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" ‘Learning the Hard. W Secretary of State Ji immy Byrnes comes: Moy the | is® peace ‘parley moaning that the Russians” wrecked Hit, and the columning ‘brothers, Joseph and Stewart Alsop, produce a piece for the May 20 issue of Life, groaning 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 J. Alsop lows: H. Wallace “The majority of liberals are so preoccupied with for- | eign policy that they have ceased to think constructively | j about: the pressing problems of the domestic economy. | -The reason for the confusion.is also simple. It is the " “ Wallace to condemn the presence of U. 8. troops in ' Hberal attitude toward the Soviet Union.” ‘As to who. these “liberals” are, the Alsop brothers have as much trouble as anybody else drawing up a gen- eral definition that fits ‘of Commerce Henry W ship of the onrused” | | | Wallace and friends. The Alsops continue: _ “When the war ended an idealized picture of the Soviet... state had -formed in the minds of American liberals. «, of ‘Unfortunately, the tough, brilliant leaders of the Soviet™ state are not liberal idealists. They are realists and, un- like most liberals, they fully understand that: power | is . the basic unit of all politics. “When ‘the war ended, they embarked upon an experi-..'. ment in imperialism as bold as it was novel. In blunt truth, all the methods which were condemned most bitterly when . employed by the new imperialism of Germany now began - to be used to extend the sphere of Soviet domination ... ° “Ong can only admire the Soviet leaders’ iron nerve and - pe of execution, but one must also wonder whether *. they will ultimately be satisfied with less ‘than domina- [tion over Europe and Asia. | “No such critical judgment has been poss le for the . ; American liberals, however. They have had td relate the’ reality of Soviet policy to the ideal picture of Yhe- 23-7 Union which they cherish in their minds.” SHINGTON TIMES HERALD: wie hon NING EDITION _ UL / all cases, but they elect Secretary _ Hace the head man of the fellow- - 0 it would also seem fair to say. that, at least in the present case, “liberals” are Henry. « site - Tolson _ E. A. Jamm_ . . Clegg ~ re . Glavin “# . Nichols . Rosen Mr. Tracy Carson Y : , ea Egan _ mL RED AEATION CONTAINED: cts’ —— a Hendon Pf, Eo/eies BY we Nease Pa ) ¥ Mr. SHED Mr. Pennington __ SPIGS Ese Miss, ss, Genty——_ Quinn Tamm_ 2A BO —S Gi i vAnd what sort of thing are the liberals doingt . The 'Alsops report one performance of Wallace’s tha sunis up the record for all of them. ; According to the Alsops, our State How ‘Liberals’ Department negotiators had. just I th U. S. about worked out a deal by March njure. e of this year in which we would be | allowed to keep air bases in Iceland on a 99-year Tease, as a guard to our North Atlantic frontiers. ; ‘But just as the Icelanders were about to.sign, up pops \ Iceland and to declare that the Russians must naturally ! assume the purpose is to threaten them. . « ‘His line is repeated by Senators Pepper of Florida . ‘and Kilgore of West Virginia, and: Representative Helen now the Icelanders are backing down on the whol thing. ‘Conclude the Alsops: “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.. ate Douglas, of California—all, Democrats—until . « 6 e e ', But just as Truman and Jimmy Byrnes learned the shard way that the Russians are as aggressive as’ itler’ ever was, so will Trunian:hafe to | : Wallace Should learn—the hard way if néed! be— that he can never succeed i in running — a truly American administration ; . with characters like Wallace around him. ; ‘Be. Kicked Our OG