumphs and in
ternational achievements.
Time and again, even in the
earliest days of our Republic, the
United States welded moral force
far in excess of its military power,
In more recent years our history Is
studded with series OF brilliant
measures taken by able American
Secretaries of State to broaden the
basis of international collaboration.
On any roll call of these great
American Secretaries of State there
would stand out the names of Blaine
and Hay and Root, of Hughes, Kel-
logg and Stimson. Their names are
linked to such achievements as the
good neighbor policy. the open
door for China, The Hague peace
conference, the disarmament con-
ference, by which the japanese
Navy was limited to an inferior
status; the pact OF Paris to outlaw
war, the World Court. the policy
Of nonrecognition Of the fruits OF
aggression and many measures to
broaden the basis of international
cooperation.
Carried Out by Republicans.
All these were great achieve
ments, carried through by men who
had the respect of their country
and of other nations. And every
one of these great Secretaries Of
State who 1 have mentioned was
Republican.
These achievements and countless
others were made under admins
trations where the President con-
Quoted foreign affairs through the
Secretary of State and our regular
foreign service. These Presidents
II fo ha proci-
dent and Secretary of State.
If we are to be successful in our
future labors to bring about lasting
peace they cannot be the property
OF one party or one man. They must
draw their strength from all our
people, everywhere. Only a united
America can exercise the influence
on the world for which its strength
and ideals have equipped it. OF that
I am deeply convinced.
I am equally convinced that to the
extent that we leave our interna-
tional relations to the personal
secret diplomacy of the President,
our, efforts to achieve lasting peace
will fail, In many directions today
our foreign policy gives cause for
deep anxiety.
Cites Case of Poland.
The case of Poland is one example.
Poland was the first nation to resist
the oppression of Hitler. The res
toration of free Poland is the out
standing symbol of what we are
fighting for. Admittedly. Poland has
differences with Russia that go deep
in history and for which there is
no simple solution. Yet Mr.. Roose-
welt undertook to handle this matter
personally and secretly with Mr.,
Stain. At their only meeting,
neither our Secretary of State nor
the. Undersecretary of State was
present. Instead, Mr.. Roosevelt took
along Mr.. Harry Hopkins, who ac-
quired his training in foreign affairs
in running the WPA. But, because
of the secret nature of the meeting
American public opinion has been
silenced by the fear that some deli
cate negotiation might be embar-
rassed.
Mr.. Roosevelt. nevertheless, has
not yet, even secured Russian recog-
milton of those whom we consider