COLD WAR: ACT TWO
DALLIN, DAVID J.
East and West Cold War: Act Two By David J. Dullin WITH THE pAHlS CONFERENCE OVER, the cold- war enters a second phase which will last as long, or longer than the first. : : . - t- . •The...
...It is to be hoped, especially, that .this little book will be read by European Socialists...
...The practical fellows probably asserted that in this hungry world bread is the most persuasive argument...
...T^he "ultimate aim remains, unchanged," Mr...
...made clear, the* militant struggle gave union assmhers their houses, cars, kitchens, food, ladle- sets...
...Dallia dealing with the new Soviet line will appear In Jthe next issue...
...Our earliest spokesmen voiced hope and promise...
...Now, "tactical retreats are necessary to make possible a strategic success at a later date...
...Among the' significant trade pacts will be an agreement between Eastern and Western Germany to be signed by the future governments of those states...
...Hence the Berlin blockade...
...Even in the statistical text the matter of freedom is not overlooked...
...good words'are a mask for concealment of bad deeds," As though he had had Vishinsky in mind, Stalin added, more than three decades ago: "Sincere diplomacy is no more possible than dry water or wooden Iron...
...In his mind, America was the golden voice of freedom and democracy...
...Through the words of Whitman, . and in their own more, prosaic speech, the authors appeal to men and women of foreign lands very much as did Thomas Paine and Thomas Jefferson 175 years ago, I wonder \t anyene la the Labor Department sensed how deeply their Utile book is In the finest old American tradition...
...we have been virtuous and therefore we are prosperous...
...Patent concluded, "it is world revolution...
...On the eve of the Paris Conference U.S...
...The Russian drive, accelerated by...
...This will mean preservation of the present, rather precarious state of affairs...
...It will give many of, them a new idea of what they call American capitalism...
...A second column by Mr...
...I could plainly see the publicity men had been debating whether to give freedom or food primary attention...
...Then I happened to look at the newspaper release which heralded the advent of the Labor Department's new baby...
...But, in point of fact, a static position will not be much easier to maintain than the consistent aggression of the cold war's first phase...
...Originally, the Soviet zone in East Germany served as a springboard to West Germany...
...Under the existing circumstances, the status quo implies the perpetuation of two Germanys...
...But Tito's rift with Moscow produced a deterioration in his relations with the Greek rebels,-and with Albania-becoming the only source of supply the insurgents • were doomed...
...Not so long ago Soviet troops stood poised near the Aegean Sea, and hope was high in the Cominf orm that soon all Greece would be engulfed...
...Tactical retreat is beginning" to characterize Soviet policy, but Russia must continue to pretend that it is still pursuing the old, vigorous, /unrelenting, eve^-victoriowrlylp© Mpolicy...
...Russia tries to conceal defeat behind an offer of "a truce and amnesty...
...Our mistakes and shortcomings are frankly registered, too., It is acknowledged ¦ that our "views differ as to economic policies...
...The Kremlin thereafter suffered three major failures...
...The Paris Conference has made this obvious...
...The Home Front Freedom's Gift By William E. Bohn ON APRIL 24 the U.S...
...At first it seemed that the breach with Yugoslavia would be temporary— that it was a family quarrel, so to speak...
...This was considered to be a rather makeshift arrangement, Until new areas could be added...
...Wherever they went it was as convinced missionaries of our way of life...
...foreign policy, it seems, have not quite grasped this contradiction as expressed in recent Soviet maneuvers, and which will continue to re-appear in future ones...
...New—after a long interim—we seem to be returning to that mood...
...Further, development of trade is of vital importance" to the satellite countries how suffocating in Russia's embrace...
...But I am happy to report that nowhere do our authors indulge in it They venture only one statement on the relation between politics and prosperity: "One truth is universally clear: The social and economic system'which provides freedom to the individual, and allows him to participate to the fullest extent in the solution of problems which beset it, stands the greatest chance of maximum utilization of its human and natural resources.]' This, of course, is substantiated by American achievement as compared with that of any dictatorship of ancient or modern times...
...Much spaee Is given'to a remarkabtr fair and well-balanced picture of our free trade unions...
...Old Walt, 70 years ago, saw this country as the bearer of 'other continents...
...Today, Moscow aims only at withdrawal from Greece without loss of face— -thousands of young guerillas still fighting and w&£2$*n Greece' are thus being Sacrificed to salvage as much Soviet prestige as possible...
