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WEEKLY NEWS ANALYSIS THE NEWBERRY SUN, NEWBERRY, S. C. U. S. Deficit Worries Economists; Acheson Favors Token Formosa Aid; 75-Cent Wage Floor Now Effective GEDITOR’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.) 1 HISS TRIAL: M BIG DEFICIT: Some Are Worried Hie two-year, lO-billion-dollar deficit looming as inevitable for the United States had some eco nomic experts in a state of appre hension. Among these was Dr. Edwin G. Nourse, former chairman of the President’s council of economic advisers. The deficit. Dr. Nourse indicated, has stirred fears of in flation and possibly a “rising un certainty as to the stability of the dollar itself." DR. NOURSE, who recently re signed his chairmanship on the eco nomic council, called for a “speci fic and hard-headed plan for get ting back to the black ink." He declared the federal budget could be balanced in a year or two, but only if the government practices economy an£ reduces or defers many of President Truman’s programs “in the development and welfare areas." To objective observers. Dr. Nourse was another voice crying in the wilderness—for, on the basis of political results in the past 16 years, practice or support of econ omy didn’t bring many votes when the chips were down. THE SENSATIONAL SUCCESS of the late Mr. Roosevelt, also a great spender of public money— a program which helped give him four presidential election victories —was bound to loom as a vital les son in practical politics. On the record, the American taxpayer cares less about his gov ernment’s saving money than he does about its being spent. FORMOSA: Token Aid? According to reliable reports, U.S. State Secretary Dean Acheson was in favor of a congressional move to send about 28 million dol lars in economic aid to the Chi nese Nationalists in Formosa. THE QUESTION which immedi ately arose was: Why? Was it another money-down-a- rat-hole action? Another token ap peasement of those who were de- anding more and actual aid to were legitimate questions inSany attempt to penetrate the maze of the intricate foreign pol icy being practiced by the United States. Acheson had let it be known most clearly that he feels the Na tionalist cause is lost in China, and there were many who con tended that it wouldn’t be long until the state secretary advocated E&jgU.S. recognition of the Chinese Communist regime. If those things were true, why send 28 million good American dol lars rolling helplessly into the path a Red juggernaut already con ed as ^ sure to roll over all ON, it seemed to most, was himself open to charges of cy, or, perhaps even important, willing to play and loose with American mon- more time to juggle his involved and puzzling dip- tic concepts. At the risk of over-simplification, be contended that there k still hope to stop the Corn- surge In China, or there was not. If not, then there seemed little point in wasting further U.S. resources in a futile attempt other- . If so, then applying 28 mil- dollars to the effort would ap- as simply a peurile gesture. TION: Billron More Just as nearly everyone expected, r - Truman’s tax recommenda- were well below what he had a year ago he would ask for i congress convened. The first was 12 billions. What Mr. asked for, instead, was one | TRUMAN’S proposal in- bo th tax cuts and tax !n- but, overall, it would hike tax bill by a billion Evn so, there was no assurance the President get that much. Hiat be trimmed hUs tax propo- at all was due to mounting within his own adminis- ranks that appreciable tax would be unwise at this that the effort should be stimulating business as s ^possible, rather than re- or discourage it by added tax PRESIDENT recommended excise taxes—as it had believed he would, include levies on telephone and telegraph ' re. women’s pocket- furs, jewels, cosmetics, etc. be done provided 'loop- in other taxes were closed, lan also proposed a bil- increase in the taxes on big estates and gifts, stood, the proposal added news for big business, for small business and for wage-earners. fov Recall Asked Donald R. Heath, U.S. minis ter to Bulgaria, has been termed “persona non grata" by the Bulgarian government which has asked that he be re- . called. The Bulgarians charge Heath received secret govern ment information from Traicho Rostov, former deputy premier of Bulgaria who was executed on a charge of treason. WAGES: 75-Cent Floor The nation’s new 75 cents an hour wage law is now in effect. That means that all workers em ployed in interstate commerce, or in production of goods for inter state commerce, must be paid a minimum of 75 cents an hour. PRESIDENT TRUMAN hailed the new law as being “dictated by social justice" and a step that will bring “great and lasting ben efits." Significant, however, was an al most immediate call by