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WEEKLY NEWS ANALYSIS
Atlantic Pact Called War-Breeder;
Truman Decries Economic ‘Gloom’;
Committee Slashes Funds for EBP
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TOKYO BOSE TRIAL FIGURES . . . These figures gave the
trial of Tokyo Rose, accused of treason, a new angle when Mark
L. Streeter (left) declared that Shigetsugu Tsuneishl (shown at
right) was guilty of war atrocities. Tsuneishl, a prosecution wit
ness, assertedly commanded a prison camp on the outskirts of
Tokyo where Streeter was a prisoner.
PEACE PACT:
Avenue to War?
As he did in the Taft-Hartley
repeal fight. Sen. Robert Taft
(R„ Ohio) would lead the opposi
tion to senate ratification of the
At?antic pact. That is the treaty in
which America joins its western
allies in an agreement that an
attack on any signatory is an at
tack upon all—and that a signatory
nation may take any reprisal steps
it deems fit.
IN HIS SPEECH Jo the senate,
Taft declared the pact was “in
extricably linked" to the rearming
of Europe, insisted this would lead
to an armament race and pointed
out that “armament races lead to
war.”
Thus did a highly effective sen
ator most coherently raise the
question of whether the pact really
means peace or war. Taft was
not without support in his concep
tion of the pact’s potentialities.
Five senators jumped to their feet
to applaud his remarks, and some
12 or 15 senators were applauding
at the end.
This was construed by some ob
servers as iniicating the extent
ef the opposition.
Taft was not wholly against the
pact, despite his ringing denuncia
tion. He asserted that, even now,
he would be willing to change his
mind if a reservation could be in
corporated into ratification making
plain that the treaty did not bind
America to furnish arms.
Said Taft: “There is no question
that the arms program and the
treaty were negotiated together.
There is no question in my mind
that foreign nations which signed
the treaty regarded the providing
of arms as an essential part of it
... if we ratify the pact and fail
to furnish the military aid, I be
lieve we will at once be accused
of repudiation, and the pact will be
completely discredited."
ERP FUNDS:
Slash Voted
There appeared to be a change
of sentiment regarding aid to
Marshall plan countries. The sen
ate appropriations committee had
voted to slash 10 per cent from sec
ond-year funds asked for the ac
tivity.
The committee also tied up 50
million dollars of what was left
in order to cut Spain in on the
European recovery program should
the administration see fit. The
program would get something more
than 3.75 billions. President Tru
man had asked approximately 4.20
billions. A committee member dis
closed that one group within the
membership had attempted to
chop 19 per cent off the requested,
appropriation.
Chairman McKellar (D., Tenn.)
estimated that the committee cut
approximately 749 million dollars
from President Truman’s budget
estimates for actual appropriations
in foreign spending, which includes
other programs besides the Mar
shall plan.
The sum voted for the Marshall
plan would be spread over the 12
moirths ending June 30, 1950. This
was nearly 210 million more than
the house had voted—but the house
bill would have permitted expendi
ture of the fund in 10% months if
necessary.
A committee aide explained to
.Washington newsmen that unless
the loan is made to Spain, the
withheld 50 million dollars could
not be used for any other purpose.
Wrong Job?
You may be happy in your
work and pleased with your
occupational niche, but the fel
low at the desk or machine
next to you may not be.
It is the opinion of Robert C.
Woellner, Chicago university
pn.fessor, that at least half of
all adults definitely are mis
placed, or could have been bet
ter placed if modem vocation
al methods had been available
during their formative years.
Woellner attributes much of *
the present social unrest, high
divorce rate, and high inci
dence of mental illness in the
United States to the many un
fortunate occupational choices
of Its workers.
U.S. ECONOMY:
Truman Concedes
While there was some measure
of contradiction in concept. Presi
dent Truman, in his message to
congress on the economic state of
the nation had conceded that re
cession forces were alive.
However, in a neat bit of lingu
istic maneuvering, he declared
the current situation one in which
the national economy was in order
ly retreat from a serious inflation.
At the same time, however para
doxical the warning might seem,
he declared that there could be
no “greater economic folly” than
an attempt to balance the federal
budget in a. “declining national
economy.”
He highlighted the contradiction
by adding that such a move would
only aggravate the recession
forces against which his new pol
icy was directed.
OF CHIEF INTEREST in his re
port was his abandonment of an
earlier plan to demand four bil
lion dollars in additional taxes.
He lightly dismissed this former
policy with the statement! “No
major increase in taxes should be
undertaken at this time.” Instead,
he proposed liberalization of al
lowances for past losses in com
puting income taxes and increasing
estate and gift taxes.
