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WEEKLY NEWS ANALYSIS
Dulles Rebukes Pad Detractors;
England Faces More Austerity;
US Steel Dislikes Truman Plan
(EDITOR’S NOTE: When opinions ore expressed In these columns, they ore thoie of
Western Newspaper Union’s news analysts and net necessarily sf tbis newspaper.)
POTENTIAL PEARL HARBORS . . . Fergus Hoffman, specialist
en Alaskan affairs for Seattle, Wash., newspaper, tells a senate
appropriations subcommittee on Alaskan defense that the terri
tory today is “the most widespread collection of potential Pearl
Harbors nnder the stars and stripes.” Shown at the hearing, left
to right, are Alaskan delegate E. L. Bartlett; Senator James E.
Murray (D., Mont.), member of senate interior affairs committee;
Hoffman, and Senator Elmer Thomas (D. Okla.), chairman of the
appropriations subcommittee.
MONROE DOCTRINE:
Pact Fuss
John Foster Dulles, in his first
speech as U.S. senator appealed
for ratification of the North Atlantic
pact and rebuked Senator Robert
A. Taft and others opposing it.
Taft’s opposition was on the
grounds that the treaty commits
the United States to re-arm its
European signers.
Dulles countered with the defense
that the pact does not obligate this
nation to enter any arms program
which “isn’t defensible on its own
merits.” Dulles said that the treaty
doesn’t give any individual mem
ber the right to get any particular
thing from any other member. No
particular member has any claim
on any particular aid he averred.
It does not require the United
States to build each signer up so
that it could defend itself alone,
Dulles said.
ANOTHER FOE of the pact. Sen
ator Flanders of Vermont, wanted
to extend the Monroe Doctrine in
place of entering the pact. He said
this nation would not be obligated
In details any more than in the ori
ginal Monroe Doctrine.
Flanders also objected to possible
arms commitments to Europe if
we signed the pact. He said that if
vast arms shipments are made to
Europe we don’t know what will
happen to them in case of com
munist domination of nations bene-
fitted.
Senator Scott W. Lucas, the Dem
ocratic senate floor leader, said
that the treaty imposes no legal
obligation for an arms program,
but added such a program is need
ed just the same.
The Truman administration
seeks a $1,130,000,000 program to
rearm western Europe.
ENGLAND:
More Austerity
Sir Stafford Cripps, chancellor of
the exchequer, has placed a new
austerity program before the
British people. He announced that
Britain will reduce her spending in
the United States and Canada by
$400,000,000, or one-fourth, in the
current fiscal year.
THE BRITISH financial situation
Is more serious than Secretary of
State Acheson has made it appear.
However, it is not insoluble. British
difficulties cannot be attributed to
the American slump. The British
will benefit from declining prices
here of raw materials and food.
Inflated war prices are blamed for
the rapid consumption of Ameri
ca’s 1946 loan to England.
There is taking place in England,
according to a recent poll of the
British Institute of Public Opinion,
a shift of political sentiment to
ward the right. A general election
now might turn the Labor party
out of office.
Union leaders promised to try
to end London’s wildcat dock strike
as more soldiers, sailors and air
men went into the miles of wharves
to unload ships and move cargoes
of food.
Vaughan Accused
President Truman has been
asked to suspend his military aide,
Maj. Gen. Harry H. Vaughan.
The request came from Rep.
Shafer, Michigan Republican, who
cited the army’s suspension of two
other major generals, Herman
Fieldman, the quartermaster gen
eral, and Alden H. Waitt, chief of
the chemical corps.
They were suspended pending a
senate investigation of army con
tract handling. Shafer said
Vaughan was implicated in the
same case, but gave no details.
All three generals were men
tioned in a recent news story which
inspired the inquiry into dealings
of “five per centers,” those who
hire out to obtain government con
tracts.
STRIKE RESPITE 1 :
Steel Accepts Plan
The steel industry’s biggest cor
porations accepted President Tru
man’s 60-day peace plan under
protest, thus averting a nation-wide
steel strike. The fact-finding board,
appointed by the president will
study the dispute over a fourth
round of postwar wage increases
and pensions and group ^insurance
—and will make recommendations.
The United States Steel Corpora
tion had asked President Truman
to alter his terms for a peace pro
posal with the United Steelworkers,
as a steel strike deadline rushed
closer.
The corporation demanded that
the president’s proposed fact-find
ing board be given no power to
suggest a settlement.
The union threatened to strike
against four companies — U. S.
Steel, Bethlehem, Republic and In
land. These firms are against any
fact-finding boards outside the Taft-
Hartley act.
Phillip Murray’s big steel union
agreed to a 60-day postponement
of the walkout at companies which
agreed with the president’s propos-
aL The Taft - Hartley act provides
for an inquiry board with no power
to make recommendations.
