Evening star., 1945-06-14
five Keep Our Heads

five Keep Our Heads
Staged within a matter of hours
after the joint Anglo-American-Rus-
sian announcement of a assumptions
of the Polish negotiations. President
Truman's news conference yesterday
left no room for doubt that London,
Washington and Moscow have ef-
fected a decided improvement in
their relations and that there is
good reason to hope for real progress
in settling many of the vexing and
divisive problems now troubling the
world.
One of the most difficult of these
problems has revolved around Po-
land. At the Crimea Conference it
was agreed that a new Polish Pro-
visional Government of National
Unity" should be formed by reor-
ganizing the Moscow sponsored
regime. The reorganization was to
be on "a broader democratic basis"
to include other Poles from Poland
itself and from abroad. but negotia-
tions to this end begged down from
the start and came to complete
halt when the Red Army arrested 16
Polish underground leaders some
weeks ago. During the deadlock that
ensued, with Russia recognizing one
group of Poles and Britain and
America another. it was inevitable
that there were charges and count
er-charges of bad faith and that
Big Three relationships deteriorated.
This unhappy and potentially
dangerous impasse, however, has at
last been broken by the three-power
decision to resume multilateral con-
situations on the problem in Mos
COW. with the first session scheduled
to begin tomorrow. Four Poles repre-
senting the present Warsaw regime,
five other Poles not of the regime
but now living in Poland. and three
Poles from abroad Zone of whom has
declined) have been invited to par
ticipate. The fact that no member
OF the London exile government has
been asked to attend constitutes a
pointed omission, but it is reas-
Suring to note that the invitations
have gone out to men of such caliber
as Wincenty Witos and Stanislaw
Mikola jczyk.
President Truman apparently is
well pleased with the arrangement.
While making clear that it does not
by any means represent a solution
in itself, he expects it to produce re-
suits, and if it leads to a satisfactory
new government, we and the British
will no longer recognize the London
exiles. Though he was careful yes
terday to caution against over-op-
ttmism, the President. who also
commented hopefully on the issue
of the 16 arrested Poles, painted a
generally encouraging picture. not
only as regards Poland but tas re-
CARDS our overall relations with
Russia. In his Judgment the results
OF the Hopkins mission to Moscow.
which had to do with, more than the
Polish question, have been complete
ly satisfactory and gratifying, and
the Davies mission to London has
been similarly productive. The de-
gree OF success in this respect may
be measured by the fact that the
time and the place have already been
fixed for Mr.. Truman's first meet
ing with Prime Minister Churchill
and Premier Marshal Stain "a
thing which probably would not have
been done unless all three felt the
atmosphere conducive to agreement.
The President does not guarantee
that this improved situation will
grow progressively better, but he is
intent on making it as permanent as
possible. "The all-important thing
which confronts u.s." he says, "is
that the unity, mutual confidence
and respect which resulted in the
victory should be continued
to make secure just and durable
peace" The Russians. he empha-
sizes, are as anxious to get along
with us as we are with them, and if
we all keep our heads-in this coun-
try and over there as well-no pres
ent or potential problem should be
too difficult for settlement. Mr.. Tru-
man offers wise counsel. The inter-
national skies have frightened sub
stantially and they will brighten
more If every country concerned
works hard at cooperation.
In order to achieve conoplete s,,e