The Wilmington morning star., 1946-10-03
MORE ABOUT
BARUCH
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not lully lllOTIIlSQ. i was AOlCCu w
put out the statement"
With that Baruch released the
statement which he said Wallace
would not sign; a statement on the
matter which Wallace proposed to
Baruch, and a memorandum for
President Truman from Ba-uch
on the points raised in Wallace's
July % letter.
Baruch also released a telegram
which he sent "Wednesday after
noon to Wallace in Washington at
ter, he said, attempting until late
in the day to have Wallace agree
to sign the statement prepared in
New York. ,
In the telegram, Baruch said:
"When you left me Friday after
noon, after three hours of discus
sion, you said that you had regret
ed your failure to have talked with
the American delegation to the
Atomic Energy commission before
composing your letter to the Presi-
dent, which you wrote on July %.
You also volunteered your approval
Of the course we have been follow
ing on each of the points covered
in my memorandum to the Presi-
dent.
AFTER our discussion, you in
structed your associate, Mr.. Philip
Hauser CORNER deputy Of the cen.
sus bureau and later assistant tc
the Secretary of Commerce. to gel
together with Mr.. Herbert Swope,
one OF my associates, 20 draw up a
statement indicating the mistakes
in your letter and showing your ap-
prevail Of our position based or
your full understanding Of the
facts. After several hours they sue.
ceeded in drafting a proposed
statement for your signature. II
was wholly agreeable to your rep
resentative and accepted by me
and my group. I assured my col.
leagues of my conviction that you
would carry out what was. regard
ed as 4 fair expression OF your at
titude as stated to me on Friday
morning. I now find l was quite
wrong.
"We were unable to reach you
Friday night, Saturday, or Sun
day and it wasn't until late Mon
day that I heard from you. In the
proposed statement which you tele.
phoned me on Monday afternoon,
you failed to say you had not been
fully informed nor did you express
approval Of the course I have beer
following on the points originally
criticized by you. Instead, you pro-
ceeded to discuss other questions
that had no bearing upon the mis-
statements regarding atomic ener'
gy contained in your letter to the
President.
"Since Monday we have made
further efforts to bring you back
to the position which you took fol
lowing our talk last Friday, wher
you were willing to make public the
correction of errors which you free.
ly admitted to us in private. These
efforts have not succeeded.
"As a result these errors stand
uncorrected by you. They are
gravely dangerous to the delicate
negotiations now under way. They
create confusion and division
among our people. Further this
division is to be deepened and the
errors repeated by means of re-
publication Of your letter to the
President in a pamphlet which
you informed us was to be issued
by a group which is backing your
position and which you say is for
wide publication.
"Yours is a responsibility for inn
pairing the support CT the Ameri-
can proposals which you frankly
approved once your misunderstand-
ings had been corrected.
"You have disappointed me sore
ly. Your deluctance publicly 10
correct your mistakes tends to con-
fusion and mistrust. Certainly con-
fidence and faith cannot be achiev-
ed by misstatements of act. That
method only adds to %dissension.
"You have no monopoly of the
desire for peace. I have given 80
years of my life to the search for
peace and there r many others
whose aims have been the same"