The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-04-28
BABSON JOINS
ADVOCATES OF
RUSSIAN TRADE
U. S. Should Restore Normal
Relations, Says Expert;
Predicts War.
SC0FFS AT RED FEARS
Communism No Menace to
Our Scheme of Rule, He
Declares.
SCoFFS AT RED FEARS
BY WILLIAM PHILIP SIMMS
Seripps-Howard FOREIGN Editor

Scripps- Howard Foreign Editor
NEW YORK, April 27.-Restora-
ton of normal relations with Rus
STA merely would be a common sense
way of promoting our own and The
worlds best interests, Roger w. Bah
son declared in message to
Scripps Howard newspapers today.
The statistical wizard of Babson
Park expressed the view, however,
that recognition or no recognition,
Russia eventually will collide with
Japan in the Far East, for the sim
pie reason that the national inter-
eStS of the two nations clash in
that part of the world beyond the
possibility of settlement any other
way.
But all that, he indicated, should
not interfere with our relations with
the Soviet Union. Nor should COM
munism. For Americans are not
going to swap their system of gov
eminent for the Russian as long as
the American system functions 10
their satisfaction.
Would Help Solve Problems
81 believe" he said, that fitting
Russia smoothly into the world
economic and political picture would
be step in the permanent solu-
ton of our present problems.
ION Sept. IA, 1881, in a conf1den-
tial message to our clients, pointed
out that the Soviet regime is more
than thirteen years old; that it is
established as a going concern, and
that recognition would be simply a
common sense step dealing with a
nation which already is good GUS
toner and which offers an increas-
ing market for American goods.
while I believe that, fundamen-
tally, Communism and capitalism
may come to grips, such a struggle
is some distance ahead Meanwhile
the United States will continue to
do business with any country which
respects our sovereignty, honors It's
own obligations, and refrains from
unfair propaganda.
Have Nothing to Fear
1--WE have nothing to fear from
Communism SO long as our present
system of government continues 20
satisfy the great majority of our
people
"All this, however, does not seem
to me to change the inevitable fact
that Russia and Japan are bound
to come to blows in the Far East
sooner or later. Both countries are
eager to get and to hold for them
selves the tremendous natural re-
sources of Manchuria and south
eastern Siberia.
1t seems to me unreasonable,
therefore, to assume that our recog-
milton Of Russia at this time would
have any appreciate influence in a
struggle which is essentially con-
fined to the respective national IN
terests of Russia and Japan"
In Washington the view is widely
held that the fact that the United
states virtually has oulaWed Russia
we'll might be taken by Japan as a
sign that in America, as well as in
Europe, the crushing of the Soviets
would be welcomed, thus egging
japan on. Recognition, therefore,
would act at least as a damper.
War Sure to Come
Among those expressing this view
are Senator Robinson, of Arkansas,
Democratic leader; Senator Borah,
chairman of the foreign relations
committee; Senator johnson, of
California and many others.
The Babson position is that the
root Of the trouble between Japan
and Russia goes far too deep for
that kind of diplomacy to make
much difference.
Hence, his warning of eventual
war.