Evening star., 1947-06-09
On the Record
U. S.-Supported Parties
Proposed to Fight Reds
Strong Political Programs in Europe
Held Vital to Our Foreign Policy
By Dorothy Thompson


While we are spending "a per cent Of the
national budget for war preparations, the
soviets are taking over Europe step by step;
methodically. by the device of the fifth column
disciplined and directed by the Russian state
The latest accession to the formidable coli
lection of states under Soviet domination is
Hungary, and the gravity of the coup cannot
be minimized. Czechoslavakia, which has been
trying to keep foot in both Eastern and
Western camps is now walled in; Romania Is
surrounded, Marshal Tito. with his eve on
Trieste-once an Austro- Hungarian ports
backed up; Austria is in terrific squeeze All
the former Austro Hungarian monarchy which
before World War I one OF the greatest
European powers-except that part of tiny
Austria occupied by Western troops-is gone
None of this went Communist because
the people wanted 1t. There is less domestic
communism than in Italy or France They
have not had popular revolutions" They are
victims of cynical seizures of power.
Red Regimes Are Hardy.
Communist regimes cannot be ousted by
Strengthening democratic elements once
Communists control the state They cannot
be bribed. Their economies. armies, and diplo-
macy will be added to the Soviets. Every aid
given them whether financial or relief, will
only make it easier for the Soviets, as aid to
Japan-once we knew where she stood-was
suicidal
International Communist propaganda will de-
scribe the Hungarian coup as Russias answer
to the Truman Doctrine. We should not fall
for that. Hungary was delivered into Soviet
hands when the Red armies were put in control
there and the present outcome was inevitable.
The Truman Doctrine very clumsily launched,
only gave the Soviets an excuse they would
have found anyway.
Our foreign policy must concentrate on what
is left OF Europe. 1t is doing so, but not drawing
radical enough conclusions.
Prime Minister Stain is much smarter, than
Hitler who could also have had Europe il he
had chosen not to commit blatant aggression
Mr.. Stain has no intention of so doing al
though his program is identical: The domina-
ton of the Eastern Hemisphere and the isola-
ton of the United States.
Trade Unions Controlled.
Mr.. Wallace wants us to pay for American
isolation from the world. Paying for 1t is un-
necessary, for we get 1t for nothing Mr..
Stain intends to capture states from within by
first capturing key positions which can prevent
any non-Communist government from func-
tioning. Thus, he already controls the trade
unions OF Italy and France and can hold up
their governments.
The United States can defeat this policy
which 1t went to war to block-only by prevent
ing the domination of the Eastern Hemisphere
by single aggressive totalitarian power This
could be accomplished through European pro-
grams and parties which we should support
with even more aid than the Soviets give the
Communists. This requires diplomacy which,
like the Russian, deals with parties and persons,
not governments. The Soviet conspiracy for
Europe can be frustrated only by Europeans
backed to the hilt by the United States
This, however, presumes united will in the
United States which does not yet exist We
also have fifth column. more formidable than
people think, and only waiting for a domestic
crash in order to operate effectively And that
domestic crash will be actively facilitated from
abroad by draining our treasury while elimi-
mating our markets
(Released by the Bell Syndicate, Insl