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THE NEWBERRY SUN, NEWBERRY. S. C. II. S. of Europe WASHINGTON.—The biggest mis take made by the Marshall planners —although not an irreparable one— ,was not to tie up the United States «f Europe with the Marshall plan. There still is time to do this. Al ready France and Italy have.started to discuss tariff barriers and mutual economic problems. However, these two countries alone cannot build a United States of Europe. Further more, European prejudice is deep- rooted. It will take astute and force- ful statesmanship from the outside te build a United States of Europe. Obviously the first step is a United States of Western Europe, which would include such countries as France, Italy, Belgium, the Nether lands, the Scandinavian countries, Switzerland and so on. Once this is organized, the chances are strong that, one by one, the countries on the edge of the Iron Curtain—Czech oslovakia, Austria, Poland — soon would start veering over to the United States of Western Burope. The trouble with the United States of America is that al though it has built up the most successful and powerful federal union in history, it has hid Its light under a bushel. Our most convincing selling argument is to point to our own success. In stead, we have let Moscow steal our thunder and start organis ing a United States of the Bal kans. Almost every European is a po tential American. His dream is to migrate to the United States. The problem is to convert him into an American without actually trans- porting him across the Atlantic. The problem is not an easy one. But by using the tremendous reser voir of good will we have in Europe, by using the Marshall plan and by using a lot more American sales manship to build a United States of Europe, it can be done. Four-Letter Word Paul Porter, former OPA di rector, was asked by a newsman to comment on prospects for a Republican-approved price con trol program. "The only answer 1 can give,” said Porter, "is a four-letter word.” “We can’t print it,” warned the newsman, “but I’d like to know what the word is, just to gratify my own curiosity.” “I won’t say the word.” replied Porter. “I’ll speU it. T-A-F-T.” Farm Leader’s Formula James Patton, rugged boss of the National Farmers’ union, urged President Truman to walk up to congress some day just like any other American citizen and lay his views before a congressional com mittee. “What you ought to do some time,” snorted the Colorado farm leader, “is take your hat in hand, walk up Pennsylvania avenue, go before a congres sional committee and say, ‘Gen tlemen, I am here to testify in tfae people’s interest.’ ” The president smiled and shook his head. “My most effective weapon,” he disagreed, “is to stand before a mike and talk to the people.” “If you want to win the next elec tion,” persisted Patton, “you have to do more than talk. You have to dramatize your views. Instead of strolling on the White House lawn, stroll up Pennsylvania avenue with a purpose. It would be the first time since Jefferson that a president ap peared personally before a congres sional committee.” “Well,” admitted Mr. Truman, “that would be rather dramatic.” Patton also invited the President to address the National Farmers^ union convention in Denver. • * • Tax Battle Begins President Truman quietly called in his best friends on the house ways and means committee the other day to build up as much tax opposition as possible against bull-headed Chairman Harold Knutson of Min nesota. The three ranking Democrats on the committee — Congressmen Rob ert Doughton of North Carolina, Jere Cooper of Tennessee aiffi John Dingell of Michigan — were sum- naoned urgently to the White House. In forceful language, the President called upon them to throw their full weight behind his proposal for a $40 individual ! tax cut, to be paid out of in creased corporation taxes. The value of government bonds must be maintained, he stressed, by paying off as much as possible on the public debt. That is the reason high-profit corporations must be taxed higher, he explained. Other wise it would be impossible to give tax relief to the little fellows who need it most. Truman argued that shifting $3,200,000,000 of the tax load from private individuals to big corpora tions would do nothing but lop off some excess profits. It would reach only into the heavy-profit field, he argued, affecting less than 25,000 of 100,000 corporations. Inflation Pinches Most of Europe Governments Fail to Halt Rising Prices Through Strict Control. WASHINGTON.