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K THE NEWBERRY SUN, NEWBERRY. S. C. WEEKLY NEWS ANALYSIS Chiang Loses Half of Nationalist China With Pall of Hainan Island; Editors Urged to Join Truth Drive (EDITOR’S NOTE: When opinions are expressed in these eolnmns, they are those of western Newspaper Union’s news analysts and not necessarily of this newspaper.) NATIONALISTS: Half Remains Any hope the western world may have had that the march of com munism in the Far East had been checked vanished as Chiang Kai- shek ordered the evacuation of Hainan island. Thus, one half of Nationalist China became Commu nist territory, and the West listened lor the first rumors of the invasion of Formosa. It was an embarrassing defeat for the Nationalists, who, having previously boasted of victories ov er the invaders, found Unnecessary to report in the next breath com plete defeat. Observers said the Nationalists simply “counted their chickens” before they hatched, and, that the Hainan command deliberately put out false news to prevent panic and enable prominent leaders to flee the island. Whatever the cause. General Chiang found himself minus five armies, totaling some 125,000 men, 13,500 square miles of territory, and rich deposits of iron ore, coal and petroleum. MOST surprising angle in the Nationalist’s defeat, in the eyes of western military men, was the compartively small number of Communist invaders, estimated at 10,000 to 15,000 men. Chiang’s armies outnumbered them almost 10 to 1. Speculation was immediately rampant on possible exaggerated Formosa defenses. Further, in some quarters, the fall of Hainan was called the beginning of the end of Nationalist China. Secret Witness Louis F. Budenz, admitted ex-Communist and sometimes called Sen. Joseph McCarthy's secret witness, testified before senate loyalty probers that Owen Lattimore, Far East ex pert, was a member of a “Com munist cell’' in the Institute of Pacific Relations. Next move is up to Mr. Lattimore. BOMBS AWAY: Russia Watches The United States air force dis play of air power, punctuated with the explosion of heavy demolition bombs, jet planes, rockets and flaming oil bombs, was a big suc cess for the 1,500 spectators, in cluding prominent business and civic leaders and Harry S. Tru man. EDITORS: Truth Campaign Editors of the nation—little and big—have been asked to join the greatest campaign in the world today—“campaign of truth.’’ President Truman, speaking be fore the American Society of News paper Editors, said we must make ourselves known as we really are —not as Communist propaganda pictures us. We must pool our ef forts- with those of the other free peoples in a sustained, intensified program to promote the cause of freedom against the propaganda * of slavery." Then the President told the edi tors something they already knew, but no doubt liked to hear: “There is too much nonsense about striped trousers in foreign affairs. Far more influence is ex erted by the baggy pants of the managing editor." The editors, in general, were in clined to agree. Although the in dividual policy of their newspapers might or might not be pro-adminis tration, it was high time the United States counteracted Communist propaganda with truth. In a nutshell the President argued Soviet propaganda con stantly reviles the United States. The big problem is to tell the peo ples of the world exactly what Americans are like. At home the editors are the all- important bridge between the American people and world affairs by informing them “well and com pletely," the President added. It was being watched in other quarters, too, and the administra tion made no secret of its hope that those quarters would be duly impressed. In fact, the govern ment hoped the explosions at Fort Benning, Ga., would be heard across the Atlantic at the moment when Russian and American rela tions were at their lowest point. U. S. State Secretary Dean Ache- son, who recently has ceased pull ing his punches, along with other high government officials, hoped the display would warn the Soviet Union that the United States was prepared. To demonstrate his hope, he said a few days later: “. . . the country must be strong, with de fenses organized wisely and pru dently, and with all possible re sources, for protecting the area in which this freedom abounds." Of the bursting bombs and niighty guns Mr. Truman said nothing when asked what im pressed him most. DECORATIONS: War or Peace HOSPITALS: 16,000 Beds The house of representatives voted $279,000,000 for veterans’ hospitals and a $1,000,000 coast guard reserve training project. The vote- was startling in two re spects: (1) The house passed the bill with a record vote; and (2) the congressional “economy drive" which has prevailed in Washington during the past year got a sudden jolt which