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Show , . 1\ 1 \ 1X 1I 1Vandenberg X I Vandenberg Won't Wont ' Figllt Fight Fisht I ! Early this year according accordmg to tored totied tofed tied ( ( red ble authoritya authority a secret poll wa wataken wataken wataken taken by Republican Repubhcan senators as totheir to totheir totheir their informal mforma ] off oil the record pref preference preference preterence erence for a presidential candidate candidateSen candidateSen candidateSen Sen Arthur Henri Henn Hend ick Vandenberg Vandenbergof of M ch gan won it it itIn . . In the same month the senator senatormade senatormade senatormade made a statement in to a national nationalmagazme nationalmagazine nationalmagazine magazme magazine in m wroch which wrochhe whichhe whichhe he sa said Id he thought thoughtit yr yrit It was easier to run runtor runtor runtor tor pres dent thannot than f/ f fi / ( i c cnot , ' 'not not ' not to run He explamed exr explanned ex E/ E Eplained / r plained plamed planned how d ffi ftl ftlcuJ ffi11 ffitul cuJ ( ' \11 11 \ it was to denytha deny y , . - . ' 9 tha 9that that t one is a candlda candi candl ifdate q qdate da date te once the storygot story ! got started s tar t a r t t e d Hementioned Hementioned He | mentioned the questlOn ques i ' < htion ' tlOn tion of the draftand draftc,1 draftc1 draftc,1and draft f "and and " , and expressed anopimon and ands andopinion an jopinion s opimon opinion similar to tothat tothat tothat that of Roy Robertst Roberts t \ andenberg andcnbergof andenbergof of the Kansas City Star in 11) 11 ) connec connectlOn connection connection tlOn tion with Gen Dwight Eisenhowern Eisenhowernamely Elsenhower Eisenhower Elsenhowerndmely -n n -namely namely - ndmely mey ] that iliat there had never been beena a rea real ] draft m in his rus day Vanden Vandenberg Vandenberg Vandenberg berg said that of ot course no man manwould manwould manwould would refuse the nomination if It It Itwere itwere itwere were handed to him h1m as an accompushed accom accompiished accomplished piished pushed fa fact ct He fie lie concluded his remarles remarks remarleswith remarkswith remarkswith with II tl ti ( is i & ! . statement I am not nota nota nota a cand date I do notexpect not expect orwlah or or"bh orwish "bh bh wlah " to be a candidate caDdidate I I shall shallseek shallseek shallseek seek no convention delegates or orapprove orapprove orapprove approve of ot others In this tbis behalfI behalf behalffill I th nk my place ofsersice of ofsen sen sersice Ice isfill is isfill fill ng out my tenure In the scn sen scnate senate senate senateFew ate ateFew Few men s stature has Increased increasedas as Vandenberg s has as a result ofh ofs of ofh ofs ofh h s participat on in m international mternlltlonal mternlltlonalaf af of affa afta offa fa rs I 1 th nk it is fair to say that thatVandenberg thatVandenberg thatVandenberg Vandenberg not only made non nonpartisan nonpartisan nonpartisan partisan foreign policy poss ble but butthat butthat butthat that h s efforts in m carrying carrymg out the thenon thenon thenon non part san pnnc prme princ pie ple made a unl uni unlfied unifed uniBed fied fed foreign Coreign policy itself possible posslbe possibleA ] A part of Vandenberg s a Infiu infu infuence Infiuence Influence ence In the feld reld of foreign af of affairs offairs affairs fairs is due to the fact that tbat he hebas hehas hehas bas has the enthusiasm of a con vert He was once frankly an anisolationIst anisolationist anisolationist anI I isolationIst Today he has con converted converted converted verted many others otbers and I 1 believe be- be beheve be believe - - lieve heve that no single smgle man has hasdone hasdone hasdone done more than he to break breakdown breakdown breakdown down the provincial attitude attitudeespecially attitudeespecially attitudeespecially especially in J the 1lddlewest 1liddfewest 1liddfewestwhich ' 1lddlewestwhich Iiddlewestwhich which before World ttar nar 1Sar II pre pre- preI prevented prevented - . I vented America from takIng takIngleadership takingleadership takingleadership leadership in ID world alJalrs- alJalrs affairs- affairs alJalrsleadership affairsleadership affairs affairsleadership - 1 leadership which "hlch hlch sshich " nucht might havepostponed have havepostponed havepostponed postponed it If not entirely pre preventcd prevented prevented : ventcd vented the war warI warI warI warI I do not believe beheve that he is actually actuallyelImmated actuallyeliminated actuallyeliminated I elImmated eliminated from the nomination nommatlOn butwe but butwe butwe we can be certain certam he will not fight fightI fightfor fightfor fightfor for the job He had the high rogh vote at atthe atthe atthe the Republi RepubU Republ ) an convention of ot 1940 1940when 1940when 1940when I when the Willkie WI1kle ] blitz bl1tz struck . . . Vandenberg s support of bi bl partl partI partlsan partIsan partisan san policy polley docsn doesn t mean that he hegIves hegives hegives gIves a II blank check to 10 the adminis administrat administrat admimstrat trat on He favors the Marshall planand plan planand planand and aid to Greece and Turkey cut outt cuthe outthe outhe he refused to recogn ze that aid as asilie asthe asthe ilie the Truman Doctrine Doctrme insisting It itwas itwas was not a doctrine at all |
