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THE NEWBERRY SUN, NEWBERRY. S. C WEEKLY NEWS ANALYSIS Truman Announces U.S. Will Add Hydrogen Bomb to Arms Program; Major Housing Plan Is Envisioned LABOR: (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.; Steel Defender H-BOMBS: Time of Decision One of the most important deci sions in world history had been put up to Harry S. Truman. Should he order construction of the hydro gen bomb? When, after a respectable period of deliberation, he did make up his mind, the President expressed his decision in the most matter-of-fact manner possible! The U. S. would continue its de velopment and production of all types of military weapons, includ ing atomic armaments and the so- called hydrogen bomb. That state ment, probably intentionally cryp tic, may or may not have meant that the U. S. already has begun work on the H-bomb. Only one thing was sure—it was a terribly important decision, not only to Mr. Truman but to every person In the world. IT WASN’T the cost of the bomb that was a poser, even though that was expected to be in the neighbor hood of four billion dollars. It. k wasn’t a doubt as to whether it rlOUSING' could be made, for science de- eo nnn 11-:#-. dared it could. It wasn’t a hesi- Umts tancy about its effect, for if an Could the American individual enemy decided to, and could, con- in search of a new home afford struct the bomb, any experiments to pay $8,000 for it? Federal hous- „ ^ , on the part of the U.S. to make ing officials believe that to be a because he suggested certain and test it would be justified. fair figure and Raymond M. Foley, labo r unions are monopolistic. No. it was none of these that housing administrator, explained Words ofttimes are convenient aggravated the responsibility and to the house banking committee a things: one can become all things the solemnity of the decision. In- bill for federal housing aid based to all men, as viewpoint or strab Benjamin Fairless, president of U.S. steel, testified before a joint congressional economic committee in defense of the re cent increases in the price of steel. He called the rise “mod est,” laid the blame largely on onion pensions. Cry of 'Foul' Labor is never so vocal as when it feels its own particular rights and privileges are'being stepped on. This was evidenced by the cries emanating from Miami Beach, Fla., where angry AFL leaders charged that Robert N. Denham, general counsel of the national labor relations board, was campaigning to apply the anti-trust laws to big labor unions. IT ALWAYS has been puzzling to the average American why labor itself is not subject to some gov ernmental control—such as business and industry encounter in their op erations. The average American’s sense of fair play—were no other factors involved—would cause him to puzzle oyer that. Denham catapulted himself into the AFL’s bad graces in a speech before the American Trucking as sociation. In that address, he singled out the AFL teamsters union with which the truckers do business. He said the teamsters have a tremendous “potential power” to paralyze the country with simultaneous trucking strikes over the nation. DAN TOBIN, president of the teamsters, and William Green, AFL president, contended that Denham’s views were unfounded and pointed out that the teamsters have had no “serious strikes for several years” and none now of which they were “aware.” The AFL council charged Den ham has stamped himself by his speeches as the “antagonist of or ganized labor and the protagonist of the employers.” Then they advocated he be thrown out of his job, particularly stead, it was the question of life on that premise. and death involved and even more FOLEY STATED that the admin- terrible, if purely speculative, istration is considering construc- question; Might not man be un leashing a force which would de stroy all mankind? THE PREPONDERANCE of per suasion was by those advocating the bomb. Sen. Millard Tydings (D., Md.) chairman of the armed tion, through cooperatives and other non-profit organizations, of some 250,000 housing units on an aver age cost of $8,000 each. The homes envisioned in the pro gram would be for families with annual cash incomes of $2,800 and services ’ committee gave voice to * 4 ' 000 - thlrd of th f “ , - ba " fam ‘ what the majority of presidential advisers was thinking. He urged that the U.S. proceed With manufacture of the bomb, de nies of the nation had incomes within that “middle-income” range in 1948. egy directs. DEFENSE: A Contradiction A slight confusion seemed to be the chief thing which could be read into the first annual report by Defense Secretary Louis John son on the activities and findings of his department. WITH one breath. Secretary