Moscow Serenade

Moscow's controlled press screeched at Herbert Hoover, only living ex-President of the U.S., last week. One Jacob Viktorov, an editorial writer on Pravda, caterwauled at Mr. Hoover in notes just flat of high C. Shrilled Viktorov, after the New York Times published four critical essays by Herbert Hoover on the San Francisco World Security Conference:

"His proposal [is] a badly camouflaged mine . . . inserted under the future security organization. He heads the most reactionary wing of the Republican Party. He calls for no haste in the formation of a security organization. His thoughts are clear. . . .

"Hoover not only fears, but does not desire a long peace. He pours out tears because Poland, Finland and the Soviet Baltic Republics were snatched from the chains of German imperialism. He, of course, does not think about war for 'securing their freedom.' "

Said Herbert Hoover, "I don't think I want to get into a controversy with them."

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