Detroit evening times., 1945-10-16
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worthwhile.
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Members who made the trip
including Congressman Hope,
have not made a formal report,
but Joined in a brief summary OF
conclusions.
"The group" said Chairman
Colmer Of Louisiana els unani-
mously Of the opinion as a re-
suit of the European tour that
the American backbone should
he stifiened I'm negotiations with
the European leaders"
The commended Secretary OF
State ByrneS for standing firmly
against Foreign CommisSar Molo-
tov OF Soviet Russia at the recent
London conference.
1t is urged in this preliminary
statement that American loans to
Russia be withheld until Russia
permits free. ana open entry and
tEavel by American techniclanS
and members of the press and
also until the following points
have been clarified
1-Policy. of the USSR in de-.
voting prediction in lands II con-
trolS to armaments What portion
Of RuSsia's production will be de-
voted TO war materials.
Frank disclosure Of Russian
statistics on economic production
within its vast boundaries.
MUST GIVE AND TAKE
3-Fuldilmcnt of Russia's po-
litcal obligations. including the
withdrawal of troops from occu-
pied bands- in accordance with the
Potsham and Talta agreements.
4-tRevelation of the terms of
trade treaties between the USSR
and its satellite nations and neigh
borS. ~
5-AdminiStration Of relief in
these areas on nonpolitical lines
which do, not permit Russia to-
siphon of supplies to the mother
land.
! think every one Of those points
is worth careful consideration.
I believe the United States, in
sofar as possible, should retain
control of the atomic bomb, and
not turn over all we know about
| il TO Russia and other nations,
until we have a much better line
than we now have on their post
war policies
/ would like TO have some as
SuranCe of the intentions of the
peoples 10 whom its formulas and
manufacture and application are
turned over. l realize that we can
not expect TO hold the secret for
any great length of time. But
notice that while Russia expects
TO see everything and know every
thing about what we have and are
doing, like information is not ac-
corded TO us.
GIFT TO BRITAIN
And in dealing with Britain's
suggestion of a gift of up to six
billion dollars, agree also with
Congressman Hope and his COM
mittee colleagues, that before
Britain gets the funds that we get
an understanding of British En-
pire policy on world trade.
If the sterling bloc and other
trade controls and determinations
are continued, the chances for any
great amount of international
trade will be very much mini
mized, TO put il mildly.
Clifford Hope says b bluntly
enough OF Germany:
Germany as purely agri-
cultural nation cannot begin to
feed herself. And the United
States cannot put Germany
permanently on an international
relief roll"
And / think Gen. Eisenhower
must feel somewhat the same way
about il. He is quoted as saying,
"a hungry people is a dangerous
people"
MUST REGARD PEACE
We have undertaken TO CO.
topcrate IN building and helping 10
maintain a lasting peace in Eu-
rope, and the rest of the world.
The peace of Europe, as well as
the puni h m en- [ of Germany,
should be considered IN planning
/ this postwar world.
Now for some matters at home.
/ Those consumer food subsidies,
through which the L. s. treasury
has borrowed several billion dollars
to help pay the family grocery
bills IN the past few years, are
+ coming home TO rOOSt.
When the roll back" subsidies
were first put into effect. so that
retail food prices would seem 10
be kept at 1911 levels. l pointed
/ out that If the government helped
pay the family grocery bill when
employment wages, and take
home pay. the national income,
was az the highest points in our
history, the government would
have a hard job taking off these
( consumer food subsidies when
national income was going down.
SUBSIDY DILEMMA