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Show DR W EA ON ONITS ITS IT S S Sl1E StME WE \l\1E l 1E \ \ CROWD AGAINPARIS AGAINPARIS AGAIN AGAINPARIS PARIS - It shot s hot in m an the galleries galleriesof of the palace of Luxembourg In the thetop thetop thetop top gallery sit hundreds of news newsmen newsmen newsmen men menChmese menChinese -Chmese Chmese -Chinese Chinese - - Chinese Siamese Slamcse Greek Grcck In Ind Ind Indan d an New Zealandcrsatch Zealandcrs Zealanders watch \\atch atch \ ng a aman aman aman man speak far belo v No Ne vsmen vsmenfrom vsmenfrom vsmenfrom from all over the \ world orId watchmg watching watchmgthe watchingthe watchingthe the peace It s their peace What 1Vhat s sdone sdone sdone done here will w1l1 affect the r countr es esfrom esfrom esfrom from Baluchistan to Iceland from fromSaskatchewan fromSaskatchewan fromSaskatchewan Saskatchewan to Samoa and they theyare theyare theyare are watchingFar watchingFar watching watchingFar Far bclounder below bclo\\ bclo \ under the klieg kl1eg kheg lights lightsSitS lightssits lightssits SitS Jimmy Byrnes - patient pahent pol1te polite pol1teJimmy politeJimmy politeJimmy Jimmy Byrnes - ne\er ne er never \ leavmg leaving his hisseat hisseat hisseat seat never fading failing to listen I1sten A Aman Aman Aman man speaks into mto the microphone microphoneHe He s interpreting Molotov m in mrrcnch inrrcnch inFrench rrcnch Another man speaks He s sInterpreting sinterpreting sinterpreting Interpreting Molotov in English Engl1sh EnglishIt Engl1shIt It takes hours When you wonder wonderwill wonderwill wonderwill will d plomacy ever evcr become mod modern modern modern ern zed zed7 ? ' Diplomacy hasn t been beenchanged beenchanged beenchanged changed since 1815 The Vienna Viennaconference Viennaconference Viennaconference conference when the great powers powersdIvided powersdivided powersdivided dIvided up Europe and brought on onmore onmore onmore more warsParis warsParis wars warsParis Paris today Is depressmgly depressingly depressmglythe depressinglythe the same We invent modern modernmcthods modernmethods modernmethods mcthods methods of warfare Rock Rockets Rockets Kockets ets that may reach the moon atomic atomlo bombs that sink na- na navies navies na navies - - vies germs that can destroy destroycivilizations destroycivilizations destroycivilizations civilizations But the weap weap- weapODS weap- weap weapoils weapons - - ons ODS oils of ot peace never keep pace pacewith pacewith pacewith with the weapons ot of war warnor warnor warnor nor do the diplomats who wield wieldthe wieldthe wieldthe the weapons of peace The same crowd which tailed failed to tohead tohead tohead head off the last war is here agameven againeven again agam againeven -even even - even some of the same crowd crowdwhich crowdwhich crowdwhich which sat m ID in at the last Pans peace peaceconference peaceconference peaceconference conference Look at their thClf thew faces facesPoker facesPoker facesPoker Poker faces No life We no l lift ldt t no pas pasSlon passion passion Slon sion for the peace they are negoti negotiatlng negotiatrng negotiatmg atlng atrng bored faces preoccup ed edfaces edfaces edaces faces ( bored with wtth the endless trans translations translations translations lations Bored with the whole bore boredom boredom boredom dom of diplomacy Not a man manamong manamong manamong among them who lost an arm or a aleg aleg aleg leg who knows what it is to sut serf serfter sutfer suffer fer ter on the battlefield These are the themen themen themen men who are writing the peaceJimmy peace peaceJimmy Jimmy Byrnes is not bored Po PolJte Poate Polite lJte ate patient precise Jimmy Junmy Byrnes Byrness s ts is on the front ro v - perhaps he heIS heis heis IS too polite pol1te too patent pat ent You Youfeel Youfeel Youfeel feel like llke shouting shoutmg down at Jimmy JimmyYou JimmyYou JimmyYou You wish you had a telephone to toreach toreach toreach reach him rum there way do vn below belowYou belowYou belowYou You wish you could tell himThat himThat him himThat That was a great speech you youmade youmade youmade made the other day Jimmy but butfin butfin butfin fin sh it Tell them the rest of the thestory thestory thestory story Tell them not only that the theUn theUn theUn Un ted States isn t go ng to remam remain remamIsolated remainisolated remainisolated Isolated but also that we re gomg going gomgto goingto goingto to raise hell with anyone who whoblocks whoblocks whoblocks blocks our path to peace Tell them themthat themthat themthat that millions milllons of Amer cans are fed fedup fedup fedup up with all this trus frittering fnttermg that mil mil110ns millions millions 110ns lions of Americans mean business businessand businessand businessand and