Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 27 August 1942 — Page 14
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RESPECT
Two Practical Fighters Who Appreciate Bravery of Soviet: Army. Represent America in Moscow 2 Time ‘When Need for Such: Men Is Urgent. 4
By. LELAND STOWE Copyright, 1943, by The Indianapolis. Times and The Chicago Daily News; Inc.
MOSCOW, Aug. 27.—At a‘time when the closest understanding and co-operation between Soviet Russia and the
United States is unprecedentedly essential for the future; security of both nations, Americans have the great good} . fortune to be represented here by two men of exceptional |: caliber. One of these is Admiral? William H. Standley United |; the|
States ambassador to U. S. S. R.; the other is Brig. Gen. Philip Faymonville, who
is in charge of all lend-lease|
supplies delivered to Russia. It. happens that both the
admiral and the general are native on the deck; he understands what} i
Californians. By ‘a twist of chance the present Amer‘ican ambassador ‘to Russia was born in northern California on Russian river, ‘which is so named in memory of the first Russian settlement to be established on North America’s Pacific coast. Gen Faymonville's home Adm, Standley . isin San Francisco. These two men have several extremely important things in common: They like Rus- + sians; they think before they speak and say exactly: what they ‘mean; they have a profound respect for the Soviet army and for the sacrifices of the Russian people—and they are as American as Will Rogers or oyster stew.
Nation Can Be Proud
There has never been a period in the history of Russo-American re-
~~ Jations when it would have been so
disastrous as at present if the chiefs ~ of our missions here were either mediocrities or stuffed shirts. Which means that there has never been a time when the American people so urgently needed the best possible representation here. Accordingly, it-as- pleasure to" be able to report that Americans can be proud and have every confidence in their ambassador and in the ‘chief of our military mission in Moscow. During my 16 years as a foreign correspondent I have known a good many American ambassadors who were political appointments. Most of them were ordinary, or downright poor, and: very few were anything to write home about. But in the few months he has been in Russia, it has become very plain that Admiral Standley’s appointment was in no sense political but based on merit and national interest. President Roosevelt chose the man. who, with hiniself, was chiefly responsible for fighting for appropriations to build a navy of wartime strength. He sent to Russia
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a man of very broad: experience who |! sees this war in world-wide terms: and world-wide strategy—a frosty|: eyebrowed seadog with an unusual]:
amount of common sense. : Likes Fighters Admiral Standley has both feet is at stake in this war and he
understands human beings, He appreciates especially fighting leader-
-|ship and a fighting people. He is
a quiet spoken man who can be as blunt as any occasion may justify. The Russians have already dis covered that the admiral is plain, homespun stuff; that he has a wise head on his shoulders and understands what the word ally implies. The ‘same thing applies to Gen. Faymonville. He, too, is the man for the job. There is a story that soon after the Germans invaded Russia, President Roosevelt ‘read some reports from the war department’s files and exclaimed, “Where's that man Faymonville.,” As soon as the president found him, Gen. Faymonville was rushed off to Russia, Why? Because Gen. Faymonville, then a colonel, was one of the few military observers in the world who
ties and efficiency of the Soviet army. He Knows Russia
After the United States recognized the Soviet union, Gen. Faymonville became military attache to Moscow, serving from 1934 to 1939. He became convinced that the Red army was lots better than practically everybody was saying it was and wrote his reports accordingly. There were probably quite a number of persons in Washington who belittled his reports and maybe some who’ scoffed, “That chap’ must have gone red,” but since June, 1941, Gen. Faymonville’s critics have had - plenty of time in‘ which to turn red themselves. They were all wrong about the Russian army and he was utterly right. This was not an accident, for there are certainly not half a dozen American or British officers today who know the Soviet union from the Far East to the Ukraine as thoroughly as Gen. Faymonville does. Throughout the 1918-1920 sojourn of Gen. Graves’ American expeditionary force in “Siberia, he served as its chief ‘ordnance officer.
But before that, while still in the Philippines, Gen. Faymonville began studying Russian. He now speaks it with such fluencey: that during the recent: Kremlin dinner in honor of Prime Minister Winston Churchill, Gen. Faymonville was the only allied officer who gave a toast in perfect Russian—and he, together with Capt. Jack Duncan, United States naval attache, was the recipient ofa special recogni{ion from Premier Josef V. Stalin,
Mind Is Sharply Exact
Gen. Faymonville returned to eastern Siberia for 18 months during 1922-1923 on a special mission and traveled widely in far eastern and central Siberia. To a very exceptional degree he enjoys the confidence of Russia’s military leaders. You cannot talk 10 minutes with Gen. : Faymouville without being impressed by the remarkable care with which he chooses his words, by the scrupulous exactness of his mind. It would be impossible for, a man of his makeup to make a snap judgment about anything. It is not my custom to write about American ambassadors or chiefs of military missions. This exception is made because Americans happen to have two truly outstanding citizens representing them in Russia today. It ‘seems to me that Americans have a right to know that this is so—and maybe they owe them a cheer and also those who sen} them
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OPPOSE RIVAL FIRE STATIONS
City Groups Revive Plan To Set Up CountyWide System.
Opposition, d evel op ed today against the proposal of county commissioners to spend $40,000 for small
areas outside the city limits. Civic leaders and government advisers from taxpayers’ groups voiced opposition to the plan and revived a movement to expand the city fire
department into: a county-wide, metropolitan fire fighting system instead. Carl Dortch, of the Chamber of Commerce government research bureau, said his organization and other city groups will fight the small fire station plan on the ground that it is unsound and probably illegal. City Taxpayers Protest
“There is no law authorizing the county to spend money on establishment of fire fighting stations in rural areas,” he said. The problem of fire protection for suburban residents has been a headneféche in Marion county for many
‘| years and attempts of townships to
enter into separate agreements with the city fire department for pretection on a fee basis has been only partially successful. Most of the objections to the county commissioners’ rural fire stations, one in each corner of the county, were raised by city taxpayers, who protested that they would be getting a double dose of fire protection costs.
May Seek Legislation
Under the plan, the $40,000 for rural stations would: be paid out of county funds raised hy taxes levied on all city taxpayers as well as county residents.
fey already are paying $1,400,000 a year to maintain city fire protection and the county project would be an added burden without benefits. Mr. Dortch said plans are being discussed to seek legislation in the next general assembly for financing a metropolitan district fire-fighting system on a equitable basis so that every rural resident would pay a just share for department services.
AMERICAN INSPIRES ‘AUSTRALIA'S DRIVE
CANBERRA, Aug. 27 (U. P).— The “austerity” campaign launched recently to lead Australians into-a more spartan life was suggested to Premier John F. Curtin by a United States citizen, Mel G. Lawton, it was learned today, Mr. Lawton, a Sydney motion] picture executive, suggested that the Australian people be ‘asked to pledge that for 100 days they would deny themselves all but necessities. The idea won the approval of the
ning the biggest war loan in the country’s history. Officials were impressed that the suggestion
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business would inevitably be affected. ‘Mr, Lawton, general manager of the Prince Edward, one of Sydney’s most popular theaters, is chairman of the public relations bureau of the motion Pistures ‘industry of
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