Detroit evening times., 1945-04-28
FAIR
ENOUGH
BY Westbrook
Peeler

GAN FRANCISCO, April 81
~ A few days ago, over in the
Arizona desert. one Of those
kilograms came from Washing
ton 10 a young woman OF 26. the
wife of an army flier. whose
most recent letter had an.
nounced that he had been dec
Grated and promoted to captain.
Now he was gone. He wouldn't
be home.
That evening, after the girl
had been put 10 bed, her mother
blurted in rage through her
tears:
Damn those politicians IN
they don't give us a decent
peace this time"
4 LTHOUGH the present de-
o "A liberations here In San
Francisco have been pointedly
described as preliminary discus
sions, TO warn the people that
they will not produce peace or
even in its final form an organi-
Zation 10 preserve peace, mil.
lions OF human beings do anti
cipate something substantial
and reassurlng.
Perhaps. this time the agents
of the peoples will be able TO
compromise and adjust and OBJ
serve a decent respect for the
feelings of the victims OF war
such as the one who damned
those politicians.
TT WOULD be dishonest not 10
i admit that confusion. dis
trust and past experience Justify
at the beginning a lack Of conf
dence that so unwieldy a meet
ing can give promise OF a great
peace.
There has been so much dis.
cussion already, there have been
so many plans. understandings
and tentative proposals that few
men understand the basis on
which this conference meets.
And many who for years at.
tended Versailles. the Washing
ton Disarmament Conference,
the League OF Nations and other
European treaty meetings may
be pardoned the comparisons
which now come instlnctively 10
mind out Of the past.
Al sight, IT is plain that
Russia and the United States
dominate the situation in the
sense that these two must agree
and in good faith If good
peace is to be given the world.
Yet II is plain, also. that the
Americans are doubtful OF Rus
Sla concerning Poland, and then
the question arises whether the
woman who damned the politi-
Clans would be willing 10 risk
that peace for the sake OF
victory on this point.
TNiIS diStruSt OF Russia. for
L all the propaganda OF the
Communists in the United
States and the abusive publica-
tions released by left wing
! American collaborationlsts. does
rise from an old record Of revo-
lutlonary activity here directed
I from Moscow.
II is all IN the official docu-
ments Of the American govern
ment and beyond Question this
political activity. especially in
the American labor movement
IN the early years of the New
Deal was intended 10 over.
throw the American government
by the violent revolution Of
minority Of the people.
The proof exists in the rec.
ordS OF the Dies committee and
Of the department of Justice.
! The Roosevelt government gave
aid and comfort. board and
lodging 10 some OF these revolu-
tionaries in Washington and
maintained for all the years Of
the New Deal many OF their
sympathizers in offices in Wash.
ington.
President Truman never has
been their friend and he NAV
gradually ease them out and
reassure his own people that
IN cooperating with Soviet Rus
sla toward the peace he never.
theleSs repudiateS Commu-
nists here and all who believe
as they do in the United States.
Certainly the influence of the
Communists and their friends
Will be less than il would have
been but for the change Of
presidents and this might cause.
IN turn. new understanding
between the two countries that
the price of cooperation will be
a decent respect for the politi-
cal privacy and governmental
Integrity Of our own country.
IT is true that the mechanics
L Of operating this enormous
congress resemble the clam.
bake or the national political
convention. After all, there
must be stages and flood lights,
press rooms. ceremonies. ora.
tions and picturesque or gro-
tesque characters and they must
be housed and fed and we are
going in for few amenities
which are on the old world or
Oriental side.
And, in the end. the conclu.
sions may he reached in the
equivalent OF the smoke-filled
room. which is not to say, how
ever. that they must necessarily
be sOrdld For. after all in