Evening star., 1944-10-22


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ranking Republican member of
the Senate Foreign Relations
Committee, Senator Hiram John
son.
One of the most influential
members of the Senate Foreign
Relations Committee-a man who
would also be the chairman of
the powerful Senate Committee
on Appropriations - is Senator
Gerald P. Nye.
In the House of Representa-
tives, the man who is the present
leader of the Republicans there,
and who undoubtedly would be
Speaker, is Joseph w. Martin.
He voted against the repeal of
the arms embargo, against the
lease-lend bill, against the ex-
tension of the selective service
law, against the arming of mer-
chant ships, and against the
Reciprocal Trade Agreements
Act, and their extensions.
The chairman of the powerful
Committee on Rules would be
none other than Hamilton Fish.
There are many others like
them in the Congress of the
United States-and every one
of them is now actively CAM
paigning for the National Repub-
lican ticket this year.
Not Reliable Custodians.
Can any one really suppose that
these isolationists have changed
their minds about world affairs?
Politicians who embraced the
policy of isolationism-or who
never raised their voices against
1t in our days of peril-are not
reliable custodians of the future
of America.
There have been Democrats in
the isolationist camp but they
have been few and far between,
and they have not attained posi-
tions of leadership.
And I am proud of the fact
that this administration does not
have the support of the isolation
ist press-and I mean specifically
the Mccormick Patterson
Hearst press.
The American people have gone
through great national debates
in the recent critical years. They
were soul = searching debates.
They reached from every city to
every village and to every home.
We debated our principles and
our determination to aid those
fighting for freedom.
No Deals With Aggressors.
Obviously, we could have come
to terms with Hitler, and accept
ed minor role in his totalitarian
world. We rejected that!
We could have compromised
with Japan, and bargained for a
place in a Japanese-dominated
Asia by selling out the hearts
blood of the Chinese people. And
We rejected that!
The decision not to bargain
with the tyrants rose from the
hearts and souls and sinews of
the American people. They faced
reality; they appraised reality,
and they knew what freedom
meant.
The power which this Nation
has attained-the moral, the po-
litical, the economic and the
military power-has brought to
us the responsibility, and with
it the opportunity, for leadership
in the community of nations. In
our own best interest, and in the
name of peace and humanity, this
Nation cannot, must not, and will
not shirk that responsibility.
There are some who hope to
see a structure of peace, COM
pletely set up Immediately, with
all the apartments assigned to
every ones satisfaction, with the
telephones in, the plumbing COM
plete, the heating system and the
electric ice boxes functioning
perfectly, all furnished with
linen and silver-and with the
rent prepaid.
United in Waging Peace.
The United Nations have not
yeS produced such a comfortable
dwelling place. But we have
achieved a very practical express
sion Of common purpose on the
part of four great nations, who
are now united to wage this war,
that they will embark together
after the war on a greater and
more difficult enterprise-that of
waging peace. We will embark
on it with all the peace-loving
nations of the world-large and
small.
Our objective, as I stated 10
days ago. is to complete the Or
ganization of the United Nations
without delay and before hos
tilities actually cease.
Peace, like war, can succeed
only where there is a will to en-
force 1t. and where there is avail
able power to enforce it.
The Council of the United Ma
tions must have the power to act
quickly and decisively to keep the
peace by force, II necessary. A
policeman would not be a very
effective policeman II, when he
saw Q felon break into 4 house.