Show t e National Topics Int Interpreted by William Bruckart U National Press Pres Washington D D. C C. C ed Washington The Associated Press carried a 3 dispatch from Mosco Moscow Moscow Mos Mos- co cow v a few days Social cial Defense ago that badin had bad hadin in Russia more in it than just the announcement an an- that certain oppositionists opposition opposition- among the Soviet leaders were to be executed The dispatch reported reported re- re re Ic- ported that 16 confessed conspirators tors against the Soviet state were sentenced to death by the firing tiring squad as the highest measure of social defense of a government It reported a nc new stage in the he so so- called progress progress' of Communism in inthe inthe inthe the Russian state For the first time since the Bolsheviks came into power they ordered the death penalty penal penal- ty for some of of the J leaders who marched in the Revolution of October October Octo Octo- ber 1917 So we have a n clean sweep now of the men who sat next to the dictator dictator dicta dicta- tor Lenin the men who were his closest advisors ad in council are out of f the way and in their place remains remains remains re re- re- re mains the extensively practical and willed strong-willed executive Stalin who has in this instance declined to allow allow allow al al- low theory to interfere with a condi condi- tion Here is the picture Leon Trotsky in exile and under sentence of death if h he returns into Russia shot to death also executed executed executed exe exe- by a firing squad he will be remembered as an outstanding pillar pillar pil pil- pillar pil- pil lar of Bolshevism Bolshevism- a sui sui- cide tide R kov B and Radek under investigation by the dreadful A hated secret service is looking into the records of o kov and The latter two have advisors t Stal Stal- Stalin in But what is all of this about The answer is simple While these men were charged with plotting the murder of Stalin with conspiracy beneath it all lies Iles the thirst of men for power Through all of this since the fall of the Russian empire and the execution of Czar Nicholas the Communists have pushed for for- ward The strongest of them have traveled That is the why of Stalin Yet as most always happens under any circumstance where the will of ofa ofa a few a-few few men runs free they have inflicted inflicted inflicted in in- to the last degree the power that they have gathered unto them them- selves In so d doing ing they have not failed tailed to reserve unto themselves such considerations as they thought necessary a a perfectly human trait of character answerable only where a whim becomes a will and there is power to carry it out Between Stalin who was able to enforce his will and Trotsky who dwelt in the st starry heavens of theories theories theories the the- ories and dreams there is only a theoretical difference Each wanted wanted wanted want want- ed Communism Trotsky considered considered considered consid consid- ered the problem in the terms of ot world revolution St Stalin thought of of it as the Russian state and recognized recognized recognized his capacity to carry his plans through in that jurisdiction So the Trotsky Stalin-Trotsky feud as it has turned out ut to be h has become ferocious and any anyone one who has gone contrary I s' s to the will of the mighty y Stalin- Stalin committed a sin against the state And a sin ag against the Russi Russian st state under Stalin means to disappear It seems to me there is an important important im lesson for the American America n people in that r Lesson for anon S Stalin t ali n Americans along with Hitler and Mussolini lini is always right It matters not what the people may desire what their philosophy of life and living may be how they propose to encourage o or r accept responsibility for self self gov gov the dictatorship continues Many times in these columns I have criticized bureaucracy in th the e federal government There are s so o many bureaucrats in Washington Washingto on n now that some one has bitterly described de de- scribed them tem as locusts It ma may y a from bureaucracy bureaucracy seem quite jump bureaucracy racy to dictatorship but the difference difference difference differ differ- ence actually is very small When j f the people of the Uni United d States concede concede concede conr con con- r cede to the federal government such rights as the federal government attempted to exercise in and even even to a greater extent in in inthe the AAA they are ore taking faking the first step to I. I grant to a centralized government the authority that leads to absolute control of the per person on and everything everything every every- thing that person does There ere are conditions undoubtedly th that t need to be remedied before our c r form of government is anything like perfect There is always to be considered considered con con- changing conditions and the changing whims of people them them- selves But I entertain the conviction conviction con con- that so long as the American Ameri Ameri- can people are unwilling to accord increasing powers to the federal government govern the nation as a whole will go forward civilization will wil progress and we will enjoy having havinga a government i The transfer of William C. C Bullitt irom from his recent post as ambassador I to Russia to a sim D if 9 Bullatt s 8 liar assignment in I j Big Job France upon the resignation of Ambassador Ambassador Am Am- Ambassador Straus has occasioned but very little comment but i it 1 seems to me in view of all conditions condi condi- and circumstances that i it l should hould attract attention He will j take up the job as the chief chic American Ameri Ameri- can diplomat at Paris in most troublesome