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What had happened to Czechoslovakia was symbolized by Jan Masaryk, the great Thomas Masaryk's well-meaning son. He assured the Communists that he was not against them; he assured the West that he was his father's democratic son. He talked wittily and well of "bridges" between Communism and democracy. When the hour came last week, Jan Masaryk was the bridge: he lay down and the Communists walked over him. He stayed in his job as Foreign Minister after the coup. He had a cold, and refused to talk to newsmen on the telephone. ("His voice...
Excerpts from a letter from the daughter of Thomas Masaryk, first president of Czechoslovakia, were read at the meeting. The letter compared Czech acceptance of the Communist government to "parched lips trembling at an imaginary well, cool under the palms...
...that President Benes has capitulated to the extent that he has accepted the resignation of twelve of his non-Communist ministers; and it is true that reports coming out of Czechoslovakia announce the existence of many police state features within the country. But it is equally true that Jan Masaryk, an outspoken believer in East-West cooperation, is still foreign minister, and that several other persons, neither Communists nor figure-heads, have retained influential positions. The existence of these men is hardly a cause for more than the most cautious optimism. It nonetheless prevents the "iron curtain" from drawing completely...
...picture the editors ran in the Sept. 22 issue of England's Prime Minister Clement Attlee wearing his hat backwards, which drew a heavy response, much of it accompanied by the inevitable question: "Is he coming or going?" At any rate, when Czechoslovakia's Jan Masaryk turned up in the Oct. 6 issue wearing his spectacles upside down, more than 100 of you said you noticed it. Fifteen of you, presumably equipped with magnifying glasses, even noticed that there were 56 stars in a floral facsimile of the American flag made by a Mexican florist...
...power, but the most important thing is that he's the most respected man in the country. People will do absolutely everything or anything he says. He calls every play and there are no disputes. It's a system that works because they've had two good men, Masaryk pero and Benes, but what they can expect in the future is even more doubtful than the future of the American presidency...