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Show i . Soviet Assistance Termed TermedAluerica's TermedAmerica's TermedAmerica's TermedAmericas Aluerica's Aluericas America's Americas ' "Great Great 'G.eat G.eat Geat " ' ! . Mistake Mistare ! " ' By BAUKHAGE AUKHAGC BAVIWAGE BAUKHAGENews BAVIWAGENets AUKHAGCNetm . News Netm Nets Analyst Anolyst and Comm.enl Commenl Commentator tor Street N We W14aslungtoa W e , . WNU TVNU Service 1616 Eye Wasluncton Waslung1on 14aslungtoa , , . D CAn CAn C back from tram a long longtour longtour longoalloAon officer oglcer An army - " called oalloAon oalloAonroe on onme onme tour at of duty in Germany GermmY roe me the otherl otherday other " day He was pret prettyr l " ! ty tyr grim aboutt aboutthe about \t t \ (1 1 ( | the situation in ' \ ; ; , " " Europe and Into , " . ' every tew few min minutes minutes ininutes utes ot of his Ius can con canversatlon conversation conversation versatlon versation crept creptthe creptthe creptthe the word Rus Bus Russia Bussia Bussia BussiaI sia siaI siaat at hike I like hke to tan talk talkabout talkabout . about America s sgreat sy sgreat sgreat y great mlshkehe mistakehe mistike mlshke mistake | he said Ger"many Gert Ger "many many t " many Is sup sup- supposed . - _ posed to havelost havelost have havelost lost the . war v.ar var by making makmg mIstakesby mistakesby mistakes hy by jittackinf attackmg attacking Russia by not Invad ( Ing England after Dunkirk Dunlriric by oy tn m s sand sand and by that . . I contend that Amer America Amerlea Amerjca ica lea s great mistake was " , . as not staymg staying staymgout stayingout stayingout out of Europe until Germany had hadlicked hadlicked licked cked Russia I mean staying staymg out outin outin outin in every way Because without withoutAmerican withoutAmerican withoutAmerican American supplies Russia would wouldhave wouldhave wouldhave have been beaten beatenI I reminded him of at the fact that thatAmerica thatAmerica thatAmerica America wanted a short war that thatwe thatwe thatwe we had opposed Churchill s plan planfor planfor planfor for attaciong attac1\lIlg attac1 lIlg attadrutig ! \ Europe through theBalkans the theBalkans theBalkans Balkans and thereby obtaining obtalnmg pas pos passessIon possession possession sessIon of the trouble making makmg strip stripof stripof stripof of territory which the Russians now nowdommate nowdominate nowdominate dommate dominate from the northern border borderof borderof of Greece up through Berlin We Wewanted Wewanted wanted to shorten the war by leav leaving leavtog ing the eastern front to Russia wIllIe while wIllIethe whilethe whilethe the western allies smashed the theGerman theGerman theGerman German power entrenched In InFrance InFrance InFrance France the Low Countries andItaly and andItaly andItaly Italy Thus millions mlllions of Amencan American AmericanInes AmericanInes 11 Ines " es would be ( and \ were ere ) ) saved . . , Churchill Foresaw ForesawBalkan ForesawBalkan Balkan InfluenceChurchill Influence . Churchill probably foresaw foresaw the thedifficult thedifficult thedifficult difficult es which would ar se with witha a Russia able to expand her In Infiuence influence influence fiuence fluence up to the fringes frmges of westernEurope westernEurope western | Europe Roosevelt behe believed " ed tha that thatthe thatthe t tthe the \ war ar must be won qu ckly and andhe andhe andhe he thought that by giving glvmg the Rus Russlans Russians Rustians slans sians everything they asked for m in mthe inthe inthe the way of mil m1l tary support tl ti e r rsuspIcIons rsuspicions rsuspicions suspIcIons would be removed and j jthat jthat Ithat that they would play ball with tl t ! e eAllies eAllies eAllies Allies in m the peace and after He lie Hebelieved liebelieved Hebelieved believed that Stalin Stalm needed peace peaceso peaceso peaceEO so badly that he would come aroi arOl ndGeneral ndGeneral nd ndGeneral General Elsenhower EIsenhower hImself hImselfdldn