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THE NEWBERRY SUN. NEWBERRY. S. C. Washington Di9est> U. S. Has Best Opportunity To Enforce Peace in World By BAUKHAGE News Analyst and Commentator Once again we face the high cost of savagery—or prevent ing it—depending on how you put it. Billions more to run the government and the world, and to cover a stepped-up defense program. Talk of a 10 per cent increase in the budget for next year seems logical. As one cynic remarked, in the next war per haps we ought to try to get on the losing side, and let the victors support us for a change. Discussion of the details and cost of a selective service and universal military training program has been going on for some time. Sentiment •gainst drafting husbands and G.I.’s seems to be crystallizing. It would seem that G.I.’s might be fairly good material in an emer gency without having to learn the general orders over again, and with out having to reacquire precision in bringing the right hand smartly to the cap brim or lying down within a reasonable period before the arrival of a machine gun bullet. As to the husbands—they aren't entirely expendable, of course—all of them. Probably the most effective thing congress could have done was to vote immediately for immediate reg istration for every one. The age brack ets and exemptions, after all, could be settled later. If the emergency arises or even approach es—we can talk de tails. That is the kind of emergency we face, and no sacrifice would be too great to pre vent it. Right now proof of our will ingness to act is most important. Contrary to the general assump tion that all we need is a few push button experts and professors of nuclear science, any war that might come from now on would require a more extensive mobiliza tion of civilian as well as soldier than anything which has preceded it. Meantime, there is a better chance to establish a solid and stable peace than there ever has been. The Unit ed States has a better opportunity to enforce peace than any nation ever had. We could, with compara tively small sacrifice, start a pre paredness program to prevent the “imbalance” of power against us, as they say in diplomatic language. In other words we could, without danger of actual conflict, since there is no power NOW (not tomorrow or next year, but NOW) strong enough to threaten us, establish a Pax Americana. And with the will to peace that exists in the world today, we could use that situation, not as the Pax Romana or the Pax Brit- tanica was used—to create enemies —but to build an effective Pax Uni- versa. America, in its strength could well afford to yield sovereignty to an international force. A period of tranquillity, enforced if neces sary, is what the world needs; time to reflect. Rome and Britain did bring a long peace of sorts; we can establish a longer one— one long enough, perhaps, to build • permanent one. The principle is simple—as a col league of mine is fond of saying— “nobody tries to pick a fight with Joe Lewis.” Early statements were made to the effect that it would cost an addi tional 480 millions over what already has been budgeted for universal mil itary training. We now spend 650 million dollars a year on cosmetics. And the total time used in applying them, according to my private sta tisticians, divided into manhours of military training, leaves a generous surplus for home-work. I do not mean to treat lightly the world situation and the idea of a Pax Americana is not an empty one. It is, in fact, the only kind of a peace we can be sure of until we have time to stabilize world con ditions, until there is a fairer di vision of the bread, and the se curity in which to earn it and eat it; a cessation of the fear, suffer ing and anxiety which make men trade their heritage of freedom for the empty promise of protection at any price. I sympathize with the people who oppose militarism in any form; but I do not accept as a valid syllogism: Militarism is bad; military training in America is militarism; therefore, military training in America is bad. Military training in Germany (the classic example) was the result of militarism, not its cause. Military training in America is no more re lated to German militarism than a hot dog is brother to a Dachshund. 1 Value of the Little Fish The little ones didn’t get away! That is what Secretary of the In terior Julius A. Krug is explaining as he spreads the mesh of one of the 90-foot nets used by commercial fishermen of the New England coast. “Fifteen million baby haddock that didn't get away,” says Krug, who as interior secretary is likewise re sponsible for keeping a government eye on America’s fish and wildlife, “would have been worth a million and a half dollars to New England's fishermen from March to mid-Octo ber of last year. They were caught in ordinary nets, killed and dis carded.” If the little haddock had man aged to get away, they probably would have grown up, been caught this year and sold by the same fishermen for a million and a half .