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ALL INPorerm od roa ae . May 12, 1947 “te on eee oa af Pravda is gratified: Russia has so many warm friends in the United States mast members regarded it as primarily a gesture reflecting the prevailing economy: mindedness of the 80th Congress. They believe that if the Senate restores the slash, the House probably will agree to a compromise—around $300,000,000. LEFT: Sprinter . Henry Wallace announced last week that he was ready to make the supreme sucrifice. “I have no ambition for pub- lic office,” he declared. However, he had a second thought on the matter: Hf the only way to advance the cause of world peace was for Henry Wallace to min for President in '48, “I would run as hard as 1 could.” ; Paean From Pravda Pravda last week counted Soviet Rus- sia’s many blessings one by one, and the results. were gratifying, There was so much the Russians could be thankful for, the Moscow daily exulted, particularly their American friends. Pravda named them: - € Henry A. Wallace, Democratic Sen. Claude Pepper of Florida, and Elliott Roosevelt, whose pro-Soviet stand indi- cated “the mood of the broad masses of Americans.” | @ The National Council of American- Soviet Friendship, “headed by the Prot- estant clergyman Melish.” € “Politicians like Melish [who] express the mood of many simple Americans.” € Johannes Steel, “the famous radio com- mentator.” € Prof. Ralph Barton Perry, Robert W. Kenny, Albert Einstein, former United States Ambassador to Moscow _Yoseph E. Davies, Paul Robeson, “and many others,” including Mollie Lieber. Of all Russia’s blessings, only Mollie Lieber had earned Pravda's accolade the hard way. Mrs. Lieber made no bones about it: She was an old-time Com- munist-party member and organizer. Born in Poland 30 years ago, she came to America when she was 12. “1 was disillusioned shortly after arriving here,” she declared last week. At 17, she was taking part in radical activities. She helped tu organize the Young Communist League, in Illinois and nationally. She also helped to organize its successor, American Youth for Democracy, and is now co-chairman of the Illinois division. Wallace, Pepper, and Elliott Roosevelt earned Pravda’s accolade by their at- tacks on American foreign policy, especially on the Truman Doctrine. The others eamed it, however, primarily by lending their names to scores of Com- munist-front organizations, including the National Council of American-Soviet Friendship, which was first organized in During the war, the organization tem- porarily achieved considerable esteem and succeeded in enticing many anti-Commu- nists to join. Since then, its propaganda against United States foreign policy has driven most of them out.” The record: . The Rec. William Howard Melish, associate rector of the Holy Trinity Prot- estant Episcopal Church iti Brooklyn, is chairman of the National Council of American-Soviet Friendship. Has been affliated with the Joint Anti-Fascist Refugee Committee, the Citizens Cam- 7 ~ — * Am those “240 grit: Sena Leverett Saltonstall - ‘and a Capp: resident hurl TF. Cumpton of MLL T., Judge Le ,s~d Hand, and Harold L. Ickes. - mittee for Harry Bridges, and the Na- tional Federation for Constitutional Liberties. Has written for Communist publications, including New Masses and Soviet Russia Today. Johannes Steel: Dropped as radio com- mentator by station WHN, he now pub- lishes the pro-Soviet newsletter, Johannes Steel Report on World Affairs, and is for- eign editor of the sympathetic Reader's Scope. As candidate for Congress of Communist-dominated American Labor party, he was endorsed by The Daily Worker and supported by 1,000 Com- munist doorbell-pushers. ~~ Prof. Ralph Barton Perry, a sponsor of the National Council of American- Soviet Friendship. Sponsored call to Congress of American-Soviet Friendship, dinner honoring Red Army, and Southern Conference for Human Welfare, Contrib utor to Soviet Russia Today. Worked closely with American Student Union and American Committee for Democracy and. Intellectual Freedom. - Robert W. Kenny, former State Attor- wan Canaral af Calilarnia: Afiiiated with acy SPELL GL 87h RCRUAEL FL dati, PRA Oe Coordinating Committee to Lift the Em- bargo, American League for Peace and Democracy, Council for Pan American Democracy, Friends of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade, National Lawyers Guild, League of American Writers, and Joint Anti-Fascist Refugee Committee. Counsel for William Schneiderman, California state secretary of the Communist party. Albert Einstein: Affiliated with Ameri-, can Friends of the Chinese People, Com-_ mitiee for Peace Through World Coop- eration, Congress of American-Soviet Friendship, Friends of the Abraham Lit-. - cola Brigade, International Labor De- fense, Joint Anti-Fascist Refugee Com- mittee, League af. arec“~n Writers, | aaaaing! D..- aledicd! Du honervan Ao ~—