Show Bru chares washington Washing fon digest it some good may come to america out of awful F finnish catastrophe mask pulled off communism in united states and left lef it thoroughly damned ways of helping finland freely discussed in washington by WILLIAM BRUCKART service national press washington D 0 press and radio have been filled for days with news of the cowardly and ruthless attack byRus by hussla sla upon the defenseless and harmless finns so sickening has haa this assault been that millions of americans have all but forgotten the movements of that predatory animal called hitler indeed the brutality of the drive upon the finns has practically forced news about hillers Hit lers war with britain and france to disappear from the front pages the abe sit down war still goes on but it has failed to create interest in america but I 1 believe that for us there Is 13 some good coming out of that awful finnish catastrophe it Is a paradox that anything good could come from such a stench as russia hut but I 1 am certain ot of the results in that regard por for one thing the latest sordid page paga in soviet history has pulled the mask off of communism it has left communism standing before americans nude nuda and thoroughly damned with its hands dripping with human blood with gory filth oozing irom from every pore and its true rapacious character exposed to the last grimy detail Mor moreover bover the soviet destruction or near destruction of the helpless finns has posed questions to be on an in this country by a good many thousands who have held up communism as the acme in govern ment theory those folks now are called upon to attempt a justification of 0 the great liberalism which has used miserable excuses to invade and bomb and mutilate it Is time for the parlor pinks the so called intelligentsia of the colleges and universities and the movements for freedom as well as the real scheming lynx eyed tor for eigners to try to explain away what has happened may compel everyone to unite for american way thus thu when I 1 observed above that I 1 believe some good will como come out of the hellhole of russia I 1 was thinking how the situation abroad Is going to compel most everyone to unite tor for the american way these latest vengeful acts of the russian bear that walks like a man bring into bold relief again certain things that happened back about november 16 10 1033 they remind us of the various glowing statements that were forthcoming as to the value in a material way of diplomatic lorna tic recognition of russia maxim litvinov was here you will remember ho he bargained for american recognition of his nation arid and got it upon a promise that russia would quit her attempts to spread the doctrine of communism in this country there were bombastic s state t a t e ments menta of millions of dollars in trado trade that would flow from the agreement worked senator tor borah out between president roosevelt and the russian com commissar As I 1 remember it senator horah borah thelda the idaho republican had conducted practically a one man campaign tor for russian recognition long before nov arrived predictions were glowing but neither mr roosevelt nor senator borah ever suggested that the glowing was going to bu be the sheen of lowing flowing blood of helpless women and children and their men A lot of things are happening as regards this new situation for example the reconstruction finance corporation has agreed to extend a credit of bf to the finnish government tor for the purchase of agricultural surpluses in the united states theadis there is talk also of using the recently remitted finnish debt payment in some way tor for the aid of the it stricken rIcken peoples of the only na tion that has made good on repay ment of money borrowed during and after the world war we ue are likely to hear bear 6 a great deal more about active help from this side of the atlantic ocean because american hearts are tender but there is danger in the action that has just been taken pushed soviet buyers out and told them em to stay out the there reis as danger in that proposal however our hearts may desire that we help the finns As I 1 have so often eai said in allese columns it Is eu ropes war and we can and must stay stai out of it it if we as a nation start helping finland it strikes me that face Is liable to get slapped and immediately ol of course there w will ill be the kind of hatred arise that will drag us into the flaming cauldron cauldren caul dron mr roosevelt did an admirable job I 1 believe when he placed an unofficial but very effective embargo on the further purchase of airplanes in Ws this country by the soviet it is generally understood that a soviet mission was wandering around this country at the time seeking to buy hundreds of air planes there Is a difference in helping finland in that manner than by extending a helping hand ly mr Roosevel ts action simply stated pushed the soviet buyers oat and told them to stay away to go ahead if they must and use their army of approximately against