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THE NEWBERRY SUN, NEWBERRY. S. C, WEEKLY NEWS ANALYSIS U.S. Revamps Planning, Policy For Defense on Red A-Bomb Tip; Truman Says Critics Antedated ‘Awful’ Tobacco B ritish economic czar sir Stafford Cripps and Foreign Minister Bevin attended a National Press Club luncheon while in Wash ington where Cripps, who control* Britain’s economy with a vice-like grip, told in detail of British sac rifices of the dollar shortage. "Just to give you an example of the sacrifices we are making," ■aid Cripps, "both Mr. Bevin and I have given up tobacco as our part of the program to save dol lars.” Whereupon Bevin, turning to his luncheon companion, whispered: “That’s not the case at all. The fact Is I gave up smoking because I couldn’t stand the bloody awful tobacco Cripps has been buying.” Note—In order to save dollars the British have been partly shun ning North Carolina tobacco and turning to their African colonies. Capital News Capsules G. O. P. Blocks Civil Rights—It wasn’t a southern Democrat byt a midwest Republican who stopped the senate labor committee from approving the fair employment practices bill behind closed doors. This is the most controversial measure in President Truman’s civil rights program. But the vote was blocked on a technicality by G. O. P. senator Donnell from the President’s home state—Missouri. Atlantic Defense — The state department has called a highly secret meeting of the joint chiefs of staff of the 12 coun tries in the north Atlantic pact. They will meet in Washington. Food for Democratic Countries —The food and agricultural branch of the United Nations is setting up an important organization to sell surplus American farm products to the undernourished countries ol western Europe and India. The plan should benefit both American farmers and Democratic countries, and the experts claim they have worked out a plan to lick the tough est problem in international trade —the dollar shortage. Senatorial Speculator It looks as if Senator Thomas’s speculating partner. Dyke Cullum, has diverse and widespread in terests. Last week it was revealed that Cullum, who frequently claims to represent Thomas, had bought 10 carloads of egg futures at the same time that the senator from Okla homa had introduced legislation talcing the support price off of eggs. Senator Thomas and Cullum have used a joint trading account on the commodity exchange in the past. Now, In addition to eggs, it de velops that Cullum has been pull ing wires with the agriculture de partment regarding lard. Cullum’s Influence In agri cultural matters results from the fact that Thomas, as chair man of the senate agriculture committee, can block or pass most farm legislation. Therefore, when Cullum, who helps the senator write legislation, demands inside information from the agriculture department, ag riculture officials can’t tell whether they are giving it for legislative purposes or for speculative pur poses. Naturally, inside knowledge of government purchases and price supports could be used to make big profits on the commodity mar ket. Is Senator in Lard? In August, Cullum began pester ing the agriculture department to support lard prices. Naturally, such support would cause a spectacular jump in lard prices. The agriculture department, how ever, has adopted a policy of sup porting only agricultural products, not by-products. A support price for a by-product such as lard, it feels, would not help farmers, but the meat packers. Nevertheless, Cullum phoned George Parks In the fats and oil* branch In the name of Senator Thomas and demanded a price support for lard. Parks promised a written reply, and when it didn’t come fast enough, Cullum made two phone calls to David Pettus in the livestock branch for information on price supports. Again he suggested that the government buy lard. Each time he represented him self as speaking for Senator Thomas and the senate agri culture committee. As a result of Cullum’s activity, the agriculture department finally sent a letter to Senator Thomas. "This is in reply to a recent tele phone request from Mr. Dyke Cul lum to the fats and oils branch for information regarding the calcula tion of a parity price for lard. As you know, the parity price con cept heretofore has applied only to direct agricultural commodities sold by farmers. It has not applied to products such as fats and oils which are processed from agricul tural products and sold by pro cessors. . . .” I (EDITOR'S NOTE: When opinions nre expressed In theso columns, the? are thoso of Western Newspaper Union's news snalrsts and not noeessarllr of this newspaper.) THESE ADD UP TO HOUSING HEADACHE . . . Across the nation, if there was any relief from the housing shortage, it was spotty, inadequate. The twins iabove) born to her In Brooklyn’s women’s hospital made the shortage doubly acute for Mrs. Wil liam Buckley. She and her husband, together with another child, add up to five people who must share one-room apartment. Mrs. Buckley wondered where she’d park the twins when she left the hospital. THE BOMB: Do Reds Hove It? Does Russia really have the atomic bomb? President Harry Truman said they did; and for once, there was no presidential contradiction when Columnist Drew Pearson said they did. But whether they have it or not, the Truman announcement stirred up a nest of jitters everywhere. DEFENSE CHIEFS backed up for a new look at the world situa tion. Congress reacted as might have been expected. The arms-to- Europe program hailed the an nouncement as added proof of the correctness of their stand. Other congressmen blamed laxity over the past few years in our state de partment and defense setup for Russia’s having the bomb now— if she does have it. A noted atomic scientist declared that for Russia to contend it had the bomb in 1947 was fantastic, that the date was "one pulled out of a hat.” But he said the Soviets might well have the weapon. Most tangible result in congress of the President’s statement that there had been an ‘.