Earlier, Rep. Franklin D. Roose
velt, Jr. (D., N. Y.) flayed Ben
jamin Fairless of United States
Steel in a speech before the United
Automobile Workers in Milwaukee
for not acceding to the president’s
proposal.
"YARDSTICK"
Cancer Gauger
A “yardstick” for measuring the
growth of cancer has been reported
discovered.
A simple, quick and inexpensive
method of gauging the growth or
decline of a cancer was reported
by Doctors Phillip West and Jessa
mine Hilliard of the medical school
at the University of California.
The technique is based on an
analysis of blood compounds and
will measure the effectiveness of
curative treatments. It is not a
cure itself, nor is it a test for the
presence of cancer.
HOOSEGOW
Three N. Y. Reds Sweat Out Trial In Jail
The U. S. Circuit Court of Appeals
In New York ruled that three Com
munist defendants, on trial for con
spiracy and recently jailed for con
tempt, must stay in jail for the
remainder of the trial between
court sessions.
The action of federal judge
Harold R. Medina in ordering the
three men, Gus Hall, Harry Win-
gton and Gilbert Green, confined
in jail, was upheld by the appeals
court. With eight other defendants
and high party leaders, they have
been free on bail.
The defense to the circuit court
that their sentences were indeter
minate since the length of the trial
was not known was argued by at
torneys in their appeal. The judge
refused to allow this plea and
passed sentence.
FIRESIDE CHAT:
"Selfish Interests"
President Truman charged in a
“fireside chat” to the nation that
“selfish interests’’ are making
budget-cut requests which threaten
to “blunder” the nation into de
pression.
In his economic report, Truman
assured the nation that it is not
in a depression, despite business
decline. “Political reasons” lead
some people to want depression, he
said. He added that depression ean
be avoided.
He blamed “selfish interests” for
the tax cut that congress passed
over his veto and for the denial of
anti-inflation curbs he requested.
HE FEARED a third great blund
er and warned that “to slash gov
ernment expenditures now would
add to the downward trend.” He
defended his $42,000,000,000 budget
for government spending the next
12 months.
He said, “If we follow the wrong
budget policy at this time and
slash our expenditures, we will de
crease employment, cut down in
vestment, weaken our defenses,
and injure our efforts for peace.”
His speech was seen as a move
ment to line up popular support
for a showdown fight with the econ
omy bloc in congress which is
demanding that government spend
ing be cut to income.
He criticized those who say we
are in a depression.
“Many of these persons for politi
cal reasons would like to have a
depression," he said. “Others are
saying that there is nothing to
worry about and an increase of
the number looking for work is a
good thing. This attitude ignores
the human suffering . . .’’
"CONEY ISLAND:"
"Trivialication"
Dr. Robert M. Hutchins, chancel
lor of the University of Chicago,
demanded that mankind’s expand
ing knowledge be turned toward
achievement instead of “trivialica
tion” and formation of a huge
“Coney Island.”
He spoke at the Goethe Bicenten
nial Convocation at Aspen, Colo.
He said that world catastrophe
is inevitable if the “tribal self
adoration, which goes under the
name of patriotism continues un
checked.”
He asked for a world union of
"men of good will,” and said that
world government is a step in the
right direction to avert global
suicide. He argued that “communi
cation” with Russia is possible if
other nations were sincerely willing
to try.
A “moral, intellectual and spir
itual” revolution is the only thing
that will turn the world from a
downward course, he argued.
"He attacked the “purposeless
ness” of contemporary living,
made more so by technology, and
declared that new-gained leisure
has been used for meaningless rec
reations.
Of atomic energy in peace and
war he said, “If we have war, we
shall be blown to bits; if we have
peace we shall be bored to death.”
Hutchins compared today’s civi
lization with the fears and hopes
expressed by the 18th century
humanist, Goethe. The theme of his
speech was “Goethe and world
unity.”
Goethe’s dream for the world
was that it should be a “world of
friends,” Hutchins said. He advo
cated Goethe’s “civilization of
dialogue.”
Injured
Among the injured in the
crash of the New York-Call-
fornla airliner that came to
grief in the Santa Snsana
mountains near Chatsworth,
Calif., was movie actress
Caren Marsh. Latest estimates
place the death toll of the crash
at 25 with 18 injured. The plane
crashed shortly after the pilot
radioed that a violent fight was
gojug on in the plane among
the passengers.
SCIENCE:
Turbine Aircraft
Research on gas-turbine engines
at McGill University, Montreal,
may bring about improved flying.
A turbine engine is a scientific
version of the mill wheel. It has
many small blades instead of a few
big ones, and instead of water, hot
gas is used to push the blades.
