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Personalities Still Affect Relationships of Nations Strain Between FDR and De Gaulle Complicates Postwar Understanding Between Two Great Powers. By BAUKHAGE JV?im Analyst and Commentator. WNC Service, Union Trust Building, Washington, D. C. Some years ago that highly scien tific organization, the Smithsonian in stitution, discussed the possibility of a relationship between sun spots and wars. It was carefully explained that sun spots, which are really great explosions on the sun's sur face, affected the weather on the earth and frequently bad weather in turn affected the dispositions of hu man beings and might conceiva bly render national leaders less amenable to reason and more like ly to get their countries into trouble. At first glance that aeems rather far-fetched but the fact that a clash of nersonalities can affect the course of nations today, al most as much as it did when people fought at the whim of a king, has been brought out striking ly in Franco-Ameri can relations. There isn't much question that the common Interests of France and the United States would oe oeuer servea n one Franklin Roose velt could "Ret along" better with one Charlea De Gaulle. Of course, it is only fair to say that there are others who don't "get .along" with the tall, handsome and aris tocratic French gen eral. It is no secret that one Josef Stalin, although he arranged a highly advantageous treaty with France including some even more advantageous private understanding 'with De Gaulle, had no desire to in vite him to Yalta. : But the Roosevelt-De Gaulle difler Yljtfei seem to be recurrent and just irbtn everybody thought, after the latter's visit to Washington when he was understood to have given his colleagues in France the Impression that the visit was highly satisfac tory to him, came the answer "I regret" to Roosevelt's "respoodez vous, s'il vous plais" and the meet ing on the President's cruiser off Algiers did not take place. Etiquette Poses Difficult Problem In diplomatic circles it has been carefully explained that De Gaulle could not accept an invitation from a peregrinating president to call upon him in French territory, which it was explained was a sort of "come down and have a picnic with me in your backyard, I'm too busy to call on you in your parlor." To which American diplomatic circles explained: it wasn't an ii> vitation to De Gaulle to come to AV glers, which is French territory, but an invitation to call on the Presi dent aboard all. S. warship, whicl is American territory. Peut-etre, was the reply, but th< chief of a great power, indeed at empire, cannot be expected to b< treated any better than the nilen of such minor domains as Arabia Egypt or Ethiopia, royal-bloode< though they be. (Rooeevylt enter tained the gentlemen earlier.) There the discussion boggei down in mutual chagrin with allbu two at the leading French newspa pars (one conservative and on communist) insisting that De Gaull was right and the apologists fo Roosevelt explaining that the Pre* dent could not undertake what prot ably would have amounted to visit of state and a triumph] tour of France, when he had a ?? to win. It was also recalled that on thing Mr. Roosevelt prides himee on avoiding is making the ml takes Wilson did. Wilson received wild ovation In Franco and Italy BI FORE the peace conference, ar suffered the results of a most pat ful reaction afterward. How great a part Roosevelt's fa: _ tire to pay a visit to De Gaulle Paris played in motivating the gei eral's refusal, or. If it were the chi cause, how much eras person pique en the part of De Gaulle ar bow much a feeling that his natl< had been alighted, it is lmpoesib to lay. My own impreiilon gar nered from conversations with persons thoroughly familiar with the French attitude is that "difficulties" were expected to arise in Franco American relations the moment it became clear that France was not invited to participate in the coun sels of the Big Three. It was not expected that the role her armies are hBle to play would make her eligibly to join-the military councils at Yalta bht the French were ardent ly desirous of having a place at the general negotiations which made up the secoAd part of the parleys. Gen eral De Gaulle was in no mood, when he received the President's Invitation, to brook what he consid ered a further slight. It was clear, on the other hand, that the President felt be had sound, practical reasons for omitting any visit to Paris before the San Fran cisco meeting. He also felt there were sound, practical reasons for a conversation with De Gsulle. He paid there were a number of points that had to be cleared up which re quired French action before the United Nations meeting could be held. Indeed, I Imagine, he felt that ha was showing especial regard to France when he offered to