Show Prevailing Opinions Comment of the American Press Soviet Foreign Policy Polky No great power is more conciliatory con con- cili tory in its present European foreign policy than soviet Russin Russia Its recent prompt and cordial support support support sup sup- port of at the request of the Turkish republic ro o be he allowed to fortify forbidden the the Dardanelles Dardanelles by Treaty of at Lausanne of 1923 is 1923 is a complete reversal of the traditional tradition tradition- al at czarist insistence on the tho free freedom freedom dom doin of the Straits which re repeatedly repeatedly re- re endangered the peace of ot Europe Europ during the nineteenth cen cen- tury Skeptical observers may In Interpret this his policy polley as Insincere devised to lull the capitalist world Into a f false Lc sense of security Inan In Inan Inan an event the thc re record ord deserves to be allowed to speak for itself The Comp complete ete defeat by 1921 of all tho the interventionist efforts in Russia was taken take advantage of by Lenin to lo launch his program of industrialization which he admitted ad ad- r required for its success the cooperation of the capitalist industrialist countries Not until 1927 however did the soviet union give convincing ing evidence that world revolution had bad ceased to be its primary concern Trotsky went vent into exile where he has haa re remained remained re- re and and Stalin announced soon the first year five-year plan since then Russia's absorption in its gigantic industrial and agricultural agricultural agri agri- cultural schemes has discouraged foreign adventures either revolutionary revolutionary revolutionary or diplomatic At Atthe the tho end of 1933 non sion Sian pacts pact had been concluded d with Poland Estonia Latvia Finland Finland Finland Fin Fin- land as well as with Italy and France In the meantime Russia had drawn particularly close to France and under the latter's atter's sponsorship entered the League of Nations At Geneva the soviet spokesman spokes spokes- man Litvinoff vigorously championed championed cham cham- planed radical disarmament pro pro- Then he urged a n. scheme f for r progressive proportional dis armament Finally tho the soviet foreign minister promised his governments government's gov gov- support for all aU measures mea inca which gave hope of ot increasIng increasIng increasing ing ing- intern international security There is no definite answer to the question that interests most people Has the tho soviet union en up its hope of world revolution revolution revolution tion But there is at least a n. reasonable rea rca chance that Russian national national na na- na interests rather than communist communist com corn world interests will continue continue continue con con- to b bs be the determining consideration consideration con con- in the formation of soviet foreign policy New New York Times Nye Nyo Getting Silly When Senator Nye Nyc gets up in a a. public meeting and affirms that the United States is setting the pace and leading the procession in the m maddest armament race in inthe inthe the worlds world's history he is utterIng uttering uttering utter utter- ing such evident nonsense that he raises a question about the condition condition con con- of his reasoning powers and discredits everything else he says The senator bases his statement on an assertion that the American Ameri Amerl- can call government has Increased its expenditures on war preparation per cent since 1913 whereas the Japanese budget has jumped 34 per cent and those of most European nations 35 to 40 per cent Wo We distrust Mr Nye's Nyes per percentages percentages per per- but suppose they are corre correct t. t What do they prove A man who spends for house repairs one year and 10 the tho next increases his outlay per cent Another who spends one year and the next increases his only 50 BO per cent But which one actually spends the larger sum by way of in increase increase increase in- in crease How far the United States is from any leadership in the present present present pres pres- ent armament race is proven by this one f fact ct alone alon With Germany Italy Russia and France maintaining armies that run all the th-e way from to men the tho government government government govern govern- ment in Washington is talking about Increasing the American forces to men Add to this the painfully evident evident evi evi- dent fact that we are lagging both in the air and on the sea aea so that the the proposed proposed increases in air and on the sea so that the pro pro- and naval forces arc are only for re repair repair repair re- re pair of deficiencies and talk about setting the paces becomes silly Detroit Free Freo Pres President Did Dd Not Think It If Out OutA A good point is made by the Nation Nation Nation Na Na- tion Industrial Conference board when who it shows that the reduction of work hours in industry as advocated advocated advocated ad ad- by President Roosevelt in his recent budget message and re repeated repeated repeated re- re in his address to youth would not help the unemployment situation On the contrary as as' as the board shows it would tend to in increase increase In- In crease creaso the number of persons on relief The cut in working hours would In most industries reduce the weekly earnings in private te employment employment em em- as manufacturers insist it is impossible to raise the wage scale to make up for fer the shorter hours If wages were boosted the usual economic circle would re result re- re suIt sult It would mean higher prices lessened consumption and more unemployment The men dropped out in private industry would swell the work re relief re- re lief rolls roUs and the men on work relief would stay on The figures compiled by the conference board support the contention contention con con- of at W. 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J Cameron of the Ford company that manufacturing turing tur- tur ing industry y cannot of ot itself solve the unemployed problem as the president assumes that it should It would bo be tho the height heights of at un un- wisdom to interfere with the progress progress progress ress being made mado in the tho turing Luring industry by disturbing a a. wage and hour scale that is acceptable acceptable ac ac- ac- ac to tho the workers and the tho industry San San Francisco Chron Chron- icle ide Press Gets Results Professor ProCessor Moley Is hard to fol fol- fol- fol low He said at Princeton that the newspapers must be critical of at men in office If It the press succeeds succeeds suc- suc sue suc in making snaking the administration tion pretty mad occasionally all the better Then Professor Moley goes on to sa say sa that he sees with concern an unhappy state of things between the administration and the newspapers The administration admin admin- says the Uie press Is partisan reactionary unfair and untruth untruth- I ful But what better proof could there thero be that the tho press Is living up to its duty and is making the people in Washington good and mad madVe We Ve can hardly expect the administration to display anger by accusing the newspapers of being unprejudiced progressive and truthful New New York Times |