Evening star., 1946-04-20
Editors
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tCO0unueQ FROM F1FSL FageA
arrival by train from New York City.
They had come from Moscow by
plane at the invitation of the society.
Speak In Russian.
They spoke in Russian, and their
remarks we're translated by Joseph
Barnes, foreign editor of The New
York Herald Tribune and its former
Moscow bureau chief.
Both Mr.. Ehrenburg and Mr..
Simonov urged that writer's remain
on guard against Fascistic forces
which they said continued to be
active in the world.
"Fascism changes its clothes; 1t
changes its lipstick," Mr.. Ehrenburg
declared Il have been in various
cities of Europe, and I have seen it
in new DISCUSSES. We must fight it,
and our weapon is the pen"
Fascists are of various kinds. ne
continued, some like beer, some like
wine: some like Franco. others like
the King of Greece Despite their
differences, he said, they can be
! identified because, with special Bit
terness. they hate the Soviet Union.
Recalls Novels About Love-"
The slight. CRAVING writer, who
recalled that he used to write novels
about love" and would like to again
spoke empha tically and with fire.
quent gestures of his right hand.
In Paris, he said, the old impress
sion of Russia-"the picture of a
man with a knife in his teeth
persists. If it continues to do so, he
warned, 'in 20 years, we may have
the same dreadful war to fight over
again." Such a war, he suggested
might find the ocean no longer an
effective barrier" against its touch
ing the United States.
I'VE are often reproached that we
mix in other peoples business" MI
Ehrenburg said. He went on to say
that when he commented on the
growth of tomatoes and roses ir
Northern Norway, he was told the
Gulf Streams warmth was responsi.
BILE for this phenomenon, and the
Gulf Stream was not considered tc
be mixing in the business of others
I'VE Russians are like the Cult
Stream" he declared. I'VE are here
We do not intend to commit suicide
to please our enemies
Points to Fight "for Culture"
He reminded the editors of Rus
sia's fight and asked them to re
member what Russia went through
in 1912 and 1943" and remember
Stalingrad" The Russian people
fought not only for their land but
for all of culture" he said.
Turning to treatment of the Unit
ed States in the Soviet press. Mr.
Ehrenburg said "some sensational
news" not of interest to the Russian
people might be omitted, but "the
political. economic and social life OF
the United States is described in the
Soviet press"
Commenting that newspaper
writing is not scriptural writing
and that editing is a hard job ir
any country" he admitted that
there might be mistakes" and that
the United States might be criti-
cized unfairly in Soviet papers but
insisted there was mo malice anc
no SANDER"
Il wish you could say the same
for the press of your country" Mr.
Ehrenburg said, but if any one
should say it to me, I should look
at him very carefully"
Difference in PHILOSOPHERS.
Noting the differences in philos.
ophies of Government in the Unit.
ed States and the Soviet Union, he
said:
Il don't see why we should fight
about it,"
He urged the newsmen of thi:
country to unite with Soviet writers
in avoiding ISLANDERS about othel
peoples, seeking truth and fighting
Fascism. which is the laboratory
culture for the microbes which car
destroy us ALL
Mr.. Simonov. who said he was 81
and had two children, commented:
Il don't count myself coward
but I've had my fill of war"
He said he wished to speak plainl,