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Complications Mark Soviet Approach
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Holds Out Hope for Peace
in WASHINGTON
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By Paul Mallow
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By BAUKHAGE
/Vein Analru ami Commentator.
R.toawk b> Wou-ni N«w»jwiip«t Union.
WALLACE SFEECH MEANT ONLY
to tsn.vr.ftcK s. y. frhosy
WASHINGTON — The inmde on
th« Byrne* Stuttgart speech was
that !t w»* mads U) influence the
German elections The Inside on
the Wallace New York speech was
that it was made to Influence the
Communists In the New York elec-
tin'!. Unhappily the twain met.
President Truman, being caught on
both sides of the same question.
Anally had to put Wallace out of hla
cabinet.
Mr. Wallace baa told his audi-
ence, assembled under the ban-
ner of the National Clttsena Po-
litical Action committee (which
is a CIO political bolding com-
pany created to get around the
law limiting direct labor con-
tributions in political eflirts)
and the Independent Citizens
Committee if the Arts, Sciences
and Professions, tbal Mr. Tru-
man bad •‘Juat two days ago
read these words” and said they
'•represented the policy of his
administration.”
Now Wallace, then cablneteer of
commerce for Mr. Truman. was re-
ferring probably only to his own
words about not being pro-Russian
or pro-British, but he let the audi-
ence know the President had gone
over the speech, and he did not say
the President had cut out anything,
TAKE FLOWERS, DUCK BRICKS
This was a blunder. Customarily.
• cabinet officer only takes blame
for everything a President docs
wrong. The people are riot supposed
to know a President ever make* a
mistake. Cabinet officers are chos-
en as shielding goats. among oth-
er leasor.s. Rare, indeed. Is the
one so bold as to profess his speech
has been read over by the Presi-
dent. Of course. Presidents fre-
quently have read these speeches
of cabinet officers m advance, but
quietly, so no one can prove it. The
President usually keeps himself in
* position to accept congratulatory
flowers later if the speech goes
over well, but to duck and say he
never heard of it, if the bricks start
to fly
The blonder only started at
ihose paints. Mr. Wallace had
m business making a foreign
policy speech. He does not
know any more about it, pre-
sumably . ihau about com-
merce, although he was secre-
tary »f commerce, and might
be assumed to speak with au-
thority on the latter subject.
When bis speech laid down a for-
eign policy In conflict with the
policy Mr. Brynea has been
building tip for more than a
year, with day mud night work,
the protests of Mr, Byrnes could
be heard anonymously through
the press around the world.
Now Mr. Byrnes had been doing
right well with his foreign policy.
At least he wem his election. The
returns from the British zone
showed a victory for the Christian
Democrats, while the Communists
ran last.
What Mr. Wallace did to tee
Dewey election in New York City
will not be ascertained for certain
until November, but he did not win
any votes In Moscow. His plan to
set up two worlds of influence, one
Moscow's sod one anti-British and j
critical of our friends on our side, ,
was immediately rejected by the
Moscow radio. It did not even
carry what he said, not recognizing
that Wallace was proposing a new
anti-Byrnes foreign policy. The .
Moscow English language broad-
cast fit may not even have been
mentioned, in the Russian), said
<1 quote:) "At a large political rally
In New York City, the United State*
secretary of commerce and Senator
Pepper demanded a return to
Roosevelt's foreign policy
The audience loudly applauded
Wallace'* condemnation of imperi- j
•llsm but punctuated h!s remarks 1
against the USSR with cries of dis- !
approval"
Whit Wallace did to intellectual 1
liberal thought was chaotic. I will j
give you one example In his fifth |
paragraph he said: "Up till now
peace has been negative and un- •
exciting.” In the next breath, two !
paragraph* later (honest to good- |
sees, you can look it up:) "Mod-
em inventions have made peace the j
most exciting thing in the world." j
X* the peace exciting or is it un-
exciting? There you have Mr. Wai- .
lace firmly maintaining both sides I
of the question, only a paragraph ;
sway from himself in boll) direc-
tors.
Party Linas Crumbitd
In 79th Conjraii
the production field*, but rather ex-
hortations to emulate and surpass
US.
*fe having
*>«ck of yo^ 2
<-’» is a dieZ
•" the proHffi
mer and q M ^
ran sit up
I WASHINGTON, D. C.-"Amerlc«
has no foreign policy”l
That 1* one of the bromides which
has always been popular among
I critics of govern-
, mem t don < K ,1
know on wh.it the L . (!
