Detroit evening times., 1945-11-01
BEHIND
The NEWS
Paul
MaIIon

policy 'heartened" Moscow.
But no heartening and no
change was Immediately evil
dent in MoScow'S actions.
The very same day the Rus
sian delegation walked out Of
the United Nations food con-
ference in Quebec, and in news
paper columns parallel to those
reporting the heartening were
stories of the Communists un-
leashing their army of a mil
lion men upon China in civil
war.
A break in the stalemated
condition had been hopefully
promised between the lines of
some comment for the past few
days-since Ambassador Gro
mynko's visit brought Truman
and Stain into correspondence.
The grapevine here has been
reporting Russia Is loosening
up, that Stain went away for
that month to think things over
and decided Russian tactics at
London, which broke up the
peace conference. should be
moderated.
ENTHUSIASTS with large
~ ears to very small spots Of
ground here have heard Rus
sia is coming Fundamentally
into the world organization.
These hopes have not
reached print in any formidable
way, but they are present be-
hind the renewed negotiations.
simultaneously an old note
has crept back into the dis
patches from Moscow.
very famous writer for a
large American newspaper lee
tured Americans, when he an
nounced Mr.. Truman had
"heartened' the Russians.
He said we must realize
Stain is suspicious of us.
This note has been taken up
by other commentators, who
say the whole problem now is
whether this government can
appease the suspicious of Russia.
WHEN this note comes into
w any discussions, l 60 out.
This basis by which Russia
never lost a point in dealing
with Mr.. Roosevelt.
There are no valid grounds
for Russian suspicious of any
nation right now, and every one
realizes this. including Stain.
The thought of attacking
Russia does not exist anywhere
in the American mind.
A fear OF Russia is present
in this country, but it is not an
offensive fear Gin the military
or diplomatic meaning Of Of
fenSive). We all know this.
So when they start that old
stuff and nonsense, It can only
suggest propaganda is being
laid for appeasement again.
Consequently genuine hopes for
sound settlement may not prove
justified even if one is an
nounced.
THE Russian walkout from
Il Quebec, for instance, was
predicated upon something more
tangible and obvious than i'll
founded suspicious.
This was a conference Of the
nations 10 promote food pro-
duction throughout the world
and make people eat more OF 1t,
an ideal which should be right
down the Russian alley, If she
needs the help from US she has
been requesting.
Her delegates TO that con-
ference demanded representa-
tion there for an eXtraneous
organization which has nothing
10 do with food-the world
trade unions federation.
THIS WTUF is the interna-
Il tional labor organization
which our CLOS Hillman bit on,
with results similar to the mas
tication of a green persimmon.
He went TO Paris for its con-
Vention q few weeks back, only
10 find the Russians in charge
Of the convention, bringing in a
report allowing them voting
strength for 27000,000 union
workers, while Hillman and the
British were allowed a small
fraction.
The British could not accept
such a swallowing Of the inter-
national terestS of their
unions.
A compromise was worked out
which gave the Russians only
about so per cent domination of
WTUF instead of 95 per cent.
The Reds even got representa-
tion for unions in Romania
(which they occupy, although
the British laborite Sir Walter
Citrine, publicly said he had
never heard of a union in Ro-
mania.
Russia also showed control for
French and Mexican labor
Naturally the food conference
could not anonymously seat
these people. as the Russians
well knew. The raising of such
an issue could only have been
an excuse for withdrawal.
On the plain face of events,