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WEEKLY NEWS ANALYSIS 1
Einstein Calls Arms Race Suicide;
Truman Asks Gl School Abuse End;
Bigger Cities Launch War on Crime
(KDXTOR’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.
TRUMAN BUYS FIRST POPPY . . . Mrs. Marie >L. Sheehe,
Rockville, 111., national president of the American Legion Aux
iliary, pins the first 1950 poppy on President Truman's lapel at
» White House ceremony. The Legion poppy sale, proceeds of
which go to disabled veterans, begins May 27.
ARMS RACE:
Suicide Rood
A solemn warning that an arms
race between the United States and
* Russia beckons annihilation was
issued by Dr. Albert Einstein.
Appearing on a television show,
Einstein, hailed as the world’s
greatest mathematician and one of
the great physicists of the world,
declared the arms contest now un
derway is assuming “hysterical”
proportions on both sides.
ONE of the chief contributors to
the final development of the atomic
bomb, Einstein declared that “the
means to mass destruction are per
fected with feverish haste behind
the respective walls of secrecy. The
H-bomb appears on the public
horizon as a probably attainable
goal and its accelerated develop
ment has been solemnly proclaimed
by the President.”
Then he uttered the punch line-
“Armed security is an illusion
If successful, radioactive poisoning
of the atmosphere and hence an
nihilation of any life on earth has
been brought within the range of
technical possibilities."
To implement that conclusion, he
said: "The ghostlike character of
this development lies in its appar
ently compulsory trend. Every step
appears as the unavoidable conse
quence of the preceding one. In the
and, there beckons more and nore
and more general annihilation.”
FEW MEN could speak with more
compelling authority on that sub
ject than the white-haired, brilliant-
eyed, venerable scientist who has
contribute'' so much to the sum
of man’s knowledge.
But each time civilization has
been wont to attempt annihilation
. through war, there has been little
.. disposition to listen to those voices
who would cry out a warning.
G/ SCHOOLS:
Abuse End Asked
The fantastic, preposterous ele
ments in the GI school program
bad Just about run their course.
Ballroom dancing, bartending, even
* lot of individual flight training
by ex*GFs who would never own an
airplane or have occasion to need
one, were on the way out, apparent
ly, as part of the accepted GI
. achool training program.
NO fjESS A FIGURE than Pres-
Crime
A CHECK-UP
With 14 metropolitan newspa
pers taking a careful scrutiny oi
its operations, and the federal gov
emment opening a conference on
what to do about it, U.S. crime ap
peared to have fallen on evil days.
Not for decades had the boys who
deal in shady enterprises has so
much publicity focused upon them.
Names were being called, police
officials were getting the lifted-
eyebrow treatment, wire services
were ripping telephones out of
bookie joints and, all in all, it ap
peared to be a real blow into which
the craft of crime was wallowing
THE PRESS would be the real
instrument of exposure, granted
that officialdom in cities includec
really wanted to clean up the un
desirable conditions. For example.
New York city’s fabulous Frank
Costello, often called the king of
the rackets, was the first target of
the newspaper series. Costello was
referred to as a “fellow so unbe
lievable he might have been
dreamed up by a Hollywood script
writer.” The story attempted to
link him with top-flight gambling
activities over most of the U.S.
One significant line in the first
of the newspapers’ series was this:
“Gambling can’t operate for any
period unless the police let it op
erate. N«r can the other rackets.”
THAT was so obviously axioma
tic that there could be no argument
with it, and honest cops over the
nation had to take the rap with the
hard-held-out boys when blame was
being shuffled around for lax law
enforcement.
The slot machine—termed vari-'
ously the “one-armed bandit” and
other unprintable names—was the
target for a special government in
quiry. It was indicated tha* their
menace is so fully realized that the
federal government may step in to
help the state control them.
There is an ironical contradic
tion here, however, because the fed
eral government licenses slot ma
chines and accepts revenue froi-i
that source. If the federal govern
ment shoul^i outlaw them, it would
go a long way toward insuring effi
cient state control.
INDONESIA:
Went Truman himself handed con
gress » catalog of abuses under
year’s 2.75-billion-dollar GI
education program and urged the
legislators to clamp down.
