Evening star., 1948-02-13
DeweyHits 'Bungling'
By Truman, Proposes
Federation Of Europe
by the Associated Press

BOSTON, Feb. 13.-Gov. Thomas
e. Dewey has served notice he in
tends to make the Truman admin
istration's foreign policy. major
issue in this years presidential elec-
ton campaign If he wins the Re-
publican nomination.
The New York Governor charged
President Truman with "bungling"
in foreign affairs and demanded "the
policies of the present administra alton
be thrown overheard lock, stock and
barrel"
At the same time, Gov. Dewey
submitted his own blueprint for a
European recovery program at a
I.incoln's Day dinner last night-a
program that calls for an American
financed Federation of Europe.
The road to world peace, he said,
lies in such a federation uniting
the countries of Western Europe
including Western Germany-politi-
cally economically and militarily.
Confers on Prospects.
Earlier Gov. Dewey conferred with
Massachusetts and New Hampshire
leaders on his presidential prospects
and was told they were good
Gov. Robert F. Bradford, of Mas
sachusetts said Gov. Dewey had
moved up" in the Bay State.
Gov. Charles M. Dale, of New
Hampshire predicted Gov. Dewey
would sweep that States eight dele
gates in the March primary-the
first in the Nation. Gov. Dale is
running himself as a Dewey dele
gate.
Gov. Dewey charged in his first
major foreign-po address that
the Truman administration Is help
ing the Soviet scheme of world
conquest through "blundering" and
Compromising" with Russia.
These are the policies" he said,
(which resulted in stlrrendtng 200,-
O00, 900 people in Middle Europe into
the clutches of Soviet Russia and
are rapidly delivering the 00,000,-
600 people of China into the same
hands"
Outlines Own Program.
Without mentioning the Marshall
Plan by name, Gov. Dewey outlined
his own program for European re-
covery-one that provides for ex-
penditure of the entire $4,000, ,000,-
900 already asked of Congress, II
necessary.
I'm two and one-half years since
the war" he said, I'VE have spent
over $40, 900, 100000 in foreign aid,
indiscriminately scattered among
free peoples and those behind the
iron curtain"
Gov. Dewey said continuation OF
the Truman policies would ALLOW
the iron curtain to move across
Europe to Boston Harbor on one
side of us and across Asia to Pearl
Harbor on the other"
The New York Governor said II
was difficult to place limits-either
in dollars and cents or time-on any
European Recovery Program.
He insisted, however, the program
must be more than just stop-gar
measure.
"Our aid" Gov. Dewey said
should be given in proportion tx
European effort to achieve unity.
Can't Predict Cost.
"No one can say with accuracy
how much will be needed in the
first Is months because no one car
tell how rapidly production can b'
increased In Europe, and no one car
foretell the weather and its effects
on crops
He said, too, that mo one Car
foretell the intensity OF the Sovle
economic offensive to sabotage re-
covery."
Gov. Dewey said the full s17,000.-
100000 sought in the Marshall Plan
could be appropriated for European
aid-and still permit substantial
reduction in our national debt al
well as a warranted reduction ir
our own tax burden"
He suggested the Pan-Amerlcar
defense agreement be used as 9
model in uniting the countries o1
Western Europe militarily. Such ar
agreement, he said, is permitted by
the United Nations Charter.
Declaring Modern wars have al
been waged by relationships against
nations they thought were divided, >
Gov Dewey said:
"Aggressors do not attack nation:
they know are strong and united
Joined in a great federation a fret
Europe can become a great bulwarl
for peace"