Johnson warned that an attack on this country “could come from the The endeavor, even in the eyes opposite hemisphere without warn- niarincr faiinra tn. Hr, cr, I the severest critics, appeared f ng an( j unpredictable fury.” Glaring that failure to do so could laudable, but with the cost of liv- j n th e next he expressed belief Invite attack. But President Tru- <n „ no H ® expressed oeiiei as 18 and income taxes that the prospect of war is dirmn- n iKi S p ob b y think J n 2 of Jh® for families without above-average ishing despite the Russian attitude horrible and utter devastation toe exemptions , would stm put the 0( b ^ lige 4 c e e tocalcu able deaths, the vast de- $8,000 home out of reach of many. other than its further identifica- enem^ C »nd WO to^ce^ “ilk. A . S . AN INSTANCE ° f tha < a »P- tion of America's first potential ^ *1 position, Foley said average month- enemy, the secretary's report held BROTHERHOOD: Renewed Effort Brotherhood Week, sponsored by the National Conference of Chris- from February 19-26, marking the annual observance of an event that ly payments would be about $69. little of excitement or import. It That’s $828 a year. Add a $1,000 was encouraging to find that he food, meat and milk bill, and the was convinced that the military total outlay for the new home own- strength of the U.S. is a major er is $1,828. This would leave the deterrent in the start of a shoot- ^ans^anrTews^'wm^be observed I $2 ’ 800 a year man $972 - Taki ng a v- ing war by any other nation. That tians and Jews, will be observed | erage figures> utilities, health costs, conclusion would come as a corn- insurance, clothing, transportation forting confirmation of the belief has ot-nurr. iry+r. «atir,r,oi citTrsi* I (tbere would be nothing with which of many millions of Americans -?nce ’ 10 pay for a car) and in- that a poUcy of armed strength at cidentals would amount to about home is the best assurance against In accepting the honorary chair- $516. This would leave some $400, threats from abroad, manship of Brotherhood Week, or i ess than $40 a month with which AFTER REPORTING on ex- President Truman urged all Amer- I to meet emergencies or other penses of his department, military- leans to ponder well the true mean- | needs. diplomatic activities, and other So, it is easily apparent that the functions, the defense secretary $8,000 house, the $69 monthly pay- declared his belief that while he ment and cos t-of-living items did not discount the damage done would run the $2,800-a-year man to unification of the armed serv- so close to the edge, that he’d ices by the interservice controver- hardly have anything left for a sies, he believes “that the extent pack of butts each week. | of these conflicts has been exag- UnkACI JTCC. I gerated ” nU/v\tLtOj: He also reported, parenthetically Break for DP's as were » that Russia now has . . the secret of the atom bomb, a An easement of the present law fact with which eV e r y 0 ne in the displaced | -q 3. is all too familiar for any de gree of comfort. SPONSORED BY THE NATIONAL CONFERENCE OF CHRISTIANS AND JEWS FEBRUARY 19 to 26 Ing of brotherhood” adding that “there probably has never been a time in history when true brother hood was so indispensable to the welfare of our own nation and to the peace and freedom of the en tire world.” persons into the United States to 205,000 in the two-year period end- „ , ing June 30, this year, has been ap- IN A SIMILAR VEIN, former proved by the Senate judiciary Secretary of the Navy John L. committee. Sullivan, named general chairman I THAT GROUP voted to permit | of the national observance, inter- 320,000 homeless foreigners to en- preted this year s event. “The big t er country by June 30, 1951. question today js whether the hu- This includes the approximately man spirit will remain free or 124,000 who already have entered, whether it is to be enslaved by The committee voted by 10 to 3 totalitarianism, Sullivan declared. | 0 approve a bill which would make "The dignity of man is on trial other changes in the present DP ttiroughout the world,” he con- i aw which President Truman has tinued, “and the fate of our civili- urged. zation may well depend upon the For example, it would shift the outcome. It will survive only if the d a te by which displaced persons ■ Ideal of man’s inalienable rights is must have entered European DP * acknowledged, respected and camps to be eligible for entry into strengthened. this country. The present law fixed First established in 1934 by the the date for December, 1945. The National Conference of Christians bill which the committee approved and Jews, Brotherhood Week has I would change that to January 1, been celebrated each year during 1949. the week of