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fsr THE NEWBERRY SUN, NEWBERRY. S. C. WEEKLY NEWS ANALYSIS British Election Set February 23; Seek Anti-Trust Law for Miners; Conflict Seen on Proposed Budget TRIO WILL CHART RENT CONTROL, HOUSING . . . With rent control and housing two major items on the agenda of the current congressional session, these legislators will play a major part in law-making activities. They are, left to right. Chairman Brent Spence (D., Ky.) of the house banking committee; Chairman Burnet Maybank (D., S.C.) of the senate banking committee, and Sen. John Sparkman (D., Ala.) member of the senate banking Committee. They are shown after conferring with President Tru man on rent control and federal housing aid. ELECTION: Britain's Choice In a little less than a month Britain’s voting populace will make an elective decision on the issue of whether to continue with socialism, state planning and na tionalization of industry under the present Labor government or to return to free enterprise with Winston Churchill’s Conservative party. In setting February 23 as the date for the general election, Prime Minister Clement Attlee must have been acutely aware that this will be far and away the most bitterly contested and momentous election in modem British history. Britain’s 33 million voters will elect a new house of commons, with the party seating the majority of candidates getting the right to form the government. Speculation was high as to whether defeats within the past two months by the Labor parties in both Australia and New Zealand could be taken as a straw in the wipd, insofar as the outcome in England is concerned. Most in formed opinion had it that it would be dangerous to predict a downfall of Attlee’s government on the basis of the “down* under” elec tions. Chief reason for this thinking was that the Labor party very recently had been able to show signs of substantial gains in Brit ain's fight to overcome poverty. BIG STICK: Union Mon6polies Virtually everyone from busboy to bureaucrat probably has, at one time or another, discussed the question of whether the tactics used by some of the larger unions —^particularly John L. Lewis’ United Mine Workers—in securing benefits for their members do not constitute a monopoly in restraint of trade. ON CAPITOL HILL that issue had been presented more forceful ly than ever before when 10 sen ators—seven Democrats and three Republicans—sent to the senate judiciary committee a report stat ing that a bill forbidding labor to monopolize control of industry would end the “usurpation and abuse of power” such as currently is being demonstrated by Lewis’ three-day work week in the soft coal mines. The 10 senators were members of the senate banking committee, which had been investigating the problem of the miners’ short work week but which had no power to take legislative action in that eco nomic area. THE REPORT pointed out that, “If this usurpation and abuse of power to control production and price is tolerated by the congress, unbridled use will spread from to union, from industry to industry, and the congress will never again regain its own narrow ly circumscribed power to control the economy of the nation con sistently with the Constitution of the United States.” Soviet Walkout iv. It has been evident for a long time that Russia wants to elimi nate China’s Nationalist govern ment, both from the Chinese and international scenes, and is sparing no effort to achieve that end. IN ADDITION to the military i pressure exerted by the Chinese Communists, the Soviets had turned on the heat in the United Nations in a continuing attempt to get the Nationalist delegation discredited in the security council. Latest development aloijg those lines came when Russia’s Jacob Malik wrathfully stomped out of a security council meeting because the other delegates would not kick out the Nationalist representation. And, said Malik, he would not return to the council as long as the Nationalists sat at the table. Meetings with them present would be a parody, he asserted. And the chief Nationalist delegate, T. F. Tsiang, who was presiding as Jan uary chairman over the first coun cil meeting this year, “represents nobody,” Malik concluded. U.S. BUDGET: No Balance Mr. Truman’s federal budget for the fiscal year starting July 1 was not surprising. It was unbalanced, calling for the government to live more than five billion dollars beyond its income during the year —if congress doesn’t pare the fig ures, or give the President the “moderate” tax hikes he has pro posed. THE OVERALL BUDGET figure was 42 billion, 439 thousand dollars, but Mr. Truman declared the pro posed spending “vital to our secur ity .. . and to the welfare of