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Show o eo fiITt p e eWillkie Willkie Emphasizes NeedFor Need . For U USe USeto . S . to Direct Peace PeaceDedicates Peacel Peace Peacea PeaceDedicates l ; $ w a f , & Dedicates His Life to Arousing American Americanleadership AmericanLeadership AmericanLeadership leadership in 'All-Out 'All All Out ' - - Offensive for forGlobal forGlobal forGlobal Global Peace When War Ends Ends/ Ends EndsBy . / : ' By BAUKHAGENn BAUKHAGENews BAUKHAGE BAUKHAGENews News Nn > s A AlaIst Atallst A lahst laIst tallst ) and Commentator Comrneneator WNV \VNU VNU WNt1 \ Service 1343 H Street N W WWashmgton WWashington WWashington Washmgton Washington DC D CEd C CEi , Ed Ei ! tar lor tor s s Note l In oa an * n earc/us earc us "clus clus exclus " / veiinervtcirwtt ve ye lalervi interview intervieww . " , I W Ib th Baukha B.uUc BuUc Baukbaje . , : a , W.ndl Wndl Wendel Wo . de1 , Wllkt W Ilk 0 e 'iscloses iscloses d ' s . scloses c/o.e co.e c o.e oe closes / . . t b h s s bluccr biuepr blue Dr nt 01 for tbe the < he tu fu u u e . In Inthe Inthe IIItheiollow the io/low io low follow / nt 01 nr ut art * cle de tie W Ilkle lIkle Ilkte d eposes .po.es po.es poes closes . . of ofthe ofthe , Ibe the tb th d a po pa p * ty 17 ti ffUMt/on ffUMt on questloa question / mS oad aed it d scuss.s scusss seusses seussesAmer scussesAmct . ' Amcr Amer ca c s slob s 101 lob ' n " tbe the " > * P ' 1'0.1 10.1 101 post . " wu war ' r pelceWendell peaceWendell petce pelce peace petceWendell Wendell Willkie WIllkle Wrlikie has cut out a ahuge ahuge ahuge huge new job for himself hlmselt hlmseltThat . . That revelat revelaton on came to me 1 in inone inone one startling rapier sentence hurled hurledacross hurledacross hurledacross across his IDS des desk ! . as I sat opposite oppositean an unsuspecting unsuspectmg inquiring Inqulrmg reporter reporterIt It is the biggest ) job ob Willk Wlllk e a ever evertackled evertackled evertackled tackled Bigger I am sure he be belIeves believes beheves lIeves than being belDg President e\ e et e\en e en een \ en IDv.artlme mwartime in ID m Bartime v.artlme vartlme wartime v.artlmeould . \ would \\ould ould have beenIt beenIt been beenIt It is not the ) job ob of leading leadmg : a third thirdparty thirdparty thirdparty party I have his Ius word that he con considers conalders considers siders alders forma formation tron of a third party partylIDposslble partyimpossible partyimpossible partyimpossibleIt lIDposslble impossible lIDposslbleIt impossibleIt It is the ) job ob of arousing arousmg Amenca America Amencato Americato Americato to leadership in 1D an all out oiTensn offensl\ offensl offensle offensive offenslfor offensivefor \ e efor for a global peacehen peace \ when \\hen hen the war warendsbegmnmg warendsbeginning warends ends-begmnmg ends begmnmg ends-beginning beginning - beginning nowWith nowWith now nowWith With his well thatched bead head and andIDS andhis andhis IDS his square shoulders silhouetted silhouettedagamst silhouettedagainst silhouettedagainst agamst against the flashing aslung dashing panorama of ofthe ofthe ofthe the East river below Willkie WIllkle talked talkedto talkedto talkedto to me m in the office of his law firm firmon firmon firmon on Broad street m 1D in New York . . . A Ajanglmg Ajangling Ajangling janglmg jangling telephone interrupted mterrupted occa occaslonally occasionally occasionally slonally sionally be he paused to give qUick qUickanswers quickanswers quickanswers answers to pencilled notes from Ius his Iussecretary hissecretary hissecretary secretary but he kept bis his mind onfar on onfar onfar far horizons as he be answered a lIst lIstof listof hstof of 14 questions which I had pre pre- prepared pre- pre prepared prepared - - pared paredThe The remark that convinced convmced me methat methat methat that he mean means means business busmess was a part partof partof partof of his IDS answer to the ninth nmth of my 14 14questIons 14questions 14questions