George Washington’s THE ACTION came on the eve birthday as a special period when of the date which the senate had the people of all faiths in the ordered the committee to report United States are invited to con- out a DP bill. aider together the need and impli- The house bill has been approved cations of good will among Protes- by the committee over the protests tants. Catholics and Jews. of Chairman McCarran (D., Nev.), IN 1934, some 300 communities who was in Europe at the time, across the United States partici- After a heated floor fight, the sen- pated in Brotherhood Week events; ate sent the measure back to com- In 1942 there were 800 communities, mittee. New Post Maj. Gen. Gordon P. Saville, often called the “father of radar,” has been named depu ty chief of staff to head the air force’s new research and de velopment command, a staff section charged with long range planning for military aircraft of the future. In 1944 the number^ spiralled to r\n A CT I A\k/ 2,000. The figure today is impos- I UKAi I LAW • sible to estimate, according to Sul- Bickering Starts livan, so widespread is the desire Atomic stockpiles . . . hydrogen of Americans of all faiths to dem- bombs . . . billions for defense ... onstrate their loyalty to the basic incredible speed in the air . . . ideals of respect for people and all these added up to a readily ap- human rights which are essential parent conception that U.S. policy to our way of life. is committed to a course which be- As observed with growing com- lieved that he is “best defended munity participation each year, wh o is best armed.” Brotherhood Week dramatizes the Tb® question was: Would the corn- practical things which people can pulsory military service system be do to promote understanding and retained? The question of man- realization of time-honored Amer- power remained an intangible fac- lean principle? J tor. -f- Life Expectancy Perhaps it’s indicative, perhaps it isn’t—but, for whatever it’s •worth in life expectancy computa tion, it’s a fact that the United States has more than 3,000 people who are more than 100 years old. It wasn’t too many years ago that life insurance companies on their annuity tables had everybody dead at 96. In other words, that was the extreme age at which anyone was supposed to be around • m POMP AND CIRCUMSTANCE . . . Archduke Charles of Hapsburg, fifth son of the late Emperor Charles of Austria, arrives with his mother. Empress of Austria, in Beloeil, Belgium, *for his wedding, with all the trappings of old world pageantry apparent in the background. He was wed in the tiny village to Belgium’s Princess Yplande de Ligne of the historic Bourbon line. The couple will make their home in New York when they return from their honeymoon. LABOR CANDIDATE IN BRITISH ELECTION ... One of the 39 women who are running as Labor party candidates in the British election is Lady Pakenham, entertaining her two-year-old son, Kevin. The candi date is the mother of sevenOother children. Lady Pakenham is the wife of the British minister of civil aviation. She is running for the Oxford constituency. FLYING HIGH . . . Alfred Anderson of the Norway ski club takes the jump at Norseman’s Hill, Salisbury Mills, N. Y., during the interna tional ski jumping tournament. At this angle, it appears as if Anderson is headed for the parking lot directly beneath him rather than the crushed-ice covered slope at left. The ski jump event was captured by Norway’s Thorbjorn Falkinger. TAKES AN OLD FASHIONED WALK . . . Lieut. Gen. Kuzma Derevy anko, Russian delegate to the allied council for Japan, leaves the Meijl building in Tokyo after walking out of the 105th session of the council. He preferred taking the walk to discussing the issue of missing Japa nese prisoners of war, captured by the Russians in 1945. Sentries are saluting the general, who is just following a well-worn Russian tradition <n ambling out of conferences before they’re over. HOT’N COLD ... Gil Hodges, Dodgers’ first baseman, was get ting too hot in the steam cabinet at a Brooklyn gym, so Irvin Small evened the temperature with a bucket of cold water. America, Shirley Arnow, watches her fiance. Bill Pomeroy, shine the Arnow family dishes at Phoe nix, Ariz. By marrying, Shirley follows in the footsteps of Miss America, Jacque Mercer, who wed her childhood sweetheart recently. YOU DON’T SAY . . . Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands, con sort of. Queen Juliana, chats with Mme. Munoz, wife of Governor Luis Munoz of Puerto Rico, during the prince’s visit to San Juan, Puerto Rico. A dinner was given the distinguished visitor. EATS CROW . . . Ritsu Ito, official of Japanese Red party, reads statement apologizing for apathet ic stand of Reds in Japan in reply to Kremlin charges that Japanese Communists are not following the approved methods of communism in Japan. He promised to do bet ter next time. MIGHTY FITTING . . . Joan Olander, Palm Springs, Calif., .likes to meet the sun halfway (or more), so she rolls her own bath ing suits. She designs her beach costumes to get as much of the sun as possible. Something’s Cooking I T LOOKS like an explosion wak brewing inside the Republican party. A senator’s snort plus troubh questions are portents of troub] The snort came from tha^nerry old soul of Republicyjg^onserva- tism, the delightful andlbrainy Eu gene Millikin of Colorado, at an outraged gathering of minority senators. Senator Millikin, an important looking man with a huge, bald head, listened with an amused twinkle to gripes hurled at the Re publican national committee. Then he snorted: “The trouble with the national committee is they are liv ing in an antediluvian age.” Coming from millionaire Sen ator Millikin, this is extremely significant, yet it’s i typical of the reaction of moderate Re publicans to the high, wide and handsome campaign by the party’s right wing against “me- tooism.” Another troubled question was raised recently by Vic Johnston, conscientious man-of-all-work for the GOP congressional campaign committee. He inquired of Repub lican friends: “What can I tell my son? He wrote from college that he’s considering leaving the Repub lican party because he thinks it does not offer anything for youth.” “Progressives’ ” Advice Unheeded Two “progressive” Republicans have answers, but so far they haven’t been listened to. Scholarly Sen. Irving Ives of New York ad vises: “To attract the support es sential to our success, we Republi cans must stand for things. We must show that we have genuine solicitude for the welfare of all the people. The reactionaries are liv ing in a dream world and can only destroy the Republican party at a time when there is a tragic need for an intelligent opposition to the Fair Deal.” Similar advice comes from the young, hard-hitting Massachusetts senator, Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr., who says: “We need a positive pro gram to win elections. Other Rumbles Other signs of the coming explo sion are: 1.) “WILD BILL” Langer, the bull - throated independent from North Dakota, was calmly eating in the senate restaurant when GOP leader Ken Wherry strolled by. The mere sight of Wherry aroused Langer to an angry snarl. “They’re trying to read me out of the party,” he said, “and there goes one of the so-and-sos who’d like to do it. But I’ll show them. I’ve been stomping up and down North Dakota and the people don’t want to go back to McKinley.” 2.) REPUBLICAN regulars in Oregon, backed up by lumber in terests and a $150,000 campaign kit ty, are preparing a 90-day “blitz krieg” against progressive Sen. Wayne Morse in the GOP primary. 3.) LAST STRAW for many Re publicans in congress was a de mand that they buy blocks of tick ets for the Lincoln day “box sup per” at the Uline arena in Wash ington. Senator Morse sent the tickets back with a note, “I cannot afford to spend this money. I need it in my own campaign, and I am quite sure I will not receive any fi nancial support from the national committee.” Acidly commented Senator Lodge: “This is a new low from the high of Abraham Lincoln. There are too many big-time lobbyists mixed up in this affair. This is not the way to win confidence in the party.” NOTE — What GOP strategists seem to forget is that in order to win elections they have to woo away Democratic votes. It isn’t enough merely to get the same number of Republican voters. The man most successful in winning Democratic votes has been Gov. Earl Warren of California,. who, when last elected, had botji the Democratic and the Republican nominat jns. “Honest, Honey” Vice-President Barkley was in troducing his lovely wife around In the office of his good friend. Senate Secretary Les Biffle. The Veep came to Biffle’s secretary, bowed and said, “This is Betty Darling.” With a twinkle and wink at Mrs. Darling, Barkley said merrily, “That’s her name, honest, honey.” Di Salle Is Comer * Mike Di Salle, vigorous young mayor of Toledo, was shot out of the cannon with a bang in the Ohio senatorial race. On the same day he announced, Di Salle grabbed the potent support of Mayor Tom Burke of Cleveland. Result will be a rough-and-tumble scrap for the Democratic nomina tion between Di Salle, who had made labor peace history with his Toledo management council, and “Jumpin’ Joe” Ferguson, the state auditor. CLASSIFIED DEPARTMENT AUTOS. TRUCKS A ACCESS. JEEP PARTS for Military and Civilian Jeeps. Fast Service. Retail Supply Co., Box 906. 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