Show We Can an Be e Courteous Even wen t to o the Russians There is such a thing as courtesy even to the Russians And we do not think Governor Dewey of New York practiced it at the dinner given by New NewYork NewYork NewYork York City in honor of General Romulo retiring president of the United Nations general assembly Fifteen hundred U. U N. N delegates and workers were guests of course including the Soviet Russian delegation to the U. U N. N It was a party not a regular meeting of the United Nations Americans were the hosts and the representatives of many other countries including the Soviet Soviet Soviet So So- viet Union were guests In such a setting it seems out of place for Governor Dewey making the principal address to go out of his way to criticize Russia's use of slave labor It was as much out of place as if he had criticized French handling of colonial problems in Indo-China Indo the Philippines' Philippines failure to halt widespread corruption the Arab states' states refusal to agree to a settlement settlement settlement settle settle- ment of the problem of Pal Palestine stine or picked at a dozen and one other sore spots on the surface of the globe including including including ing a few in our own country All these criticisms would be appropriate appropriate appropriate enough in an official session of the United Nations or any of its agen agen- cies But they are scarcely suitable at a asocial asocial asocial social affair Under the circumstances it is easy to see why the Russian delegates angrily stalked out of the banquet room The real danger here is that we are descending to the Russian level level and and that is no answer to the Communist threat In the face of Russian surliness and animosity it may be hard for us to maintain our standards of decent and right human conduct conduct but but we must strive to do so lest we follow the Soviet pattern pattern pattern pat pat- tern all the way from churlishness to tyranny |