Evening star., 1946-09-18
Wallace Has Written
Self Out of Cabinet
Secretary Proposing Baruch Plan
on Atom Be Scrapped
By Dapid La,crence

henry wallace has written himself o0t
of the cabinet Of President Truman.
The Secretary of Commerce can no
longer be permitted to remain In the
cabinet unless Mr.. Truman wants to
toward Russia and humiliate Secretary
Byrnes.
For what Mr.. Wallace proposes In his
letter to the President Is that the Ba-
ruch plan of controlling atomic energy
be scrapped and that the atomic secret
be turned over to Russia on mere
pledge by the Soviets that they will not
misuse the bomb secret.
Also Mr.. Wallace proclaims that a
policy of open appeasement toward Rus
sia be followed because, he thinks, Amer
lea herself has adopted a wrong atti-
tude toward Russia since VI day.
The entire letter is not only pro-
Russian. but pro-Communist, and ig-
nores completely the Russian misbe-
havior in their occupied areas and their
looting of American assets in European
countries and the suppression of civil
liberties in the zones they control.
BIames Own Country.
Mr.. Wallace overlooks the Russian
abuses of existing agreements such as
the PotSdam declaration. Mr.. Wallace
planes the United States-his own coun-
try-for provoking Russian distrust.
What Is most amazing in Mr.. Wal
| l9cp'S cOHDmI1niPn tiO,o L.
comment that he talks with many Amer
lean businessmen from time to time
and that they want the armament budg-
ct reduced so their taxes can 60 down.
He implies that the security of the Ma
| tion can be dealt with on a dollars and
cents basis instead Of on a basis Of
actual or potential threats to our safety.
Mr. Wallace'S letter is so much at vari-
ance with the policies followed by Sec
retary Byrnes that 1t almost implies
| that the latter has been militaristic
| and provocative instead of patient and
forbearing in his dealings with the
| Soviets.
The net effect of the letter Is TO noti-
| fy Russia that America is divided. This
| is precisely what started World War II.
| Hitler thought Americas isolationists
and pacif1sts would keep America out
OF war and he could have free hand
TO XIII democracy in Europe
AS long as the Nazis thought America
would not react to their aggression in
Europe, they felt they could start the
war. Had America been prepared or
| had even Japan suspected that the
United States would enter the war, the
course of history might have been en-
tirely different.
Proposing New Munich.
There are two schools of thought on
the matter of reparedness-those who
believe that armament preparations in
! duce wars and those who claim that
adequate defense is preventive. Amer
lea tried the first scheme in the years
between 1919 and 1941 and two aggressor
nations-Japan and Germany-took ad-
vantage Of our lassitude. Americans
will not be dragged into a third World
War by following the line of pacihsm or
lSolatlonlsm or unpreparedness Russia
knows that only the United States can
challenge her aggression. 1t is against
America that Russia is making her drive
today to get American troops and Amer
lcan diplomats out of Europe so that
she can have free hand on that con-
| tinent.
| Mr.. Wallace would give Russia a free
hand IN Eastern Europe, which would
mean control of the Near East and the
Mediterranean, and eventually the west
! coast of Africa, the Azores and the same
strategic advantages in approaching this
hemisphere that Hitler sought.
| Mr.. Wallace says communism and de-
mocracy are like two rival religions and
they can exist side by side. But he
oVerlooks the fact that communism uses
totalltarian methods and enforces upon
innocent persons an iron rule that takes
away all liberties of the individual and
keeps Americans and other nationals
from free access to Soviet-controlIed
! territories.
Mr.. Wallace is proposing to dictator
ship state and a totalitarian government
another Munich. But the American
and British peoples have had their fin
gers burned once by that kind of policy
and they will not be burned a second
time.
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