Last week's crudest anti-Willkie story appeared in Moscow.
In the New York Times Magazine of Jan. 2, Wendell Willkie had assured "would-be Republican leaders" that Mr. Stalin, an acquaintance he had met on his travels, might listen carefulhy to the kind advice of proved friends; but "when he sees reactionary Democrats or ambitious Republicans stirring up suspicion and hatred toward Russia, he is not at all likely to be affected by American arguments."
Moscow's Pravda, over whose editorial attitude Joseph Stalin reputedly has considerable control, responded to Mr. Willkie's homily with the choicest selection...
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