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THE NEWBERRY SUN, NEWBERRY. S. C. WEEKLY NEWS ANALYSIS Issue Is Joined on Labor Measure; Senate Group Okays Atlantic Pact; Unemployment Increasing in Nation (EDITOR’S NOTE: When opinions are expressed in these columns, they are those of Western Newspaper Union’s news analysts and not necessarily of this newspaper.) LABOR BILL: Issue Is Joined The long-awaited fight on repeal of the Taft-Hartley labor law had begun. Debate had started in the senate with Chairman Elbert D. Thomas (D.. Utah) of the labor committee opening for the adminis tration. Government forces were committed to an attempt for out right repeal of the measure, but all indications pointed to a compro- juise or nothing. Meanwhile, John L. Lewis de- clared that the AFL and CIO had betrayed organized labor's cause by reportedly agreeing to a com promise. Urging adoption of the adminis tration bill, Thomas said the voters last November “decided the Taft- Hartley law was a mistake.” The administration seeks to replace it with a modified version of the New Deal Wagner act. Thomas called for quick repeal of the Taft- Hartley law. In telegrams to all 96 senators, Lewis, head of the United Mine Workers union, said he had heard AFL and CIO leaders had agreed to accept four “oppressive amend- menta” to the administration bill. An AFL official pooh-poohed Lewis’ charges of a secret deal. As a matter of fact, he said, the AFL convention in Cleveland re cently agreed to accept the four amendments that “horrifed” Lewis. These four amendments called for: X. Power for the federal govern ment to seize plants involved in national-emergency strikes. 2. The filing of financial returns by unions. 3. The filing of non-Communist and non-Fascist affidavits by work ers and employers alike. 6. A guarantee of free speech in labor relations. ARTICLES: What Import? The senate foreign relations com mittee, in reporting favorably the North Atlantic pact, had almost bogged down on Article 5. That is the proviso in the pact which binds signatories to the rule that an at tack on one pact member would be an attack upon all, and binds each to take such action as is deemed necessary, “including the use of armed forces” to restore and main tain the security of the area. THE WORDING of Article 5 created in some minds a fear that its effect would nullify the right of congress to declare war and might put this power arbitrarily into the hands of the President. Senator George (D., Ga.) who had expressed concern about the in terpretation of Article 5, finally said that be was satir’ied that under it the President could not declare war nor “employ troops to enforce any particular action aimed at cer tain European countries without congressional approval.” Senator Pepper (D., Fla.) took the same tack. He said the provi sion neither adds to nor subtracts from the war powers of the Presi dent as commander-in-chief. EVEN SO, it was a difficult point. The extent to which a President might go toward involvement in •war was dramatically disclosed in the Roosevelt administration when the coramander-in-chief admittedly committed the nation to “every thing short of war" in what was purported to be an attempt to avoid war. Under such a policy actions may go so far at the chief executive level that there would be nothing left for the congress to do but de clare war in a situation in which it had no authority and no voice. NEW WEAPON: Top Secret What Is being produced at the plutonium plant at Hanford, Wash- ingtoa? NO one would say, but Carleton Shugg, deputy general manager of the atomic energy commission, said the plant was handling a “product that needs a better name than 'deadly poison.’ ” Was it the weird "atomic fog” about which there had been so much speculation? Shugg wouldn't say. He said, instead, that he was merely discussing certain phases in the production of plutonium—one of two fissionable materials used in making atom bombs. The other is uranium-235. SHUGG’S statement was made during his testimony before a sen ate appropriations subcommittee during the congressional investiga tion of the atomic program. Steve Trumbull, Miami Her ald reporter, was barred from the Florida state senate cham ber after he questioned the manner in.which a bill was brought before the senate. It was reported his cheekbone was fractured when he was struck by a senator. UNEMPLOYMENT: Sudden Increase Whatever its significance, many economists were expressing con cern over a sudden upswing in the number of unemployed in the na tion. BETWEEN April and May, the number of U.S. jobless had in creased by 273,000 to bring the totally unemployed to a probable postwar high of more than 3.25 million. These figures were re leased by the federal bureau of the census. The rise in the unemployment fig ure at a time when it usually drops might be attributed, the bureau said, to the sudden rush of students for summer or permanent jobs. The bureau did say that two-thirds of the increase in unemployment