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...step-up in training and arming South Koreans, so they can bear the chief brunt of their defense, with U.N. forces in reserve; 2) a sharpening of psychological warfare "into a weapon capable of cracking the Communist front"; 3) no appeasement-"in the words of the late Senator Vandenberg, appeasement ... is only surrender on the installment plan...
...that "Lodge is vital, for only he can dampen the wild cries of the neo-isolationist Republicans and assume the role that Vandenberg so ably carried out." But this is not the case. Lodge does not command the respect of his Middle Western Republican colleagues as Vandenberg did. As Time Magazine wrote on December 17, 1951, under the heading, "The Lost Mantle," "When Vandenberg fell ill and retired from active leadership, most observers thought the mantle of Republican leadership in Foreign Policy would fall on Cabot Lodge. But somehow, the mantle never fitted. In 1949, Lodge led 14 liberal Republicans...
Presently, Lodge has reached the point where his record and opinions are a menace to the GOP's neanderthal leaders, but are not sufficiently distinguished, like Vandenberg's were, to shield him from an intra-party vendetta. If, however, Eisenhower (whose ideas on foreign policy are, after all, closer to Lodge's than to Taft's) wins the presidency, Lodge will presumably become his agent in the Senate. With the political strength of a president behind him, the Massachusetts Senator would undoubtedly vitiate, if not destroy, Taft's control over Republican foreign policy...
...regrettably, a requirement, as the past four years have indicated, of any successfully executed foreign policy--Lodge will be far more useful to him than a freshman Democrat, and a none too dependable Democrat at that, for Lodge is the only Republican with the record and ability to assume Vandenberg's position. Perhaps, as Dean Landis and Kennedy alike insist, Lodge could not harmonize his Party with an intelligent foreign policy. There is no point, though, in purging the GOP of its ablest specialist on foreign affairs, of one of its few remaining vestiges of responsibility, simply because bi-partisanship...
...diverse nationalities and hostile viewpoints to work together effectively. As a candidate, he has used that same talent to bring an increasing degree of unity to his party. But his recent speech in Michigan clearly demonstrates that his foreign policy is as much as ever that of Senator Vandenberg, not Senator Taft. His speech in Milwaukee just as clearly demonstrates that he is against the practices of Senator McCarthy and specifically against smearing the innocent. Before the reporters, Eisenhower strongly and vigorously defended General Marshall. Eisenhower endorsed McCarthy, the candidate, not the man, because he wants a Republican Congress...