Defending Democracy: Helen Gahagan Douglas' Statement on the Mundt-Nixon Bill1947-11-04Douglas, Helen Gahagan, 1900-1980http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NKC/1.0/enghttp://congressarchives.org/record/CAC_CC_014_5_171_3_0002Honorable Helen Gahagan Douglas criticizes the hasty and ill-considered vote taken by the House of Representatives on Spain and the European Recovery Program. She argues that the vote has damaged the United States' foreign policy, weakened the non-Communist forces in Europe, and undermined the country's leadership within the United Nations. Douglas warns against sacrificing moral integrity in the fight against communism and calls for a re-examination of how foreign policy decisions are made in the future. She urges the conferees to repair the damage caused by the vote.