Show United Nations' Nations Parley Holds Hope of World Russia Important Factor in Outcome of Peace Conference U. U S. S Delegation Working For Successful Formula By BAUKHAGE News Analyst and Commentator Service Union Trust Building Washington D D. D C. C I walked down the cool twilit corridor corridor corridor cor cor- of the sena senate te office building and out into the warm spring sun As I crossed the threshold the light lighton on OD the bright white marble steps blind blinded cd me and for a second I groped downward blindly As I stood a moment recovering my equilibrium the thought flashed through my mind that this experience ence was very much like the longer one which preceded it I 1 had been talking with Vice President Truman Senators Connally and others about the forthcoming meeting meeting meeting meet meet- ing in San m Francisco of the United Nations I I recalled Truman's nervously energetic energetic energetic en en- speech as he assured me that he was giving his time to just one thing acting as liaison between the Ute President and the senate to keep the chief executive and the legislative legislative legislative legisla legisla- tive leaders as nearly in in step as pos pos- sible I recalled Senator expression as I 1 left him plunged deep in the thousand extra tasks and worries which his function as Republican Republican Republican Re Re- publican member of the delegation had plunged him He had said If San Francisco doesn't succeed it will be the greatest moral blow the world has ever experienced I 1 thought of Connally's careful policy policy policy pol pol- pol- pol icy of withholding public comment or quotation concerning the coming conference except carefully thought out statements or speeches such as f th h viii 11 k th t ue e one Jue lie ue a win VUI ma U a in ul ule a sena e e before the conference His is the delicate task as senior administration tion representative on the delegation of maintaining a balance between the views of the Republican members members members mem mem- bers represented on the delegation delegation delegation tion the administrations administration's viewpoint and his own and other personal views After all as senate majority major major- ity leader he is responsible for helping helping helping help help- ing to carry out a policy which not only a majority but two-thirds two of the senate will accept I also thought of the wide variance variance variance vari vari- ance of views expressed by members members members mem mem- bers of both houses not directly connected connected connected con con- with the negotiations and of the great reticence of many who hesitate to express any view at this time And I thought of the out-and-out out isolationists a very few who admit that position and others whose doubts and suspicions battle with what they feel has been the strong trend for wholehearted cooperation which the various polls and other media of public expression appear to register These kinetic thoughts moving now in harmony now in friction seemed suddenly to have generated a blinding light that burst into the shadows of the complacent assurance assurance assurance assur assur- ance which had enveloped me and left me a little dizzy What a tremendous tremendous tremendous tre tre- tre- tre opportunity seems to be offered to a weary war-weary world what a fatal possibility if the effort fails Fear of Russia Shades Future It is clear that such doubt and suspicion suspicion suspicion sus sus- as may have arisen as to the possibility of failure of achievement of world cooperation arises chiefly from one thing fear of Russia Next is the feeling in some quarters that Churchill's inability always always' to get along with Stalin bodes ill for tri- tri party harmony and some feel that the United States instead of trying to bring the two closer together should identify American interests more closely with Britain as opposed to those of Russia Then there is still the unhealed sore which President Roosevelt's personal emissary Edward Flynn has been trying to heal the friction between the Vatican and the Krem Krem- lin Lastly and perhaps more disturbing disturbing disturbing disturb disturb- ing is what appears to be bc unilateral act action toward small countries on the part of ot Russia in spite of the Yalta agreement Now those persons like Vice President President President dent Truman who take the more positive and mote more hopeful view feel that some of these factors have been built into men bogey-men that granted they exist as facts that Churchill and Stalin dont don't always see eye to eye and that even less sympathy exists exists exists ex ex- ex- ex between the Catholic church and the head of the Communist party none of these situations need affect the creation of pi f an international or or- As to fear of Russia Well frankly frankly frank frank- ly I cannot understand the workings of the official Russian mind I cannot can I not understand the hysterical attacks attacks attacks at at- tacks in the Russian press on Walter Lippman for instance who has been in in n the first ranks of those who urge Russo-American Russo unity attacks on Senator against whom they throw their whole book of antifascist antifascist anti fascist vocabulary when he is on record as supporting a three-power three treaty for disarming the axis which would be the basis of the chief thing Stalin wants wants wants-an an agreement of the only two great powers besides hi his own country which would guarantee Russian security I do not understand all this I dc do donot denot not accept the propaganda which tries to say that communist government govern ment is democracy But there isone i ione is isone one thing which sold me on playing ball with Russia That is the patient pa patient tient earnest and convincing argument argument ment of former Secretary of State Cord Cordell en Hull Hun who certainly has no nomore nomore nomore more love for communism than he has for fascism who was never accused accused accused ac ac- ac- ac of wandering with his head headin in the clouds or of trying to reform the world or square the circle and although he has faith plenty a-plenty he wouldn't try to move a mountain without a bulldozer His argument boils down to this Russia and America need each oth oth- er Russia knows this There are fewer obstacles to a practical understanding understanding un between n the countries than there are reasons why we should work together for mutual benefit Sponsors Provisions For Adjustments Though it is generally agreed that the support of the American people of any international organization of which Russia is a part depends on the conduct of the Kremlin between now and the end of the San FranCisco Francisco Fran Fran- cisco conference Senator Vanden berg goes farther than that He says that the support of the necessary two-thirds two of the United States senate senate sen ate for any organization which recognizes rec recognizes international organization depends upon inserting into the I document which defines defines it it what he heI calls an escape escape clause That escape escape escape es es- es- es cape clause would permit the readjusting readjusting readjusting re re- re- re adjusting of certain conditions now existing certain sore spots which he feels may become cancers The escape escape es I cape clause would permit the Uni- Uni ed Nations to escape from any re restriction restriction which prevented what they feel is the righting of wrongs Injustice says ic ica i ia a strait jacket and you cant can't keep keel the world in a strait jacket Of course there are a lot of Polish votes in constituency and a member of congress is such by virtue of and the powers he ex cx exerts erts are delegated by the peoplE who put him in office Nevertheless he is not speaking merely for his I Polish constituents when he talks i about including in the jurisdiction of the United Nations the administering administer I ing of justice That is the trade trademark trademark mark he wants to put on any organization organization organization or or- which comes out of San Francisco Other members of the delegation I have trademarks of their own Butas Butas But Butas as nearly as I can judge all are willing to make considerable sacrifice sacrifice fice of their personal views rather than shake the worlds world's morale with failure to produce anything The safety record of the railroads railroads rail rail- roads in the present war is much better than that in the First World Worl war the Interstate Commerce commission commission com com- mission reports This is true the commission points point out despite the fact that there has har been a substantial increase in the thelast thelast thelast last few years in the number of accidents accidents acci acci- dents arising from the operation ol of trains and the number of casualties resulting It HIt appears the says that for each class of per person person person son the fa fatalities were much great greater er in World War I than they were in irr rl World War II the total for all classes being in 1917 and in 1918 compared with in 1942 and in 1943 In t the two decades prior to our entry into the present war notable progress was wa made in hi reducing railway accidents accidents acci acci- dents and especially those resulting in casualties to passengers and em em- In 1932 and again in 1935 but bul buta bula a single passenger was reported as killed in a train accident although 18 and 24 respectively in those years were killed in the train-service train accidents accidents acci acci- dents as in in getting on and off ofT cars |