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I • THE NEWBERRY SUN, NEWBERRY, S. C. DIPLOMACY AT SAN FRANCISCO SAN FRANCISCO. — By all odds the most skillful diplomacy game at this conference has been played by dapper, dignified Anthony Eden of Great Britain. He has managed to come out as the friend of all sides, and most important of all, the mediator between Russia and the United States. In other words, Eden has com pletely reversed the previous role of President Roosevelt, who up un til his death had acted as the medi ator between Churchill and Stalin. The Churchill - Stalin rivalry was not merely personal. It was his toric. It was based not only on the fact that Churchill just after the last war, urged the sending of Allied troops into Russia to help the White Russian generals overthrow the em- bpro Bolshevik regime, but that he flirted with the Cliveden set which in 1939 advocated war between Rus sia and Germany while England sat on the side lines. This was the basis for the per sonal snspieion between him and Stalin. But historically, Churchill was carrying ont a century-old British policy of iso lating Russia. For 100 years, the country with the greatest land mass in the world, Russia, had been kept without a warm-water seaport by Britain, the country with the greatest navy in the world. That rivalry was the reason for the Anglo-Japanese alliance, where by the British, working through Japan, helped to stop Russia from getting Manchuria and a warm- water port on the Pacific. That rivalry was behind Britain’s sphere of influence in Persia fnow Iran) to prevent Russian use of the gulf of Persia. That rivalry was also the cause of the Crimean war in which the British fleet and British troops actually landed on the same spot where Churchill, Stalin and Roosevelt later held their Yalta conference and waged a bloody bat tle to prevent the Czar from com ing down to the Dardanelles and get ting an outlet through the Mediter ranean. Finally this 100-years-old Russo- British rivalry was behind Britain’s taking Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia and Finland away from Russia after the last war to block her outlet to the Baltic sea. Roosevelt Sits In Middle. That rivalry continued during the Teheran - Yalta conferences, with Stalin and Churchill both trading against each other and Franklin Roosevelt sitting in the middle. At Teheran !hp argument was over a second front through the Bal kans which Churchill favored, or through France, which Stalin fa vored. Churchill wanted the Al lied armies to get into the Balkans— Russia’s sphere of influence — and thereby keep the Russians out. He didn’t want Allied armies ruining factories and alienating the popula tion of western Europe—which was to be Britain’s sphere of influence. In the end Roosevelt tipped the scales in favor of Stalin—toward a second front through France. Once at Teheran, Churchill trying to poke a little fun at Stalin, said: “Marshal, I have noticed that when ever anyone comes into contact with you they become slightly pink.” To which Stalin replied: “And Mr. Prime Minister, any good doctor will tell you that pink is the healthiest of all colors.” And Roosevelt, wanting to pour oil on the troubled waters, said: “Gentlemen, let me re mind you that there is nothing more beautiful than all the col ors of the rainbow.” But at the end, as Churchill bade farewell to Stalin, there was still tension between them. “Well, goodbye. Marshal,” said the prime minister, “I’ll see you in Berlin.” “Yes,” shot back Stalin, “I in a tank and you in a pullman car.” Stettinlus Loses Out. Roosevelt was shrewd enough to continue as middle man even at Yalta, despite the fact that he 'was slipping physically. , He kept both Russia and Great [Britain in the position of playing up 'to the United States. The loss of that strategic bargain ing power is the most important de velopment of this conference. Stet- tinius has lost what Roosevelt had and Anthony Eden has cleverly stepped into his place. The United States has now slipped into the position of being the chief rival and potential opponent of Rus sia, while Eden has maneuvered so that England sits in the middle, able to throw its weight to one side or the other. • • • Conference Cross Currents Greek Foreign Minister Sophi- anopoulos at first was considered a British puppet but surprised every one by voting against the British on Argentina. He sides with Russia against Argentina’s admission into the San Francisco conference. . . . He also helped to pass the Greek eight-hour child labor laws, later was condemned to life imprison ment by the Metaxas dictatorship under King George. . . . Real ex pert on peace machinery is Dutch Foreign Minister Van Kleffans. Dew From a San Francisco Fog: Walter Duranty, former N. Y. Times correspondent in Moscow and elsewhere, joined our table the other noon to talk shop. . . . We were de pressed, we told Mr. Duranty, over our sour luck. Before a Molotov story broke on all the front pages, we had written and filed the story exclusive 36 hours earlier. “Nobody,” we added, “seems to know anything