The President’s obvious reversal
of policy was held to be little less
pronounced than the findings of
his council of economic advisors
on whose report the President’s
message was based. They found
that since January the forces
threatening stability had become
predominantly deflationary and
that the weakening of markets- had
become general.
KRUG:
A Denial
Drew Pearson was in hot water
again. Generally accused of partial
responsibility in the siucidal death
of former defense secretary James
Forrestal, the newspaper and radio
columnist had reported the U. S.
interior secretary Krug was very
ill with “athlete’s heart.”
In a letter to Pearson, Krug’s
physician. Dr. R. Lyman Sexton,
asserted Krug is completely well
and able to do twice the work of
the average person.
Wherever one stood on the pro
priety of Pearson’s discussion of
the health of top government offi
cials, it would be remembered that
several of his reports on the condi
tion of Forrestal’s health—origin
ally denied by the navy—were later
admitted.
RENT CONTROLS
Average 9,300 Units
According to recent dispatches
out of Washington, rental dwell
ings have been coming off the con
trol list at an average rate of 9,300
a day since the new rent law went
into operation on April first.
Rent officials said, however, that
few of the decontrol actions had
affected any large metropolitan
areas, and that some 14 million
units still remained under tha con-
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trols as amended by the new fed
eral law.
As of June 30, these officials
added, 551 defense rental areas,
so designated in wartime, were
completely or partly covered by
controls in 1,047 counties with a
population in excess of 95 million
people. But if the current rate of
decontrol continued during the
year, it would delight critics.
REUTHER: .
Still on Top
With red-thatched, fiery Walter
Reuther still at the helm, the
United Auto Workers union, num
bering some million members,
could be expected to hold firm in
any demands made for wage in
creases or social benefits.
BRUSHING aside token opposi
tion from UAW’s left wing ele
ments, Reuther was elected to a
third term as UAW president by a
top-heavy majority.
The voting which reelected
Reuther was a new triumph for the
right-wing forces in the union
which catapulted him Into office
in 1946 and rewarded him with con
trol of the other international of
fices and the board at the 1947 con
vention. His new term will expire
in April, 1951.
UAW DELEGATES moved into
the election of top officers after
bearing Leon Keyserling, of Presi
dent Truman’s council of economic
advisers, tell them that “as a gen
eral proposition the kind of wage
policy which will help maintain
full employment in this country,
and which will maintain our econ
omy on stable levels is one which
adds to consumer purchasing pow
er from year to year—because we
have the capacity to produce more
goods from year to year.
The auto workers union’s big fight
was with Ford motor company
which, in opposing proposed wage
rates, offered to peg wages at
present levels for a given period,
regardless of what cost-of-living
developments brought about.
FORD contended the cost of
living has gone down and there
was no justification for pay raises,
basing the argument on the UAW
contract which called for pay hikes
as the cost-of-living increased.
Reuther opposed that line of reason
ing, contending that the union’s
economists have proved, by a sur
vey, that most industries caq
afford wage increases now.
MONOPOLY:
Clark Agitated
While President Truman was de
lighting business generally with
his abandonment of any tax-in-
crease proposals, U.S. Attorney
General Tom Clark was agitated
over the growth of “big” business
and urging curbs on “concentra
tion of economic power.”
CLARK APPEARED very much
disturbed by the situation and let
go both barrels in his shots at big
business as he testified in a con-
gresional investigation into mo
nopolistic practices.
He termed business monoply an
“economic blackjack” and urged
that the federal government get
busy doing something about it He
told a house judiciary subcommit
tee that most people were victims
of three erroneous assumptions. He
listed them as:
JEWISH DEAD COME HOME ... A longing experienced all through
life was realized by 200,000 Jewish victims of Nazi atrocltle* after
death when their ashes arrived in Israel, their promised land, for
burial. The ashes, taken from the common graves of Austrian Jews
cremated in various concentration camps, were flown to Israel in 30
urns. Here is a view of the urns, contained in a casket, after arrival
at Lydda airport, Jerusalem. Religious Jews from all over the city
greeted the cortege and attended the burial.
“CONGRATULATIONS JOE” . . . New York Yankee pitcher Vic
Raschi (left) and Yankee catcher Yogi Berra (right) are praising out
fielder Joe DiMaggio, off the sick list and going strong. Joe, who
missed the first 65 games the Yankees played this season on account of
a heel ailment, returned to the lineup and smacked five home runs in
four days to lead the Yanks in a winning streak. To top it all, ha was
named for the all-star game.
