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Henry a Wallace — Part 4
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"(Daring the long bitter winter of 1947, ‘the world agency:
“lives and prevented misery was killed. Almost ail the United Nations .excen
the United States. and Britain: ‘Supported former UNRRA Director LaGuardia's
‘ plan to’ save UNRRAY* “The. defeat of that plan-wae-e:workd tragedy...
Dihonths, of inaction. Penagess Strapgled | UNEEA President. Brumpn.nountersigned °
ite acath warrants, ~ oe : :
os Apbeasenent’s and | Bettayal rae mats
-"tat present we are ‘told. that America met: act alone in Greece and in Turkey .
_ because there is not sufficient time to create a United Nations agency for
Yrelief-and rehabilitation.: In the’ United Nationa Assembly, Senators Vandenberg
, @nd Connally said that ncthing covld be done to free’ the Spanish people be-
, cause the United Nations lacked the right to interfere in the internal affairs
_ Of any Nation.. By what right do these same Americans Justify unilateral . ;
interference in the affairs of Greece and Turkey? .
"Adminietration and Republican supporters argue that we mst intervene alone 4
; in Greece because the United Nations Organization is too weak to act. I have"
J not forgotten about the appeasement of Hitler. I remember. every betrayal f
of world solidarity against Hitler by Taladier and Chamberlain which was nade/!
in name of the weakness of the League of Nations. Let us not betray the futulrg
, Let the world refrain from destroying the United Nations Organization, as
. Once it destroyed the League of Nations! .
Groeco a World Problem
"Dealing with the question as to who makes the UNO weak, Wallace recalled
_ that in Decomber Senator Vindenberg wae willing te spend only 11 million
_ dollars for the United Nations Organization and ‘today he is ready to epend
-.untold millions to prop up anti-Soviet-regimes. There is only, one hope for
. | the world peeve, the United Nations Organization,' he said. 'The Greek
problem is & world prohlem, and it must be setvled by the United Nations. If
the Turkish ‘problem oxiste 2, that also is the concsern.of.all the members of the
United Nations. -That is the spirit in which the United Nations Charter was
‘signed,.!
| , Freedom ‘Catch-word for, Reaction: arpa PPLE
ae Werteice: ‘said that’ aooner or: later. Truman's. program of. jingondi tional aid. fo.
anti-Soviet Governments will unite the world against ‘Anerica. atid. divide’
: AWerica against herself. The Truman program mst turn the world ‘agatnest *
America. fAt. our command freedom, in whose name Americans ated, will, Decome
&. cakeh-word, for reaction,
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grat ‘unpond tional. Loans. to. the ‘nondemaczatte, Gov erhinbnits
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