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The Churchill Speech
Winston Churchill went to the “Show Me" state to de
liver a speech. It was a notable example of oratory, fully
up to the Churchill standard. But the people of the other
47 United States will chorus a ringing “Show Me” before
they will accept its suggestions.
Stripped of all excesvshverbiage. prolixity. and Churchil
lian circumlocution. the great Englishman‘s plea was for
a If. S.-British military alliance.
Since Russia is the only power today which could last
one round against either Great Britain or the United
States. what Mr. Churchill was asking for is a military
alliance of the two great English-speaking nations against
Soviet Russia.
This simplifies the question. Do the American people
desire to join the British in war against the Soviets?—
fm' no matter what the eloquence of Mr. Churchill’s
honeyed words about peace, war was in the back of his
mind. and war would be the end result of any such
alliance.
The British Empire is a crumbling structure of colon
ialism. The freedom within that empire of which Mr.
Churchill spoke so eloquently is utterly denied more than
three-fourths of its colonial peoples.
No wonder the speaker proposed joint use of Britain’s
world~wide military and naval bases. The moment the
United States consented to such an arrangement, not only -
would we be inviting war with Russia. but we would be
underwriting a collapsing structure in which freedom is
completely absent from three-fourths of its chambers.
There was really little new in the Churchill speech ex
cept the place of its delivery. He has made the same pro
posals~ on other occasions. He has proposed a “fraternal
association“ (an euphemism for “military alliance") in
previous addresses and interviews. And his insistence
that the United States and Britain must resist Russia and
curb her aspirations has a familiar ring. So we are con
fronted now merely with an old bogey in a new verbal
dress.
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But perhaps the most discouraging phase of the whole
matter is that the greatest living Englishman should come
to the United States and make suggestions which, if fol
lowed. would torpedo the United Nations before it has dis
carded its diapers.
If the world were faced with some new. dire peril, the
existence of which it had not been previously aware, there
would be the ultimate argument of self-preservation to be
advanced by those who favor a course in line with
Churchill's advocacies. .
But since the Churchill position with respect to Russia
already was well known. perhaps we should give the Unit
ed Nations priority over the desires of our distinguished
visitor 11111955 and until that dire peril shows its ugly face.
In such event a working military arrangement with
Great Britain would come to life-and leap into action over
night
Give the United Nations 3 chance
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Prison Terms For ‘
Finnish Officials
For Aiding Nazis
HELSINKI. Feb. 21.—Former
President Risto Ryti‘ was sen
tenced today to 10 years at hard
labor. A special tribunal convict
ed him of leading Finland into
war with Russia.
Seven other defendants were sen
tenced to imprisonment as fol
lows:
Former Minister of Finance Vai
no Tanner and former Premier
Edwin Linkomies. five years and
six months.
Former Premier Jukha Ran
gell. six years.
The former minister to Berlin.
Toivo Mikael Kivimaeki. five
years.
Former Foreign Minister Sir
Henrik Ramsay. two years. six
months.
Former Minister of Education
Antti Kukkonen and the former
second Minister of Finance Tyko
Reinikka. two years.
The defendants were accused of
engineering Finiand's second war
with Russia in 1941 when their
country was aligned with Ger
many. '
Karl Fagerholm. speaker of par
liament. told the nation two days
ago that Finland faced “bad
times" if Russia and Great Brit
ain should be displeased by the
verdict of the special tribunal.
Russia and British members form
the Allied Control Commission
here.
Dublin Seeks Air
Line To Stockholm
LONDON. Feb. 27 — A commer
cial delegation from Eire has ar
rived in Stockholm to negotiate a
trade agreement with Sweden and
direct airline service between
Stockholm and Dublin, Stockholm
Radio has announced.
The imminent establishment of
an Irish Legation in the Swedish
capital will begin the first direct
contact between the two countries
since the age of the Vikings, the
radio added.
Coal Imports Last Year
Lowest Since 1860’:
STOCKHOLM. Feb. 13. — (By
airmaih—Sweden's imports of coal
and coke last year amounted to
only 439,000 tons. This is the low
est figure recorded since the
1860's. However. the small quan
tity of coal which Sweden im
ported 75 years ago corresponded
to its requirements. while cur
rent imports do not cover much
more than five per cent of pres
ent needs. Before the war Sweden
imported in three weeks as much
coal as it received during the
whole of 1945.
however.
