The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-05-08
BY WEsTBRooK PEGLER

our British and Russian friends, as a matter
Of politeness, tact and good sense, ought to put
out Of their minds entirely the subject Of the
presidential campaign and election in u S. A.
this year or, if that is impossible, to say moth
ing about it. This is asking too much, because
this decision Of the American people is very
important to them as well as to US and nothing
they may say in debate or in print can have
the slightest effect on the result. Naturally,
they favor President Roosevelt because he has
been extremely cooperative since the fau OF
France and before, and they know him well and
are pretty sure what he will do. Tom Dewey
they know only by reputation, and he might
have some new ideas which would trim some
of Mr. Roosevelt's openhanded generosity to the
rest Of the world and might want to get posi-
tive commitments from eur Allies as to what
we are to get back for what we give. He is
definite where Mr.. Roosevelt is vague and
would want to put something down in writing
in place of the emotional political general.
ties exchanged hitherto by men whose word is
not necessarily binding their peoples after
they die or lose office, such as Mr. Churchill S
gaudy promises Of everlasting cooperation
xiven 1T an hour when things were going very
badly for Britain and he had to do job Of
saleSmanshlp.
This interest is not an intrusion in our donaes-
tic politics, except in the case Of the COM
munists among us who apparently are far out
Of touch with their horne office which has
crossed them up repeatedly Naturally, they
will raise fuss for the President because he
is 50 good to them on the home front, per-
hitting them to dirty up our labor relations
and they can be sure that if and when Dewey
should take over he would give the entire gov
eminent a thorough de1ousing Of the fellow
travellers in all departments including the D.
Of J. in a way, this is foreign intrusion in our
internal politics, for the communists and fellow
travellers are loyal to Moscow, not to the
United States, and don't like our form of gov
eminent.
Nor do accept as 4 fact the pretense that
the international communist organization has
been dissolved or that Stain has abandoned the
old custom, admitted in our treaty OF recogni-
ton, Of maintaining agents among US to pro-
mote his interests. 1t is just that this is a
normal condition among us. encouraged by the
new deal for all these years, and not 4 special
impudence in this election year.
The communists are gluttons for humiliation.
Stain boots them around, slams doors on them
and leaves them out on a limb every few
weeks, but they love the guy with the suf-
ferin9 submission Of drunkard's dog and
whimper for more of the same.
So far we have always handled this COM
munist interference like an easy infield out
and their noisy support Of Mr.. Roosevelt's more
outra seous moves, such as the Montgomery
Ward case, probably makes more votes for
Dewey than for their man.
Churchill is one who really knows what
foreign interference is. He was victim Of il
himself back in the sos when his anti.Nazi pot.
boilers pecked out In the role Of journalist had
| earned him high priority on Hitler's black
list and we couldn't get anything to do in the
government lest this be taken by the Fuehrer
as deliberately unfrendly act. He is in NO
position to try anything like that on US in this
campaign, but there is no reason why ar
Englishman shouldn't say he hopes President
Roosevelt will be reelected, as most Of them
do, and Churchill knows us too well to offer
| US any advice himself.
| That we should be sensitive about such ex-
preston will seem inconsistent to other peo-
pies who see us now in Italy funbling around
trying to invent some new form of govern.
/ rnent Tor the lower part Of the boot and hear
our pundits nnuttering about the re-education
Of the Germans toward democracy and free
dom which they hate. We are even going to
try the miracle Of unifying France, whether
with club or through bribery we haven't
yet made up our minds, and not merely in
trude in their domestic politics but, if possible
| run their elections.
J4st 50 they say what they have to say in
their own countries, our gallant Allies should
have our permission to sound oft at will. And
republicans should be the last to complain,
because such expressions are sure to favor
Mr.. Roosevelt and the more emphatic they
are the more sales-resistance they arouse to
the deterrnent Of their own purpose.
-V--
zadok purnkopf who got all excited over
little weed which he thought was a
vegetable in his Victory garden now adj
naits that he doesn't know his onions.