« dollars.” This was one of the things I learned aboard the Albatross III, only floating laboratory possessed by the United States, which goes into service this spring. She started out Baukhage interviews Interior Secretary Julius A. Krug aboard the floating fish laboratory "Alba tross III” in Boston harbor. as a regular commercial trawler, was drafted, transformed into a member of the coast guard’s Atlantic patrol, discharged and now is equip ped to do exactly the work com mercial fishermen do, plus a lot more (by her crew of scientists) which will help the fishermen do better. One of the tasks of the fish ex perts is to see if anything can be figured out which will save the wast age created by catching the fish too young and thus preventing them from growing up to be caught and sold another year. The mesh in the net in the picture is four and a half inches instead of the standard three-and-a-half meas urement. Experiments have shown that use of the larger mesh saves 80 per cent of the under-sized fish, and does not reduce the size of the catch of the larger, marketable fish. But the commercial fishermen have to be shown. One of the many tasks of the Alba tross III is to prove by actual demon stration that this is true. It is a big job. And the department of the in terior has a big man at the head of it. The dwarf in the photograph to whom Krug is talking (according to figures on my White House pass pro vided by the secret service) is 5 feet, 11 inches tall—and I am standing on my two feet, not kneeling. * • • Few Americans sipping their cof fee, says Mid-America Information bureau, know that the berries from which it is made look a good deal like cherries. And for that matter, few Americans, sipping their Man- hattans, say I, know that the cher ries in them look a good deal like coffee berries. BARBS ... by Baukhage The world's largest herd of dwarf cattle recently reached Chicago—five cows and bulls totaling less than the weight of an average steer. Now I know where that steak I got last night came from. , * • * Old songs are being revived, but there still are a lot of people who would rather hear "Beautiful Ohio” Iban “Missouri Waltz.” The Australian government is anx ious that Australian girls who mar ried American servicemen return to Australia with their husbands. Some of the girls are anxious to re turn to Australia, period. • • • Farmers say egg prices are too low, considering the high cost ol poultry feed. Which comes first: The chicken, the egg or the feed? ERP'HEAD.. .Paul G. Hoffman, president of Studebaker corpora tion, has been appointed to re ceive directorship of the Euro pean recovery program, most important government economic post since the war’s end. YOUNGSTER...Refusing to admit she is old, even though she just celebrated her 105th birthday anniversary, Mrs. Emilv Richards of San Francisco still delights in receiving gentlemen callers and gifts of flowers. * UNDEMOCRATIC’... AFL President Villian Green told senate armed services committee that a tem porary draft is desirable, but that universal training would ’serve only to weaken the hand of this nation in foreign af fairs.' He called UMT ‘undemo cratic.* 0! PIONEERS...William Honbold (left) and Robert D. Eaton of Se- wickley. Pa., applied to Sec retary of the Interior Julius Krug tor ‘all rights and privi leges’ to the moon through the bureau of land management under the federal homestead act. Krug turned them down. THE GREAT MAN MARGIES IN EFFIGY.. .John L. Lewis took part in the parade that marked ‘John Mitchell Day’ at New Kensington, Pa., but he didn’t auote once from Shakespeare or rage grandi loquently at the Tatt-Hartley act. He was there only in effigy as a member of the llamarville delegation. John Mitchell, incidentally, was the UMW president who first won the eight- hour day for miners. ROYALTY BEGINS AT NCME. • .King George VI and his Queen Eliia- heui appear to exude domestic contentment .as they enjoy coffee in their Buckingham palace apartments while England pre pares to celebrate their silver wedding anniversary. King George, then Duke of York, married Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon »n April 2 6, 1923. They, as everyone knows, have two daughters, Princess Elisabeth, heiress-apparent to the throne, and Princess Margaret Hose. RETURN OF K CAFRIER...Nicest thing about pictures of warships is that they invariably have interesting scenic backgrounds. Here, the lower New York skyline serves as a backdrop for the aircraft carrier Leyte as she passes the Brooklyn bridge. The Leyte wsa docked at Brooklyn navy yard for overhauling after returning from a tour of duty in the Mediterranean. GUERRILLA...This girl, 16 years old, is a guerrilla soldier, cap tured by Creek troops after hav ing been wounded during fighting on Hellikon mountain. Greek Army reports women guerrilla fighters have become more numerous. THROWING NO STONES.. .This