Evening star., 1947-04-08
Red Tide Feared
By vandenberg,
UrgiingGreekAi|d
Senote Is Told World
Faces Alternative
Of 'Chuin Reaction
sy The Assoeiotsd Pres.

by the Associuisd Press
Senator Vandenberg. Repub-
lican, of Michigan called on tho
Senate today to approve military
and financial aid to Greece ana
Turkey in order to prevent -
chain reaction which would
threaten peace and security
around the globe.
Far from Expressing" the United
Nations. Senator Vandenberg de-
clarsd in Senate speech, the pro-
posed $400 0,000, 900 aid program Is
"the greatest act OF voluntary al
legisnce to it -. an act of total
faith"
Thus without mentioning Andrei
A. Gromyko by name, the Foreign
Relations Committee chairman re-
piled to the Soviet representatives.
assertion to the Security Council
yesterday that the United States
had "disregarded" U. Ms authority,
"bypassing" the organization, and
undermining its power.
II know of no better way to de
stroy the United Nations than to
give it a specific job which it Is
neither intended nor prepared to
do Senator Vandenberg said.
Task Would Destroy, He Says.
I'm no available aspect should we
bypass its functions But In no
available aspect should we ruin its
potential by, assigning to it func-
tions which it does not possess. Such
an assignment would destroy it for
keeps.
Meanwhile, under such circum-
stances as in the present instance.
Greece would sink into the Com
munist orbit and the fateful chain
reaction would set in both East
and West"
Leading of the debate which may
continue for a week or more, Sem
ator Vandenberg assured the Sem
ate that:
There is no new "doctrines-such
as the Monroe Doctrine-in Amert-
can aid to distressed nations.
The plan is not "imperialistic"
but Is intended to "forestall az.
gression which, once rolling, could
SNOWFALL into global danger OF vast
design"
The United States is mot 'bailing
out the British Empire
And
1--WE plot no offense against the
Soviet Union.
Fears Another Dictatorship.
Scnator Vanderiberg told the Sen.
ate that "the plain fact" seems to
be this:
IF the Greeks, in their extremity,
are not successfully helped to help
themselves to maintain their own
healthy right of self-determination,
another Communist dictatorship win
rise at this key point In world
geography.
Then Turkey, long mobflized
against a Communist war Of nerves,
faces neighboring jeopardy.
THE two situations are insep-
arable."
The tall Michigan lawmaker. ad-
wiser to the State Department on
foreign policy, declared: "The Mid
die East, in this foreshortened world,
Is not far enough for safety from
our own New York or Detroit or
Chicago or San Francisco"
That's where we come in," he
said.
do we face 1t now or later?
Which is the wiser course? Which
holds the better promise of hon.
orable peace?"
He said the President had an
swered this way: "If we falter In
our leadership, we may endanger
the peace of the world-and we shall
surely endanger the welfare OF our
own Nation"
Danger in Delay Cited.
Senator vandenberg said the For
eign Relations Committee, In ap-
proving the aid bill unanimously,
had done so ''in the profound be-
lief that we Americans have an
unacceptable stake in all human
rights and fundamental freedoms;
and that they were better saved
for us as well as otfers-by ade-
quate and timely support than by
waiting for cumulative hazard to
magnify the risk"
IF we were to reject the plan
in its basic purpose" he declared,
I'VE would give the green light
to aggression everywhere.
"Our moral authority and leader
ship would die on the spot. We
would multiply our own hazards.
We would weaken the United Ma
tions by multiplying its subsequent
responsibilities
Earlier, Senator George, Demo-
crat, of Georgia asserted that Mos
COW Is attempting to stall aid TO
Greece and Turkey.
Senator George told a reporter
he places no faith in Mr.. Gromyko's
proposal for the U. N. to furnish
real aid" to Greece. This con-
trasted with President Trunan's
proposal to bolster the two countries
against the threat of communism
by financial and limited military
help.
Would Expect Red Veto.
II haven't any moral doubt that
despite Mr.. Gromyko's statements
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Greek Troop Evacuation