Evening star., 1945-04-03


dominions want separate seats at
the conference, making a total sof
six votes for the empire, so Russia
wants three and so the United States
wants three. Boy, that'll bust the
conference wide open! Hot diggity
And, look, the Russians want seat
for that provisional Polish govern
ment and Roosevelt and Churchill
say nothing doing. Gosh, this is
getting good! Maybe we can needle
some Senators into saying something
about it.
And how about a little human
interest? Let's demand seat for
GI Joe. It's a natural After all.
the boys that are doing the fighting
ought to be allowed to do some of
the talking, oughtn't they? Never
mind how you're going to find the
one GI whom every other CT knows
and would be willing to trust with
the Job of making his world over.
LeG somebody else figure that out
or. wait a minute. here's an idea:
Let's nominate Sergt. Joe Mccarthy,
the editor of Yank, the Doughboys'
weekly; he's been doing swell job
and the boys all like the magazine.
Or Bill Mauldin. Or the fellow that
draws Sad Sack.
As Good as Others.
It's as good an idea as a lot OF
others that have been proposed, but
like a lot of the others, it brings its
own nice problems along with 1t.
We've been criticizing the Russian
government for naming its Amer
lean AmbaSSado instead OF It's For
eipn Minister to head the Russian
delegation to the conference. On
the interesting theory that it Is our
business to say whom the Russians
shall send. We would have to go
further and demand that they SEND
the editor of their army paper, REQ
Star. or the editor of War and the
Working ClaSs-whichever we de-
eide
And how about Herbert Hoover?
What's the idea Of leaving him out?
After all. hes our only living ex-
President. and in the language OF
one of our most eminent back-seat
drivers. no other great nation would
think Of excluding its only living
former chief executive from such
a group. Forget the fact that
Hoover's retirement from ONCE
wasn't wholly voluntary that the
people q the United States voted
almost unanimously to dispense
with his leadership, he's still our
only living ex-Chief Executive. So
we'll demand Hoover and If We get
him we'll take the next step, which
will be to tell the other countries
that we want all their living former
chief executives over here for the
meeting.
Unfortunately. Neville Chamber
lain is no longer living and we can't
have that hero of Munich. but Dala-
dier is still kicking around in France
or Germany. isn't he? And Keren-
sky! He's still living and we should
tell Stain we want him. AS for the
other countries. some of them prob
ably have lot of ex-presidents, in
or out of Jail who would be happy
to come.
Could Go Farther.
Say. here's one. We could push
the proposal somebody made to give
Italy a seat and then demand the
presence of the only living ex-
Doochee, MusSolini himself, in per-
son. He'd be good for a story every
day
Ho-hum! Why be satisfied with a
peace conference when We can turn
it into circus?
Perhaps the President asked for
1t. Determined to realize the coun-
try's hope that better world should
result from the sacrifices of this war.
he undertook to forestall defeat of
this hope by bringing opposing
political elements into the peace
making in big way. Having opened