THE HOT GAS is produced by t
blowtorch in which fuel is burned
with the aid of air scooped from
the atmosphere and compressed.
THE NEWBERRY SUN, NEWBERRY. S. C.
MAN BEARS CHRIST’S BURDEN . . . British railway porters bring
ashore at Dover, England a 10-foot wooden cross bniit by Jerusalem
monks. The cross will be carried across England on shoulders of
volunteer Roman Catholic crossbearers. It already has been carried
on foot through Syria, Lebanon, France, Italy and Belgium. In Rome
the cross was blessed by Pope Pius XII. After Its trip through England,
the cross will be carried to Ireland, then it will be sent to the U.S.
MAINE STREET MIRACLE . . . For the first time in 18 years,
Edward J. Ray, 63, East Maine Street, Hopkinton, Mass., looks at his
daughter, Ruth. He had been blind that long and had remembered only
the childhood features of his daughter, now Mrs. John Rotchford who
lives next door to him. Ray said he felt an odd sensation one day re
cently and bis sight was restored completely.
PRAYER FOR CZECHS . . . Mary Stanke, 7, kisses ring of Cardinal
Spellman following mass at St. Patrick’s cathedral, as Mary’s sister,
Anna, and mother, both dressed in Slovak costume, look on. Spellman
offered prayers for the people of Czechoslovakia in their fight against
Red persecution in the mass in honor of Saints Cyril and Methodius.
BRAVELY WAITING . . . for the return of his slain father Is David P.
Nelson, four, son of Earl Nelson, Chrisfield, Md., crab fisherman, who
was shot and killed by an airborne Virginia conservation deputy while
allegedly resisting arrest for illegal crabbing. David is waiting beside
the portrait of his father. David Acree, 23, a rookie Virginia fisheries
deputy, surrendered to police on a Virginia warrant charging him with
murder of the crabman.
GOOD LUCK HUG ... If there
were a blue ribbon for cute poses,
little Diana Hulme and her father's
Afghan hound would surely win it.
They were snapped like this at the
Richmond dog show (London) as
the Afghan waited to enter the
judging ring.
STARLET . . . Hitting the ceiling
(with her head) in her trailer
home near a movie studio in Holly
wood is Shari Robinson, new child
actress, who is described as mere
ly sensational.
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WAR DANCE ON WHEELS . . .
Peggy Wallace, New York, is a
good match for the Navajo Indian
war dancers in her dance-skate
interpretation. Rated one of the
greatest feminine skaters, she
holds the world’s championship
singles and doubles.
SMILE OF HOPE . . . China’s
Chiang Kai-shek has announced
from Formosa that he is rallying
all forces at his command to fight
communism. He believes that he
can oust the Reds from control of
China if he receives requested aid
from the United States.
OPPOSES PACT . . . Senator Rob-
ert A. Taft of Ohio emphatically
stresses a point in a recent talk
to reporters after he announced in
a senate speech that he would vote
against the North Atlantic pact.
He said it would promote war.
Dairy Herd Spraying
Will Yield Dividends
May Mean $75 Extra
Front This Summer
Spraying dairy cows with me-
thoxychlor to control blood-sucking
stable and hom flies, may mean
at least $75 extra profit this sum
mer, according to H. B. Petty, in
sect specialist in the Illinois col
lege of agriculture. And the chances
are good, he says, that profits from
spraying may run much higher.
Spraying dairy cattle is a big
job for farmers, but it is one that
should be done.
Petty figures the potential $75
extra profit from spraying in this
Spraying dairy cattle is a big
job for farmers, but it will help
build the type of clean, “con
tented” dairy herds such as
that shown here.
manner: You can get 15 per cent
more milk up to September if you
spray. This has been demonstrated
by careful small-scale field tests.
It is generally estimated that the
average cow will give 1,700 pounds
of milk during the four-month fly
season. A 10 per cent boost — in
stead of 15 per cent — would mean
170 pounds of milk for that time.
For a 15-cow herd, that would mean
2,550 pounds of extra milk from
fly-control.
Figured conservatively at $3 a
hundredweight, that’s just under
$75 more in milk checks. And it
costs only about 20 or 25 cents a
head for spraying.
Petty recommends spraying the
inside of dairy bams two or three
times during the summer. He sug
gests that the formula used provide
for one pound of 50 per cent me-
thoxychlor-wettable powder in two
to four gallons of water to every
1,000 square feet of surface.
Dairy cattle should be sprayed
with methoxychlor every two to
four weeks to control hom flies.
The formula is one-half pound of
50 per cent powder in three gallons
of water and apply one quart to
each cow.
