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\ ee ee ee ae ee ee ve! one Pt ay v* Volume 1, No. 2 Z ; a no MARSHALL FACES BARUCH-HOOVER-VANDENBERG-DULLES AXIS Liberals greeted the appointment of General Marshall a2 Secretary #1 State with the observation that he is essentially anti-Ciurchill] ard is r Puuse - velt man. They cited Marshall's recall of the Marines from China as a hilt policy. In reality, however, there is no shift in polisy. Marshall's oononne3- ments does not alter the objective factors outlined in our first issue. oo It is true that there is a distinct change of atmorplere in "2rhing- ton. Secretary Marshall is undoubtedly attempting to make up his ow: miri on can Senator Vandeaberg is furious because Marshall has already moje it cleer the he will not take orders from him and Dulles, as Byrres did. Tua ares of conflict between Marshall and Vandenborg will be ov-r methods and not coves ob: t- ives. The pressures have already begun to operate; the sniping mt Marshall, . instigated by Vandenberg, has already started in ordur tc whiy. him inte ling, * wee Vandenbetg is angry on two counts: fir.t. he dado not want ‘he Ua toes Plis ten from Chins; second, Vandenberg, dependent enon fascist Tolion v's an P4enigin and ¢lerical-fascist support there, wanted Warcicil to .seall te: Ascr.can Agbassador to Poland. while Earshall simpts acrouaced that wa arid a. ens farther events in Feland from our Embassy in Warsay. Marshall is obvicssly pidtatig ‘9 elimin:to the more blatant espects of Ac ricats izp.tialist forsig petely He Gf mere suitle thau Vandenborg. who is ignaraut of Eyropean Listorpte, amt has very Llittio urcorstarding of the world i. which we Tiva, Als, Sarcha- te ‘ - emall politician like Byrnes, but 2 man hr iii mot nhake in Ne pote fyery Lime Vouderbere ope:s his mouth. A feud Latwoen Vandenberg and Marshall is in the making; noi #9 mich because Marshall will pursue a policy basically different from that of Vardonserg aid Suiles, but because Marshall is Aatel lige, and Vandenberg is stupid. oe (00-,RAb | 7-176 Tho political climate is nay OTE 1 epared fox-the. Mosson con! erence. 19 noxt few weeks there will a tqtritic. créscendo' to ah anti-Soviet propaganda barrage. The first gun figed ip that ‘Wirection was Baruch's testinouy before the Joint Congressional Cogbittee- on Atomic Energy.which was accurately predicted in our first issue when we said that Baruch's resignation ffom the Wn:ied Nations Atomic Energy Commission, contrary to e011 other intanprerations. hal “struck a noar death-blow to all chances of agrgemant v sein.“ \ t ~ In one of the BOTs “Qutcageoua propaganda Copa of our tine. Baruch ic..27 to newspaper gen stories that he had told the fJoint Congressionsl Committee that Russia evidently nad tapped United States atumic comb secrets. Hire is tue woy in which the NEW YORK TIMES led the press in handling the story: Th» Lirct _ paragraph of the story in the TIMES, after suitable scare headlin-=. rent: a. “Bernard ufaruch was reliably reported tonight t= ': - 0 "5 the Joir+ Congressional Committee on Atomic Energy that Russia evidea’ ys "1: tap,ad United States atomic bomb secrets." . The seventh paragraph of the story. oo +: the bett.a of the pup. 1: “Tt was stated by a Congressicrai source that want "2. Dergsh per waid # | wut exe actly naw -— tit i:.og n-mlers of Cougress Rad tecsives the gan Gufares tos leet nee nen © Seo —