the meager of finns another thing that Is happening and it is taking on quite a bit of steam Is the demand that the united states recall our ambassador cut loose the diplomatic ties to the extent that withdrawing an ambassador shows disgust and disapproval might be unwise to recall our ambassador to russia recall of oi the ambassador has been strongly advocated by sin sn ar thud hut michigan republican cad who Is out looking around tor for delegates to the republican national convention next year A dozen or so other republicans have taken the same game position and the department of state and the president have been urged by numerous democrats to show the american position in thai manner it seems unlikely that such a thing will happen nor am I 1 convinced that it Is the wise thing to do soviet officials if they desired could interpret such an action amounting as to a declaration of war on our part behave we have seen enough of their op orations erat crat lons ions to suspect that they will do most anything which will further their own ends things just as ridiculous as announcing to their ignorant and illiterate millions that finland was planning to capture leningrad a great industrial city I 1 doubt that mr roosevelt ought to recall the ambassador but I 1 do not see sec how ow constantine Constant lne Ourn ansky the soviet ambassador to washington can remain in the grent great and lavishly furnished embassy here with any feeling that his presence Is desired by the bulk of them the americans but what Is this russian defense against finnish attacks lending leading to what brought lt about the answer Is that the reds have started west they have entertained fears I 1 am informed that some na tion that has been friendly with finland ans prep preparing tiring eventually to use finnish land and son sea areas as a base of attack to preclude that so it Is said the reds want a baltic baltic outlet many believe that stalin double crossed hitler there are many persons in official life here who believe that stalin has double crossed flit hitler ler and most or of us add that there Is little to choose between the two it Is plain to see that hillers flers Hit lif lers plan to seize poland was approved proved op by stalin who was bought with a share dut but the inside rumor Is that hitler never approved of the westward march upon which stalin Is now engaged nor Is there any ground tor for belief that hitler welcomes the threats at rumania and some of the areas to the east that are being made from the den of the russian bear just as a thought then we hear it suggested that perhaps stalin trapped hitler hy by letting him enter Poland that stalin knows hillers Hit lers hands are occupied on the french front that the soviet eventually may be in a position to crowd germany by the type of persuasion given off from bombs bombi and bayonets I 1 do not outline this as a tact fact I 1 toss it in here because it Is the subject of military discuss fors and it certainly Is a P possibility DOMESTIC america abroad there may have been some marked connection between U S politics and the state departments abrupt decision to censure Eu ropes belligerents then again ambassador joseph P kennedys Kenn edys return from london may have provided impetus but while republican strategists were debating the wisdom of attacking the administrations alleged pro british stand and its failure to rebuke russia for invading finland secretary of state cordell hull acted swiftly russia was warned the U S would hold moscow responsible tot for dana banff ages to american interests growing out of its blockade of finland since americans are already barred from this area by the neutrality law the warning was at best a slight wrist slap next mr hull warned britain that her new blockade of german 14 t JOE KENNEDY ills ilis hand was visible exports shall not cause interference with the legitimate trade of its americas nationals joe kennedys Kenn edys hand was more visible in the next move president roosevelt told his press conference the ways were being sought to increase the use of american ships on routes abandoned by the british and other belligerents climaxing the renewal of vigorous U S action abroad was establishment of a dummy finnish american trading corporation to be financed by in credits supplied by jesse jones export import bank THE WARS rumor hath it A persistent but unconfirmed report popped up simultaneously in a half dozen european capitals to the effect that germany was willing to call oft off her war with the allies joining hands in a four power france britain italy and germany drive against the russian juggernaut nobody doubted nazi interest in such a project because germany dislikes the russians nor did many observers doubt that this must eventually happen if the soviet is to be held in check but it was equally evident that until russia pounds on their doors the allies will continue their holy war against hitlerism arctic war whether they were spreading propaganda or telling the truth the finns did a nice job of