Evening star., 1947-04-28
Marshall Expected to Counsel
Patience With Russia in Report
Tonight on Outlook for Peace
Congress Leaders
Told of Unbendinq
Attitude at Moscow

Secretary of State Marshall,
reported believing that Ameri-
can f1rmness will lead Russia to
give ground eventually on stale
mated European peace treaty
issues, is expected to counsel
patience with the Soviets in a
radio address tonight.
Gen. Marshall is scheduled to
speak from $50 to pm. (E. S. T0
over the National. American and
Mutual radio networks, reporting to
the Nation on the Big Four For
eign Ministers Conference at Mos
COW, from which he returned Sat-
urday. = 1t will be his first major
public speech since becoming Sec
retary of State in January.
His views were given to congress
sional leaders in a two-hour conf
dental session with President Tru-
man at the White House last night
vandenberg Gets Preview.
Chairman Vandenberg OF the
Senate Foreign Relations Commit
tee. spokesman for the congress
sional group, said on leaving the
White House that 1--WE had a pre-
view of the report Secretary Mar
shall will make to the Nation"
Some of those who attended the
White House session said privately
that they came away with the i'm
preston that Gen. Marshall be-
lieves the unbending attitude he
displayed at the Big Four meeting,
on principles this Government con-
siders vital, already has had the
effect of making the Russians less
sure OF themselves in their demands
affecting the future peace of Europe.
The soldier diplomat was said to
have counseled patience with the
Soviets in the hope that, as they
digest the American position in the
next few months, they may go to
London for the next Foreign Min
isters' meeting in November more
amenable to suggestions from their
wartime allies on vital points in
volved in proposed Austrian and
German peace treaties.
Opposes Early Decision.
For this reason Gen. Marshall
was said to have told the congress
sional leaders he believes it is too
early now for this country to de-
eide whether it should take the
unsettled issues involving those
treaties to the United Nations Cen
sral Assembly for an airing,
The secretary was said to have
related that proposed American
action to bulwark Greece and
Turkey against communism ap-
peared to have made profound
impression on the Russian people
and their leaders. although this
program was kept out of the official
discussions at the Moscow Confer
tnce.
1t was represented as Gen. Mar
shall's belief that when the Soviets
have had additional time to think
over the attitude taken by the
American delegation, plus the Presi-
dents Greek Turkish proposal, they
may be more willing to compromise
some of the issues involved in the
treaty discussions.
In this connection, Gen. Marshall
was said to have described as "un-
reasonable" the Soviet reparation
demands on Germany and Austria
and to have declared that there
should be no American retreat on
his issue.
Explained Stand to Stain.
Covering only the Moscow con-
ference in his discussions, the Sec
setary was reported to have told
The legislative leaders that he made
The American position clear in an
aour-and a-half talk with Premier
Stain before he left Moscow,
Stain was said to have spoken
bnly briefly of the Russian stands,
without deviating from the demands
which Foreign Minister Molotov
previously had laid before the con-
terence.
Not all the lawmakers who heard
(See MARSHALL, Page A-3D