Show A SHOWPLACE IN MOSCOW 1 1 A we are all wrong but somehow tile the n 1 gears dont don't seem to mesh in this business of spending a million dollars for a new em cm- bass in Moscow While the countr country r is facing fac- fac l ing ug an budget while millions of Americans are still idle and the whole nation nations is i s upset over oyer co gress' gress action in restoring the f federal pay veterans veterans' benefits we consider con con- sider that at it is necessary to erect this palace i in ll the Russian capital for our ambassador Taken by and large we have baYe not lone done as aswell well vell by our foreign representatives as most llo do Only very rich Americans can afford to accept these appointments to high posts Congress recurrently is told that salaries sal sal- arIes are far too low for those in service ser ser- vice to represent the nation creditably r. r All AU this may be true and yet WIlY why do we pick out Russia so recently recognized a country coun coun- tr try which professes to abhor possession or display display dis- dis play of wealth for this temple of diplomacy If it is intended as a gesture of friendship is it not DOt likely to be Y Will ViII this laish la las las' ish outlay not have a subtle influence upon the Russian mind and tend to wean it from its contentment with poverty and its sacrifices for experiment with an exacting political theory tIle the ory ory Of course what's a million to congress in these lays fays of thinking in big numbers 1 But still the Moscow 1 project does docs provoke thought |