is a transparent example of how at tractive living in a farm home can be. The Pine Manor farm home of Milo Miller near Goshen, Ind., has five large pic ture windows, including this one in the utility room which overlooks the farm yard. Glass is of two-pane construction enclosing ddtydrated air space for mnaulation, eliminating drafts and frosting of window in winter. j Britain Will Fight Reds O NE ALL-IMPORTANT QUES TION debated by war chiefs dur ing recent defense discussions was whether Great Britain would throw its weight with the U. S. in case of a Red army sweep across Europe. It is no secret that there has been strong sentiment in war-weary Brit ain for sitting out the next war. Five years of buzz-bombs and living in air-raid shelters have made a lot of Britishers feel that neutrality may be the best policy. Incidentally this opinion is also widely held by many Frenchmen, Belgians, Dutch and other conti nentals. The ahswer to this question was all-important to U. S. defense plan ners. They hhd to figure out in ad vance whether the United States would be able to have air bases near the European continent. With the Red army probably -weeping to the English Channel in a few weeks in case of war, Britain and Spain would be the only potential bases usable by the United States. However, definite word has now been given the United States by the British government that, if Russia attacks, Britain will fight. British bases will be available to American bombers. • • • r~ .c'jos Own Valuable Land IT NOW LOOKS AS IF the iv- erty-stricken Navajo Indians, t ig to scratch a precarious living 1 om the wastelands of Arizona and New Mexico, may own one of the most priceless pieces of property in the U. S. For some time our chief wority in production of atomic energy was the fact that all uranium deposits lay outside the United States. However, it now appears that the JIavajos have been tending their pitiful flocks above a hidden atomic treasure. For, upon the Navajo reservation in the upper corner of Arizona and New Mexico, the Vanadium Corporation of America has been quietly extract ing uranium. Further details regarding this operation must remain a military secret. One amazing fact can be revealed. So far, the Navajos haven’t received one penny for the uranium taken from their land. Instead, the profits have been raked in by the Vanadium corpora tion. The price which the atomic energy commission is paying the Vanadium corporation for uranium also is se cret. but a member of the joint congressional committee on atomic energy predicted that the metal may become almost as precious as dia monds. Since the richest deposits are all outside the United States and could be cut off in case of war, this domestic supply becomes all the more valuable. But the Navajos. sitting on one of nature’s jackpots, so far haven't been able to collect a cent. Reason for this again is largely obscured by secrecy, and only part of the story can be told within the limits of na tional security. For one thing, uranium does not exist in its pure form on the reserva tion but must be extracted as a by product from vanadium. The only leases to dig for vanadium on Navajo territory—six in all—are held by the Vanadium corporation. These leases specify that the Indians will be paid 10 per cent royalty on all miperal compounds—except vanadium com pounds. In the latter case, the royalty is stipulated as 10 per cent of the vanadium oxide, a metal used to toughen steel. Since uranium is part of the raw vanadium ore until processed, the company conceiv ably might get away with .paying royalty only on the comparatively . valueless vanadium oxide, not on the other raw vanadium out of which uranium comes. The Indian service takes the view that uranium is a separate metal apart from vanadium, therefore is subject to the full 10 per cent royalty fee. • • • Stalin’s Cigarette Case COMRADE ANDREI GROMYKO, Russia’s dour-faced ambassador to the United Nations, always looks as if he had a grouch on when snapped by photographers. Actually, he has a sense of humor. Or so a fellow diplomat found when he told Gro myko this story. At Yalta, Winston Churchill took out his handsome gold cigarette case and offered Stalin and FDR a cigarette. The cigarette case evoked considerable admiration—especially the inscription: “To Winston from his colleagues ir the house of com mons.” A little later Roosevelt took out his cigarette case and offered the con ferring statesmen a cigarette. His case also evoked admiration, includ ing the inscription which read: “To FDR from the boys on Capitol Hill.” Next it was Stalin’s turn to flash a diamond-studded cigarette case. Its inscription read: “To Count Szecheny from his friends at the jockey club.” Gromyko listened carefully, roared with laughter. SPECIAL DELIVERY Mr. James Caesar Petrillo, Dear Jabez:— Next to a daffodil poking its head outside my window, your recent an nouncement that you have made peace with radio