Evening star., 1943-04-08
The Political Mill
Wilkes New Book Seen os Importont Link
In His Arguments Aqoinst IsoIutionism

nst IsoIutionism
back Of them. He spent hours dis
cussing the problems of war and
peace with the leaders-and with
less distinguished citizens of these
countries. He learned what was
being done about war production
in Russia, both machines and
food. He saw the amazing strug-
gle that China has been making,
heavily handicapped by lack of
proper arms and equipment.
Of the gravest Importance, Mr..
Willkie says, is the necessity for
all the peoples of the United Ma
tions to learn to understand each
other and to work together after
the war as well as during it. THE
cementing force of common dan
ger he insists, should be per-
mitted to work now 1t cannot
work in the future when the
present danger has passed.
while we fight we must de-
velop mechanism of working to-
gether that will survive after the
fighting is over" he writes. Un-
less this is done. the hope for
peace in the future goes into the
discard,
The people OF America, as we'll
AS the peoples of England, Russia,
and China, must come to real
conclusions about what they are
fighting for. Speaking of the
United Nations pact, which was
signed more than a year ago, Mr..
Willkie says it was hailed as a
definite declaration that all these
nations were partners in a COM
mon struggle to work together to
free mankind" If billions OF
hopeful human beings are not to
be disappointed, he continues,
then today, not tomorrow, the
United Nations must become a
Common Council mot only for
the winning of the war but for
the future welfare of mankind"
Spent Hours With Stain.
Mr.. Willkie spent hours with
Stain. His comments on the
Russian leader show Stain
man of great force and intelli-
eence, and a man with few illu-
sions. His admiration for the
effectiveness of American pro-
duction," Mr.. Willkie writes,
would more than satisfy the
National Association of Manu-
facturers. But he does not un-
derstand the indirections and
some of the restraints of the
democratic methods of waging
war"
He describes Stain as a simple
man. with no affectations or
poses, with robust sense of
humor. "Once I was telling him
OF the Soviet schools and libraries
I had seen-how good they
seemed to me. And I added,
But If you continue to educate
the Russian people, Mr.. Stain,
the first thing you know you'll
educate yourself out of Job
He threw back his head and
laughed and laughed"
Mr.. Willkie does not believe
that American democracy need
fear Russian Communism. The
best answer to Communism is a
living, vibrant, fearless democ-
racy-economic, social and polit-
ical,' he writes No, We do not
need to fear Russia. We need to
learn to work with her"
In China. Mr.. Willkie saw and
lalkeQ WIN Gen. Clare Chen
nault, commander of the l4th
United States Air Force, who
went to China first to train the
Chinese air force. Later he or
eanized the American Volunteer
Group, better known as the
Fighting Tigers Gen. Chen
nault has no rival in popularity
among the Chinese" Mr.. Willkie
writes, L was shocked at only
one thing I saw: The paucity of
material he had to work with.
What he asks for is amaz-
ingly little, and what we have
sent him falls far Snort of even
that little"