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most Americans were looking the other way and thinking about something else, House Republicans on Wednesday passed a bill to choke the Reciprocal Trade program to death with red tape. We cannot believe the Senate will agree to such a foolhardy measure—not at a time when Congress is voting upward of $5 billion a year to keep alive the peoples and revive the industry and commerce of Europe and Asia. The A only hope we have of getting anything back for our money Lid g is to revive world production and exchange of goods, which gr Congress has. just made a condition precedent to Marshall Plan aid. or * Let us recall what happened, as an immediate and in.sscapable consequence, the last time a vote in Congress signalled a turn toward American economic isolationism. The measure then was the Smoot-Hawley Tariff of 1030. It sailed through the House by a 69-vote margin. The Senate, always more responsible in such matters, approved it 'by a margin of only two votes. More than a thousand . leading American economists signed a statement warning that the Smoot-Hawley Tariff would bring on world-wide economic distress. But President Hoover made the mistake of signing the bill, and it became law in June, 1930. The fat was in the fire. | A month later Spain and Italy raised their tariffs

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suit. Switzerland started a boycott of American products. In November the Democrats won control of the House * w=the Smoot-Hawley Tariff and the spreading depression

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"Austria, Hungary, Italy and Yugoslavia signed trade agreements detrimental to the U. 8. France and Spain

Vandenberg’s “No, thank you” letter to his Yale

he is doing anything: actively to promote a can-

Mr. Vandenberg. Gov. Dewey, it is felt, is in

To be nominated, as it appears now, Mr.

‘American goods. In September, Canada followed |.

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NO BADGES, NO BANNERS—

‘Vandenberg—!

By CHARLES T. LUCEY, . Scripps-Howard Staff Writer

WASHINGTON, . May 28—8en, Arthur H.

University boosters re-emphasized that many politicians find incredible—that the man whose presidential band wagon is rolling fastest is not actively a candidate at all. ’ fay -every-—section—of --the-country in recent

onths there has been a growth of sentiment for . ‘u| Vandenberg.

Dewey Will Try to Get Halleck’s

‘Who will decide on the timing of the swing to Mr. Vandenberg? How will it happen? body knows how. - It could be that the decision would be made in a meeting of four or ‘men as Gov, Duff who are

Mr, Vandenberg’s friends say this is certain: He will not lend himseif to any movement to “stop”“some other candidate. - > Mr. Vandenberg will be in Philadelphia. "His

friends say he always goes to conventions and that he would not want to dramatize his position by an unnatural aloofness. He will be there to fight for his kind of foreign policy plank ir necessary, —But-he will be there unpretentiously —no badges, no banners.

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By C. D. CO, Terre Haute It was in 1924 that the fires of Worlq War I had died away and some of us were shocked to find we had swallowed Wilson's wal propAgBER WILROUE ARIE EE Others will feel the same way after read.

Mr. Vandenberg as the Republi umiines, ] Fiabe ” un . hw th ibility of a convention deadlock involv- hs } " ing Rov. Thomas E. Dewey, Sen. Robert A. ‘ na ' ing President Roosevel t and the Coming of Taft and Harold E. Stassen has increased, so Now All | Need ls A Room the War,” by Dr. Charles Beard of the Yale has the likelihood of Mr. Vandenberg's being the : University Press. The author is above re. party's choice, . proach and even his enemies will have to

Yet it is & fact that he has not, as he said

| be would not, done any conniving to get the “nomination. - TT A —

He ha § gone Pe} + He HMIU tr rejecting : offers to establish an active organization in his behalf. He has declined even to meet politicians seeking to talk to him,

No ‘Front’ on Tour

' HE HAS NO political manager and no “front” touring the country in a quiet delegate hunt, There are no Vandenberg campaign buttons or banners. ’ His letter to the Yale “Young Republicans for Vandenberg” was in line with what he has said earlier. He did not slam the door finally and forever, but he made it plain he did not want a finger lifted in his behalf. He sald he had no “desire or intention to be a candidate, but that he was not insensible to the compliment being paid him. If the nomination comes despite all this, few doubt he will take it. But there is no evidence

didacy and there is much evidence that he has tried to stop its promotion by others,