our people.” As was to be expected, Mr. Tru man insisted the budget was one of soundest prudence and restriant. He argued that it was a financial expression the steps the govern ment ought to take now “to build toward economic growth and the expansion of human freedom in our own country and in the world.” National defense continued to be the biggest expense in the budget, although expansively covered in that is the money being spent in an effort to insure Europe against any further spread of communism. An ironical twist was the fact that while the U.S. is pouring money into Great Britain as a part of that general effort, the British turn right around and give aid and comfort to communism by formal ly recognizing the Communists. AS FOR TAX INCREASES, the President was silent on specific recommendations. He did, how ever, indicate that he would like an earlier date for imposition of an increase in social security taxes from one and one-half per cent to two per cent on employers and employees. The President apparent ly wanted that extra money to aid a health-insurance plan, which congress seems to have little in tention of approving. <EDITOR’S NOTE: When opinions are expressed In these columns, they are those of Western Newspaper Union's news analysts and not necessarily of this newspaper.) y- -.y, ■ ■■. .• '• * w* , MD STUPIDITY PEACHES NADIR Soviets Claim U.S. College Girls Spies There appeared no end to the absurdity to which Moscow would go in screaming to the world about how it is being imposed upon by low-lifed, unprincipled spies. The latest frenzy of the Soviets in that sphere was directed at the Swiss branch of Smith college for women at Geneva. According to charges from Moscow, American girls at this school are being trained for anti-Soviet spy work. This spy work, the accusation went on, was to be performed in the Communist-dominated coun tries of East Europe. A large group of Smith girls are at the Hotel de Russie, studying in the center of international affairs. They are chaperoned by a member of the college faculty and apparently have impressed no one else as spies. FORMOSA: Many Tanks The administration was standing pat on its decision against U.S. military intervention in Formosa— destined to be the next area of conflict in the Communists’ drive to control the Far East. Official U.S. attitude was that this country could do more to com bat communism in the volatile Orient by extending economic aid to lands still outside the Red orbit than it could by direct intervention in the struggle. AT THE SAME TIME, however, the generalized term “economic aid” was being employed as usual to cover a multitude of purposes. A case in point was the news that the Chinese Nationalists had pur chased nearly 300 U.S. army tanks for shipment to Formosa, where they would be used in the defense against the Communists. The military vehicles were listed as surplus army equipment, and the price tag was $1,000 per tank. Similar tanks, minus weapons, cost about $58,000 to build during the war. ANOTHER element in the para dox was that the Nationalists paid for the tanks with money from the 25-million-dollar kitty which was provided for the aid of China by congress last year. U.S. state department’s stand on the matter was expressed by Michael McDermott, department press officer, who said that the Chinese Nationalist government had been spending the aid money through its own purchasing agents and had bought whatever arma ments it wanted. “WE STILL recognize the Na tionalist government of China and would interpose no objection to its exporting this material from this country,” he stated. Although the destination of the tank shipment was not disclosed officially, it was an open secret that the cargo was bound, aboard a Turkish ship, for Chiang Kai-shek’s Nationalist government headquar ters on Formosa. FEDERAL OUTLAY: GOP Sharpens Knife Even as President Truman was calling for a 42-billion-plus federal budget for the coming fiscal year, Republican members of senate and house were sharpening paring knives in an effort to slash some of the proposed expenditures. Many Democrats, too, expressed misgiv ings over the prospect of another five billion “red ink,” or deficit, spending. GOP HOUSE LEADER Martin served notice that the “Republi cans in congress have no intention of accepting this budget and will work night and day, if necessary, to bring it within the bounds of the capacity of the people to pay.” Similarly, the GOP senate lead er, Wherry of Nebraska, termed the budget message “purely politi cal” which “sugar-coated” the red ink implications. Representative Taber (R., N.Y.) was the most violent in his attack on the budget proposals. “We can not maintain our liberties,” he