was not unexpected. As passed by the house, the bill directs the Veterans’ administra tion to proceed with construction of 16,000 additional hospital beds for war veterans. With veterans of two world wars demanding and needing increasing hospital aid, congressmen agreed to the need, but shook their heads at the idea of tying a knot in the economy trend becoming more popular as a presidential election year nears. It took longer, incidentally, to pass the million dollars for the coast guard than it did to enact the hospital bill. That, some observers point out, would indicate that per haps the congressmen have not en tirely forgotten their economy drive. From action of the United States senate some wondered if this coun try was at war or peace as that high body decorated 10 airmen who lost their lives in the Baltic, presumably shot down by Russian fighters. To spectators who gazed down upon the senate floor it was ob vious the senators were in no mood to dally, but filled with a fury that had not been experienced since a declaration of war against Japan. With such denunciations as “criminal" and “barbarous" and demands that steps be taken to prevent another such occurrence, the senators voted praise and dec orations for the airmen. Numerous foreign affairs ex perts took special note of the state department’s protest to Russia, which said in part: “The cause of peace is not furthered when the U.S.S.R. osten tatiously decorates Soviet airmen in a manner calculated to give the impression that they are being re warded for shooting down a de fenseless American plane.” All agreed that the prospects of a shooting war were not immedi ate. AIR FORCE: Chief Retires HOUSING: Urge Rent Control Undoubtedly the most unpopular move of the administration since World War II has been the contin uation of rent controls. Now, sev eral officials have urged extension of rent controls beyond their sched uled end June 30. For all their yelping, and, al though President Truman has called for a year’s extension, there is a general feeling that this time the •angresa will let the law lapse. The first Secretary of Air under President Truman’s unification policy, W. Stuart Symington, has retired. And, as he departed, he said the Air Force fighting value has been cut. He declared the Air Force com bat effectiveness had declined in the last six months because of a reduction in number but its effi ciency had increased. “There is a tendency to mix up those two words—effectiveness and efficiency — and some misunder standing has resulted," he added. He had another view to express, also. He was convinced that a seventy-group Air Force was neces sary. One could not overlook, how ever, the importance of economy “since the nation can be defeated by economic disaster as well as military disaster." For that reason he had support ed President Truman’s forty-eight group program. He had one parting observation on economy: He did not see how a balanced budget could be achieved with world conditions in the state they were now. POLITICS: Truman Tour President Truman isn’t giving his rivals a chance to cut down the Democratic majorities in both houses, most observers believed, as he planned what he called a “nonpolitical” swing through the West. I The “nonpolitical” tag that has been hung on the Truman tour has no one fooled. It is, no doubt, the official opening of this year’s po litical campaign and will have a great bearing on the 1952 presiden tial election. Observers are inclined to agree that five key objectives are in the back of the Democratic strategy: 1. In 1948 the Democrats swept to unexpected victory because of Truman’s popularity. They don’t want that popularity slowed down. 2. Visit and talk to the mid- Westem farmers and thus extend the party’s hold upon them. 3. Find candidates who, if elect ed, will back the Truman admin istration. This is felt necessary to offset the revolting Southerners. 4. Rescue and revenge enter into the tour in that an attempt will be made to save some party faithfuls and to punish a few enemies. 5. To bring about some disci pline within the party itself in an effort to put on a united front. PALESTINE: Arabs Unite Where there had once been strife among the Arabs of Palestine, now there is unity with the announce ment that Arab Palestine and Trans-Jordan have united into a single kingdom. The unity creates the Kingdom of Hashemite Jordan at whose head reigns King Abdullah Ibn El Hussein on a basis of constitutional representative government, the an nouncement stated. The unification notice was sent to the Arab states and was re ceived in Israel without too much comment since Israel had an arm istice agreement with the new kingdom. However, Israel was not pre pared to accept the annexation. Observers agreed that the move might prejudice future