Still Doubtful Areas

NOBODY CAN forecast the course of balloting in Philadelphia, but since the Oregon primary there is a growing opinion among politicians here that the nominee will be Gov. Dewey or

better position that Sen, Taft or Mr. Stassen to| be “given a run” to see how much strength he

Dewey will have to break into areas where he has not been able to prove mass strength up to this time—Pennsylvania, for example. Mason Owlett, Republican National Committeman there who has been regarded as 3 spokesman for. Boss Joe Grundy, hag been friendly to the Dewey cause. But Gov. James H. Duff has made no bones about his strong preference for Sen, Vandenberg. Without a shift by Gov. Duff, Mr, Dewey may

vania . needed to give his drive massive new impetus three or four ballots deep in.the convention. = New Jersey is another ke. to the Dewey fortunes. Both the New Yorker and Mr. Stassen have flirted with Gov. Alfred E. Driscoll, “whe will “be the state's -early-ballot favorite son:} Whether Gov, Dewey can bring all of Indiana's delegation to h ,- from. favorite son les

ned a treaty, withdrawing the most-favored-nation treatof U. 8. goods. France applied the quota system, limimports from the U. 8. American investors with bilinvested abroad stopped receiving interest on their loans—then stopped getting paymeirtg on the principal. Mr. Hoover was forced to declare a moratorium on all the old World War I debts. The Austrian Credit Anstalt—Dbiggest ~~ In-1932 it was really tough, Spain and Italy signed an exlusive trade treaty. Great Britain raised import duties. The imperial economic conference, held at Ottawa, established empire preference duties, effectively barring U. S. from all the dominions. In another American electhat year, the Democrats captured the rest of Congress, and the executive departments which they have

"1030 they were $3,781,172,000; in 1931, $2,377,982,000; in 1032, $1,576,151,000. : : The British started blocking sterling. Hitler came into power, and with him German Finance Minister Hjalmar Schacht and his blocked marks. World War II was in the - Do we want to go through something like that again?

Mr. Virden Stays

ous decision-and will stay in his job as director of the U. 8. Commerce Department's Office of Industry Co-opera-Mr. Virden is the victim of a private tragedy. He isa successful American businessman and an outspoken opponent of communism, but his 22-year-old daughter has gone "to work for the Soviet news agency, Tass; and relations tsi. otWROD her. and, her. family have been broken. LL It would have been intolerably unfair to make him also serene five wietimy of ar public wrong by firing him. from. government. service, as Congressman Crawford of Michigan demanded. . Mr. Virden, however, felt that he would rather resign than have his personal troubles continue to be made a subject of public controversy. His feeling was understandable. . But fortunately Congressman Crawford's silly attack caused the sort of reaction it deserved. It evoked a flood ‘of tributes to Mr. Virden's patriotism, integrity and ability — from Presidént Truman; from Secretary of Commerce Sawyer; from Republican Congressman Mender of Mr. Virden’s home city, Cleveland; from many Cleveland businessmen and other citizens who know him well. And it created a public demand that he remain in his post at the Commerce Department. Let's hope that even Congressman Crawford has learned a lesson, and that there will be no more attempts ‘to ‘punish good public servants for the mistakes of their

relatives.

Thanks, Mr. Andrews

THERE was never any question in our mind that-Chair-man W. G. Andrews (R. N. Y.) of the House Armed Services Committee would do the right thing when he dis"covered that six of our leading admirals and generals faced demotion on July 1 through no fault of their own. Mr. Andrews has justified our confidence in his fairness. _ His bill to extend the deadline for retirement. of four-star generals and admirals until Jan. 1, 1950, was introduced ‘in Congress Wednesday. Its chances are good. The unwarranted humiliation of Generals Courtney Hodges, Thomas Handy and Mark Clark and Admirals “Thomas Kincaid, Raymond Spruance and Henry Hewitt would have been a blot on the nation’s conscience. They ve served their country well. They. earned their stars hard way and deserve to keep them. ‘Mr. Andrews has acted for a grateful nation. Ameri.