questIons After he had stressed the thenecessity thenecessity thenecessity necessity tor for more American Amencan lead leaderslup leadership leaderstup erslup ership in m the war effort of the UnitedNations UnIted UnItedNatIons UnitedNations NatIons I asked'What asked'What asked What 'What ' ' will happen if the Unrted United UnrtedStates UnitedStates UnitedStates States doesn t take this leadership leadershipyou leadershipyou leadershipyou you say Is necessary necessary9 ? ' How will It Itaffect itaffect itaffect affect the war war9 ? ' How will it affect affectthe affectthe affectthe the post war world9 world world9American ? ' American Amencan LeadershipWilkie Leadership LeadershipWillkie Willkie Wilkie has a habit of looking you youin youin youin in the eye He doesn t often gaze gazeinto gazeinto gazeinto into space and meditate before he hespeaks hespeaks hespeaks hespeaksIf speaks speaksIf speaksH If H there is not a United Unrted \ I\at I at 1\at 1 Aat \ ons onsumted onsunited onsunited umted united co comirand command = and and united counc council councilwith councilwith WIth America playing playmg its part m mthe mthe mthe the leadershlp-I leadershlp I leadership-I leadership leadership - - I mean political and andmoral andmoral andmoral moral leadership as well as military mthtary militaryleadersh mthtaryleadersh militaryleadersh andI I leadersh P-It P It - p - it will mean that the thewar thewar thewar war warIll will \\Ill Ill gill \ last longer many morelives more morelives morelives lives w II U be lost uselesslyBy uselessly uselesslyB By B > ) this tlus time his words were stac staccato staccato staccato cato each sharply emphasized the thewords thewords thewords words of a man whoanted who \ wanted \\anted anted Ius his Iushearers hishearers hishearers hearers to bel eve The last phrase phrasecame phrasecame phrasecame came crescendo cre.cendo crecendo . crescendoand cre.cendoand and the world will revert revertto revertto revertto to the old spirit splnt spurt of natIonahsmThen nationalismThen nationalism natIonahsm ! Then he be turned and looked at meintensely me meIntensely meintensely Intensely That s why I have dedi deds dedicated dedsGated dedicated cated Gated my life We to this JobTh3"1 ) job jobTh ob obThaee Th3"1 Th31 Thaee Th " ! ' ! e words and the way they theywere theywere theywere were spoken : convinced convlDced me that thatWendell thatWendell thatWendell Wendell Wlllh1ehatever Willkie Wlllh1e \ whatever \\hatever hatever his pollt polt polltcal poltIcal politleal cal Ical ! ambitions might be had drawn drawna a blueprint blueprmt for his Ius own future that"as thatv that cas "as as v " as wider than the map of theUnited the theUnIted theUnited UnIted States StatesWe StatesWe We have to get started now he hesaid hesaid hesaid said we can t wait walt until unW the war waris waris waris is over We have to begin begm to bUild bUildthe buildthe buildthe the machinery machmery step by step It isn t ta ta ta a thing thmg that \ will ill come corne full blown out outof outof outof of the bottleWhat bottle bottleWhat What are you going gomg to do about aboutit aboutit aboutit9 . it ? ' I askedThird asked askedThird Third Party Again Agarn AgainI I am going to speak I am gOIng gOIngto goingto goingto to wr te to I am going to try to con convert convent convert vert vent the country to the bel ef-and ef and of-and of efandI ofandI et - andI I am going to work with n the theframe theframework thefraroew frame\\ frame frameork framework partytoward partytoard \ \ ork of the Republ can party to\\ard to ard toward \ the adoption of this idea as asa asa asa a pol polcy cy cyWhat polcyWhat cyWhat What about a third thud party party9 ? ' I Iasked Iasked Iasked IaskedThe asked askedThe The formation of a third party IS ISlegally islegally islegally legally ble he imposs replied 1m im 1mpatIently impatiently impatiently patIently brush ng aside the politrcal political politrcalunplIcat politicalrmphcat politicoimplicatons