review the accomplishments at Yalta per sonally for De Gaulle. FDR Comments On Prima Donnae That is supposed to account for the extemporaneous remarks he in serted in his report to congress about "prima donnas." Those remarks, which were uni versally interpreted as applying to De Gaulle, came as a distinct shock and immediately afterward Senator Brewster publicly labeled them "in judicious." I was following the text of the offi cial release in the house radio gal lery as the President spoke and had noted the many departures which he tossed off as familiar asides and which helped to give his talk the intimate note he desired. But I was startled at what he said following the text as it dealt with an agreement with Yugoslavia. He read the sentence, "We hope that it is in the process of fulfillment" and then he looked up and with just a touch of what verged on sarcasm in his voice, remarked "But it is not only that, but in some other places we have to remember there are a great number of prima donnas in the world, all who wish to be heard. Before anything will be done, we may have a little delay, while we listen to more prima donnas." That startled me as I said but I must say I did not at first think be could mean De Gaulle. That ! seemed impossible. However, as oth i ers mentioned it, I began to take it ' for granted, for I knew that until the procedure of voting as agreed : upon at Yalta eras approved by ? France the agreement could not be - announced. There were other things t upon which France had to be con ? suited in advance of the meeting, as I well. The French ambassador who was t seated in the diplomatic gallery i showed no sign whatever that he t was affected by the words and later i he is said to have told a friend that , it was hardly likely that the prima 1 donna reference could have been - meant to apply to France since the President had completed his com 1 ment on what disposition at French t interests had been made and had e moved on to another topic, Yugo e slavia. a That, at course. Is a good alibi, r And it is necessary that there be !- an alibi for I am convinced that y had there been even unofficial ad a mission that the President was il hitting at De Geulle a really diffi ir cult situation would arise. It is e known that although many people if consider the general what the s- French call "difficile," the French a do not call De Gaulle that and his E- friends and admirers are warm id hi their loyalty and would instant ly ty resent eny unfavorable comment on his conduct. S- No serious difficulties are ex la pected to arise between the United n- States and Franca but some at their ef common troubles in the past show al that there is much difference ba ld tween foreign relations, iwJity n them with protocol as you will and le personal relations after all. Gen. Dc Gaulle BARBS... by Baukhagi A turner In IndliM ?w?ivd ? two-year-old bora* tor 18 cartons of cigarettes. Apparently he would rathar burn up the carpet than the road. ? ? ? The German* have a new rocket that looks ttk* a stove-pipe. Well, they have thrown up everything else but th* kitchen atnk and the sponge?the latter la overdue. Celling prices on strawberries will be the same u last year. Which means, we hope, that short cake will be no shorter. ? ? ? One of the causes of Increase in illness among workers is described as due to mental strain of new workers who haren't been employed (or a long time. Work has always been the cttrae of the leisure classes. First Marine Flat Top Fliers j The first marine earrier-based squadron looks over a chart .planning the attacks on Formosa and Okinawa Jima, In which they participated. Lt. Col. William A. MUlington of Seattle, squadron commander, points to the target area. Be was the first to draw Japanese blood of this crew, when be shot down an enemy plane during the attack which followed. Filipino Children in Huddle These Filipino children huddle in the debris of war left in the wake of the American and Nip lighting, and are shown bleeding and ill from lack of food and shelter. They were eared for by the liberating Tanks, after the Japanese garrisons in the city had been wiped out. All chil dren showed lack of proper nourishment. Red Cross Saved Another Life Wounded by a Jap bomb hit oa a navy carrier, a nary oBcer is given a transfnsioa aa the deck of the warahip by fellow officers, somewhere la the Padk. On-the-spot traaafoaioaa, saeh as this one, have saved the lives of countless servicemen in this war. The collection of this blood is aaiy aas of the maay ways in which the Red Cross Is serving. Allies Agree?Never Again! Watch on the Rhine A 9th army combat infantryman, the 1945 version of Germany's his toric anthem. The wrecked Dussei dorf bridge acts as lookout station. Soon after this picture was taken the G.I. and his unit moved forward into German territory with