The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-23
The Unpredictable Wallace

A now honor has been conferred upon
Henry A. Wallace. In a speech oe1ore tle Wv
General Assembly, Vladimir PopoV1c' INC
ynooslav ambassador to Russia, gave MN
.ha +;+le of democratic leader of the Unlteo
States"
The Yugoslav diplomat then proceeded To
aod-in Russian, quite approprlately-solhe
If Mr.. Wallace's editorials in the New ne
nnblic which denounced the Truman ooc-
trine of aid to Greece and Turkey, and Wh1co
s.;d o,,r interference in the economic at1alrs
Of other nations was making us hated more
and more by all the worlds masses.
From these excerpts, Mr.. Popovlc drew the
comforting conclusion that the American
people "indict the policy OF the ohl'eo
States which is directed against the
United Nations, and which threatens peace
all over the world"
Mr.. Popovic's speech was mace on uie
dav that former Secretary of State byrhes
new book, speaking Frankly" was pup
1ished And it was delivered a few hours
hofore the unpredictable Mr.. Wallace, In q
Baltimore interview, endorsed the plan 1or
world peace which the Byrnes volume con-
tains.
We don't know what Mr.. Popovic is think
inc now. For Mr.. Byrnes' plan includes tWo
strong last-resort recommendations: II NUS
STA should boycott the world conference u
draft a German peace treaty which MI
Bvrnes proposes, then the other participants
would 90 on without Russia. And once d
treaty. was signed and the Sovlets refuse
tn evacuate eastern Germany, the U. D
and such allies as could be mustered "oulo
attempt to drive them out.
This program, Mr.. Wallace told reporters
would result in peace and understanding
with Russia" Yet, he thought the mlloef'
Observation-Disclosures Russian policy OF MI
Bvrnes at last years Paris Conference was
"W~ar-mongerlng.
Later. before a Baltimore audience, MI.
Wallace said that Defense Secretary forres-
+.1 Commerce Secretary Hartman and Act
ing Secretary of State Lovett are a hololhs
COMPANY for Wall Street bankers and tha'
he would try to "get them out OF Washing
ton before they get us into war"
All this leaves us wondering what eIiec'
Il will have on some of the distinguished
foreign visitors who heard Mr.. Popovlcs
speech. and who may be a little vague on
American politics.
Do they think that the American people
would choose a democratic leader VINO De-
lieves that an almost conciliatory policy is
war-mongering, and that one which aoVo-
oates military action, if all else fails, Will
promote peace?
Do they think the free, democratic people
would sit supinely by while three OF the
Presidents top enthusiastically tools OF wal
Street, according to the democratic leader
are VIGOROUSLY plotting World War Ill!
Now that Mr.. Wallace has been knlghteo
with a title of democratic nobility by an
emissary of Marshall Tito, he might live up
to his new honor by making a little more
sense. Can he justify his present lnexpllc-
able position on war-and-peace-mongerlng!
Can he prove his very serious charges
AGAINST Mr.. Forrestal, Mr.. Hartman and
Mr.. Lovett?
If he can't, there is grave danger tha'
both the democratic leader of the United
States" end his Yugoslavian press agent
may wind up looking, in the eyes OF !he
American people as well as of the foreign
visitors, like a couple of dopes.