Mr. Truman asked specifically
tor legislation to prevent "fnfer-
| lor" training of that type which Is
Ukely to do the veteran little ap
preciable good.
report showed that 761 mil-
rs already has been added
estimated cost of the GT
schooling program for the current
fiscal year ending June 30. and
attributed this to increased enroll
ment for trade, vocational and
schools below college level
THE PRESIDENT declined to
just how much might be saved
a careful scrutiny of the pro-
but hinted at a billion dol-
tg others, the report made
points:
Enough poor-quality training
is in evidence “to warrant serious
2. The states—which under the law
the say-so. about approving
and courses—lack uniform
ards. •
e states approve schools of
which would not be approved
states.
an example, it is said that
states qualify barbers in 11
others require two years.
Uncle Comes Through
The United States, continuing its
efforts to stop communism by
strengthening local nationalist
regimes over the globe, approved a
loan of 100 million dollars to the
new republic of Indonesia.
THE MONEY, according to re
ports, was to be used by Indonesia
to finance purchase in this coun
try of industrial material and equip
ment for reconstruction of the Indo
nesian economy.
It* was reported that tyjnds from
the import-export bank, which made
the loan, might be flowing to Indo
nesia in a matter of weeks for pur
chase of railroad cars, trucks and
similar equipment, but that a long
er time would be required for such
items as heavy machinery.
THE INDONESIANS, numbering
75 million people, are faced with a
major task of restoring production
to an economy not yet recovered
from the effects of wartime Jap
anese occupation.
The funds from the United States
would go principally to repair of
war-damaged port, railway, high
way and processing facilities and
replacement of damaged transpor
tation facilities.
The loan was the largest since
the import-export bank agreed to
lend Israel 100 million dollars sev
eral months ago.
DREAM
n Be Made Stronger Than Concrete
Certain chemicals plus a sloppy
patch which, in 24 hours, pro-
a firm soil pack that may be
stronger than concrete
to be a contractor’s
technique was reported
[assachusetts Institute of
It was reported the
especially needed to
j tough surface for landing
operations, newly built airfields
and roads for military purposes.”
The technique was called an "en
tirely new approach.”
The process, it was said, can be
used on soils containing up to 30
per cent water by weight, or enough
water to turn clay as soft as bread
dough. Five hours after treatment,
the soil Is elastic and has vast
tensile strengths.
COAL DISPUTE:
Strikes vs. Courts
If the recent coal strike did noth
ing else, it may have set in mo
tion forces that will bring about a
determination for all time of the
power of the courts of the land to
deal with big walkouts.
It is true that John L. Lewis, un
der pressure of the law, capitu
lated and ordered the miners back
to work; but when he gave the
order the miners were defiant and
no one knew whether they would
return to the pits in sufficient num
bers to ease the production situa
tion.
THE BIG QUESTION in the
minds of most Americans was:
What can be done about it? If
the miners didn’t want to work,
who could make them return to
the pits? In this still-free land, men
can work or quit without penalty
under the law. But could their
union be punished because its mem
bers quit as a group, since the
law says a union is responsible for
the acts of its “agents.”
If that were the attempted
remedy, the question surely would
be raised: Were the miners acting
as individuals in pursuit of their in
dividual rights in working, or musl
they be regarded as “agents” oi
the union in their decision?
It was a torturous question and
one certain to provide a classic
case for the courts.
Of course if Lewis and the oper
ators, under order of the court to
resume bargaining, were to reach
an agreement, the question would
become a moot one. But under the
recurrent stress of coal strikes—
and usually at a time when coal
stockpiles are lowest—the result
may be the writing of some new
law, or court-decision approach to
break up the continual crises which
hamstring production and rntrib
ute to widespread unemploymem
and consequent suffering.
A-Test Chief
Maj. Gen. Robert M. Lee will
be in command of the air force
units taking part in new atomic
weapons tests to be held at the
Eniwetok atoll proving grounds
this spring.
MISSILES:
U. S. Trailing
United States Senator Johnson
(D., Tex.) is claiming that Russia
is far ahead of the United States
in development of guided missiles
and has called for an immediate
review of this nation’s guided-
missiles program.