could be traced to “young persons of high school and college age.” AT the same tmie, the bureau re ported, total unemployment was rising, principally as a result of seasonal activity on farms. Despite the conflicting reports, there were some among the coun try’s industrial and economic lead ers who feared the unemployment situation might grow worse before getting any better. SOVIETS: Appraise Guests In Moscow the Literary Gazette sought to evaluate for its readers the Russian appraisal of foreign diplomats and newspapermen who live in the Soviet Union. THE Gazette printed a poem written by Sergei Mikhalkov, chil dren’s poet, playwright and co author of the Soviet national anthem. Translated freely, Sergei’s poem went this way: “We met them, you and I, “These friends who aren’t friends, “The jackal, wolf and swine, "And journalistic snake. “In other words, those who are being sent here. “We know them all and can rec, ognize them "Even if we aren’t doctors.” NATURALLY, there will be no comment from the pilloried—not while they’re still in Russia. HEART STUDY: Artificials Used Emphasis in heart study now rests in the development of artifi cial hearts. Dr. Alfred Blalock of Baltimore, widely-known blue-baby specialist, was the authority for the statement. SPEAKING at a general scien tific session of the American Medi cal association, Blalock said: ‘The most interesting thing in surgery, but still in the experimental stage, is the development of mechanical devices as substitutes for the heart.” He reported that he considered as most promising a pump developed by Dr. John Gibbon at the Jeffer son school of Philadelphia. “Dr. Gibbon’s pump will pump blood as the heart does,” Dr. Bla lock explained. “He is working on an artificial lung to aerate the blood.” BLALOCK said Dr. Gibbon's pump replaced the heart of a dog for 48 minutes and the dog re covered. "If one can substitute for the heart for 30 to 45 minutes, one can open it and see what one is working at,” he said. “With a heart substi tute we can do more things inside the heart.” AMA GAGS FISHBEIN Famed Doctor-Editor's Authority Clipped The red-hot issue between the American Medical association and the administration over the Presi dent’s proposed compulsory health plan was coming to a boil. The AMA, obviously wishing to retain its own identity in matters of policy statements, clapped a gag on Dr. Morris Fishbein, one of medicine’s most famous figures. The board ordered him to stop writing «r speaking on anything except medi cine. That meant he could not talk publicly on state medicine nor on the political issues boiling up in the AMA’s campaign against the Truman national health insurance plan. Dr. Fishbein is editor of the Journal of the American Medical association. He held no official posi tion beyond that. ARMY BOSS: Was Buck Private The Cinderella story would take on new interest for the GI’s in Uncle Sam’s army. And there was a particular rea son. Gordon Gray, a one-time buck private in the army, was nominated by President Truman to be secre tary of the army. GRAY, now undersecretary, is 40 years old, a North Carolina pub lisher and lawyer. He has been acting secretary since the resigna tion of Kenneth C. Royall on April 27. Gray, boin in Baltimore, is not an army career man. But ha served three years in the army, en listing as a buck private in 1942. But he had something on the ball then, and rose to captain with the 12th army group in Europe. THE new secretary would be the government’s youngest head of an executive department. For the past 16 months Gray has been the army official responsible for the indus trial mobilization and procurement official on his department JOHN L. LEWIS: A Severe Blow A federal district court of appeals dealt a heavy blow at John L. Lewis and his United Mine Work ers. Lewis and his union, found guilty of contempt of court for fail ing to call off the 1948 coal strike, had been fined $1,420,000. They appealed. The higher court upheld the finding and indications were that Lewis and his attorneys would lose no time appealing to the United States supreme court for a final decision. THE CASE grew out of Lewis’ defiance of the Taft-Hartley law last year for ignoring a court order issued under the law that directed the miners to call off a month-old strike in the soft coal fields. The district appeals court ruling made it clear that the decision was based on the fact that Lewis and i the miners waited until the de- j mands were met before finally call ing off the strike when they had been previously directed by the 1 court to do so. Justice E. Barrett Prettyman ! said on behalf of the court: “THE SUPREME COURT (has) ! held . . . involving these same ap pellants, that he who fails to obey a court order ... is punishable for criminal contempt. That decision governs us here.” The supreme court already had upheld the conviction of Lewis and ' his miners for defying a similar court order in the 1946 coal strike. • It was that ruling to which Judge Prettyman