Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1950-11-05

jurisdiction. Then, believe it OF
not, this 4 million pounds OF
copper was shipped back around
the world to the Communist
Chinese war machine.
1t is not unlikely that in North
ern Korea today. and in Other
battles in the future, American
boys will be killed by bullets made
with this 4 million pounds o.
copper.
I say with all of the emphasis
at my command, this appease.
ment of Communist war machine
by shipping war machinery tt
them must stop. America will nevel
buy peace by shipping war sup.
plies to Communist forces, wheth-
er they are of the Russian, OF
Chinese, or other variety.
1947 Actions Cited.
These actions are of the same
type as those which occurred ir
1947.
1 charge that in August 194I
the Soviet ship, Mikhail Kutuzov
sailed from New York with atomic
devices and machinery for Russia
and that these postwar shipments
of electronic devices and machin.
cry and the spying of Klaus Fuchs
and Harry Gold are the direct
reason that the Communists oil
Russia have atomic bombs today
These facts have now been re-
vealed in the spy Investigations
in this country and in England.
These facts point up and prove
that our national administration
has been so weak and confused
and spy-riddled that this more
than anything else accounts fol-
the tragic f1ye-year loss of the
bright hopes of peace for which
so many men fought and SO many
men died in World War II.
These revelations of postwar
foreign policy make it clearer day
by day that the President has
been caught between very bad ad-
vice from his State Department
and very bad politics of the Mis-
souri, Pendergast machine moved
up to a national operation.
1t is understandable that he
said nothing tonight about that
foreign policy record. but cast
outlandish slurs of isolationism
which no longer apply to the Re-
publican Party, or any part Of
America.
This was clearly shown in his
recent flight to Wake Island to
meet Gen. Macarthur. 1t is now
apparent that even at this late
date his administration will not
take Gen. MacArthur's advice on
Communist China. and Formosa,
and ndo-China, which are the
three future trouble spots. In
stead, the trip was staged as a
political escapade to obtain pub
licity for the campaign.
Philadelphia Quoted.
AS a Philadelphia carpenter
with son in Korea commented
to me bitterly recently:
ut looks like the President had
more cameras along for his first
meeting with Macarthur than our
soldiers had tank guns for their
first meeting with the North
Koreans
The President said nothing to-
night about the defense response
bilities of his administration and
his foreign policy record.
.7 The policies of the EaGmiristr a
ton at home have been just as
wrong, but the sad results are not
vet as obvious. -
A Democratic politician cynical
ly commented to me recently that
he knew the imitation was dam
gerous but that we Republicans
would not be able to get the peo-
pie to understand the dangers Of
imitation. s ~
1t is true that imitation is a
complicated subject. All too often
in the history of other countries
the people did not understand its
evils until it was too late, and
then the wild price rises and the
wiping out of savings and of earn
ings caused the tragic collapse of
the country.
But I am confident that the
American people are too intelli-
gent to follow on down this slip
perry imitation read.
Every housewife in America
knows that higher and higher
prices have been pushing in
through the kitchen door, and
higher and higher taxes have
been pushing in through the front
door, and the family is squeezed
in between, with increasing diff
Guilty in keeping the family budget
in balance, particularly if there
are small children in school. This
is the main reason why in every
one of the last five months more
savings bonds have been casheo
in by the people than have beer
purchased by them.
Living Costs Stressed.
In these same five years ir
which this tragic record of foreign
policy has been made, the cost OF
living has climbed from 1890 to
1888. Thus the dollar today will
buy only 10 per cent of what il
would buy five years ago. During
this same five years the total dol
lar income of the American work
ers and wage earners has only
climbed from I'll billion dollars
to 223 billions.
During the same five years the
total debts of the consumers oil
America have climbed from 6 bill.
lions to 81 billions for a RECORD
high total. In other words, the
workers and wage earners IL
America are worse off today ir
their own pocketbooks, in theil
own cost of living, in their 'owr
family budgets, than they were
| five years ago, This is especially