Evening star., 1951-02-11
Mcfarland Denounces
Foreign Policy Critics
As Cain Backs Them
By Gould Lincoln

In the midst of chorus of Re-
publican denunciation of the Tru-
man Administration and it's poll
cies, Senator Mcfarland of Ari-
Zona, newly elected Democratic
leader of the Senate. last night
branded the critics as summer
soldiers" "petulant pundits," and
gloom peddlers and defeatists. :"
He spoke at the first of the 1851
Jefferson-Jackson Day Dinners, at
Raleigh, N. c.
Senator Mcfarland did not
mention the Republican critics by
name, but some of his remarks OBJ
viously were aimed at recent at
tacks on Administration foreign
policy by former President Herbert
Hoover and Senator Taft, Repub-
lican, of Ohio.
Whom are we going to fol-
loW?" the Arizona Senator asked,
Gen. Eisenhower or the men who
one day advocate that we isolate
ourselves in this hemisphere and
forget the. rest of the world and
the next day admit that perhaps
it would be better to give Europe
limited aid?"
Quotes Eisenhower Report.
He recalled that Gen. Eisen-'
hover. supreme commander of
combined force being organized
under the North Atlantic Treaty
Organization for the defense of
Western Europe, recently reported
to the American people that the
nations of free Europe are willing
to fight against Russian aggres-
sion and are mobilizing rapidly.
He went on:
Are we going to follow Gen.
Eisenhower or the men who argue
with each other about mathemati-
cal formulae on troops?
who knows the military situa-
ton and the facts in Europe bet
ter-the great soldier who served
as supreme commander in Europe
or the tinid men suddenly become
mlllJary SCraJeglSUS!
Prefers Generals Valuation.
81 prefer to believe Gen. Eisen-
hover when he says quietly and
plainly that we can count on the
support of millions of freedom
loving people in Europe. I prefer
to follow Gen. Eisenhower when
he says that he can, with our aid,
build up a European fighting force
which can deter Russia. I prefer
to take Gen. Eisenhcwer's valua-
ton that the governments in
Europe are alive to the threat
from the Kremlin and will fight to
the death against it,
At the same time, Senator Cain,
Republican. of Washington, speak
ing at a Lincoln Day dinner at
Weston, w. Va. asked: DO the
people realize fully that the same
Administration and State Depart
ment crowd that fumbled us into
the Korean war still is on the
job and still fumbling?"
Senator Cain pointed out that
the only casualty to the long rec
ord of bad guesses by the Admin
istration has been Louis Johnson,
former Secretary of Defense. He
said that Gen. Eisenhower is 60
ing to make the Atlantic pact ma
tions do their share for defense.
But. he asked, what are the spe-
cif1c defense measures being pro-
vided for the strategic Dardenelles
and other critical centers?
Points to Tax Load.
Does the administration think
that the United States economy
can take the punch to the jaw
that an almost 500 billion budget
would deliver" Senator Cain de-
manded. do the people realize
what an additional $16.5s billion
tax burden this year viii do to
their standard of living? And do
they know that while the admins
tration is preaching austerity for
the populace, it is practicing luxury
for Government"
Senator Mcfarland told his aud
fence in Raleigh that the attackers
of President Truman were like the
"traducers of Thomas Jefferson,
Andrew Jackson, woodrow Wilson
and Franklin D. Roosevelt
The United States. has8 never
been stronger in it's history. and
is growing stronger hourly" the
Democratic leader asserted.
"The truth is" he said. ."that
we have many millions OF firm
friends around the globe; that
an overwhelming majority of the
United Nations has Joined us in
every step we have taken to stop
aggression and to restore peace
with honor in the world. =
eff we have been misled and
misruled as these critics cry, let
the defeatists explain how Amer
lea has gone from triumph to
triumph"