—In the markets where it takes a lot more money than most people have to buy the things they need, the drachma of Greece, the zloty of Finland, the franc, the pound and all the cur rencies of Europe today are only shadows of their former selves. Inflationary pressures are pinch ing almost all of the continent. In most countries the governments have been fighting a losing battle against rising prices despite efforts at strict control. With a few notable exceptions, newspaper correspondents through out Europe report the same situa tion: Too much money chasing too few goods—and mostly it is a case of too few goods, a legacy of years of wealth-destroying war. Russia, using a device already employed in Hungary, France, Italy, Austria and other countries, resorted to the drastic measure of revaluing the currency by requir ing all rubles in cash to be turned in at a rate of 10 old rubles for one of the new. The result has been a drastic curtailment of money in cir culation. There was a somewhat less drastic curtailment of bank accounts and outstanding bonds. Russia Takes Action. By simultaneously decreeing a broad reduction in prices and by maintaining the same wages as be fore in her controlled economy, Russia effected an almost immedi ate drop in food nnd many other prices. Drastic wrenchings of postwar economies also were reported from other countries in the Soviet sphere. Romania decreed heavy taxation to reduce the amount of money in circulation and bring it nearer the realistic level of industrial and agri cultural production. Living costs, although still high, plunged sharply. Czechoslovakia, plagued by ex treme food and clothing shortages, levied heavy new taxes to halt in flationary buying and help pay the mounting national debt—up nearly $2,500,000 in a year. Italy’s budget czar, Luigi Einaudi, was probably the only government financier in all Europe worrying about deflation. foot Quick Action. Einaudi’s rigid credit restrictions to curb speculation and his devalua tion of the lire to the black market rate, have at least temporarily brought swollen security prices down, stabilized the currency and lowered the cost of living. Deflation rather than inflation also was the order of the day in occupied Austria. In Britain even the cost of postage went up because, the government explained, operating expenses have increased. Despite government con trols, coal, transportation and milk prices were edging higher. Purchase taxes, already steep, have been in creased sharply to drain off some excess purchasing power. Defeated Germany was experi encing the greatest success in hold ing the line in legal markets (black market prices are 59 to 100 times higher). Crown Prince Leaves in Huff Over Quarantine Regulations BEIRUT, LEBANON. — Crown Prince Talal of Trans-Jordan left Lebanon in a huff when border au thorities told him his royal blood did not exempt him from quarantine regulations. A three-day quarantine was im posed in an effort to keep the Middle East cholera epidemic from invad ing Lebanon. The epidemic cropped up in Syria after taking thousands of lives in Egypt. Prince Talal, heir to King Abdul lah’s throne, had passed through the cholera-infested area and had planned to spend two weeks here. He had an inoculation certificate, but border officials said he still would have to spend three days at the frontier. Talal called the affair a "humilia tion” and recrossed the border into Syria. United States Offices Study Change to Coal for Heating WASHINGTON. — Federal works agency said that 20 government agencies will make a survey to de termine feasibility of converting government buildings from oil to coal heat in view of the oil shortage. Representatives of the agencies discussed the possibility of conver sion with Federal Works Adminis trator Philip B. Fleming. It was pointed out that the gov ernment consumes 5 per cent of the fuel oil used by the nation annually. The military takes most of the gov ernment supply. Reds Act to Halt Business Moving Into American Zone BERLIN. — Saxony has clamped down on a movement among some German manufacturers in that Rus sian-occupied state to transfer their businesses to the American and British occupation zones, the Brit ish-licensed German press service said. A directive was issued against the movement and heavy penalties were ordered. WAR BRIDES FROM NIPPON . . . Now It’s Japanese war brides who are starting to arrive in the United States in greater force. Home from occupation duty in Japan, these are two of the American soldiers who landed in Seattle with their newly won Japanese wives. Sgt. and Mrs. Vincent P. Costello of Philadelphia (left) and Cpl. and Mrs. Doyle Sims of Memphis, Tenn. t are interviewed by a customs officer upon their entry into the U. S. DELICIOUS . . . Pert Lila Lee