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THE NE WBEjjt Y SUN, NEWBERRY, S. C. Top Teacher ! .. * •* s i*,? ^ - A. Sarah Churchill, left, daugh ter of England’s Winston Churchill, had the best possible coaching for her stage role In “The Philadelphia Story.” Her tutor, at right, was Tallulah Bankhead, famed stage and screen actress. WEEKLY NEWS ANALYSIS Truman Asks 45 Millions to Spread U.S. ‘Know-How’ Throughout World; A-Bomb Urged as Defense Weapon (EDITOR'S NOTE: When opinions are expressed in these eolnmns, they are those of Western Newspaper Union's news analysts and not necessarily of this newspaper.) U.S. KNOW-HOW: Share for World Back In January, President Harry Truman delivered In his message to congress, a multiple- point program. In that program was mentioned ‘‘point four”—one of the proposals he made and one which raised some eyebrows and set off no end of speculation on “when and how.” “POINT FOUR” was a proposal to share United States "know-how” In varied fields with other friendly nations of the world. In that pro posal, the President asked con gress to go along with a plan to let such nations in on how the U.S. does tilings economically, me chanically. industrially. After speculation died down there was nothing more said about "point four" until recently. Then, Presi dent Truman told congress exactly what he wanted. First, he asked for 45 million dollars to help the backward countries of the world through U.S. aid. CALLING that a first step, he listed some other factors also as “preliminaries.” These included: Technical assistance to be pro vided through the United Nations or directly by the United States. Private investment to turn unde veloped areas into producing lor the world economy. Authority delegated by the con gress to the President to give him power to administer the program and authority to delegate it to the secretary of state and to other government officers as he deems appropriate. "WE are here embarking on a venture that extends far into the future," be told congress. He added that "grinding poverty and the lack of opportunity for many mil lions of people in . . . certain re gions . . . constitute the greatest challenge of the world today.” A-BOMB USE: Limits Asked How would idealism fare against expediency in the matter of atomic bomb use in a war crisis? That was a question with which congress was being asked to deal. Senator Flanders (R., Vt.) asked congress to declare the atomic bomb as a weapon of defense only for the free nations—not to be used unless an aggressor hurls it first. TO RISK a masterpiece of un derstatement, that could be a most dangerous policy as even a child could see. Give an agressor first •hot at us with the bomb before we retaliate? Some critics of such a plan might reasonably demand: How ailly can you get? An enemy equipped with enough bombs, and permitted first drop, could put this nation, or any nation, in such a fix that there’d be no use and no opportunity to retaliate with the bomb. From here it looks as though Senator Flanders may have nothing but his trouble for his work. FLANDERS explained his plan as one which he believed might speed the United Nations’ efforts to write an agreement on world-wide control of atomic energy. Asked whether his plan might not arouse criticism that this coun try is denying itself its foremost weapon, the senator replied, "I don’t think we should sell our im mortal souls to the devil." But in the American concept, stemming from 1776, to sell one’s freedom to an enemy through non use of the bomb might be tanta mount to the situation which the senator finds distasteful. ECONOMY: Warning Sounded President Truman’s administra tion was cor.lng in for some criti cism as a result of the current bi partisan economy drive in con gress. Senator Aitken (R., Vt.) warned that if the drive succeeds, it will put a powerful political wea pon in President Truman’s hands —and in an election year, at that. Aitken argued that it would be tantamount to handing the Presi dent a two billion dollar campaign fund tor the congressional elec- tiens next year. FIFTY-SIX senators — 21 Demo crats and 35 Republicans — have signed a petition to take up a res olution which would force Truman to balance the budget by cutting federal operating appropriations from five to 10 per cent in the fis cal year. DANGER OVERLOOKED TRADE PACT: Britons Jump Gun In matters affecting its own wel fare, Great Britain never has taken any but the realistic view, hence the signing of a five-year trade pact with Argentina — a pact to which the United States has vigor ously objected. THE PACT, calling for ex changes totaling 500 million dollars the first year, and looking to at least an equal volume the other years, commits the two nations to virtual barter. The U.S. objected to the pact on the grounds that it violates the spirit of free competitive interna tional trade. Argentine President Juan Peron rapped outside criticism in a speech at ceremonies marking the end of negotiations which lasted more than five months. "It is not possible,” he said, “to hide the evil intentions and evil designs behind this criticism. This type