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THE NEWBERRY SUN, NEWBERRY, S, C. WEEKLY NEWS ANALYSIS Soviets Express Desire for Peace, Agree to Discussion of Differences; U. S. Seizes Railroads—Strike Off By Bill Schoentgen, WNU Staff Writer (EDITOR'S NOTE: When opinion# are expreued in these eolnmns, they are those ot Western Newspaper Union's news analysts and not necessarily of this newspaper.) OVERTURE: Peaceful All of a sudden the air between Washington and Moscow was filled with talk of peace and desire for co operation. Exactly what had happened to tiring about the quick flow of the milk of human kindness between the U. S. and Russia was not clear. Certainly there had occurred no basic change in the potentially ex plosive relationship. It began with a U. S. statement of position, voiced by Bedell Smith, ambassador to Russia, in the pres ence of Soviet Foreign Minister V. M. Molotov. Smith, apparently speaking offi cially, suggested that the way is Clear for a discussion of differences with Russia. Said the U. S. am bassador: “The present state of U. S.-Soviet relations is a source of grievous disappointment to the American people. As far as the United States is concerned, the door is always wide open for full discussion and the composing of our differences.'* Russia’s reply, as broadcast by the Moscow radio, expressed a positive attitude toward improving Soviet- American relations and stated that Russia “is in agreement” with a U. S. proposal for “discussion and settlement of existing differences.” Although these developments re ceived a big. play in the press and radio of both nations, indications were strong that the aura of mutual hostility separating the U. S. and Russia might not be dispelled by the willingness to “compose our differ ences.” Neither side had modified its for eign policy. Rather, each had em phasized it in the exchange of notes. The U. S. statement said, in part: “The concern and the determination of the people of the United States have been intensified by the inexpli cable hostility of the Soviet govern ment to the European recovery pro gram—a measure which In its in ception and subsequent develop ments is so obviously only a meas ure of American assistance for re construction on a co-operative basis without menace or threat to any one.” In their reply the Soviets con trasted what they termed military threats against the Soviet Union with the Russian government’s pur suit of “a consistent peace policy.” At least there was a definition of terms and a preliminary agree ment to talk things over. Whether or not any good would come of it was, at this stage, problematical. There was a suspicion abroad that Russia, balked in its ambitions to expand into western Europe by tiie European recovery program, might be ready now to try to make some kind of deal ALL ABOARD: Trains Run U. S. economy escaped being a victim of railroad paraplegia at the eleventh hour when three rail broth erhoods yielded to a restraining order brought against them by the government and called off their im pending strike. Events leading up to that climax had run a course which has become familiar to strike-weary Americans. Negotiations between the railroads and the three dissenting brother hoods — engineers, firemen and switchmen—had been fruitless. As the strike deadline approached they remained miles away from any kind of agreement on wages and working conditions. By that time President Truman had built up a full head of'steam and he opened the throttle wide. The U. S. could not stand “a nation wide tragedy” such as the rail strike would be, he said. Acting under the sanction of a 1916 law which authorizes the govern ment to take over the railroads dur ing the time of war (U. S. is still, officially, in a state of wartime emergency) Mr. Truman seized the entire vast network of tracks and trains in the name of the federal government That move paved the way for a court order restraining the unions from striking for eight days. Fed eral District Judge T. Alan Golds- borough issued 'the order and the nation’s trains kept running, for the time being, at least. Possibly proving that there is no wind so ill that it doesn’t blow up come good for somebody, one of the major influences leading to cancella tion of the rail strike was John L. Cigarette consumption in the U. S. in 1947 ascended to an all-time high for the 14th consecutive year, despite spectacular wartime gains which would have made a subse quent postwar decline no great sur prise to the industry. According to an article in the May edition of "Business Comment,” bulletin of Northern Trust company. Eastern Hotspot Latest area to emerge as a pivotal point in the world-wide drive against communism is south ern Korea where about seven mil lion registered voters went to the polls to elect 200 representatives to what is known as the Korean national assembly. Prior to the election. Communist - trained agents were reported to have been attempting to stir up trouble in the U. S. zone to influence the bal loting. Lewis, who didn’t have a word to say about it. But Lewis had set the pattern. The rail union leaders—Alvanley Johns ton of the engineers, D. B. Robertson of the firemen and A. J. Glover Jr. of the switchmen—were uncomfort ably aware of what happened to the mine chief when he disobeyed an in junction to call off his soft coal strike. They knew that if they disobeyed Judge Goldsborough’s restraining order they would be exposing them selves and their unions to whopping big fines and possible jail sentences. It was becoming apparent that the government had hit