talks when all points concerning the ultimate peace are discussed. “HEAVEN IS HERE" ... One of the highlights of the women’s National Press club annual dinner recently was the stunt show featuring many prominent newswomen. This scene is called “Heaven Is Here." Frieda Everett, portraying President Truman, is wearing a hat loaned by the President. The vice-president, standing by the President is Dorothea Lewis. Angels are (left to right) Gertrude Kalec, Betty Miles, Julia Bonwit, Roberta Clark, Eleni Sakes and Dorothy Marks. GREAT WRITINGS: Bible Not Included Robert M. Hutchins of the Uni versity of Chicago announced the collection of the greatest writing of Western civilization in a 54-volume, $1,750,000 work, but the Bible was not included. At first readers were shocked that the greatest work of literature in the history of man was not in cluded, but were quickly relieved by Hutchins’ reason. The Bible, he explained, was not included because it already is uni versally available and almost uni versally owned. The collection includes 443 works by 74 authors and was said to in clude the works acclaimed “indis pensable to the liberal education of a free man in the 2Qth Century." The first limited printing of 1,000 sets had been scheduled for that many patrons at $500 each. COINS: 7 Billion On October 9, 1792, with an audi ence that read like the social regi ster, the first coins in the United States Mint were struck. Present at that historical moment were George and Martha Washing ton, Mr. and Mrs. Alexander Ham ilton, and Thomas Jefferson. Since then seven billion have been minted. Since that day 157 years ago, 31,- 141,346,843 pieces of money have been struck off, with a total value of $7,131,813,414.41. Shorn Beauty I.W.VAW ■? V.VCV • • --Vv. • -v. ■T , 1 f, ; gpggjB -tfamaim it If?: Yon wouldn’t know it at first glance, but this is lovely Rosa lie Bruce wearing the “lend- lease" head of hair provided by a Hollywood make-up artist. Rosalie’s jealous husband, Ed ward L. Bruce, shaved off her waist-length tresses to keep other men from admiring her. She’s a redhead. Unworthy Catholic circles continue to buzz with speculation caused by the sensation of Monsignor Franz Jachym refusing in front of the altar of Vienna’s famous St. Ste phen’s church to be ordained as a Roman Catholic bishop. He abruptly declined saying he felt himself “unworthy" of the of fice. Such a thing had never hap pened before in the history of the Catholic church. HORATIO ALGER STORY . . . Fifty years ago, Roy Barton White, 16, sat down at a telegraph key at Dana, Ind., for the B. & O. railroad. Now president of the road. White recently sat down at a key in Cleveland and talked to a friend in Dana. GETS BAVARIAN POST . . . High Commissioner John J. McCloy an nounced in Frankfurt recently that New York’s Hunter college presi dent, Dr. George N. Shuster, has been appointed state commissioner for Bavaria. ATTEND BACHELOR’S BALL . . . Shirley Temple and Charles Black attend the bachelor’s ball in San Francisco. Black flew from Honolulu, where he is employed by a Hawaiian pineapple firm, for a get-together with his parents and Shirley. The couple’s presence at the ball renewed rumors of a romance. They denied the rumor that they would wed. THE END OF A ROUND . . . They are calling the world’s former heavyweight boxing champion, Jim Jeffries, an “old cutup." “The ex champ is about to cut a cake that was baked in observance of his 75th birthday. Ringing the retired prizefighter are Jerry Giesler, Jimmy McLarnin, Babe Davidson with trophy, and Nat Fleischer. The tall fellow whose head can be discerned directly behind Giesler’s head is Jim’s brother. Jack Jeffries, who is 73. VISITING GOOD NEIGHBOR . . . President Gabriel Gonzalez Videla of Chile waves his hat at specta tors in New York City. He was ac companied by his wife and New York’s mayor, William O’Dwyer. Approximately 150,000 persons lined the street. THIRD SON BY THIRD WIFE . . . Mickey Rooney was presented his third son by his third wife, Martha Vickers, at the Valley hospital in Van Nuys, Calif., and lost little time getting the newest heir before the cameras. BABE RUTH’S DAUGHTER WEDS . . . W. Grant Meloon, Jr., stands with his bride, Julia Ruth Flanders, daughter of the late home-run king of the New York Yankeqp, Babe Ruth, as she poses in her wedding attire. Meloon and the daughter of the great Bambino were married recently in the Little Church Around the Corner in New York City. A wedding reception followed the nuptial ceremonies at ike Gramerey Fhrk hotel. The hotel has been the bride’s residence. HIGH SCORER .'