unplIcat rmphcat ons He returned to the theI thequestIon thequestion thiquestion I questIon policyJust of a war and peace policy Justhat Just \ what \\hat hat is this tlus policy 1 ? ' Mr MrWillkle MrWilllue MrWillkie Willkle Willlue made that pretty plain plam in inhis his report to the nation He saidTo SaidTo said saidTo To win wm that peace three thmgs things thmgssecm thingsseem thingsseem secm seem to be necessary-first necessary first necessaryfirstwe necessary - first we wemust wemust wemust must plan now tor for peace on a global globalbasis basIs second theorld the \ world \\orld orld must be betree befree free ticallyfor economically and pol pal tIcally for nations and for men that tbat peace peacemay peacemay peacfmay may exist in it th rd America Americamust Americamust AmericEmust must play an active constructiv constructIve < . part in fieemg fleeing eemg it and ! . keeping .eeping eeping its itspeace itspeace itspeace itspeaceWillkie peace peaceWllIkIe peaceWillkie Willkie WllIkIe wants immed ately a full fullstatement fullstatement fullstatement statement of post postwar war ! aims Urns an ex extension extension extension tension of the Atlantic Charter so sowritten sowritten sowritten written that all the nat ons of the theglobe theglobe theglobe globe will be assured that all are areto areto areto to be co beneficiaries He wants wantsunmedlately wantsimmediately wantsimmediately unmedlately immediately a real renl United NatIons NatIonsumted Nationsunited Nationsunited umted united command and a united coun council council council cil ( no second class ' ilhes 'lIlIes lIlIes axes ) ) Out of this American Icadcrsh leadcrsh p p111 pwill pwill \\111 111 will \ automat cally tally develop he be belIeves beheves believes lIeves heves because of the reservoir of ofgood ofgood ofgood good willhlch will \ which \\hlch hlch America has bu built builtup builtup t tup up on her non imperialistic unperIalIshc policy polrcy policyThe polrcyThe policyThe The mimed unmed immed ate crcat treat on of a umt unit umted united united ed command and a united council councilWIllkie councilWillkie councilWillkie WIllkie said \ will l prov de the proper propermachmery propermachinery propermachinery machmery machinery for carrying carrymg the war to toa toa toa a speedy \ uctori victory Ictor and form the nu nucleus nucleus nucleus cleus of theorld the \ world \\orld orld organ zat on onwhich onwhich onwhich which can establish and mamtam maintain mamtamthe maintainthe maintainthe the global peace-the peace the peace - the ultimate ob oh obJectle ohectne objectne objectneThe ) Jectl\e Jectl e ectne \ JectleThe ectneThe The necessity for aition al-tIon al tIon action - now Will Willkle Willkie Willkie kle kie stressed again agam and aga non n nOn On Organization Orgamzalron OrganizationMore More of his own ideas came out outm outm outm m response to quest ons on specific specificIssues specificissues specificissues Issues which I felt he had not notclarrfied notclarified notclarified clarrfied clarified m 1D in his report to the nation nationI I asked him how he expected to toprovide toprovide toprovide provide security for the small dependent de dependent dependent pendent nations natrons and the colonies If Ifthe ifthe ifthe the great nations surrender their theirpolItIcal theirpolitical theirpolitical polItIcal power over these quasI quasIdcpendencles quasidependencies quasidependencies quasidependenciesWe dcpendencles dependencies dcpendenclesWe dependenciesWe We cannot expect to restore the theeconomic theeconomic theeconomic economic boundaries of the world worldafter worldafter worldafter after the war he said but we wecan wecan wecan can see that the small dependent dependentpeoples dependentpeoples dependentpeoples peoples are allowed to benefit fromthe from fromthe fromthe the revenue of the things tlungs they pro producethat producethat produce duce-that duce that - - that they are not exploited exploitedThere exploitedThere exploitedThere