The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-02-09

tion to sit on the Council while the other nations debated as to whether she was an aggreSsor Russia insisted on this right. This would give her the power to veto any action to be taken against her as an aggressor. DUMBARTON ON ROCKS
 The Dumbarton Oaks Confer ence nearly split to pieces over this point. Finally when pressure was put on the Russians, they threatened to put sixteen mem bers, including all the Soyiet's satellite states, in the United Ma tionS.
 This would give the Rus sians sixteen votes, one for each Soviet Republic, just as the British DOminions were all rep resented in the League of Ma tiOns.
 This is the hardest problem Roosevelt faces. Today Russia is in a position to dominate not only the Balkans, Hungary, Aus tria, and Czechoslovakia, but also Germany. Stalin was far-sighted- enough to organize a committee of 10000 Germans inside Russia, already trained to take over the new German Government. Poli- tically-and also militarily-most of Europe will be dependent upon him. Naturally he doesn't want to be voted an aggreSsor nation of, for instance, he wants to sub- due trouble in Bulgaria or Ru- mania.
 So the Diplomats who have closeup to the DumbartOn Oaks negotiations think that ROOse- welt may have to return from the Big Thre talks forced to ac- cept Stalin's veto of who shall be an aggressOr.
 If that is the case, the Presi- dents difficulties in persuadlng the Senate to accept ratification will be mild compared with the present current fight over Henry Wallace. Also the return of the American public toward irnperi- alistic isolation will be sorely tempting.
 That is why the future peace of the world hangs so precari- Ously in the hands of the Big Three.
 NOTE: Many diplomats have wondered why the President didn't drive tougher bargain three and four years ago with Stalin and Churchill when the trump cards were in his hand. The an- sWer, according to close friends, is that CD FDR felt Russia and Britain were actually fighting our war, thus giving us mroe time to prepare; (2) FDR can be very stubborn when riled but day in and day out he liges to get along with people, didn't like to be in drastic opposition to Stalin and Churchill; (3 Harry Hopkins, who sat constantly at his elbow, leaned even further than FDR toward du-OuI COIlCllldIlOLl.
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