about it, although Ivan Paul of the San Francisco Ex aminer (who motored us to the place) was witness to the fact.” “Oh, well,” said the veteran cor respondent, “you can’t get them all, you know.” “You don’t seem to understand,” we groaned. “There’s excitement in getting a scoop now and then. Don’t you try to get scoops?” “No,” said Duranty. “I’m in the erudite part of the profession.” Things I Never Knew Till Now: After the First World War, Harry Truman owned a haberdashery shop which failed. He refused to dodge his debts by resorting to bankruptcy. . . . Truman spent the next 14 years paying off $20,000 worth of haber dashery debts. Nation’s Hats Off to Hard Task Well Done Potion | Hodges | Gerow | | Simpson | Potch \ { Truescott The organization of the American forces in Europe which brought about the complete collapse and uncon ditional surrender of the once-unbeatable German forces which set out to rule the world. To Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower, his army group commanders, Bradley, Devers and Clark, we render thanks. To General Pat ton, General Hodges and General Gerow, under Bradley; General Simpson and General Patch under De vers and to General Truescott, under Clark in Italy, the credit of directing the world’s finest army is due. A job well done, by the finest staff ever assembled in the history of any war. Germany’s Nazi Down—Japan Soon to Follow There is a lot of talk about what we ought to do to Germany (and Japan) for mass-murderjng prison ers and labor slaves. This pillar suggests that we let tne “things” whip themselves with memories of their bestiality—with us just prod ding the memory. There are evi dences of German savagery all over Europe, so let’s preserve them as monuments. Let future German generations see them and find out what kind of blood they are bom with. If they can grow up among reminders of what it costs to be a monster, maybe they’ll work a little harder to get back into the human race. Hitler’s name must be perpetuated among the Germans. Every platz and strasse and highway named for him should continue to wear the Adolf Hitler tag. Why shouldn’t his name offend German noses the way it has the noses of other people? After all, they nourished him, so they can be stuck with him. His puss must also be kept public—all over the billboards, the school books and calendars. He must always be referred to as Der Fuehrer, and we can drop around a couple of decades from now and ask them what they think of the founder of the master race. Left: President Harry S. Truman, officially ending the war in Europe. Gathered around him are mem bers of his cabinet, family and officials. Right: Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower, supreme Allied commander, makes announcement of German unconditional surrender at SHAEF, France. At left is Sir Arthur T dder, deputy supreme commander. The world’s greatest war was thus brought to a successful conclusion. And that master race should be a must, too. They must never refer to themselves as anything else. If they fail, the penalty will be a solo rendition of the Horst Wessel song, a verse and a chorus. The only ex cuse for not uttering master race will be a doctor’s certificate swearing the holder got the phrase stuck in his throat. He’ll just have to write “Heil, Hitler” a hundred times. Germany’s big day of the future will be called Der Tag and will be observed annually, with everybody compelled by law to participate. The day will begin with broadcasts of Hitler’s pop-off speeches (record ings), featuring those denouncing the rotten democracies and also those excusing the German murderers on the ground that inferior races de served to die. Then there will be movies, with attendance compul sory, showing the beaten and starved prisoners of war at Lublin, Maide- nek, Treblinka, Mieste, Belsen. Every German upon reaching his or her 21st birthday will be made to make a pilgrimage to Lidice, and there hear a reading of the report of hangman Heydrich, who mur dered in vengeance every innocent child and woman in that Czech vil lage. To return to the celebration of Der Tag, the final exercises of the day would be a • standing vote by the population on what they think of the Versailles Treaty of World War I. And they would be asked if they had plenty of living room, or had their patience become exhausted the way it had so often before 1939. If any of the Krauts cared to learn English they would be given lessons culled from some newspapers in the U. S. Since these lessons were origi nally written to comfort the Nazi ideal, they would probably be easy to absorb. The Germans would be particularly interested in the Amer ican columns that sneered at report ed German atrocities as s-' much hogwash. Plans to probe the Ku Klux Klunks are wrapped in a shroud. Such plans usually grab newspaper space and then die of neglect. . . . The Klan ostensibly disbanded a year ago, but the hooded hoodlums have been popping up again disguised with new names. . . . Don’t delude yourself with the idea that the Klan is as dead as it should be. Remem ber that when