Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1951-11-23

mood tie United States may De
asked to commit far more than
six divisions to the defense of
western Europe.
The Ohio senator said in a
new book, "A Foreign Policy for
Americans" that the past history
of the Truman administrators
handling of foreign policies makes
it likely lin another year we will
be asked for more divisions" to
supplement the North Atlantic
Treaty organization (NATO) fore
es headed by Gen. Dwight D.
Eisenhower.
AS a candidate for the 1852
Republican presidential nomina-
ton, Taft wrote down a barrage
of criticism against President
Truman, Secretary of State Ache
son, Gen. George c. Marshall and
other administration figures.
Taft said most presidents have
been imbued with a real determ-
ination to keep the country at
peace" But he went on in di-
rect attack on Mr.. Truman and
President Franklin ID. Roosevelt.
Il feel that the last two presi-
dents have put all kinds of polit-
ical and policy considerations
ahead of their interest in liberty
and pearce.'
Senator Mcmahon (D-Conn0 ],
a supporter of the administrations
foreign policy, promptly described
Taft's book as amazing for its
blindness to the nature of the
problems we face today" A MEM
Der of the senate foreign relations
committee, Mcmahon declared the
Taft views reflected total ignor-
ance of a sound foreign policy
for the United States"
Perhaps in reply to Tafts
criticism of Mr.. Truman and the
late President Roosevelt, McMa-
hon said:
Sentence after sentence (of
the book contains a quotation
out of context or a distorted
statement, all woven together to
support a politically expedient but
factually incorrect conclusion.
Praising administration policy,
Mcmahon said it stopped Soviet
expansion in every area of the
world which Russia did not oc-
cupy with its own troops during
the war"
Taft wrote that he doesn't 60
along with those who think this
country can withdraw TO its own
shores. He said he believes the
threat of Russian aggression is
so serious today that in defense
of the liberty and peace OF the
people of the United States
think we are justified in extend
ing economic aid and military aic
to many countries Xxx.
But he said he is not for any
permanent program calling fol
"a global plan for general free
assistance to all mankind on al
organized scale as part of oul
foreign policy"
Taft, who opposed the north At
lantic treaty and agreed with re
luctance to the contribution of sis
American divisions to the nortf
Atlantic treaty forces, said it wa
encouraging" that Eisenhowel
"by the force of his personalit,
made so much headway in per
suading the European nations o
the tremendous importance 0
arming themselves in joint de
fense."
Eisenhower is being doomed b.
some Republicans as possible
candidate against Taft for tht
1852 Republican presidential nom
ination.
Taft said the United States ha
no choice now but to "complet
as rapidly as possible the arminl
of western Europe if 1t desire
to be armed"
THAT policy was decided Of
in the Atlantic Pact and am Il
favor of carrying out this commit
ment, as worked out by the coun
Gil, and General Eisenhower TN
der the pact" The Ohioan declar
cd.
Charging the Truman admins
istration's lack of policy
brought on the Korean wal
Taft said the same 5asic policie
should be applied to Asia as t
Europe-"to check communism a
every possible point where it
within our capacity to do SO.
He said the administration ha
not hesitated in Europe TO ris
world war but refused to figf
the Korean war with all tn
means at its commando vie'
taken by Gen. Douglas Macarthur
Taft said it would be better I
maintain an uneasy peace o
the 38th parallel in Korea tina
a policy of perpetual war on tn
38th parallel"
But an armistice is likely I
leave us in approximately tn
same position we were in tw
years ago, before we move