is the most wel come event, but you will pardon me for looking for a catch in it. For some time I will keep fearing an explanation from you that it was all a mistake due to reading spring poetry or seeing a lambkin gambol on a green somewhere. * It could even be that, being a great judge of news values, you real ized that any man taking a peaceful step anywhere today would be a global standout. You could even get the Nobel peace prize, who can tell? But, of course, your announcement has left the public reeling around the room expecting any minute to hear that John L. Lewis has quit the coal miners to play Little Eva in a Tom show and that Marshal Tito has re signed to raise pigeons. • Right in plain type it says that you have come out for an agree ment with radio for three years, dropping all your recent demands, giving the stations the green light and that (excuse me while I see If my head is on straight) you "fully recognize the development stage of television and wish to help it grow.” 1 • I read it again, thinking maybe the word was “blow” or “go” in stead of “grow.” But there is no mistaking the word. You, James Caesar Petrillo, co-operating with ra dio! (Just a minute while I take some spirits of ammonia.) Well, Jimmy, I never have been knocked so groggy since Hitler decided he had been shooting the wrong people and Gargantua started playing with old tire shoes. * You wouldn’t be holding a bass viol behind you with one hand while you offer the olive branch with the other would you, James? * No? So you are on the level! Okay, it comes as a great relief be cause I have not been able to enjoy radio music for years. When it was good I was afraid you would step in and interrupt it. When it was bad I was afraid you would not. * However, peace is peace and a lit tle of it around somewhere should be deeply appreciated, so good wishes to all concerned and don’t say it was something you ate. Sincerely, Elmer. • * * SPRING PROTEST I like commuters. But my ardor cools When they take my seat For their garden tools. * • e Double Talk “You are certainly a good sport and I am deeply touched. This is still America and you are doing your part to keep it so.”—From a letter from Henry Wallace to Secretary of Commerce Averell Harriman. * “The departure from the cabinet of Messrs. Royall, Forrestal and Harriman would be welcome evi dence that the President means what he says when he speaks of civil lib erties.”—Henry Wallace in a speech a few days later. • * * Vanishing Americanisms I’ll take the 50 cent lunch.” * “The management invites com plaints of incivility.” * “Make my martini light.” * “After you get a car, the cost of operation is cheap.” * “Waiter, a porterhouse steak for four!” * • • “What Russia has done is to estab lish reforms constituting achieve ments which can only be dreamed of by democracies which, at close examination, have the color of a sick man.”—Gromyko. * The delicatessen men have a name for it. • * • General MacArthur announces he is willing to run for the presidency. He is so familiar with the Japanese custom of sitting on the floor that he will be nearer his hat than the others. • • • Flash from New Haven: Six taxi cabs drew up in front of Yale bowl today and Herman Hickman got out! i * * “I shall not accept the support of any individual or group advocating the violent overthrow of the govern ment of the United States.”—Henry Wallace. * Wanna bet? • * • It’s a wise man who knows enough never to criticize his wife's hat. 'Dead' Deer Leaps from Moving Car to Safety COUDERSPORT, PA.—This little deer decided that he didn’t want to have anything to do with a veni- / son steak dinner — especially sines he was slated (o be the main course. A group of youths here were haul ing the deer to the county home for food, after striking it with their sta tion wagon on the highway near here. En route, the deer, believed to be dead, suddenly leaped from the car and dashed into the woods. Vexed Telephone User Gets Lecture Instead of Refund MARBLEHEAD, MASS.— Police received an early morning call that someone was attempt ing to break into the Marble head, telephone exchange build ing. They rushed to the scene and found a man pounding on the door, shouting, “Gimme my nickel back.” The man explained to police that he tried to make a phone call at a diner and that he not only didn’t get his party but the coin was not returned. After a short lecture, police sent the man on his way—still without his nickel. NewThrill FISHING #411 South Bender It's Now-h’s lively—It's Light "Action you’ve never experi enced before in a rod,” iswhat anglers say about the South Bender. It adds a new thrill to bait casting. The solid tip is made from a new, high- strength metal alloy ..weighs only 3-1/2 ounces. Length 4 feet, 11 inches *15 PERFECTORENO REEL Mo Thumbing— Mo Bochlogboo Makes casting effortless and a real pleasure. Precision-built. $10, $11 and fl3.50. 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