Wallace Suggests Pact

Chronicle (Levin), 19 September 1946, Page 5

Wallace Suggests Pact

Press Assn,

letter to president s

3y Telegraph

.-Comjright 1

Received Wednesday.,. 7.0 p.m. WARRINGTON, Sept. 17. . ' The Secretary of Commerce,. Mr. Jenry- Walla.ee,. in a letter to President i Pruman on, July 23,, urged him to nego- ' late a treaty looking to. aji interna- : liojaal eontrol, and development oi . itomie energy even, at the risk oi 5 ■ourting '' appeasement " w:ith Russia. 9 L'he Commerce Department publiahea' v he letter -today when indieations- aro.se J hat it-s eojiterjjts were likely to leak out ;o; th.e public, Mr. Wallace disclosed his belief that Jniited States shoukl seek accord watn Rmssia even though the Soviet migh.t itefer to stall until it attained equality n atomic warffire pofcential. Mr. Waiaee said 'tbe letter1 was premjsed on tne kssumptLom that Unlted -States had miuifcely greater bargkining power now- : than any other nation, through the pos- ' ession of. a-" stockj^ile- of atomic bortibs, ?jeat b.ombers ahd' a farfiung networu )f .military' bases. R-ussia 's efforts were ' it; present '/smaill change " by compari?on, The- Soyidt had: indicated it was vvillifig ,to, negotiate - seriously • if we ' ire to headr off an - atomic world -war. . United ' States. "niu'st take oue of two .. vievvpoints-—either .that war with Russia was inevitable or such a war woula • bring '.cathstrophe to all mankind. The only .reasona.ble chqice was the iatter viewpoint. The fiindamental obj.ective should be to allay any reasonable Russian grounds for fear of - suspicion. "We should ascertain from a fresu viewpoint what Russia believes essential to her own security as a prerequis.ite to the writing of the- peace and to co-operation in the construction oi world order, " the letter states. "We ; should be prepared even at the expense of riski-ng epithets: of appeasement, to agree to reasonable Russian guarantees of sfecurity. We should not pursue further the question of the veto m Uuited Nations in connection witn atomic energy-, because the question is irrelevant. and should never have been ra-ised. We should be prepared to negotiate a treaty which' will establisii a defihite sequence for the establishment of international eontrol and development of atohiic energy. I believe this a' most important question and oue whereon the present tx-end is doiiniteiy toward a deadlock rather than ultimate agreenient." Mr. Wallace advocafed closer economic commercial ties with the- Soviet and added that an agreement with Russia was d'iffieult because the culturai differences and Russia 's traditionaJ isolationism and insistence on a visibie qui'd pro quo in all agreements, but tliat was not insuperable. Mr. Wallace saia his proposal plain'iy called for some shift of Amer.i'can t-liinking about international matthrs but declared it imperative because, "Wei have little time to lose. While it fis ffesirable to maiuta.iii unity at home, thefe-is a- danger if tne nat-ion yields toff 'htuch to isolatioiusm masqueradiiig as tough realism in international affairs.." A Mr. Wallace said there vvas a schooi of military thinking which advocates preventiv.e war by an attac-k on Rnssta now before Russia has atomic bombs. This scheme was- not only immoral but also. stupid-. If we should attempt to d-estroy all the pri'ncipal Russian cities and heavy industty, we mig-ht well sucCeed but Russia's immediate counter .measure would be the prompt oecupa- • tion of all Continental Europe by the Red Army. Would we be prepared to destroy the cities of all Europe in trying to finish whafc'we had started?"