Henderson daily dispatch., 1941-07-22

tlon-With the Nazis in occupation
OF a big part of II, and the rest of it
IN process of being totalitarianized
by the Nichy government.
The American speakers style was
cranIpcu ny the unavoldabill,y of IN
CIdcntal references to Russia.
Buliitt's Talk
William c. Bullitt, successfully
our ambassador in Moscow ana
Paris before the war started, was
II, of the Yankee broadcas,ers.
Liking the French, he tried to
cheer EN- up as much as possible.
Peace terms. he said, finally Will be
tod nv the United States and
Britain, V.hereupon the tricolor again
over france. not the sWaS-
tlka emblem. Yes, but he didn't sug-
gest that the French Will have any
thing to say on the subject of peace
terms, his implication was that they
Will get back their tri-color as a
present from John Bull and Uncle
Sam.
Furthermore he didn't mention
/ at the French themselves may
have to overthrow Marshal Petain
or some successor of his, to make the
tri-Color democratic again when they
do get it.
Apparently it occurred to Bill that
he hadn't spoken of Russia as one of
the peace-dictating powers, for he
Explained the omission. He said he
made ii because bolshevism's as bad
Is naziSm. Probably it is. Yet there's
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Russian embassy here that it was a
t~actless remark, after State Secre-
larry Sumner Welles' friendly ex,
DTessiuns toward Moscow when the
mis- jumped on the communists.
Prime Minister Winston Churchill
Of Britain was another democratic
OroadCaster. He was a bit more
specific than Bill Bullitt. His dis
tnctlon is that Britain's allied with
the Russian people but not with
their CommunistIC system.
Remembered to Forget?
Yeah, but the British Broadcast
ing company gummed him up like
wise. Some time ago 1t planned a
BaStllle Day program, to consist of
all the Allies national anthems.
Then, just a few hours ahead of the
broadcast, Russia became an ally.
Seemingly the company failed to no.
ice il and, inadvertently or other
wise, omitted the "Internationale,'
MoscoW's anthem. Maybe it wasn't
Inconsistent with what Winston said.
Maybe the "lrternationale's' a com
mllnlStlc rather than an all-around
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near from Ambassador Constantine
Oumansky's Bolshevik headquarters
N Washington that the Kremlin's
very hutty about II.
Federal Secretary Administrator
Paul V. McNutt INDUCED in a broad
cast, too. Paul said something that
was more than average coherent.
The questions been asked repeat
eddy:
WHY are we Americans, who are
Is antl-communlstlc as we are anti
nazi, SO generally hopeful hat Rus
sail raise all possible hades with
the Germans?
It's an easy enough query to ans
yer. r%ejoins Paul. If the Germans
win the war, we're quite we'll con-
NInced that we'll have EN- on our
western hemIspherical hands present
ly. II the axis is licked, though, we
shan't have them to worry about,
and there's no prospect that the Rus
SLAMS Will bother us. 1t wasn't exact
ly a pat on the back for Russia, but
Il did state. very UNDERSTANDABLE
| why we feel as we d~o-though may
bn N,n 6DD't quite AL realize il vet.
And Interior Secretary Harold l.
Ickes made a broadcast. He didn't
say much about France or take any
particular jabs at communism. He
devoted himself principally to roast
ing Charley Lindbergh. Indirectly
N fact, this was calculated to make
4 hit in Moscow. Charley's asserted
tnat Russia's air service is n. G, and
Russian aviators denounce him as a
,ay