Evening star., 1946-09-27
Letters to The Star
Wallace Episode Viewed Differ.
emily By Different Readers

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fore the court of public opinion the IA
natical belief of Mr.. Wallace's followers
that by the demagogic laws of political
primogeniture he exclusively inherits the
all-encompassing mantle of Mr. Roose-
velt's messjahship for the downtrodden
and underprivileged common man.
Unless the common man can be per-
suaded to see the expedient apostasy of
Mr.. Wallace in its veritable repudiation
of the noblest exemplar of Mr.. Roose-
velts idealism, his capacity for further
sabotage of the liberating program of
the Four Freedoms may reach mischiev-
GUS proportions.
1t must be recalled that the battle cry
OF the four freedoms revived the grasp
ing hopes of mutilated democracy and
not only gave it the will to live but the
avenging means to crush its ruthless,
overconfident foes. Such is the con-
summate magic of ideas and ideals
whose intrinsic truth is expressive of the
noblest aspirations Of the common man
for human happiness and security. The
all-inspiring ideal of the Four Freedoms
was miraculously successful attempt to
express universally acceptable code OF
moral law which transcribed the selfish
sovereignty of nations. Before we knew
OF the suicidal devastation of the atomic
bomb, Mr.. Roosevelt in his magic formu-
la of the -Four Freedoms promulgated
those moral principles of international
law which the common man willingly
and gladly acclaimed as transcending
the sovereign rights and aspirations of
any state.
Whereas only two of the Four Free
doms specifically are mentioned in the
Atlantic Charter ito wit, freedom from
fear and wanD, nevertheless they, with
the other two freedom of speech and
Worship, are the noble ends to be
achieved by the equally noble means of
the first three principles of this solemn,
binding covenant: First, their countries
seek no aggrandiZement, territorial or
other; second, they desire to see no ter
ritorial changes that do not accord with
the freely expressed wishes of the people
concerned; third, they respect the
right OF all peoples to choose the form
of government under which they will
live; and they wish to see the sovereign
rights and self-government restored to
those who have been forcibly deprived of
them"
When the honest, inquiring intellect is
refreshed by the actual text of the in
strument which was the universally &C
cepted means solemnly covenanted by
Mr.. Roosecelt to achieve the Four Free
doms, nothing can be more obvious than
the expedient apostasy of Mr.. Wallace
in his recent pre-emptory advocacy of a
double standard of international mo-
rality-one of suppression of the four
freedoms on the part of the predatory,
totalitarian dictatorship of communism
and one of repudiating appeasement for
freedom loving democracies.
How can we have an inviolate rule of
moral law transcending the selfish and
expedient sovereignty Of nations if we
condone double standard of interna-
tional morality advocated in the two
world abdicated of the four freedoms?
Until we have moral order which the
common man Loyalty will place above the
conniving sovereignty of nations we can
have no lasting peace and security in
this atomic age. This simply means that
If Mr.. Wallace Is to qualify for his COW
eted inheritance he must seek a means
more in conformity with the noble as
pirations Of the four freedoms
THOMAS e. MATTINGLY, MD,
To the Editor OF The Star:
1t is disgusting to read how the
columnists talk about Henry Wallace
when they think he is down. I wonder
If they can be honest with themselves
or if they are grinding an Ak" for
some one.
1t long has been a distinguishing
characteristic of most Americans to
enjoy having the wool pulled over their
eyes. There always is some one at hand
to do the pulling, too. But, honestly are
we any better off to rely upon sweet
sounding fabrications than to discover
the solid truth?
Let us look at it this way for a mo-
ment; OF course, Russia wants to better
herself. So do we. Name any nation
that does not. But why blame Russia
for all our real or imaginary troubles?
Certainly, it is easy to connect the ham
mer and sickle with the labor unions in
our minds, but no truly informed
person can fail to know that the church
encyclicals have more influence in shap-
ing the organization and policies of our
labor unions than does Russia
Now recall for moment the situation
which Russia faced during the organ
ization of the u. N. She asked for
a mere 48 hours in which the case
of Argentina's entry should be decided.
Argentina was known to be hotbed of
Naziism and a refuge for its fleeing
leaders. Was Russia's important re-
quest granted? No! Argentina virtually
was railroaded in, her black record not
withstanding. After we treated Russia
thus, 1t is surprising that she would
even grasp at the straw of friendship
and cooperation in Mr.. Wallaces
speech.
have my peeves at Mr. Wallace and
Russia, too, but let us not so befog the
atmosphere that we fail to see what
actually is happening.
Let us clear away this smoke screen,
this wool before our eyes, and look for
the true cause of our difficulties. We
need worldwide outlook to find it.
A provincial or even national viewpoint
will leave us as blind as before.
RALPH WEAVER.