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Q_. . ations with Argentina thea I -TBFEB 26,1945, 7 oa Lilian Hellman, After USSI Trip, Hits Soviet-Baiter “ , LONDON, Feb. 1 (UP). — Lillian olaywright, today branded as “r: -baiters” ‘those who claim he Soviet Union is laying the foundation for a third world eee eee onflict, and said these people we: ‘willing to risk involving the ‘in another war fust to air their foo | ish, irresponsible notions.” a | Miss Hellman, who has just ar- rived here after a three months! visit to the Soviet Union, sald the \ Soviet soldiers want to finish i War as soon ag possible, return hom ‘and repair thelr country and “ge on with the pursuits of peace.” - “anything yor have read about |. ¢ devastation ef Russia is eniy half truth,” she sald. “Nobody | Ise knows what devastation hoeans, Nobody else knows what work or privation mean until yeu eee the Russian sacrifices.” . . Miss Hellman traveled to the Go- - viet Union via the Northern route, | through Aisska and Siberia, . “anal returned via Baku, Teheran and Cairo, She said she heard a great | ~ deal of anti-Soviet talk in the Near! 1b The The author of The Sea: 2. ROD ~ 87 sited Moscow, Leningrad, Elev the front line es far west as Pr Warsaw's suourh, only 10 days fore the current Soviet drive began. She said Russian soldiers at the front knew more about America, its army and civilian life, than the ayerage American knows about the, et Union, They are familiar! th the GI bill of rights and anxi- to compare it with their own Pits and privileges, she said, Ctvil- fans, she gaid, including some in fpolated Aiberian villages, are fr-} foliar with American books, Plays, ; + |taovies and politics, “They knew more about our re- Be ee a ee) | eed WEL BULL FRR Ul Me Spt 4 tion but the end of the war.” | SS FEB 24 1945