Evening star., 1946-02-27
Firm U. S. Dealings With Reds
Urged by Vondenberg, Louding
UNO Results in Senate Report
Organizations Fate
Linked to Accord of
2 Great ldeoIogies =
(Tert OF Speech on Page A.
By Gould Lincoln

II dlSlllS tIlc dCllleV6IleuUS O.
the recent London meeting O.
the United Nations Organization
as material step toward worlc
peace, Senator Vandenberg, Re.
publican, of Michigan today tole
the Senate that the Unitee
States and Russia "can live to.
gether in reasonable harmony il
the United States speaks a.
plainly on all occasions as Russia
does"
The Michigan Senator, reporting
on his work as a delegate to the
UNO meeting, warned his colleagues
that UNO'S fate is wrapped up in
the problem of mutual understand
ing" FsetWeen two great, rival ide-
ologies-democracy in the west and
Communism in the east"
"In the final analysis" Senator
Vandenberg asserted, this means
that the two greatest spokesmen fol-
these rival ideologies-Soviet Rus
sia and the United States-find
themselves face to face with this
same need for mutual understand
ing, both in and out of the United
Nations.
Cites Vishinsky Tactics.
"It might even be said that the
future of the United Nations is
wrapped up in this equation.
IF this be SO, I assert my own
belief that we can live together and
in reasonable harmony if the
United States speaks as plainly upon
all occasions as Russia does; if the
United States just as vigorously
sustains its own purposes and its
ideals upon all occasions as Russia
does; if we abandon the miserable
fiction, often encouraged by our
own fellow travellers, that we some
how jeopardize the peace if our
candor is as firm as Russia's S always
is, and if we assume a moral lead
ership which we have too fire.
quently allowed to lapse"
When Senator Vandenberg con.
cluded his address his colleagues ane
spectators applauded vigorously
Throughout his speech, Senators or
both sides of the aisle listened with
unbroken attention. Not in recent
years has any Senate speaker helc
his audience SO closely.
The Michigan Senator said the
question in all our minds is What
is Russia up to now?"
That question, he continued, was
was brought forcibly to the atten-
ton of the Security Council and the
world when Vice Foreign Commits
sar Andrei ViShinsky of Russia
seemed less interested in helping
Lebanon and Syria than he was ir
batting France and Britain-less in
terested in peace at this point thar
he was in friction"
Blueprint Made Reality.
In listing the accomplishments o1
the United Nations at London, Sen.
ator Vandenberg said: THE amazing
thing is not that there were areas oi
disagreement but that the areas oi
agreement were so vast and so sig
nifcant."
In 81 days in London, Senator
Vandenberg declared, "the United
Nations turned a blueprint into a
going concern 1t turned an idea.
into reality" He admitted there
had been sharp controversy and
competition in some of the organi-
zational decisions, but all were &C
cepted in good spirit by all con-
terned.
On the credit side of the ledger
Senator Vandenberg placed the fol-
owing UNO accomplishments:
l. Successful organization.
2. Creation of an international
ltomic energy commission.
3. Backed UNRRA in it's efforts
against famine.
4. Offered new hope to dependent
people
5. Refused to sanction involuntary
repatriation of war refugees.
6. Pledged to encourage a word
MluS lite press.
7. 1mplemented the dynamic Arti-
Gle XIV of the Charter, under which
the General Assembly can recon-
mend peaceful adjustment of any
situation, regardless of origin which
it deems likely to impair the gen.
eral welfare.
Four Issues Tackled.
He insisted that the Security
Council had tackled four important
political issues-"raW materials out
Of which wars have sprung in other
days"-and had freely, openly and
with heat discussed them. The re-
suit had been, he said, that progress
had been made toward their solu-
tion. He was discussing the prob
lens of Iran, Greece, Indonesia
Syria and Lebanon-all involving
the presence of foreign troops on
the soil of those countries.
The speech of Senator Vanden-
berg, leading exponent of Republican
thought in the Senate on foreign
relations, was considered extremely
significant. 1t is clear there will
be no sag, on the part of the Re-
publicans, back to the isolationist