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THE NEWBERRY SUN. NEWBERRY. S. C. WEEKLY NEWS ANALYSIS May Day Disappoints Communists; New York Students Stage Riots; Gambler Admits Making $100,000 About 60 American businessmen, chiefly Republicans, took a 10-day orientation course to study U.S. armed strength last week, part of the time with President Truman at tending. They studied all branches of U.S. defense, from the Marine Corps at Quantico, Va., to the in fantry at Fort Benning, Ga., to a trip on a submarine—all as part of Louey Johnson’s plan to build team work between the military and bus iness. Here are the things that im pressed them most. The prohibitive expense of war. It is so costly that not even Russia and the United States may be able to afford it. The fact that President Tru man’s picture appeared in no military installation except an enlisted man’s club. The likelihood that the B-36, designed for bombing trips across the arctic, may soon be obsolete. Harry Truman’s contagions homeyness. Probability that modern weap ons will make it impossible for nations to reach each other. They may have to fight long distance, across oceans. Truman Wins Ninety per cent of the business men taking the free orientation course started as vigorous anti-Tru- manites. They ended the opposite. After lunch at Fort Benning, the president said: “I’m going to shake hands with all of you. I’m pretty good at it by this time.” He demon strated how he pulled callers through the receiving line. That evening at Eglin Field, Fla., the group dined at the non-commis sioned officer’s club where Sergeant James T. Hopkins gave Truman a glowing introduction. “That was so good,” replied the president, as he rose to speak, “that I think I’ll take Sergeant Hopkins to introduce me on my ‘strictly busi ness’ tour through the northwest.” He referred to his inspection tour of Grand Coulee dam. Who Can Afford War) At Fort Benning the businessmen saw the equipment for one infantry division alone, and gasped at its cost—$180,000,000. This is more than the cost of financing the League of Nations for 20 years for 55 nations. In Caesar’s day the cost of killing one man was only 50 cents. Now it co/sts $55,000 per man. That’s why nations like France have decided they cannot afford , modern military equipment; also why almost no nation can now af ford war. It means bankruptcy. One new weapon carried by U.S. infantry is a recoilless gun, firing from the shoulder, carry ing a distance of five miles with the power of a 75-MM. field ar- , tiOery cannon. In brief, two in fantrymen now carry almost as powerful artillery as hauled by six mules and six men in World War I. Equally revolutionary were de velopments in airplanes. The air force’s F-86, a new fighter, can now carry the same bomb load as the B-17, once the chief bomber of World War II. But the B-36, consid ered the means of carrying the atomic bomb to the enemy, may be made out of date by a new secret weapon that could knock it out of the skies. Another secret weapon connected with the atomic bomb may soon make it impossible for Russia to in vade western Europe. Meanwhile, guided missiles are making such >gress that the time is not far it when nations will fire at each other across the Atlantic. There will be no more hand-to-hand combat ink Staft Department Business executives were im pressed with the frank briefing on U.S. diplomatic policy given them by the state department’s George Rennan. 1 “The battle for Europe is the bat tle for Germany,” he said. “And we aren't doing too well Other Kennan brevities “When the Stalin-Molotov was running things, we used to it to expect in Russia. Now don't know who is running things ... . Vishinsky is a puppet, not the real foreign minister .... We must preach some other solution besides war. If we don’t, no third power will follow us ... we must try to bring Other powers, if possible minor pow ers, in as leaders, so we can play nr roles.” Chairman of the Joint chiefs of staff Omar Bradley was frank. When asked, happens if Russia takes Western Europe?” He re ts “If by that yon also mean the Mediterranean, the answer Is nothing. We settle down to a war of attrition.” “Are we going to abandon Alaska, as some ' radio commentator pre- ;*icted?” was another question. The Aleutians, Bradley answered, are not important enough to defend. Alaska would be defended from two interior bases. tAAY DAY: Disappointing Outside Russia, May Day proved a great disappointment to the Com munists. 