building up world hatred of the hie soviets one report said they were sending polish peasants across the heavily mined no mans land on the isthmus the french use pigs for the same purpose another report said russian tanks advanced against finnish lines running over the bodies of their wounded it was no picnic for the reds at any rate inexperienced in arctic warfare they died by the hundreds as the finns loosed snow avalanches disabled scores of tanks with uncanny firing accuracy and rode to victory on skis against their iu pre pared adversaries but the finns were weakening outfought by force of sheer soviet m manpower an power in desperation velnoe hakkila Hakk lla speaker of the finnish diet appealed by radio we believe the civilized world which has given us testament of its great s sympathy m will not leave us to fight alono alone western war peace talk to the contrary the allies lies war against germany became intensified as britain clamped down her blockade of all nazi exports A japanese freighter which stubbornly threatened to sail with german goods from the netherlands suddenly changed its mind on one black friday 14 losses to british and neutral nations were revealed plus alleged sinking of three nazi naz U boats LEAGUE OF NATIONS china to the rescue it is for us to act in order that little people p ople in distress will not be deceived thus Nor ways karl J hambro new president of the league of nations assembly as he aasc ascended ended the rostrum to open the leagues greatest show the trial of russia for an attempt on fin lands life italy was gone adne so was germany the russian delegate jakob burits stayed at his hotel this left the league largely a group of democracies bound together in a last iasi futile attempt to maintain peace by collective security there were puppet stragglers like lithuania and latvia but they could speak only in the assembly not in the council which must vote t unanimously nani in order to oust russia strangely sentiment for the ouster did not come from france A and britain BUTLER w without I 1 t h 0 u t china cai na saved russia whose sup port there would be no I 1 league but from latin american nations who threatened to quit it if the soviet punished this drew the allies into line scandinavia its security threatened by the finnish war was quick to follow when assured some support but at dussias Rus sias darkest hour she got help from an unexpected though logical place in the presence of british foreign undersecretary under secretary richard austen butler walked dr wellington koo scholarly ex chinese ambassador to the U S now that nations league representative koos announcement china will not support the ouster reason left unsaid russia alone remains as a source of supplies for china in her war against japan saddened Nor ways karl hambro held a last hope that russia might at least be induced to settle the finnish dispute peacefully the lea league gue sent a 24 hour ultimatum which invited moscow to arbitrate but every leaguer knew kne w it was a dull weapon POLITICS evangelist day after new yorks district attorney tom dewey opened his G 0 P presidential drive in minneapolis america awoke to find itself in the middle of an election campaign observers disliked impugning the motives of attorney general frank murphy and his trust busting assistant thurman arnold but they picked a strategic moment to open a graft crusade in chicago which may end up by out tom deweys deleys cleanup of new york it was bandied about that frank murphy fired with an evang evangelists eliks spirit would prefer continuing his campaign to taking a seat on the supreme court thurman arnold tes 4 FRANK FRAN KMURPHY strategic moment tidying before the temporary national economic committee against federal price control said he would like instead a man trust busting staff at the same time the justice department announced its vote fraud inquiries would be extended extend cd into other oppressed areas agriculture resolution closing its annual convention at chicago the american farm bureau federation passed an expected resolution it demanded more and bigger farm benefits financed by such tax measures as may appear most feasible to remove the disparity between farm prices and industrial du prices no mention was made of the general manufacturers sales tax which secretary of agriculture henry wallace suggested earlier in the convention as a means of making the farm program self sufficient the reciprocal trade program recently lambasted lam basted by farm officials was given qualified approval miscellany camerlengo at the vatican pope plus pius XII named lorenzo cardinal lauri camerlengo of the holy roman church thus providing an interim administrative head of 0 the church during the next interregnum before a new pontiff is elected the present pope was camerlengo after ills his predecessor died last spring rubber sale C at Chi chicopee copee falls mass directors of the fisk rubber corporation agreed to take cash plus shares of stock for sale of their firm to the U S rubber company |