Evening star., 1950-08-15
The Political Mill
Foreign Policy Charges
Of G. O. P. Stand Up
Democrats Cannot Refute
Story Of Whot Happened
By Gould Lincoln

The Republican members OF the Sen.
ate Foreign Relations Committee have
added their testimony to the fact the
Roosevelt and Truman Administrations
played right into the hands of the Rus
sian Communists and in 1945 gave Rus
sia "a green light to grab whatever it
could in China, Korea, and Formosa."
The fact is as plain as the nose on the
face Of a camel.
Senator Connally of Texas, Demo-
cratic chairman of the Foreign Rela-
tions Committee, in reply complains
that the statement issued by the Re-
publican Senators is a "palpably political
statement intended to influence the
coming elections" OF course it is poll
tical and intended to influence vote
in the coming election. But that's n
argument against the Republican memo.
randum. The whole issue is whether Il?
statement is correct, whether 1t gives 6
true picture of what happened.
Charges Stand Up.
An administration of the stupidity with
which the Truman Administration is now
charged-and certainly the charges have
not been disproved but appear to stand
up clearly-is vulnerable politically.
If it has been responsible for getting
the United States and the American peo-
pie into present conditions, where they
have neither ample national defense nor
peace, the voters are entitled to know it
and should act on the knowledge in the
elections next November.
The Republican memorandum says:
"The major tragedy of our time was the
failure and refusal of American leader
ship in 1945 to recognize the true aims
and methods Of the rulers of Soviet Rus
sia." Admittedly the Roosevelt Admins
tration and the Truman Administration
both failed to recognize these aims. They
must have or else be charged with having
deliberately destroyed the strength Of
this country, which, if retained, would
have forced peace and prevented the
spread Of Communist aggression. Indeed
the Roosevelt Administration, early in it's
control of Government, wrapped its arms
around Soviet Russia, giving 1t recogni-
ton, sympathy and assistance.
The Republican memorandum con-
tinues that: ito this failure can be traced
the disintegration of our armed forces in
1915; to this failure can be traced the
blindness of our leadership in ignoring
the Communist attempt to capture the
minds Of men" This, too, cannot be
denied.
Recites Errors Made.
The Republican memorandum recites
the errors made by these Democratic ad-
ministrations at the Yalta and Potsdam
conferences, where the Russians, includ-
ing Uncle Joe" pulled the wool over
the eyes of our leaders. and where con-
cessions were made to the Russian Com
munistS which resulted in putting Russia
in position where it could overrun East
ern Europe and move communism deep
into the continent of Asia
No one can reasonably deny now that
these errors were made. So the memoran-
dunn becomes a political document Of
great force-unless the American people
are content to close their eyes to these
errors of judgment.
Why should the American people re-
tain in control of their Government an
administration which has been so greatly
at fault? 1t has been at fault, too, over
long string of years. in it's dealing with
Communist Russia. This was no flash-in-
the pan mistake. The administration and
its predecessor failed utterly to under
stand or to see the Russian Communists
were bent on world domination through
the spread of communism everywhere,
including the United States. Yet it was
the business of the administration. Ger
tainly If the administration did under
stand, then it has been guilty of some
thing far worse than dumbness.