The building industry is still un
able to meet the demand for hous
lng. Considerably increased timber
exports have caused a scarcity of
building lumber. At a recent meet
ing in Stockholm a member of the
cabinet. John Ericaoon. pointed
‘out that in order to maintain ex
lports Sweden .must limit its home
lconsumption of lumber. Efforts
are being made to work out new
construction methods which will
enable contractors to obtain the
same architectural effects with
less lumber.
Swedish production of tires (or?
passenger cars which are used ssi
taxis and official vehicles and for;
trucks with passenger car wheels!
will probably meet the 1946 tie-é
mend. according to 142mm Wa-l
era of the Industry Commission?
Rubber Bureau. Domestic mum-3‘
future begsn last October and isi
successively being stepped up;
There will be no tires sveilsbleh’
however, for the many private;‘
‘csrs still lsid up in garages all!‘
over the country. Considerable 1111-“1
ports are m to fill this”
need.
Dr. Palmquisl Calls Seattle Public
Safely Building “Public Disgrace"
Seattle’s Public Safety Building,
built in 1909 and condemned sev-.
eral years ago as insanitary and
structurally unsafe, is a “public
disgrace.“ Dr. Emil E. Palmquist.
City Commissioner of Health, said
today in commenting on the bond
isue to be on the ballot March 12
to authorize funds for a new Pub
lic Safety Building in the block
north of the present County-City
Building.
Citing the “deplorable" condi
tion of the building, Dr. Palmquist
said the present building on Yesler
Way “has served its time" and
now is totally inadequate for pur
poses of the Health Department.
“The Health Department, as well
as the Police Department." said
the Health Commissioner, ”is hor
ribly crowded, and its offices poor
ly arranged to a point where effi
ciency is affected seriously. The
shape of the present building does
not lend itself to proper arrange
ment, and the structure is so old
that any repair work is largely
wasted effort."
The proposed Public Safety
Building. he continued. would
house the Department of Health
and Sanitation, the Police Depart
ment headquarters, precinct sta
tion, city receiving and detention
jail for both men and women. traf
fic violations bureau and traffic
court and police court. It also
would provide a small auditorium
with a seating capacity of about
300 for joint use of the two de
partments. and would make avail
able 3 garage with parking space
for 300 automobiles.
The Health Department at pres
ent is so crowded that it has no
space for the Public Health and
Visiting Nurse Service. which oc
cupies cramped quarters in the
County-City Building. The Bubonic
Plague and Rodent Control Labor
atory and the animal-breeding
quarters for the department‘s Bac
teriological Laboratory are housed
in an old, run-down frame building
at the south end of Lake Union.
said Dr. Palmquist. These facili
ties. he added. should be in the
same building as the rest of the
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Health Department, and such pro
vision has been made in plans {oi
the new structure. Challenging,r :1
statement that the cost of the»
building originally was set at $2,-
500,000 and since has been in
creased to $5,500,000, the Health
Commissioner said the figure of
$2,500,000 “had been grabbed nut
of thin air" early in the planning
and had no basis in fact. "Cer
tainly," said Dr. Palmquist. “the
figure was premature, as later
studies have proved conclusively.“
The new building. he continued,
will be seven stories with a smaller
portion. or “tower" rising fourteen
stories. The Health Department
will occupy the upper seven floors
of the “tower" portion, Dr. Palm
quist added. pointing out that the
building is well-planned with con
servative space provisions.
i The $5,500,000 sought for the
inew building was broken down by
ithe Health Commissioner into the
'cost of the structure. estimated at
$4,200,000, with $500,000 as m.-
[cost of the site, $500,000 for neces—
sary equipment, and $300,000 to
!be set aside as a reserve for com
ltingencies.
Approval of the bond issue will
require.a total vote of 95.310. of
which 60 per cent. or 57.310 must
be “for" the measure, the Health
Commissioner declared.
“It is my earnest hope." he con
eluded. “that this project does
not become a political football. It
should be judged on its merits, and
in recognition of the tremendous
need for the new building, We must
do something about the present
situation. recognize that we have
become a large city. and assume
this responsibility and build a city
of which we can all be proud. We
have this opportunity in the March
12 City Election to approve a bond
issue for a greatly needed, well
planned Public Safety Building."
The smallest actual good is bet
ter than the most magnificent
promise of impossibilities.~Mac
aulay.
That man lives twice who lives
the first life well.--Herrick.
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