The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1946-02-27

opuoslson from certain elements ii home Xtk nlnu-
tanaously The Russians wanted the atom bomb, IN.
dependent Of any International corporation, and
However, no great GOOD a served BY haegllng
over who a right or who Is wrong. We have been
wrong toward the Russlans plenty Of times m The
pask-partlculafy when We Isolated them Cor n years
ana helped make them the most suspicious nation
" The thing 10 worry about is not who Is right or
who Il wronE-but where do we 50 from here. II The
Russians continue spying over here, and II we COM
tinuA our attempts 20 spy over there this plus all
The friction in IRAN turkey, Trieste, and Manehuria
Is certain 10 end In war Not only y II inescapable
but II VIII come sooner than later
H. on The other hand, we cal for showdown
with Joe Etalln-a showdown based upon exchange
Of social and cultural relations between the Russian
and American people-then we can escape war
have harped on this question Of basic Amer
In0'n my sSy sick Of hearing
about IT, But its The only practical way OF prevent
Ing war IT'S the way to apply the Sermon on The
Mount 10 modern diplomacy. -. = -,
There are any number Of reasons why we will
never 10 TO war with Great Britain, and they Gil
spring from the same fact-that we know and under
stand the British people. Thousands q american .
tourists visit Britain In every normal year. Hundreds
Of British lecturers and newspapermen come over
here thousands OF Americans have studied IN Eng
land as Rhodes scholars or otherwise; Millions OF
British imrniRrants have come here 70 1--we.
80 the problem Of peace with England easy.
The problem Of peace with Russia Is much harder
first because OF the language second because htte
group OF military men at the head OF the soviet
government have made It quite clear thai they don't
want their people to know US. They want TO turn
sovietU. s. friendship Off and on like spsot Ihs
last thing they want Is having the wishes OF several
million people regulate the flow.
They want TO send all sorts Of SC@iet agents over
here-a total Of loo Of them are now operasiig
here secretly--but they don't want even few Amer-
lean newspapermen, or an American orchestra over
there without combining them 10 Moscow and WIN
out shadowins them ever, minute.
This is not The kind Of reciprocity that makes
for peace And this Is where think we have got to
be tough with Stain 1t viii take lot OF courage TO
be tough because no one in this country likes to
think about the consequences II Stain thinks we
are bluffing But in my opinion we must have lake
it-or-leave-it showdown, and tell Stain that either
we must have complete freedom TO make fnenos
between the Russian and American people-of else
And this can't be peanut friendship It's got to
be broad-scale exchanges Of students and professors
by the thousands: It's got to include the free ex-
change OF literature newspapers and newsmen,
churchmen and atheists the tuning IN OF radio
broadcasts the showing Of motion pictures.
Personally I would trade all the secrets OF the
atom bomb for the hard andfast right to show the
Sussian people that there is trouble between our
Two countries except few narrow-minded military
men at the top.
Wen, didn't mean to preach sermon Please
forgive me. I have been terribly worried about me
yay we have been drifting Unless 1t Is stopped, little
Johnny some day will be wearing the uniform MS
father put in mothballs last October.
YOUR BROTHER,
DREW