| Show WEEKLY NEWS ANALYSIS 0 u S lussia fl events reach climax moscow parley continues uneasily soviets sever consular relations by bill staff writer EDITOR EDITORS S NOTE when opinion opinions are expressed in these columns they are those th of western newspaper union s BOW news analysts aad not use essar ly of this newspaper ag s discussion tn THE AX WAS THERE RUSSIANS climactic virtually every avenue of public thought in the U S was teeming with russians shadows of russians and a few red convertibles there was a feeling however that the international commotion had reached its climax and was ready to start subsiding partly be cause public interest flagellated into a state of high excitement couldn coulden t stand the stress and strain of it all much longer nevertheless events having to do with russia remained for the time being at least reasonably climac be tic the moscow talks were ready either to pay off or break down russia had broken off consular re lations with the U S mrs oksana Kasen kina the window jumping russian schoolteacher had told the story of how she bad had been strong armed moscow in the kremlin where the three western ambassadors were trying to pound out some kind of tentative basis for negotiations with the so viet union the russians were play ing their familiar game of hit and run U S ambassador walter bedell smith british representative frank roberts and french ambassador yves Chataigne au had been druda mg ing through a series of meetings with the implacable V M molotov soviet foreign minister molotov as usual was hard tough adamant in his adherence to current soviet policy on the berlin and germany problems no ress was made the three western representatives were dispirited al though they kept to their chore the word was whispered about that this conference might break up in total failure then came a break or so it appeared premier stalin would meet again with the three envoys in the ensuing discussions with stalin hopes again were raised that the western powers succeed in at least partially lifting the berlin blockade and perhaps effect an area of agreement that could be used tor for a subsequent top level meeting to iron out some of the major east west differences but there were some who still could see the ax on the peace table somehow there was a familiar pat tern behind these negotiations that went something like this after had subjected his fellow conferees to hour after hour of bis his case casehardened hardened refusals to come to terms attempting by those tactics to wear his diplomatic opponents down the scene was set for stalin s return stalin came on with his air of geniality and good will apparently not only willing but eager to reach common ground his attitude was so manifestly different from molo tov s that hopes again soared there was the danger lulled into optimism the western envoys might be trapped into making concessions that should not be made this same kind of molotov to stalin play had worked before hit the road jacob M lomakin soviet con sul general in new york had con ducted himself improperly and dis creditably in the affair of the rus sian schoolteacher mrs oksana the U S state department pointed out as it ordered him out of the country it was a sensational turn of events in a note to the soviet em ent bassy the state department asserted that lomakin had in effect misled his own government with regard to the Kasen kina case so that the protests which the soviets made to the U S were based on misinforms forma tion in addition the note charged that the consul general had hindered the investigation of the competent police officials by refusing to al low them to interview mrs kasen kina while she was under control of the soviet consul then even as lomakin was pack ing his bags and preparing to leave the country russia countered sharply by formally severing con sular relations with the U S and repeating its accusations of bad faith 0 that seemed to prove that loma kins kin s actions in the Kasen kina at af fair were not so much the espres sion of bis his individual initiative as they were a direct reflection of kremlin policy however no one was worrying too much about the breaking off of consular relations the move did not mean flat d plo matic relations were severed soviet consular activities in the U S were limited to arranging tor for mutual trade and travel between the two nations since there is no trade or travel exchange taking place the presence or ab sence of a consul wouldn t make too much diff difference arence to escape lying weak and ashen faced in her hospital bed in new york mrs oksana Kasen kina finally got around to telling the story of why she leaped from the third story win dow of the soviet consulate I 1 jumped to escape not to kill myself she said she said that her rescue from the tolstoy foundation foundations s reed farm was not a rescue but an arrest engineered by the russian consul general she did not want to go back to russia although she loves her people she stated that I 1 don t agree with the policies of josef stalin I 1 cannot agree with the regime in the soviet viewpoints religious it couldn coulden t be called schismatic it was thoroughly democratic in such a way delegates to the first assembly of the world Cot council umcil of churches might have assessed the first two addresses which of fici filially ally opened the historic sessions in amsterdam john foster dulles U S lay lead er in many rel bious activities and internationalist minded statesman and czechoslovakia s joseph L hromadka of the