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f; THE NEWBERRY SUN, NEWBERRY. R. C. ; V V- WEEKLY NEWS ANALYSIS nil hi * ■ drew: Rich on Relief mALL, SCHOLARLY congress- ^ man J. M. “Judge” Combs of Texas seldom opens his mouth un less he has something to say. He had plenty to say behind closed doors when the ways and means committee voted a big reduction In the capital-gains tax on upper- bracket taxpayers—and it wasn’t music to his colleagues’ ears. Combs bluntly charged the com mittee with handing out millions in tax relief to Wall street stock tenders and others who make ‘‘quick profits on turnover transac tions.” “You are unfairly discriminating against more than 60,000,000 low and moderate taxpayers who de rive their income from salaries, wages and ordinary business in come,” the Texan chided his col leagues. “It has always been my Imderstanding that taxes should be easiest on those least able to bear them, but you are handing out a lot of relief here to people who can best afford taxes.” Combs angrily pointed out that the people the committee had “put on relief” by re ducing the capital-gains tax from 25 to 16 per cent were in dividuals with annual incomes of $15,000 or more and married couples with joint incomes of tfe $90,000 or more. Rep. Walter Lynch, Democrat of Kew York, and Robert W. Kean, Republican of New Jersey, were mowed down by the Texan when they argued that the capital-gains cut would stimulate investments, and thus business. “Don’t kid yourself that this will stimulate business and encourage sound investment,” lashed back Combs. “All it will do is foster a quicker turnover of securities by thpse who speculate on the stock market.” Note — Congressman Combs is the man who had the courage and petseverence to run against ex- congressman Martin Dies of the un-American activities committee and defeat him. Ik« v t Political Party It is well known that General Eisenhower is the secret choice of captain high-placed Republicans to be the GOP candidate in 1952. Such backers as Tom Watson of inter national business machines are sly grooming him. rer, it appears that Eisen- — who, as a youngster in ■Abfiene, Kansas, registered as a Democrat—has long wanted his po litical affiliation kept secret. Neighbors of General Eisen hower tell how he and his wife went to vote in a little tearoom near Colombia university last year. As Mrs. Eisenhower started to register, she was asked if die wanted to sign the usual registration blank enroll ing her in one of the political parties. M r s. Eisenhower started to accept the blank, but the general stopped her. Jp “Why can’t I state my party preference?” Mrs. Eisenhower asked, “since I am voting for one party?” “I just don’t think it is wise,” Eisenhower protested. “I wish you wouldn’t do it.” Mrs. Eisenhower said she didn’t understand. Hie general smiled and said: “You will in time.” Frank Senator / It isn’t often that a Senator will argue openly against government economy. No matter what he may think personally, he knows that government economy is a big vote- getter. However, big Ed Johnson, Colorado Democrat, solemnly warned the other day against too much economizing at the expense of democratic principles. “We do not establish govern ments to save dollars; we estab lish governments so that the peo ple may govern,” Big Ed told his senate colleagues. “The planners say that if big business was run like government, ft would be bankrupt overnight,” continued the senator from Color ado. “Now that is a pretty plausi ble argument, and every unin formed person the country over awallows it and repeats it. Well- meaning propaganda groups throughout the country play that tune. I concede, in fact, that our government is more wasteful and more inefficient than a stream lined dictatorship, and that its op erating efficiency does not look good when placed alongside that cf American business organization. “But is that what we are striving for?” boomed John son. “Are we forgetting that we are trying to maintain a democratic system of repre sentative government here in America? All of ns, I am sure, would have no hesitation in choosing between a highly ef ficient administration by a dictator in a totalitarian state. “The American businessman and the American worker must under- the kind of cake that if under the pretty frosting,” warned. GM-UAW Sign Five-Year Contract; June Grad Job Prospects 'Good'; Fuchs Puts Finger on U. S. Spy (EDITOR'S NOTE: When opinions are expressed In these eoinmns. they are those of Western Newspaper Union’s news analysts and not necessarily of this newspaper.) LABOR: Historic Contract An unprecedented five-year con tract, hailed by labor and manage ment alike as an important stabili zation move in the labor world, has been signed by General Motors Corp. and the CIO United Auto Workers. In the eyes of many, the most startling thing about the contract was not its terms and duration, but the fact that both management and labor are happy about it. The agreement includes a four cents an hour increase, $100 pen sions for retired workers, and a cost of living formula. The