of economic warfare is a sign of incapacity." OPEN criticism of British action came from Senator Wherry (R., Neb.) who accused Britain of "selfishly promoting her own eco nomic interests at the expense of the U.S. and European countries.” He contended that the pact "de feats the very purpose of recovery and free exchange of goods in the world." Paul G. Hoffman, U. S. economic cooperation administrator, also was concerned. He said he was strongly opposed to this type of "bilateral agreement” and that he would use every influence to dis courage such two-way pacts. LANDLORDS: 'Freeze' Is Out Landlords would breathe with some relief as they read the latest announcement by federal housing expediter Tighe Woods. Woods said "the freeze principle of rent control is now a thing of the past.” FOUR new rules easing rent con trols would Indicate that was the situation, but a closer look might raise some uoubts. First, owners putting more value into their property would be in line to collect increased rents. Then, local rent officials would have more leeway in adjusting rent ceil ings in harmony with local real estate principles. Third would be the elimination of the “freeze” principle, and, fourth, making an “opinion” as to probable rent hike limits available to landlords be fore they actually repair or im prove their property. BUT—and there were three of these—the tenants still have pro tection. The proposed repairs or improvements can only be made with the tenant’s permission, how ever, with these conditions the tenant may be overruled: I. If the improvement is needed to maintain the property. t. Where the improvements are consistent with local "practices and customs" or property manage ment. 3. If the change is such as would increase the rental value in a nor mal market where free bargaining prevailed. The rules were dispatched to all rent offices. Woods said. BONUS BILL: Idea Won't Die Tennessee’s Representative Ran kin was nothing if not persistent. The Democratic legislator again was planning a measure to obtain a bonus for U.S. war veterans. THE chairman of the house vet erans committee disclosed that he was grooming a multi-billion dollar bonus bill as a follow-up to veter ans’ pension legislation. He indi cated he might seek action at this session. Whether he knew it or not, he was in for some rough sledding, for even as he discussed the proposed measure, some members of his committee voiced the belief there would be no more major veterans’ benefit bills reported out of com mittee at this session. COMMENTING on his measure, Rankin said he regarded adjusted compensation — or bonus — as a possible solution to the whole ques tion of veterans’ benefits. He has managed to bottle up measures to extend the "52-20’ GI jobless pay beyond the July 25 expiration date, terming unem ployment payments “rocking chair money.” The bonus bill, Rankin argued, "would deduct from the compensa tion all this sit-down money, on- the-job-training and college bene fits." AIRLIFT: An Anniversary The winged boxcar flew into Ber lin’s Templehof airdrome. It landed five tons of steel wool and textiles on the concrete airstrip at exactly 12 o’clock. THE LANDING was accom plished in magnificent solitude. However, it was an event of a sort that seldom goes unnoticed. For that landing rounded out one solid year of “Operation Airlift” the hottest weapon in the cold war. Despite that, it was probably one of the most unattended birthdays in history. The American twin-en gine C-82, nicknamed “the flying boxcar," trundled to a loading sta tion like any other plane. THE FLIGHT, made by Lt. Michael B. Seeley, Bakersfield, Cal., was the 235,314th of the 365- day airlift. His load brought the total to a million, 943,655.9 tons of food, coal, machinery and other supplies that kept'Berlin going dur ing the Russian blockade. The combined British-American task force was dumping an average of 8,200 tons daily into the city with such ease nobody paid much attention to it any more. WAGES: Hike on Way? A bill to increase the present minimum wage in the United States from 40 to 75 cents an hour had cleared its first hurdle and was on its way to further consid eration. THE measure was approved un animously by the senate labor com mittee. Senator Pepper (D., Fla.), a com mittee member, said the labor de partment figured that if the bill became law it would mean pay raises for about 1.25 million work ers who in interstate commerce now make less than 75 cents an hour. However, the senate committee did not go along with the idea that the law should be broadened to in clude many workers not covered by it now. PEPPER said that the bill had been broadened so that it included only an additional 100,000 non-farm workers. These, he said, are en gaged in processing agriculture products in so-called “areas of pro duction.” Recovering Eddie Waitkus, star first base- man of the Philadelphia Phil lies, who was shot by 19-year old Rath Steinhagen, was up and around again. It was be lieved he would be able to re join the team and play seme more bail this season. SEARCH: Plaster of Paris Held Infection Source K ?i!l Wm A, v v.