The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-05-01
. BEHIND. THE SCENES
IN WASHINGTON .

invited by the State Department
to send to San Francisco spokes-
men who will serve as consult
ants to the eight-member official
U. S. delegation.
The 46 United Nations may
have their difficulties in agree
ing how they will lie in the same
bed of security, but their peace
full slumbers will not be disturb
ed nearly so much by a Soviet
Russian with a secret vote plan,
temperamental De Gaulle
Frenchman with a collection of
trick amendments, two quarrel
ing Polish factions, nor a half
dozen British dominions schem-
ing quietly to rule the world, as
they may be bothered by this
fringe of AZ lobbyists.
Included in the AZ are four
big business groups, two associ-
ations of lawyers, three labor or
CARNATIONS, four veterans or
CARNATIONS, four farm groups,
five women's societies, two Cath
Ole, two JEWISH and two Pro-
testant auxiliaries, six peace So
cietieS, four Sines mems
luncheon clubs, three education
al societies and the National AS
ISOLATION for the Advancement
of Colored People.
DIFFERENT PEWS,
DIFFERENT VIEWS
If the object of San Francisco
is to establish peace and keep
the peace, why don't a lot of
these people stay home? The
fact that more than one Of each
of the pressure groups are invit-
ed to San Francisco is in itself
evidence that in normal times
they can't agree with each other
on the same thing.
On the eve of departure for
San Francisco, great dread
grows that the good old Ameri-
can love Of show, with political
convention torchlights. Ringing
Brothers Barnum & Bailey and
Hollywood touches thrown in,
may so scare the delegates from
the other As United Nations that
they will revolt. They may rise
in unison and say: If this be
the ice of peace, give us war;
if this be the higher standard Of
living to which you Americans
wish to raise the rest of the
world, lead us back into slavery;
if this be democracy in action,
give us dictatorship. If this is
what we have been fighting for,
goodby."
IT'S ALL PURE AMERICAN
Loving this country and not
wishing any other, 1t is possible
to enjoy the corn relish at high
noon knife-and- fork delibera-
tons of Lions, Rotarians and XII
wants; to view with detachment
the chickering's of A. F. of L., G.
l. O. and N. A. NJ; to argue relig-
ious differences with tolerance;
and to get some genuinely
hearty laughs every now and
then out of the women, God
bless EN-, who will join clubs.
All these things are as American
as apple pie and ice cream and
we understand them.
Why Secretary of State Stet-
tinius invited them to San Fran
cisco is understandable. Why
they want to be there is under
standable. They're all tremend-
ously interested and they want
to contribute their two cents
worth. Who doesn't?
AS a demonstration of Ameri-
can public opinion expressing it.
self by insisting that the states
men get together and form an
organization that will stop war,
this 42-act greater combined lob
by of councillors can exert
wholesome influence. But if the
boys and girls get the idea that
they are going to San Francisco
to put over pet projects, to insist
on patented panaceas of their
own preparation, to stage dem
onstrations and raise holy Ned
if their private, picayunish per-
fectionism is not followed to the
last detail
In the name of peace, sweet
peace, thy ought to- stay home.