1. Assumption that competition
continues to thrive as long as there
are at least two or three or four
in the field.
2. Assumption that the bigger
the producer the better the quality
of the goods and the cheaper the
price to the public.
3. Assumption that companies be
come big because they deserve to
be big—in other words, that they
outdistance their competitors be
cause they do a better job, render
a greater service, or furnish bet
ter goods.
CLARK DECLARED he did not
share any of these assumptions.
Continuing his testimony before
the committee, he said:
“The fundamental issue is
whether the economy of this country
is to remain free and competitive,
or whether it is to be subjected to
private regimentation through mo
nopoly control.”
Under Fire
As an aftermath of the in
volved legal proceedings in the
trial of Alger Hiss on a per
jury charge growing out of
spy investigations. Presiding
Judge Samuel H. Kaufman,
shown here, is under congres
sional fire. The senator was re
ported considering a probe of
the conduct of the trial.
BIG STEEL:
Strike Pledged
There was trouble looming in big
steel. CIO President Philip Murray
had declared after fruitless gov
ernment-called peace talks that a
half-million steelworkers would be
called out on strike at an early
date.
After conferences with federal
conciliation director Cyrus S.
Ching. the CIO chieftian reported
a “complete deadlock.” The situs
tion was critical
BALCONY PANORAMA . . . The new balcony on the south side of the
White House in Washington now is completed and here Is what Mr. and
Mrs. President will see as they enjoy the evening breezes on thtf new
appendage to the executive mansion. The graceful Washington monu
ment, a slender finger pointing to the sky, dominates the vista.
A SLIP . . . AND THE “LIP” . . . Disputing a slip of the tongue by
Umpire Conlon is New York Giant manager, Leo (the Lip) Durocher,
striking a natural pose at a Giant-Cub fracas at the Polo Grounds In
New York. Lippy was right. The ump called two balls and • strike
on batter Johnny Mize when it should have been three and one. Back
an the diamond aftqy five-day's suspension for saying the wrong tiling to
umpire in Chicago, Durocher is even lippier than ever.
DISSATISFIED . . . Myra Smith,
16-year-old orphan, has filed suit
at Wichita, Kas., to change her
guardian after charging' her pres
ent guardian with refusal to allow
her to accept music scholarships
and other honors and a chance
to go to the national camp at In-
terlochm, Mich
INTENT . . . Ready for her op
ponent’s service, Mrs, Patricia
Todd of La Jolla, Calif., is shown
as she advanced to the semi-finals
in the Wbnbledon (England) ten
nis championships.
PRETTY COMPETITOR . . . Miss
Jacque Mercer, 19, Phoenix col
lege sophomore, named “Miss
Phoenix of 1949," will compete
for title of “Miss Arizona" and
the right to represent the state
in the “Miss America” pageant
of beauty at Atlantic City, N. J.
TEXAS “CAVELIER” . . . House
speaker Sam Rayburn (D.,
Tex.,), calls the house to order as
the lower chamber meets in the
house ways and means committee
room, temporary quarters while
the regular chamber was re
roofed and repaired.
EASE . . . While his Oxonian dad,
Malcolm McLane, watches the
boat races at Henley, England,
six-months-old Robin McLane, re
poses on the ground on the greens
ward and lazily counts his fingers
“Who cares who wins?”
Building Repairs
Urged Immediately
Delay Adds Cost,
Extends Damages
An unusually severe winter has
taken a heavy toll of farm build
ings. Winds and snows have torn
at roofs. Spring thaws have
washed out and weakened founda
tions. Buildings have settled.
Agricultural engineers point out
that repairs should be made quick-
FILL WITH
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CONCRETE
To support an undermined
foundation, jack up the sill and
dig out under the foundation.
Fill the excavated area against
the wood form with concrete
(1 part cement, 2 parts sand,
and 5 parts coarse aggregate.)
ly. To delay will only extend the
iamage and add to the cost of re
storing buildings to a sound con
dition.
When the foundation does not ex
tend below the frost line, or has
oeen undermined: —
1. Use jacks under the sill every
10 feet and square up the building.
2. Excavate 10 or 12 foot sections
at 10 or 12 foot intervals. The ex-
javation should extend under the
full width of the wall, plus enough
to provide an adequate footing, and
go down below the frost line.
3. Form and place the new foot
ing. Allow new concrete to set, re
move the form, and backfill
against the new foundation. Grade
the yard so water will flow ‘away
from the foundation, and make
sure the roof drainage system is
clean, adequate, and in good re
pair.
