The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-04-07
Michigan in
Washington
EstherVan Wagner Tufty


ing after our affairs so comment
ed the dean OF the Michigan dele
cation, Roy Woodruff, one of the
few members left in Washington.
Referring TO the disclosure that
Russia had demanded votes in
the proposed United Nations as
sembly to offset the votes OF
Great Britain tif the colonials vote
with her. as expected, the Bay
City Republican regrets the tlmid
demand OF the United States OF
me, too.
Churchill does a magnificent
job for the British Empire" said
Woodruff. adding maybe at times
at our expense.
stain is playing his own game.
He is responsible TO his own great
country. Both are worthy repre-
sentatives OF great people
Woodruff is worried that Roose-
welt or his advisors. will give
too much He prefers Vanden-
berg's America First" philosophy
based on the contention that to be
a good internationalist II Is not
inconsistent 10 be good nation.
alist.
But something else disturbs
Woodruff more than the possibil-
ity OF extra votes to Russia, since
the advantage of those votes may
be oyer-emphasized and not as i'm
portant as 1t seems. He thinks II
most unfortunate that the ar
rargement between the big three
was kept secret.
Said this veteran in the House
"The President came before the
Congress with complete" report
on Yalta. While he didn't tell us
anything new. we did not believe
he was concealing anything. That's
why the disclosure was a shocking
surprise"
He fears the unwholesome effect
on Congress and the people may
jeopardize the chances OF plan to
keep the peace when war ends.
AS he said in the House recently,
Everything else has failed to
bring about peace. Organized IN
ternational cooperation is the only
thing left to try"
The man most feared by Russia
is Senator Arthur H. Nandenberg.
Russian officials have let the Mich
IL haf
like his attitude, yet he has again
and again recognized Russia's i'm
portance to the success OF any
peace plan. or course. the Russians
see in Nandenberg a threat to a
permanent settlement Of the Polish
problem pleasing to them. His out
spoken disapproval Of three votes
for the Soviet Union in the pro-
posed assembly didn't help any
either. But more than all these
they haven't forgotten....although
many Americans have...that Van
denberg is the only living man in
the Senate today who voted against
the recognition of Russia a few
years ago.
At her press conference, Eleanor
Roosevelt paid tribute TO Senator
Vandenberg's non.partisan contri-
button to peace-planning and en-
phasized the rightness OF his de-
sire to keep policies fluid to meet
ever-changing conditions.
Also she agreed with Vandenberg
that delegates should not go to. San
Francisco with any idea they are
writing something that can never
be changed.
Just as people begin to think is
olationism is dead as a duck.
member OF Congress, Clare Z. Hoff-
man, OF Allegan, winds up a criti-
cal TRADE on the various steps to-
wards internationalism with this
dangerous sentiment:
I'VE can serve the cause OF world
peace best by building an inVinci-
BILE Army, Navy, and Air Force.
Then tell the rest Of the world
that, IL they insist upon fighting
each other, we will not aid either
but will do our utmost to see that
no trouble, no war. comes to the
Western Hemisphere.
This sounds good but leaders OF
both parties agree that the only
hope for peace lies in America
taking her full responsibility as the
No | nower IN keen the peaca eV.