Show diw international unity aided by moscow conference results of famed tripartite meeting con dinue to grow spirit of compromise achieved in moscow by BAUKHAGE news analyst and commentator service union trust building washington washing ton D C some weeks before secretary hull left for his mission to moscow I 1 interviewed him in his office in the tete state department shortly after he ret returned U med he received a number of us in that same office and gave us an informal talk about his trip one of the things which impressed me greatly as I 1 heard the secretary to in the course of the hour long meeting telling us sidelights on his remarkable mar kabIe experience was the way one word which he had used in his talk with me kept cropping up again and again it was the word under banding tan ding he applied it to personal r relationships and exchanges between the members of the tripartite meeting and to the whole discussion and the decisions which grew out ot of it I 1 it teemed seemed to be bea a case of sive understanding m der standing in 0 our u r first conversation the secretary y indicating the papers which cove covered red his great desk said they all dealt with R russia u asla I 1 did not know the then that there was to be a bosc moscow ow meeting and he made the point wi with th considerable rable emphasis tha that tt there was so BO much suspicion on the part of persons discussing the russian situation that it was exceedingly hard to work toward an agreement open discussion then in his talk on his return he repeated this thought saying that many people because of their deep prejudices had made it hard to bring about an understanding between the three nations he said that when he left tor for moscow he felt that much of the misunderstand tag was due to misinformation which all the parties shared concerning th the e others in order to correct that every effort was made at frank and open discussion and as a result questions which had been considered most difficult to solve automatically mati cally disappeared and the secretary pointed out that a as a the conference progressed many P points immediately developed where what might be called the selfish interests te of each nation were discovered to be common interests he explained how military coop co op aeration had been achieved as the need tor for it grew and how with this development it became clear that r similar 1 I flar operation cooperation co must be established along political and economic me lines especially regarding an international terr ter n dional organization to preserve penz peace the secretary set off for moscow under a hall hail of attack from one section of the press which labeled him anti russian if there ever was justi justice ce in such a charge which mr bun em emphatically denied he came back with no such feeling in fact he m made a de it clear that he was now bonvin convinced eed that few countries had bad more in common and less la in conflict especially in the economic field unconvinced although all of the official statements issued in moscow and la in london and washington after the delegates ga t es had returned to their respective homes stressed the accomplish menta of the conference their importance and the probability of their effect on future negotiations still there were those who chose to see great gaps yawning and between the three nations of course only time can tell how thorough the common understanding really is and kow BOW far the respective nations will be able to go to hold to a unity of purpose through the stormy times ahead but there have already been evi evidences denees that a spirit of compromise was achieved which did bear actual fruit this was true in the case of italy some time thru ago a magazine article appeared which purported to outline the plan by which the countries liberated from axis domination would be governed by the successful allies the plan was a pretty rigid one with th ill allied military government seeming to be rooted deeply into the governmental fabric of the liberated nations there was criticism hr bar to the effect that the united states was taking on the responsibility of running the world and it was predicted that there could never be an agreement between three victors one with a hereditary declaring that the german regime in austria Is ii opposed by practically everybody very body the swedish newspaper nye nya AUe Alle handa reports that austrians Aut Aust triana rians are now greeting each other with the salute K D F 11 a pun on the german expression kraft strength through joy IN K 1 D F the paper said toads forKap lorKa putt durch rueh fuehrer ITt defeat feat th through ough the fuehrer monarch britain one with a communistic muni form of government russia and one a democratic republic the united states the test came in italy after the parleys at moscow the was limited in its functions taking over only the districts nearest the front an allied military commission was formed which is making maa maximum mum use of the local native civilian officials italian government I 1 but what about the government w which the allies would accept as satisfactorily representing represent ink the will of 0 f the italian people surely britain aou would id demand that monarchy be given a chance to remain in power surely russia would have no traffie traffic with kings and would instead demand a strong left wing setup set up the supposed american compromise was a temporary regency that is a liberal r regent such as count carlo carlo who was in exile from the fascist regime and who left america shortly after the surrender of italy the little son of the crown prince would remain the symbolic head of the state many said that neither russia nor britain would accept this suggestion however although no definite step has been taken semiofficial semi official sources have indicated that when rome is recaptured and marshal baroglio badoglio Ba doglio abw premier steps out there will be virtual agreement on the part ot of the three victor nations on the american can compromise all that remains will be an agreement on the part ol of the italian people even it if the latter is not achieved there is evidence enough already of tripartite compromise and unity to seem to confirm the success of the mission to moscow economic questions the ways and means committee of the house has only been able to agree on methods of raising one fifth of the money which the government says it Is necessary to have to continue the war not only h has a it been unwilling to tax the higher brackets further but it also is afra afraid id to recommend the sales tax because that affects the largest group grou P of voters everybody naturally the first thing that a elti citizen leaps to defend is his pocketbook the administration has attempted to lay down as a goal a max maximum mum net income of to in wartime perhaps twice as much in peacetime now perhaps the amerlean american people dont want to put any limit whatever on incentive nevertheless th eless there is always an outcry 89 against ainest the accumulation of wealth and we know that when wealth becomes concentrated panics result it if the various influences resisting taxation which win will bring down their telling on incomes succeed in forcing congress to defeat such laws and gr granted anted the rest of the people accept the defeat democracy Is not to blame the selfish group has won and it has won not because congress wants to please a few voters but because congress has been convinced that thai the special interests are represented by a majority of voters in other words the majority wins another current issue which is very much before congress Is the threat to little bu business siness right now 70 per cent ceat of the war contracts are held by about firms senator OM aboney Is proposing a R measure which would produce an incentive incentive on the part of the investors that Is those with large capitals to spend to invest in small rather than large business that would be done by making taxes on big bustness so heavy so that the profits resulting to the investor would not be es as large as if he had his bis money in small business small business has to be protected it is admitted if free enterprise in america is to continue if any single group or groups manage to convince the elected officials of the country that they can muster enough votes to defeat the people who are responsible tor for such a tax plan it is obvious that the major itys will will be frustrated there again it goes back to the individual individuals divi duals who do not vote destroy the democratic processes by permitting a minority of the people to become the majority of the voters BRIEFS B R I 1 E F S by Baul baukhage thage has directed manufacturers of flashlight batteries to distribute approximately 20 per cent of their fourth quarter production to farmers to assist them in the care of y young cun 9 stock during the winter months month s even under point rationing amerlean american kitchens will use enough tin cans in one year to provide steel for almost medium tanks or destroyers |