St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1946-09-27

race in which this LAUTlER
country engages, they must share
the cost through taxation in com
mon with other citizens.
Secretary Of Commerce Henry A..
Wallace's speech in Madison Square
Garden recently presented a liberal
program for attaining world peace.
In Washington, a few hours be-
fore its delivery, a reporter with an
advance copy Of the speech asked
President Truman whether he ap-
proved the whole speech or the
single paragraph in which Mr.. Wal
lace said he was neither anti
British nor pro-British - neither
anti Russian nor pro-Russian." Mr..
Truman said he approved the speech
in its entirety and that it and Sec
rotary Of State James +. Byrnes'
foreign policy were exactly in line.
State Department officials an
grily protested that the Wallace
speech repudiated Secretary
Byrnes' policy. The sident called
nm extraordinary press conference
Sept. II and repudiated his previous
Endorsement of the Wallace speech,
He said there had been no change
in American foreign policy and that
there would be no significant
change" in that policy without
discussion and conference among
the President, the Secretary Of
State and Congressional leaders"
Mr.. Truman also said that in ap-
proving the Wallace speech he had
meant to convey his approval Of
Mr.. Wallace's right to deliver the
speech.
In his Madison Square Garden
speech Mr.. Wallace made three
points: he was severely critical Of
the get tough with Russia"
school Of thought, he acknOwl-
edged a sort of Monroe Doc
trine" for eastern Europe, and
he warned against tying in
American policies with those Of
Great Britain.
Il appears that American foreign
policy has been and is contrary to
Mr.. Wallace's views, American at
titude toward Russia has been IN
creasingly tough, the United States
has displayed an active interest in
eastern Europe, and the United
States has seemed to support Great
Britain on almost every interna-
tional question.
Secretary Wallace on Sept. II re-
leased the text Of 5,000-woTd let
ter he had written to President Tru-
man on July % criticizing this
country's attitude toward Russia
and urging that the United States
should be prepared "even at the ex-
pense Of risking epithets Of APP
peasement, to agree to reasonable
Russian guarantees of security"
Mr.. Wallace supported MoscOw's
opposition to the American plan for
International control of the atomic
bomb and for worldwide military
bases. He also vigorously stated
his fear that the American people
feel that another war is coming
and the only way we can head it off
is to arm ourselves to the teeth"
Many Of the points made in this
controversy over foreign policy are
debatable. MIR. Wallace has the
right to contribute to the debate.
Colored Americans have a right to
voice their opinions regarding the
best way Of attaining an enduring
peace. They may support militant
ly either the liberal point of view
represented by Mr.. Wallace or fol
low the conservative policy of men
like Mr. ByTnes and Senator Tom
Connally.
The latter course appears H.
logical. MIR. Byrnes has been
staunch advocate Of states rights
and a demagOgue who appealed
to race prejudice. A man opposed
to n strong central government
and espOuses the theory of
white supremacy" cannot be eN-
pected to be enthusiastic about u
world government founded on
justice and equality.