certain CIO union leaders for effort to boost the minimum wage to a flat dollar an hour, and broadened cov erage under the law. IT WAS PERHAPS with these new union demands in mind that President Truman said he had asked labor secretary Tobin to “keep me informed on the opera tion of the new law." Most workers are now making more than 75 cents an hour. But it has been estimated that the new minimum will mean wage in creases to about 1.5 million per sons, more than half of whom are in the South. This is expected to cost employers about 300 million dollars annually. f NEWS: No Monopoly Since the early days when Reuter’s news agency and the Associated Press were pioneering in the gathering and dissemination of news, there have been frequent legal tangles over the ownership of news and rights of its distribu tion. NOW THAT RADIO has invaded the news field, it was inevitable that the same sort of argument would arise over the ownership of radio news and whether one sta tion or a chain of stations can create a monopoly in broadcasting the news. The federal communications com mission ruled that such cannot be done, and a United States court of appeals has upheld the FCC. The court ruled that the FCC may deny a license to a radio station applicant if it finds that approval would tend to create a news monop oly. The court said: “Monopoly in the mass communication of news and advertising is contrary to the public interest, even if not in terms prescribed by the antitrust laws." THE RULING was in connection with the case of the Mansfield (Ohio) Journal and. the Lorain (Ohio) Journal whose applications for radio station licenses were turned down by the FCC. In reject ing the applications, the commis sion ruled the Mansfield Journal used its position in the community “to coerce its advertisers to enter into exclusive advertising contracts with the newspaper.” The commission added that since both newspapers were owned and controlled by Samuel A. Horvitz and Isadore Horvitz, it took the view that what happened in Mans field “was indicative of what might occur under similar circumstances in Lorain." In appealing to the court, the newspapers contended the FCC had gone outside its province and had acted under antitrust laws. FEPC Stalled In the first test of the fair em ployment practices commission bill in the current congress, President Truman ran afoul of southern- led filibuster tactics, with his good friend, Sam Rayburn, leading them. Rayburn, the administration’s own leader in the house, twice was able to bar consideration of the FEPC bill by giving priority to measures aimed at statehood for Alaska and Hawaii. Verdict & Question The average American could not help but discern strange and dis turbing ramifications in the Algex Hiss perjury trial verdict. Hiss was found guilty on two counts. The jury found that he had passed secret documents to Whittaker Chambers and that he had seen Chambers after January 1, 1937. Hiss had denied both allegations. In a rambling expose of what now seems to have been juvenile intrigue with infantile overtones of cloak-and-dagger hue, the one big fact that came out of the trial is that somebody lied—somebody lied in such colossal fashion as to be unmatched in any recent in stance in American jurisprudence. CHAMBERS, former Communist courier by his own admission, and a former senior editor of Time magazine, said Hiss passed the secret state department papers to. him and that he turned them over to the Russian. Hiss said he didn’t do any such thing. However, the jury, as a second trial of the case, chose to believe Chambers and convict Hiss. Nat urally, Hiss will appeal; but if the verdict is upheld, he faces a pos sible maximum sentence of 10 years imprisonment and fines of $4,000. The disturbing element in the case is how the Communists could so pervert the Americanism of ab normally intelligent individuals like Hiss and Chambers, if Cham bers’ story is true, to the point where they would actually serve the interest of the Soviets against the interests of their own country. THE STRANGENESS of the case, as many see it, are the intricacies of U.S. law which permit an ad mitted Communist courier to es cape any sort of legal punishment and yet permits a long-time sen tence and heavy fines for a de fendant accused of lying about what it is alleged he did. Chambers admits his acts and is never charged in court. Hiss had to be convicted on charges against him. Hiss got one break—because of a statue of limitations he could not be charged with having be trayed his country as a spy. BERLIN: An Old Story The unpredictable Soviet mind again was indulging its tortuous workings to the discomfiture of Berlin and the western allies. In a sort of “junior blockade" of the former reich capital, the Russians had for 24 hours set up an aggra vating