Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1945-09-20
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REAL AMERICAN FOREIGN
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By PAUL MALLON

WASHINGTON. - The switch of
Mr.. Braden for Mr. Rockefeller as
Latin American assistant state Sec
rotary was hailed generally as an
exhibit of this governments rising
displeasure with Argentina - but
there was far more behind 1t than
that.
State Secretary Byrnes was not
required to change his Latin Ameri-
can assistant to express a genuine
displeasure at Argentina's failure
to follow through her San Francisco
promises of turning toward democ-
racy. Mr.. Rockefeller had come to
precisely the same view of the mat
ter even days before his public
speech proclaiming his displeasure
also.
What may have had more to
do with the change was Mr..
RockefeIIer's record of having
streWn dollars around Latin
America in a fantastic enter
prises of purchasing good will,
but deeper than this fact, the
change really reflects the new
methods which are developing
in the whole Byrnes reorganiza-
ton, and as a matter Of fact,
the whole Truman-Byrnes In
world affairs. 4
Excuses and explanations have
come confusingly on each separate
change in personnel Mr. Byrnes has
made. The elevation of Dean Ache
son, New Dealer, to be Mr.. Byrnes'
right-hand man, for example, was
generally interpreted as a forecast
Of heavier emphasis on the Roose-
welt themes. The New Dealers,
some said, were to gain at least
secondary control. A far more i'm
portant consideration was Mr.. Ache
sons standing among congressman.
He is well liked in both the Senate
and the House and his role is apt
w w 11dA0OA AAdu AdIACI ludA
policy-maker. Mr.. Byrnes long
functioned as a Roosevelt liaison
man with Congress anG places great
emphasis on attaining hill support.
A campaign has long been main
tanned by the Liberals against Will
liam J. Dunn ON the ground that
he was not sufficiently belligerent
against Spain. Yet, he was elevated
to position of increasing promi-
nence by Byrnes at the very same
time the policy towards Spain was
hardened by the Potsdam declara-
ton.
The Republicans are currently
Interpreting all this interesting
shake-up as meaning their ex-
clusion from new poIicy-making.
Rockefeller, however, was the
only Republican in the former
State Department regime. On
the other hand, there is great
tendency throughout the Tru.
man Administration to soIidify
the Democratic party hold on
every Government power OBJ.
tainabIe.
The general pattern at least seems
clear. It looks to me like a move
to conceal formerly uncongenial ele-
ments in new effort to develop a
new line of foreign policy behind
the Potsdam agreement. It's main
political implication is clearly a
step to harmonic the critical class
groups of the nation behind the
newly developing foreign policy, to
bring them in and develop harmony
for the strenuous endless troubles
ahead Republicans apparently ex-
cluded).
The policy itself is developing
along the same line. Less of a
tendency to appease Russia is al
ready noticeable. The demand for
full representation Of all parties in
the Balkan elections has been per-
sistently maintained, and Britain
won over to that purpose. Incl
dentally, when Stains growing
press mouthpiece, Pravda, roared
out against our stand recently, con-
tending that the maintenance of
watchers at the polls would be an