UNITED STATES NO LONGER FEARS RUSSIA

Chronicle (Levin), 10 June 1947, Page 4

UNITED STATES NO LONGER FEARS RUSSIA

~ — "7r "When I visited America six, months agn . the rgenerai feeiing, was a curiouS fear of Russia," eaidj Mr, E. A, Tatrant Of the fUhior; Chamber of 'cemmerce mtema-s ■tion-al, when speaking to Levin -Rotarians yesterday. \ On a recen't retUUn viSit, how-j ever., he had -taike'd t*o the samej cr-o'ss -section Of the community" and had foun'd a Complete change of attitu'de. Ihe fear had been raplaced by a feeii'n'g that if War= wi'th Russia 'Was ineVitahle, it would be better for the fi'ght to. begin and be dispen'S'ed with. It was time, they felt, that both countries came OUt "into the Open. In -answer to questions as to how Russia waS spre'adin'g the doctrine of the U.fiited Nations in Its Own coUntry, and "what its position now was in UNO, Mr. Tarrant said that Russia Was still one of the Big Five, ah'd taking an a'Ctiye part. From his Observations Russia did not appear to be at'tempting to give full inf ormation o'f the work of UNO to its peoples, A re'quest to Russia for representation at the Ghambers' intefnational conference in Amertca had met with co'mplete eilence. Ihere was a cert'ain amoiint of tension between the, united states and Russia, Mr. Tarra'n't said., Amer-ica . field very strong yiews about Russia, and feared the. Commuhist eiements 'growing up in the; Uni'ted states. He 'belie'ved the: position WO'Ufd sol've i'tSelf. He did not heiieve "that Russia would. resort to Wat. It had the most to lose by sueh aetion. '"Russia is not the bogey it -appears to be/' he 'continued. "My personal view is that it Will be fnore likely to- have in'ternai -tr-ouble to keep it occupied."