Evening star., 1944-11-06

barriers to international trade. When the Hull
tariff agreements came up before Congress in
the last peacetime year the vote stood:
Senate Democrats Al to Is in favor and Senate
Republicans 20 to 0 against. House Democrats
2l2 to 20 in favor and House Republicans 146 to
5 against.
This is the record If it be said that this is
now all ancient history and that today everybody
is happily agreed on everything, our answer is
that it Is wiser to trust old friends than sudden
converts better to reward the Democratic Party
for its foresight than to punish it for this virtue,
safer to leave foreign policy which has saved
democracy in the hands of those who had the
courage to proclaim it than to put this foreign
policy in the hands of those who fought it tooth
and nail until the issue was decided.
Second. the Candidate
We are at this moment in the continuing c ISIS
of the greatest Coalition War in the history of
mankind. To hold this Coalition together in the
is feat of superb craftsmanship. No one who
is not blinded to realities by sheer partisanship
will deny Mr.. Roosevelt his great and proper
share OF credit for the accomplishment of this
teat. Proof OF the success of this new-style
Coalition warfare is to be found on every battle-
front Mr. Roosevelt, equally with Winston
Churchill, has held this tremendous partnership
ttosetner: t his gallant leadership has inspired
greater nope and courage. The prestige and
warm personal following among the plain peo.
pies OF the world which he has acquired, with
this leadership, can easily prove in itself to be-
one Of the most important cohesive forces bind.
Ing together new world organization in its
first experimental years.
with all honor to Mr.. Dewey for his prompt
ana patriotic acceptance of the work az the
conference at Dumbarton Oaks, the fact RENAME
that from our point of view Mr. Dewey has rnads
disappointing, and In some respects even =
genuinely disturbing, campaign Oh the issue of
IOrelgn policy. He has failed to drive home the
NAN issue hard enough to discourage even the
more extreme wing of the Republican Isolation.
ISIS ISIS from givlng him its warm support. He has
sone OUT OF MS way tas in Wisconsin, to give
some OF the worst Republican isolationists his
spec1c, ana unnecessary, endorsement He has
introduced divisive element with his repeated
1ppeais Tor the support Of blocs Of Polish and
ltanan votes He has argued that the President
OF tne United States has no real responsibility
as commander In Chief for the direction of the
sIategy OF the war, at the very time thai he has
criticized the strategy of sending inadequate"
supplies to General MacArthur-as il turned
OUT, on the very eve of demonstration that
General Macarthur had all the supplies he
needed to invade the Philippines
We are unable to find in this record adequate
proof either that Mr.. Dewey is as well equipped
As Mr.. Roosevelt by experience or by under.
standing for the great task Of holding together
the coalition Of allies for the war and for the
peace, or that he can unite deeply divided
Republican party behind his own uncertain
Leadership. We are even more convinced than
we were three weeks ago that great crisis in
the life Of the American people calls for the
return Of the Democratic Party to power and for
the reelection Of Its candidate.
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