referred. NAZI "WITCH": Not Through Yet END OF THE 500 MILES . . . Weary, happy and oozing oil nt every pore, racecar driver Bill Holland sits back in the bucket seat of his Bine Crown special to accept congratulations after winning the Indian apolis 500-mile speedway classic on Memorial Day. Beaming at Holland on the far side of the car are movie actress Linda Darnell and Harvey Firestone, the tire man. Holding the microphone is Wilbnr Shaw, Speedway president (left). Lon Moore stands behind him. “AMBASSADOR OF FAIR PLAY” . . . WeU qualified to do the job. John B. Kelly, Jr., America’s top solo oarsman, left the U. S. on June 24 to spread the gospel of American fair play op and down the sports lanes of Europe. He plans to take part in every national regatta abroad before returning In the fall to start his final year at the Uni versity of Pennsylvania. Use Koch, called the “witch” of Buchenwald, infamous German prison camp of World War II, defi nitely was to face a German court on charges of mistreating Germans at the concentration camp. ONCE sentenced to life imprison ment by American occupation force verdict on charges of un speakable cruelties to prisoners, Hse had her term commuted to only four years by U.S. Gen. Lucius D. Clay on grounds of in sufficient evidence. Among other charges she faced was one of having made lamp shades out of human skin. The announcement that Use would have to stand trial again was made in Munich by an official of the Bavarian ministry of justice. THE U.S. authorities have turned over to German officials the rec ords of the case in order that they might determine whether she could be tried by the Germans for mis treating their own citizens at Buchenwald, where she was the wife of the Nazi commandant. Top Man Top mam In the graduating clam at West Point, U.S. mili tary academy, Richard T. Car- voKh, Peckville, Pa., had his choice of any arm of the mili tary services. He chose the air force and here adjusts his sec ond lieutenant’s bars on his brand new uniform. JET FIGHTER: Tests Complete The United States air force was proud of its newest jet fighter— the Lockheed F-90, which had suc cessfully completed its flight tests at the Muroc flight test base in California. There was an air of secrecy about the plane’s performance. Some facts which did emerge were: Hie plane weighs 26,000 pounds, climbed 15,000 feet in 10 minutes, but that wasn’t its maximum, the pilot said. END OF THAT LONG CHASE . . . Everybody exhale. Rita Hayworth and Aly Khan have reached the end of their courtship and are now blissfully wedded and pursuing a modest honeymoon on the continent. This photo (just one of thousands) was made as they strolled under an archway at Aly’s Chateau de 1’Horizcn after their civil marriage cere mony. They were wed by the Communist mayor of Vallauris, a little village about two miles from the Mediterranean coast. ANOTHER GANDHI ARRIVES IN U. S. . . . Devadas Gandhi, youngest son of the late Mohandas Gandhi, India’s beloved spiritual leader who was assassinated last year, is met by J. J. Singh (left), president of the India league, as he steps off the plane which brought him to Mew York’s La Guardia field. Although the younger Gandhi does not pur port to be a major religious force, ss was his father, he is following the Mahatma’s footsteps in working for his people’s good. ROYAL 82 . . . Dowager Queen Mary, arbitress of British no bility for two generations, passed her 82nd year recently and pre sented this picture of well- preserved royalty as she went to luncheon with her family. JAP "OSCAR” . . . Producer Samuel Goldwyn poses with fe male demon mask called “Hannya,” Japan’s highest film award. It was presented by the minister of education and gover nor of Tokyo to honor the movie “The Best Years of Onr Lives.” SWITCH TO CALVET . . . Pos sibly feeling her G a 111 e oats. Corine Calvet, French screen star, is said to have aspirations toward being a “replacement” for Rita Hayworth In American moviedom’s competition for the privileges of glamour. PONDERABLE . . . D a v1d E. Llllenthal, chairman of the atomic energy commission, was called as the first witness by the joint con gressional atomic energy com mittee in its probe of alleged “In credible mismanagement” of the AEC. WANTS OUT . . . Looking like a man who has just bid on a new lease on life. Mayor William O’Dwyer of New York poses at city hall following his announcement that be would not seek re-election this year. Forrestal’s Death M R. WESTBROOK PEGLER has issued an array of charges aimed to make his readers believe that my criticism of the late James Forrestal largely contribu ted to his death. Mr. Pegler has now been answered by me in the only language he understands—a libel suit. But for more Intelligent people who may have read the Pegler columns, I should like to set forth the following facts: 1. AFTER I reported on Mr. Forrestal’s mental illness, there was little other reference to him by me cither in the press or on the radio. I did compliment him on his cooperation with secretary of de fense Johnson and 1 also suggested that he be given a long vacation at government expense. 