check system which stalled supply trucks to such an extent that only one was allowed to pass every 15 minutes. IT WAS EXASPERATING, it was puzzling and it set in motion grave fears that the Reds were about to set up another Berlin blockade which cost America so much in money and equipment when “Operation Airlift” was all that kept Berliners from starvation and freezing. And then, with no explanation or apparent reason, the Russians abandoned the “junior blockade" as suddenly as they had imposed it. American, British and French commanders of Berlin met in emergency session and discussed the latest Soviet harrying tactics. This resulted in a decision to take a wait-and-see attitude. SOME AMERICAN officers were convinced another full-scale block ade was coming. But the British commander expressed a conviction that the Russians were merely en gaging in a passing phase of “pin pricks.” It was made clear, however, that American plans are such that in the event a major blockade is clamped on, another airlift opera tion could be put into effect in time to stave off any disastrous re sults to the people of Berlin. Sewing Circle m Mrs. Alben/ W. Barkley ap parently has settled quickly and easily into the Washington activities of the wives of gov ernment leaders. She Is shown here sewing for the Red Cross during a Capitol Hill meeting of the senate ladies luncheon club. TAX DODGERS: Trap Proposed In connection with widespread charges that federal revenue is in adequate because of “too many tax dodgers,” Representative Sutton (D., Tenn.) has proposed a trap by which he hopes to catch the offen ders. SUTTON POPOSES that the sec retary of the treasury change the color and design of paper money and schedule a day on which old bills would have to be exchanged HASHEM QUITS • • • Zaki Ha she m, former Egyptian employee at U. N., whose fiancee was reportedly stolen by King Farouk, packs his belongings after resigning from the U. N. He said he will proceed to Harvard and return to Egypt in abont six weeks to resume his Job in the state council. He gave health reasons as the cause of his resigna tion and refused to discuss his broken romance. He denied he’d re ceived an ambassadorship to Moscow. ‘ EXPATRIATE IS DISINHERITED) . . . George Bacon stands with his English wife in front of their Nottingham home. Bacon’s father, mil lionaire Paul V. Bacon, partner In the Boston Educational and Text Book Publishing Co., cut his son out of his will because he would not return to the United States, but preferred to live in England with the girl he married while he served in the army. : * * : : : CONTINUES FIGHT . . . Mrs. Shirley Bender, Chicago, HI., wife of a United States marine corps pilot, held prisoner for 15 months by Chinese Reds, stands on Washington’s Capitol Hill as she continues her fight for action to free her husband. The latter. Master Sergeant Elmer Bender, and William Smith, a navy petty officer from Long Beach, Calif., were captured when their plane crashed in China during a routine training flight. MURDER SUSPECT ATTENDS VICTIMS' FUNERAL . . . Camflo Leyra, Jr., 50, North Bergen, N. J., stands at the graveside in a New York cemetery during burial rites for his aged parents whose bludg eoned bodies he “found*' in their Brooklyn home. Brooklyn district attorney Miles McDonald announced later that Leyra had confessed the Mayings. With him is sobbing Mrs. Thomas Leyra, sister-in-law of the slain man. Funeral director holds umbrella. PEEPING CREEPER . . . William Fritz, a milkman caught on hands and knees peeping through an apartment door, covers his eyes. He was arrested by Chicago po liceman. He admitted boring small holes in doors along his milk route. GUN GAL . . . Mrs. Alice Camp, 16, Tulsa, Okla., holds gun she ad mits she used in attempted service station holdup at BeDeviUe, HI. Joseph, 18, Scott Field private, re mained outside until attendant took Mrs. Camp’s gun. Then he came inside and was arrested also. GENERAL ARNOLD DIES . • • Gen. Henry H. Arnold, retired, died suddenly of a heart attack at his Sonoma, Calif., ranch. He di rected America's bombing attacks during the war and was present at the signing of the Atlantic pact. LIP SERVICE . . . Ladies can put new fire into their smiles this spring — by buying their lipsticks in simulated match folders, known as “Up-tips." They are dispos able, single application lipsticks lined up in the folder. The sticks are tipped with lip coating of melt- proof rouge. DISPUTED BEAUTY ... La Belle France, 1958, blonde Maryse De lair, won her coveted title in the recent Marseilles contest in s storm of disagreement between judges and jury. The victor en- Imm ISAS.