...The molders of U.S...
...THE TEXT IS MADE LIVELY with tables, charts and photographs...
...But if the status quo should prevail, trade with the West will acquire new importance for Russia...
...synchronizing the actions of "the Red Army and local' Communist , parties, overcame many nations...
...To the worker behind the iron curtain the picture of parking lots filled with the automobiles of the Ford worker may be most persuasive...
...But at that very moment signs of a new situation—misread bv Moscow from the outset—began to appear...
...But it seemed to me that men writing a book about American freedom were rather getting things out of focus by spending so much time on meat and fish and cheese...
...During that time, Russia operated oh all fronts in Europe^from the Baltic to the Mediterranean, and, by...
...In the early days of the republic Americans were devoted to their Ideology...
...I confess I read on with some fear lest our hired men in the Labor Department proclaim, as so many simple-minded propagandists have: Behold, we have a marvelous system of free enterprise...
...IN ACT TWO OF THE COLD WAR Russia will aim at maintenance of the status quo, at least in Europe—and Europe still plays a primary role in Moscow's international outlook...
...And he was hot thinking of an international WPA, a Marshall Plan or a Truman Doctrine...
...It Is...
...creation, of the Cominform in the winter of 194748, reached its peak about that time, culminating in i the fall of Czechoslovakia in February, 1948...
...AS LONG AS MEW OFFENSIVES were being launched by Moscow, economic relations with the West were relegated to second place...
...columnists predicted that Vishinsky would agree to unite Soviet Germany with Western Germany...
...The shift in Soviet policy in Germany was frankly and ably analysed by a1 Soviet "political major," Mr...
...Least, of all did his vision take the form of winged CAKE parcels...
...IN THE BOOK ITSELF what first meets the eye'is a five-page introduction which takes its cue from Walt .Whitman...
...Now these are all admirable products, - steak, salmon, cheese and the fact that you can buy a standard quantity of any one of them for 21 or 29 or 37 minutes of labor is-important—especially to people who are hungry...
...Patent, in a lecture before a German audience in Berlin's- "House of Soviet Culture...
...First news of this publishing venture filled me with doubt The New York Times spent about two thirds of its review space telling about the round steak, pink salmon and Cheddar cheese which a free American can annex by investing so many minutes' work...
...There is no sense, he continued...
...Organized retreat," he said, is necessary in a period of "revolutionary low-tide...
...Yet the Soviet press represents these concessions as a great victory: Meanwhile, on behalf of her Greek guerrillas...
...1. Yugoslavia...
...After nearly two centuries we must try to sum up achievements...
...Bui progress which we make on our own gives vaUd assurance of being perm ament...
...Let us hope that the present signs are not deceptive...
...They wrote and published a book called The Gtft of Freedom which, if it does not quite reach the verbal magic of the Declaration of Independence, does dig deeper into the human consciousness than any row of figures ever clicked off by an adding-machine...
...Retreat always demoralizes, whether it involves an army, a party, ot 4 ttomtorform...
...t- . •The flrsf phase lasted exactly four years, from May, 1945, to May, 1949...
...Td pretend a retreat is an advance, to present a failure as a success to its great mass of followers, is Moscow's main objective to^ayv«r In Paris Vishinsky did not sacrifice much, yet he;had to promise.to behave as regards Berlin, and was willing—under certain, terms— to withdraw military forces from Austria, Romania and Hungary...
...we produce more wheat, coal, steel and automobiles than anybody...
...3. Berlin...
...Vishinsky has talked "unity" to please the Germans, but Stalin himself has said, -JlWords are one thing, actions another...
...Women in far lands will gaze with deepest longing on the shining and efficient kitchen portrayed...
...But it turned out to be permanent, and moreover, to be a terrific blow to Soviet power...
...He did nothing of the sort, and Moscow will resist intimations that it will change its mind...
...2. Greece...
...Blather like this makes my gorge rise...
...in "running with one's head against the wall...
...But this nope proved to be an illusion...
...Department of Labor stepped out, The statistical boys shook themselves, took typewriters in hand and essayed a new role...
...Any advantages handed Jo people by a dictator carry no sack assurance...
...And the more imaginative men, I am sure, just as stoutly maintained: No, in this age of dictatorship liberty is more precious than anything...
Vol. 32 • July 1949 • No. 27