Hatley is Washington state’s choice for queen of the 1948 apple blos som festival in Wenatchee valley this April. Just turned 18, Lila Lee picks apples during summer va cations; and if that’s what made her what she is today, cheers for Johnny Appleseed. INCLUDE HIM OUT . . . H Secretary of State George Marshall can be believed, there is at least one prominent public figure who will not be running either for president or vice president next November, and that is Secretary of State Marshall. Quizzed as to whether he would consider being running-mate for Mr. Truman this year, he shoved his hands deep into his pockets and answered: “I don’t think any reply to that question is required in the light of what has been said. I will never be involved in politics. I cannot be a candidate for any office.” Mar- ahaU’s greatest desire is to retire from pubUc life to his Virginia home. ‘TOY BULLDOG' . . . Mickey Walker, famed “Toy BnUdog” of the ring who fought them all—big or small—and won the middle weight championship of the world, has new job as sports editor of the Police Gazette. FASHIONABLE ... While not as famous as Anatole of Paris, Daniel Loreski of Pittsburgh, only 15, is coming right along as a fashion designer. He casts a criti cal eye at one of his creations. PASSING THE BUCKS ON A BREADLINE ... For a little while they were handing out no bread on the daily breadline at St. Francis monastery in New York. Instead the unfortunates who come there for a little of the staff of life got dollars. Joseph Snyder, who won $250 on a radio program, decided there were others who needed the money more than he did, so he passed out his prize money, a dollar at a time, to the habitues of the breadline. o> POLICE PROTECTION . . . Mayor Israel Rokach of Tel Aviv, Palestine, recommended use of a 10,000-man United Nations police force to keep order in the Holy Land after British forces with draw on May 15. ' » For more than a century it has been otherwise. Rural enterprise, limited to farm ing and a dwin- dling retail trade, followed the path of non- resistance. Out side of the fertile farm belts and the mill towns of the upper South, Rural America At Stake No. 5 In a Series FIVE-STAR WINNER . . . The five-point program of the Tupelo, Miss., Rural Community Development council forms the theme of this com munity booth, which won first place over 18 entries at the 1947 Mis sissippi-A la bam a fair. Dairying, cotton, truck farming, poultry and forestry are the points emphasized by the council in its plea for di versified farming. SMALL TOWNS, U.S.H. Mississippi Project Sets Pattern in Rural Planning By EARLE HITCH Released by WNU Features. Country life must be made hopeful, healthy and happy if rural regions are to continue as the main source of our na tional strength. One of the major phases in the revamping of that rural pattern of living is the expansion of rural occupa tions. For the first time since the factory system put an end to handicrafts in the home and village shops, economic de velopment is taking a turn favorable to the rural environ ment. ® been several years in maturing, and it is the more effective now for hav ing made progress with caution. It has not started to go anywhere until its supporters believe it Is in their power to help it get there. , Chief aims are to encourage new types of farming, especially types that will aid in soil en richment and at the same time yield better income to the small hill farmers. Poultry and fruit growing are being emphasized, and dairying has been backed for a number of years. To aid in getting this work started and to keep it going, several special ists have been hired with funds contributed by the program’s backers. Chief factor in success of the Tupelo plan is the kind of sponsor ship it has. The leadership and the full influence of the Tupelo Daily Journal and its publisher, George McLean, are supporting the project. The Daily Journal has guaranteed the funds necessary for the first three years’ activities. The Cham ber of Commerce, of which McLean now is president, is doing its part by financing a special program In horticulture, which is allied with the plan in general. Community Backing. In previous years banks and busi ness men have helped introduce dairying and better dairy breeds. Tupelo business men realize that business will thrive and their town will grow to the extent that the en tire community prospers. They are convinced that there should be more earning opportunities on the farms and in the rural neighborhoods. They are helping not only to build up a better farming industry, but also to promote new town indus tries that will make assured mar kets for things produced