The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-02-27
Foreign Policy
Backgrounds

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Elsewhere in The Citizen to-
day there is an interview with
three prominent writer's who are
intimately acquainted with Rus
STA and who warn of a Third
World War just ahead if Ameri-
can foreign. policy does not be-
come clear headed and forceful.
Here are the backgrounds of
the three:
EUGENE LYONS, well known
foreign correspondent and editor,
lived in Moscow for six years,
1928-34, as United Press repre-
sentative. He was the first news.
paperman to interview Joseph
Stain after his rise to supreme
power, as well as the only for
eign reporter to interview the
late Shah of Persia, Ria Pahle-
vi. After his return to America,
Mr.. Lyons became editor of The
American Mercury, the magazine
founded by H. L. Mencken. He
resigned this post late in 1914
to start the magazine Pageant,
from which he withdrew after
it was successfully presented to
the public Mr. Lyons was the
second President of the Overseas
Press Club, a New York orgaai-
Ization, Of present and former for
| eign correspondents. Some years
ago Mr.. Lyons published his au-
photographed book Assignment
in Utopia" chiefly an account of
his years in Russia; it became a
best seller and, in fact, is still
selling widely. He is also the
author of ''The Red Decade"
which is still selling widely,
and which is the story OF
communist infiltration of Ameri-
can life; "Stalin-Czar of All the
Russias" and other books.
SPENCER WILLIAMS, recent
ly returned from India, where
he had served during the war
with the Owl, monitoring Japan
csc broadcasts. Before that he
organized our wartime monitor
ing on the Pacific coast and in
Hawaii for the FEC. During the
ten years 1930-40 he Served as
representative in Moscow Of the
American-Russian Chamber Of
Commerce, at the same time act
ing as foreign correspondent for
The Manchester Guardian of
England and other papers. In
1910 he was stationed in the Bal
kans for the Columbia Broad
casting System, reporting news
developments in that area. He
remained in Rumania until King
Carol was kicked out" and the
Iron Guards came to power
whereupon he returned to Amer
lea. %
ALEXANDER BARMINE is
author of the current best seller
One Who Survived" which has
been greeted by reviewers as one
of the most revealing inside
stories of life under the Soviet
dictatorship. In this book Bar
mine recounts his own life under
the Soviet regime and his break
with it. Barmine was a Brigadier
General in the Russian Red Army
and held other high posts in his
native land, the last as charg d
affaires of the Soviet Embassy in
Greece. After he came to the
USA he joined the American
! Army as a private. Later he was
assigned to vital work in the
Office of Strategic Services.
Ttwas Barnine who brought
E=Mryorls to Key West for a
few week., vacation. He owns a
home at 529 Grinnell Street.
With him is his Greek wife, Mari,
an architect and designer. Mr.
I Lyons is accompanied BY his
wife,, Mrs. Billy Lyons, former
stage beauty with Ziegfeld Follies
and other musical shows; they
have one daughter, Eugene, who
is married to Captain Joseph A.
Haimes of the Army Air Forces
Mr.. and Mrs. Lyons are stopping
at North Beach Inn. With Mr.
Williams are his wife, Caroline,
and their daughter, Tamara. They
are living at the Barmines' home
Co.ror,arno,nt An,z and r.o,rnn1le