. . Jackie Lavine holds up her trophies she won in the women’s national A.A.U. swim ming meet in Palm Beach. She represented the Town Club of Chi cago and won the 220- and 440-yard freestyle events. VA Hospital Fight T HE PUBLIC doesn’t know it, but the real reason for waste re garding veterans hospitals is poli tics. It is also why conscientious Dr. Paul Magnuson, chief of the Veter ans’ administration’s medical divi sion, has been on the point of re signing. He wants hospitals located where medical conditions are best, while genial Veterans’ Administrator Carl Gray sometimes locates them where political conditions are best. Here are some specific examples: MULEY BOB DOUGHTON’S HOS- PITAL—The V. A. soon will build a 1,000-bed neuropsychiatric hospital at Salisbury, N. C., despite the fact that medical authorities want it at Durham or Winston-Salem where it would be near Duke university or the future site of Wake Forest col lege. Doctors always like to place neuropsychiatric hospitals near med ical centers, because nerve patients sometimes have a complication of diseases. This view also was supported by Secretary of the Army Gordon Gray, a North Carolinian. But an other North Carolinian disagreed. He was Congressman Bob Doughton, who, as chairman of the ways and means committee, is one of the most powerful members of congress. De spite economies and medical pref erences, Doughton wanted the hos pital in his district. So it is going to be put there. SENATOR MURRAY’S HOSPIT AL—A 100-bed hospital is being built at Miles City, Mont., also far from a medical center, as a favor to Sen. James Murray of Montana. This hospital originally was sched uled to be part of a V. A. project at Minot, North Dakota, until “Doctor" Murray decided otherwise. It will now cost the taxpayers the huge sum of $4,476,891, or more than $44,000 per bed. CONGRESSMAN VINSON’S HOS PITAL—The V. A. has been forced to take over and maintain another out-of-the-way hospital at Dublin, Ga., built by the navy as a favor to Congressman Carl Vinson of Georgia, powerful chairman of the armed services committee. This hospital is so far from a main-line railroad that the navy had to build a special airfield to bring in patients. Also, only 360 of its 500 beds are in use, due to lack of medical personnel. To staff the Dublin hospital. Dr. Magnuson fi nally had to order 15 doctors there from other V. A. hospitals. Where upon eight of the 15 resigned. BUDGET BUREAU’S HOSPITAL —Another glaring case is at Augus ta, Ga., where the V. A.,, under pressure from the budget bureau, is being foraed to take over a ram shackle navy hospital for neuro- psychiatric patients. The main building is an old hotel, with corri dors and doors too narrow for hos pital use. More important, this hospital cannot be adequately staffed with doctors and technicians to handle its 1,000 beds. The V. A. wants to build a new psychiatric hospital in Atlanta, Ga., where doctors from Emory university, a first-class medical school, would be available for residence work. Such a hospital could be built for what it will cost to maintain the navy “snakepit" at Augusta for 10 years. However, the budget bureau says no. Closed-Open Embassy Every spring the allegedly elite homes of Washington are put on dis play for the benefit of a church char ity. For a modest sum, the curious public can traipse over the rugs of Mrs. Dean Acheson in Georgetown, or gaze at the bric-a-brac of Mrs. Felix Frankfurter. Some of the embassies are also open to the public, and this year some of the ladies raised their eye brows as to whether the Egyptian embassy should be included on the list. Reason: - Last year the Egyp tians barred a prominent Washing ton hostess because she is Jewish. Mrs. Sidney Hechinger, wife of a leading Washington lumber mer chant, was supposed to have served as hostess during a tour at the Egyptian embassy. But the Egyptian ambassador refused to let Mrs. Hechinger set her foot inside the front door. Mrs. Wiley Rutledge, wife of the late supreme court jus tice, calmed the furor; and instead, Mrs. Jesse Donaldson, wife of the postmaster general, served as hostess for the Egyptian -embassy. Now spring has come again and another open-house hour. But in stead of protesting the insult, the society ladies have invited the Egyptian embassy to participate again and are meekly sending Mrs, Donaldson back as hostess. Merry-Go-Round Mrs. Patrick J. Hurley, blonde and beauteous wife of the ex-secre tary of war, was almost in tears over her husband’s television de bate with Mrs. Roosevelt, during which he virtually called the for mer First Lady a liar. The Hurleys had been week-end guests of Mrs. Roosevelt at Hyde Park just be fore the television show, and Mrs. Hurley confided to friends that Pat spent the whole time fighting with Mrs. R. CLASSIFIED DEPARTMENT AUTOS., TRUCKS & ACCESS. GREAT Dane 32-ft. dual tandem refriger- .. . • . •- iitlor urxvjcj/mji asauc; o*--*. w. itua* . 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