THE NEWBERRY SUN, NEWBERRY, S. C.
WEEKLY NEWS ANALYSIS
Effect Disputed as Pact Signed;
Bradley Urges European Fortress;
Senate Okays More Aid for Chinese
(EDITOR’S NOTE: When opinions are expressed in these columns, they are those ol
Western Newspaper Union’s news analysts and not necessarily of this newspaper.)
PACT SIGNED:
Hopes & Fears
, For better or worse . . . for a
hope of peace or a step toward war
. . . the North Atlantic pact was
now a reality. Whether it would in
sure peace or aggravate tensions
into war, no one could say with
finality. There could be no doubt
anywhere, however, that its sign
ing was completed in a world at
mosphere redolent of both hopes
and fears.
STRIPPED of its mumfeo-jumbo
phraseology, the intent of the pact
is simple: It declares that an act
of aggression against any of the
signatory nations shall be construed
as an attack against all. It does
not make mandatory military help
by any signatory to any pact mem
ber who may be attacked. The de
gree of assistance is optional.
Therein, as many observers have
pointed out, lies the pact’s strength
and its weakness. The strength in
herent m the proviso lies in its
leaving to signatory nations exer
cise of their own judgment regard
ing the degree of emergency in the
event of attack, and does not pre
cipitately hurl all pact signatories
into war willy-nilly. Its weakness
stems from the fact that aggressor
nations may be willing to gamble
that great powers will not be will
ing to wage all-out war to come to
the assistance of a smaller signa
tory.
THERE WAS STAUNCH denial
that the pact was aimed at any
particular nation, but only a moron
would concede the truth in that.
The pact definitely was aimed at
blocking Russian aggression against
the smaller signatories, and there
was little effort to hide the hope
that the pact would do just that.
On the other hand, there were
those who felt the step was one
which would ultimately lead to war
as Russia would brook no actions
short of war to stop the tide of
Soviet imperialism.
Pact signatories were the United
States, Belgium, Canada, Denmark,
France, Iceland, Italy, Luxem
bourg, Netherlands, Norway, Por
tugal and the United Kingdom.
DEFENSE:
Arms for Europe
The United States was urged to
follow up swiftly its peace-insur
ance action in signing the North
Atlantic pact. General Omar N.
Bradley, U.S. chief of staff, called
for a military aid program which
would strengthen western Europe
as a fortress and stop an aggres
sor before he could overrun the
continent.
Bradley rejected the idea wide
ly held among some military men
that it would be impossible to stop
Russia from conquering all Europe
if it chose. The best thing the
United States could do, according
to that theory, would be to strike
back with air power and lead a
counterattack which would even
tually liberate the continent.
BRADLEY flatly contended that
such strategy would breed despair
among potential allies in Europe
and render them impotent.
His remarks carried added sig
nificance because he stated he had
been requested by the state depart
ment to comment publicly on the
military security significance of
the North Atlantic pact and its im
plementation.
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rael’s present achievement and
future hope.
ARMISTICE:
Jews in Dissent
Amid verbal strife and dissen
sion, the government of Israel con-
sumated an armistice with Trans
jordan. Despite vociferous opposi
tion, the government won a test
vote of confidence in parliament.
WHATEVER ELSE the armistice
may have effected, a foreign office
spokesman said it had added 150
square miles to Israel. This area
was to be pared off the northwest
ern area of the bulge by an Arab
withdrawal from the Hadera-Afula
road and off the western edge by a
withdrawal from the Tel Aviv-Haifa
railroad.
But the armistice was not effected
without bitterness. Prime Minister
David Ben - Gurion’s opponents
charged the armistice was tanta
mount to recognizing the incorpo
ration of the Jenin-Tulkarm-Nablue
bulge north of Jerusalem into the
Hashemite Jordan kingdom of
monarch Abdullah.
The vote followed a stormy five-
hour debate. Opponents charged
the armistice opened Israel to
Anglo-American influence. Ben-
Gurion retorted that possibly Trans
jordan was a puppet government
(of Britain) but there were also
puppet parties in Israel serving out
side interests.
