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THE CLINTON CHRONICLE
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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.
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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
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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.
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