Evening star., 1947-08-17
u. 5. Foreign Policy
Tends 10 Stem Social
Change, Pepper Says

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and Asia"
He criticized the Marshall plan as
being "too narrow because it Of
fered, economic assistance "only to
people we like" and laid down
'insupportable conditions" for such
aid.
He accused the Republican Con-
gress of having made reaction in
domestic policy the most potent
force shaping our foreign policy"
The Florida Senator last week
advocated denomination of President
Truman in 1948 and urged him to
select running mate who, sub
scribes as completely as possible to
the views of Franklin D. Roosevelt" :"
He Praises Truman.
Senator Pepper praised the Presi-
dent for working earnestly and
prayerfully for peace" despite re
dictionary and neutrality-suspicious."
attitudes in Congress.
II imply no disrespect to Presi-
dent Truman" he said, "in saying
that the point of view dominant In
the days of Franklin D. Roosevelt
would produce better understanding
and faster progress toward peace
today. We need more New Dealism
and I have no hesitation in using
that term. 1t is not demagogic to
declare that this country must get
back to talking more about the for
gotten man everywhere"
He said he discussed foreign pol
icy with the President Thursday,
but did not say how much they
agreed.
Announcing his support for the
Marshall Plan, Senator Pepper held
that 1t should apply Ito people in
other areas who are just as well
worth saving"
'I don't favor excluding aid to
people we don't like" he explained
"We should help every nation that
needs help If they can contribute
to world peace and assuming they
want to do business with u.s."
India, China Mentioned.
The Senator said he was not re-
ferring specifically to Russia or
Soviet satellites. He mentioned In
Ola, China and South America as
appropriate fields for broader eco,
nomic assistance.
He conceded that some Of the
Eastern European countries seem to
have excluded themselves from aid"
He described this as a challenge to
world leadership ITO effect an hon.
orable reconciliation" The solution,
he said, is not to be found in bick-
ering, prejudice or talk Of going to
war.
Senator Pepper warned against
repeating mistakes Of the 1920's.
The only answer IS more democ-
racy," he said, and the place to
start is at home" because a liberal
domestic policy would be reflected
in foreign policy.
He called outlook grim because
big countries, instead of working
through the United Nations, are
acting unilaterally outside the very
organization they set up to solve
their mutual problems
Senator Pepper, who voted against
Mr.. Truman's proposal to extend
$400, 100000 In economic and mill
tary aid to Greece and Turkey and
has criticized the Administrations
stiffened attitude toward Russia,
said the United States 'is becoming
more and more deeply mired in the
quagmire of Greek civil strife" even
to the point Of threatening unilater-
al military action.
Warning On Germany.
I'VE are in grave danger of re-
building Germany as part of the
macabre game Of power politics
among the former Allies.
"The world is being split into two
parts. We are falling into the grave
error, so repugnant to the mass of
the American people, of bolstering
reactionary and decadent regimes
in order to stem the tide of social
change in Europe and Asia.
"The resources of the United
States are not yet being used to
l1berate and advance the oppressed
colonial peoples. We have laid in
supportable conditions for economic
aid, conditions which are sowing
distrust even among those nations
we do offer aid. And we are notably
forgetting the free access of nations
to raw materials in our attempts to
corner the vast oil supplies of the
Middle East"
Other specific policies criticized by
Senator Pepper were those involv-
ing the Ruhr and the recent World
Bank loan to The Netherlands
while the Dutch were attempting
to drown the new Indonesian Re
public in blood bath" The
Senator said he believed the original
Potsdam program for decentraliza-
ton offered the most effective way
of handling the German settlement.
Stassen Attacked.
He attacked Harold Stassen.
avowed Republican presidential can
didate, for having suggested that
we condition all American aid to-
nations with the requirement that
they abandon their efforts toward
nationalizing their own economies"
"Mr. Stassen has merely given
public voice to the private views of
big business elements who do much
to shape our policy" Senator Pepper
asserted.
The Senator denied he was too
sympathetic with Soviet Russia,
although he urged "above all the
Strengthening of United States
Russian relations"
Il certainly never intended toI
give the impression that Russia has
democracy" he said. THE Soviet,
however. has made great progress
during the past Is years. There is
more political and economic
democracy in the Soviet Union than
at the time of the revolution. But,
of course, they are still far behind
U.s."