CHINA:
He took a hefty swing at the
Soviets, although omitting them by
name, when he declared: “If to be
resolute is to be hostile, then we
shall have to endure the slanders
of those who call us hostile. For
their slanders are the expressions
of angry resentment from jackals
denied their plunder."
HE DECLARED the Atlantic pact
had removed the world crisis from
a “cold war” stage, and warned
that America could all “too readily
become the victim of our own
slogans ... if we do not soon re
nounce our catch-word addiction in
ell too many minds that ‘cold war’
is the overture to real war, we may
find ourselves with a mentality
that accepts real war as inevit
able.”
But did his urging to strengthen
the “ramparts" of Europe in favor
of air power and liberation later,
mean strengthen the pact coun
tries’ defenses with men as well as
guns and munitions.
That was a possibility the peo
ple of the U.S. would have to con
sider.
Even as the North Atlantic pact
was being signed in an actual,
though disavowed, effort to stem
the spread of Russian imperialism,
a military informant in Tehran re
ported Russian forces had attacked
an Iranian army post. The report
stated a Russian regiment, sup
ported by tanks and armored cars
had made a new foray into Azer
baijan province.
More Aid
There would be more aid from
the United States—but, locking the
door too late—there was a condi
tion. The senate wrote into the aid
bill a ban on shipments to Commu
nist-controlled areas.
IT LONG HAD BEEN public in
formation that much of the supplies
and munitions sent by this country
to aid the Chinese Nationalists in
their fight against communism had
fallen hjito Communist hands. The
procedure was beginning to make
America and its Far East policy
appear a bit silly.
Now, congress had moved to
stop a procedure which must have
afforded no little amusement to
Russia and her Communist hordes
in China.
THE U.S. SENATE accepted an
amendment to the aid measure to
make available 54 million dollars
in “frozen” China aid funds—“pro
vided it is spent only in areas con
trolled by the Nationalist govern
ment.”
Iranian troops replied to the fire
and an “important battle” ensued,
the source said.
The reported clash occurred dur
ing a time of reported strained re
lations between the countries. Rus
sia'! pressure on Iran had been
mounting, causing speculation that
the oil-rich Middle East country
would become the next focal point
in the “cold war."
ARMED UNITY:
A Contradiction?
Unity of the nation’s armed serv
ices was promised, but where was
the unity in defense - preparation
thinking?
For, despite the displayed poten
cy of the air arm—combined with
the atom bomb — to immobilize
naval might, defense experts were
going blithely ahead designing and
building new “super-warcraft.”
LATEST EXAMPLE was the
cruiser Roanoke — “the world’s
most powerful light cruiser”—and
described by enthusiastic builders
as being “practically unsinkable.”
The 680-foot Roanoke cost 30 mil
lion dollars, and was under con
struction five years. Carrying a
crew of 51 officers and 992 men, the
cruiser displaces 17,000 tons and
has a designed speed of 33 knots,
which is approximately 37 miles
per hour.
The hull, it was said, renders the
ship practically unsinkable. She
has a main battery of 12 semi
automatic six-inch guns, a second
ary battery of 20 rapid-fire three-
inch guns, and six twin 20-mm.
mounts.
Speaking at the commissioning of
the Roanoke, Louis Johnson, U. S.
defense secretary, said the vessel
was joining the “greatest fleet we
have ever maintained in time of
supposed peace.”
HE DECLARED the ship would
be “kept in training for its primary
mission,” and carefully omitting
the word “war,” Johnson described
the mission as “one we all hope
and believe it will not have to dis
charge.”
Referring to armed service unity,
the defense secretary said: “Our
safety lies in the combined con
tribution of them all, each service
in the sphere it is best equipped to
control. This relationship has been
carefully worked out and it will be
closely adjusted to combat trim in
the very near future.”
With that aim, the people of the
United States would be found iq
full accord.
NEW FEEDS:
Mighty Potent
Could an animal burst its seams
by eating?
That is an academic question, of
course; but some of the new live
stock feeds are reported to be so
powerful that animals literally
“burst their seams” if fed too
much.
DR. H. J. PREBLUDA, nutrition
ist, stated that scientists simply
would have to breed new animals
with greater capacities.
