MR. HULL AND RUSSIA
PRESIDENT MAKES COMMENT Rec. 11.30 a.m. WASHINGTON, Sept. 1,
President Roosevelt said that the newspaper columnist who had called Mr. Cordell Hull "anti-Russian" was "a chronic liar." Mr. Roosevelt added: VHe represents the kind of journalism which hurts the Press and the country. I am as disturbed as Mr. Hull by the comments of this columnist, which are very detrimental to the United States and to the unity of the United Nations."
Mr. Roosevelt did not mention the columnist's name, but Drew Pearson, on Monday, wrote in a New York paper that Mr. Hull opposed Russia and wished her bled white.
Mr. Hull had described Pearson's statement as "a monstrous and diabolical falsehood."
Pearson retorted: "I hope Mr.. Hull's denial stands up-better than his recent denial of the resignation of Sumner Welles;"
Mr. Welles resigned last week, it is reported, because Mr. Hull refused to accept his proposals for closer collaboration with Russia.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXXVI, Issue 55, 2 September 1943, Page 5
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