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...supposition abroad had been that the Finnish people, yearning for peace, were kept in the war solely by Nazi pressure and the duplicity of their Russophobic Government. Last week TIME Correspondent John Scott, visiting Helsinki, found evidence that this idea was wishful nonsense. Finland's Nazi allies had indeed brought pressure; the Helsinki Government had indeed been stubborn. But the war also had popular backing; Finns in general simply did not believe that they had been beaten, hence saw no reason to hurry into peace on Russian terms. Cabled Scott...
...most ordinary Finns can see both on the front and in the rear, Finland is an undefeated country in which wartime life is difficult but by no means intolerable...
Despite the hindrances of the war and various censorships, Shapley mentioned, telegraphic communications during the year have reported astronomical work from Russia, Finland, Germany, Belgium, Switzerland, Rumania, Demnark, and Argentina. Cablegrams to Europe are sent through the observatory at Lund, Sweden...
Last week Herbert Hoover put the question concretely. "The U.S., Russia and Britain have agreed to collaborate in building self-government and freedom in the world. It would seem that we could use our good offices to secure some way out of the impasse for Finland. The way this problem is handled will be a profound indication of the future of collaboration...
...Helsinki's handsome, granite Diet hall, 200 stubby Finnish forefingers pushed the electric voting buttons. By 160-to-40 the men & women who are supposed to govern Finland approved the Government's decision to reject Russia's armistice terms...