President Truman. on the skinny pretext of stopping communism. has asked this Congress to authorize the intervention of this country in the internal affairs of Greece and Turkey. He has been honest enough to admit that this calls for a basic change in our foreign policy. contrary to all precedent. Certainly it contradicts historic American policy. and if approved. will lead us into World WarIIthe first atomic war. if you please. So long as we remain free and strong we shall never permit the entry of European or Asiatic nations in the Western Hemisphere. We would resist such an effort with all our resources. That is the essence of the Monroe Doctrine.