The new high-energy feeds are
rich in vitamins, especially a new
vitamin B-12, found in what is
called the animal "protein factor.”
Such feeds are low in materials
like fiber that do not generate
energy.
Dr. Prebluda said that when these
feeds are given to poultry it is like
pouring rich coal into a furnace.
Rich coal needs a draft, but the
birds are not capable of burning
rich feeds under draft. They^burst
their limits of capacity to handle
food—they have a physical break
down.
HE ADDED that only a short
time ago it took three and one-
half pounds of feed to produce one
pound of broiler meat. Now this
same meat can be produced from
two and one-half pounds of feed.
Birds that r :ach top weight in 14
weeks on old type feeds reach top
weight in only nine weeks on the
new super-feed.
However, Dr. Prebluda concludes,
they could grow even faster if they
could handle the rich foods faster.
Maid of Cotton
Historic Tower bridge forms
a striking background for this
photo of Miss Sue Howell,
America’s "Maid of Cotton” as
she poses on the banks of the
Thames during a sightseeing
tour of London.
Surprise!
At Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., three
strangers drove up to a hangar at
Brown airport. Two of them stopped
to talk with a mechanic, Earl
Snyder.
The third man went inside,
hopped into a plane, taxied out and
disappeared into the sky, headed
north.
His companions calmly got into
their car and left.
The plane had little fuel.
RUSSIANS ON RAMPAGE
Soviet Troops Attack Army Post in Iran
MANHUNT CAUSES EXCITEMENT IN PARIS . . . While a foursome
of fellow cops looks on from right background, two determined-loo king
gendarmes hold their guns at the ready as they attempt to flush out
a trio of burglars. The fleeing felons led the police a merry chase
over Paris’ celebrated rooftops. The burglars were masquerading as
policemen when they were surprised by genuine cops. One of the
burglars eventually was caught, the other managed to make hli
getaway.
ROBBER WAIVES EXTRADITION . . . Lun.an C. RansdaU (right)
23-year-old train robber who was wounded while resisting arrest, is
shown with an unidentified prisoner after he waived examining trial
in Washington. He was ordered returned to West Virginia to face
prosecution on the charge. Ramsdell and a confederate robbed a B A O
train near Martinsburg, W. Va. This photograph was taken after his
arraignment before a U.S. commissioner in the Capital.
FOR LADY ANGLERS ONLY . . . The best stocked trout stream In
North Carolina is Neel’s creek, near ML Mitchell; but it is strictly for
lady anglers only. Pat Miller (abeve) is one of hundreds of girls,
some experts, some novices, who head for the stream over the week
ends. She is pictured enjoying the thrill of landing a stubborn trout.
NEWEST U. S. CRUISER TOWED TO COMMISSIONING . . . The
U.S.S. Roanoke is shown being jockeyed up the Delaware by tugs,
from Camden, N.J., to the Philadelphia shipyard for her commission
ing. The Roanoke, another in Uncle Sam’s string of great fighting-
craft, was built at the New York navy yard. It is a sister ship to the
’■ S. S. Worcbester.
TOP RED IN BERLIN . . Gen
eral Vassily I. Chuikov, 48, one of
Russia’s outstanding heroes in the
battle of Stalingrad, has been ap
pointed to succeed Marshal Vass
ily D. Sokolovsky as Russian
military governor in Berlin’s tri-
nation control system.
Secret “Leaked”
N OW that James Forrestal is out
as secretary of national defense,
the story can be told of one of his
last sessions with Truman and the
man who was to take his place—
Louis Johnson.
Though Forrestal had put up a
tough fight against the appearance
if being ousted from his job, he
saw the handwriting on the wall
and asked only that there be a
gradual changC-over from him to
his successor. He wanted this to
take place May 1, but at a luncheon
with the President and Louis John-
lon, he bowed to Truman’s wish
that it be April 1.
Furthermore, Forrestal volun
teered to help Johnson in taking
over the defense job and immedi-
jately placed important secret in
telligence at his disposal.
At this luncheon meeting, it
was agreed on the date when
Johnson’s appointment would
be announced, and Johnson de
clared that until that time he
was going to leave town.
