The Wilmington morning star., 1946-12-07
ELLIOTT DOING
I U. 5. DlSSERVICE
BY ROSCOE DRUMMoNn

m$t trusted advisers. who b aad
knIw and understood his views 0o,n
fofign policy, are convincss n On
Nilsson Elliott is doing his f.. n1a'
"A well as his country sr.el
diservice. save
FIST in his book ambitious,v .;s
ed, t'As He Saw 1t" (meanjnr ua.
his Iather saw it). and now IN s as
o~f-Ae-cuff remarks at a Mo as lily
party attended by American .uy
Russian officials, Elliott has s saa
bark& upon a series of indjscrina l'
nate ftacks on the policies Of tb.
United States and Great Britsis
and discriminate eulogies NJ tba
pollcleSof the Soviet Union.
His c&mments have been s1cb !.
to bringunfeigned delight 10 Ma az
cow and profound dismay to tbs
United Safes Government. VIC
Among \the main theses wbi,,
Elliott advanced in "As He g.,
It," and , which he gave n no"
voice in hill remarks in Moscow
were: NJ '
|. That United Safes foreign polio,
is imperialistic. s
That the Unitd States is , .
tive in the UnitedNations on1v ~,
selfish and nationlistic urposa
That it is the coonial policies -.
the western democacies. partic VI
larly Britain and IT, Netherlands
which are the prim peril to frss'
dom and peace. CHt doesn't cors
pare the independence agreement,
now being negotiated with Indons'
STA and India with wat has han,
pened in eastern Hurope.)
That President Roosevelt had lin.
wavering faith in Iussia's intentio,
to cooperate withIthe democrats,
in the postwar wlrld.
That 1t has mol been Russian
military dominated and expansion.
ism in eastern Euppe and Asia
but American resistance to them
which Is to blame Nor the present
tension between the East and West
In his talk in Moscow, Elliott i,
reported to have criticized
the United States fortyying to per.
suade Russia to open up the Dan.
ube to international tIade, and IA
have denounced the United State,
for questioning, what Russia want,
to do with the Daranelles.
Now, while son Elliott has de
clared that the report of his Mos
COW remarks Go NOT fully reflect
what he said. he his not denied
the statements whichhave been al.
tributed to them. 1t IS fair TO note
that they fit logically into
the framework of hi book, and il
is known that the sorce of the &C.
count in Newsweel is one who
heard him on the SLOT.
President Roosevl Its intimates,
who spent more time with him dur.
ing the war than Elliott. who at.
tended more of tha international
conferences, and VIII had a deeper
grasp of his father Is total view,
agree that 'As He paw IT. is &C.
curate in most of IS details and
faithfully reports -mny Of the late
Presidents haunting whimsical re-
marks which coulI easily give
ground for the largest ~nisconstruc-
tions. They affirm, h@ever, that
Elliott's perhaps wei . intended
eavesdropping reportin; so wrench
ed passing remarks an little incl
dents from their conteX as to give
a wholly distorted picure Of bis
fathers considered judgments.
The late Presidents Ultimate as
s~ociates know that at Yalta and
afterward Mr.. Roosevelthad a con-
tinuingi hope but a waring conf
dence that Russia sought the same
detectives of world pea,e toward
which HE was working. He hopea
that Moscow would come along, o0
it was not his idea th:t all ne
compromises could be made W
the western democraclesY
His last diplomatic docunehl
was the sternest ,kird of reoaSs
to Stain for wha; he %conslaelsu
Russia's flagrant.tilure to live up
to the Yalta agre.n ent pToVlaIng
eor a democratiealiy reorganllea
Polish government d pro'ls.'
for free and miettered ell"
TONS
The danger doe; rot stern ll?n
any impact which Elliotts oplf
ions will have on American thlnl
ing, but from the prospect IN"
his opinions will be accepted ~
Russia and elsewhere as felS''
ing an important tody o. Anlsl!
can thinking. Elliott's book DIV
speeches make welcome feaalH'
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