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AMERICAN FOREIGN POLICY IN GROWTH AND ACTION
UN General Assembly recessed on December 22,
1952 without taking further significant action on
Korean matters.49
Meanwhile, Korea and all its implications had
become an issue in the American presidential
campaign. This is no place to warm
1952 over the opposing arguments of
Republican that campaign. The Republicans
platform on had first shot at the Korean prob-
Korea lem and the administration's for-
eign policy. In their party plat-
form, the Republicans made these assertions:
PLATFORM OF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY,
CHICAGO, JULY 10, 1952: . . . We charge that
. . . [the Democrats] have plunged us into war in
Korea without the consent of our citizens through
their authorized representatives in Congress, and
have carried on that war without the will to victory.
. . . In South Korea, they withdrew our occupa-
tion troops in face of the aggressive, poised for
action, Communist military strength on its northern
border. They publicly announced that Korea was of
no concern to us. Then when the Communist forces
acted to take what seemed to have been invited, they
committed this nation to fight back under the most
unfavorable conditions. Already the tragic cost is
over 110,000 American casualties. With foresight, the
Korean war would never have happened. In going
back into Korea, they evoked the patriotic and sac-
rificial support of the American people. But by their
hampering orders they produced stalemates and
ignominious bartering with our enemies, and they
offer no hope of victory. . . . The peoples of the Far
East who are not under Communist control find it
difficult to sustain their morale as they contrast Rus-
sia's "Asia first" policy with the "Asia last" policy of
those in control of the Administration now in
power....1952
Democratic
platform on
Korea
Nations.The Democratic Party, on the
defensive, was less specific about
what it would do if returned vic-
torious in November. Its platform
planks relating to Korea were pre-
faced by remarks on the UnitedPLATFORM OF THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY,
CHICAGO, JULY 24, 1952: . . . Under Democratic
leadership, this country sponsored and helped create
the United Nations and became a charter member
and staunchly supports its aims. We will continue our
efforts to strengthen the United Nations; improve its
institutions as experience requires, and foster its
49The recess was scheduled to last until Feb. 24, 1953.growth and development. The Communist aggressor
has been hurled back from South Korea. Thus,
Korea has proved . . . that the United Nations will
resist aggression. We urge continued effort, by every
honorable means, to bring about a fair and effective
peace settlement in Korea in accordance with the
principles.of the United Nations Charter....
With the candidates selected, the two parties
proceeded to put on one of the most vigorous
and far-reaching campaigns in American political
history. Candidate Dwight D. Ei-
General senhower before his nomination
Eisenhower's had said at Abilene, Kansas, on
campaign June 5, 1952, of the Korean War
statements on "'I do not have any prescription
Korea for bringing the thing to a decisive
end.... I don't think it would be
possible for our forces to carry through a decisive
attack....' " And as for bombing Red China,
he declared, "'there has been built up behind
the Yalu River a very definite air strength that
would make very dangerous any attempt to ex-
tend the war at this moment until we have a
bigger build-up of our own.'" At Kansas City,
Missouri, on August 21, 1952, after he had been
chosen to lead the Republican campaign, Gen-
eral Eisenhower said that the United States had
been right in going into the Korean war and he
rejected by implication the demand of General
MacArthur for more aggressive action on our
part in Korea. But, on October 2, 1952 at Cham-
paign, Illinois, he told an audience that if there
must be war in Asia, "'let it be Asians against
Asians, with our support on the side of freedom.
... The South Korean battle line today should
be manned primarily by South Koreans.'" Then
came Eisenhower's most significant campaign ut-
terance on Korea. At Detroit, Michigan, on Oc-
tober 24th, the Republican candidate pledged
that after election he would "'concentrate on
the job of ending the Korean war. . . . That
requires a personal trip to Korea. I shall make
that trip. . . . I shall go to Korea.' " This
eleventh-hour pledge is estimated to have gained
many thousands of votes for General Eisenhower.
While General Eisenhower was campaigning
on a platform of ending the war in Korea, Demo-
cratic candidate Adlai E. Stevenson had his say222
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