4 In Berlin, for instance, where the Reds had hoped for strife, a half million people, drawn from both halves of the divided city, roared defiance to the Soviet Union and German communism and pledged allegiance to freedom. At least 500,000 staged a spectac ular demonstration in the British zone, dwarfing the well-organized parade only a few blocks away. The Reds claimed that 800,000 par ticipated, but east-sector police on the spot volunteered that the crowd was no more than 250,000. And, although the meetings were next door to each other, there was no outstanding violence. A flurry of stone-throwing and a few fist fights was the extent of battle. Of the speakers, aging Mayor Ernest Reuter of Berlin was the most popular. The crowd applaud ed and cheered when he said, “We Berliners are not afraid of any thing.” In New York, the annual May Day parade was held to the tune of jeers from spectators and a few fist fights. About 13,000 persons at tended the rally, the smallest num ber in years. Also on the home front, the little town of Mosinee, Wis., experi mented with communism for the day and a strong-armed “guerrilla” band ground 2,000 residents under the heel of a mock Communist boot. The mayor was forced to sur render the town, the police chief was executed, a consentration camp was filled with hymn singers, churches were, closed and food ra tioned. The residents of the little town felt it was well worth while. All in all. the day outside Rus sia proved a great disappointment to the Communists. It was evident also, that the so-called “witch hunt” underway in congress is making a great many Communists depart the company of fellow org anizers. GAMBLING: Probe Continued The battle against gambling syn dicates conducted by cities through out the nation and many states for years, and recently picked up by the senate, seemed to have reached the right road and moved along rapidly. The senators, considering a pro posal to bar the interstate transmis sion of information about gambling, hope to curb what some lawmakers say is a nation-wide crime syndi cate founded on illegal bookmaking and slot machines. The senate subcommittee in its investigation gained two admissions from Frank Erickson, called one of the nation’s biggest gamblers: 1. He broke the law in running up a $100,000 a year net income from taking bets which ranged from $20,000 to $40,000 a day. 2. His interstate operations would be stopped if the government pre vented the transmission of gambling information across state lines. At one point in the investigtion Erickson admitted that he was often “ashamed” of his activities. LABOR PARTY: Stands Test Bulletins on the physical condi tion of ailing members of the house of commons have become a part of British humor recently. Members of the labor party, how ever, are not finding them very funny, especially since the one- vote victory on a minor issue. By just one vote the government es caped an embarrassing defeat and a serious blow to Its prestige. The issue, a token cut to the transportation appropriation amounting to only 1,000 pounds, tied 278 to 278. The chairman of the house, Laborite James Milner, cast the deciding vote on the gov ernment’s side. As a result of the narrow es cape, English political observers •did they expected Prime Minister Attlee to enforce even stronger dis cipline on attendance of Labor members of the house. Observers said that the vote also gave a true picture as to just how narrow the balance of power in the British government has be come. BELGIUM: Crisis Again For the third time within a year the Belgians will vote on the ques- tion of the exiled monarch’s future. The new election was ordered after the collapse of a final effort to constitute a new coalition gov ernment of social Christians and liberals for the recall of King Leo pold m. Observers predicted that the next election would be as indeeia- ive as the recent referendum. Students Riot Holding a boy firmly by the collar, a New York mounted policeman is shown taking Into custody one of the thousands of high school students who demonstrated and rioted in Foley Square as a follow-up of their support of teachers’ sal- mry and other demands. STUDENTS: Stage Riots Thousands of New York high school students staged repeated demonstrations—some outright riots —demanding higher pay for teach ers and protesting a virtual halt in after-school activities. As many as 5,000 students repeat edly rushed city offices and clashed with police. They shouted and shoved, threw stones, stuck pins in police horses, set off firecrackers, and made trouble in general. New York's school problems can be traced directly to the teachers who have demanded more money. As a result, $13,000,000 was added to the school budget, but Mayor O’Dwyer cut this figure to $7,000,- 000. The teachers then called a mod ified strike, keeping