charged, “if we turn this money over to the President and the So cialist schemers who surround him.” Taber said he intended to battle for a balanced budget. THERE WAS A POSSIBILITY that the President might be in trouble on his budget, because ever since the congress convened mem bers have been talking of economy. Answer Is 'No' Dean Acheson, U. S. secre tary of state, arrives for the White House conference at which it was decided that the United States would not inter fere in Chinese Communists aims . in Formosa. President Truman said this government will not provide any military defense or assistance to the island. * PROGRESS: Deodorized Rubber products which in the past have been anything but at tractive because of their odor, may now smell as sweet at “mountain air after a shower” as the result of development of a new series of odorants. The I. E. du Pont de Nemours company, introducing the odorants, said they may be used singly or in combinations added during the manufacturing process. WORLD CITIZEN BESIEGES GERMANY . . . Garry Davis, son of American orchestra leader, Meyer Davis, who gave up his American birthright to become a “citizen of the world,” is attempting to get per mission to enter Germany. He is explaining his views to Ken Zumwalt, managing editor of the Stars and Stripes. French officials refused to permit Davis to cross the border without proper authorization. The allied control commission for Germany refused Davis an entry permit. .;.y.y«rA y.-.-.-.'-j*.- WHERE WERE THE CLOWNS? . . . The faces of Princess Beatrix (left) and Princess Irene, daughters of Queen Juliana and Prince Bernhardt of the Netherlands, were sober as they viewed the Mills circus in the royal box at London’s Olympia. They were flown from the Netherlands, in a plane piloted by their father, especially to see the circus. REPORTER’S TIP REVEALS DYNAMITE PLOT . . . Inspector Albert C. Langtry and other Detroit police officers examine contents of a box holding 39 sticks of dynamite planted in stairway of U. A. W. head quarters. The plot was discovered following a tip to police by a Detroit Times reporter. The bomb apparently was meant for Walter Reuther, president of the U. A. W. Anonymous caller informed the reporter the explosive was planted '“when the big guy was in the building.” PRINCELING . . . Prince Carl Gustaf, son of Sweden’s Princess Sibylla and the late Prince Gustaf and grandson of King Gustaf, wears his first uniform, that of the King’s own regiment of horse. The uniform was made by the King’s tailor. He wears a minia ture Gustaf medal on his breast. MARGOLIS RESIGNS . . . Wil liam N. Margolis (left), who re signed as assistant director of the federal mediation service, chats with conciliation chief Cyrus S. Ching as the latter announced res ignation of Margolis. MAYBE HE CAN EXPLAIN IT ... William G. Graves, Marlboro, Mass., says he developed thd new gravitational theory now claimed by Einstein as far back as 1942. The theory seeks to explain all the basic physical laws of the uni verse. CHARMER IS A PUZZLER . . . Nicole Vayssieres and her python are a Paris carnival act. Some le gal experts say the act is unlawful because the child is in danger. Others say it’s the snake who’s being abused. cj y s i rj Three years had passed since the honeymooners had descended from their lofty pedestal and ap parently their puppy love had matured. “You don’t love me any more,” she sobbed. You used to be so nice to me, now you’re always barking and growling.” “What do you expect?” he de manded. “You’ve always got me in the doghouse.” Mr. Jones squinted into the liv ing room where his 'daughter’s young man was comfortably en sconced < in the most luxurious chair in the house. He frowned and turned to his wife. “Ye Gods,” he grunted, “why doesn’t she marry him and get him out of my easy chair?” “Now, now, dad,” she reminded him, “you were young once your self, you know.” “Yes, I do know,” he muttered, “but you didn’t keep me waiting that long. After all, the only thing she has to decide is whether she loves him or not.” “Well,” she replied, “she’s had to wait a while to see^f she can do any better.” Young Tom was the picture of utter dejection. “My girl turned me down,” he explained to a friend. “Now I have nothing to live for. I may as well cut my throat.” “Now, now, wait a while,” said his friend placatingly, “don't lose /our head.” Keep Posted on Values By Reading the Ads St. Joseph Adrinin Al IIS BEST JOIN THE MARCH OF DIMES m NATIONAL FOUNDATION F0T INFANTUf PAIALYSB FISH LIKE SAWDUST Fish thrive on sawdust. Hatch ery men have included sawdust— especially for roughage — in th* diets of fish ahd have found it re duces mortality. 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