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should stop at the waters edge
It charges this has done harm to
international cooperation.
1.-The Democratic Party adheres
to the principles Of bipartisan
foreign policy" the memorandum
continues" and although the
Democratic Party is justly proud
of its record on the Korean aic
bills, we do not wish to negate
the bipartisan principle by start
ing a political fight over Korea
On the other hand, it is important
to keep the record straight. II
our party is subjected to isola-
ZIONIST attack because Of Korea.
Record Since 1S43.
The record Of the United States
policy toward Korea since 194S Ii
set down. It begins when al
Cairo, when the postwar inde.
pendence Of Korea was guaran.
teed by the United States, Britain
and China. At Potsdann, in 1945
Russia Joined in this guarantee
The memorandum recites thu
manner in which the United
States and Russia joined in lib
Grating Korea from Japanese
rulers. and continues:
"The present division of Kores
along the 38th Parallel was never
intended by the United States
and after Japanese forces hae
been disarmed. this country
sought to restore the unity ol
Korea" but was blocked by Rus
sia's refusal. This opposition BY
Russia has been responsible fol
the continued division OF the
country up to the present, the
statement says. It recites, too, the
fact that the Soviet government
had organized a North Korean
army and equipped it with Rus
sian material.
In detail the millions Of dollar!
contributed by this country foi
Korean aid is set forth in the
memorandum 1856 million fol
economic assistance for the years
1946 through 1949. Military as
sistance to Korea was included ir
the Mutual Defense Act Of 1949
when that country shared sat,
SAC, 900 with Iran and the Philip
pines.
G. o. p. Opposition Cited.
This Mutual Defense Act was
opposed, the memorandum said
by many Republicans, who sup
ported crippling amendments. ano
voted against its passage.
President Truman proposed, II
adds, q little ECA" for Korea ir
1949, and that. too, was fought by
Republicans. The bill for this pur-
pose was defeated in the House by
a vote of 1872 to 191, although q
Korean aid measure subsequently
was passed.
The memorandum insists. how
ever, that the first vote in the
House was great blow to South
Korea and that "the Communists
logically concluded that. If the
United States was so unwilling tt
grant aid to democratic Kores
with money. it certainly woule
never provide aid with men,"
Parties Split on Vote.
It points out that Republican
opponents of the program sale
chat any aid to the democratic
government of South Korea was
pouring money down a rat hole,
and that the Communist radio &c
quoted them.
The first vote in the House or
the Korean economic aid bill
showed 100 Republicans and 81
Democrats voting against. and a
Republicans and ITO Democrats
voting for it. The sole American
Labor Party vote was cast agains1
the bill, by Representative Mar
cantonio, of New York. who. th'
memorandum says. follows th'
Communist line.
The Democrats memorandum
brought quick response from th'
Republicans.
Representative Hall. OF New
York, chairman of the Republican
Congressional Campaign Commit
tee, declared in a statement:
"It will take a lot more thar
18 pages of distortion and mis-
representation by the Democratic
Congressional Committee to con
vince the American people tina
Mr.. Truman, Mr.. Acheson ant
the Democratic Party could con
done Communist conquest Of ASH
for five long years and then can
eel out that colossal blunder b!
sending American soldiers un
prepared into Korea.
Red Herrings "NOt Exhausted. !"
mo amount of abiding an,
lint-picking will cause the Ameri
can people to forget that it ha
been the Republicans both in ant
out of Congress who have Opposed
this policy
The Republican National Com
mittee said in a separate state
ment:
1.-THE Democrats haven't ex
hausted their supply of red her
rings. Tie latest one won't de
ceive the people, who know tina
the Republican Party has led tn,
fight against Communists at hom,
-as well as abroad. Look at tn,
record"
A top Republican strategist il
the House, asking not to be iden
titled by name. made clear tina
Republicans won't hesitate to us
Mr.. Kirwan's weapon in loca
political campaigns against the s.
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