JOHNSON ASSERTED that the
United States is lagging as much
as two years behind the Russians
in this field of warfare and added:
“If guided missile warfare should
begin within the next two or three
years we—at our present rate—
would be very feeble participants.
For a push-button war, we have
neither the oush nor the button.”
HE STATED that the nation’s
missile program is a "minor, al
most obscure item” in the defense
budget.
‘Maybe So’
According to a California Dem
ocrat who might know. President
Truman has been thinking about
the 1952 presidential election.
George Luckey, Los Angeles,
vice-chairman of the California
Democratic central committee, has
reported that he put the question
up to the President during a White
House visit and got "maybe so”
for an answer.
"He said ‘maybe so,’ ” Luckey
told reporters. "He said that if we
have the same team together
again, maybe we can do some
thing.”
Luckey saijj by "team” the Pres
ident meant those who supported
him in 1948.
While Mr. Truman has never
declared openly that he would be
a candidate for reelection in 1952,
he has never flatly ruled out the
possibility.
ASIA:
Secret Talks
Some indication of the signif
icance of Asia in developing world
affairs could be had in the report
that 17 American envoys had held
a secret, three-day parley in
Bangkok on the tumultuous prob
lems of the continent.
They were attempting, reports
said, to find means of strengthen
ing United States policy in an area
already half-Red and half unde
cided.
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Hollywood career for the life of an evangelist. She preached a 15-min
ute sermon at the Punxsntawney church.
PRE-HEARING DISCUSSION . . . Agriculture Secretary Charles Bran-
nan confers with Sen. Guy Gillette (D., Iowa), a member of senate ag
ricultural committee, before Brannan testified on government’s potato
program at recent hearing. The department of agriculture was caught
with 50 million bushels of potatoes bought through price-sustaining pro
gram and was without a means of disposing of them without a loss.
REMORSEFUL ROBBER . . . Clyde J. McGinty, 28, sobs hysterically
after his arrest on charges of knifing an Oakland, Calif., tavern keeper
in a holdup attempt. McGinty is flanked by Patrolman Jerry Dineen
(left) and Inspector Sid Brown. The tavern keeper received cuts on his
neek and hands. McGinty was booked for investigation of*robbery after
he was picked up by police and search of his person disclosed that his
pockets held some change from the bar.
HE^’TIED’’ HIM AND WENT ONE BETTER . . . Race track fans who
like to place their money on the jockey rather than on the horse might
be interested to know that these two jockeys, Sam Boulemetic (left) and
Joe Culmone, are battling for leading honors at Hialeah. When this
photo was made. Sam was trying to tie Joe. He did such a good job,
however, that he how possesses 13 wins, while the rider he was emu-
luting has only 12. The winter racing season is on in Florida.
COURTROOM EMBRACE . . .
Mrs. Ellen Hamilton embraces her
husband, Richard Hamilton, dur
ing a Los Angeles court recess. He
faces robbery and murder charges.
This Is the first time they’ve been
together since his arrest in July.
THE KINER KISS . . . Home-run
king Ralph Kiner kisses his new
contract with the Pittsburgh Pi
rates which assures him a salary
of $35,000 for 1950. This is an in
crease of approximately $30,000
over his last year’s salary. Kiner
is 28.
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DISCUSS ATOMIC SECURITY . . .
Sen. Brien McMahon, chairman of
the/atomic energy committee
(left), asks F. B. I. Chief J. Edgar
Hoover what steps the U.S. must
take to safeguard against further
thefts of atomic and hydrogen
bomb secrets.
MERCY SLAYER . . . Carol Ann
Paigbt, charged in Bridgeport,
Conn., court with killing her fath
er, hopelessly ill with cancer, was
freed by an all-parent Jury recent
ly. Defense tried to prove the girl
temporarily deranged when she
fired fatal bullet.
REVISES TESTAMENT ... Dr.
Luther Weigle, dean - emeritus,
Yale divinity school, holds revised
version of New Testament. He sai£
he found revision necessary te
bring the book into language read
ers of today
Spy Disclosures
A FTER j. Edgar Hoover’f
lengthy session with the sen
ate appropriations committee re
garding A-bomb leaks, newspaper*
reported that senators left the meet
ing ashen - faced /over the dis
closures.
