Evening star., 1933-11-08
L|Tv|NOFF SPEEDS
PAR[EY WITH i. S.
Russian Sees Hull and Roose-
veIt-ReCognition Ex-
peCted This Week. =
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cents. question of the President de-
Gliding whether official recognition will
benefit both nations
1t is also a question of worldwide
Importance whether the friendly CO.
operation between two nations with a
total population of 280,0000 900 inhabi-
tants and disposing of immense wealth
and resources could have a quieting
effect upon an over-exicted and over
heated world which is arming rapidly,
since it became obvious that the hmita-
tion Of arms conference can yield no
immediate positive results.
Because of these facts it is believed
an announcement indicating the Off
cial recognition of Russia will be forth
coming before the week end.
President Roosevelt first greeted Lit
vinof last night in the Blue Room of
the White House
1t was the first time in Is years that
an American President has received an
official representative of the Soviet
regime.
Shows Changed Attitude.
The meeting was only a preliminary
to the conferences over recognition, but
the formality that surrounded it was
significant Of the changed attitude the
American Government has toward
Russia. I
Three times yesterday the United
States accorded the Soviet representa-
tive the welcome usually reserved for an
accredited envoy from country where
diplomatic relations are normal.
Litvinof was met in New York by
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tion here found Secretary Hull and
other governmental representatives
waiting.
Over streets slippery with rain, the
Russian was escorted to the White
cycle police. Dunn LED him to the
Green Room while six of the White
House military staff stood at attention
Soon President Roosevelt came down
spacious stairs and went to the Blue
Room. Secretary Hull led Litvinof
there for the presentation and then the
party joined Mrs. Roosevelt in the Red
Room.
Chats for Few Minutes.
A chat of about 10 minutes and Litvin-
of was on his way back to the home
of Boris Skvirsky at Massachusetts ave-
nue. and Seventeenth street, where he Is
e guest, But first he paused at the
broad portico of the White House, re-
moved his broad -brimmed black hat and
chuckled as photographers, their flash
bulbs blinking brightly in the dusk,
pleaded foT zone more picture"
In Russia the sixteenth anniversary
of the bolshevik revolution was being
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time that an official welcome had been
extended by the United States to the
Litvinof, when he landed in New
York. was accorded the honorS ordin-
arily reserved for the envoy OF q coun-
try already recognized. His reception
at the Union Station here was a con-
tinuation of that formal welcome.
known for his habit of going quick
ly to the point, Litvinof in state
ment to newspapermen in New York,
left no doubt that he hoped for rec
ognition quickly.
Expects Cooperation.
Regarded by some officials as es-
pecially significant of the Soviet at
titude was the statement by Litvinofl
that
MY mission is, moreover, rendered
easier by the fact the questions to be
discussed between your President and
myself have had innumerable prece-
dents during the establishment of nor
NAL relations and peaceful cooperation
between the Soviet Union and a num-
Der of other countries. and that the
Soviet governments attitude to these
questions has long been well known to
the world"
Iityinoff seemed bubbling over with
pleasant feeling on his arrival in the
Capital. His cane swung jauntily over
the arm of a blue overcoat, he laughed
! and chatted freely during the brief in
| terval before the march out OF the sta
| ton began.
Undersecretary Phillips took his hand
after Secretary Hull released it and
then Marvin H. Mcintyre, secretary to
the President. stepped forward. Others
| in the welcoming party included As
| sistant Secretary of State Moore, Bull
lit, I.obert Kelley, chief of the State
Departments European division; Harry
MacBride. assistant to Hull: Charles
| Lee Cooke, ceremonial officer of the
protocol division, and Col. E. M. Wat
son, the Presidents military aide.
Heavily Guarded by Police.
On every side there were policemen
in uniform and plain clothes men. They
hovered about the Soviet diplomat as
with Hull at his side he marched up
| the steps leading to the east side OF
the Union Station. Behind came other
| diplomats and officials and the members
of Litvinoff's party. among them Peter
BogdQnov, chairman of the Amtorg
Corporation, the official trading agency
of the Soviet in this country.
There seemed no need for the screen
Of officers thrown about the commiSSar
Leaning against ropes in the station
was a crowd of several hundred spec
| tators. Policemen warned against any
attempt to pass the barrier, but the
crowds chief emotion seemed THAT OF
curiosity. There was no applause.
Outside, Litvinoff stepped into the
! gray chill Of late Autumn day. An
other small crowd waited outside the
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