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THE NEWBERRY SUN. NEWBERRY. S. C Another Sarajevo? OHORTLY AFTER the end ol ^ World War I this writer stood beside a cracked piece ol pavement on the main street of Sarajevo, Yugoslavia. The crack marked the place where a bomb, thrown at the Archduke Franz Ferdinand on June 28, 1914, had touched off the bloodiest war so far seen by man. The bomb had been thrown seven years before I, then a young re- constructior worker in the Balk ans, visited Sarajevo; yet In those seven years the cracked pavement had not been repaired. Reconstruc tion moves slow in the Balkans, thought I—at that time being a very young idealist—but it moves sure. Never again would war come to sick and weary Europe. Well, another war did come; and today events are shaping np in these same tired hot turbulent Balkans which could bring st'U another Sarajevo al most over night. Should Tito be assassinated, should the Red army divisions on the Hungarian • Yugoslav border start south, should revolt flare in Bulgaria, Hungary, Romania, Czechoslovakia, then war might come all over again. And war in Europe has a habit of beiijg con tagious. Danger vs. Hope Yet with all its dynamite-laden danger, the Balkan situation also presents one of the most optimistic developments in the cold war against Russia. For, to date, Rus sia has suffered serious defeats There are three phases to the Balkan battle, one laid in Wash ington, one in Yugoslavia, one in the other satellite countries. Here is how they stack up: SITUATION 1 — Washington: Without benefit of fanfare, the state department has been doing an efficient job of boycotting trade to the little iron curtain countries. Several million dollars worth of goods ordered by Poland and Czechoslovakia are on New York docks ready to move. But they can’t get clearance. The Polish ambassador has been beating a path to state department doors, then to the commerce de partment, then back again. All he gets is the polite run-around. The state department says export li censes are issued by the commerce department and the commerce de partment says policy is fixed by the state department. The run-around is no acci dent. It’s deliberate and care fully planned. And it’s having real repercussions behind the ' little iron curtain. SITUATION 2—Behind the little iron curtain: Near economic chaos now reigns in Poland, Czechoslo vakia, Bulgaria, Hungary, Roma nia. This is partly a result of the U. S. trade boycott. People have money but they can’t buy. In addition, farmers are revolt ing at collectivization, national pride is coming to the front, and people generally don’t like their Russian masters. Tito’s Spies Also, Tito, formerly an NKVD operator trained by tne Soviet, is now using NVKD methods against the Soviet, not merely in Yugo slavia, but in all the satellite coun tries. He has about as many under ground agents in Czechoslovakia, Bulgaria and Romania as Moscow has working against him. Should this network of undercov er revolt start popping, it may start a chain reaction throughout all eastern Europe. SITUATION 3—Yugoslavia: Tito has had 30 million dollars in gold salted away in Portugal. He now has withdrawn five million dollars to finance revolts in other satellite countries. Once disliked by the Serbs, Tito is now their hero, thanks to opposing Moscow’s farm collectivization. In fact, Tito, still a staunch Communist, is stronger at home than ever, could not be kicked out of office, can only be removed by assassination. So far, Moscow has tried the latter course—and much more frequently than has leaked to the press. Apparently Stalin, worried over what goes on in the other satellite countries, doesn’t want to risk open war with their friend Yugoslavia. Through U. S. eyes—If the Red army should cross the Yugoslav border, U. S. military experts b«- lieve Tito’s troops can hold ou* about three months. To bolster Yugoslavia’s de fense, the United States has enough arms to supply four di visions stored on the British island of Malta. They could be rushed to the Dalmatian coast in a hurry. U. S. worry—Should Yugoslavia fall completely to Moscow, then Greece, according to U. S. experts, would soon go Communist. They point out that it was not until Tito cut off supplies to the Greek guer rillas that the Greek army mad* any real progress ia cleaning m the Communists. WEEKLY NEWS ANALYSIS U.S. Crops at Near-Record Peak; Lewis Hints at Coal Mine Strike; Steel Industry Resists Wage Hike (EDITOR’S NOTE: When opinions are expressed in these eolumns, they are those of Western Newspaper Union’s news analysts and not necessarily of this newspaper. v SUPERCILIOUS SWINE UNIMPRESSED BY GI — Nomi nated for honors as swlnedom’s most snooty member, this porker at Okayama, Japan, is entirely unimpressed as Pfc. Joe McClen don, Modesto, Calif., uses an aspirator to capture disease-bear ing mosquitoes in a house at Okayama. The GI’s not-too-happy look is probably inspired by the realisation that a hog with such a supercilious appearance might quickly Instill an inferiority com plex in any human being who gazed too long. U.S. CROPS: Near Record Marshall plan countries, nations everywhere sharing in the largesse of Uncle Sam, would rejoice at the news that the 1949 U. S. crop fore cast indicated a near-record vol ume. So rosy was the picture that experts held that this year’s farm production would almost approxi mate 1948’s record output. REPORTING this, the U. S. de partment of agriculture said that if the crop did not top all records, it certainly would be second only to last year’s figures. Since the growing season for most crops was practically over, there was little likelihood in any change in the crop forecast. Com, especially, was abundant, with this crop almost certain to result in some sort of controls on surpluses. The prediction for the corn crop was 3.5 billion