Show soviet assistance termed americas americans great mistake 9 by news analyst and commentator U service eye street NW washington D C an imy officer back from a long tour of duty in germany called on ta me the other day he was pretty grim about the situation in europe and into every few minutes of hla his conversation crept th the word rd russia ia 1 I like to talk about americas great mistake he said germany manyas is su supposed P W to have lost the war by making mistakes by attacking russia by not invading england after dunkirk by this and by that I 1 contend that americas great mistake was not staying out ol of europe until germany had I 1 licked russia I 1 mean staying out la in every way because without american supplies russia would have been beaten I 1 reminded him of the tact fact that A america m erica wanted a snort war that we had opposed Chur chills plan for attacking europe through the balkans and thereby obtaining possession of the trouble making strip of 0 territory which the russians now dominate from the northern border ol of greece up through berlin we wanted to shorten the war by leaving the eastern front to russia while the western allies smashed the german power entrenched in france the low countries and italy thus millions ot of american lives would be and were saved churchill foresaw balkan influence churchill probably foresaw the difficulties which would arise with a russia able to expand her influence up to the fringes ol of western europe roosevelt believed that the war must be won quickly and he be thought that by giving the russians everything they asked for in the way of military support their suspicions would be removed and that they would play ball with the allies in the peace and after he believed that stalin needed peace so badly that he would come around general eisenhower Elsen hower himself achieve any more of a realistic viewpoint in regard d to russia than roosevelt did if we are to believe his somewhat verbose boswell mr butcher in his page diary butcher writes ike said he felt that the more contact we have with the russians the more they win vill understand us and the greater will be their cooperation the russians are blunt and forthright in their dealings and any evasiveness arouses their suspicions pic ions lons it should be possible to work with russia if we follow the same pattern of friendly co opera tion that has resulted in the great accord of allied unity 1 roosevelt and the ge generals brals were proved right when they said stalin needed peace but they were wrong when they thought he would come around the state department understands der stands the situation row now and as the recently concluded meeting of the foreign ministers demonstrates appeasement has been over for some time we know russia cant fight and want to russia knows we cant fight whether we want to or not she is acting accordingly and according to historical precedent tragic history inspires no ism but anyone who studies russian history knows that the eternal no which seems about the only answer the russian statesmen are allowed to make comes from something tar far deeper than mere stubbornness this no ism is only one of the many typical characteristics which the soviets have revealed it has nothing to do with the fact that they believe in a theory of political economy which Is opposed to our own it Is a deeply implanted quality which is russian rather than merely soviet or communist and so when you read soviet russia evoked the veto for the sixth time in security council history 11 maybe the time by the time you read this remember its an old kalmuck custom mother russia has taught her children from the days of the invasion of khan that when a stranger beckons the only crisher is no no a thousand times not nol in fact a russian seldom says no once it Is always net net betl ot of course chenggis khan take no for an answer which Is about the course the ahe rest ot of the world can follow if it can lets hope the process wont be aa 83 rugged OPA battle has political side whatever one may think of the intricacy ol of the economic theory behind the OPA its political implications are a more difficult dicu I 1 t to assess As congress battled over the tattered remains of the price control law many a congressman who thoroughly detested the whole setup set up began to worry a little as to what might m agh hippen back home if he were held partially responsible for wrecking the agency it was all right for the representatives of farm communities the farmer would reap the reward of higher prices first by the time he felt the effect of higher prices on the things he had to buy OPA OFA probably would be forgotten but congressmen from industrial centers were in sylte a different position these communities are heard from rom the moment the missus encounters counters eu a markup at the corner grocery that is the reason that a number of republicans public ans supported the administration stand on OPA if the republican republic c an party is to capture the house of representatives next november it will have to pick up votes in the cities barbers to boost vocabulary too it Is probably fitting that along with the dollar haircut which has made its appearance in metropolitan barber shops we may find the barber presenting us tour four dollar words barbers long have been known for the quality of their verbal a output and in some cases tor for the quality as well now they may have a chance really to reach the heights for or the leader of a barbers union has offered to enlist the aid 0 of f 10 barbers in a campaign to get some of the tails facts of atomic life across to the customer mrs lillian C watford secretary 0 of f the tri trl state atomic information committee received tills this offer she told us about it at a gathering which we had in washington in mid july participated in by many nuclear scientists public men and women of f note and others who are aie trying to get the public to understand the importance of control of atomic energy she took the barbers offer quite seriously and I 1 believe properly so I 1 hope that the barbers learn to broadcast the basic facts about the atom not of course from the standpoint of nuclear physicists but from the standpoint of the average man who would like to live his life out in pence peace and leave a world in which his children can do the some same congress scans types of closing it took some time for congress to make up its mind whether it would adjourn sine die without date set for reconvening as they usually do when a session comes to an end or whether they would recess when men congress merely recesses it can reassemble without a special proclamation by the president when the president calls congress into session he has to issue a proclamation la all the constitution demands he have to deliver it out opt of courtesy however the white house always telegraphs the president of the senate and the speaker of the house but the proclamation is not good unless the great seal of the united states is affixed thereunto nobody can do that but the secretary ol of state for he Is the keeper of the seal so along with the proclamation the president presided has to issue a warrant ordering the secretary of state to do the affixing I 1 might say that the secretary of state usually delegates this task which reminds me of a story which I 1 believe never has been printed when secretary of state hull had been in office 12 years there was a little outburst of congratulations president roosevelt as they were talking privately remarked cor dell you are the sole guardian of the great seal as you know he paused and mr air hull replied yes mr president then the president looking him straight in the eye asked where is it it was hulls turn to pause 1 11 I dont know he a matt d ive never seen it |