Evening star., 1947-09-21

tty Of the western nations, wants |
the munificence of the United Sta
The question Of war or pea
the Assembly meeting. But, much
as the rest Of the world wishes tc
avoid 1t, the failure to persuade the
Slavic group to live up to the spirit
Of the United Nations Charter may
result in . head-on clash.
The chances Of convincing the
Kremlin dictators that they should
subordinate their expansionist aims
for the good Of western civilization
are admittedly slim.
Following Twofold Policy
The directors Of the Slavic bloc
the II men of the Moscow Polit-
bureau, are following q twofolc
policy: ID To establish without any
serious challenge Soviet domination
over a strategic periphery extending
as far as the Channel in Europe and
to China in the Far East, and (2) tc
spread their political philosophy
throughout the rest Of the world.
The first ambition depends on the
military force Of Russia and her
satellites. The second relies on the
destruction of the economic and
social fabric Of the major western
countries. This can be achieved
only by interfering with production
and hampering the efforts OF the
weak governments 10 reconstruct
their economies.
Russia Is today without doubt the
strongest military power in the
world. While Western Europe lies
prostrate after six years of devastat-
ing war and is incapable of organic.
Ing even an efacient military police
to take care Of domestic affairs, the
q. o. 8. r. has no less than 800
divisions on q war footing and at
least $4,000 tirst-line planes.
Russia and all the satellite coun-
tries are following Hermann Goer-
ing's preference for bullets rather
than butter. The people are starv-
ing, but the armies are being in
creased and strengthened. Con-
sumers' goods are unobtainable, but
the heavy industries work overtime
to produce implements Of destruc-
tion for the glorious armies whose
task Is to conquer the world. Cloth
ing and shoes are being turned out
in q few factories, but for armies,
not civilians.
Strikes Are Outlawed
The peoples of Russia and her
puppet states are working hard
There are no limits to the number
Of, hours they work in the fields and
plants. Strikes are outlawed by the
very nature Of the totalitarian state.
and any indication of discomfort is
suppressed with ruthless violence.
Russia and her subject nations must
work for the greater glory of their
leaders.
However, in the countries outside
the iron curtain the people are be-
ing propagandized, and frequently
coerced, to work as little as possible
In England miners work only 271a
hours O week. In Italy farm hands
and metallurgical and textile work
ers were ordered to strike at a time
when the harvesting of crops was q
hfe-and-death matter and when the
country's survival depended on keep
ing consumers goods rolling from
the factories in Northern Italy.
In France there is a rash o1
SkTRes which last few days in one
ns6dstry and few days in another
ff1e sum total means a drastic re.
duction of French economic po.
tential.
The workers, even those who have
not been won to the side of Mos
cows theology, are compelled to obey
orders from Moscow's agents. Tht
muscle men of the militant Com.
munist parties in western Europe dt
not hesitate to use tommyguns OF
pistols against those who refuse Il
obey their orders. Economic chao!
threatens Western Europe because
the Kremlin seeks it as step tt
domination of the non-C -Communis
part of the Old World.
Like the James Brothers
Against this display of force w
are attempting to use the weight o.
public opinion. One wit in the Stat
Department pointed out that Rus
sia's presence in the Security Coun.
Gil is like one of the James brothers
sitting as a member of the board o.
directors of the Southern Pacific
Railroad.
Public opinion is a powerful
weapon in a free country where
there is freedom of speech. Blu
even the most optimistic wishfu
thinkers In the administration be.
come discouraged when they realize
that nothing worth while can pene.
trate behind the iron curtain, where
close to 100000, 900 people are re-
ceiving a daily diet Of hatred agains
the democracies in general ane
against the corrupt imperialisti'
United States in particular.
Voluminous reports from our rep
resentatives in the Slavic bloc tel
the full story of a campaign o
hatred against this country and 1t
institutions. This campaign Is ia
more venomous than anythin
Goebbels ever concocted. We STAN
In Russia's way and the Kremlin