himselfdidn himselfdidn dldn didn t achieve any more of a realls reabs reallstic reabstic reahstic tic viewpoint vlewpomt in m regard to Buss Russ a athan athan athan than Roosevelt Roospvelt dld-Il dld Il did-if did if did - if we are to be believe beReve beUeve lieve Reve his somewhat somev.hat somevhat . verbose Boswell BoswellMr BoswellMr BoswellMr Mr Butcher in m his 900 00 page d ary aryButcher aryButcher aryButcher Butcher wntesIke writesIke writes wntes writesIke Ike said he felt that the themore themore themore more c.ontacte : . contact c.ontact \ we \\e e have v ith the Rs Rslans Ri R\ R Rt \ s ssians stians slans sians the more they will understand understandus us and the greater wIll w U be their thelI co cooperation cooperation cooperation operation The Russians are blunt bluntand bluntand bluntand and forthright in their dealings dealmgs and andany andany andany any evasiveness arouses their sus susplclons suspicions suspicions plclons picions It should be possible to towork towork towork work with Russia if we Yte follow the thesame thesame thesame same pattern of friendly co opera operafaon operatlon operalion tlon lion that has resulted In the great greataccord greataccord greataccord accord unityRoosevelt umtyRoosevelt of alhed allied unity umty Roosevelt and the generals were wereproved wereproved wereproved proved right when they said Stalm Stalin Stalmneeded Stalinneeded Stalinneeded needed peace But they were wrong wrongwhen wrongwhen wrongwhen when they thought heould he \ would \\ould ould come comearound comearound comearound around The state department un tin derstands understands tinderstands the situation now and as the asthe ofthe recently concluded meeting meetmg of the foreign mm sters demonstrates demonstratesappeasement demonstratesappeasement demonstratesappeasement appeasement has been over for forsome forsome forsome some time We know Russia can ran t fight and doesn t want to RussIa Russiaknows RussIaknos kno\\s kno s knows \ we cant t can fight . whether v.bether vbether we wewant wewant wewant want to or not She i 1 is acting ac accordlng1y accordmgly accordmgly cordlng1y cordmgly and according accordmg to hlstoncal historical historicalprecedentTragic historicalprecedent hlstoncalprecedent precedent precedentTragic Tragic History HistoryInspires HistoryInspires InspIres ' Wo 'No No Wosm /sm sm Ism / * ' Buta'1)one Butanyone But anyone a'1)one a1one ' ) who studies RussIan history Russianhistory knov that s the eternal no nowhIch nowhich nowhich whIch seems about the only answer answerthe the Russ an statesmen allowedto allov.edto are allov.ed alloved allowed . to make comes from somethmg something far somethingtar somethmgfar somethingfar deeper than mere stubbornness stubbornnessThis This no ism is only one of the many themany typ cal characteristics which whichthe the Soviets have revealed It has nothmg nothing hasnothing hasnothmg to do with the tact fact that they belle\ belle bellee behese theybebe\e theybebe e \ e in a theory of political econ omy economy wh ch is opposed to our own It ItIS ownIt is a deeply iiaplanted Implanted quality qualitywhich whIch is Russian rather than mere ly merely Soviet or Communist CommunistAnd And so when you read SovietRussia RllSfila . . _ . _ . . Soviet Russia evoked < wM J * t- t txk - - - the . . veto for the sIXth - - - sIXthhme sixthtime xk ULAbJJ time hme ULAbJJtime in ll1 m security secunty council history ( maybe historymaybe the 16th time by the time timeQU timeOU timeyou you } ) OU read this ) an san itsan old Kalmuck remember It its s custom Mother MotherRussia RussIa has taught her , eh children dren from the ! - - - - - - - - days of the invasion of Ghengls Ghengis . - - * < u < .u u ja Khan thathen that \ when \\hen hen a stranger beckons beck ons the only answer isno is no no a thousand athousand times Urnes nol cool In factRuss tact fact facta a Russ aRuss an seldom itIs oncefIs says no once-it once it once-f f once - - t 18 Is always net net