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...evidenced by Molotov's denunciation of Churchill and Baruch as prophets of aggression. Perhaps it is this same justifiable fear which has, at least partially, motivated Molotov's plea for international disarmament. Regardless of the reasons for this first Russian proposal for disarmament since the one made by Maxim Litvinoff before the League of Nations in 1927, if it is made seriously and in good faith, it can do more than anything else to convince the world of Russia's peaceful intentions...
Speakers for the initial forum, who will attempt to answer the question. "What are the domestic sources of Russian foreign policy?" are Harrison Salisbury, United Press correspondent and author of "Russia on the Way"; Arthur Upham Pope, director of the Iranian Institute and author of "Biography of Maxim Litvin-off"; and David Dallin, author of "The Real Soviet Union" and other books...
Then came the Nazi occupation. German officers, many of them old habitues, took over Maxim's for their own. For a Frenchman to be seen entering its mahogany vestibule was equivalent to collaboration. Upon liberation, Maxim's was closed and turned over to the British for use as a staid Empire Club...
...last week Maxim's was back in business. Mahogany, glass and brass glistened as of old. Albert was on hand to welcome the bejeweled and tail-coated guests: Princess Faiza of Egypt, Couturier Jacques Fath, Cartoonist Roger Wild, Mlle. Constantinesco, Fred McEvoy, Mme. Audemars and a safari of minor movie officials, businessmen and actresses. Gallantly, the sprinkle of oldtimers and pleasure's eager neophytes strove to revive the tradition of flaunting frivolity. But something more was missing than Gérard, who had retired to a sumptuous château near Biarritz which he had bought with tips...
...Maxim's, There I feel so at home...