bushels, only 3.5 per cent below last year’s record, but 27 per cent above aver age. The new figure was only about 13 million bushels less than the forecast of a month ago. It was believed that a corn crop of this size was virtually certain to lead the government to invoke production controls on the 1950 crop in a move to prevent accumulation of a burdensome surplus. As consequence, com from this year’s crop is expected to move into gov ernment hands under price-support programs to join the more than 400 million bushels remaining there from the 1948 crop. NO OFFICIAL decision on com was likely, however, until after the October crop estimate. The agriculture department’s wheat crop estimate of nearly 1.25 billion bushels was virtually un changed from a month previous. This would make it the fourth largest wheat crop on record. Also among the relatively large crops were rice, tree nuts, soybeans, grapes, cotton, flaxseed, sorghum grain, dried beans, sugar cane and cherries. RELIGION: 15 Priests Held Charging the church with using an underground communications network, the Communist govern ment in Czechoslovakia arrested priests in an effort, it said, to smash the organization. THERE were indications that de spite the arrests, the system was still working because it was needed by the church to maintain contact between its priests and their bish ops. As a point in proof of the con tinued operation of the system, it was pointed out that parish priests still are sending in declarations to the government that they would rather go to jail than obey a new church-control bill which the Com munists proposed to enact. PRIESTS who have been sending in these declarations say they will never accept appointment from anyone except their freely-acting church superiors. The church has demanded that the government call off its war against the clergy if it wants to enter into any new negotiations for an agreement as to the role of church and state in the govern mental setup. Relax, Fellows All was serene, at least for the moment, between the American army and the American air force, The army apologized and thus end ed a "battle” crisis growing out of the army’s challenge of an air force claim that a mythical "ene my” armored force had been wiped out in war games in Germany. The air force general in com mand, after the army blast at his claims, had threatened to pick up his planes and go home from the maneuvers. Then the army admitted the air force was right, with the command ing general apologizing for the in ability of his ground-forces umpire to assess properly the sudden strikes by the air force. COAL: Lewis Sputters In the North, trees were showing the first sparks of autumnal color. In thi West, snow already had fall en in one state. Fall was in the air and the crisp sharpness, the thin ning sunlight all indicated the time was right. And as is his wont, John L. Lewis knew it. The United Mine Workers’ chief was threatening coal strike— and at a time when the threat would be most effective. BUT AS USUAL, his threat was based apparently upon the highest ideals. There was no question of higher wages or shorter working hours. Instead, Lewis charged that southern coal operators had bled the union’s welfare fund white by withholding payments. Lewis did not mention the word "strike,” but he said a continua tion of the default in payments might cause “reactions deterrent to the constructive progress of the industry.” However, everybody on the side lines in Washington construed that statement to hold a strike threat. The National Coal association ad vised its members that Lewis’ lan guage was a “direct threat” and added: “No mention is made of the fact that there is no contract and no agreement to pay. . . STEEL: 4th Round Unsure Unless the situation changed drastically, there would be no fourth-round wage increase for the nation’s steelworkers. Almost on the eve ol the strike call, the CIO- United Steelworkers union gave up its fight for a wage hike, and called off the strike. THE million-member union ac cepted both President Truman’s recommendation for an extension of the strike truce and recommen dations of a presidential fact-find ing board aimed at solving the steel-wage dispute. Philip Murray, union boss, told the President in a telegram that he gave up the wage increase demand with profound regret,” but agreed to the board’s recommendations “in ‘ the interest of concluding a prompt settlement.” Six of the nation’s major steel producers accepted the truce ex tension request, but no company had given an answer on the board’s formula. PRESENT FARM AID DEFENDED Aitken Claims Wheat, Cotton Props High ken law would become effectiva next January 1. He said he thought the law re quires that in 1950 support of wheat According to Senator Aitken (R., Vt.), present farm aid law pro vides for high price props for wheat and cotton and he declared that anyone who contends other wise is guilty of misrepresentation. The senator 'was defending the flexible farm-support law he helped write in the preceding congress and which bears his name. Barring new farm-aid legislation, the Ait- FINANCE: Advice to British If the British got nothing else arst of the Washington conference on the island’s financial crisis, they had received a lot of advice. That they were not too prone to take it was evidenced by British comment in the homeland and hints by Washington newsmen that the British monetary delegation was peeved at the way U. S. treas ury chief John Snyder was bossing the show. WITH bland disregard for the fact, British comment in London was to the effect that Uncle Sam was playing England for a sucker. On the other hand, there was much criticism in the U. S. that the Brit ish had nothing but their own yen for the labor government to blame for their financial plight. In the midst of the clamor, one thing appeared to be distinct; Tne major