Evening star., 1945-04-15

Fortunately for the Nation at this
critical juncture, there is every indl-
cation that the late Presidents for
and that President Truman is so thor
oughly in accord with them that there
will be no break in their continuity.
That is the universal viewpoint of
both members of Congress and of the
diplomatic corps to whom the writer
has talked. All expect such funda-
mental Rooseveltian policies as the
unconditional surrender of Germany
and Japan and the organization Of post
war peace and security through the
United Nations Conference at San
Francisco to be carried out by the new
Chief Executive.
Despite this fortunate situation. it is
nevertheless true that Mr.. Roosevelt's S
death breaks an intimate personal tie
that had been built up over the years
between the late American President
and the Prime Ministers of Great Brit
ain and Russia Undoubtedly, Official
circles believe, President Truman will
seek an early opportunity to meet with
Mr.. Churchill and MI. stain to estaD-
lish close relationship with them ot
the sort enjoyed by his predecessor.
Eden to Confer Here.
Foreign Minister Anthony Eden at
tended Mr.. Roosevelts funeral yester-
day, and British circles here expect that
early in the week he will meet with
the new President and Secretary of
State Stettinius. This will mark the be-
ginning of close personal ties between
the new Chief Executive and the high
personnel of the British government
Probably the two statesmen will discuss
next week the time and place of meet
ing between MI Truman and Mr..
Churchill.
Mr.. Eden will 60 on from Wash
ington to the San Francisco Confer
ence and so will be available for prompt
consultation with the President and the
State Department on the vital and
historic issues which necessarily will
arise in connection with the impending
defeat of Germany.
The Soviet Ambassador, Andrei A.
Gromyko. is known to be very close TO
Premier Stain and can work out with
the new President any points of policy
that Moscow may have in mind.
Worked With Congress.
Fortunately for the new admlnlstra-
ton the late President Roosevelt and
the State Department inaugurated some
| months ago policy Of working very
closely with congressional leaders or
cardinal points of foreign policy. As
long ago as last Summer former Secre.
tary of State Hull began a series o.
conferences with eight key Senators or
the Foreign Relations Committee on tht
security plans to be worked out a
San Francisco This contact has beer
carried on both by the President anc
| Secretary of State Stettinius, who re.
Gently appeared before the Foreign
Relations Committee to answer ques-
tions and told the Senators at the time
that he expected to keep up this practice
Consequently, Chairman Connally Of
the Foreign Relations Committee anc
its other veteran members are intimately
acquainted with the Rooseveltian poll
cies which Mr. Truman has pledged
himself to carry out. Friends of the new
President expect him to lean heavily or
the counsel of Senator Connally ano
Chairman Bloom of the House Foreign
Affairs Committee.
Mr.. Truman inherits from his prede-
cesSor a number OF political legacles
in the field of foreign affairs which
have not always been in the possession
of new Chief Executives.
For one thing, he will work with
a Congress which in both houses has
a heavy Democratic majority which
usually has supported all major admin
istration policies in the field of foreign
affairs The House, by passing the
Fullbright resolution, and the Senate
in acting tavorably on the Connally
| resolution, already has given advance
sanction to the general principles in
herent in the Dumbarton Oaks plar
which will be the basis of the Sar
| Francisco conference.
Contrast to Wilson Situation.
This situation is in marked contras
| to that faced by President Wilson wher
| he attempted to make this country {
! charter member of the League of Ma
tions. He dealt then with large hostile
minorities in both houses of Congress
many of whom resented the fact tina
| they had not been consulted in advance
on the Presidents plan.
President Roosevelt. having Wilson's
| tragic failure in mind, sought to avoie
| that mistake by working closely witt
| Congress and now President Truman il
| the beneficiary of that policy.
1t is fortunate for the new President
| too, that Mr. Roosevelt was able befor,
| his death to clarity with Premier Stali1
and Prime Minister Churchill at Yaltt
some of the vexing problems which hat
been plagueing Allied diplomacy AS ;
a rather definite chart of Anglo-Amer
ican-Russian policies to be followed il
dealing with Germany and for the res
toration of postwar Europe.
| These provide for four-power 9th,
United States, Great Britain. Russia
and France) occupation of Germany
for the ceding to Russia of Polish ter
ritory in the east and Poland's com
pensation by the acquisition of German
territory; for the recognition of thu
present provisional government of Po