Evening star., 1951-07-22
Taft Sees Peace
Lost by Truman
And Roosevelt
Assuils Democrats
AT 6. o. P. Outing
In Annapolis
BY Gould Lincoln

Delivering i two-fsted attack
on the Truman administration,
Senator Taft of Ohio yesterday
told a Maryland Republican out
ing at Annapolis that the Roose-
velt-Truman foreign policy had
resulted in 1.-The loss OF the peace
after the American people won
the (second world) war"
The Senator. regarded as o
strong potential candidate for the
Republican presidential nomina-
tion next year, congratulated
Maryland Republicans on electing
Gov. McKeldin by a tremendous
majority.
1T is a pleasure to come
here knowing that Maryland is
a great Republican State" said
Senator Taft. Last year you
elected John Marshall Butler
senator over one OF the veteran
Democrats OF this State dormer
Senator Tydings). In his short
service he has demonstrated the
qualities which will give Mary
land the influential position in
the Senate to which it Is entitled.
Confident Of Victory.
I'VE look confidently to a Re
publican victory here in 1852"
Senator Taft promised that the
Republican Party, if given con-
troll Of the Government, would
eliminate from Washington the
low moral tone, the dishonesty
and inefflciency which official in
vestigation by q Democratic Con-
gress has shown to exist from the
top down in this Administration. i"
The vitality necessary thing"
he said. lis to substitute in the
executive department people who
are interested in protecting the
people from exploitation by the
Government through taxes and
controls. instead of those who be-
lieve that spending is q public
service necessary for their own
welfare and that of the people. /"
Senator Taft said that the Re-
publican party has supported a
strong and consistent policy in
opposition to Communism and
would continue to do so.
Would Relax Expenses.
ut does not" he said, propose
to relax the essential necessary
expenses to carry out that pro-
gram. During this emergency, we
believe in reasonable aid to friend
ly countries. but only to the ex-
tent of our capacity, and only to
the extent absolutely necessary in
our battle against the spread of
Communism throughout the
world"
Senator Taft charged that the
cleft wingers" in the administra-
ton are delighted to have an op-
to impose the Fair Deal
program on the American people
through the controls" which are
demanded because of the Korean
war and the need Of rebuilding
the nations military strength.
Truman, he said, Is not
at all concerned with getting rid
Of these controls.
The history Of the Korean war,
which Senator Taft said Presi-
dent Truman initiated without
authority, shows that the admin
istration has mo foreign policy,
no consistency and no principle. "
Undoubtedly a stalemate peace
at the 38th parallel is better than
a stalemate war at the 38th paral-
lei. The net result is the loss of
10000 casualties and billions of
dollars and the destruction of the
very country we undertook to de-
fend."
Senator Taft predicted that the
aggression Of the Chinese Com
munists will be recognized" and
that they will be perfectly safe, /"
when the peace has been made at
the 38th parallel.
Failed to Realize" Red Threat.
He declared that the admins
tration failed before Korea-to
realize the Russian threat. It
was only in March, 1850, he said,
that Gen. Bradley, chairman of
the Joint Chiefs Of Staff, testified
that $13 billion was substantially
sufficient for the complete pro-
lection Of United States, and Gen.
Eisenhower suggested that about
half a billion dollars more be
added and wants that repeated
in the next year.
Reciting the tremendous ex-
penditures which the Government
is now called on to make for ma
tional defense and to aid Western
Europe, making necessary the
greatest tax burden ever imposed
on the American people, Senator
Taft said:
"The administration says that
this program was forced upon it
by circumstances beyond its con-
troll. It is quite true that we are
forced today into a great military
program, and into reasonable as
sistance to foreign nations where
such assistance can really check
the dangerous growth of Commu-
mist dictatorship throughout the