tunes times the most difficult difficult difficult dif dif- perhaps that have confronted an American diplomat anywhere since the days of 1914 to 1916 Appointment Appointment Appointment Ap Ap- of ot Mr Bullitt then it would appear is a move that calls into consideration not only the conditions conditions conditions con con- which he will meet as our ambassador but also his qualifications qualifications qualifications for the job It is is to be remembered first that the post of ambassador to Paris Parisis is the second highest in rank among our foreign diplomats It is a post that always has called for about the best that our nation can turnout turn turnout turnout out in the way of tactful representation tion lon even though we always count the he assignment to London as the No 1 t ranking post The reason Is that we seldom if ever have had the problems to deal with in the case of the London government that continuously continuously con- con arise between the United States and France We always have been friendly with France in modern modern modern mod mod- ern times but it can not be denied that hat there has been constant friction fric- fric friction tion lon between the two peoples The same has not been true concerning Anglo-American Anglo relations Hence the he job at Paris has always been regarded as more difficult than that at London As for Mr Bullitts Bullitt's capacity there here is a general feeling that he heis heis hes is s not an nn outstanding diplomat He Helas has las achieved success in some lines yet jet ret I believe the consensus is th that 1 t tin in n so far as his recent service at Moscow Is concerned the Russians can claim much greater success in dealing with the United States than we ve can in dealing with the Soviet Those of us who were present as observers in Washington during the days when Foreign Commissar Litvinov Litvinov Litvinov Lit- Lit met with President Roosevelt in n the series of conferences that resulted re re- suited in recognition of the Union of Soviet Socialistic Republics can not fail ail to recall how Mr Bullitt labored labored la- la bored ored to accomplish that tion ion It It will be recalled as well that Mr Bullitt insisted throughout these negotiationS negotiation how trade would follow recognition He urged that the 13 year old policy of recognition non held by Wilson Harding Coolidge and Hoover should be cast aside in n the interest of trade predicting a great grea t flow of commerce between the he nations President Roosevelt eventually made that the real basis for or granting recognition None of the predicted trade h has come about None will be possible until the Soviet finds means of paying paying pay- pay ing ng for American goods American Ameri- Ameri can business men are a bit old fash- fash They w want to be paid for what they selL After what some critics have called Mr Bullitts Bullitt's dismal failure e at Moscow he is promoted to the French post The selection comes come at a time tune when French internal politics are boiling It comes likewise likewise like like- wise vise at a time when the Washington Washing- Washing ton on government is striving to expand expand ex- ex sand American exports and when itis itis it its is s hoped that there will not be a further further further fur fur- ther decline in outbound shipments such as official figures of the Department Department De- De of Commerce show has hast taken aken t place in trade with Russia S s Senator James Couzens of Michigan Michigan Michi Michl- g gan who is up for re-election re this fall has sort of up up- Upsets set the apple cart Apple Cart for or the Republic c cans a n s 5 although they profess not to be particularly worried The senior senator from Michigan has always served in the senate as a Republican but now he ic makes the announcement that he heis hes is s going to support President Roosevelt Roosevelt Roose Roose- velt welt for re-election re and th that brings the senators senator's regularity as a Republican Republican Republican Re Re- publican into question Senator Couzens has been a powerful powerful powerful pow pow- erful man politically In Michigan in years past He h has ls served his city Detroit and his state and the th-e nation nation na na- nation na- na tion in a distinguished way Obviously Obviously Obviously Ob Ob- Ob- Ob such service builds up an nn important political following but according to superficial indic indication no one knows exactly how much remains re re- mains of that following This statement statement statement state state- ment assumes that the sen senators senator's strength is not as great as it used tobe to tobe tobe be and all current information supports supports supports sup ports that view Yet in politics nothing is certain and that Is 15 the reason why Senator Couzens's action action action ac ac- ac- ac tion has proved disturbing Former Gov Wilbur M M. Brucker is seeking the Republican nomination nomination nomination nomina nomina- tion for tor the senate in Michigan and thus the Incumbent has his difficulties dim dim- in getting the nomination because because because be be- cause the Democrats will have a candidate of their own own- Be it said In favor avor of Senator Couzens however however how how- ever he was fair with the voters of his party by announcing before the primaries what his attitude would be respecting the presidential candidates candidates candidates can can- and his sincerity in this regard regard regard re re- re- re gard may have some effect On the other hand band it Is difficult to say how wool the Republicans can remain with Senator Couzens I j jaUer after aUer an nn announcement by which he I virtually has read himself himsel out of the party o Western Newspaper Union |