‘atomic ex plosion” inside Soviet Russia was agreement by house and senate conferees on the 1.33 billion-dollar appropriation for arms to Europe. The legislators got together very quickly on the view that to cut the appropriation, as had been first planned, would be an unwise move. IN THE UNITED NATIONS, Brit ain’s foreign secretary, Ernest Bevin, lashed out with a furious tirade against the Russians, charg ing them with stalling efforts to control atomic energy. Like Russia, Bevin said, England wants the atomic bomb banned, but the British want effective control first. Skeptics of the idea that the Reds have the bomb were asking why Russia wanted to outlaw such a potent weapon, if she really had it —or did she think the western world suckers enough to outlaw and foreswear use of the bomb and thus give the edge to any ethics-lacking nation who might have the bomb and would drop it without warning? TITO: Get Out! Yugoslavia’s Marshal Tito or dered nine Hungarian diplomats expelled and accused Russia and her Comniform satellites of “rat tling their arms" along the Yugo slav border. HE STATED that his Cominform enemies were "digging trenches in Hungary and Romania.” Apparently, the fiery dictator of Yugoslavia was not frightened, still ready to wage war with Moscow, verbally or otherwise. "We will permit no one to impose their will upon us,” he thundered. Despite the dramatic atmosphere surrounding expulsion of the Hun garians, Tito's action was a retalia tory one, since it followed within 24 hours a similiar action against 10 members of the Yugoslav lega tion in Budapest. TITO CLAIMED the Russians were plotting to stage a revolution in Yugoslavia in order to supplant his government with a regime ser vile to Moscow. Whether or not the Russians had the atomic bomb, as has been re ported, Tito didn’t seem to be any less disposed to quarrel with the Kremlin. Cripps Gets Tough Sir Stafford Cripps, British fi nance boss, lost no time in bringing home to the people the import of devaluation of the pound sterling as an effort toward the country’s financial problems. His labor government raised the tax on business profits and threat ened to restrict dividends by law in defending the devaluation move at an emergency session of parlia ment. At the same time, the govern ment rejected any pay raise propo sals declaring this must be done to prevent an inflationary spiral. Cripps madp these moves as he -opened the cabinet’s appeal for a vote of confidence from the parlia ment. TRUMAN: Way Ahead President Harry Truman was still battling vigorously for his domestic program in congress. With his usual expansive attack on critics, he charged present detractors with being “160 years behind the times.” NEVERTHELESS, the President was making a strategic approach to the congressional races next year in a drive for women recruits to the Democratic party. In a White House radio address, beamed at the women of the nation, Mr. Truman pointed to “certain people” who denounce his "fair deal” policies as alien or danger ous. THEY’RE NOTHING of the kind, declared the President. In fact he asserted, “Our program consists of measures which have come up from the grassroots. Our program is as American as the soil we walk on. It is a program unshakably founded on the principle that the power of the government should be used to promote the general wel fare.” Dissidents might go along with such items of the program as pub lic housing and expanded social security benefits—but on the sub jects of farm price supports, as advocated by the administration, and socialized medicine, there would be some arguments about these being of “grassroots” origin. TOSSING A BOUQUET to wom an’s intelligence, the President de clared that women are not misled by political slogans, added: “They look beneath the labels to see the facts.” ROCKETS: Far Targets Just before the end of World War II, the Germans reported experi menting with rockets that could span oceans. Now, according to information emanating from the Soviet zone of Berlin, German scientists are producing such rock ets for the Russians. The informants, who were said to have access to the offices of the Soviet-packed east German police, said the mammoth under-ground munitions plant at Peenemuende on the Baltic coast was turning out rockets at full speed. Allied intelligence officers con ceded they knew of “certain ac tivity” at Pennemuende, but de clined to elaborate. One of them ex plained: "If Russia is making munitions in Germany, it’s a high level mat ter and not for discussion here.” EFFECTIVE KILLER Navy Discovers Potent Remedy for Colds The United States navy was man ifesting its efficiency again—but in an entirely different field. Veering away from its military side for the moment, the navy found a "cold- killer” pill that was reported 90 per cent effective. The fight to control t«e common cold has been one of the longest, most difficult in all medical his tory. A great majority of physi cians have expressed a conviction that the common cold, like the poor, will always be with us. The navy’s cold-killer has been named “Corcidin,” derived from "coryza,” meaning the common cold, and “cide,” to kill. The pill must be taken at the first sign of a cold to insure its maximum effi ciency. That it was discovered ac cidentally is beside the point. AMERICA: The Big Story The Advertising Council, Inc., has just issued its revised booklet, “The Miracle of America,” which tells why Americans live better, how machines make jobs, and why free dom and security go together. THE BOOKLET should be pre scribed reading for that fast-grow ing element