There w 11 II have to be an mterna interna mternatlonal international mternational tlonal tional police force to provide for forthe forthe forthe the r security secunty but we must "ee ee .ee cee " . that thatthese thatthese thatthese these countries are provided With WithsamtatIon withsanitation withsanitation samtatIon sanitation health and educatIon educatIonpaid educationpaid educationpaid paid for by their o 0 vn vii resources un unht until 111 ht they can be b bj b.i bi 1 . It lt up to the pomt point pomtwhere pointwhere pointwhere where they can govern themselves themselvesIt It may take centuries That doesn t tmatter tmatter tmatter matter But there can be no peace peacem peacein peacein m in the world until problems like the theproblem theproblem theproblem problem of India are settled under undermternatIonal underinternational underinternational mternatIonal international arrangement , , with the theoblIgat theobhgat theobligat oblIgat obhgat ons ens to such nations guaran guaranteed guaranteed guaranteed teed by some kind kmd of an Interna mterna Internahonal mternational mternational honal tional group But we cannot walt wait waltfor waitfor waittor for an orgamzat organizat on to be formed.The formedThe formed . . . The United Uruted States must start by byguaranteemg byguaranteeing byguaranteeing guaranteemg guaranteeing such obligations later laterbrmgIng laterbringing laterbringing brmgIng bringing m the other nat ons of the theworld theworld theworld theworldCan world worldCan Can Russia be fitted into the thedemocratic thedemocratic thedemocratic democratic picture9 picture ? ' I asked and andhow andhow andhow how should we avo ave d forcing our ourbrand ourbrand ourbrand brand of democracy on other na natlons nations nations tlons tions which might not want if ifRussian it ItRussian ? Russian CooperationWilkie Cooperation Cooperatron CooperationWiUkie WiUkie WIllkIe Wilkie answered these two ques questIons questions questions tIons in m one He said Russia can canbe canbe canbe be fitted into the international pat pattern pattern pattern tern I believe beheve Russia will co cooperate cooperate cooperate operate It can then be left to work workout workout workout out its own internal affairs This ThisapplIes Thisapplies Thisapphes applIes to other nat ons as well The Thepomt Thepoint Thepoint pomt point is that v ve e must shift the leadership lead leadershlp leadership ershlp ership as it is today from an Anglo AngloAmerican AngloAmerican AngloAmerican American leadership to a United UnitedNations UnitedNations UnitedNations Nations leadership Then the Umt Unit Umted United United ed S.atesIll S-ates S ates S.ates Sates . - \ will \\Ill Ill naturally assume the thelead thelead thelead lead because the other nations w will willautomatically willautomatically l lautomatically automatically turn to u- u ub u utor ubfor . - > tor for guld guid guldance guidante guidance guidanceShould ance ante anceShould anteShould Should there be encouraged non nongovernmental nongovernmental nongovernmental governmental groups to work outa out outa outa a post war program now now9 ? ' I askedCertamly askedCertainly asked askedCertainly Certainly Certamly he said the more moredscussion mored mored dscussion d scussion the tbe better People all allover allover allover over the country should be encour encouraged encouraged encouraged aged to speak speaIt their m nds on the the'subJect thesubject thesubject 'subJect subJect 'up up ' ' . . Univers Umvers t es should take It itup itup It'up up Rad o 0 and press must do their theirpart theirpart theirpart part . . Publ c opinion opmlon is formed In Inthe inthe inthe the home You and I may have a awider awider wider \ Ider feld f eld for express ng ourseh ourselves ourselvesbut oursehesbut es esbut but publ c sentiment scntiment itself Itsell must be bebUilt bebuilt bebuilt bUilt through md ind v dual d scussionMy Scussjon scussion ScussjonMy scusson scussonMy ) My time tune had long run out |