advanc ing armies. Mountain Trooper Army mountain trooper keep* in trim on passage overseas. He goes aloft In practice to keep sharp for altitudinous action np the cliifs and peaks on European battle fronts. Agility from long training in session of "Happening" is shown. Led Marine Heroes Maj. Gen. Graves B. Erskine, commander of the 3rd marine divi sion, shown outside his quarters while directing his division's part in the capture of Iwo Jima. His unit has been making history in the Pacific, as one of the hero divisions of the war. Giant Blimp Wins Martin Levy, ?l> m?i "Blc Blimp," shown before he met and defeated the Irish Giant, Pat Heaty. Straaje as it may neem, the Bit Blimp b circa credit tor speed, COMING COAL CRISIS President Roosevelt got back from his notable achievements at Yalta to find serious problems awaiting him at home, particularly on the la bor front. Some of his advisers felt, however, that these problems, espe cially the coal crisis, could have been averted by beginning to pre pare for it earlier and by appointing a new secretary of labor. The President left for Yalta al most immediately after his inaugu ration. And, up until a day or two before his inauguration, he had not made up his mind what to do about appointing a new secretary of labor. In the end, he did nothing and ? Miss Perkins continued, despite her very firm desire to resign. Meanwhile, various moves could have been made to head off the coal - crisis. One of them, discussed in the background but never brought forward, is an annual wage for min ers. If the miners knew they would be able to work all the year around, especially in peace times when they have' been laid off for about one third of the time, they might forego wage increases now. i Another move, proposed back stage, was to appoint coal mine representatives on local OPA boards to make sure the cost of living did not go up, or if so, under circum stances they understood. ?_? it.. ?-* uui WW Hi^ff (?*|rF* " ? ? was to base appointed ? new secretary of labor, with a new, fresh outlook, untarnished pres tige, who could hare tackled the job firsthand, and, if necessary, gone oat to the mining areas to meet with the miners them selves. No one is looking for this thankless job. Bat senate col leagues say the one man who eould do it, if willing, would be forthright, fair-minded Senator Harley Kilgore, who comes from the great coal state of West Vir ginia, is known and trusted by labor bat also would not hesitate to oppose labor when it is wrong. ? ? ? FARM BLOC FUNCTIONS Sometimes the congressional farm bloc feels its oats to such an extent that it demonstrates its power just for the fun of it. That was what happened when the house passed the Flannagan resolution ? which does nothing more than say that congress considers a law it passed two years earlier still should be observed. This law is the Tydings amendment to the Selective Service act which pro vides for the deferment of farm workers. The house spent several hours trying to decide whether it should pass the new resolution, even though everyone knew it would go through. Hard-hitting congressmen like Ed Izac of California, Gene Worley of Texas, and Ewing Thomason of Tex as pointed out that all the resolution did was remind the nation that 340, 000 men from iff to 25?the age group the army wants most for fight ing?are being denied the army. El Paso's Thomason declared his support for the Tydings amendment, but said he saw no reason to pass further legislation on the subject. San Oiego's Izac, a wounded and decorated lieutenant commander in the last war, came out against the Tydings amendment. "If we turn this resolution down, maybe the senate will have back bone enough to throw out all legisla tion that interferes with the winning of the war," Izac continued. "The 340,000 boys on the farm are no more precious to their fathers and mothers than are the other boys who have been taken away and are now serving in the army and the navy." Alter several Doors 01 ueDmc, however, the boose passed the resolution by a voice vote, hot not before the author of the res olution, John Flannagan of Vir ginia, was called upon to define what he meant by an "agricul tural occupation." Republican Congressman Clason of Spring field, Mass., was afraid the words might be Interpreted as referring only to men growing or handling crops. Flannagan assured him it included also poultry farmers and livestock farmers. ? ? ? CAPITAL CHAFF C Col. Harry Vaughan, now military aide to Vice President, was former ly his secretary. Vaughan is now virtually back on the office staff?in uniform. ?. There are about 375 baseball play ers in the American league, of which 130 are 4-Fa. Baseball moguls say: "If the 4-Fs are barred from base ball, the game will have to be played by old men." fl. 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