among the people’s of ficials which seems to think every one should apologize for America, rather than be proud of it. Approved by representatives of both labor and management, “The Miracle of America” tells in inter esting, readable prose why Amer ica is great and why every Ameri can should be proud of his country. In the booklet the mythical Uncle Sam asks questions about America which might be posed by any typical American family. EXCERPT: "Freedom and secu rity go together.” Uncle Sam as serted. "Men follow two great im pulses—to be politically free and to be economically secure. In Amer ica we have won freedom and we are winning economic security. Dictators promise security if the people will give up their freedom. But experience shows that free dom and economic security must grow together. The history of the United States proves it.” Americans may have a copy of “The Miracle of America” free of charge. Just write to: Dept. N, The Advertising Council, Inc., 25 W. 45th St., New York 19, N.V. BESTSELLER: Bible Perennial The Bible has always had a significant place in the lives of Americans. Acknowledgement of and homage to a Supreme Being is inherent in the American govern ment setup, with American trust in God declared on the nation’s coins. Therefore, National Bible Week, October 17-23, will be' observed throughout the nation, with mayors and governors in the 48 states join ing in proclamations urging the people to support the observance. OUTLINING the purpose of Na tional Bible Week, Rear Admiral Reginald R. Belknap (USN, Re tired), who is chairman, declared: “National Bible Week is used to stimulate people in all walks of life to be Bible conscious and to turn to the Bible in these times of nation al and personal moral confusion.” "WE NOW SEE a proud, power ful nation, whose people the world over were looked up to and re spected for their sense of righteous ness, fair play, charity and re sourcefulness, decayed to the point where they are not shocked at . . . glaring examples of moral decay.” While Chairman Belknap didn’t say it in words, his examples of "moral decay” pointed at none other than Soviet Russia. INCOME TAX: Up & Up & Up Total income taxes collected in the United States show an increase of over 1,100 per cent in 10 years, from two and one-quarter billion dol lars in 1939 to just under 31 billion dollars in the fiscal year of 1949, with individuals paying 60 per cent cf this total, says an analysis by the family economics bureau of North western National Life Insurance company. NUMBER of persons hit by in come taxes has increased propor tionately, the bureau finds. There were 3.9 million individual income taxpayers in 1939; in 1948 there were 41.8 million. Although that number will be reduced for 1949 by the elimination of several million small taxpayers from the rolls due to increased exemptions and other changes made by congress in 1948, the list should still run somewhere around 36 million individual in come taxpayers in 1949, the bureau estimates. 'Sweet Sorrow' Parting was such sweet sor row for John M. Crawford and his five monkey charges, one of whom he is shown caressing. He kept the five monkeys in his New York home. Neighbors ob jected. The court ordered Craw ford to get rid of the monkeys, declaring he was violating the city’s sanitary code. PAYOFF: 'Unto Caesar' “Render unto Caesar the things that are Caesar’s” was a Biblical line that stuck in the mind of Pastor Eugene M. Austin of the Baptist Temple in Charleston, W. Va. Con struing that "Caesar” meant the government, the pastor set an amazing precedent: He voluntarily went to the courthouse and had his personal property assessment increased sixfold. He announced the action to his congregation. A GENERAL COMES HOME . . . Brig. Gen. Frank L. Howley, famed for his firmness with the Soviets during his assignment as military commander in Berlin, is accompanied on the U.S. army transport “General Maurice Rose” by his family on his return to New York. The vessel docked at Staten Island, and the general was taken to. New York in an army launch. City officials were at the pier to greet him and a reception was planned at city hall later in the day. Left to right (front) are Mrs. Edith Howley, Dennis and peneral Howley and (rear) William, Frances and Peter. NEW SUPREME COURT JUSTICE . . . Federal Judge Sherman Minton of Indiana, who was named to the supreme court recently by President Harry Truman to succeed the late Wiley Rutledge, has coffee with his wife, Mrs. Gertrude Minton, in their New Albany home shortly after receiving the nomination. CROWNING OF "MRS. AMERICA" . . . Mayor George A. Smock o( Asbury Park, N.J., crowns Frances L. Cloyd, the mother of three children, “Mrs. America.” The beauty from San Diego, Calif., repre sented her state against stiff competition and topped the other con testants in cooking skill as well as in personal appeal. FOUND A GOOD MAN . . . Margaret Hastings, known to newspaper readers as the Shangri-La WAC, who wanted to "find a good man and get married,” now announces that she has found one. She has re ported that three months ago she was married to Robert C. Atkinson. In 1945, while she was a corporal in the women’* army corps, she and two men of the army were the only survivors of a plane crash in New Guinea. PUT UP OR SHUT UP . . . Presi dent John L. Lewis arrives at U.M.W. headquarters in Washing ton as a quarter million coal 'miners begin “unofficial walkout” to protest suspension of welfare and pension fund payments by coal companies. vgi "I CAN’T GET THEM OUT . . . They’re batting me all over the lot,” were the words of Pittsburgh Pirate pitcher Ernie Bonham be fore he died recently of complica tions from an appendectomy. MEDIATOR . . . Federal Media tion Director Cyrus S. 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