. probability that he will be nominated.

A:-Hulteck;-is-another-key question: vpn The other possibility of a Dewey victory in PhNadelphia lies In a “deal” with Sen, Taft, That was the talk when, prior to Oregon, Mr, Stassen was running wild. Now that he has been slowed down, a Dewey-Taft deal seems more remote. . : If the Taft-Dewey-Stassen deadlock develops,

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the politicians rate it a virtual certainty Sen. Vandenberg will be “given a run” and a fair

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Dr) Beard begins with the Democratic

licy against foreign Wars unless we

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sons to fight Acco to Dr. Beard, as I\read it, most of 1941 was spent by Mr. elt trying to provoke an attack.

agree everyone should read both Stimson before they give too.re to the presidential tava of ® o :

One Little Vote

By Calvin Anweller The editorial cartoon, “But Is It Art?” pub. ‘Jished May 19:-by The Times is the best these times I have seen. Whether Harry Truman and his administra tion are proud of their surrealist art in misine forming and confusing the public is hard to say. The fact is they have and are leaving a distorted and confused picture of our national

and foreign affairs, The cartoon illustrated how dense the air is

as a sleeping fish, and big business reaching out

or Its bag to grabthe -egg-which-the poor fish

might have if it would wake up. The eye of the world was watching with fear and. antici. pation. The egg, I suppose, was what little peace there is: left. : What to do about it? I don't know about others, but I do kmow about myself. And I, for one, am afraid my one little vote won't be enough to put the right man in office to clear up the picture.

* oo Pick a Strong One ByJ.C. rE GertleiieR: =F 7 Tey

Most vice presidents are selected to “balance

the ticket” andthe -selection of the vice presi‘dent nominee is a sort of an afterthought. The

fact that of the six vice presidents who had served out a President's unexpired term, only two, Calvin Coolidge and Thegdore Roosevelt, could even be renominated by their own parties, tells the boys that a weak vice president is dangerous to our country, and poor politics. Why not pick a vice presidential candidate who will be qualified for the gency? Fortune says “A capable vice president, teamed with a President willing to use him, could help overcome one of the greatest weaknesses that has eloped in the federal govern. ment, the more or less continuous misunderstanding between the executive and legislative

‘and Mr. Roosevelt's promise to

‘with intrigue and tension. It showed the public

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WERE glad that John C. Virden has reversed his previ- |

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FAREWELL

Along-the Bay -of -Bengal- lies My heart alone tonight Beneath the pale Indian skies ... Where silvered crests of light Bend o'er to kiss the parted lips That feign a magic spell While from their languid longing drips But silence in farewell, which they will

. And, though, I wave with trembling hand, SECOND: I hear no spoken word; Jan. 1, 1942, No sound save that which haunts the sand Where some nocturnal bird Has vanished in the gloom of night To join the endless throng . Of unknown kindred, bird or sprite, In night's eternal song. O"hush of night, thy melody Is sad in beauty vain; Still from the mountains to the sea

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To rest in everlasting sleep, My heart has wept farewell, «MARVIN THEODORE JOLLY.’ ¢

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make a peace of the peoples SIXTH: 10, 1944, the faithfully to

SEVENTH:

Charter. . Cynically Though your darling feels reyulsion, As one tiny kiss you seek, She won't dare to risk expulsion— To walk back would take a week.

