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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. The
eoach’s son is a backfield man participating in Ms first season of play
Ml the frosh of West Point’s squad.
“THE ICE-WOMAN COMETH”
. . . Mrs. Elizabeth Folger, 36,
Plymouth, Mass., oMy known ice-
woman, totes 8,700 pounds of Ice
during her seven-day week. She
also milks four goata.
Ain’t tt So
• • •
Wise men talk because thex
have something to say — fools
because they wish to say some
thing.
• • •
Nature didn’t make us per
fect, but did the next best
thing: blinded us to our faults.
• • •
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