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not have made a worse mess OF
our foreign policy than We did"
Lest his remarks be construed as
an attempt to sabotage the present
efforts of President Truman and
Secretary of State Marshall in the
international field and the so-called
bipartisan foreign policy Of this
country. the Republican leader has
tened to say the keystone of Re-
publican foreign policy under a
Democratic President" must be CO.
operation and that the foreign policy
Of the United States must not be
dealth with on partisan political
basis"
Mr.. Taft charged the Roosevelt
Truman policy toward Russia had
been too soft" and that this was
rectihed-too late-only when Sena-
tor Vandenberg was able to stiffen
the backbone Of the Administration.
He attributed most of the trouble
We face today in the field of foreign
affairs to this earlier soft policy
toward Russia.
Praises Vandenberg's Work.
The Ohio Senator again and
again, during his address, praised
the work of Senator Vandenberg
in the field of fc, "n policy. He
insisted to this c ldent, prior
to delivery of hi, ii, that the
Republican foreign program which
he laid down does not conflict with
the ideas OF Senator Vandenberg,
who has been the leader of Repub-
lican thought in the Senate on
foreign relations.
He said there Is no conflict be-
tween himself and the Michigan
Senator and he does not believe
it is possible for any one to picture
"Vandenberg- Taft split" He had
not consulted Senator Vandenberg,
he conceded, on his whole address,
but he did talk with him regarding
the achievement of the recent Rio
conference, to which Senator VAN
denberg was a delegate.
How Senator Taft's foreign rela-
tions program will be received by
Gov. Dewey of New York, leading
aspirant for the Presidential nomi-
nation, or with former Gov Stassen
Of Minnesota, also a candidate for
the Presidency, is still to be de-
veloped. Both have played their
parts in the development of the
present so-called bipartisan foreign
policy Of the United States.
Six-Point Program.
The Republican program Of Sena-
{nr Taft NaNfoinnd civ tooir,fe iv1
addition to his proposal to build the
whole policy around the United Ma
tions.
/. Maintenance of peace so long as
conditions do not threaten the free
dom of the people of the United
States.
2. Opposition to communism as an
aggressive force.
3. Help to Germany to support It.
self.
4. Making peace as rapidly as pos
sible with Japan, permitting Japan
to support itself like any other
nation"
5. Giving economic assistance to
war-ravaged countries, but with
tUdIIS W cICCl1lC COuIlVl lcH 1Ol SpCCl~
&c purposes and the money to be
used only to pay for goods shipped
from the United States.
g. Maintaining a strong Army and
Navy, and retaining the atomic
bomb while the Russian attitude re-
mains what 1t is today.
Gives List of Mistakes.
Senator Taft listed a long series
OF what he called mistakes made
by the Roosevelt Truman Admins
trations in the foreign field, be-
ginning with the abandonment of
the principles of the Atlantic
Charter.
His most vigorous attack was upon
the Roosevelt attitude toward Soviet
Russia.
Eve seemed to feel that we had
TO beg Stain to continue the battle
against Germany and accepted his
view Of military strategy in the at