SIR OLIVER, PEACEMAKER— Palestine Wedged Be

NATIONAL AFFAIRS . . . By Marquis Childs

at Moscow in

WASHINGTON, May 28—A new British ambassador is taking over in the big red brick mansion .that was designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens to house his Britannic. majesty’s envoy to this country, Forty-three years old, Sir Oliver Franks, who has never held a prior diplomatic or political post, faces at the moment of his arrival a grave crisis in the relationship between the two countries. In the hope that it may be averted or somehow miracufously solved, there is a tendency on both sides of the Atlantic to say little about it. But this head-in-the-sand attitude cannot hide the seriousness of what is happening and, even more important, what can happen. The cause is, of course, Palestine. There, in that tragic trouble center, the Tearful consequences of both British and U. 8, mistakes and failures are all top apparent. . The basic error ‘is that the two countries have pursued sepa: rate and often competing policies, just as though the peace and ; stability of the world did not depend on a decent, practical working relationship between the two powers. ‘ The British, in the Middle East, have gone right on playing

as though nothing had happened since 1914. The game of pitting Sheik against Pasha, and Pasha against Sheik, could therefore be pursued in the merry old way.

First One Line, Then Another

THE U. 8 HAS FOLLOWED first one line and then another line, the end result being a kind of irresponsible zigzag, With first one side irritated and angry and then the other side thrown into a frenzy. To many looking on from outside our borders, U. 8. policy has seemed to bé directed frequently by the éxpedience of domestic politics and at other times by so-called realists , urging the need for oll reserves, ; 4; : “.. There have been some who have ‘foreseén the disaster to

Who believe in fair play will want to thank him.

which all this could lead. One was Lord Inverchapel, the retiring ish am who was returning to his Scottish estate

the case of Austria is typical, is currently trying to > everybody else is out of step, let these facts bE ing

FIRST: The Atlantic Charter, dated Aug. 21,

accord with the freely expressed wishes of people concerned. It admitted the right of peoples to choose the form of government under

THIRD: In the British-Soviet treaty of May, 1942, Russia reaffirmed these principles as her guide during and after the war,

Moscow, Russia, Britain and the United States specifically declared it to be their purpose to tion of Estonia). >

{restore “Austria's independence. “They the annexation imposed upon Austria

Big Three again indicated fidelity to the Atl Charter and pledged themselves promptly

In the Frengch-Soviet treaty of Dee.

stick to the Charter line in the conduct of thes Toreigh FRPP LT

.| Three signed a. pact jointly promising to liberate the peoples of Europe as called for by the Atlantic

among the great powers, has totally disregarded the reverse. these commitments. Moscow in 1945; at Paris and New York in 1946;

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the old-fashioned game, of power politics, They have behaved

live.

's List of Double-C a's List or Double-Crosses State Marshall's sharp criticism of Russia for ee 4 The record clearly reveals that her breaches By William P hilip Simms Because | nfake the world believe France and the United States sweated blood tryline United States: “Let's Talk Peace.” As Secreall|past séveral years. Russia formally adhered to this : thing, she fails to comply, apparently as a matTIRST: Covenant of the old League of Na-

sre’s the Record— . Unequaled; Here's the Recor blocking Austria's long-overdue liberation is a deliberate Soviet policy. | Paris, New York and Vienna later on, Britain, vainly to. get Riissla to honor her word. territorial changes that do not tary Marshall suggested at a news conference Another List of Offenses ter of policy. Here is a further partial list of tions J war against Finland, Poland, etc.).

is Marinate chu crown of Tusa, x FOREIGN AFFAIRS sordid story of broken pledges. : and because Moscow Yet today Stalin and Molotov cynically say to the this week, we have done. little else but for the EVEN WHEN Russia does agree to someviolations: gg BI Te chlo TWO: Treaty of peace with Estonia (annexa-

“regard THREE: Treaty of peace with Lithuania tanby Ger-|pexation of Lithuania).

id, “as null and void.” FOUR: Treaty of peace with Latvia (annexa-

antic “to which will command the good will of the world.”

SIX: Treaty of peace with Poland (joint invasion and annexation, 1939). «Also there were Russia's violations of the treaties of friendship and non-aggression with |Latvia, Estonia, Lithuania and Poland and of ithe Kellogg Pact outlawing aggressive war. d with... America. and

two countries pledged themselves

At Yalta, on Feb. 11, 1945, the Big pgland, Yugoslavia and other countries—and re-

neged. She pledged she would hel

and persistently, Russia alone | ‘At Potsdam, London and munists wage civil war against that regime.