** Coalition Effoctivo H ERE IS HOW the Republican- Dixiecrat coalition is riding roughshod over the right of free democratic processes in the house of representatives. Meeting behind closed doors in the rules committee the Republi- crat coalition not only demanded the reinstatement of the old gag rule by which the committee can bottle up any bill, but even refused to let Chairman Adolph Sabath of Illinois, who opposed the gag rule, speak. Each time the 83-year-old Sabath started to talk he was shouted down with cries of “vote! —vote!” by Democrats Gene Cox of Georgia and Howard Smith of Virginia and their Republican co horts. Finally, GOP Congressman Leo Allen of Illinois took pity on the little chairman. “He has a right to talk,’* pleaded Allen, above the bedlam. “Let him speak for two or three minutes.** Sabath didn’t appreciate the hu mor in this. He was so riled by the roughhouse tactics of the coalition ists that he almost choked up. “We ought to at least have a public hearing, so that oppon ents of this resolution can be heard,** he demanded. “This is a matter of vital concent to every member of the house. Since we repealed the gag pro cedure last year, this commit tee voted out 55 rules on bills and resolutions, the greatest number in history. “Some of you say that the resolu tion will give the committee more power—that is, power to stifle leg islation which you oppose. As com mittee chairman, I don’t want that kind of power. I want to protect the rights of the house member ship." Backslider However, Sabath’s motion to post pone action on the Cox resolution and to give house members a right to testify for or against it at a pub lic hearing was smothered under a 7-4 vote. The three members who joined Sabath for a free discussion were: Democrats Ray Madden of Indiana, John Lyle of Texas, and James Delaney of New York. The seven who voted for immedi ate action without a public hearing were: Democrats Cox, Smith and William Coler, of Mississippi, and Republicans Allen, Clarence Brown of Ohio, James Wadsworth of New York, P and Christian Herter of Massachusetts. Lyle of Texas and Delaney of New York, however, backslid into Republicrat ranks on the final; 9-2 vote for the gag rule, leaving Sab ath and Madden standing alone against it. Delaney, who usually' supports the Fair Deal, somewhat sheepishly explained his defection by saying that he wanted to restore the power qnd “prestige" of the committee which, he contended, was abolished by last year’s rules reform. What this amounts to, though De laney didn’t say so, is that the New Yorker favors giving seven men on the rules committee more power than 500 other members of con gress. Minors No! Protected From the nation’s rogues gal leries, the children’s bureau has dug up a shameful, shocking story. It is a side of American life that isn’t generally known, but the bu reau estimates close to 100,000 chil dren were thrown into adult jails last year alongside hardened crimi nals. Youngsters were even found shov eling dirt on road gangs and serv ing sentences in state penitentia ries. These were not mere isolated cases, but might have happened right in your home county, for in 34 of the 48 states children were discovered in jail with grownups despite the fact that most of these same states have laws protecting children from such treatment. Not only were juveniles often found In filthy jails with foul toilets, splotched mattresses, and with roaches naming along the walls, bat in some instances youngsters were lodged in the same cells with murderers rapists. In Taylorsville, Ky., a 13-year-old runaway boy was locked up In a two-cell log jail for four days with a screaming, laughing maniac. A 19-year-old Negro boy was sentenced to the South Carolina state peniten tiary by Circuit Judge M. A. Mann in Abbeville, S. C. In Washington, D. C., the chil dren’s bureau found 14- and 15-year- old boys working on the road gang in Fairfax, Va. Schools for Crime Criminal studies show that Jail doesn’t cure as much crime as it breeds, especially when juveniles are locked up with professional criminals. For cellmates don’t make the best teachers, and send ing children to jail is actually like putting them through a school in crime. A better method of handling young lawbreakers has been worked out by the Big Brothers of America, now celebrating national Big Brother week. CLASSIFIED! DEPARTMENT BUSINESS A INVEST. OFFOR. PERPETUAL lae«me to the Maker of Sanitary metal ware lor homes and Hos pitals uses with a guaranty of sales de pendability. For ImoTOaUon concerning this write RUDOLPH JELLINECK, Ph. Z881, Pen. Del., JacksenYille Beach. Fla. HELP WANTED—MEN ' ATTRNTION _ Man with car—If you aren’t making S70 a wk., see or write Bert Whitfield, FULLER BRUSH CO. SIS w. Adams 8t., Jax., Fla., Ph. 5-S09I TERRITORIES AVAILABLE Jacksonville. Southern Ga., and Northern Florida HELP WANTED—MEN, WOMEN MEN-Wemea: Earn $50 weekly. 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