Old & New
Today’s farm machinery is
fast replacing the familiar
rural picture of pitchfork and
horse In haying time. With farm
machinery in better supply
than at any time in history,
scenes like the upper one are
giving away to those depicted
by the bottom photo. Haymak
ing equipment like the auto
matic baler, left, and field
bale loader in the lower picture
are cutting man hours in the
hayfields as much as 75 per
cent.
Vitamin B12 Heralded
In Hog Feeding Practice
Will vitamin B12 revolutionize
■wine feeding practices?
Michigan state college research
ers don’t say it will, but they’re
finding that this new vitamin is
doing some rather remarkable
things in swine feeding.
They have found that it has
growth stimulating properties for
pigs and when added to other diets
in small quantities it results in
gains for dry-lot pigs.
Chiang’s Friends Helpful
S IX state department stenograph’
ers were kept busy last week
retyping and toning down the
American white paper on China.
Hastily censored out were allega
tions labeling certain relatives ai
Generalissimo Chiang Kai-Si«?Jc a»
crooks.
Inside reason for these sudden
changes was a long and continuing
argument between secretary oi
state Acheson and secretary of de
fense Louis Johnson. For thre*
months Johnson had been building
a bonfire under the state depart
ment urging it to support Chiang
Kai-shek’s Kuomintang.
Johnson is a personal friend
and former attorney for Dr.
H. H. Rung, brother-in-law at
the generalissimo and reputed
ly one of the world’s wealthiest
men. At cabinet meetings, at
super-secret meetings of the
national security council, John
son constantly, continually
needled Acheson.
For a long time there was no re
sult. In fact, when Acheson re
turned from the Paris conferenqe,
he ordered his staff to work but s
new blue print for American-Cht
nese relations which was to bf
strongly anti-Chiang.
Acheson Outvoted
That blue print was placed be
fore the national security council
After a vigorous debate the voti
went against Acheson—about 1
to 1. Those voting no were Johnson,
the treasury department «nd heads
sf the armed services. They
favored continued support IO l
-hiang Kai-shek’s regime no mat
ter how graft-ridden.
Swinging the decision against f
Acheson were two factors:
1. A statement by Mao Tse-tung,
eader of Red China, that he was
i Moscow-loving Communist;
2. First indications that Chiness^
Reds planned rough treatment fo»
American personnel, a * latex
Droved by the beating up of U.S,
/ice Consul William Olive, '‘‘-iiiy
Instead of Acheson’s pro
posed hands-off policy, the
joint chiefs of staff recom
mended a ring of defenses
around Red China. This ring
will consist of the Japan-For-
mosa-Philippines island
plus Siam, Burma, India and
one small part of south Chjna
where Chiang Kai-shek will be
defended to the last ditch.
General MacArthur has cabled
his vigorous support of this gen
eral idea—which, incidentally, wiB
cost a large and so far unestir
mated amount of money. V
Pegler Probe
Young Congressman Jack Ken,
nedy of Boston was elected as a
fighting, aggressive champion of
labor. He is also the son of Joseph
P. Kennedy, ex-ambassador to
London, an admirer of columnist
Westbrook Pegler.
And when Pegler called labor
leaders “despots, criminals and
Communists” at a congres
sional hearing, young Ken
nedy resigned from 'the sub
committee, after first protest
ing the manner in which
Chairman Andrew Jacobs of
Indianapolis was grilling
Pegler.
“Why don’t you let somebody
else ask some questions?” asked
Kennedy. “Representative Sims
(S.C.) would like to ask a few.”
“You’ve got your ideas and I’ve
got mine,” shot back Jacobs.
"You’ll get your turn after I gel
through.”
New York Politics
Former Gov. Herbert Lehman
and New York boss Ed Flynn have
been playing cat-and-mouse over
who will run for Bob Wagner’s
senate seat.
They held two secret hud
dles, during which Flynn tried
to get Lehman to announce
his candidacy for the senate
Immediately. Flynn didn’t say
so but, if Lehman announced
right away, the way would be
clear for Flynn’s friend,
Brooklyn Borough President
John Cashmore, to be Demo
cratic candidate for mayor of
the world’s largest city.
Lehman, however, knows he’ll
have a tough fight to win the sen
ate seat in November, so he wants
■ strong candidate on the ticket
with him for mayor—and not John
Cashmore. That is why he refused
to announce until assured who his
running mate will be.
News Capsules
Senate office
scramble—J o h n
Foster Dulles' arrival in the sen
ate has started a scramble for
offices. Twenty-five senators are
planning to trade offices—just to
make room for the new senator
from New York. What happened is
that under the seniority system,
Dulles is low man on the totem
pole and not entitled to the choicg
office vacated by Senator Wagner.
Next in line is Senator O’Mahoney
of Wyoming.