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a) ee eee .. Learning the Hard Wey- Secretary of State Jimmy Byrnes comes homeffrom th ris peace parley moaning that the Russians wrecked and the columning ‘brothers, Joseph and Stewart Alsop, produce a ee : piece for the May : 20 issue of Life, ; gro aning that | American liberals | are so in love with Russia they, ® are “destroying their nation’s chances of build- ing a peaceful world order.” The Alsop doc- trine runs as fol- lows: H. Wallace “The majority of liberals are so preoccupied with for- zn policy that they have ceased to think constructively out the pressing problems of the domestic economy. je reason for the confusion is also simple. It is the J. Alsop eral attitude toward the Soviet Union.” As to who these “liberals” are, the Alsop brothers ive as much trouble as anybody else drawing up a gen- : al definition that fitsgll cases, but they elect Secretary ‘ Commerce Henry Whilac the head man of the fellow- lip of the confused. $0 would also seem fair to say iat, at least in the present case, “liberals” are Henry ‘allace and friends. The Alsops continue: - oe “When the war ended an idealized picture of the Soviet ‘ate had formed in the minds of American liberals. ‘nfortunately, the tough, brilliant leaders of the Soviet -ate are not liberal idealists. They are realists and, un- ke most liberals, they fully understand that- power is ae basic unit of all politics, 2 ose “When the war ended, they embarked upon an experi- ient in imperialism as bold as it was novel. In blunt truth, \l the methods which were condemned most bitterly when mployed by the new imperialism of Germany now began 9 be used to extend the sphere of Soviet domination . «+ ae only admire the Soviet leaders’ iron nerve and recisian of execution, but one must also wonder whether hey wil ultimately be satisfied with less than domina- ion over Europe and Asia. . “No such critical judgment has een possible for the \merican liberals, however. They have had ta&relate the 4 eality of Soviet policy to the ideal picture of Sprist 4 sh in their minds.” - | _ /ex: HERNO 7 1 Jnion which they cheri aa au - JUL 53Aue ¢ SHINGTON TIMES 4 ITION JEY 4 B' Alsops report one performance of Wallace’s tha | sums a rm ie . D See — “* Mr. Tolson. ; ee! Mr. E. A. Tamm t [ ; yu \ 4 Mr. ciesen - so Mr. Giavin Zz ; . M add WA & r. Nichols i . Mr. Rosen eX ow | j Mr. Tracy Qe / r. Carson a LA Mr. Egan Lb WE: ¢ Al PYeDRUATION NE: Harbo., ie teem eee Se Mr. Hendon Sy t ; . rere ee Mr. Pennington Mr. Quinn Tamm_ “and what sort of thing are the liberals doingf The up the record for all of them. i '' According to the Alsops, our State How ‘Liberals’ - Department negotiators had - just Injure the U 5 -* about worked out a deal by March njure, - 9 of this year in which we would be allowed to keep air bases in Iceland on a 99-year lease, as a guard to our North Atlantic frontiers. _ But just as the Icelanders were about to sign, up pops Wallace to condemn the presence of U. S. troops in ; Iceland and to declare that the Russians must naturally . assume the purpose is to threaten them. - Hig line is repeated by Senators Pepper of Florida ‘and Kilgore of West Virginia, and Representative Helen ‘{Gahagan Douglas, of California—all Democrats~-until now the Icelanders are backing down on the whole thing. Conclude the Alsops: ete a ‘“By an irresponsible intervention in a matter of great delicacy and seriousness, Wallace defeated his own Gov- ernment’s policy. He had a right to his opinion, but if he could not make his opinion prevail at Cabinet meet- - ings, his only alternatives were to resign or remain silent.” ‘Of course, Wallace is not the silent type, nor has he | resigned. He stays on in Truman’s Cabinet, hostile to .Truman’s policies, and Truman has not got up the nerve ‘to fire him. Yet. De |. But just as Truman and Jimmy Byrnes learneg the | “hard way that the Russians are as aggressive as Hitler a ’ ever was, 50 will Truman hafe to ~ Wallace Should tearn—the hard way if need"be— Be Kicked Out that he can never succeed in running . i with characters like Wallace around him. 4 t s ape 4 yan fe 1 a truly American administration” 2 phytate eet oo ig Zof - hes a 8% 1948 5 -Da-Ko vs Cryer oO CAT his