Evening star., 1946-04-14
|AII Is Confusion
Under Truman,
|
COP Charges
National Committee
Hits Particularly
7 At Foreign Policy
By Gould Lincoln I

az the truman ddmln1Strat1 ton,
yesterday described the Presi-
dents first year in Office as one
of confusion" in all fields.
The Truman record, the commit
tee said, is one of confusion in inter-
national relations, in national af-
fairs, in the administration itself,
and between the administration and
Congress. ..
ut is a natural reflection" the
committee said, "of the man who
didn't wish to be President"
The committee charged that Mr..
Truman is directly responsible for
the incoherence and the inefficiency
of our international relations"
Lip Service Changed.
"Mr. Truman pays lip service to
the United Nations - the COP state
ment said. "At the same time he
pursues independent purposes,
whatever they are, without con-
sultation with other members"
The committee mentioned Poland,
Yugoslavia, Council of Foreign
Ministers, Bulgaria, Russia, Argen-
tina, European Relief, UNRRA,
foreign loans and secret diplo-
macy in criticizing the Presidents
handling of international matters.
The statement said Mr.. Truman
took part in the settlement" Of the
Polish problem, but that his action
amounted to remuneration of the
Yalta declaration which, the COM
mittee said, was described by the
late President Roosevelt himself as
disappointing compromise
Mr.. Truman failed to display on
behalf of Poland the jealous con-
Germ which has been so evident with
regard to oil-rich Iran," the COM
mittee said.
misunderstanding Cited.
In dealing with the Tito govern
ment in Yugoslavia, the statement
continued, Mr.. Truman made it
clear he granted recognition al
though free and untranmeled
election had not been held. He
hailed the establishment of the
Council of Fereign Ministers as
means of speeding peace settle
ments, but 'the first meeting of the
council was a failure and the second
was even worse" the committee
said.
Similar and more serious mis-
understanding have developed in
relation to the Soviet government,
"the statement went on. Mr.. Tru-
mans foreign policy here has be-
come continuous exercise in draft
ing letters of protest-protest over
Soviet retention of troops in Iran,
protest over Soviet plans for operat-
ing Manchurian interests, protest
over Soviet seizure of property in
Manchuria.
These misunderstanding have
resulted in no small part from the
failure of the Truman adninistra-
ton to say what it means and to
mean what it says"
LAS inept as the Truman admin
istration has been in its dealings in
Europe" the committee continued,
'it has been incredibly stupid in its
dealings with South America"
Reversal of Policy Seen.
The party statement said the ad-
ministration's reversal of policy in
sending an Ambassador to Argen-
tina and offering to sign a hemi-
spheric defense pact with Argentina
may lessen the resentment spread
ing from Argentina through other
South American countries.
But" it continued. "the confus-
ion resulting from Mr.. Truman's
plumbers will be hard to clear up"
The committee referred to the
publication of the Blue Book re-
garding Argentina, approved by the
President himself, and said that the
administration had violated accept
ed principles of nonintervention in
domestic political affairs and coll
lective handling of international af-
fairs affecting American republics.
On the question of foreign loans.
the administration has consistently
shown confusion and disingenious-
ness the committee said, recalling
that Government officials for
months denied knowledge of Rus
sian request for a loan and then
discovered" in the files a Russian
request, dated August %, 1945, for
billion dollar loan.
Secret Pact Discussed.
The committee discussed the Sc
cret pact to support Russia's claim
for three United Nations votes,
saying it was the first of series of
secret agreements which included
ceding the strategic Kurile Islands
to Russia, the use of German slave
labor to repair war damage, the re-
turn to Russia by force of certain
persons claimed by the Soviets as
citizens, the disposal of Korea and
the secret agreement on Palestine
with King Ibn Saud of Saudi
Arabia.
In national affairs, the committee
contended, the record of confusion
has been even worse The adminis-
tration has failed in reconversion,
and its various predictions of wide
unemployment, imitation and defia-
ton have been wrong in every in
stance, the review said.
The committee said imitation was
on the way because of the admin
istration's policies 1t said the adj
ministration has pretended to hold
the line and promote full produc-
tion,' and that it's confused poll
cies have actually increased infla-
ton and created scarcities in essen
tial goods. with resulting widespread
black markets and needless rises in
the cost of living"
Under a heading 'feuds in the
official family" the committee said
the Edwin w. Pauley nomination
which brought about the resigna-
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