The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-05-12

States and Russia, I could be one of the happiest men in the WOrld.'
 To which Molotov, perhaps re- membering Vandenbergs vote against recognizing Russia, is re- ported to have replied: And if I could believe that, l would be one of the happiest men in the world"
 PHILADELPHIA: UNITED
 NATIONS CAPITAL
 One thing every successful in- ternational conference needs is a symbol, something which the pulp lie can understand and visualize Charles Evans Hughes, Secretary of State ln 1921, was a master at this when he staged the Wash ington Arms Conference.
 However, the San Francisco Conference, though far more inn pOrtant, far more vital to the hopes and fears of future man kind, has been deficient in ap- propriate symbolism. For this reason the proposal of the Phil adalphia Record that the future headquarters of the United Ma tions be grouped around Inde- pendence Hall in Philadelphia is Worth careful study.
 Philadelphia and Independence Hall were the scene of almost the same kind of debate now pro- gressing at San Francisco - the debate of the Continental Con- gress to draw up framework up- on which the thirteen loose joined and then distant colonies could live together in peace. Phila- delpha also threshed out the same identical problem which has har- assed San Francisco, the voting strength of the little states versus the big states.
 But entirely aside from the similarity of the problem, Phla- delphia and Independence Hall have become a symol of freedom and fairness to all the nations of the world. At Philadelphia, na- tion was born which carried out it's pledge of giving independence to Cuba, independence to the Philippines and which has the voting support of it's Latin American neighborS because 1t has been fair to those neighbors.
 Furthermore, most of the
 capitals of Europe have become
 too vulnerable to war to be the
 capital of the United Nations.
 The English Channel, which
 once protected London, has now
 dwindled, strategically, to
 rivulet. Switzerland, the home
 of the League of Nations, and
 once considered relatively safe from attack, is now too close to
 European intrigue. Also the
 next big trouble-spot of the
 world may be in Asia, not Eu-
 rope.
 FINALLY, there is a more in vigorating atmosphere in the United States when it comes to peace. Geneva, London, Paris are too blase, too pessinlistic, too apathetic. They don't move fast enough. They can't mobilize pub lie opinion as we can in this country.
 And since the U. s. A. is sure to be called upon to contribute heavily if and when the next war is to be prevented, it woul1 seem appropriate that the headquarters of the United Nations be the City of Brotherly Love-" founded by the famous believer in peace, William Penn. OUTSMARTING STETTINIUS
 The American Delegation to this Security Conference is going to have to sit up later at night Ii it wants to get ahead of the Rus sians. When it comes to adroit diplomatic maneuvering, the boys from Moscow simply run circles around Stettinius ct al,
 It has now become as plain as the nose on your face what Mclo' toy was up to when he forced tht public debate on admitting Ar gentina. Everyone - including himself-knew in advance that ht could not win. But he went ahead with the debate anyway. Reason was he wanted to
 stage an alright demonstration of the fact that Latin Ameri- cans vote with the United States as . bloc One ef the big