The Ely miner., 1943-11-04
A VISIT WITH STAIN

"A t1S11 WITH SIAL1N
Secretary Hull might have got
some interesting pointers for his
Moscow trip from Cuban Ambassa-
dor Concheso, only Latin American
diplomat who has met Stain.
Brilliant Senor Concheso is both
Cuban ambassador to the U.S.A. and
Cuban minister to Soviet Russia.
Recently he came back from a visit
to the Soviet capital during which
he presented his credentials to For
eign Minister Molotoff, and ex-
pressed the polite hope that he might
also call upon Stain. Knowing that
Stain was one of the busiest men in
the world, however, Concheso did
not press the point and actually did
not expect to see him.
So he almost fell out of his ballet
seat one night when someone tapped
him on the shoulder and told him
that Stain would see him in 20 min
sates. How Stain knew the Cuban
diplomat was enjoying the famous
Moscow Ballet, Concheso did not
know.
However, he was told that a mo-
tor would call for him at the theater
IN Is minutes, and he should be
ready. Concheso consulted British
diplomat, also present at the ballet,
who told him that the man who had
tapped him on the shoulder was the
Russian chief of protocol, SO he had
better be ready.
It was May, but zero weather in
Moscow However, Ambassador
Concheso did not find it cold in the
Kremlin. Churchill wore a upper
suit when he called on Stain, and
Mrs. Hull has been worrying on be-
half of her husband about the cold
in the Kremlin.) Only two officers
guarded Stain. One officer met the
Cuban at the entrance of the build
ing and escorted him to Stalin's Of
fee. There he was met by another
officer who took him the rest of the
way. There was no pomp or cere-
mony.
GENIAL JOSEPH
Stain himself was not fierce, but
kindly and genial. His eyes, accord
ing to Ambassador Concheso, are
deep and penetrating, but with wrin-
kles of humor in the corners.
The Soviet premier seemed sur
prisingly well-posted on Cuban prob
lens, knew something about it's Ia
| bor laws and its economic ques-
tiens. However, he was not familiar
with Cuban U. S. relations and
seemed to think that Cuba was still
| politically dependent on the U.S.A.
The ambassador explained that the
Plat amendment had been abrogat-
ed and Cuba now enjoyed complete
freedom.
CAPITAL CHAFF
q Capt. Ralph Ingersoll, drafted
away from his editorship of the
newspaper PM, was detailed by the
army to help pilot the Five Flying
Senators on part of their war-zone
trip. It is reported that Ingerso1 is
being queried by the war depart
ment as to who leaked certain In
formation to the senators Gov.
Matt Neeley of West Virginia, for
mer U. S. senator, will run for the
house of representatives in the First
West Virginia congressional district.
q On his 55th birthday, Vice Presi-
dent Wallace's office staff staged q
birthday party. For a present he
received diary for 1914, in which
to write whatever may happen to
him on November z, next year
When the President drives to Bowl
ing Field, all parked cars along the
route are cleared away, so no one
can lurk behind them Lunch.
ing at the Mayfiower, DR.. Francisco
| Del Rio, special ambassador from
Mexico, asked for grated cheese for
his spaghetti, but when he learned
cheese was rationed he returned it