> V luiimiwvnniVMWui RED TANKS RUMBLE IN STREETS OF SHANGHAI . . . Communist tanks still ramble through the streets of Shanghai, but they cause little stir among the people to whom they have become the symbol of the times. At every rumor or suggestion of Nationalist activity, the Reds roll out the tanks to impress the civilians with a show of force. The city, under Red rule, finds hunger still the order of the day. Peo ple dug in debris for any scraps of food they could find after Communists bad cleared up areas following the Nationalists retreat. - - * lii * f-.i r; »»«• -GI CLASSIFIED >E P A R T M ENT DREW GROCERV STORE AND MARKET Nice stock goods. Selling due to bad health. Phone 6744 W. W. BELL Cramerton, NX?. • * I I::- i v CONTRASTS IN POLIO TREATbIeNT . . . Polio pa tient Marc Fresco, 8, is wearing the Monaghan respira tor (left) as he talks to Ann Bohrer, who lies in the old type “iron lung” respirator for demonstration pur poses at Willard Parker hospital in New York. The new “lung” weighs only one pound. It may be worn as the patient moves about or rides in a wheelchair. The hose running from the device is connected to a motor which supplies the suction as needed. The New York chapter of the national foundation for infantile paral ysis plans to purchase the new respirator. MOSCOW WON’T LIKE THIS! . . . The gentlemen of the Kremlin will take a very dim view of the proceed ings pictured here. In New York, Federal Judge C. Murray Hulbert Congratulates Ann Stern, a native of Russia, who was among the new citizens sworn in by him at immigration headquarters. The judge holds in his hand some of the pamphlets he distributed as "supplemental" to the ceremony. The title of the pamphlet was “To a citizen of the United States.” The judge told the new citizens that the purpose of the pamphlet was to “make you better Americans.” The new citizens appear to be very happy about the whole thing—except for the gentleman whose head appears just above the pamphlets. Plaster of Paris, in use all over the world for decades without ster ilization, contains actual dangers of infection, according to Prof. E. G. D. Murray and Dr. G. D. Denton of McGill university. The tamiliar white material used primar.ly as a cast for broken bongs has long been overlooke'.' as a source of infection, the university men said. A man in a Montreal hospital died unexpectedly after a knee operation, over which two suc cessive leg plaster casts had been used. The medical men became suspicious of the plaster. Both casts had been thrown away, but Profes sor Murray investigated plaster taken from original tins. He found gas gangrene germs in 24 of 30 cans. Tetanus was found in two of the cans. The United States supreme court, ruled that search and seizure must always be within the law and that states as well as the federal gov ernment must guarantee citizens protection against illegal practices. BUT there was a difference. The court held that evidence illegally secured may be used in state courts, if state law so permits, but such evidence still cannot be used in federal courts. WNhWVmoMBwSwmmS NAVY TANKER RUNS AGROUND IN GOLDEN GATE ... Tugs and coast guard vessels churn the waters beneath the Golden Gate bridge as they fight to free the huge navy tanker “Neeches" which went hard aground on sandy Presidio shoal. The vessel had strayed a half-mile off course on entering San Fran cisco bay. There were no casualties among the 120-man crew and navy spokesmen said damages to the ship were slight. Faulty steering machinery was cited as the probable cause of the accident, and the ship later was refloated on the flood tide. Experienced mariners said it is very unnsual for a ship to r u n aground in San Francisco bay. Feud Has No Basis T HE 48-HOUR mystery Sver J. Edgar Hoover’s resigning as head of the FBI got stirred up from two separate sources. One was President Truman, who got highly indignant at the smear ing of a lot of innocent bystanders when the FBI reports in the Judith Coplon case were published. Tru man felt that unchecked rumors should not have been allowed to get into the FBI files, and for a while he was all for firing the ef ficient FBI chief. The other source was J. Edgar Hoover’s public relations man, Lou Nichols, a smart and likable Greek- American, formerly Nicholopolous, who, in his zeal to protect his boss, sometimes outsmarts himself. It was Nichols who set in motion the rumor that Hoover was about to resign—as a backfire against Truman’s intimation that it might be a good thing to have Hoover re sign. Nichols was busy as a bird dog dropping hints to newsmen abont friction between Hoover and his chief, Attorney Gen eral Tom Clark, and one edi torial in a local Washington newspaper foUowed Nichols’ conversation almost verbatim. Nichols is the same alert busy body who shuttled back and forth between the FBI and Capitol Hill last summer when it was a good oet the Republicans were going to win in November. He seemed al most as much at home in the office of Congressman Parnell Thomas, chairman of the un-American ac tivities committee, as the congress man himself. (Thomas is now un der indictment in a kickback scan dal.) Nichols