The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-02-26

crusade being organized on highly idealistic and moralistic basis to register the churches stand in favor of just and lasting peace.
 Feed the children of Europe. This was an issue whicn had great deal of easy emotional appeal and for which there was 8 great deal of sympathy It had the backing of the Quakers. Nearly 6 thousand lettcts poured in from conscientious objec- tors in the Civilian Service Corps. Many even sent parcels of food. They stacked up in State Depart ment annex mail room until ar engagements could be made to give them 10 the Greek relief, that be- ing the area to which shipping had the best chance of getting through at that time.
 POLES, GREEKS WRITE IN
 Treatement of the liberated areas. particularly Poland and Greece. Min ority nationality groups, natural iZed American citizens who were born in those countries, or the chil- dren of such immigrants, took the lead in those pressure campaigns. Many Polish Americans were organ ized in support of the London gov ernment. There has not yet been time to register any expression of opinion over the settlement of the Polish question by the Crimea con- ference of Roosevelt, Churchill and Stalin. But since many U. s. Poles BoVe their money to support the London government and since the Polish government in London haG protested the Crimea settlement, it is probable thta similar protest will be felt here.
 The GreeK affair got a little diff" ferent reaction. Not only the Greek. Americans protested what happened in their homeland after the Ger mans were driven out, but q meas" urable number of U. s. citizens oi non-Greek origin expressed them selves on this, too There was con- demnation of British policy in try ing to suppress the Greek patriots, and praise for Secretary of State StcttiniuS when he stated the policy of the U. s. government to be in favor of elf-determination for all liberated nations.
 The significant thing about the American public reaction to this iS- sue, however, was that 1t brought out a little revival of isolationist sentiment. Again there was the de- mand that, if this was the way the peace was going to be settled, the boys should bc brought back home.
 Dumbarton Oaks plans for lasting peace organization - is to. day by long odds the subject that interests most U. s, citizens who voluntarily write in to give the De- their advice. Fan mail on this sub 1ect has had an interesting evolu- tion.
 WOMEN BRING PRESSURE
 Last May there were great many letters from influential women, writing in to demand the creation of world organization to maintain peace. It was an organized campaign Carrie Chapman Catt, head of the Committee on the Cause and Cure for War which had maintained a lobby in Washington for over ten years, was leader In this group were the Y. w. c. A., the League of Women Voters. Business and Pro- fessional Women's organization, Ma tional Federation of Women's Clubs and others. Before the war they were interventionist in aim. Under a new name of The Women's Ac- ton Committee for Victory and Lasting Peace, some of these organ izations are again active, this time to bring pressure for adoption of the Dumbarton Oaks plan.
 Today there is measurable and voluntary expression of opinion fav- bring the creation of a World Police Force to maintain peace in the fu- ture and similar expression in favor of severe treatment of Ger many Both of which are considered significant at this stage of the war.