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===Foreign policy===

===Foreign policy===

[[File:Bourke B. Hickenlooper Senate portrait.jpg|thumb|right|180px|Senate portrait of Hickenlooper.]]

[[File:Bourke B. Hickenlooper Senate portrait.jpg|thumb|right|180px|Senate portrait of Hickenlooper.]]

While strongly conservative, Hickenlooper sided with [[internationalism|internationalists]] on many foreign policy matters, supporting the [[United Nations]] and backing foreign aid in 1947. He also supported the [[Marshall Plan]] as well as the establishment of [[NATO]]. However, he was much more staunchly anti-communist than many moderates, having been referred to as a "[[Cold War]] warrior". Along with [[Moderate Republican]] [[Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr.]], Hickenlooper refused to sign the [[Tydings Committee]] report which cleared the [[State Department]] of wrongdoing, previously stating in regards to a sample of loyalty files he examined:<ref name=statehistoricalsociety/>

While strongly conservative, Hickenlooper sided with [[internationalism|internationalists]] on many foreign policy matters, supporting the [[United Nations]] and backing foreign aid in 1947. He also supported the [[Marshall Plan]] as well as the establishment of [[NATO]]. However, he was much more staunchly anti-communist than many moderates, having been referred to as a "[[Cold War]] warrior".

{{cquote|I don't hesitate to say on this record that the ones I read I would say almost without exception I would not keep in the State Department}}

 

 

Along with [[Moderate Republican]] [[Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr.]], Hickenlooper refused to sign the [[Tydings Committee]] report which cleared the [[State Department]] of wrongdoing, previously stating in regards to a sample of loyalty files he examined:<ref name=statehistoricalsociety/>

{{cquote|I don't hesitate to say on this record that the ones I read I would say almost without exception I would not keep in the State Department.}}

Even [[Margaret Chase Smith]], an enemy of Sen. McCarthy, concurred with Hickenlooper's assessment, adding on that the Tydings Committee:<ref name=statehistoricalsociety/>

Even [[Margaret Chase Smith]], an enemy of Sen. McCarthy, concurred with Hickenlooper's assessment, adding on that the Tydings Committee:<ref name=statehistoricalsociety/>

{{cquote|...made the fatal error of subjectively attempting to discredit McCarthy rather than objectively investigating and evaluating his charges.}}

{{cquote|...made the fatal error of subjectively attempting to discredit McCarthy rather than objectively investigating and evaluating his charges.}}

As the ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Hickenlooper proposed an amendment to the Foreign Assistance Act which would slash foreign aid to any country expropriating the privately owned property of American sugar plantations and oil companies.<ref name="The First Hickenlooper"/> The measure was opposed by President [[John F. Kennedy]] over concerns that diplomatic ties to [[Latin America]] would be weakened. The amendment was defeated by a 40–45 Senate vote.<ref>[https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/87-1962/s268 S. 2996. AMEND. BARRING AID TO ANY NATION WHICH EXPORTED TO U.S.S.R. OR NATION DOMINATED BY U.S.S.R. ANY WAR IMPLEMENTS OR ARTICLES OF STRATEGIC SIGNIFICANCE.]. ''GovTrack.us''. Retrieved February 21, 2021.</ref>

As the ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Hickenlooper proposed an amendment to the Foreign Assistance Act which would slash foreign aid to any country expropriating the privately owned property of American sugar plantations and oil companies.<ref name="The First Hickenlooper"/> The measure was opposed by President [[John F. Kennedy]] over concerns that diplomatic ties to [[Latin America]] would be weakened. The amendment was defeated by a 40–45 Senate vote.<ref>[https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/87-1962/s268 S. 2996. AMEND. BARRING AID TO ANY NATION WHICH EXPORTED TO U.S.S.R. OR NATION DOMINATED BY U.S.S.R. ANY WAR IMPLEMENTS OR ARTICLES OF STRATEGIC SIGNIFICANCE.]. ''GovTrack.us''. Retrieved February 21, 2021.</ref>