High Administration officials yesterday said the President would redefine the foreign policy of the United States in his message to Congress on January 3. The President. it was reported, is determined ie reiterate America's opposition to dictatorial governments and w vrge Congress to give wholehearted support to policies whicn would empower the Government te keep Fascism and Communism out of the New World.
The President is expected to denounce "power politics" which considers apparent in all relations with certain countries during the past several years. The President is expected io list specifically all cases of aggression by the totalitarian Powers since the Japanese invasion of Manchuria, Officials here regarded the incident involving the Secretary of Interior's attack on Germany last week as definitely closed, unless Germany decides to take further steps on the question. The German protest was rejected by the United States on the grounds that the anti-Nazi remarks of Mr. Ickes_represented the opinion of a consitierable portion of the American public, and that freedom of speech was one of the essential rights of all Americans. The reply to Germany hinted that more such speeches could be expected in the future unless the German press ceased printing anti-American propaganda.
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