Show David Harum in Person OP OF STATE CORDELL HULLis HULL i. i is turning out to be iC old David Harum in ni person as he handles this matter of oC negotiating reciprocal trade agreements He has the odd notion that sellin selling American goo goods s to countries coun- coun tr tries es which cannot pay for them is not very smart He lie is also stoutly opposed to George Peeks Peek's program of barter of or goods Both aree are arc e experiments j and so far neither lla has been marked b by nn any pronounced success s. s When the cabinet chief remarked the other day that tile the United States i is anxious to be a ag g good d neighbor but is in no mood to be a good tiling thing for the foreign n traders lIe he voiced a sentiment with which there will be general agreement As long as one so headed hard-headed is in charge of or the present effort to open up markets markets mar mar- we ve need not fear that we will sh ship p boatloads boatloads boat boat- loads of American goods overseas without get get- ct- ct ting an equivalent in monc money or goods back hack Weare We Ye Yee are arc e Ju just gust t as well vell off without any foreign mar mar- as we would bo b with them as long as they I are so financially embarrassed that they thc have to borrow horrow money mone from us with which to pay their bills Secretary Hull Hun has made wholesale withdrawals withdrawals withdrawals with with- of embassy and consular officials from Moscow i because as he remarks Russia played both ends ends against the middle in seeking a n American loan with which to finance purchases pu from the United States When Russia Rus Rm- Russia sia failed to get the bait lonn it on payment payment pay pay- ment of or the American debt claims If the administration should decide to go the rest of the tile way yay way and withdraw with raw the whole embassy and consular staffs there would not be a perceptible pe perceptible per per- howl il wl go go up in this tIlls country Russian recognition reco has been a 11 washout w shout so 8 far and holds no immediate prospect of being anything else Recognition was prompted on only I because of the hope that Russia would consume American merican goods good in Ill quantity There was no pressing political reason for recognizing a group of nations not only in default to the United States State on huge debts but which were br breeding eding worldwide trouble through the propagation of subversive political doctrines in countries s whore where they tile the were not wanted w In Iu addition to all this recognition affected adversely ad ad- versel our relations with Japan Tapan It was asad a- a a asad asad sad mistake and there is little to be done about it t now Secretary Hulls Hull's action however lets Moscow roscO osco osco- know how ho hote we t feel about it |