“I don’t want to be accused of
leaking the news,” he said. “And
It’s already begun to leak.” He
looked meaningly at the other two.
| “There’s been no leak from me,”
declared Truman.
| “May one cross-examine the
President of the United States?”
asked Johnson.
: The President smiled, and John
son proceeded to do so.
“Didn’t you tell General Eisen-
ALL-AMERICAN FRESHMAN . . .
“Miss All-American Freshman”
Is the title bestowed on smiling
Marilyn Overby, freshman at the
University of Florida, in a contest
to find the most beautiful coed in
The United States. Miss Overby
is 18, will get a Hollywood trip.
DISTINGUISHED VISITOR . . .
Mrs. Winston Churchill leaves the
Baruch home where she and her
famed husband were guests, for
a drive around New York City.
The wartime prime minister was
too busy working on a speech to
come along.
bower about this?” he asked.
“Oh, yes,” admitted Truman,
“But he won’t tell a soul.”
“And did you tell Senator Tyd-
ings?” asked Forrestal.
“Yes, I forgot about that,” ac
knowledged the President, “but
Tydings won’t leak.”
“Yeah?” said the new secretary
of defense. “Well, it’s leaking al
ready. And that’s why I’m leaving
town.”
Michigan Scandals
If the justice department ever
quits sitting on its hands and takes
a real look at the Michigan political
contributions, it will uncover some
of the juciest scandals in the U. S. j
A. Furthermore, it will get to the i
bottom of the manner in which a i
lot of political money has been
raised in this country.
The justice department has fud-
dy-duddied round with a semi
investigation, but the U. S. district
attorneys in Michigan have been
half scared of the big Michigan
auto interests, while higher-ups in
the justice department have been
busy chasing spies and running off
in other directions.
Meanwhile, Sen. Francis
Myers of Pennsylvania, chair
man of the senate campaign
investigating committee, has
had some efficient probers
busy in Michigan, and they
have dug up evidence of wide
spread violation of the corrupt
practices act. Among other
things they have found:
PRETENDER ... Dr. Samuel
Solnik, dentist in the Israeli army
medical corps, claims his young
son, Emanuel is a direct descend
ant of King David of Israel.
A cashier’s check, Feb. 24, 1948,
by the Barclay Deyo corporation,
a Detroit Ford dealer, for $750 to
the Wayne county Republican fi
nance committee.
Also a contribution by the Park
Motor Sales company, a Lincoln-
j Mercury dealer in Detroit, for $750,
on Feb. 11, 1948, to the Wayne
iyounty Republican committee.
jxJI Also $953 to the same committee
? on March 12, 1948, by the Floyd
Rice Sales and Service Co., an-
| other Fore dealer in Detroit,
i Not only are these contributions
Vby corporations a violation of the
■corrupt practices act, but senate
investigators are interested in as-
| certaining what connection there
was between certain large gifts to
the Republican machine and the
nonpayment of sales taxes by cer
tain auto dealers. Michigan raised
a terrific wad of dough for the
G. O. P. What did the Michigan
auto people get in return for their
money?
JOB EXCHANGER . . . Ada Fish-
barn, 24, British factory worker
who swapped jobs with an Ameri
can factory girl for a month. Is
shown packing away an armful of
gifts and merchandise, especially
banned goods which she cannot
easily get in England, preparatory
to the trip home.
Capital News Capsules
I Tito wants help—this may be de
nied, but Marshal Tito of Yugo
slavia has appealed to the United
States for American artillery, com-
munications equipment and spare
parts for his air force. Tito has
told the American embassy in Bel
grade he fears a .Soviet pincers at
tack on Yugoslavia from Albania
and Bulgaria where the Russians
.are concentrating military forces.
... the U. S. embassy has passed
along Tito’s urgent request—with
the postscript that it has ironclad
evidence that an average of two
Russian ships each day have un
loaded military equipment at the
Albanian port of Durazzo for the
past three weeks.
Diminishing Communists — The
American ambassador to Italy,
James Dunn, has just sent a con
fidential cable to the state depart
ment reporting that, thanks to the
friendship train, the Marshall plan,
etc., Italian Communist member
ship has dropped from more than
two million to less than a million,
900,000.
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