Evening star., 1946-09-14
Foreign Policy
UnityDen1anded
ByVandenberg
Says We Con Only
Cooperate With One
Secretary of Stote'
By the ASsociofed Press

PARIS, Sept Senator Van
denberg, Republican, of Michigan
called for unity on American for
eign policy today, declaring we
can only cooperate with one
Secretary of State at a time"
Rightly or wrongly, Paris {
doubtful Of this unity this morn.
ing, said the Michigan Republi.
can, adviser to Secretary of State
ByrneS at the Peace Conference.
His statement, issued by the
American delegation. apparently
was designed as an answer to the
Thursday night speech by Sec
retary Of Commerce Wallace. In
that speech, which President Tru-
man said he approved. Mr.. Wallace
differed in some respects from Amer
lean foreign policy as outlined by
Mr.. ByrneS.
Peace Conference sources said Mr..
ByrneS had not been consulted about
the Wallace speech. either before or
after its delivery.
Unity Is Road to Peace.
Senator Vandenberg said:
The authority of American for
elgn policy is dependent on the de-
gree Of American unity behind it.
Rightly or wrongly. Paris is doubt
ful Of this unity this morning.
Our bipartisan foreign policy
during the last 18 months has had
overwhelming bipartisan support in
the behalf of the unselfish aim for
which we fought the war. Though
differing in some points, most Re-
publcanS have been glad to ioin
with most Democrats in thus pre-
sentlng a united American front to
the world. This is the only road
to organized peace and collective
security.
Those who leave this road jeop-
ardlze the very objective which they
profess to embrace.
am sure most Republicans.
despite inevitable differences in
some aspects, will be glad to con-
tinue to seek unity with the admin
istration in bipartisan foreign pol
icy on sound American basis
which rejects dictatorship by any
body, which is neither hostile or
subservient to any other power on
earth, and which defends human
rights and fundamental freedom.
But the situation equally re-
quires unity within the administra-
ton itself. We can only cooperate
with one Secretary of State at
time"
A delegation spokesman told re-
porters: That's the Senator's own
statement. He has right to make
one. l don't know if it represents
the Secretary's views or not
Speech Like Thunderbolt.
Inquiries as to whether Mr.. Byrnes
had telephoned President Truman
to determine whether the speech
heralded change in United States
foreign policy received this reply
from an American delegation
spokesman:
ANY announcement. of Mr. Byrnes'
telephone conversations with the
President will have to come from
the White House"
There was no doubt that the WAL
lace speech, having the Presidents
Endorsement as it did. hit the Amer
lean delegation here like thunder
bolt yesterday, but it seemed un-
likely that Secretary Byrnes would
change the delegations policy with
out specific instructions from Mr..
Truman.
An American spokesman refused
TO answer when correspondents
asked him if Secretary Byrnes had
spoken with Mr. Truman by tele-
phone during the night and ex-
pressed his personal opinion that
Mr.. ByrneS would not comment
either officially or otherwise until
Washington's attitude was clarified
But correspondents continued to
besiege Mr. Byrnes' office and con-
tinued to receive from members of
the American delegation the same
reply: ITS entirely up to Washing
2 ton to straighten it out" Members
of Mr.. Byrnes' entourage were I'M
usually guarded in their remarks.
Were as much on the sidelines
as anybody" one delegation member
commented. I'VE don't know what's
happening over there and until we
do there just isn't anything anybody
can say"
One American source said unoffi-
cially, and without permitting him
self to be identified: American
foreign policy is set by President
Truman, not Secretary Wallace
The President has not informed u.
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