evangelical church of czech brethren speak ing in a section discussion on the church and international bisor der between them managed to strip much of the camouflage from the growing philosophical and sarr igual rift ng the east and west total result of dulles and ahro badka s addresses taken together was not to presage a religious split between the two blocs of nations but rather to define the problems at the root of current international disorders for those who are cou enough to attack them with spiritual weapons instead of guns e DULLES peace can never be stabilized except by institutions that seek to reflect moral law and that respect the dignity of the indi vidual and the present methods of communism are incompatible with peaceful changes collective action may at times be required pursuant to the united nations charter to protect mem ber states or individual human beings in their charter rights those who believe in moral law and human dignity must be con berned to make social institutions reflect those ideals HROMADKA the world Is seeing the end of western supreme acy within the realm of al order now three years after world war II 11 the western man chasn t yet recovered and is losing more and more the last remnants of his world leadership he chasn t much to offer along the lines of moral philosophical or spiritual leadership OUTPUT total national output of goods and services stimulated by inflation inflationary nary forces which have been growing stronger since early summer hit a record breaking rate of 2 bil lion hon dollars in the second quarter of the fiscal year the commerce department has reported that figure is 4 4 billion dollars above the peak reacted in the first three months of this year accord me ing to the department FUEL OIL plentiful last winter s serious fu fuel el short age in homes and industries ably will not be repeated this year according to present predictions the supply of fuel oil Is 19 becoming so plentiful that there apparently is no need for an elaborate dis tribu tion system to be set up tor for the pur pose of doling it out stored supplies are 60 per cent ahead of last year at this time and crude runs from distilleries are half halt a million barrels ahead of a year ago new refining facilities are largely responsible for eradicating the shortage moreover oil industry officials say here now is an ample supply of gasoline only thing that could put a crimp in am that would be a na dional emergency or a transports tran tion stoppage most of the major cities are well supplied with oil and while there might be spot shortages in rural communities during the winter they probably w would 1 buld be only of a day or two duration last winter said one industry member part of the trouble was caused by snow tying up the rail roads that happens and attention is focused on it when there is an oil shortage it could happen again RADAR NET Ili inadequate adequate what with one thing and another americans can t help now and then wondering what would happen if this country suddenly were to be attacked from the air biggest question in this connection is whether a warning of such an at tack tock would be given in time tor for the population to evacuate probable centers of attack air force officials say they are doing the best they can with what they have to provide the nation with a radar warning network what they have however is at best inadequate they say the pres ent radar system is not capable of detecting all approaches of foreign planes currently a committee of leading scientists headed by dr vannevar bush is carrying out a careful study of improvements in radar that could lead to an adequate air warning system political pounding bubbling tooth fully with con flrence herbert brownell jr campaign manager for gov thomas E dewey ot of new york nails up the sign which proclaims that the washington D C head quarters for the republican cam laign ticket ol 01 dewey and war ren is open for business brownell also has the idea that business will be good installments regulated just exactly what effect the new ly imposed restrictions on credit buying would have on the hog wild inflation that has been devastating the nation s moral fiber was not quite clear acting under authorization of the congress the government put the brakes on installment buying and extended the ceiling on its new regulations to 5 to control wild cat buying of expensive new auto mobiles this new order goes into effect september 20 from that day forward the law will require that the buyer of a new car pay one third down in cash and take not more than 18 months to pay off the balance in installments of not less than 70 a month other hard goods stoves orators washing machines and re household articles call for a 20 per cent down payment with the balance to be liquidated in not more than 15 months the order exempts anything cost ing less than 50 or more than 5 a rule which set many Amerl cals to asking caustically what they could find to buy tor for less than 50 and where they could get the money 0 purchase anything over 5 actually however the credit curb seemed to amount to little more than putting the go goi s stamp of legal approval on a tice which has been followed volun by a considerable number of retail merchants many astute businessmen have been following the one third down payment rule all along as a pro lection both to themselves and the prospective buyers upshot of it all was that few peo pie beloved bel eved the federal regulation would do much to clear the iffla t annary atmosphere atmo |