! remark is based p' nC Jl 'j
' If we haven't any §W,JBPBBF j
| foreign pol cy to- S
day, then many
hundreds thou
, sands >f werds
have ex
i pended In corn- [71
rnent on nothing
While the re- aH^.- 8i
cent Byrnes Wal- WtMftaMMkV *
lace controversy
was raging 2 IHHHHBBdBf
spent many hours
trying to find out
wbat our foreign policy toward Rus-
sia ivas supposed to be, and if so,
why. I shall report as nearly a* I
1 can what 1 have heard. The report
| will not be in the formal language
| of diplomacy, in which, we have
been told words are used to con-
i ceal thoughts. 1 report it, cum-
i pressed, of course, but as nearly as
possible in the phraseology used
, by gentlemen who ought to know
! what they are talking about.
We stvrt with the not-too-startling
, revelation that American negotia-
■ tions with Russia are complicated
and difficult.
They are complicated because it
appears the approach must be made
along two separate paths, each lead-
ing to a separate Russian group.
They arc difficult because there
are unusual obstacles put tn the
way of the. diplomat, especially our
representatives in Moscow; ob-
stacles which. 1 am assured, must
be encountered at close quarters tc
be appreciated.
The two groups, since neither is
homogeneous nor closely idcntifi-
; able, might better be referred to as
two elements. One comprises that
' great indefinable and inarticulate
body, roughly classified as "the
‘ Russian people.” Americans who
have spent some time in Russia and
| who have enjoyed such contact os
1 i* permttted with the Russian peo-
| pie. say they are devoted to their
i country with a Spartan loyalty, sen-
| sttive to its shortcomings, proud
! of Us achievements,
Many in this group, especially
■ those who have met Americans,
j like us. Ail want to know more
j about us. For example, they dc-
j vour the big, propaganda, picture
! magazine "Amerika" printed in
* their language and distributed by
I our embassy. Formerly we distrib-
i uted 35,000 copies. Later we were
Soviet Officiate
Hate America
The other Russian element which
we have to consider and with which
we deal directly Is composed of the
leaders, the party bureaucrats, the
secret police They hate America
with an almost Incredible hatred.
Their attitude is so extreme that It
does not seem real; It appears to
be prompted by a policy, rattier
than a normal, human, emotional
reaction.
If cither of these two elements
existed alone it would be simpler
to establish a line of procedure. But,
my informant points cut, each cle-
ment requires a separate and dif-
ferent approaeh, since the two con-
tradict each oilier.
Because the only visible hope for
an understanding with Russia de-
pends on the semi-friendly group,
nothing must be said or done in our
relations with the other (now tn
power) which would make it seem
that we are building a wall against
Russia. That impression would al-
ienate any potential sympathy the
semi-friendly ones might feel for us
This dual approach was exempli-
fied by the Byrnes speech cali.ng
for the unification of Germany, un-
der a single government, with all
four occupying countries acting to-
gether as co-directors of the whole.
Byrnes made the proposal inclusive.
Russia would participate equally
with the rest. The intention of the
United States was flirnly stated.
There would be union of British and
Americans, presumably the French,
and the Russians too, it they cun-
sented. If the Russians refused, the
United States would go ahead with
the plan but it would not slam the
door on Russia,
We are to be friendly but we must
be firm. That is what makes nego-
tiations so difficult. To convince the
"haters” we mean what we say.
the United States must state its de-
cisions firmly and emphatically, out-
line exactly what we will do arid
will rot do; what we will permit
Russia to do and not do. Our
firmness has to depend on our
words. We cannot use force, be-
cause we have not the force avail-
able to use.
This, however, does not mean we
cannot succeed, because I am op-
timistically assured the Russians
are weaker than we are. Although
their military forces on the con-
tinent of Europe are stronger than
those of the Allies, it ts believed
Inch
VUU:
the checks and bal- t.
