The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-04-27

press pfeVleW at LNe raITInOnL ~
hours before the conference was to
get under way. They said the pre-
sentation would be in the Red
Room. But somebody around here
Is either color blind, or viewing this
conference through rose colored
glasses, because the room had green
walls with gold trimmings.
At all conventions there Is one
hotel where the important things
seem to happen and as far as the
U. S. delegation and American in
terest are concerned, the Fairmont
Is going to be it in San Francisco.
The Saudi Arabians in their flow
but don't attach too much signifi-
canoe to this because 1t doesn't
necessarily mean that they'll come
under a U. s. trusteeship.
It's wonder somebody hasn't
made an issue Of this, however, be-
cause every other person you meet
in San Francisco seems to be hip
ped on the subject Of trusteeshipS.
The remaining every other person
are hipped on Poland.
Most amazing aspect of this sit
uation is that while everyone tries
to talk learnedly and deeply about
these two issues, nobody ever says
anything.
SECRETARY is SILENT
When Secretary Stettinius sub
mitted to questioning, he didn't say
anything on these subjects, too. On
Poland the secretary said he had
nothing to add On trusteeships he
said the U. s. position had been
established and that he was pre-
pared to discuss 1t. But he didn't.
Somebody asked how this position
had been established and the Sec
rotary said, In consultation" 1t
got big laugh, but doesn't seem
very funny now.
Funniest things you see around
the Fairmont are some OF the peo-
Pile you wouldn't expect to see there.
You wonder why they're there.
Maybe they wonder that, too.
Ely Culbertson, the bridge expert
who now has a system of bidding,
take out and play of hand In a
book he calls Total Peace or What
Makes War" Clarence STREET, COM
plete without hat and with brief
case full of his own plans for
Union Now" Phil Murray and Jim
Carey of the CLIO. Dave Beck of the
Transfers and Bob Watt of the A.
r. of l..
An American Indian in full paint
and feathers but without peace pipe,
handing out statements that some
thing should be done about trustee
ship that word again - for the
American Indians. British, Dutch
and French viii probably get big
belt out of this because Americans
have said SO many nasty things
about the way those countries treat
ed their dependent peoples
II the u. S. delegation has to
listen to all such outsiders as these
who have bills of patented goods
to sell, it's hard to see how they
can get much else done in six weeks,
but they'll try.
ONE HAPPY FAMILY
Secretary of State Stettinius lives
in swell penthouse on the Fair
mont roof. Under Secretaries JIM
my Dunn and Nelson Rockefeller
and Archie MacLeish, the other six
men and one woman delegate, the
advisers and a staff of over 100
technicians and secretaries from
the State Department have Offices
and adjoining bedrooms on the
floors below This system en-
sures that if the help goes to sleep
on the job, they don't have to go
far to wake 'em up.
Snappy MP's in pairs patrol the
corridors, looking slightly bored
about it, while gobs rustic baggage
for the important people, looking
positively disguised.
The bell hops think things will
quiet down now that all the dele
gates are here and assigned to
rooms, but that just what they
think. Wait till the delegates start
bombarding room service with calls
for aspirin.