Evening star., 1948-09-05

us from the Old World: % BY pres
sure and threats of war and (2) by
outright attack on our military
forces in Germany, Austria and
Trieste.
There is no question that the
Kremlin would prefer to accomplish
It's purpose by the former means,
But it is equally certain that it
will resort to the latter if we are
unwilling to yield to pressure short
Of war.
A. present We are in the first
stage of pressure and threats. TIE
Kremlin is still confident that the
American people are loath TO fien:
another war. Because of the over
Whelming strength of Soviet forces
the Russian dictators seem to think
that by clever manipulation of the
nerve war on the eve of a major
electoral campaign in America they
may be able to coerce the State
IoCpdi llllCAG IllIO dSCCptilIs WlldI
would actually be complete with
drawal from Europe.
Intelligence Weakness
Those who try to read the minds
of the men in the Kremlin say
Prime Minister Stain and his as
/ cna:otoc ORC oonuinooJ tl,ot n frro
attitude in the next few months
VIII compel the American Govern
rent to cry "kamerad" rather than
face the eventuality of an armed
clash for which we are still unpre-
pared.
| The Kremlin, unfortunately, has
an intelligence service in the United
States which is at once excellent
and very poor in different ways.
The Russian agents are perhaps the
worlds Informed men on Amer
lean war potential, our present and
future production and most of ou:
latest and most secret scientific de-
velopments.
| The recent hearings of the House
Committee on American Activi-
ties have lifted but a tiny corner
of the veil which covers the deplor-
able activities which have been 60
ing Oh in this country for the last
10 years and which were greatly
expanded during the years of the
so-called close wartime cooperation
of the United States and Russia.
Reports Follow Pattern
But where the intelligence service
of the U. S. S. r. fails sadly is in
keeping the Kremlin informed of
the trends and changes in the minds
of the people of the United States.
This is natural in a totalitarian
state, whose agents must make their
reports conform to the Moscow
party line of thought.
Such an agent would not last
long if he were to tell his superiors
that the American people rapidly
are veering away from the ideologies
of communism which were disheo
out to them in large quantities dur
ing the honeymoon with Russia
between 1941 and 1916. 1t would be
fatal to them to minimize the pop
ular strength" of Henry A. Wallace
and to say that the much-awaited
economic collapse of the United
States is still around a far-distant
corner.
They cannot, without fear of dis
pleasing their bosses, say that the
rank and file of American people
have had enough of this situation
and are mentally prepared to face
anything, provided the present un-
certainties come to an end.
None of the reports, as far as is
known here, mention the fact that
although public Endorsement OF
Americas participation in World
War l had to be manipulated by
the Government and by the blunders
of the Kaiser's diplomats and ir
World War II by the Jap attack or
Pearl Harbor, now the overwhelm-
ing number of American people neec
: no jingoistic propaganda or tale OF
: horrors to persuade them to indorse
whatever decision their govern.
ment makes in the present con.
: fiict with the Kremlin.
Our New Attitude
1t has been ascertained that quit,
t the contrary is being reported tt
S Moscow. The accent is on high cos
= of living and the discomfort anon,
e the "proletarian masses" in tn
= United States. Moscow is beinI
r guaranteed" wholesale sabotage O
t our main industrial centers an,
e strikes in the sensitive public serv
= ices, such as railroads, telephon
e and radio, in the event of a militar,
a showdown with the Kremlin.
These intelligence reports, base,
on an erroneous idea of the presen
feelings of the American people, ar
dangerous for world peace. The.
tip the scales in favor of direction
If the men in the Kremlin conside
y that our attitude on Germany /
not sufficiently yielding.
There are some men in Mosco,
who are capable of fully evaluatin
= our potential strength. Their ex
- periences in World War II hav
~ shown them what Americas capa
" bilities are. But they are outnum
r. bered by the political-minded Polit
,r buro, which relies on the drivin
,e force of the Communist doctrine
and disregards anything connecte
If with patriotism in the capitals
in states.
10 The fact that Russia has been S
" popular in America because of tn
,e heroism of her soldiers against tn
rs Nazis is misunderstood in the Krem
ID lin, where this popularity is at