the Klan crawled un derground, Klan chief James A. Colescott stated: “I am still the leader of the Klan. The other of ficials still retain their titles. Pacific G.Ls Tame and Use Pets Pity the S-VE-Eper Dogs, goats or monkeys, regardless of nationality, the American ex peditionary forces in the Pacific have tamed, adopted as pets and put to use to hunt out the Japs, locate poison gas, gun emplacements, or furnish milk to sick buddies. Thousands of rare and unusual pets will -be brought into the United States when Tokyo falls. Michael Parrotta, New York sani tation department sweeper, is one man who thinks that Victory is not all it’s cracked up to be. His was the job of cleaning up the paper blizzard aftermath that covered 45th street. New York City. War-Bom Lessons Dropped From Air New Diving Record The accelerated educational schedule developed in the wartime emer gency, which put the student through a normal four-year college course in from 28 to 36 months, will be discontinued as soon as possible by most colleges, but the government will see that substitute courses are furnished to G.I.s by airmail wherever desired. Returned soldiers may still secure training desired. Jack Browne, 28 years old, is shown through the porthole of the decom pression chamber as he was slowly released from the peak pressure to set record of 550 feet dive- t-lAPPY CHANDLER, the new baseball commissioner, was a first-class Kentucky governor and a first-class Kentucky U. S. senator. He has been a good aU-around ath lete in many sports, including foot ball, baseball and basketball. He has been a sportsman at heart—a clean, honest shooter. But he may not be as happy as he Is today, or has been through the years, when the present and the postwar problems of baseball fall across his neck. For these prob lems will be many and varied and tough. They will require not only sound judg ment on Commissioner Chandler’s part but also the ability to face more than a few club owners who are go ing to look largely to their side of the argument. They have the money invested, and that’s always a big point in most human debates. It isn’t any question of crookedness that Happy will have to face, but now and then a matter of craft and cunning. Happy Chandler I can tell Happy that practically every club owner and ball player had so much respect for Judge Lan dis that it amounted almost to fear. They wanted no part of the fiery, aggressive judge. After the war there will be over 4,000 of these ball players shed ding their fighting uniforms for base ball clothes. These men had con tracts before they left, varying in financial amounts up to Hank Greenberg’s top of around $50,000. A majority of these may not be as good as they were after two or three- years service in army and navy. But those who return—and many won’t —will expect to get what they re ceived or were guaranteed before moving into war. They won’t expect to take any cut, until they have had at least a year to prove their places in the game. It may be that every club owner will fall into line and pay old sal aries. It may be that many won’t. But the new commissioner must sup port the ball player to the limit-* not the club owner. Cardinal Stars The Cardinals are the leading ex ample. Sam Breadon’s Redbirds had more good ball players than any two clubs you can mention, includ ing quality and quantity. It the Jap part o. ‘he war is over within a year the Cardinals will have more good ball players on band than any two teams can handle. Take the case of the Cooper broth ers. They were asking $30,000 a year from the Cardinals, togeth er, before Walker Cooper was taken into service. Both know that the Yankees, Giants or Tigers would be extremely pleased to give them $50,000 or $60,000 a year. But St. Louis isn’t a good baseball town, so far as attendance goes. St. Louis is no New York, Detroit, Brooklyn, Chicago or one of several other major league cities. The Cooper brothers at $30,000 a year, combined, would have been a tre mendous baseball bargain almost anywhere else. Plenty of Headaches When the war is entirely over. Happy Chandler will have at least 4,000 headaches which he must face, regardless of what the baseball owners think or want. Here is the way I rate bas rball’s importance— 1. The players who make the game — including, of course, the stars who help draw the crowds. 2. The fans or crowds who make baseball possible as a major spec tacle. They pay the salaries and keep up the ball parks. 3. The owners—who can get in and but at almost any time—and who in the main get into baseball through the motives of profit and publicity. The latter comes last. If they quit, others are more than ready to take their places. With few exceptions, they hardly count in the building of the game. They have contributed less than any other factor. It is for this reason that Happy Chandler must look after the game first — the players second — the crowds third — and refuse to let the owners shove him around. Hap py Chandler has been the best-na- tured man I ever met in sport. 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