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ae be given to Turkey which was no ally of ours and which is in no urgent need of food and supplies? All Americans agree with President Truman that freedom is the most. cherished of human goals, and should be helped to grow in all countries, These same Americans ask: How does support given to the undemocratic governments of Greece and Turkey aid the. cause of freedom? Turkey 1is.a nation which fought against us fh the first World War and which in this war refused to help the United Nations. Turkey fattened herself off the Germans and the Allies by offering her vital supplies of chrome to the highest bidder. Out of these sales she bullt up a gold reserve of a quarter of a billion dollars. Turkish neutrality lengthened the war by months. Turkey was a haven for Nazi leaders at the warts end. It Is utter nonsense tO assert today that the Turkish governrent is representative or democratic. nurkieh sources state that the $150 million that President Truman proposes to give Turkey is to be used to maintain her army of a million men, -~ equivalent to 7 million men In terms of the United States. In what sense is this an army Of freedom? Many allied divisions were immobilized throughout the war because we never knew on whose side this same Turkish arny was preparing to fight. Everyone admires the Greek people who rought on our slide. They urgently need economic aid. I would be strongly for economic aid to Greece. bs Secretary of Commerce I was for a Greek Joan for such purposes when most of the administration was against It. But Pres Ident Truman has made it clear that very little of the $250 million loan to Greece is for economic reconstruction. It {s a military subsidy to the Greek government to continue its efforts to stamp out all opposi- tion. It is utter nonsense to suggest that the present Greek government Is a democratic one. Three weeks ago our Secretary ef State General Marshall condemned many asnects of that government. He called for a political amnesty, substantial unity and many refcmms in the governrent as the conditions of American aid to Greece. Why did President Truman abandon the conditions set by his own Secretary. of State? ‘the President asks only thet american civillay end military personnel supervise the use made of American supplies. What do the ectivities of American Army officers In Greece have to dO with peaceful reconstruction? ‘one year aco st Fulton, “tgsourt, Winston Church!) calles for a diplometic offensive - more -