The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-10-08
by DrezC Pearson

If you laugh with each other, you won't fight each other.
 Force Dennis, Louisville, Ky-Unquestionably one chief difficulty with any fve-year plan for friend ship with Russia would be selling it to the Kremlin So far, the Kremlin has been opposed to anything like this, largely suspect because they are afraid we might undermine their political system. Com muniSm has been sold on the thesis that it has brought great gains to the Russian people (and, compared to Czarist days, it haS); but, when the Russian people see the high standard of living of Americans or even Western Europeans they can hardly believe their eyes
 However, the ByrneS policy of firnneSS toward Russia has the Kremlin worried, and believe the top leaders might be convinced that five years of real friendship would bring lasting gains to Rus sla Hitherto, they have figured we would appease- policy which would permit them to have their cake and eat it too
 Ralph c. Busser, Jr. PhiIadeIphia-My idea in proposing that Henry Wallace go to Russia as U. S. Ambassador is because of his probable influence with the Russian people and government
 The men at the top in Russia are going to need lot of selling friendship and Henry Wallace's sincere idealism plus his long time sympathy for Russia should help The Russian people basically most friendly unfortunately have been so unfairly informed by government-conrolled press that they don't know what the real score is
 Constantine Brown, Washington D. C-You are absolutely right that total reduction of all aggres- sive armament between the United States and Russia should be the ultimate goal of plan for peace My
  armament should be merely a start toward the abo- tlon of all aggressive armament later
 Robert Gros, PalO Alto, CaI.-Your fellow towns man, Herbert Hoover, right back in the rela- lively peaceful days when trying to disarm when he proposed that big batt!eships long-range submarines tanks and other offensive weapons con- St1tute hazard to peace and temptation to make war. This should be aim under Swear plan for peace with Russia.
 Small PIT boats or destroyers quite sufficient to police any nations shores, keep down smugglers and handle island difficulties. Likewise you don't need tanks to quel riots trouble at home The only time you need these aggressive weapons is when you want to go out and them against the other fellow.
 Heavy bombers in the same category A fighter plane unable to fly long distances is almost purely defensive No object it as an aggres- SlVe weapon The heavy bomber of course is different
 However, reduction of armament with Russia must be two-way street. It can't be one sided In other words, If the LISA. reduces it's offensive WeaponS-and after all, tremendous industrial capacity to turn out these weapons is one of our greatest strengths-then Russia must reduce her tre mendous army. At present the Red Army is only A little smaller than during the war And for a nation geographically contiguous to other European nations big land army can be just as great an offensive weapon as bombers and battleshps-in fact more SO All Russia has to do is give the order and her tre- menoous army could sweep across Western Europe to the English Channel in three weeks.