Show I 8 yr s D Q 1 Definite Foreign Policy fr Essential to Am America rica 6 S wt qty j The Issue Shall Nation Adopt Policy o of f Participation in World Affairs o or r Shall 1 J f We Aim at Nationalistic Goal r i L By BAUKHAGE j News Analyst and Commentator tor w u Service Union Trust Building Washington D. D C. C Today America faces races its first real problem as a world power Italy lies before us General Eisenhower Eis Eis- as commander of ot the Allied Allied Allied Al Al- t lied forces of ot invasion suddenly becomes bet becomes becomes be be- comes a statesman He is a soldier He can win battles Now he is the theman theman theman man ultimately responsible for di diT directing directing di- di T American world policy r What is American world policy Eisenhower is firm in his decIsions decisions deci decI- certain in his own procedure because he is responsible only to his in Commander But who is his in Commander-in- Chief Roosevelt A man mm who may suddenly leave the scene in the 6 midst of ot battle if the American public public pub pub- lic lie so decrees And then Has America any my firm foreign policy unfettered b by partisan partisan parti part san political restriction a clear- clear marked path that a fighting man oran or an any y other man cam follow In a few short weeks from now a at t group of busy pressed hard men are going to sit down on Mackinac is island island island is- is land and try to write what American Ameri Ameri- can foreign policy they think ought to be sponsored by the Republican part party These men have to face race the question question question ques ques- tion of committing the Republican t 1 party to a definite foreign policy i And paradoxically paradoxical by committing their party to a definite foreign policy policy poli poll f cy they may free both political parties parties par par- arties ar- ar ties of ot all commitment on foreign policy For if it the Democrats frame similar resolutions they can save America from a vicious split split one one t-one one which if it is not avoided will crash party lines and can destroy the two- two party system the rock of our den de de- n The Issue which America faces is simple shall we as a nation underwrite underwrite underwrite under under- write a policy which will Implement our participation in world affairs or orf or- or f shall we retire unto ourselves and pursue the nationalistic policy which says in effect let the rest re-ct of ot ithe the world stew in its own juice Until we took the Philippines America was able to leave the great and vital problems which should h have no political tinge outside partisan partisan partisan par par- politics We have had other othera a problems which have remained essentially essentially essentially es es- non nonpartisan The Problems a Take labor A vital question But has labor ever voted solidly for one ticket or the other No The will cast its traditional Republican votes in the coming election as it always always al al- ways has Some of the CIO members members mem mem- bers will vote to support the admin adman Others will vote as they darn please Slavery Slavery really really a labor question That did nearly wreck the republic F because it was made a partisan issue when it was not an issue at atall atall atall all Many of the influential southerners southern southern- ers ens were just as ready to free their slaves slaves' as the rabid abolitionists heated with emotional fervor failing to grasp the economic significance were to force them tox to x Again unless a cold calm discussion discussion discussion discus discus- sion and understanding of the question question question ques ques- tion of foreign policy takes place we we may face another split which although It need not mean civil war may me mean n a horrid dislocation of our whole political system When we went into World War II after Pearl Harbor the thc word isolationism isolationism iso was forgotten Today it has come back into our vocabularies ries and is being batted about like other political footballs by people who really dont don't understand its im lim- implications and are woefully ignorant of what dissension it may cause Politicians want to overlook it They cant This group of Republicans Republicans t 4 headed by Deneen Watson and a whole flying squadron of Democrats Democrats Dem Dem- too are arc insistent that the they be allowed to let the people know They are going to speak their pieces And the only hope of ot lifting this discussion out of partisan politics politics poli poll tics Is a settlement out of court It Itan an agreement by both parties on a tingle single foreign policy Lets Let's get back to that hot and perspiring perspiring per per- day in Washington late last month when Dencen Watson and land 1 his colleagues from this self appoint ed Republican organization the Republican Rep Republican Re Re- p publican foreign policy association association tion walked across quiet Lafayette i park opposite the White House and i iI I presented themselves to Chairman Spangler of ot the Republican national committee Results of Session It was some time before the results results results re re- of ot this meeting between Watson Watson Wat Vat Vatson son and his colleagues and Chairman Chairman Chairman Chair Chair- man Spangler of the Republican national national na nn- na- na committee leaked out Those with an Republican anti-Republican slant wove the words dropped into a threatened threatened threatened threat threat- ened split in the Republican party parly a drive to nominate Wendell Willkie Wilkie W for president To the person who tried to tobe be objective objective objective ob ob- it was neither Mr Spangler has one job job to to keep the party together to eschew any favoritism for any policy or any per per- son Naturally these persistent persons persons persons per per- sons who called upon him were presenting presenting presenting pre pre- a problem I believe it was that fact rather than what his critics said that indicated there was a leaning lean ing jag toward the status quo attitude attitude attitude atti atti- tude the desire to remain a purveyor purveyor purveyor pur pur- of platitudes and follow the tide rather than to face race it TIlls This issue issue full full participation in world affairs versus a return to nationalism nationalism nationalism na na- na- na or isolationism if you will willis is is according to our most earnest partisans non-partisans the most Important issue which has faced the public and should not be a political football Briefly what the men with their sleeves rolled up at Mackinac in September have to face is this shall we good Republicans come out frankly for world operation or dodge the issue What the Watson association demands demands demands de de- de- de mands is more than that and something something something some some- thing the Republican national committee committee committee com com- must face will the party officially officially officially get behind a wide nation-wide campaign campaign campaign cam cam- to educate the people on the international issue Unfortunately personalities do get mixed up in these things and Wendell Wendell Wen Weri dell Willkie has become the symbol of the International view That is why it is essential if the party is to take the issue out of partisan politics and disassociate it from any of ot the individuals aspiring for the Republican candidacy that they must go on record The Monroe Doctrine Walter LIppmann has written a book called American Foreign Policy Policy Policy Pol Pol- icy and the point he makes is this until 1900 politics did stop at the waters water's edge We had a foreign policy lor or thought we did which was the the Monroe Doctrine Acc According Accord rd- rd ing to Lippmann we were living under a delusion Namely that we had under the Monroe Doctrine declared declared de de- dared cur whole policy policy America America for Americans period which implied implied implied im im- im- im plied of course that the rest of the world could do what It pleased so long as it kept off our grass We believed that we could enforce enforce enforce en en- force that policy ourselves That was not correct We were really depending on the British fleet to enforce enforce enforce en en- force it It happened to be to BritIsh British Brit Brit- ish ash advantage to agree so there was no trouble Then we mixed in world affairs k found und we had to fight our own battles battles battles bat bat- and did it took it-took took over Hawaii the Philippines But we didn't provide provide pro pro- vide the means menns to hold them And so disagreeing on the various steps necessary to carry out our foreign policy we failed to provide the means menns to do so Britain so-Britain Britain was busy elsewhere and one morning we lost the Philippines and came within an eyelash ot of losing Hawaii And so we now face the necessity of framing a new foreign policy which must include the willingness to provide security for our own shores and those other contiguous shores South America and Canada which might be use used l by an enemy against us Or we have to take part In prophylactic measures measures to to stop the danger to our security In advance That issue once clarified by the two political parties will leave us free for a good old-fashioned old free- free for all political campaign and if the best man wins or the worst man wins his policies cant can't affect the International welfare of the nation Failure of both parties to clearly set forth their views on foreign policy policy poli poll cy may well create a third party movement which could wreck the two-party two system the rock on which our Republic is founded |