upon a hard- fisted way of delaying crippling strikes. With labor unrest destined to grow this summer, that method, though far from ideal, might come to be the basic formula for induc ing arbitration and settlement of strikes. DIXIE: Anti-Truman Although President Harry Truman had not held forth publicly on the sub ject of civil rights for some time now, the echoes of the civil rights program he advanced earlier this year were rattling around like sabers south of the Mason-Dixon line. Alabama voters had expressed themselves as being anti-Truman. In the state's primary election they had given majorities to candidates pledged to cast electoral votes against the President because of the civil rights issue. It was the first concrete indica tion that a bolt from the regular Democratic party nominee might not be unlikely next November if the nominee (like Mr. Truman) is committed to supporting the civil rights program. And in Jackson, Miss., a “state’s rights” Democratic rally was key noted with a flat prediction that President Truman would not be re elected because he is not acceptable to the nation or the southern Demo crats. Gov. J. Strom Thurmond of South Carolina defined the South’? stand when he told the rally that the South is not in revolt against the Demo cratic party but against its present leadership. Spark that kindled the political fire in the South was Mr. Truman’s espousal of proposals to pass fed eral laws outlawing lynching, poll taxes, job discrimination and segre gation of races. Legislation like that. Governor Thurmond asserted, would violate the historic principle of the right of states to determine their own attitude toward such mat ters. So far it was only talk, but anti- Truman feeling had crystallized in the South to the point where party leaders were badly worried. If the Dixie Democrats carried their de fection to the ultimate point of nominating their own candidate, the big-wigs might as well throw in the sponge for the ’48 elections and start looking to 1952. total output of 370 billion cigarettes last year was 5 per cent greater than in 1946. “Per capita cigarette consumption in the U. S. has followed an upward trend, with minor interruptions, since prior to World War I,” the bank reported. On a per capita basis consumption jumped from 16? in 1914 to 2,400 in 1947. UNCERTAINTY: Who Won? Just about all that anyone was sure of when the smoke from the Ohio primary elections had cleared was that Sen. Robert Taft had won 44 delegates to the Republican na tional convention and that Harold Stajsen, the wolf at Taft’s door, had captured nine. , How those results should be in terpreted promised to be a thor oughly argued question by the time the Republicans convened in Phila delphia to nominate a presidential candidate. Many held the opinion that the Ohio primary resulted in, if not an outright defeat for Stassen, at least a brusque check on the Minneso tan’s heretofore snowballing cam paign. Stassen had competed with Taft for 23 of the state’s 53 delegates. He won nine and Taft took 14 of those 23. In a pre-election state ment, Stassen had said that the Ohio contest could be accounted a victory for him only if he won a majority of the 23 disputed delegates. Thus, by his own estimate, Stas sen lost in Ohio. He lost, however, to a “favorite son” candidate strong ly supported in his own state by Ohio’s powerful political organiza tion. It was hardly a victory for Taft to shout about. In the final analysis the G.O.P. election race had not changed much. It was Taft and Dewey teaming up to force Stassen into the rail, with Sen. Arthur Vandenberg of Michigan coming up fast on the outside. FARM ISSUE: Truman’s Rather hard put for a good, earthy issue to play upon in his coming campaign. President Truman has hit upon the farm problem as the vehicle to carry some of his con victions before the public. He began by planning a message to congress on the subject of long- range agricultural legislation. The idea was originated by the retir ing Secretary of Agriculture Clinton Anderson who opined that such a plea to congress would put the Re publicans “on the spot.” The message which Mr. Truman was preparing would ask for an "adequate appropriation” to con tinue the government farm program, "particularly oq soil conservation,” according to Alben Barkley, senate Democratic leader. Barkley acidulously recalled that the President had asked in his budget message for 300 million dol lars for soil conservation in the coming fiscal year, and that con gress had cut that sum to 225 mil lion. Many U. S. farmers would be inclined to agree. ‘X’ for Taft Sen. Robert Taft’s presidential star once again was in ascend ancy following the important Ohio primary election of 53 Repub lican national convention dele gates. He won 14 of the 23 con tests in which Harold E. Stassen was a strong disputant. WHEAT: Big Crop Word from the department of agriculture was tliat the U. S. would produce the third largest wheat crop in history this year. The department stuck to that pre diction even though it had reduced its estimate of the important winter wheat crop by 14.5 million bushels from the April 1 estimate. Except in parts of the southern great plains, the crop made good progress, it was revealed in an offi cial department report. As of May 1, prospects were for a total of 1.117 billion bushels of wheat Largest crop was 1.36 billion bushels last year. Production in the 1936-45 period averaged 890 million bushels. Department of agriculture estimat ed the fall-sown winter' wheat crop at about 845 million bushels, a de cline of 14.5 from