The Nome nugget., 1947-03-24
Monday, March "A, 1947
Down Payment On An Insurance Policy

Down Payment On An Insurance Policy
 (By Associated Press)
 AMERICAN NEWSPAPERS took varying attitudes toward President Trumans proposal for aiding Greece and Turkey, but most editorial columns agreed on the importance of what The Omaha World Herald termed the most breath-aking statement made in time of peace by any American President or statesman"
 With restraint but with great clarity President Tru- man explained the responsibilities thrust upon the United States by the rise of aggressive Communist state in Russia and the concden decline of Great Bri- tain as world power" said The Detroit Free Press
 The Boston Globe said that "the issue is wide and serious, with commitments in a region where America has not had them before Congress and the country will do we'll to approach the question in spirit which as- earnest deberation vigorous study and thorough debate.'
 The New York Times expressed the belief that 'the American people stand behind this warning to Russia ito desis from the physical aggression and the dpo- matic atrition that have characterized her policy eve since the and to abide by the charter of the United Nations the only safe basis of tolerable peace"
 The Ohio State Journal in Columbus said through the tange of these developments may be discerned vast shifting of the burden of power and responsibility chiefly from England to For the United States to continue on this road will only drag down with all the rest"
 President Truman" said The Chicago Tribune made cold speech against Russia any Pres dent has ever made except the occasion of going be- fore Congress to ask for declaration of war;
 The Boston Herald said the President undoubtedly performed great service for Secretary Marshall who surely needed this strong backing at home But Con- gress and the people will want to know great deal more about this departure in American foreign policy"
 The Cleveland Plain Dealer said: ''The inference which through the Presidents talk that the of Greece and Turkey safely democrat ic both in and fact and that can promote the broad aim of democracy by supporting them is hardly supported by the facts"
 The San Francisco Chronicle said that the President twas correct in making common cause between the American people and other countries of the world where our kind of freedom still to have fighting chance to pull through"
 The St. Louis Globe Democrat said Tt is either free world or world dominated by totalitariansm-and the United States the only country that tip the scales for free world"
 Let the Congress back him to the limit" said The Portland (Me.) Press Herald.
 (Which do you prefer?" asked the New York Daily News noncommittally after presenting the Presidents proposal and another which would let Communism spread unmpeded that the peoples of these Red lab oraory countries will find in few years that Commun- ism is fraud and phony. Tt credited the latter sug- geston to Joseph P. Kennedy, former ambassador to Great Britain
 "The United States, said The Philadelphia Inquirer is not called upon to support commitments of the Brit ish Empire indiscrminately but called upon