Evening star., 1945-01-16
Speeches in Defense
OF Foreign Policy
Planned in Senate
Ry the Associated Press.

The administration may haul
out its senatorial big guns soon
to reply to opposition criticism
Iof President Roosevelt's foreign
policies.
Majority Leader Barley, a mem
ber of the Foreign Relations Com
mittee, was reported today to be pre-
pairing speech he may deliver in
the Senate next week, and Chair
man Connally told a reporter he also
may answer critics then.
This would reverse a previous de-
cision to sit out the storm of criti-
cism.
Senators Barkley and Connally
were silent yesterday during run
ming debate when Senator Wheeler,
Democrat, of Montana proposed that
the Senate go on record for imme-
diate formation of an international
council to settle Europe's contro-
Wheeler Gets Little Support.
While Senator Wheeler got little
support, there was evidence that an
other advocate of immediate action
Vandenberg. Republican,
of Michigan-may have interested
President Roosevelt in his proposal
for the speedy signing of five
power treaty to demilitarize Ger
many and Japan after the war and
keep them militarily impotent.
Mr.. Roosevelt was said to have
commented that he rather liked the
idea when it was discussed at a
White House conference last week
attended by eight Foreign Relations
Committee members.
Whether the President would
propose such action at his forth
coming meeting with Prime Min
lister Churchill and Premier Stain
remained a question. But it was
significant that Senator Vanden-
berg and the other Republicans who
were at the White House have
seemed pleased at the results of
their talk with the President.
Senator Connally reported offers
of support for his informal pro-
posal that the United Nations form
a provisional council to pass on
political questions. while the treaty
to set up a world security organiza-
ton is being ratified.
Connally and BarkIey Unmoved.
But both he and Senator Barkley
sat unmoved while Senator Pepper,
Democrat, of Florida urged his col
leagues to get together now on a
statement of what we will do and
when We will do it" in supporting
future peace-keeping moves.
Senator Barkley did not even look
up from the memorandum he was
reading when Senator Pepper sug-
gested that the ajority leader call
the Democrats into caucus and poll
them on their attitude. Minority
Leader White did not reply to a
proposal that the Republicans act
similarly.
Senator Pepper said that if the
Senate would agree to abandon its
tradition and ritualism' in consid-
ering world security proposals and
state its views clearly ''in a weeks
time the world can be made over"
No Aid From Ball and Hatch.
Senator Connally's idea, which he
will present to Secretary of State
Stettinius later this week, would
involve waiting until after the
United Nations diplomats meet and
agree on the final form of the
world peace organization.
Although Senator Wheeler's plea
for immediate action is along the
lines of proposals made by a group
headed by Senators Ball, Repub-
lican, Minnesota, and Hatch, Demo-
crat, of New Mexico. there was no
indication Of support from them for
the Montana Senator's resolution of
this nature.
Their attitude was that Senator
Wheeler was demanding "perfec-
tion," would accept nothing less and
consequently could not be counted
on for support of the kind of in
ternational organization they hope
to see formed.