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'7 ( ! f 1 « I. 4 7« Thursday, December 21, 1950 THE CLINTON CHRONICLE = Page Seven As Washington Sees It... THE NATIONAL SCENE Special to The Chronicle. Washington, Dec. 20—^Pressure o< grim urgency pervades Washington as the nation and the federal gov ernment faced the foribidding aspect of an on-rushing all-out war. Solemn-Taced, but calm and ab jective officials moved into action quickly to speed-up total mobiliza tion of manpower and production. From the President down the line of command in the defense and control agencies, this pressure of necessity was obvious. There was no hysteria, no emotional upset—the officials in charge of the defense agencies and the war production control agencies, apparently with plans complete, seem working only against time to build up personnel for the purpose of put ting into action the program which has been formulated over the past few months and weeks. The need for pressing action was evident even in the Congress, as the (legislative body moved for hasty con sideration of the President’s request for an 18-billion-dollar appropriation to pay the costs. / . While President Truman called for immediate intensification and step-up of the military effort, Sec retary of State Dean Acheson warned the nation to “hope for the best, but prepare for the worst.” The department of defense first swung into action to reactivate train ing camps throughout the nation to house a 2,700,000^man or more army by early spring. First roll call was for 50,000 more men in the selective service. As a matter of fact, the size of the anmy will be limited only by the production of arms and equip ment to man it. Administrator Stuart Symington of the national security resources board, stepped out in front as the top man in the entire controls pic- md ture and summoned by telegram an emergency meeting of representative leaders, 90 in all, from business, in dustry, agriculture and labor, 30 from each field, for an off-the-record briefing here in Washington. These men were told frankly by the high est ranking officials the grim facts and the precarious future the nation faces. They were told in no uncer tain terms the plans for all-out pro duction which must be carried out to meet the urgency of the military needs, with the hope that these plans can ibe carried out with the least dis ruption of the national economy. The national production authority in change of allocations and priori ties of raw materials immediately is sued a series of orders cutting back civilian use of nickel, lead, copper and other metals. Orders on hides, rubber and others were expected. momentarily. In the mean'jme, NPA] made its first direct requisition o supplies against an individual com pany, directing General Electric and! the Raytheon Corporation to supply 12,000 electronic tubes to a Wash ington firm to keep military observa tion planes in the air. Amid the swirling kaleidoscope of government activity, Michael C. Di- Salle, mayor of Toledo, was named federal price administrator, round ing out the set-up of Jhe ectmoinie stabilization agency under Alan Val entine as head man. As the cost of living index soared to a new peak, it was evident that price controls are bound to come, the time only depending upon how fast this organization under DiSalle can obtain personnel. Under the appro priations already asked by the Pres ident and the new military appro priation bill, it is estimated that some 200,000 civilian jobs will be provided for in the military and control agen cies with perhaps 20,000 to 30,000 of them here in Washington. In the meantime a new wrinkle may be tried in mandatory price con trols by starting at the bottom to fix prices on raw materials such as alum inum, zinc, copper, cobalt and even steel. And while this is working, bus iness may be asked to voluntarily control their profits, not prices, on a pre-Korean war base in the hope this will stem the tide of rising prices un til mandatory controls can be clamp ed on. Labor will be asked to do the same thing with regard to wages, al though labor is all set to ask for in creased wages on the basis of the new steel formula, recently agreed to by Big steel and Cio. fl B < AND 'home NOTICE AGAINST HUNTING AND TRESPASSING We, the undersigned members of the Hopewell Game Conservation Club, do hereby serve notice on the public that no hunting, fishing or trespassing of any kind al- lowed on our property. T. R. Davis James R. Davis Hugh Workman Glenn Davis C. R. Workman H. D. Payne R. P. Hamer D. M. Vaughn John T. Young D. L. Monroe Jack H. Davis, Jr. Mrs. Leo Booser and Eddie Hubert Boyd x Gentry J. B. Williams J. W. Craven J. R. Crawford M. A. Cannon G. F. Buford Farm Viola Johnson Richard F. Buford Hayne B. Workman Jim Crawford J. O. Barre, Sr. Don H. Boyd E. M. and H. B. Henderson L. D. Bedenbaugta Stewart O. Brown J. F. Bedenbaush A. A. Ramage, Sr. P. C. Workman G. P. Copeland W. C. Dobbins Van C. and M. W. John Earle Smith Oxner, Jr. C. H. Longshore Geo. C. Johnson J. G. Young T. J. Johnson C. T. Smith John Davis J. F. Crowder W. P. Dickson W. F. Cromer L. F. Davis Erwin Merchant I. M. Smith & 0KvM^ tvit ' storide ••• rjhrfi .^,1 , — *> HOME for the HOLIDAYS by GREYHOUND It really is Inn to go Greyhound at Oiristmas tune. You leave driving strain and weather worries at home with your car, while you cruise smoothly along in a well-warmed SuperCoach. Schedules are frequent, and conveniently time. Fellow pas sengers are gay, congenial. Go Grey hound—GO EARLY—for a truly "Merry” Christmas trip. Greenville $ 1.M Rome. 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Try cherries, holly, flowers or animals as easy sugges tions. Old irons can make pretty door stops if they’re painted white, then decorated with decals or painting. Scarves are good gifts for men. Do you have some terry cloth or .toweling? That can make excellent cuddle toys, scuffles or bathnobes, de pending upon the amount of material you have. RECIPE OF THE WEEK Cranberry Perfection Salad (Serves 6) 1 envelope unflavored gelatine 1-4 cup cold water 1-4 teaspoon salt 1 tablespoon lemon juice 1 1-pound can whole cranberry sauce 1 cup shredded cabbage 1 cup diced celery Soften gelatin over cold water. Place over boiling water and stir un til dissolved. Add salt and lemon juice. Stir into cranberry sauce. Mix in cabbage and celery. Turn into mold or molds. Chill until firm. Un mold on crisp greens and pass with mayonnaise. \ i *y Pepsi-Cola Bottling Company Greenville, S. C. •OUmmM* llvdrm-Mmtic Drum •ptiwmml at extra omI m all mtitit. Bud Withu fin Mtmj Chrittmu anda Happy New Yaar! 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