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China — Focal Point Of

World Strife

It is certain that the Soviet
spokesmen at the Moscow meet-
will address some very pointed
questions to U.S. State Secre-
tary James Byrnes on the
Chinese phase of American
policy. And Foreign Commissar
Molotov will be on very firm
ground, since he will be able to
point to the USSR’s own strict
policy of non-intervention and
full respect for the sovereignty
of China, indicating that the

‘Soviets are anxious to remove

even the slightest pretext for
further American intervention,
The Russians are also well
aware of the growing resent-
ment of the American people
themselves. over the Truman ad-
ministration’s military adven-
tures in China. ;

Just such protests by the
U.S. people which will grow
more articulate as a general
awareness of the issues grows,
were in fact behind. the recent
Spectacular resignation of Maj.
Gen. Patrick Hurley as Ameri-
can ambassador to China. The
resignation of jingoistic Gen-
eral Hurley, who fully support-
ed the Kuomintang .. dictator-
ship; does not necessarily mean
a fundamental change in U.S.
policy toward China. Hurley’s
flare-up against the state de-
partment, and his wild charges
before a Senate investigating
committee, were a bid for even
greater intervention in China
and an attack on those in the
state department who were at-
tempting to earry. forward
Roosevelt’s policy of promoting
political unity within China.
But they were equally a recog-
nition by the general that pow-
erful progressive forces were
working against him.

For the saber-rattling ex-
ambassador was very frank. in
admitting that a - resolution
placed before the U.S. House of
Representatives by Congress-
man Hugh De Lacey,: criticis-
ing U.S. policy in China, was
one of the immediate causes of

resolution, backed by five other
West Coast congressmen,
charged that Hurley’s policies
“made the present civil war
unavoidable.” It pointed to the
democratic character of the
Yenan republican movement
under Communist leadership in

contrast to the pro-fascist char-.

acter of the Kuomintang under
Chiang Kai-shek. And it de-
clared that “the logic of U.S.
intervention in China is the
logic of the most reactionary of
U.S. big businessmen, wanting
unrestricted .economie exploit-
ation of Asia.”

e

. FURTHER indication of the
basic shakiness of U.S. sup-
port: 6f*-Chiang Kai-shek. and
of the. factors working against
full. :implementation of -Amer-
ican: imperialist. policy in
China; is the. resumption “of
talks. in Chungking betwen Kuz
omintang. Jeaders.. and). Com=
munist leader Mao -Tse-tung.
Mao’s; second trip —-to Chung-
king is by no means a sign.-of
weakness -on the part of the
Communists. Actually, there
has been. no: major fighting be-
tween the’ Hight Route Army:
and. the Kuomintang’ forces -in
Manchuria, though clashes have
occurred. This is due to the re-
straint shown by Eighth Army
and liberation forces in the -in-
terests of preventing full-scale
civil war. ;

Chiang, on the other. hand,
recognizes this, and recognizes,
too, that if civil war were to
break out, the Communist and
liberation forces in Norh- China
and Manchuria could make it a
very costly afair, perhaps even
disastrous to his Kuomintang.

All these factors—the Am-
erican people’s growing oppos-
ition to their. government’s in-
tervention .policy, the.. Soviet
Union’s role as.a. powerful in-
fluence for peace, and the
strength of the Communist and
liberation forces, are positive

= by Al Parkin

civil War and toward construc-
tion of a genuinely democratic
central government in China.

General Hurley’s resignation
indicates, on the other hand,
that the forces working for full
American intervention in China
are wavering,. The appointment
of General Marshail as Hurley’s
Successor might well result in a
sharp change in U.S. policy
provided the pressure by labor
and. progressive groups is in-
creased. And that means, of
course, the full. participation of
the labor movement in Canada.
whose interests are just as: vit-
ally -wrapped up ina demo-
cratic’ solution of the Chinese
crisis.

FOR the whole position of the

United States toward China
is completely indefensible. US.
Secretary of State Byrnes, Gen:
eral..Patrick_ Hurley sand their
supporters, among them Life
magazine, are clamoring that
it is American’s historie duty
to aid Chiang Kai-shek in “ani-
fying” his country as part of
the tasks left over from the
war. They argue that a China
united under Chiang Kai-shek’s
Kuomintang is as fully justified
as. the Soviet Union’s right to
include the Baltic countries as
autonomous republics within
the USSR.

But they evade the question
as to why—if Chiang Kai-shek
does have the full support of
the Chinese people—is it neces-
sary for him to use .American
troops to bolster his authority?
The answer is that Chiang’s
government of feudal landlords
and ‘profascist grafters is dis-
trusted and hhated- by the vast
majority of Chinese. And with-
out. U.S... support, his: adminis-
tration :would likely break up
almost overnight. :

Inequalities In Role
Religion In Films

By DAVID PLATT

I.see that 40 Protestant church boards have united to
form the Protestant Film Commission, a pressure group

that will try to get films ab

duced in Hollywood.

é

out the Protestant: faith Ppro-

Up to now the Catholic Church has had a virtual

monopoly on religious scenes
church in a Hollywood film: is

in pictures. Almost every
a Catholic church. Crosby’s

‘Going My Way,’ ‘Bells of St. Mary,’ ‘Song of Bernadette,’
are all Catholic films. There have been no comparable films
about Protestant churches. In a land where the membership
of the Protestant churches far exceeds that of the Catholic
Church, this unequal treatment leads to all kinds of sus-

Picions.

This inequality is even more
glaring in the case of films con-
cerning the Jewish faith. I can

recall but one serious attempt to
show :. Jews worshipping in a
Synagogue. It ‘Was one of- the

short Hayon Solomon which paid
tribute..to the fine work done
by Jewish patriots during the
American War of Independence.

The ‘recent Columbia film
None Shall Escape showed a

Synagogue.in Poland being de-
filed by. Nazis. This interesting
film also portrayed a deep
friendship between a Nazi-hat-
ing Catholic Priest and a, Rabbi.
It has been.many years, how-
ever, since the films have touch-
ed. . intelligently. upon some
phase of contemporary Jewish
life in this country. I doubt
whether Bing Crosby’s. stream-
lined production of Abie’s Irish
Rose which he has. announced,
will answer. the need. This old
warhorse by Ann Nichols was
forced off the -air a couple of —
years ago for its offensive cari- |
catures of Jews and Irish. It
has no place on the screen in
this hour of Jewish suffering.
I_ don’t, know: whether the
quality of Hollywood films will
improve as a result of the new a
pressure group set up by the 40 4
Protestant churches. I do be-
lieve that better films will come
faster when Protestants, Cath-
olies, Jews, Negroés and other
racial, religious and national
minorities unite. with the great
trade union movement to. build
a mighty audience. association
that will force the studios te
' givé the people what they want.

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1945

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