Farmers will find it far easier
and more economical if they se
lect a roofing material, such as
fire-resistant asphalt shingles
which can be applied right on over
the old roof.
Mighty Mite
The mighty mite weighs four
tons and takes stone up to U
inches in size. It operates with
whirling impellers which catch
incoming stone and keep the
pieces smashing against break
er bars until they are the right
size desired. The impellers In
the machine weigh a half-ton
each.
Poultry Flock Care
Calls for Sanitation
Good care of the poultry flock
calls for sanitation, declares John
Weeks, of the Auburn polytechnic
institute extension service poultry
division. Ho says it is the best way
to prevent poultry diseases.
Another important thing to re
member, he loints out, is that the
amount of heat required depends
upon kind of house, kind of brood
er, and age of chicks. Chicks
should bo kept comfortable
i
Lobby Gadget
L ATEST GADGET the American
Medical association lobby is
using in the pressure campaign
against federal health insurance
is a post card, distributed from
doctors’ offices, which threatens
vote retaliations against members
of congress who support the health
program.
The card reads: “As for myself
and fdmily, v hich consists of
votes, we are unalterably opposed
to compulsory health insurance or
any other legislation which tends
to regiment our population and so
cialize our government."
The sender fills In the blank
with the number of votes in his
family. Sen. Claude Pepper of
Florida, a leading sponsor of
health insurance, reports he
has received hundreds of the
stereotyped cards. Some also
have been mailed to President
Truman.
One sender, whose wife receni
Underwent an operation, wrote
per that he was “compelled” by'"
fie doctor performing the opera'
to fill out and sign the card,
other reported that he feared
would “antagonize my doctor
nurse” if he didn’t comply
their wishes.
Old Soldiers
Five hundred forgotten soldier
who survived past wars but
victims of old age, are waiting
get into the National Soldie
Home at Washington, D.C.
But there’s no room.
Those on the inside would
to make room by building
quarters. They have plenty
money—33 million dollars, evs
cent contributed through the years
by enlisted men. But the money
held in trust by the treasury
partment, and the ex-soldierf, ci
get it out without an act of
gress.
Though this money belongs to the
soldiers and not the taxpayers, the
buget bureau has turned down a
request to release 16 million 700,000
dollars to expand the soldiers*
home.
The bureau’s recomme
tion has influenced congress to
refuse use of the funds—despite
the fact that the soldiers’ hoi
hasn’t been expanded
1911.
Meanwhile, the waiting list ef
aged, lonely ex-soldlers la growing
longer.
Threat to Airlift
The public was never told how
the Bendix strike at South Bend,
Ind., involving fewer than 6,000
workers, came closer to grounding
the Berlin airlift than the Russians
ever did. ThaMwas the reason the
air force urgently summoned both
sides to the Pentagon last week to
settle the strike at a dramatic, all-
night session.
Here, for the first time, is the
inside story:
After negotiations broke down at
South Bend, Secretary of the Air
Force Stuart Symington personal
ly invited Bendix-boss Malcolm
Ferguson to Washington. Simulta
neously he sent an air force plane
to Detroit to pick up Walter Reuth
er, chief of the United Auto Work
ers. *
The two men were brought In
to see Symington separately.
The secretary of the air force
warned both that plane produc
tion would be crippled, the Ber- ||
lin lift forced down for lack ef
key parts if the strike con
tinued.
It was Reuther who suggested
they sit down on the spot and settle
the strike.
“With all this talent from both
labor and management,” he de
clared, “if we can’t settle this
strike, then it just plain can’t be
settled. And I’m willing to sweat
it out.”
Ferguson was brought in, and the
two men met face to face.
“I am convinced that by using
the democratic processes,” Reuther
offered, “we can settle this strike,
and by doing it in that way, we will
enable the air force to continue to
defend the democratic processes
we are using.”
Ferguson promptly agreed.
Assistant Secretary of Labor
John Gibson also was called in,
offered to serve as arbitrator.
For several hours the two sides
haggled behind closed doors, took
time out only for quick snacks.
Symington kept a Pentagon kitchen
open all night to accomodate them.
By 3 A.M. the negotiators were
still deadlocked. Finally Reuther
blurted out: “The thing that be
wilders me is how a situation that
has dragged out 10 weeks and
should have been settled at the
outset, yet has been handled with
good faith and good will and intelli
gence, could have gotten to
‘snarled’ up as it is tonight.”
Reuther used one word that
can’t be repeated here which
caused the tense, solemn group to
burst out in laughter. This broke
the ice and started the negotiatora
on the road to settlement