its April 1 fore cast. No official estimate of spring wheat was available, but a guess was that average yields should pro duce 272 million bushels. PLANT LIFE: Appetites Atomic scientists have learned that some plants, like human be ings, are finicky eaters. This new knowledge, important commercially, is the result of ex haustive tests with radioactive iso topes of phosphorous. Now science can tell a farmer who spends $50 to put phosphate fer tilizer on his land whether the plant only nibbles or takes a bite big enough to repay his expense. SMOKE, SMOKE, SMOKE Americans Burning More Cigarettes Simple Dehydrator Saves Garden Crops Homemade Apparatus Serves Many Purposes A homemade dehydrator heating unit, which also may be used as a room heater in the home or brooder house, is an economical device and a labor-saver on the farm. Successful drying depends upon re moval of enough moisture from the fruit or vegetables to prevent spoil age. This must be done at a tem perature that does not seriously affect the texture, color and flavor of the vegetable or fruit. Best results are obtained when fruits and vegetables are dried in a dehydrator, like one shown, rather than in the sun. In hot, dry locali ties, however, sun-dried fruits have excellent color, flavor and good nu tritive value. Sun-dried vegetables usually are noticeably inferior to Good type of homemade dehy drator heating unit, which also may be used as a room heater. dehydrated vegetables in most rt> spects, but when properly dried they are fairly satisfactory. If gas-filled tungsten-filament lamps are used, care should be taken to prevent liquids dripping onto the bulbs, as that is likely to crack them. If carbon-filament lamps are used, as shown in the picture, water dripping on them will not crack the bulbs. Minerals Will Improve Quality of Egg Shells Improvement in shell texture of eggs can be made in many cases by providing the foods that supply the mineral properties contained in the shell itself. The shell of the egg contains about 90 per cent cal cium carbonate and foodstuffs con taining the minerals and vitamins necessary for shell production should help to increase the supply and bring about some improvement in shell quality. Shell-grit. or oyster shell-grit pro vides calcium carbonate, but with out vitamin D the hen may not be able to convert sufficient quantities to meet the demands for bone and egg-shell formation. Nests For Turkeys I* crock for corryinf Crowding of turkeys in nests will be largely eliminated if enough space and enough nests are pro vided. Accepted size of an in dividual turkey nest is 18 inches wide by 24 inches high by 28 inches deep. Quite often eggs are broken and these broken eggs soil others. It is wise to have turkey nests both inside the breeder house and out- of doors during periods of rapidly changing weather conditions. Photo shows Utah type of turkey nest. Swine Diarrhea Curbed With Proper Nutrition Proper nutrition plays an impor tant role in control of swine diarrhea and scours, a source of considerable loss to most pork producers, accord ing to Wise Burroughs of the Ohio station. Nursing pigs are suscepti ble to the disease, feeder pigs get epteritis and even older animals sometimes scour. Deficiencies in any one of five different B-vitamins may cause diar rhea, Burroughs warns. Sallilower Crop Thrives Without Heavy Rainfall Sallflower poses no serious ques tion of competition with flax in humid areas where flax prospers. It seems to thrive in areas of less rainfhll, where normal precipitation is only 12 to 15 inches annually and whers flax generally does not yield so well Normally, too, under “dry-land” conditions, sallflower does as well as wheat or better. 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He had to lay his own flooring and It costs $1 a night for fuel. Several applicants already are in line for the tent as soon as Mercer moves into his new home nearby. Storekeeper Routs Bandit With Well-Aimed Bottles JOHNSTOWN, PA.—Pop Karlin- sey packs a mean pop bottle. At least one thug has good proof of the 58-year-old storekeeper’s aim. Pop, otherwise known as J. D. Karlinsey, owns a general store on the Johnstown-Ebensburg road. A man entered the place and an nounced: "This is a holdup.” Karlinsey walking toward the cash register, stooped and grabbed an empty pop bottle, whirled and threw it in the same motion. It caught the robber on the head. The thug turned and ran. As he reached the door another bottle crashed through the window just by his head. “My sights weren’t quite adjusted to that distance," Pop said. Antarctic Sailors Unearth Matches From 1908 Campsite LOS ANGELES—The navy ice breaker Burton Island returned from a five-month, 23,000 mile cruise with identifications for some 700 thousand charts and photo graphs made on a previous expe dition. Other highlights, the crew said, included: Rescuing the American Antarctic society’s Finn Ronne expedition which had been icebound 14 months. A helicopter crash into an iceberg without injury to two fliers. Battling a swell which showered 1,000 pound ice chunks on deck. Visiting a campsite of Sir Ernest Shackleton’s 1908 expedition and finding a metal match case with matches still intact. “Have a light,” said Cmdr. E. A. MacDonald, striking one for prooL CLASSIFIED DEPARTMENT MISCELLANEOUS SWAP neckties! Mall us one to six ties you’re sick of. You’ll receive pronto same number of handsomely cleaned, different ties we got same way. Then you pay post man $1. Tie-Trade Co., 2356 Min to St., Augusta, Ga. 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