Evening star., 1947-07-15

across the hotel lobby from th'
dining hall and the doors wer,
closed.
Gen. Marshall was the first mar
to leave the conference, walking
hurriedly, and closely followed BY
Charles E. Bohlen, Russian specialis
in the State Department. The.
we're on their way to catch ths
plane which was to fly them bach
to Washington last night.
Receives Ovation.
The Governors and their guests
gave Gen. Marshall an ovation wher
he began his public address, ano
when he completed 1t. During its
delivery, however, there was no in
terruption. Only once did Gen
Marshall depart from his prepared
text-and that, he said, was "of1
the record"
On other occasions during the
war Gen. Marshall, then Chief Of
Staff, attended meetings of the
Governors Conference, to acquaint
the executives with the military
situation. In opening his address
he recalled these meetings, saying:
Il always felt that you not only
gave me your confidence, but that
the Army derived a very definite
benefit from the more intimate
knowledge of its problems that
felt free to communicate to you."
The problems as Secretary Of
State "are in some respects much
more difficult than those that were
mine during the war;" Gen. Mar.
shall said.
| 1T is unnecessary to tell you
gentlemen that re-establishing the
peace has its difficulties, or that
| it is necessary that I be very care
full in what I say publicly and wher
I say it.
If it had been practicable fol
me to talk to you off the recorc
and in great confidence, there i:
much I would like to discuss with
YOU + ..-...
Carefully Worded Speech.
2
The Secretary said he considered
tn greatest problem to be dealt
with "is bringing the American pub
lie to a general understanding o1
the conditions involved at home aiad
abroad which influence all negotia-
tions and therefore all efforts to re-
establish the peace and prosperity
of the world"
Apparently complaining Of tht
care which he felt compelled to ust
in this public statement to the Gov.
ernors, Gen. Marshall continued
State papers and state pro.
nouncements must be couched II
diplomatic, at least dignified phrase
ology, and unless one is master O.
the English language, such as Mr.
Churchill winston ChurchilD TO
example, it is very difficult to com
bine these requirements with th'
/; urgent necessity of making impres
sively clear to the ordinary citize1
the matters under discussion"
Americans, he said, should have {
keen and sympathetic understand
ing for the efforts now under way
in Europe to overcome. the limita.
tions of national barriers in th'
approach to a solution for common
economic problems, hkening the
struggle over these problems toda!
to a similar struggle in the newl!
freed United States.
And then he made the solemn as
sertion: There is no blinking th'
fact that this country now stand
at turning point in its relations
to its traditional friends among tn,
nations of the old world"
Sees Auspicious Beginning.
Gen. Marshall admitted there arr
many who are in doubt about tht
course which this country shoulc
pursue.
They feel" he said, "that the aie
granted thus far to the countries o.
Europe has been piecemeal and Ger
tainly not fully effective"
Such reactions, he continued, wer'