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Show U. S.9 Russia Fight Diplomatic Battle Truman Doctrine' Termed Preventive Against Conflict By BAUKHAGE Neu i Analyst and ' ommenlator. WNU Service, lfilfi l ye Street, N. W.. Washington, I). C. WASHINGTON -There is no imminent im-minent danger of war between the United States and Russia. You've heard that before, and as far as I know, it is true. There is a diplomatic struggle going go-ing on between the two countries, the scope and importance of which few people realize. When I say "important," I mean important in all senses but one-human one-human life in I ' ' I which a real, shooting war is I important. Cer-I Cer-I tainly involved g are the other two factors in the trinity of rights to which Americans Ameri-cans believe they are heir liberty and the pursuit of happiness. This has been J clear to observers I ( ltrnDhlnrflnn cluding money) in this country were announced at the same time. Hungarian credits here for surplus property supplies were cut off. There were indications that a loan earmarked for Hungary Hun-gary would be cancelled. A Hungarian-Russian transport trans-port company was told that Its planes no longer could fly over the American zone In Germany. Senator Vandenherg made his ringing speech in the- senate declaring de-claring that Soviet pressure on Hungary demanded a trial before be-fore the forum of the United Nations." The United States pressed for settlement set-tlement of demands on Yugoslavia for planes shot down by Yugoslavia last summer. These and other steps which undoubtedly un-doubtedly will be taken before this article is in print, and still others oth-ers in the making, are part of a vigorous foreign policy by which we mean to block Communist aggression aggres-sion wherever it appears in the world. In other words we have undertaken un-dertaken a form of positive activity in the foreign field, the scope of which has never been paralleled in our history. Supporters of this policy (the majority ma-jority of congress) believe It Is a preventive, not an aggressive step They do not believe It is a foreign policy which von Clausewitz, the German military authority, described de-scribed as something the "extension" "exten-sion" of which is war. They believe be-lieve it can stop, will not start, military mili-tary conflict. Possible War Of Extermination The policy is based on this theory. 1 I J WW ItllHftVM Baukhage whether they merely look with their eyes at the external evidence, or scent with news-mes the currents which are wafted over transoms and under the big oak doors of the sanctum sanctorum of the snnctis-simi. snnctis-simi. Sharp words have tumbled over one another since the first verbal barrage, which was the Presidential message of March 12, 1047, sometimes some-times described as embodying the "Truman Doctrine." May I remind you of a few of the barbed shafts in that message? "The very existence of the Greek state is today threatened by the terrorist ter-rorist activities of several thoui ind armed men. led by Communists, who defy the government's authority author-ity at a number of points, particular ly along the northern boundaries . . ." said the President. "One of the primary objectives ol the foreign policy of the United Stales is the creation of conditions in which we and other notions will be able to work out n way of life free from coercion. . . "We shall not realize our objectives, objec-tives, however, unless we are willing to help free peoples to maintain their free institutions and their national na-tional integrity against aggressive movements that seek to impose upon them totalitarian regimes This is no more than a frank recognition that totalitarian regimes imposed on free peoples, by direct or indirect aggression, undermine the foundations founda-tions of international peace, and hence the security of the United States. . . . "The peoples of a number of countries of the world have recently re-cently had totalitarian regimes forced upon them against their will. The government of the United States has made fre- as nearly as I can absorb it from the people who know: Unless economic conditions are restored to normal throughout the world, chaos will result, communism commu-nism will engulf Europe, and eventually the clash between communism com-munism and democracy as we understand un-derstand it. will mean war between Russia and the United States. Since it now is believed that Russia will have the atom bomb in from four to ten years (cf report of the President's Presi-dent's advisory commission on universal uni-versal training), such a war would mean extermination, if not of the human race, certainly of civilization as we know it. Granted this is true, the spread of communism in Europe (and elsewhere) else-where) must be checked now because: be-cause: If either France or Italy goes Red, Russia will not co-operate in a joint peace agreement for Germany and Austria. Without such agreement, Europe cannot be restored to normal. nor-mal. Chaos and communism will follow. If Russia is stormed in her trnrlro quent protests against coercion and intimidation, in violation of the Valta agreement. In Poland. Po-land. Romania, and Bulgaria. I must also state that in a number of other countries there have been similar developments. . . ." (He knew what was in the Hungarian cards.) "One way of life is based upon the will of the majority, and is distinguished dis-tinguished by free institutions, representative rep-resentative government, free elections, elec-tions, guarantees of individual liberty, lib-erty, freedom of speech and religion, relig-ion, and freedom from political oppression. op-pression. . . "The second way of life is based upon the will of a minority forcibly imposed upon the majority. It relies re-lies upon terror and oppression, a controlled press and radio, fixed elections and the suppression of personal per-sonal freedoms." Strong words, those all quoted from the Truman message. Congress Follows Words With Action Then camp deeds Cnncrrpss tm. -rif we can prevent her from moving mov-ing south into Greece. Turkey and the Middle East, and west of the line she holds at present from her German zone south through the Balkans Bal-kans to Greece, she will be forced to stop aggression in Europe; forced to co-operate with the western powers for her own preservation. That as I understand it, is what some people call the "Truman Doctrine." Doc-trine." It isn't quite fair to give it such an exclusive label when it never could have been put into effect without the yeoman service of men like Vandenberg and the other bi-partisan support it has received. re-ceived. This does not mean that we have "lost faith in democracy" or its ability to compete in a fair field with communism. It means we are going to see that a fair field is maintained; main-tained; that Russia will not be permitted per-mitted to create chaos or to draw on the type of force and terror she has used so far (latterly in Hungary), Hun-gary), to enforce her way of life upon the world. ' plemented the President's message mes-sage by authorizing the loan of three hundred millions to Greeee and one hundred millions to Turkey. Missions were sent at once to both countries. The United States concluded with Britain arrangements for an economic eco-nomic merger of their respective zones in Germany regardless of Russian (and French) failure to go along. Then came the expected coup d'etat in which the Communists, with the Red army backing them and the aid of the Communist-controlled secret police, took over the anti-Communist government of Hungary. Immediately there followed fol-lowed these steps: A message of congratulation and support was sent to the Premier of Italy. Alcide de Gasperi, then in the process of forming a government without Communist co-operation and against Communist opposition. Negotiations leading to the "unfreezing" "un-freezing" of Italian property (in- |