The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-02-15


 contrary which has piled up in the past we have tried of late to credit the makers of Soviet foreign policy with good faith and sincere con- cern for the objective for which American people are working and American soldiers are dying.
 The reason for our changed at- tituted was not the heroic struggle of the Russian people in defense of their homeland, nor was it the prated danger of attacking an ally of our country. The courage and sacrifice of the Russian people de- serve Gods blessing. Indeed the common man of Russia like the common man of all Gods creation wants no more than the opportun- ity to live In peace and happiness with a modicum of comfort and mindful of his obligations to his God, his country and his family. THE OTHER OPINION
 However some months ago we were profoundly influenced by the sincerity of g school of thought at the Catholic University of America which was determined to see bet ter side of Soviet policy, willing to accept at face value any manifesto tion of good faith made by Soviet leaders and anxious to give the benefit of the doubt to the sincere and good intentions of the makers of Soviet foreign policy, and this not only in Interpreting events of the present but even in interpreting some of those quite widely con- demned in the past.
 These are good men, sincere and learned men. They are men most anxious for the future shape of the family of nations and the right of all men to a say in the shaping of that future.
 When we met with them and talked with them we were pro- fourdly impressed with their stand. We thought that perhaps in the past we might have been too severe in our judgment. True on could only build on the facts as he knew them. But perhaps they had a more scholarly knowledge of the facts and it might be best to mitigate our opinion. Perhaps MT. Stalin had good intentions. We decided that we had better wait and see And so with only 8 few slight and sight ing references to Stalin We have tried to read sincerity into Soviet policy and we have turned our at- tention more often to the success full pupils of the master, those un- regenerate servants of anti-Amer- icanism known as the Communist Party.
 WE DISTRUST STALIN
 We hereby renounce that stand. We do not trust Stalin. We do not believe in his good intentions. Duplicity and hypocrisy have been characteristic of his past and we see nothing more hopeful in the future. We are quite sure that Churchill does not trust him and we do not believe that Roosevelt does either. We do not believe in the dissolution of the Comintern. And as good many gulible Amer jeans will learn to their intense happiness within the next few years one of the wisest policies Of the Roosevelt administration is the complete file of information piled ur by government agencies against all of Stalin's friends and disciples in America.
 We profess that we have been sincere in our willingness to find the sincerity and good will found by other men in the interpretation of Soviet policy. Our sincere efforts though we confess that they were not long lived, were often sorely tried before we were finally jolted into our former distrust.
 MANY ARE THE
 DIFFICULTIES
 They were tried last October when the Associated Press carried the gloved ultimatum that: The State Department has been in- formed that Russia is not interest," ed in separate peace with Ger many but that the picture can change unless second front is opened"
 
 They were tried by the results of the Teheran conference which as the Catholic Bishops pointed out left the way open for compromise of the principles of the Atlantic Charter.
 They were tried too by the Rus sian lies of British discussion of the possibility of separate peace with Germany.
 And we gave up last week with the repeated and malicious attack of Russia on the Vatican. Soviet intentions are now obvious. The straight and narrow band of sin cerity will not cover the twisting path of international diplomacy