Salt Lake Telegram | 1939-02-16 | Page 3 | Congressman Raps U. S. Foreign Policy Secrecy

Congressman Raps U. S. Foreign Policy Secrecy a , ; 1 WASHINGTON, Fab. 1 (INS) America muat chooaa batwaon "tha internationalism" of tha Roosevelt admlnlatratloa and laslatloa In do tarmlnlng bow atronf tha army and navy muat ba, ItepreeontaUiv E. E. Con (D, Oa.) told tha houaa today In attacking what ba oallad "sa-cracy "sa-cracy la our foralgn policy. "We oan aaa clearly," ha aald, "that tha question of an adequate daftnaa bayond aartala wall da-flnad da-flnad llmlta which wa ara Inform d by our army and navy affioara ara aaaantlal aa oommoa aanaa lnur anca against aTantualitlaa hlogaa upon tha nutation of which policy w pvraua. "If wa puraua oaa policy that of Internationalism and aoonomla alll-anca alll-anca than wa will naad a military machlna capabla not only of defaod-Ing defaod-Ing our own ahoraa, but of maintaining main-taining a Una of oommunlcatloa with foralgn ahoraa whara our armlaa might ba fighting. "If wa ara ta follow a atay-at boma-mlad-your-own businaaa policy, pol-icy, than wa will naad a military dtfansa mschanlara of a much different dif-ferent eharactar." Cos eontandtd thara la ao middle course. "It seems to me," he said, "that wa muat either take aldea or remain aloof. The Georgian want on to aey that If tha United States decides ta take sides In tha clash of anna or Ideology Ideol-ogy between dictators nations embracing em-bracing Germany, Italy, Japan and Soviet Russia and the democracies, ws mav ba embarked u nan a iour- IKCfHKHKNTATlVB COX Palloy deeaewsueas aeuise ney that will lead us directly into another world war. And If America remains aloof, he aald. It may find Itself "standing practically alone as the last great democracy la a world gone mad with blood lust and a philosophy of force." Throughout hut speech Con dwelt upon what ha described as tha involvements in-volvements that a poUcy of aid for any nation, or group of nations, ha aald would bring and tha ultimata ulti-mata possibility of tha dictator nations na-tions sub Jugs ting all great nations of ths world and in tha dlstaat future perhapa 50 years turning upon tha United States. However, he did not link "dictator Russia" In such a movement. Tha foreign policy of tha administration admin-istration Is "aa Intarnationalistic policy; nt least, to a mora or lass degree. Tha ether policy opposed ta tha administration's views Is a nationalistic er Isolationist policy," Cos charged.