Detroit evening times., 1946-01-18
BEHIND
The NEWS
BY Paul
MaIlon

WASHINGTON, Jan. 1S7-The
w least noticed or discussed
maio news of these days Is the
permanent new world establish
ment organized by Mr.. Byrnes
al Moscow and implemented at
the London UNO meeting.
Neither congressman nor
people are talking much
about IL, although the effects
upon people everywhere wi1
be greater, perhaps. and last
longer than the effects of cur
rent strikes and demobiiiIa-
tion (the two topics absorbing
the popular mind).
The unfolding facts disclose
the basic deal, which the Amer
lean state secretary made for
renewed cooperation of Russia
in the world organization. is
founded upon a validation of
Russian conqueSts in eastern
Europe and American co-opera-
tion to secure the most valued
posts in the UNO for Russia.
Craftsmanship of the political
and social committee, which
will handle such affairs through
out the world, went 10 Or.
Manuilsky of the Ukraine.
The economic and financial
committee" chairmanship went
10 Konderski of RuSsian-domi-
mated Poland.
PtT Byrnes was careful to
Dkeep almost equally di-
yided between the Big Three
the more important economic
and social council" dealing
with the same delicate world
problems now obviously in
volved i'm revolutionary
changes.
This council il a little au-
tonOmOus UNO in itself, being
literally empowered to go into
practically any subject in any
nation, and even the top Sc
Curity council OF UNO only
has authority over its general
appropriations.
On this council the British.
United States and Russia each
have about equal representa-
tions. each able TO control five
votes in all reasonable -expeeta-
tionS. while France has two and
China one.
For the United States we can
no doubt count on Chile, Colon
bia, Cuba and Peru in pinch:
while the British might be cX-
pected to sway Belgium t?1,
Canada Greece (?) and India.
The Russians own the Ukraine,
control YugoSlavia and Czecho-
SloVakia, and seem 10 be able TO
count oh Norway ~.
THUS the council, which
Was eontriUed at San
Francisco TO bring the New
Deal to the Worid. starts out
1ith equal potDer of American
democracy, British socialism
and Russ an communion.
These are the brass tacks of
the matter.
But underneath this new
tacking is the new American
foreign policy of rapproach-
rent With Russia, as against
Britain, Which has neUer been
~expl ined The Byrnes
speeches at UNO are as unre-
UeoiinR as his post-Moscow
statements here, as to point
and purpose. The reasoning
behind our neW policy has
neUer been presented, eUen
unoffcioiIy.
My inquiries have developed
the following understanding of
many a Byrnes friend as TO
what changed him from his
adamant stand for the Atlantic
Charter, and Roosevelt freedoms
for small European nations at
the foreign ministers breakup,
in London last summer, TO this
new policy (read no more into
this. than their StatemenO:
The British, who are our nat
ural world allies, being similarly
democratic. had proved no more
cooperative inside than out in
all postwar dealings. Their So
cialist government was rather
plainly trying TO move us as lis
pawn. just as the Russians
would like to use us.
4 PPARENTLY Byrnes fig
"A ured he could do as well
siding with the Russians a he