also was chummy with, G.O.P. Senator Ferguson of Michi gan, a bitter foe of the justice de partment. In fact, Lou was credited with slipping Ferguson the Eliza beth Bentley spy data, and was so active that some capital observers were unkind enough to say Lou was playing his cards to become chief of the FBI once the Republi cans took office—though this ob server has never detected anything out strict devotion to his chief. Clark and Hoover Contrary to reports of trouble between Hoover and Attorney Gen eral Clark, Hoover never sent a letter threatening resignation, and here is what actually happened be tween the two men: Clark telephoned Hoover after Dr. Edward U. Condon of the bu reau of standards had asked for an FBI apology. Jokingly, Clark called Hoover “Dr. Condon.” Hoover laughed. Clark then asked how many eonfidential agents he had lost as a result of making publio the FBI reports in the Condon case. Hoover said he had lost about 12, and that the one that was most important was in side the Russian embassy. The attorney general said he had been talking to Acting Sedfetary of State Webb, who said he was sure the Russians knew they were being watched. Clark went on to say that he simply could not drop the Coplon case rather than produce the FBI' reports because, if he did, every espionage agent in the United States would figure he had immun ity. Hoover then asked if the justice department couldn't take “a con tempt” as in the Touhy case in Chicago. There, gangster Roger Touhy had demanded that certain FBI reports be produced in court, and the justice department had re fused, even though Judge John Barnes threatened to hold the local U. S. attorney in contempt. Clark replied that the Touhy case was different from the Coplon case in that Touhy was making an appeal and the bur den of proof was on him. There fore, all tfee justice department risked in taking “a contempt” was m $100 flue. In the Coplon case, on the other hand, Clark continued, the justice depart ment was the prosecutor, and if it was held in contempt the judge would not merely assess a $100 fine, he would dismiss the case. Hoover said he guessed the at torney general was right. He added that publication of the FBI papers in court was now water over the dam, but he would be dead opposed to producing the "top secret” docu- ment. Clark Agrees Clark said he heartily agreed, and that if the judge ruled this re port had to be published, then he would appeal to a higher court and if overruled there, then he would move to dismiss the case. (Since then. Judge Reeves has ruled that this top-secret docu ment was hot to be produced.) The conversation was completely cordial throughout, as have been relations between Hoover and Clark ever since Clark became at torney general. ANTIQUE SHOP—St. Augustine • largest. City’s finest locaUon. Largest selection of coUectors’ Items. This can be bought for inventory—around *4.200. Good year- round business. This will stand_ investiga tion. Ed Marphy, Aagostlne. FIs. BUSINESS A INVEST. OPPOR. Llghtner Museum WELL-EQUIPPED small machine Shop and filling station with living Quarters, on state highway, doing *20,000 plus stock, terms *5,000 down, stock cash. For further detaUs contact R. C. STONE, Box S34, Panama City, Fla. Phone 9142. SACRIFICE established complete Sundry Store, next to Super Market. Near high school. Clean modern equipment. Foun tain. patent medicines, cosmetics, sundries. White and colored trading area. Moderate rental, good iease. Perfect fmr druggist. Population 40,000. BAH 8«n- dries, 814 North Florido Are., Lakeland, Florida. FOR SALE—Completely equipped motor court and restaurant. Court has 8 cabins with 8 room cottage f °r o wncr - R'etfu- rant serving average 200 people dally. Enjoying one of best reputations between AUanta and Macon. Propane Gas System throughout. 5 acres of land one ml. n. of Jackson, Ga. on State Hwy. 43. Z18.0M down will handle. Balance monthly pay ment. Glide well Motor Court. Jeeksoa, Ga. OPPORTUNITY! AT ORLANDO. FLA. FOR INDIVIDUAL OR COUPLE to buy sundry 5-10-25C store less than 1 year old with soda fountain and leather booths seating 40 people. Low rent—long lease—next door to kuper Market, also school and hospital close hy — located South Side business section. New fixnires. new stock, new bldg., established vohune. Forced to sell quickly—no reasonable offer refused. Phone, wire or write W. R. MEYER, 913 8. Kuhl Are.. Orlande, Florida. Phone 21992 or 31482. HELP WANTED—MEN. WOMEN Jdur- ,'om® Ec. # Art. Music. Girl’s PE. Math. Science. 1800 grade teachers. Vacancies in 13 west ern states. Boulder Teachers Exchange, Boulder, Colorado. White Teachers Wanted—Library nallsm, Spanish, Commercial..?««i isle, ~' ** LIVESTOCK 40 BEAD of choice 2nd and 3rd calf wring er (Holstein) cows; *0 head of J#0 to I, 100-lb. springer (Holstein) heifers. Bangs vaccinated and tested. Cattle are indicative of the breed in every respect, J. R. CANNING. Marleea. 111. MISCELLANEOUS FOR SALE—Used coin-operated phono- graphs and pinball machines. Ralph Alex ander, Seneea, S.C. Tel. 563. REAL ESTATE—BUS. PROP. 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