on the bet ter farms. The plan that has been developed covers five counties and is the big gest rural community development plan in the United States, in the number of people it affects and the extent of its program. It already is demonstrating how small farming resources can be improved when energy and imagination are applied. DouBU-Diirr NOSI DROPS country income has been declining as the land wore out and the people left for jobs in the city. Now, there are reasons to believe, that trend can be halted. Invention and discov ery offer the earning opportunities for which the country has been wait ing. Spinning and churning are gone; likewise, old-fashioned tanning and butchering, milling and hqeing. But those lost occupations, sorely missed in the small farm communi ties, can be replaced. There is new and better work to be done, both on the land and in the local mills and plants. The community which wishes to increase the earning capacities of its population can do so. New Pattern Evolves. Wasted land can be restored and used for new kinds of small-farm tillage. New production systems, plus the extension of rural power lines, give country manufacture an edge it never has had before. These things, of course, cannot be brought about on a community-wide scale without careful planning and deter mined leadership. They are most effective when they are undertaken with a long range program for com munity development. Rural economic problems are still too much neglected. Only a few intelligent and patient at tempts have been made to find durable solutions. Consequently the plans that are succeeding are important not only as local programs, but also as patterns for other places, for there are vast areas of rural America which need some kind of eco nomic rescue. The most successful plans have to be adapted to particular condi tions. Consumer tastes, market lo cations and the job of organizing public support have to be taken into consideration along with restoring the land and finding out what can be produced by the farmers and the other labor supply. This will take business backing and business man agement. It never has been suffi cient to make a plan and count on it to work by popular voluntary support. Ambitions Tupelo Project. Tupelo, Miss., has one of the most energetic and far-reaching plans in the country. .It is a plan not for Tupelo primarily, but for the large rural area of. which Tupelo is the center. The project is especially valuable from the fact that it is not limited to dealing with present rural problems, but also is looking ahead to problems that probably must be faced in the future. The Tupelo program is no sud den outburst of enthusiasm. It has The next article will give details that were followed in establishing the Tupelo plan. Women Uphold Law On Idaho’s Frontier BURLEY, IDA.—Women still up hold the law in Idaho. When the only woman deputy sheriff in the state resigned to get married. Sher iff Saul Clark promptly appointed another woman to take her place. Marjorie Philbrook resigned as deputy sheriff to marry Cleve John son, state highway patrolman, so the sheriff gave her job to Mr* Barbara Lindsay. Seedy Party SHENANDOAH, IOWA.—When a local seed company provided its em ployes with a watermelon treat, it was strictly a matter of business. The company wanted the seeds. Works Where Most Colds Start Don’t delay I At the first warning' sniffle or sneeze, put a few drops of Vicks Va-tro-nol in each nos-, trlLFor If used In time, Va-tro-nol helps prevent many . colds from develop ing. Relieves head cold distress fast. Try it! Follow dl- «. rections In package. '■ VICKS VA-TRO-NOL Chapel to Mark Bravery of Chaplains SPUDS AND SEAFOOD . . . The annual senate debate on the relative merits of the Louisiana shrimp and sweet potato vs. the Maine lobster snd potato took place at a congressional luncheon, with the argument ending, as usual, in a draw. Here, Sen. Owen Brewster (Rep., Me.) feeds a bit of lobster to Sen. John Overton (Dem., La.) as Elsie Waters (left) and Betty Green watch entranced. POET’S BIRTHDAY . . . Cele brating the attainment of his 70th year of life, Carl Sandburg, noted poet and biographer of Lincoln, cuts into cake presented to him by students of Knox college at Gales burg, 111. PHILADELPHIA. — The bravery of four wartime chaplains, two Prot estants, a Roman Catholic and a Jew, who gave up their lifebelts on a sinking troopship and were last seen standing together, arm in arm, their heads bowed in prayer, will be commemorated in a chapel fad ing built here under sponsorship of the Philadelphia interfaith sponsor ing committee. 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