1947 and back again in London, equalled. .

: {provide for ‘free and unfettered” elections for

lp supervise elec tions. in Greece, and went back on it. -She signed a treaty with China promising to support the recognized Nanking government, but has done She is helping the Clilnese Com-

Russia's record for double-cgpssing is un-

branches. The vice president is ideally situated for laison between the White House and a Congress.”

If Not Truman—

Who Else?

By EDWARD J. MEEMAN

THE THIRD PARTY is trying to beat Presi dent Truman. That is why it is in the race. Moscow doesn’t like Mr. Truman, and the third party doesn't like Mr. Truman It knows it can't elect Henry Wallace but thinks it can take away enough votes from Mr. Truman to beat him. : The Southern governors might pause to consider whether it is wise to have the same objective as the Wallace crowd. They have a right to oppose the Civil Rights program, which they believe would wrong the South and would not work if imposed... .... But to couple this opposition with unconditional opposition to President Truman is hardly responsible conduct, and the Democrats have in

1 hear each haunting. strain; And Aaai tT hra . tion of Latvia). ean And, where the night winds wait and wee, gain at lenyon ' peace with Finlan | SNE Do other date, Funan : weep trembling leaves that fell P31 FIFTH: At Tehran, Dee. 1,.1M3. the same. FT or Sreaty of a a lava was SE ay rumah 2 both tne

making the Republican bosses think Republieans can win with “just anybody.” The GOP bosses would like to nominate “just anybody.” After he was elected, they could get what they want from “just anybody.” It . wouldn't be so easy to handle a real statesman. But “just anybody would not be the sort Pu Aorhody TH » lems call for. TI pe if the Republicans are confronted with & strong, united Democratic Party, they will feel they. have to nominate a good man to ‘win. “It is the right of the Democrats to nominate a better leader than Mr. Truman, but’ until they have found him, they should bridle their tongues.

& gonin U. S. and Britai . J. an ritain after more than 40 years spent in the capitals of the world. A long-time friend of Dr. Chaim Weizmann, the extraordi- | nary genius who is now president of Israel, Mr. Inverchapel clearly foresaw where British policy was leading. He could, how- | ever, do little to alter that policy beyond the warnings that | were contained in his urgent dispatches to the foreign office in London. It was a peculiarly difficult and unhappy position for = skilled diplomat who, in the war years, had seen in Chungking and Moscow the horror growing out of the errors and follies of another time. The fact is that British Foreign Secretary Ernest Bevin has an emotional fixation on the whole question of Palestine. He cannot see it with any detachment. And this same emotionalism - is reflected fn important segments of British public opinion. A matter of timing comes in here that worries responsible policymakers.

ERP Not Out of the Way .

. BECAUSE, AFTER lengthy hearings and extended debate, both Houses of Congress adopted the European Recovery Program, most people have assumed that that business is out of the way. But not at all. Under the powers he has taken unto him=self, Chairman John Taber of the House Appropriations Committee has held more than a month of separate hearings on ERP. The Senate Appropriations Committee is alsq holding | separate hearings. ; ’ « . J Whether they will attempt to cut the total of $5,300,000,000 authorized by Congress for European Recovery is a question. It is just here that the issue of Britain and Palestine comes fn. The propaganda is growing to prevent funds from going to the British which they. might use to send arms to the Arabs in the Middle East, : i This is likely to find expression on the floor when the debate an the appropriation begins. It might well coincide with the economy plans of Mr. Taber and others. It ‘would coincide also with an isolationist, anti-British bias from other quarters, : London and Washington must quickly come to an. agree. ‘ment; That is the first task of the new ambassador. The present y drift, with surprises and recriminations from both capitals, is ul! wicked folly, risking all the hopes for a stable and decent world. Co

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