Mil net net ! ! Of Ot course unengis Gbengis Ghengis iuian Khan Itnan wan itake i itake I take no for an answer ans\\er ans er \ Which Whichis Whichs is ! s about the ceurse course the rest of the theworld theworld theworld world can follow-If follow If follow-it it follow - if it can Lets Letshope Let s shope shope hope the process proccss won \ wont on t be as rugged rugged rug rugged ged gede e . e . e . eOPA OPA Battle HasPolitical Has HasPolitical PolItical SideWhatever Side SideWhatever Whatever one may think thmk ot of theintricacy the theintricacy mtrlcaey intricacy of the economic theory behind be beI behind I hmd hind the OPA its political impllca imphca impllcahons imphcations imphcalions hons tions are a thousandfold more dlf dif dlfficult difficult ditflcult ficult to assessAs assessAs assess assessAs As congress battled over the tattered tattered tat tered remains remams of the price control controllaw controllaw controllaw law many a congressman who thor thoroughJy thoroughly thoroughly oughJy oughly detested the \ whole hole set up begam be began began gan gam to worry a a little as to whatmight what whatmIght whatmight mIght happen back home borne it if he wereheld wereheld were wereheld held partially responsible for wreck wreckmg wrecking wrecktrig mg trig the agency It was all right for the representa representatlves representalives representatives tlves tives ot of farm communities The Thefarmer Thefarmer Thefarmer farmer ' " would ould reap the reward ofhigher of ofhigher ofhigher higher prices pnces first By the time hefelt he hefelt hefelt felt the effect of higher prices onthe on onthe onthe the things he had to buy OP OPA OPAprobably OPAprobably A Aprobably probably would be forgotten But Butcongressmen Butcongressmen Butcongressmen congressmen from industrial mdustnal centers cen centers centers ters were in quite qwte a different POSItiOn position.Thpse positionThpse . . Th/'se Th 'se se Those / ' communities are heard from fromthe fromthe fromthe the moment the mISS missus us encounters a amarkup amarkup amarkup markup at the corner grocery That Thatis Thatis Thatis is the reason that a a number of Republicans Re Republicans Republicans publicans supported the adminlstra administra adminlstration administration administration tion stand on OPA If the Republi Republl Republican Republlcan Republlcan can party Is to capture the house of ofrepresentahves ofrepresentatives ofrepresentatives representahves representatives next nC"It nCIt nett " : November itwill It ItWill itjwill Will have to pick up votes in the theclUes thecities thecities thecitiesBarbers citiesBarbers clUes cities Barbers to Boost BoostVocabulary BoostVocabularv V Too It is probably fitting fittmg that along alongwith alongwith alongwith with the dollar doUar haircut halIcut which has hasmade hasmade hasmade made Its appearance in metropoll metropoh metropolltan metropohtan metropolitan tan barber shops we may find thebarber the thebarber thebarber barber presenting presentmg us four dollar dollarwords dollarwords dollarwords words Barbers long have been beenkno beenkno beenkno kno vn vii for the qual ty of their verbal verb verbal verbal al output and in m some cases for the thequality thequality thequality quality as well Now Nov . they may mayhave mayhave mayhave have a chance really real ! ! } ) to reach the thehe thehe thehe he ghts for the leader of a barber stin s sun sun un tin on has offered olTered to enlist the aId aIdof aidof aidof of 10 000 barbers in lD a campaign to toget toget toget get some of the facts of atomic Ille life lifeacross Illeacross lifeacross across to the customerMrs customerMrs customer customerMrs Mrs Lill LIII an C Watford secretary secretaryof of the Tri Trr State Atomic Information InformationcommIttee Informationcommittee Informationcommittee commIttee received this offer She Shetold Shetold Shetold told us about it at a gathering gathenng whIch whichwe whichve we \ \ , chad had in m \ Washington lSashmgton \ ashmgton in mid Julypart July Julypart Julypart part c patedin pated in 10 by many nuclear nuclearsCientIsts nuclearscientists nuclearscientists sCientIsts pub publ ] c men and women womenof womenof womenof of note and others who are trymg trying tryingto trymgto tryingto to get the puble publ c to understand the theunportance theimportance theimportance unportance importance of control of atomic atomicE'nergy atomicenergy atomicenergy E'nergy Energy ' She took the barber barbers s of offer offer offor fer quite seriously senously and I believeproperly belIeve belIeveproperly believeproperly properly so I hope that the barbers bar barbers barbers bers learn to broadcast the basIc basIcfacts basicfacts basicfacts facts about the atom not of course coursefrom coursefrom coursefrom from the standpoint standpomt of nuclear phys physICISts physicists paysicists ICISts but from the standpoint standpomt of the theaverage theaverage theaverage average man who would like Ilke to live livehIs livehis livehis hIs life llle out in peace and leave aworld a aworld aworld world in which his children can do dothe dothe dothe the sameCongress same . . . Congress Scans ScansTypes ScansTypes Types of 01 Closing ClosingIt It took some time for congress tomake to tomake tomake make up its mind mmd whether it would wouldadJourn wouldadjourn wouldadjourn adJourn sine sme d e ( without date setfor set setfor setfor for reconvening reconvemng ) ) as they usually do dowhen dowhen dowhen when a session comes to an endor end endor endor or whether they would recess recessWhen recessWhen recessWhen When congress merely recesises rece.ses receses recesses . It Itcan itcan itcan . can reassemble without a specIal specIalproclamatIon specialproclamation specialproclamation proclamatIon by the PresIdentWhen PresidentWhen President PresidentWhen When the Pres dent calls congress congressinto congressinto congressinto into se session slon he has to issue a proc prod proclamatIon prodlamation proclamation lamatIon That s all the Const tu to tut tot tut I t on demands He doesn t have to todellver todeliver todeliver dellver deliver it Out of courtesy however how however however ever the White House House al vays tele telegraphs telegraphs telegraphs graphs the president of the senateand senate senateand senateand and the speaker of the houseBut houseBut house houseBut But the proclamation is not good goodi goodunless goodunless i unless the Great Seal of the Umted United UnitedStates UmtedStates UnitedStates I UmtedI States is affixed thereunto Nobody NobodyI Nobodycan Nobodycan Nobodycan can do that but the secretary of ofsta ofstate ofstate I sta state te for he is the keeper of theseal the theseal theseal seal So along with the proclamation proclama proclamathe proclamation ' tion the President has to issue a awarrant awarrant awarrant ofI warrant ordering ordenng the secretary of ofstate ofstate ofstate I state to do the affixing affixmg affixingI affixmgI I might say that the secretary of ofstate ofstate ofstate state usually delegates this task taskv.hich taskwhich taskwhich v.hich vhich which . reminds me of a story whIch whichI printedWhen prmtedWhen I bel eve never has been prmted printed When Secretary of State Stale H ill hadbeen had hadbeen hadbeen been in office 12 years there was a ahttle alittle alittle httle little outburst of congratulations PresIdent congratulationsPresident Roosevelt as they weretalking were weretalkmg weretalking talkmg talking pr vately remarked Cor Cordell Cordell Cordell dell you are the sole guard an of the thegreat thegreat thegreat great seal as you know fie He fiepaused Hepaused Hepaused paused and Mr Hull replied rephed Ycs Yes YesMr YcsMr YesMr Mr President Then the PresIdent PresIdentlooking Presidentlooking Presidentlooking looking him straight in the eye eyeasked eyeasked eyeasked asked Where ! is s it ? Idon It It was Hull s s turn to pause I don t know he admitted 1 I l\enever l enever t \ \ e enever never seen it _ _ |