The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-07-22

celebrities were drafted to get of
a felicltous spiel each on the latter
date. There's been considerable
snickering in the capital ever since
over the difficulty they evidently
experienced in being properly con-
gratulatory TO the French people,
considering the present fix in which
they find 'emselves.
Washington's French embassy
sponsored the performance, so far
as this country was concerned.
There were alleged festivities at
the embassy itself, but they were
as glum as a funeral. Ambassa-
dor CASTOR Henri-Haye, presiding
at the wake, did his best to make
it appear that he still represents a
democratic nation-with the Nazis
in occupation Of a big part Of II,
and the rest of it in process Of be-
Ing totalitarianized by the Vichy
government.
The American speakers style
was cramped by the unavoidability
Of incidental references to Russia.
Bullitt's Talk
William c. Bullitt, successfully
ambassador in Moscow and
Paris before the war started, was
one Of the Yankee broadcasters.
Liking the French, he tried to
cheer 'em up as much as possible.
Peace terms, he said, finally will
be dictated by the United States
and Britain, whereupon the tri-
color again will float over France,
not the .swastika emblem. Yes,
but he didn't suggest that the
French will have anything to say
on the subject Of peace terms; his
implication was that they'll get
back their tri-color as a present
from John Bull and Uncle SAM.
Furthermore he didn't mention
that 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. n.
said he made it because Bolshev-
ism's as bad as Nazism. Probably
it is. Yet there's an undertone Of
grumbling from the Russian m
bassy here that it was a tactiess
remark. after State Secretary
Sumner Welles' friendly expressions
toward Moscow when the Nazis
jumped on the Communists.
Prime Minister Winston Church
i'll Of Britain was another demo-
cratic broadcaster. He vas a bit
more specific than Bill Bullitt. His
distinction 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 Bastille Day program, to consist
Of all the Allies" national an
thems. Then, just a few hours
ahead Of the broadcast, Russia be-
came an ally. Seemingly the COM
pany failed TO notice it and, mad
vertently or otherwise, omitted the
'Intenationale," Moscow's anthem.
Maybe II wasn't inconsistent with
what Winston said. Maybe the
Internationally a Communistic
rather than an all-around Russian
anthem. Nevertheless, I hear from
Ambassador Constantine Ouman-
sky's- BolsheYik headquarters in
Washington that the Kremlin's
very hufy about il.
Federal Security Administrator
Paul V. McNutt INDUCED in a
broadcast, too. Paul said some
thing that was more than average
coherent.
The questions been asked re-
peatedly:
Why are we Americans, who are
as anti-C ommunistic as we are
anti-Nazi. so generally hopeful