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Those who are now shouting "I like Ike" forget that we Americans have been paying dearly in blood and tears for our sentimental hero worship. We worshiped F. D. Roosevelt, only to hear the charge that his policies at Yalta and elsewhere were responsible for strengthening Communism. We worshiped General Marshall, only to see him condemned for losing China to democracy. If, seemingly, our recent heroes have proved giants with feet of clay, what warrant is there for holding that Eisenhower-the glamour boy of the hour-will not bring us more, and bitterer, disappointments...
...exhausted ... Our Air Force was incomparably superior to any other. Our Army and Navy were superb fighting forces at the peak of efficiency. Our industrial plant was intact, and we alone had the atomic bomb . . . But our leaders wholly failed to realize the nature of Communism . . . Their policies at Yalta and Potsdam established Stalin in full control of Central Europe, dominating Europe, and in full control of China, dominating Asia...
...hope," said Taft, "all Republicans can combine on a platform and campaign condemning . . . incompetence and lack of judgment . . . from Yalta and Potsdam until today; and supporting a policy designed above all to protect the security, the peace and the solvency of the American people...
...centuries Manchuria has been coveted by both peoples; it is, in fact, the marriage couch of Soviet and Chinese Communism. It may provide the first test of whether the marriage will last or fail. In Dairen and Port Arthur are stationed at least 30,000 Soviet troops under the Yalta settlement, which gave Russia the use of the two ports and a half-share in the railroads. The Russian troops are supposed to pull out in December...
America's Town Meeting (Tues. 9 p.m., ABC). "Was Yalta Stalin's Greatest Victory?" Affirmative: Historian Chester (The Struggle for Europe) Wilmot. Negative: Historian Arthur (The Age of Jackson) Schlesinger...