•> at we should
‘ vii.j arty system ' ,
wnUh these elected '
f the i- hie i". »e-
'K'jl MJH If rW*
'• ‘W hr**; j
‘brccttoni |w J
' • to M»fcf
*>th ntmc Mid u
mks ri-th wtrmiM
Itrdf >.‘<t Mill*, N f. £
1 ■ 1» cent tor **
NEWS REVIEW*
Strife Rages in Greece;
More War Profits Bared
GREECE
Bankbage
used shipbuilding profits to i ay off
a 2« nr. ill ion dollar magnesium plant
in full
2 The government's general ac
counting Tc’v.rn that C...
forn a Shipbuildlr. corpora:.(>n t,:,. 1
realized a 41 million dollar pro; ?
failed t hike mil) .-.ccnut-t tv.is re-
captured by ft.'- U. S. thro ..:r rc
negotiation and taxes Aft -r the-c
reductions, the firm show i d a five-
year profit oi
3. Failure of tlu accounting of-
fice to include reneg- :: ■•-> and
tuxes, resulted ir. ,ts <?it:u,.='*■ u ..t
New EngUnd >-hi; b.oidi: a c *•
ration tied made a lil-j miUr.-M <t--!-
lar profit instead f oppnocinirtcly
114 million.
Civil Strife
King Gt urge II of Greece faced ;
no hapipy return to his homeland as
open civil war raged in the n.our,-
tainous northwestern border region j
ond the Red-dominated Albanian i
and Yugoslav governments were :
charged with actively aiding the j
rebels.
Premier Constantin Tsaldarls
bluntly attributed the strife t Itus- ;
sian efforts to tighten their gup in !
the Near East. Said he; "It is as |
clear as noon day that this is ... ,
for the benefit i f thos.. win aim to :
take advantage of our trenolc* w:th \
a view of .securing an outlet t" '.tie j
Aegean m-u "
Ah a last resort. 4(1,000 British j
troops er.scoru-ed in Greece were be- j
mg readied for intervtr.'.icn m the i
dispute if the government forces ;
faded to check the left-wing upris- ■
mg With the country ■ ccjpyiii* a
strategic postuor. nc-ar the ttarda- j
nt Ue • and Suez canal, Britain and
Russia have l:c.-r, wegire n t,:"*'-
diplomatic war fi-r control—the
British lo protect their lifeline to
the East, the Russians to weaken
their rivals and to extend their own
dominance over the rich area.
I hi n when a ( ami.date lor public
ofth e dei lares that he is a H-niu-
tral and a-ks for ) ot*-s of the peo-
ple. ii is pit sinned, mil* o he d' -
elarf h Mluruis* that he is run-
ning for that nflii. as i In luv t
in nr a supporter of th* party v prin-
* iples namely the It- nun r ille plat-
form, trill tin same thing held"
true on the K( puhli- an side.
$. k i pHosnmuoi.
Ctntaiu
Many on Wrong Side
! e -pendent Asst-ci -ti r* of t;■ i i..j-e<*x
I of Duquesne Light company tr.
Pittsburgh. Pa.
In issuing the injunction, the
three-judge court htnied me otv
solicitors plea to act in the public
i;itere«t ir preventieg a t stly p: o-
er strike Though the order ii.ler v. as
dissolved when the solicitor do-
! dared mat it iiad served to for c a
1 rewir.-ptlon "I h.irgair. ng between
| the disputai til. !AE inemhe: i re-
wartime jhip-huilding profits, with ! maim-d adamant nbo-.it r* ' i;i,.: .; :■
these prominent fact, eu ergmg aft- j v rk :>* 1- ng as it stayed in t- T*■ rt.
• r the mathematical smoke had' Apprehensive of the n-i-striki ard
cleared away: j tin-picketing features of the injune-
I. Because of applying sliipbuild- I tion, AFi. and CIO unions >upji--rt-
ing profits against hisses of its Fon- i *d the IAE walkout Labor charged
tana steel mill, Kaiser company ! that the court order .v;,.s in viol,.t,'.o
showed a deficit of 13 million dol- ! of both the Hate and federal am;
lars on its wartime operations. An- | injunction laws and them was r.o
other Kaiser-controlled company ! law requiring men to work against
j them wish.
'm
^ Heigi tenmg^o| the j*1*** ' r . ’:
\ « party hv-uls favoring a relaxaiu.-. f
-• there v. js :i
■ St Jr J/t |/li? 1 ’• in rr.cn t. Mr Trumar,
-JL. w'M “<l0r t:e;i a a fall run <*? s-fed cat
- ^ yi fe-z- lie t-> n-li-ve the natiou-w.de »r„re-
x y: M: .f :,v ‘Ulr.i--.tmg the current shmu.ge
- 1° he'') livc-itr.vk mai--etings ii*;r
^5i); e the President a»$en.*»i that runovai
t /jf H$to, -/ W: ’ 1 -ir.trol.c now W iM add t. uiffi.
culties later.
