Evening star., 1949-05-29


During. and particularly sine
name of the great theology OF pea
dollars and have deprived our
selves of important reserves OF
vital raw materials. Where other
nations have been paying only lip
service to democracy, We have
plunged In with everything we
have.
Theory of Ideolosies
A total of more than 10000
100000 was appropriated by o
somewhat reluctant Congress for
the sake of restoring the hard
tried world to normalcy after
World War II. We placed our bill
lions at the disposal Of the needy
nations, regardless Of whether
they were moved by friendly or
antagonistic feelings toward this
country.
Poland, the Soviet Ukraine,
Yugoslavia and other nations
which suffered at the hands of the
Axis shared in the American bo-
nanza. although some Of them be-
longing to the Soviet bloc denied
Independent American observers
permission to see how Americas s
substance was being distributed.
Even former Gov. Herbert Lehman
Of New York, one-time head OF
UNRRA. was denied visa by ma
tions behind the iron curtain.
Marshal Tito of Yugoslavia ex-
pressed his thanks In a particu-
larly remarkable way by shooting
down unarmed American planes
flying from Austria to Italy and
killing five American flyers. The
American Government, however,
was 50 imbued with the Christian
spirit that 1t recognized Tito's
government.
We must not, we were told, allow
such incidents to interfere with
the wider scope Of our real objec-
tiyes of peace and good will among
men and to disturb even the fic-
tion of collaboration between East
and West. But while the average
Americans good sense eventually
led him to take a more realistic
view Of the shape of things to
come. the top-ranking men in the
State Department continued to be
moved, in their diplomatic actions
which involve this country, by the
ideologies which developed soon
after we became the wartime asso-
ciate Of the U. s. s. r.
These ideologies, which are
based on the theory that we must
have nothing to do with dictators,
were developed during the war,
when by fiat Of the American
Government the U. 8. s. r. became
a democratic nation. In this we
mimicked Adolf Hitler, who for
reasons of high policy. had de-
clared the Japanese honorary
Aryans." . 90
Abandoned Policy s'1 80
Practical considerations were ig-
nored In handling the different
countries whose rehabilitation on
a peaceful basis was our primary
aim. Thus, completely oblivious
to the temperament Of the Latin
Americans. the State Department
departed from our time -honored
policy Of not interfering with the
domestic policies Of other countries
and started q violent campaign
against Juan D. Peron, then the
dictatorial-minded candidate for
the presidency Of the Argentine
republic.
A blue book denouncing the
dictatorial and Nazi tendencies of
the Argentine leader was prepared
by Spruille Braden, then Assist
ant Secretary of State. and issued
by the State Department. The
result was that Gen. Peron's elec-
ton, only a probability before that
time, became dead certainty.
And Argentina has been saddled
with Gen. Peron ever since, in spite
of the American Governments
pin-prickins policies.
We have abandoned our tradf-
tional policy. which was to break
OF diplomatic relations when we
considered another nation hostile
to US or guilty Of gross misdeeds.
It was our right to do 50 under