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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". 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}}
{{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 Moderate Republican [[Margaret Chase Smith]] of [[Maine]], 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.}}
Hickenlooper backed General [[Douglas MacArthur]] in the latter's dispute with President [[Harry Truman]] at the time of the [[Korean War]].<ref name="The First Hickenlooper"/>
Hickenlooper backed General [[Douglas MacArthur]] in the latter's dispute with President [[Harry Truman]] at the time of the [[Korean War]].<ref name="The First Hickenlooper"/>