Evening star., 1944-01-07
Walker Is Challenged
By Vandenberg on
Party Foreign Policy
By the Associated Press.

6S Inc hSSOCldLeC TleSS.
Senator Vandenberg, Republican
of Michigan today challenged
Democratic National Chairman
Frank Walker to take the initiative
in accepting what the Senator called
a four-month-old invitation Of Re-
publicans to eliminate the foreign
policy issue from the presidential
campaign.
Senator Vandenberg told re-
porter that Mr.. Walkers statement
in an interview yesterday that the
important thing for this country
now is ito adopt an international
policy that is worthwhile and plan
for the peace" ought to be followed
by action on the part of the Demo-
Gratis.
1T would be very interesting If
Mr.. Walker would implement his
wishful thinking by indicating
where, when and how the Demo-
cratic party either has spoken as
definitely on foreign policy as the
Republicans did at Mackinac OF
whether he or it has or will move
to accept the invitation extended
to him there last September" the
Senator declared.
Cites Republican Resolution.
Senator Vandenberg alluded to 8
foreign policy resolution adopted BY
a committee he headed and subse.
quently ratified by the Republican
Postwar Advisory Council pledgins
the party to support responsible
participation by the United State.
In postwar cooperation organiza.
ton among sovereign nations to pre-
vent military aggression and to at.
tain permanent peace with organ
lied justice in a free world"
Senator Vandenberg called atten-
tion to the fact that the resolution
concluded with an invitation to "all
Americans to adhere to the prin-
ciples here set forth to the end that
our place among the nations Of the
world and our part in helping to
bring about international peace and
justice shall not be the subject of
domestic partisan controversy and
political bitterness"
He said that Is where the Repub-
hcan party stands on the question
Of eliminating postwar foreign policy
as a campaign issue and inquired
what the Democrats had done OF
said that was comparable.
Mr.. Walker urged election of q
Congress pledged to support a for
eign policy that means something.
He expressed belief the countr,
would demand that both partie.
fashion a uniform internationa
program
AS for the Democrats, he sale
the party would stand Or fall or
the job of winning the war anc
planning the peace"
Admits Losing Ground.
His statement was Immediately
interpreted in Republican quarter.
as indicating a desire to submerge
domestic controversies under the
win the war" slogan recently sug.
gested by President Roosevelt as 6
substitute for the New Deal label
A frank admission that the Dem.
ocrats had lost ground on domestic
issues" was made by Gov. ]. Mel
vile Broughton of North Carolina
speaking over the American Forum
of the Air from New York last night
Gov. Broughton predicted, how
ever, that despite great political
turmoil" in some Southern States
the South would support the Demo-
cratic ticket. He said Southerners
resented what they consider unwise
and unwarranted attempts of the
national administration to interfere
in matters of purely State concern
He specified these as including race
relations, forestry control, employ
ment, voting privileges, aviation and
seed and fertilizer inspection.
Gov. Broughton was said in po-
litical circles here to be in a posi-
ton to exert great influence on the
North Carolina delegation to the
Democratic National Convention,
and his prediction that the South
would not bolt was regarded as sig
niflcant.