classes but re fusing to supervise “extra-curricu lar” activities such as commence ment exercises, senior dances, plays, proms and class days. As a result, the students staged demonstrations which at first were taken lightly, but soon gave evi dence of brilliant organization and direction. The picture became more con fused when the Communist Daily Worker praised the demonstrators and accused the New York police of invoking “terror” methods against them. Said Federal Judge John C. Knox of southern New York dis trict court: The photographs of jostling mobs “will bring joy to the inmates of the Kremlin”; the riots are “daring and disgraceful.” GERMANY: People's Police Two Communist storm troopers, who wandered into West Berlin, confirmed long - standing British and American suspicions that the Soviet Union was rearming East Germany. The two strays, armed to the teeth, pleaded guilty in a U. S. court of entering the section in para-military uniform. Weapons in cluded army pistols, machine guns and assault rifles. The men said they were mem bers of the Soviet zone “People’s; Police” but that it is in reality an i army. Members of the organiza tion get short training as police- ’ men, including law courses, then go in for tanks, armored cars, light and heavy . machine guns, grenades and assault rifles. On top of that, daily classes in “political education” under Com munist commissars are given the 36 units of 1,000 men each. As if In answer to Communist plan, the United States defense de partment answered the following day that 146,500 army troops are maintained by this country in west Germany. The department said nearly 600,- 000 men, more than 40 per cent of the country’s total all - service armed strength, are on duty out side the United States. Of the troops in Germany, an army spokesman said, 85,000 are concentrated in Berlin. The de-1 fense department has long oper ated on the theory that Russia would like nothing better than a chance to take over Berlin. WAR: Not Imminent The world was glad to hear the words of Chairmman Connally, at the senate foreign relations com mittee, that there seems to be no immediate danger of war with Rus sia. The Texan said in an interview: (1) Communist pressure would force the United States to abandon South Korea; (2) the Baltic plane inci dent has cot hastened war between this country and Russia. (EDITOR’S NOTE: When opinions are expressed In these columns, they are those ol Western Newspaper Union’s news analysts and not necessarily of this newspaper.) TAXES: Votes Cut The all-important house ways and means committee has voted a 20 per cent slash of the federal admis sion tax on film, stage and sport tickets. The action, were It to become law, would mean an annual loss esti mated at $242,000,000, bringing the total cuts and exemptions approved thus far to $575,000,000. Political observers agreed that the cut would be a popular vote- catching move, but at the same time, were beginning to wonder if there are enough “loopholes” in ex isting tax laws to make up the deficit that appears likely. President Truman was of the opin ion that by tightening certain tax laws, funds will be available for government operations the next fiscal year. In fact, the President threatened to veto any bill that fails to offset the losses by provision of new rev enue from other sources. He asked that the excise cuts be held ’to 1655,000,000. At this point another problem ap pears. The committee had not yet voted on two of the most important of wartime excises—communica tions and transportation. Some members predict that an other $500,000,000 cut would be ap proved In these fields. If that ihould be the case, the total reduc tion would climb to more than M,000,000,000. What happens next? If Mr. Tru- tnan kept his word he would veto Any bill that did not take up the Hack from another quarter. Add to that, the cut is 345 billion above vhat the President recommended. It seemed that a battle was shap ing up for the future. It was an in teresting situation, to say the least. EMPLOYMENT: Mmost Peak The census bureau reported that •mployment was within a stone’s ■brow of 60 million jobs, a pickup >f 1,117,000 over the bureau’s pre- rious report. Included in the report was tha food news that the 1950 number of memployed sank to 3,515,000—a new ow for the year. Secretary of Commerce Charles Sawyer said the gains were “prob- ibly greater than was generally an-, icipated.” He cautioned, however, hat the gains were at least partly leasonal. Commerce officials had hopes hat the high employment rate! night be maintained through the; rummer. The reason: factory pro-; luction and sales both at the high-: »st