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From France: Young (35) Maurice Schumann is president of M.R.P. (Mouvement Républicain Populaire), the progressive party which attempts to translate into contemporary policy the principles of social justice enumerated by Pope Leo XIII. Before the war Schumann was a Paris journalist. From the time France fell until he landed in Normandy on Dday, Schumann was the nightly radio "spokesman of Free France." That gained him a reputation among French patriots second only to that of his chief, General Charles de Gaulle. Schumann's political popularity has grown while the General's has shrunk. One reason: Maurice Schumann is one of France's most emotionally spectacular orators. He is also known for his political honesty and for able administration.
From The Netherlands: Clear-eyed Eelco N. van Kleffens, former representative of The Netherlands on the United Nations Security Council, has impressed other U.N. delegates by his ability to bring common sense and clarity to the most involved political and procedural discussions. An authority on international law, he was also a member of U.N.'s Atomic Energy Commission. His tiny nation's stake in the solution of world problems is immense. The economic future of The Netherlands depends, in great measure, on the Big Powers' determination of Germany's industrial future. The Netherlands is also deeply concerned in the Pacific, where much of her once-great East Indian empire is being torn away by revolution.
From Britain: Few Americans know the U.S. as well as shy, crinkly-haired Robin J. Cruikshank, one of London's ablest journalists (he is a director of the Liberal News Chronicle). Few Britons, in & out of Government, are as devoted to fostering better Anglo-American relations. Six-footer Cruikshank, the News Chronicle's U.S. correspondent from 1928 to 1936, was one of the few British newsmen who gave the U.S. serious coverage, did not write about it as if it were an extension of Coney Island peopled mostly by tycoons, cinema cutups and political crackpots. He married an American (Margaret Adele MacKnight of New York City). Mrs. Cruikshank is an editor of London's Economist, writes on U.S. affairs. He turned his favorite subject into a novel, The Double Quest, using the symbol of a Briton's love for an American girl as the theme for Anglo-U.S. amity. Later, as wartime head of the Ministry of Information's American Division, he suggested the same idea to cinema scripters, saw it come to light as the movie Stairway to Heaven, now showing in the U.S. He is also the author of Roaring Century, a current British bestseller.
From the U.S.: General Omar Nelson Bradley, the "Doughboys' General" and able boss of the Veterans Administration, well knows how much peace in Europe cost in U.S. lives and money. The probable next Chief of Staff, he has a vital interest in seeing that U.S. foreign policy helps to create a politically and economically stable Europe; unless such a Europe is created, Bradley's veterans (or their sons) may fight again over battlefields where, two years ago, Bradley was hammering out victory.
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