The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-10-18

shooting at this sacred COW:
 The tactical question posed for candidate Dewey is whether to walt till tho President has emptied both barrels, or to blaze away first him- self.
 If Dewey adopts the latter course he can again put the President on the defensive, But as Q matter or record Dewey has already sounded off on this question, taking the ini- tiative on August ,16 in Q statement oritlciYing the various proposals or the Dumbarton Oaks Conference as world domination by the Big Four, as Imperialism which would coeree smaller nations cynical power politics -. an immoral military alliance"
 At that time Dewey had not seen any of the drafts submitted at Dumbarton Oaks and frankly, he was shooting in the dark. . Secretary of State Cordell Hull was quick to point out that Dewey had missed the target. But to cor. rect his sights and put him back on the mark, Hull invited Dewey to discuss poSt-war security plans, and Dewey sent John Foster Dulles to confer,
 THEY CAME TO AN
 UNDERSTANDING NG--EXCEPT
 They held three meetings and In 0 joint statement at their conclusion Hull stated his belief that the American people considered the subject Of future peace, "a non-par-- tisan subject which must Do kept entirely out of politics"
 Dulles ,said Governor Dewey shared this view, but, The but in the understanding which made 1t no understanding at all was DulleS'S statement that treating 1t as Q non- partisan subject did not preclude full public non partisan discussion of the means of attaining q lasting peace"
 In other words, Dewey and Dulles were leaving the gates for future discussion slightly ajar.
 Dewey then kicked them wide open In his speech on foreign policy delivered at Louisville September O.: T believed that the organization of peace is Q subject which should be talked about earnestly, widely and publicly" he said, adding that he would insist that the American people should be fully informed on our efforts to achieve the peace, and that these matters should never be a subject for partisan political advantage by any individual or by any party in or out of power,
 Nearly all the remainder of Dewey's foreign policy speech was practically another endorsement of everything the Roosevelt adminis- tration has already announced as Its postwar foreign policy-punish- ment of war criminals, complete diS- armament of Germany and Japan, close cooperation of the four great powers, creation of Q security or- ganization with Q world court, on assembly of sovereign nations and Q small council empowered to use force and economic sanctions to maintain peace.
 THEN WE HEARD IT AGAIN
 Tn nutshell, this last Is the plan announced at Dumbarton Oaks. The conclusion of Deweys foreign policy speech and its only criticism of the Roosevelt foreign policy was vague sort of warning against the WaSh- ington wasters who believed that America was old, and who proposed to buy international goodwill with the contents of American pocket- books and set up on international WPA."
 This criticism was never amplihed and that was the last word heard out of Governor Dewey on foreign policy till he tried to adopt Cordell Hull for his administration and got promptly sat on by the tall Tennes- sean.
 As for as the record goes, however, 1t can be seen that Dewey has not kept the question of the peacetime foreign policy out of the campaign and on that ground Roosevelt may be entitled to his say-so come Octo- Der 2l.
 And from now on, os says Senator Tom Connally, chairman of the Fors eign Relations Committee, cAm- paign discussion of the peace issue Is unavoidable. Connally himself is going to make thre speeches about