levels in more than a year, ? lew orders placed with manufact urers reached a postwar peak, and: ‘unfilled” orders continue to ac-' rumulate. Farming was the only branch not' •eflecting increases, however. De- ipite the seasonal)rise in jobs, the otal number in farm work con- inued below the level a year ago >y about 625,000. CORPORATION: Capital Up The securities and exchange sommission reports the net worki ng capital of United States corpor- itions rose 2.9 billions last year to 4.7 billion dollars. The business world took immedi- ite notice of one item in the report. Corporate working capital at the ;nd of 1949 was more liquid than at my time since the early part of 947. This increased liquidity last year esuited from a 2-billion-dollar rise a holding of cash and United ttates government securities, and i 5.5 billion decline in current lia- rilities. In all, the outlook was good most •bservers agreed. ’Big Time’ *:•> vviV .>1 NEW “MO” SKIPPER . . . Capt. Irving T. Duke, Richmond, v»„ has been named new skipper of the , U.S.S. Missouri, relieving Capt. Harold Smith, temporary skipper of the big boat since she went aground off Hampton Roads, Jan- nary 17. * GENERAL DEFENDS LATTIMORE . . . Mrs. Owen Lattimore chats with Brig. Gen. Elliott R. Thorpe, war-time chief of counter intelligence on MacArthur’s staff, before he took stand at loyalty probe to testify that he was convinced Lattimore Is a loyal American. I.. ‘.v,'; • mm- m s 8HKS& if: J|ii| r ' Wmwmm I Jip ifil 1 llllMIfei Km? mmm. " i m mm: “CHIEF” JUSTICE . . . Although he still hasn't decided whether or not he'll play professional football, North Carolina’s all-American half back, Charlie Justice, is trying on Indian headdress with the help of Max Reed (left), line coach of the Washington Redskins, and Herman Ball, head coach for the team. Justice conferred with Redskin officials for several hours recently, bat it was announced that no decision had been reached by the gridiron ace. TO BE SHARED . . . Ingrid Berg man and Dr. Peter Lindstrom have agreed on custody of their daugh ter, Pia. Lindstrom will have physi cal custody of the child as long as Ingrid remains abroad. When she returns, they will have Joint cus tody, sharing her vacations. CLASSIFIED DEPARTMENT- AUTOS., TRUCKS A ACCESS. GREAT Dane 32-ft. dual tandem refrlser- ated trailer. Used, but in good condition. Apply Southern Fruit Dlutrlbutoro, Ino« Pinefeeh Axe., Orlando, Fla. - BUSINESS A INVEST. OPPOR. JOBS with lona-term lease. Have work for one hundred units that must be re frigerated to company specifications. Connection with national trucking organ ization. Earning high for reliable opera tors. Contact Bert Harvey, Mathewa Trueklng Cerperatlea, Ml Pear Avenao, Memphis, Teas. Telephone Memphia S7-S461. • ATTENTION ~” BEER and wlae tavern, neighborhood. 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Secretary of State Dean Acheson is con gratulated by pwight Young, newly elected president of the'American Society of Newspaper Editors, after Achesoh told the society in Wash ington that a “real and present threat of aggression” stands in the way of agreement with Russia. Acheson urged a six-point program to combat Moscow’s drive to donfnse and divide the U. S. He said the Idea of ag gression prevents any possible agreement. IN SERIOUS STUDY . . . Owen Lattimore gives his side of the story at a Washington news con ference. He has been aconsed by Sen. Joseph McCarthy of being top Soviet spy in the United States. He denies all accnsations under oath. Frank Erickson, big-time gambler, admitted to the sen ate committee investigating gambling that he made $100,- 000 a year from taking bets from “anybody who wants to bet.” The senate group la studying legislation to bar interstate transmission of gam bling information. Rieh Nizam One or the richest men In the rorld, the Nizam of Hyderabad, ndia, who keeps silver, gold, jew- la and bank notes valued at about 130,000,000 in air-conditioned vaults nto which he alone may enter, latches and darns his worn gar- nents himself. Although he uses a large uncut Kaznond as a paperweight, ho toeon't throw money around. CHIEF EXECUTIVE RETURNS FROM MANEUVERS . . . President Truman Jokes with newsmen following his arrival in Washington recent ly aboard the presidential plane, the Independence, after witnessing a demonstration of air power under battle conditions at Eglin Field* Fla. The chief executive returned to the nation’s capital encouraged by what he saw of one phase of the nation's defenses. Mr. Truman's piano hit a speed of 44$ m.p.h. during one portion of the return trip. LOVE TRIUMPHS . . . 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