will back you up in ln anything anythingyou anythingyou anythingyou you doAround doAround do doAround Around the senate chamber of the thepalace thepalace thepalace palace of Luxembourg are great greatgold greatgold greatgold gold ornaments Wood vork York carved carvedin carvedm carvedan m an ornate shapes heav ly encrust encrusted encrusted encrusted ed with gold-remnant gold remnant gold-remnants remnants gold - remnants of the lush lushdays lushdays lushdays days of the de Mcd Med Medors ors ' is It If theFrench the theFrench theFrench French had only been smart It If they theyhad theyhad theyhad had only painted pamted out the gold and andsubstituted andsubstituted andsubstituted substituted white crosses ! Thenperhaps Then Thenperhaps Thenperhaps perhaps the bored d plomats sitting sittingbelow sittingbelow sittingbelow below would remember white whitecrosses whitecrosses whitecrosses crosses from Guadalcanal and andStal andStal andStal Stal ngrad from Salerno and New NewGwnea NewGuinea NewGuinea Gwnea Guinea from Tobruk and the Rap Rapido Rapido Rapido ido from Normandy and AachenClose AachenClose Aachen AachenClose Close your eyes and you can cansee cansee cansee see them Thousands ol of wrute white wrutecrosses whitecrosses whitecrosses crosses The dead speaklie speak speake \\e e lie \ \ \ who lie he here have nothfng nolhbig notli noth nolh notliing ing fng big left to giveTo giveTo give giveTo To all your praises we aredeaf aredeaf are aredeaf deaf and blmdWe blindWe blind blmd blindWe We may not even know Ityou ifyou U It if Uyou you betrayThe betray hetray betrayThe hetrayThe The lopes 1 opes we cherished tormanlund formankind for tor formankind mankind manlund mankindBut manlundBut But the d plomats below don t tseem tseem tseem seem to hear Men in red redplush redplush redplush plush seats fastid fashd ous men in m an red redplush redplush redplush plush seats their na Is polJshed polished polJshedtheir polishedtheir polishedtheir their cravats carefully tied They Theydon Theydon Theydon don t seem to hear They are tJunk think tJunkng thinkng thinkng ng about procedure and maJonty majority maJontyvotes majorityvotes majorityvotes votes vetoes and prest ge go and andwhether andwhether andwhether whether they will get out in m an time timeto timeto timeto to take tea tLa with Mrs Ogden M lIsOne UsOne Us lIs UsOne One man does hear He s ts is op oppo opposite opposite po posite site Jimm Jlmm e a Byrnes A big biguncouth biguncouth biguncouth uncouth man his hair not even evenparted evenparted evenparted parted Evatt of Australia HIS HIScockney Hiscockney Hiscockney cockney accent is as uncultured but he hedares hedares hedares dares to speak He 15 IS as the only man manwho manwho manwho who comes anywhere near preach preachIng preachmg preaching Ing mg the Sermon on the Mount who whotells whotells whotells tells the bored men in the red plush plushscats plushseats plushseats scats seats that they must love their theirne theirroe theirne ne roe ghbors as themselves Un Un Unpleasantly , . . pleasantly Evatt steps on the toesof toes toesof toesof of the b g nations - tells them they theyhave theyhave theyhave have no bus business mess sabotaging the thepeaceful thepeaceful thepeaceful peaceful goal of others They Theyion Theydon Theydon ion don ! t like lire Evatt but they tbey I1sten listen I1stenEven listenEven listenEven Even : pal pat ent polite pol1te pohte Jimmie Byrnes Byrnesdoesn Byrnesdoesn Byrnesdoesn doesn t like lJke Evatt But he lJstens listens lJstensThousands listensThousands listensThousands Thousands of men under whItecrosses whitecrosses white whitecrosses crosses I l 1slen slen tooBARTERING too . . . BARTERING ARTERI.G ARTERIG . OVfcK OVhR OVLR PEACEClement PEACEClement PEACE PEACEClement Clement Attlee prime minister of ofBntam ofBritain ofBritain Bntam Britain speaks - the man who per performed performed performed formed the miracle of defeatmg defeating defeatmgWar defeatingWar defeatingWar War Leader Wmston Winston Churchill-a Churchill a Churchillamodest Churchillamodest Churchill - amodest modest man a sincere earnest earnestman earnestman earnestman man H s bald head sh nes under underthe underthe underthe the kl eg lights Ught . But It is no 110 haloSume halo haloSume ' ) Sume ume hours before Attlee was washaggl washaggl washaggi haggl ng with Byrnei Byrne Byrnes over the fu future fulure future ture lure of Germany-bartermg Germany bartermg Germany-bartering bartering Germany - bartering over overthe overthe overthe the peace of the world want ng to tolrade towade toirade lrade wade oil 011 off ' a Brit Bnt Brat sh i > h pel pol cy tn in tnI inI inI I alest a/est a est aeast / ne tor for an American polJCY policy policyo polJCYc c 0 G"rmar Grmar G"rmarv Grmarv Gerrnarw " " |