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    "ocrText": "Opposition to proposal (Cont'd)\n1 complains of overnight changes in our foreign policy?;points out one month\nwe ask UN for trusteeship over Pacific islands and next month by-pass UN\nin campaign against Russia. (Richmond News-Leader, 3/17)\n4 claim possibility of democracy in Greece has already disappeared and\nfighting there has already gone the way of Spanish Civil War; wonder if\nnext step for Uncle Sam will be to become one of Britain's Commonwealth\nof Nations; find it \"something new for Congress to be directed by a foreign\ngovernment as to date and hour when it must legislate in a way to drain the\nTreasury of the United States\"; contend we should not undertake alone what\nUN was set up to do. (Raleigh News & Observer, 3/15, 3/17 & 3/18)\n1 reverses position above by insisting Roosevelt kept his 1940 campaign pledge\nnot to send troops abroad \"unless we are attacked\"; accuses some Republicans\nin present crisis of taking the place of ancient ghouls. (Raleigh News\n&\nObserver, 3/15)\n2 are inclined to agree with John S. Knight of Detroit Free Press in his\nopposition to the President's proposal. (Sioux Falls Argus-Leader, 3/15;\nTopeka Capital, 3/16)\n2 refute opposing arguments of NY Daily Worker; say Moscow and Wallace type\nof opposition proves the President right; claim what is bad for Russia\nmust be good for U. S. (St. Paul Pioneer-Press, 3/14; Wilkes-Barre Times-\nLeader, 3/15)\n32 on the President acting outside UN.\n22 approve, recognizing inability of world organization to handle situation;\nblame bungling in setting up UN and properly implementing it; say obligation\nto act is clearly ours since we failed to rule power politics out of UN; want\nUN utilized now to \"greatest feasible extent\"; condemn enemies of UN for\ncriticizing the President; would make his address to Congress not death knell\nof UN but new transfusion of life; find most heloful the Vandenberg statement\nUN is not ready to act.\n6 maintain UN, not the U. S., should decide whether armed intervention is needed\nto keep world peace; contend moral backing of community of nations is vital,\neven though U. S. would have to contribute most; insist possibility of UN\naction should be explored before decision is made by Congress.\n4 condemn Truman policy as a death blow to UN and as a risk of bankruptcy\nand war for us; quotes formal statements of UN leaders during past two years\nto prove unwisdom of the President's proposal; offer six-point fallacy of\nour position. (Half-page editorial with cartoons in John S. Knight chain.\nDetroit Free Press, Akron Beacon-Journal, Miami Herald, 3/16; Chicago News,\n3/15)\n20 condemn Wallace speech opposing proposal; feel Moscow must be grateful\nto\nhim\nand fear Russia will err in thinking U. S. is not behind the President; say no\nsituation in U. S. can be so bad that speech by Wallace won't make it worse;\nuse such captions as \"Singing Soviet Song\", \"Isolationists Folly\", \"Why\nDoesn't\nHe Take Up Boomerangs Again?\" \"No More Munichs, Henry\", \"Why, Henry!\", and\n\"Henry's ¹Agin' It\".\n22 on reaction in Congress.\n3 insist debate should be in order and without wrangling; went the President\ngiven broad discretionary power in using funds; warn against cutting Armed\nServices appropriations below budget requests; hail support of Vandenberg,\nEaton and others.\n6 praise prompt support of Vandenberg; call it outstanding example of placing\npatriotism above partisanship.\n2 find great comfort in prompt endorsement of Sen. Lodge.\n1 approves Flanders resolution to stop shipment of goods to Russia; feels it is\nin line with the President's plan and will help stop Red aggression.\n-3-"
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