forces in U. S. agencies which might help the British were agreed that devaluation of curren cy was the immediate answer to Europe’s financial problems. Sny der believes that, and he has been backed up by the opinion of the World Bank and Monetary Fund. EUGENE BLACK, American president of the 48-nation World Bank, summed it up neatly. He said: “I do not underestimate either the complexities or the far-reach ing consequences of such action (devaluation), but I fail to see how it can be avoided.” SECURITY: Cost Rising An increase in th^ cost of social security to about 15 billion dollars by 1960, and possibly more than 30 billion by the year 2000, would be the net effect to American tax payers if congress would pass the pending proposals to expand our present system. THIS ESTIMATE was made by the Research Council for Economic Security, a Chicago organization, in a study entitled Estimated Cost of Social Security Expansion. Cost estimates are based upon the esti mated population and mortality rates for future years. No allow ances for variations in wage or price levels has been made. The expanded program, all of which has been given consideration in the 81st congress, consists of four parts: 1. Increase in old age and sur vivors insurance benefits and cov erage. 2. The introduction of a new con cept in federal social insurance, namely, compensation for tempor ary and permanent disability. 3. An expansion in federal public assistance payments. 4. Adoption of a national com pulsory insurance system. “THE COST in terms of taxable payrolls,” the council points out, ranges from 9.7 per cent to 11.4 per cent in 1960, depending upon low-cost or high-cost estimate. For the year 2000, the estimate ranges from 13.3 per cent to 18.8 per cent of taxable payrolls. WORLD SERIES: Video at Movies Everything, someone has ob served, happens in Brooklyn. What was slated to happen in Brooklyn this fall would engage the interest of every baseball fan in the nation. FOR, at a Brooklyn theater, all the World Series baseball games were to be shown, via television, on the theater’s movie screen. True, it was an experimental project for which the theater-own er reportedly paid $10,000; but other theaters had shown some in terest in the plan, and it had the endorsement of A. B. “Happy” Chandler, baseball's high commis sioner. Tapped as Envoy EAST DIVORCES WEST ... Yo landa Lopez Pocket, daughter of vice-presidential candidate in the Philippines, goes to Reno to di vorce Robert Pocket, former U. 8. army officer, whom she married in 1946 to culminate an East-West romance. They were married in Iloilo, Island of Panay. F. D. R. ELECTED AGAIN . .. Bnt he Is F. D. R„ Jr. and he is elected a bridegroom. Rep. Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr., stands with Ms socialite bride, the former Suzanne Perrin, 28, after their marriage at the New York apartment of the bride’s mother. Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt and the bridegroom’s brother, Elliot, attended the ceremony. The 34-year-old son of the late President was divorced last May in Nevada by Ms first wife, the former Ethel Dupont. ANNOUNCES CANDIDACY . . . After conferring with Democratio party leaders, former New York governor, Herbert Lehman, an nounces at press conference that he will be a candidate for the U. S. senate. Lehman met with Paul Fitzpatrick, state chairman, and Edward J. Flynn, Bronx leader. and cotton prices be at 83 to 90 per cent of parity. He called this a “far cry from the misrepresenta tion of those who tell wheat and cotton growers that they will got only 60 per cent under the IMS act” Robert D. Murphy, career diplomat and former political adviser to Gen. Dwight D. Eis enhower, was nominated for post of U. S. ambassador to Belgium. He would succeed Ad miral Alan G. Kirk, who is now U. S. ambassador to Rus sia. PARTY LINE: On the Farm Communist officials, including three representatives from Mos cow, held an organization and poli cy-making meeting at Beacon, N. Y. That's the story that fell into the hands of the senate judiciary sub committee on immigration. It re putedly came from one Maurice Malkin, Brooklyn, a self-acknowl edged former Communist official In this country. FIGHTER AND FAMILY . . . Training for his fight with Charles Fusari at the Polo Grounds, New York, Rocky Graziano rests with wife, Norma, and his children, five-year-old Audrey and infant Roxie at Summit, N. J., training camp. Passing up the usual drink of water, Graziano allows Roxie to feed him from her bottle of milk. Graziano usually would not stay In a training camp for more than a few days, because he missed his family. This helped, and he KO’ed Fusari in the 10th. CONVALESCENT . . . “Yankee,” four - month - old pup negotiates stairs at home of Ms master, Ray Prest, Chicago, after breaking both left legs in a fall from third floor window. UNUSUAL NUPTIALS ... In a ceremony lawful only in Rhode Island, Rabbi Morris G. Silk (right) unites Mendel Rosenblum and his niece, Mrs. Regina Poftstrong, in Providence. Jewish law ordinarily forbids such a marriage, but in a case like tMs, the ceremony was sanctioned as a worthy deed. Spouses of both bride and bridegroom were slain by the Nazis. Mrs. Poftstrong came to America and was supported by her uncle. He found himself unable to maintain two households. POISE FOR THE BOYS . . . Dem onstrating superb poise and self- possession, three-year-old Mickey Newberry, Cleveland, OMo, leads Corregidor Post No. 570 in Ameri can Legion parade in Philadel- pMa. Mickey is the mascot of the post. PIGSKIN MENTOR IS FRESHMAN’S PATER . . . Head footbaU coach of the United States military academy’s eleven, Earl H. “Red” Blaik (left) talks with his son, Cadet Bob Blaik, of the class of ’52, as Army’s pigskin squad turns out at West Point, N. Y. for a practice session. 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