Evening star., 1947-11-02


side of the Atlantic agree that some
sary, but they insist that the extent O
two standards: ID The political sol'
important, (2) what rearmament pro
to submit to Congress when the Ma
studies.
Simply sending more billions to-
Europe will achieve little. Congress
was pressed into giving nearly S3,-I
900, ,00O, 900 for UNRRA, world Or
ganization. Out of that expenditure
we did not reap even the gratitude
of some nations which received big
slices of Americas munificence. Po-
land, Yugoslavia and the Ukraine,
which received large portion of
UNRRA supplies, are as hostile to
this country as they were to the Ger
man invaderS-and in some cases
more so.
Then we loaned Britain $780,
100000 in the hope that this would
put the wheels of British industry in
motion again. Britain's recovery,
we were told, depended on its indus
tries. Not only is Britain in worse
plight today than before the loan,
but anti American feeling-eVi-
denced by the statements of many
leading politicians and the majority
of the press-is stronger than
after World War I. A quarter of a
century ago certain influential Brit
ish papers coined the expression
Uncle Shylock' and some neWspa-
pers carried for months on their
front pages the slogan Let the
Eagle Scream referring to the
American Governments demand
that the war debts be paid.
Little Progress Made
Neither good will for the United
States-important in these days
when we are the chief target of vio-
lent Soviet attacks-nor progress to-
ward pacification of Western Europe
has resulted from our expenditure of
nearly score of billion dollars since
VI day.
Europe must not be blamed en-
tirely for this lack of gratitude to-
ward the Nation which is trying to
save it's civilization. Behind the Elbe
River and the Adriatic the Soviet
and it's satellites are on a war foot
ing with great armies and air forces
ready to put in motion as soon as
the Kremlin decides the Time has
come to do so.
Western Europe has already suf-
fered two invasions since 1914, and
has been q battle-ground twice in 33
years. The Western Europeans are
attached to their historical monu-
ments; twice in the lifetime of those
still living their industrial plants
have been destroyed and their man
power drained as the result of Ger
many's aggressions. Now they feel
more intensely than people in this
country-that the Red dictator In
the Kremlin is following the foot
steps of the Brown dictator-E.tie...
Joseph Stalins stooges are doing
their utmost to create and maintain
chaos in Western Europe's social
and economic conditions. The peo-
pie in that part of the continent are
convinced that If they show the
slightest sign or recovery they will
be menaced by another invasion and
an outburst of Stains stooges in
France and Italy.
Same Question Asked
Western Europe's governments are
pressing us for immediate help. But
the rank and file of the people-who
expressed their point of view to a
number of Congress members-al-
ways ask the same question:
IF the Red armies march what do
you have to protect us? 1t took you
three years to get into World War l
and two years in World War II. BY
the time you came in we were nearly
exhausted, but we still had some-
thing to keep us fighting. Now we
are through.
will you be able to send force
to stop the Russians Immediately?
If not, we had better accept Red
domination and hope that in years
to come its fierceness will moder-
ate, rather than subject our coun-
try to another devastation.
DO you have the means to at
tack Russia when she becomes an
aggressor, and destroy her oil and
manufacturing centers? Or will the
story of the last two aggressions be
repeated again?"
Unless the administration and
Congress decide that extension of
assistance to Western Europe shall
proceed hand in hand with the
strengthening of American military
forces-especially in the air-the
appropriation of billions of dollars