Here is what Hoover said' t©
cause those a^hen faces.
Hoover dramatically reported
that subversive activities in th*
United States are at an all-time
high—worse than during the war.
He also revealed that Com
munists ere doing away with party
cards in order to prevent detec
tion and conviction. Instead, they
identify each other by word of
mouth.
Hoover told the senators that
Communists were making a spe
cial attempt to infiltrate into stra
tegic industries such as telegraph,
stelephone and the manufacture of
electrical equipment. Asked point-
blank by the senators whether
there was a spy ring inside the gov
ernment, Hoover answered “no.’*
The head G-man complained
that Elisabeth Bentley’s sensa
tional disclosures two years ago
had been premature and that
as a result the FBI lost many
sources that had been care
fully planted for 18 years inside
the Communist party.
Listening to Hoover as he testi
fied was Sen. Homer Ferguson of
Michigan who was partly re
sponsible for the Bentley dis
closures. Ferguson, together with
Congressman J. Parnell Thomas,
then chairman of the un-American
activities committee, heard about
Miss Bentley in connection with the
Communist treason trial being pre
pared in New York and jumped
the gun on the justice department.
In order to cop the news headlines,
they called Miss Bentley before
their committees and smeared her
testimony all over the front pages
New Employees Needed
Hoover was testifying in order
to secure appropriations for about
70 new employees. He illustrated
the work of his G-men by telling
how during the first trial of Alger
Hiss, the FBI was unable to locate
Hiss’ mkW. All Mrs. Chambers
could remember about the maid
was her name, "Mary.” However,
after the first trial, Mrs. Chambers
dug up a rough sketch she had
made of the maid, gave it to the
FBI, and after honeycombing Balti-.
more and using only this sketchy
evidence, finally the G-men located
the maid. •
Hoover told the senators that
Dr. Klaus Fuchs had access to
every atomic secret ia the
United States and was even in
on the “final critical assembly’*
of the A-bomb. .This was the
most top-secret phase of the
Manhattan project.
Hoover testified at machine-gun
speed throughout the closed-door
session. Here are some of the fig
ures he rattled off regarding crime
in the U.S.A. Last year: 1.686,670
major crimes committed in the en
tire country; the big increases
since 1941 have been 67.4 per ceni
more "aggravated assaults,” 35.2
per cent more rapes, 27.2 per cent
more burglaries, 24.2 ppr cent more
robberies, 7.3 per cent more
larceny.
However, murder has dropped
0.7 per cent since 1941, manslaught
er has decreased 5.5 per cent and
auto thefts 11.5 per cent The FBI.
he said, had a record of 97,2 per
cent convictions last year.
How Fuchs Worked..
Here is the background in which
Dr. Klaus Fuchs, arrested as a
Russian spy in London, worked in
the U.S. during the war.
Los Alamos, where he was sta
tioned. was unlike all the other
atomic installations and not com
partmentalized. In other words,
scientists did not work in secret
compartments, but were familiar
with each other’s work. There were
some 600 scientists at Los Alamos,
-of which the foreign "colony” num
bered about 60—20 British, two
Swiss. !*» German refugees, and
some Italians.
Sir James Chadwick headed the
British delegation. Fuchs was not
considered on the first team, but
rather on the second. Since thfre
was no compartmentalization. his
exact scientific standing made no
difference as far as collecting data
was concerned.
Fuch’s friends recall that he firsj
worked on atomic matters in Cana
da. at the Chalk river plant in north
ern Ontario.
According to British intelligence.
Klaus Fuchs came to Britain from
Germany in 1932 as an anti-Nazi
refugee on orders from Moscow.
Fuchs’ instructions were to work
his way into British scientific cir
cles. As a result he became a
British citizen, knew every secret
of the A-bomb including the exact
size to the critical mass that makes
an explosive, and even the secret
of the detonator.
Fuchs also knew about th* H-
bomb, which our scientists tried to
produce before they got the A-
bomb. *
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