Show V 4 I Friendly Russian Element Holds Out Hope for Peace B By BAUKHAGE I News Analyst and Commentator Service 1616 Eye Street NW Washington D. D C. C WASHINGTON D. D C. C America C. America has no foreign policy I That is one of the bromides which I has always been popular among critics of government govern- govern men ment t. t I dont don't know on what the I remark k is based y I If we haven't haven t any foreign policy today today today to to- A day then many hundreds of thousands thousands thousands thou thou- sands of words have been expended expended expended ex ex- in comment comment com corn ment on nothing While the recent recent recent re re- cent Wal Byrnes lace controversy was raging I spent many hours Baukhage trying to find out what our foreign policy toward Russia Russia Russia Rus Rus- sia was supposed to be and if so why I shall shaft report as nearly as I Ican Ican Ican can what I have heard The report will not be in the formal language I of diplomacy in which we have been told words are used to conceal conceal conceal con con- conI I ceal thoughts I report it compressed compressed compressed com com- pressed of course but as nearly as possible in the phraseology used by gentlemen who ought to know what they are talking about We Ve start with the too startling revelation that American negotiations negotiations negotiations with Russia are complicated and difficult The They p are complicated because it appears the approach must be made along two separate paths each leading leading leading lead lead- ing to a separate Russian group They are difficult because there are unusual obstacles put in the way of the diplomat especially our representatives in Moscow obstacles obstacles obstacles ob ob- ob- ob which I am assured must be encountered encountered- at close quarters to tobe tobe tobe be appreciated The two groups since neither is homogeneous nor closely identifiable identifiable identifiable able might better etter 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 as asis asis asis is permitted with the Russian people people peo pea pie say the they are devoted to their country with a Spartan loyalty sensitive sensitive sensitive sen sen- to its shortcomings proud of its achievements Many in this group especially those who have met Americans like us All want to know more about us For example they devour devour devour de de- the big propaganda picture magazine Amerika printed in their language and distributed by our embassy Formerly we distributed distributed distributed copies Later we were permitted to increase the printing to copies It is estimated that a hundred Russians read each copy of Amerika it is market black ed at a high price and read to tat tat- This group admires and respects mechanical know-how know our industries industries industries indus indus- tries our technical skills Officially there has been no propaganda to cry down American achievement inthe in inthe inthe the production fields but rather exhortations exhortations exhortations ex ex- ex- ex to emulate and surpass us Soviet Officials H Hate ate America The other Russian element which we have to consider and with which I 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 tobe tobe tobe be prompted by a policy rather than a normal human emotional reaction If either of these two elements existed alone it would be simpler to establish a line of procedure But my informant points out each element element element ele ele- ele- ele ment requires a separate and different different different dif dif- dif dif- ferent approach since the two contradict contradict contradict con con- each other Because the only visible hope for foran foran foran an understanding with Russia depends depends depends de de- de- de on the semi-friendly semi group nothing must be said or done in m our relations with the other now in power which would make it seem that tha t we are building a wall against Russia That impression would alienate alienate alienate al al- al- al any potential sympathy the semi-friendly semi ones might feel for us This dual approach was exemplified fied by the Byrnes speech calling for the unification of Germany under under under un un- un- un der a single government with all four occupying countries s acting together to to- together gether ether as directors co-directors of the whole Byrnes made the proposal inclusive Russia would participate equally with the rest The intention of the United States was firmly stated There would be union of British and Americans presumably the French and the Russians too if they con con- If the Russians refused the United States would go ahead with the plan but it would not slam the thedoor thedoor door on Russia We are to be friendly but we must be firm That is what makes negotiations negotiations negotiations so difficult To convince the haters we mean what we say the United States must state its decisions decisions decisions de de- de- de firmly and emphatically outline outline outline out out- line exactly what we will do and will not do what we will permit Russia to do and not do Our Ourt t firmness has to depend on our words We cannot use force because because because be be- cause we have not the force available available available avail avail- able to use This however does not mean we cannot succeed because I am optimistically optimistically optimistically op op- op- op assured the Russians are weaker than we are Although their military forces on the continent continent continent con con- of Europe are stronger than those of the Allies it is believed that the Russians lack the economic econom econom- ic physical or moral strength to engage engage engage en en- gage in a major war and they know that in the long run the rest of the world can develop a greater power Politically they have not the influence influence influence in in- fluence either to risk withdrawal from the United Nations They know they could not take a sufficient sufficient sufficient number of other nations out with them and thus withdrawal would mean ostracism and threats from the rest of the world This the Russians know as well as we do I Leave Door Open For Operation Co-Operation Is there hope My informants answer answer answer an an- yes but it will be a long haul This is why Russia cannot fight a major war for five or ten years She might seize all of Europe temporarily temporarily temporarily tem tem- but she realizes she could not hold it that she would be defeated defeat defeat- ed in the end It would take five to ten years for Russia to build a force strong I enough to risk a war Meanwhile i America hopes and believes that if I Ithe the door of operation co-operation is left open and if by example the haters see that operation co-operation will benefit Russia I not hurt her internally and externally externally externally exter exter- nally then either the haters will change their policy or the other friendlier element will force them to do so I This does not mean there will be bea I Ia a revolution in Russia The loyalty I Ito to the present system or the power to enforce loyalty is too great But it means that American statesmen feel they can hold back the non- non operators co-operators without risk of war until until until un un- un- un til Russia is convinced that she can benefit more through operative co-operative methods than by force of arms Mechanical Typewriter Latest Invention If there had been a word count ing device on my typewriter I would not be writing this this' piece end now But it is just as well authors haven't adopted these I or they might find their thoughts being being being be be- ing regimented The typewriter has already advanced advanced advanced ad ad- far in its evolution There is now a typewriter for the Chinese I with their or not characters It is a product of the miracle working International Business Business Business Busi Busi- ness Machines corporation But it is no miracle for IBM which built builta a gadget used at the trials trials trials tri tri- als whose dial we could twist to produce with equal fluency English French Russian or German regardless regardless regardless re re- re- re of what language was being being be be- ing spoken Of course human beings beings be be- ings lightning translators are cogs in its works The trials lasted too long as it was was but but they would have lasted four times as long if it hadn't been for IBM t I understand a typewriter is being being being be be- ing perfected into which you talk a an n which obligingly types the words you speak with n no o manual effort on your part How I wonder would this recording typewriter spell If you spell the word house on the ordinary ordinary ordinary nary keyboard it comes out that way u s But if the machine operated by sound house de pending on where the speaker wa was s born might come out ha ha idea might appear as idear For my part I should be very h happy hap hap- py if a gadget were invented which would spell better than m my typewriter type type- writer can or even if the gadget would produce a synonym now a and then of after er I had repeated the same shopworn word three times times fines |