Evening star., 1951-11-15

charged. contains a quotation out
OF context or a distorted state
ment, all woven together to sup
port a politically expedient but
factually incorrect conclusion"
Defending the Truman and
Roosevelt moves and motives in
foreign policy, he denied that they
created the Russian menace.
Senator Taft. he said, has changed
many Of his earlier views on con-
tanning Russia but, nevertheless, /
seems to believe the menace might
be exaggerated.
At the very outset, the book
discloses. Senator Mcmahon
stated. that Senator Taft distrusts
the United Nations. has only a
limited interest in the Atlantic
pact and doubts the need and
wisdom Of large-scale economic
and military assistance to Western
European countries.
Held Still an Isolationist.
"The Senator's basic difficulty"
Senator Mcmahon said, "is that
he is. still an isolationist. He is
still the same man who said In
1910: War is even worse than a
German victory He fails utterly
to relate the peace and liberty of
our own people to the peace and
liberty of other parts of the
world.
"He admits the menace of the
Communist sphere. He acknowl-
edges somewhat grudgingly that
this Communist imperialism must
be contained. Yet, in almost the
same breath, he doubts that we as
a Nation can afford it. He would
have us put a ceiling price on our
liberty and shop for security"
. Commenting on Senator Nc
Mahon's attack on him as an iso-
lationist, Senator Taft said at a
press conference yesterday that
describing any one as either an
isolationist or an interventionist
amounts almost to name-call-
ing"
The book, he said, shows he is
not an isolationist. Questioned
on whether he considered himself
either an interventionist or an
internationalist, the Senator
laughed and declined to put him
self in either class.
Refers to 1910 Statement.
AS for Senator McMahon's ref
erence to the 1910 statement that
war is even worse than a Ger
man victory" the Ohio Senator
said both President Roosevelt and
Wendell Willkie said the same
thing in the 1910 presidential
campaign.
Russia is a threat to the Sc
curity of the United States that
Hitler never was" he replied when
asked whether he believed United
States participation in a general
war would be worse than a Rus
sian victory over Britain at this
time.
Senator Mcmahon accused Sen
ator Taft of falsely assert
ing that President Truman
intervened in Korea without
even telling Congress what he was
doing for several weeks" He de-
clared that, while Senator Taft
shows scant enthusiasm for the
U. N. he states no clear or con-
sistent policy of his own concern
ing international organization.
Senator Taft. he said, took a
"viciously partisan" stand in
charging the Truman administra-
|tion policy deliberately built
Russia up to the position of a
dangerous power" The real dan
ger lies in Russias armed might,
and that was not created by any,
thing done at Yalta. he explained.
Sees Opposition Voting.
Senator Mcmahon cited SEN
ator Taft's voting record, which,
he said. ran contrary to most of
the seven points he now proposes
for a foreign policy program. He
added that Senator Taft. who
is the self-styled arch opponent
OF 'me-tooism' now presents the
classes symptoms of that dread
condition"
The seven points related to Gre