The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1943-10-12
Washington
Report
BY HELEN FSSapv

STATES Is gong 10 pitch in h,
league international politics ;,''s.
time it learned to play ball wis.,. :,
its own country. This in sir ,'
Americana is the general oni ,,y
of the five United States se6 Yrl.
who have just returned from
official tour of the war zono.
This means" said Sena%.
Ralph Brewster of Maine in ..y
ing about the 46,000-mile sens,o satA
journey, that we have got g {.
learn team work. More than ~.
we've got to copy the superb ,o r.,
work of the British. Everywber.
we went we found the ' ps!
ish agencies pulling togetber ~ /,
harmony-for the British. Ns,.l
ally. the British are pulling mos.
while for the United Nations TS ,s'
is no doubt about that. Tbero :
also no doubt that the Tna.s y
States is scattering its resorros
and brains, and forgetting gor
times, to which country it o" r,
first allegiance" w"
! Indeed, some of the foreipn
ings-on of the United States
so harebrained that t h e neon,
Whom this country most wants >,
help are suspicious Of our NV
|pose. This is another copcln Wv,
the visiting senators reached r.
lpecially is this true in Ausfr.r
There, when Senator Brewster sns
Senator James Mead held a nr p',,
conference, they had 10 an r,ns
this question, Has the Units
States imperialistic intentions,
docs she wish, by chance, IA ,,
quire more territory over bpro,
If she doesn't, why is she sners
ing so much money outside Of bo.
own country?" "''
| Our generosity, our determines
Lady Bountiful attitude il %
turbing the governments Of or
Allies, who, in self-defense gomo
times try to minimize the Il 6
laid, and to hint to their poonlo
| that Americans are an install.
changeable people.
| A year ago, when most nj ho
world was terrified of The Ian,
and Nazis, our Allies were 5srT,
to accept our aid. Now 50 H.
touring legislators report, ms0y /
foreigners wish that we would pro. !
Iceed more cautiously with our
lplans for relief and rehabilitation
in occupied and war-shocked cour.
tries.
| One Of the most important off.
Gals of a country recently freed
from Axis control told the SEM.
tors that he was frightened at the
lheadlong rush of the United States
to move in with help where help
WASN'T needed.
| The lack of correct information
abroad about Americas part in
the war is further evidence that
this country is not pitching pride.
fully in the big international league
Senator Brewster declares. IN
Chungking. our embassy receives
every morning from Reuters, The
British news agency, report tha;
frequently overlooks tn impor.
lance of some u. S. war effort,
Three or four days later, theI
American news agencies produce
their report. But who wants aI
read an old report? The situation
got so bad in Chungking that III
American embassy there protesta
to Anthony Eden about certain a.
ticles supplied by Reuters an!
published in Chinese papers. Thee
articles were extremely emf
RAISING to the United States d
very favorable to Britain. Eli
said he was sorry but he coudl'
interfere with "the freedom d
the press" i
India is one country about gAn
the American legislators have very
definite ideas. Leave ina ]
s taoin shrdl cmfwyp rbghq sndf
etaoin shrdlu cmfwyp shrdlu e'aoD
alone" they say. Its not pq
tato. England's hot potato Ny
ours"
They wonder, too, how it hap
pens that the owl has one nun
dred agents in India selling 1'
Indian people on the America va.
of life. What right, asks aens"
Brewster, have we TO propaga
die in India? We got pretty MAJ
when a recent Russian anloas%
dor propagandized in the UA,''ll
States.
Well, I have been trying to f"s
you some of fthe discoveries 9'1
ator Chandler and Mead maze y.
their voyaging. 1t was thTA~'
journey. 1t must be made a ~
full one. Il
I should like to have the AHae I
can people know what the traVef
learned. 1t is time indeed ina.
learned to pitch for Amerlca III
in this country. 1t is not ds-y
to the war effort to suggesl '-
Nor is it disloyal to say 10 a.
gress, "You have the U. 5, 0@
your own hands in the inter1a.U.
game. It's up to you to clea!
the confusion and lack OF To-
work reported by the repress
tives you sent abroad. You 81
blame EVERYTHING on the
ident. Don't you hold the ~
strings?"