The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1946-03-14

Franco Expected
to Quit After he
Saves His Face

Diplomatic observers in Wash
ington are convinced that SPANS
formal rejection OF the United
States British French request tar
& fire Generalissimo Francisco
Franco and his regime does not
mean that Franco will refuse TO
get out voluntarily.
They regard the Franco reiee-
ton primary as q "face-saving
device TO bolster national pride In
the face Of the horsepower de-
mand.
II is not considered unlikely that
a way already has been found for
II Caudillo TO make his exit with
some grace and pave the way for
formation OF the interim govern
ment recommended by London,
Paris and Washington.
Informed quarters suggest that
Franco may find voluntary exile In
the storied Balearic Islands, lying
roughly 100 miles on the Spanish
north coast.
There Franco would find himself
in surroundings similar to those In
which Napoleon. before Waterloo,
spent time dreaming of comeback
"a comeback which became the
dramatic but futile Hundred Days.
The Balearics are three In unm-
Der, Majorca, Minorca and Ibiza.
Majorca should be dear TO Fran
cos heart, for It was from there
that his air forces launched telling
blows at the Loyalist citadel OF Bar
celona in the Spanish civil war.
The inhabitants OF the Islands are
Spaniards, but there are many
Gypsies living In the mountains.
Franco would not be at loss Tor
company nor would the surround
ings be too unpleasant for the one
time compEdre Of Hitler and Mus
solini.
MORE PLAIN SPEAKING TO-
ward Soviet Russia can be expect
ed as a result OF the recent foreign
policy speeches by Secretary OF
State James Byrnes and Senator
Arthur vandenberg (R) OF Michi-
gan.
A foretaste OF the State Depart
ment's stiffening attitude came
In notes to Moscow protesting
Russia's actions in Manchuria and
Iran.
This was the immediate follow-up
in hmerica's new attitude and
there are expectations that the at
titude may get even tougher.
Byrnes is reported TO feel that ne
has the backing OF both parties
in Congress.
This was borne out in cross
section OF congressional comment
on former British Prime Minister
Winston Churchill's plea for an An
glo.American military alliance
which presumably would be aimed
at Russia.
Senators were less concerned
with the formalities OF an arms
pact than they were over the
necessity for the United States to
speak out on all occasions and to
say exactly what she means.
Such a course, they feel, Is the
basis for preserving Americas IN
dependence in foreign affairs and
her right to whatever moral leader
ship she can give the world.
FORMER SECRETARY OF the
Treasury Henry Morgenthau. Jr.,
soon will take to the radio with
commentary on current events.
Morgenthau is expected 10 essay
a program featuring predictions
and scoops" rather than personal
Interpretation OF cold" news.
This is indicated in the makeup
OF the helpers he has engaged.
Top Washington leg man for the
former cabinet member will be
Charles Malcolmson. former public
relations director for the Justice
Department.
Malcolmson, an appointee 10
former Attorney General Francis
Biddle, quit when his boss left the
department. He described his own
political leanings as liberal.