Detroit evening times., 1945-04-10
BEHIND
NEWS
BY Paul
Mallon

MdHOn
WASHINGTON. April 9-"ws
w cannot have prosperity In
the United States IL tho rest 0f
the world Ii sunk In depression
and poverty said State Secre-
tary Stettinius To the Chicago
Council on Foreign Relations.
He advocated among other
things an American trusteeship
for Pacific islands.
The very same night and at
almost the same hour in New
York. the Carnegie Peace En-
dowment dinner heard Admiral
King and other influential
speakers say:
"World security depends upon
American security and world
prosperity depends upon .Ameri-
can prosperity"
He advocated that we keep
bases in the Pacific, in line with
making our own security first.
THIS direct conflict of view
L point was advertised as a
cleavage in the cabinet be-
tween the navy-war depart
ments and state, but behind IL
,u,oe tho ,,ou, t,,oyapoapt Y-,tppipD
through the whole government
for a change of front. 80, -,
IS facing a gradu-
ally opening opposition. The
theory that if we first save
others we may save ourselves
is hitting up against the doc
trine that il we first save our
selves we can keep others safe.
This new theory particularly
on the point Of bases) first de-
veloped in the services many
months ago. The men who went
into those islands in the Pacific
have seen British. French, Aus
tralian and French administra-
tors move in TO take civilian
control as soon as the firing
ceased, or in some cases the
civilian administrators actually
went in with the troops and eX-
ercised civilian control.
4 CHECK of the islands in
"A the far Pacific under army
control shows none outside the
Philippines definitely established
as postwar bases for us.
New Guinea has officially
been placed under Australian
and Dutch administrators. Bou-
gainVille has been taken over by
the Australians.
In the navy area of the Gen.
trail Pacific, the British admin
istration is supposed to have
gone back in most places but
the navy refuses, strangely
enough, to give out the facts Of
the situation, saying:
"We cannot speak for the
British" (W h tever that
meanS.)
The service people who have
fought through these campaigns
know these situations. although
they are not generally known
or observed by our public.
From such beginnings, l think,
has sprung the position which
Adm. King Is now openly
pressing.
IF A vote were taken upon
l. Stettinius or King in Senate
today, King would win over
whelmingly. at least upon the
single issue of whether we
should own those bases which
are essential TO our postwar
cause of a peaceful world. A
superficial canvass shows little
sympathy for mandates or
"trusteeships."
bNtH II " i III htldllOilS
Chairman Connally, an admins
tration man, thinks we should
have New Caledonia. which was
French. However, he has not
gone so far yet as 10 permit
hearings for the Mckellar reso-
luton which would take pfae-
tically all the islands we are
conquering including the Japs.
Average Senate opinion
strikes firmly to the line that
we should have as many bases
as We need for our own security
and thus for world security.
Also as all these nations-all
our friends - owe us more
money than they can repay in
cash or goods, it appears a bar
gain for bases might not be out
Of line.
Thus more enlightened and
practical future-v j sion ng
theory OF world peace is fast
gaining ground.
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