2. AT THE TIME of my radio references to Mr. Forrestal’s ill ness, he was under sedatives; was not permitted to listen to any radio programs or read the newspapers. 3. THE NAVY immediately is sued a statement which had the effect of denying Mr. Forrestal’s illness. If the navy, on the other hand, had taken proper precautions instead of minimizing the facts, Jim Forrestal would be alive to day. Navy doctors knew, as they now admit, that he had mado earlier suicide attempts in Florida. They also knew that every other medical Institution in the country pnts patients with su icidal tendencies on the ground floor. Unfortunately, navy doc tors minimize psychiatric treatment, which may have been why they called Mr. For restal’s illness "nervons ex haustion” and pot him on the 16th floor of the hospital tower. 4. CAPT. George Raines, the navy doctor in charge, has since made the following amnzing state ment: “I recognized the well- known psychiatric fact that the next 30 days would constitute the most dangerous period of the ni nes as far as suicide was con cerned .... I felt that the assump tion of responsibility must rest on my shoulders and not be shared with the family or other naval au thorities.” And after admitting that this was the most dangerous period, the man who assumed responsibility departed for Canada. Forrestal’s Friends 5. IN THE END it mzy be found that Mr. Forrestal’s friends had more to do with his death than his critics. For those close to him now admit privately that ho had been sick for some time, suffered em barrassing, lapses too painful to be mentioned here. Illness such as Jim Forrestal ex perienced does not come all of a sudden, like a fall from a horse. It begins months in advance. And such an illness cannot be pushed aside or overlooked. It must be treated. Yet during most of last winter, when Jim Forrestal was under heavy responsibilities and definitely not a well man, the little coterie of newspapermen who now insinuate Jim was killed by his critics encouraged him to stay on. This got to be almost an obsession, both on their part and his, until Mr. Truman’s final request for his resignation undoubtedly worsened the illness. 6. THE REAL FACT Is that Jim Forrestal had a relatively good press. All one need do is examine the newspaper files to see that his press was far better than that of some of his old associates. Secretary of Labor Perkins, for Instance, was one of the most criticized cabinet members of the last decade. She took it with a smile and is still working for her country. Winston Churchill had bitte: criticism heaped upon his head and suffered one of the most crushing political blows in recent history. However, he still remains an active force in British politics. Herbert Hoover retired from office one of the most criticized and beaten-up political figures of recent years. Yet he has come back as • definite force for good government FBI Probe 7. IT IS TRUE that when Jim Forrestal retired, the justice de partment was in the process of in vestigating the Arabian oil pur chases made by the navy during his administration. I feel sure this di4 not involve him personally, though he was known to be dread fully upset by it. 8. IF WE ARE to withhold criticism of a man because of possible illness or danger to his life, then congressional Investi gations, a free press, and ot-t entire system of governmeut by checks and balances be comes difficult. For instance, when the FBi cross-examined the late Lawrence Duggan of the state department during last summer’s tm-American activities committee probe, they had no idea he would thereafter plunge to his death from • New York office building. $1,530,942.52 was the figure that Mr. DeKwickrich estimated as his fortune. He had come by it through many years of industrious labor and now was enjoying the fruits of his uphill struggle. He and his wife traveled all over the world and stayed at the finest hotels. There was always one thing he insisted upon at those hotels and that was a swimming pool. His wife was an xcellent swimmer and enjoyed her morn ing dip. One morning a lackey rushed up to Mr. DeKwickrich to inform him that his wife had had an acci dent in the pool and had nearly drowned. “They are applying artificial respiration now,” the attendant assured him, “and the doctor thinks she will come around all right.” Mr. DeKwickrich seemed Some what put out. “You run back there," he said, “and tell them 1 can afford the real thing. Artificial respiration, indeed!” CLASSIFIED DEPARTMENT BUSINESS * INVEST. OPFOR. JACKSONVILLE BEACH—Old establifthed year-around business. Grocery, beer and wine. Good location; $3,000 if taken noW. Store and nice apartment $60. Good lease by owner. Other business requires my entire time. Lysle Anders, Box v68 f Jaek>> sonville Beach. Fla. Phone >116. 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