Mi Truman s^ke $hoix)y after
:he Democratic national exeeunv..
committee took cognizance of :he
rr;i\tt fcit.itotinn ajxJ uistru^tc-d (.‘hair-
Tii-jn Hc-iimefiran to
SHIPBUILDERS
Crromulriao «viiwwp«wWL*,.,,
ea'iae is goe* rWJHWmm.,,
trouble w heft1 Uxem mlgr*’-
gem laden PMB «W>WSB>bgB
to jiwute and bau !**■ ”*Mp tws
braae H ell jwa “rfSSs*JME. -
n bottle of fa;
dertundtnf yooawKwj^BPRf <
quick,It ah ay* t!te «w^**NpU cci
to have your „
CRIOMUl*-
for CeyiK CSiWlG^***®**^ “
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Tr.v u-f' : * atmw >• tr.;
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ed .?.••• tt i- i’.U -■
pc-r r«nt ■'.? ?ir;;v . :
Gerry (D»:-r:; • of 1
vutvO .iE.i ;•« 'r>r
ty 51 prr Cft»t rf -. *
Sen Lee 1 Pdpp.v f <.»’»
' he islaud,
*.y < f ’r, :S par*
jri'.tv. iir.i.i U;:»t
Ortfy ton e** §t*»*
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111
When the "ins” have been ir. ns
long a* most of them have, about
all the “outs" have to do is pick a
candidate not quite bad enough to
make the people feel they have to
vote against hlrn.
9 * 9
Tin can* are 984 per cent steel,
but that doesn't spoil the flavor of
what they contain. Some of the dis-
tillers seem to be shooting at the
same proportion of "neutral spir-
its" n some f their products—but
not with same results.
* * *
Na two people think or act alike,
but that fact doesn’t cause fights
on every street corner. (United Na-
tions please copy).
» « *»'
Brain surgery, lions op ir4*rna-
iiona! affairs can’t be bandied by
amateur?-
btfUe
e those
Southern Reactionaries
YOlTOFlIz DENTIST . . .
Nine-month* oM Daniel l.te <»eas«
of Columbus, Ohio, matte one of
the earliest extractions on
when he .ucHdenCiMy puHtd his
own incisor tooth while playiuiK
with a belt. Ills ai.ster, Barbara
K*4>, examines the injury.
Wtti hr !)-.>»♦ -•**»’
wit. 40
rue Grt
STILL SOARING
; All Debt in U.S. Shows In<
r<kas(
Total private-**—
during 19-15, totaling 48 billion, 500
million dollar* at the end of the
year
Other declines were listed as fol-
Joy/s: State ami local govern-
ment deb!, 3-49 million dollars to
13 billion, 700 million dollars; long-
term corporate debt. 850 n Ilian
lars to 33 billion 300 million dol-
lars, farm mortgages, HKi million
dollars to 5 billion 100 million dol-
lars for the lowest kvei since 131?.
Increase* reported for the year
5345 included: Non-torpor ate urban
mortgage debt, up to 162 btilior*. dol-
lars; short-term commercial and fi-
nancial debt, up to 2 billion. Ml mil-
lion dollais. and short ‘ctin consum-
er debt, up to 957 million dollar*.
Production Cains
1* ,r->-:.-,r v.ar d
b,’Kv"‘n 1M! ’ f «»?5 tin r ■ ;v„ ,
riel taemtse in all debt from 202
t I. *( : h*-i m iii*.:: ,j, l<r h
m fmll-zr. dollars. During <>„■
Mr’'* ,h" national Prod.
ur- t::c total of g,,orh aw, „-rvir,,
! *'■->■ lmr. 120 bill:, :• d j.
*'■":• to 199 billion d- liars
r'‘- C: •'•.'■*wild tr.-nd ■ firr-
ffiortgsge debt, which has been c- -i
Lnu-. -i* sm?e ear,T J!l2j,
t #‘r- ?« the sum.
•' .Um «)»ilf»*e debt
1. eased m it) states, compared with
tocn,»'« <«5S e.ght ststw ul
Previnu* year. u‘*
■u* more pre
ti n.nr-ths r
Q/mtVmD AND CONFl-lCTtNO
Hi* speech was on both side* of
every question similarly. On trade.
m commerce secretary, he was
most interesting. Apparently he
wanted to spend more than four bii-
Ikisi dollars more of our money
abroad to build up a demand fur
our goods among backward pc-sple
who cannot pay tar them, and at a
feme when we cannot even get
enough production of anything fur
curatives. Indeed, ids speech was
offered during the paralyzing ship-
ping and truckers" strikes.
of ante*
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