union estimated immediate benefits total 19 cents an hour. Walter Reuther, UAW-CIO presi dent, described the agreement as “the most significant development in labor relations since the mass production industries were organ ized.” Speaking for management, GM vice president Harry Anderson said the unusual and unexpected agreement was “historic in labor- management relations.” The contract is the longest ever written in the industry and assures the company o f five years of unin- terupted production. Labor observers are almost un animous in their agreement that such contracts—long term ones— would exert a stabilizing influence on all industry. In Washington, Secretary of La bor Tobin said the contract is “great news.” “It means that there is confi dence in the future prosperity of this industry and its ability to pro duce so efficiently that it can con tinue to pay higher wages, and at the same time insure greater se curity for its workers when they are ill or retired,” he said. ESPIONAGE: Successful Spy The attorney general has an nounced the capture of another spy, Harry Gold, 39, of Philadel phia. As usual w'ith the capture of a spy in the United States, the agent had operated very success fully, delivering, according to re ports, top atomic bomb secrets to Russia. Gold, whose family name is G^Initsky, “has admitted his con tacts with Dr. Klaus Fuchs, the imprisoned British atomic scien tist, and has given a detailed ac count of his activities,” the an nouncement said. Gold was reported to have re ceived written and oral information concerning atomic projects in this country and delivered them to agents of the Soviet Union. “I thought that I would be help ing a nation whose final aims I ap proved along the road to industrial strength. Particularly was I taken with the idea that whatever I did would go to help make living con ditions far more advanced along the road as we know them here in the United States,” Gold said. The charge against Gold said that he did “conspire” to obtain “documents, writings, sketches, notes and information relating to the national defense and with intent and reason to believe that it was to be used to the injury of the United States and to the advantage of a foreign nation, to wit, the Union of Soviet Socialistic Repub- iics . . .” A number of observers were be ginning to wonder if the United States has any atomic secrets left. DRAFT LAW: Its 'Draftless' By a vote of 216 to 11, the house extended the selective service law for two years and sent the meas ure to the senate for its approval. The measure has been called a “draftless” draft because it would be extended on a stand-by basis. Youths attaining their 18th birth days would be required to register as at present, but they could not be ordered into uniform unless congress declared the existence of a national emergency requiring expansion of the armed forces. Before passing the measure. Chairman Vinson of the armed ser vices committee, told the house that “this nation must be prepared for an indefinite time in the future to counter promptly, with every means available, an attack by modern weapons.” QUINTUPLETS: No Boy Friends To millions in Canada and the United States it seems like only yesterday that the nation’s newspa pers carried headlines of the birth of the Dionne quintuplets. In the minds of many they are still little girls. The rude awakening came with the recent observance of their 16th birthday. But Papa Dionne said the girls would have no boy friends lor two more years. Held os Spy ** '' ^ Harry Gold, 29, of Philadel phia, held under $100,000 bond, is charged with assisting the convicted British spy, Klaus Fuchs, in handing over vital atomic secrets to Russia. GRADUATES: Job Prospects Good Four out of every five job-hun gry June college graduates will be employed by October 1, though many will have to hunt harder and longer than did the class of ’49. This is an average of the estimates of placement officials reporting in a survey of 128 colleges and uni versities made by Northwestern National Life Insurance company. Actually 1950 will be a good year for the job-seeking college gradu ate—not as good as 1949, but much better than was considered normal in pre-war years, the report said. Four out of every five schools in the survey—102—report that start ing salaries are as high this year as in 1949—a few find the average slightly higher. Initial salaries for business school and liberal arts seniors gen erally range from $175 to $275 a month; for engineering and other sciences, $225 to $350. A few out standing seniors get higher offers, of course, ranging up to $400 a month for outstanding advanced- degree men, the survey finds. While a few schools and individual departments reached 1 their peak of senior enrollments in 1949, most campuses have considerably long er cap-and-gown parades this year, with more graduates seeking jobs. The vast majority of schools re port their seniors to be pretty well prepared mentally for job competi tion—“more realistic,” and “down to earth.” / “Graduates realize that jobs are a little scarcer, but are putting more effort and thought into hunt ing work,” reports the College of Business Administration of the University of Texas. A great majority of employers contacted are optimistic, at least for the immediate business future. The University of Notre Dame, which finds employment demand “somewhat less this year but not as much less as anticipated,”, observes, “The majority of em ployers with whom we have talked appear to feel that the period im mediately ahead will be good for business, but many are still ‘un certain.’ ” Says the University of Buffalo’s report: “The feeling is that busi ness is settling down. The boom is over, but prospects remain good on the whole.” Regarding the outlook for women graduates, Ohio State University reports, “The most opportunities are for girls who can combine sec retarial skills with their major studies.” Another typical com ment on this phase, from the Uni versity of Chicago: "Professional types of positions continue to be scarce, but stenographic and secre tarial opportunities are far in ex cess of our supply of women trained in those fields.” AIR FORCE: Asks 200 Million Backed by Secretary of Defense Johnson, air force leaders had asked for $200,000,000 increase in the budget to cover the purchase of new aircraft and the moderniza tion of existing tactical and train ing planes. Air force officials reported the present budget would only pay for 42 modern groups by 1956. The force today includes 8,600 aircraft of all types. Of these 3,100 are combat planes and 5,500 are utility aircraft. On V-J Day the army air force had 37,000 combat planes. Saucers Flying saucers jumped back into the news with the announcement of a new book entitied “Flying Saucers Are ReaL” It was the government, not the book, how ever, that made the news. The government protested its publication on the grounds it made public "information vital to na tional defense.” That statement caused the lifting of a number oi eyebrows. RED CHINA: Almost in Ik N. The British labor government had spoken out for admission of Communist China to the United Na tions. Which meant, most observ ers agreed, it was now only a mat ter of time until it became an ac tuality. Political students based their reasoning on the fact that France will not stand in the way of ad mitting the Communists, and, the American position is that the U. S. will not sponsor Red China but will agree to any majority decision. Ernest Bevins, Britain's foreign secretary, in a statement to the house of commons, said: “We think it is better for the new China to be inside the U. N. We do not want to ostracize anyone on po litical grounds.” No matter how one wishes the picture to appear, observers said acceptance of Red China into the United Nations means the Na tionalist cause is a lost one. It is now publicly admitted. Interwoven in the picture was the Cautiously worded statement from U. N. Secretary General Trygve Lie in London that there is hope of ending the cold war by careful negotiation. What is there to negotiate the cynics wanted to know? France, Britain and the United States will accept Communist China and Rus sia will come back into the United Nations—for as long as it pleases her. When it is expedient, she will withdraw again. GERMANY: New Army? The three big western powers— United States, France and Britain —have protested to the Soviet Union of the creation of a police force and militia of 50,000 men with “the character of an army” in eastern Germany. Obviously based on recent re ports by deserters, the three gov ernments charge the force is not “an ordinary police force, and it does not have ordinary police du ties.” Its weapons, the note of pro test said, include machine guns, howitzers, anti-aircraft cannon, mortars, and tanks, and it receives basic infantry, artillery and arm ored training. “It must be regarded, therefore, as a military force,” the United States note protested. Observers agreed that the United States was not worried so much about the military capabilities of this force at present. This govern ment is concerned, however, with the fact it could form the nucleus of a new German army or “an in ternal security force to maintain Communist control.” POTATO BUGS: Lafest Laugh Every once in a while, the Rus sians come up with a conspiracy that is so ridiculous it gets a belly- laugh from many nations. If noth ing else, the latest one at least re lieved the tension of international affairs for a moment. The East German Communist government charged Americans with spraying potato bugs over East Germany from planes. According to reports circulated by radio from Soviet dominated East Germany, the American planes flew over forbidden areas of the occupied zone, that is, out side the prescribed air corridors to Berlin—and spread potato bugs. In all seriousness the Germans reported: “Potato bugs were found in bunches up to 100 after an Ameri can plane had passed. There is great indignation among the popu lation about this criminal plot.” The American airmen laughed heartily and one said he didn’t know there was a potato bug east of Kansas. Visits Stalin - ■ "■ "*-- ■' "■ ■ Trygve Lie, secretary gener al of the U. N., Is shown talk ing to newsmen on his arrival from Europe, including a trip to Moscow where he conferred with Joseph Stalin. He re marked the cold war could be ended by “careful negotia tion.” JAPAN: Russians Sail The unexpected departure of the Russian mission to Japan, includ ing Lt. Gen. Kuzma Derevyanko and 48 staff members, started ru mors that the Kremlin was not happy about the mission’s activi ties in Japan. According to some observers, the Russians have come out sec ond best in a long running quarrel with Gen. MacArthur over nearly every phase of the occupation. PANIC STRICKEN . . . Panic stricken in fleeing from a fire which rooted 60 persons in Boston, a woman stands on a fire escape pleading for aid from firemen below. Firemen led occupants from six stories of the building down into the street. The woman is an employee of a beauty salon in the building which was located on Avery street. Fire fighters believed that the conflagration started in a ventilating shaft On the third floor. ! BUSINESS * INVEST. OPPOR. DENTIST: Reception two completely fur nished operating rooms, good mostly extractions, dentures; established twenty years. Four other roorn 8 , light housekeeping. Dentist, P.O. Bo* «7. La Grange, North CareMna. — RETIRE WITH EASE FAST AND FAIR . . . The fut. Capt. Richard Creighton, receives a kiss from the fair, Mrs. Creigh ton, after he broke the San Fran- cisco-Los Angeles flight record in a jet Sabre fighter. He flew 341 miles in 31 minutes, 56 seconds, averaging 640 m. p. h. down. Owner, Bex 798, 91* 5th Axe., gephyrhllls, Fla.- Phone *791. ~ FOB SALE,-Used ice cream plant; cop per sink, can spraysr, electric hot water tank, hardening caoinet, storage cabinet, cans, 5-gal. quick freezer (White Knight), electric compressor <4 s e<J18 months), all. as is. for $1,500; Me MIL LAN DRUG CO.. Prichard, Ala. _______ FACING the Ksntacky Lake, L3 acre tract. 1.4 *cre tract. l.S acre tract. A real nice place for building, Celambne C. Wallace. Fort Henry. Tenn. DOGS, CATS, PETS, ETC. AKC registered 'eellle peps of Parader bloodline. Finest companions—excellent ■. D. A. Hayes, 89 ' show prospects. Mrs William Bun ns Hemes. Albany. DESTINATION PRISON . . . Mrs. Yvette* Madsen, 22, mother of two children, boards a plane at Frankfurt, Germany, accompanied by woman officer (left), to come to the United States to serve a 15-year prison sentence for the pistol slaying of her air force husband last October. She was recently convicted by a United States court in Ger many and sentenced to return to America to imprisonment. CAST IN PASSION PLAY . . . For the first time in the 300-year history of the Oberammergan, Germany, passion play, a person not a native of the Bavarian village has been cast in the play. He is six - year - old Johnny McMahon, Boise, Idaho, son of an American army officer In Germany. Johnny speaks Bavarian dialect almost as well as his native tongne. Here he is assisted into his costume by his father and mother. VISION PARTLY RESTORED . . . Normal vision in his left eye has been restored to Don Ertman, 16, Fairfax, California, schoolboy, by doctors who transplanted the cornea of a dead San Francisco woman Into Don’s eye. Young Ertman had suffered gradual loss of his sight as the result of a disorder known as conical cornea. The youth, shown here with his mother, Mrs. Marge Ertman, awaits s similar operation on his right eye when he reaches the sge of 21 years. SMILES AT OVATION . . . Absent from the senate because of illness since February, Sen. Artiiur Van- denberg (R., Mich.) returns to legislative halls and is given an ovation by his colleagues. He voted for cloture on the P.E.P.C. bill and was on losing side. HELP WANTED—MEN ADVERTISING MEN: NEW! LOWEST PRICE EXCLUSIVE CALENDAR LINE. Ready June 1. Eaay to handle. High Commission. Sold exclusively by Ner- eraft, lao., Cincinnati 9. Ohio. ' INSTRUCTION SIGNWRITING SIMPLIFIED — Twelve alphabets, ten numerals, catalogue <1.10. Demensfrators, 841 S. Paulina. C&leage 1*. 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N., Trygve Lie, deplanes at Paris air port aftei\ conferring with the Russian dictator. After confeo- ences with the English prime minister, he planned conferences in Washington. CONTACT MAN? . . . The arrest of Harry Gold in Philadelphia as * a contact man of Dr. Klaus Fuchs in an atomic spy ring was an nounced recently* by Federal Bu reau of Investigation Director J. Edgar Hoover and Attorney Gen eral J. Howard McGrath. Thret Danis to Ftllovjf Viking Routt to Amorlca COPENHAGEN. — Three ish wireless op era tort* from two years’ service at weather station in Thule in nc era Greenland, will set out on a voyage to North America next spring following the routes of the ancient Vikings via Norway and Greenland. During the long Arctic nights at the Thule station, the men planned the cruise. Now they have bought, a modern “Viking ship,” a x double-ender for $5,000. Headed by 25-year-old Carl Jo hann Petersen, the three will start their expedition in March or April along the same route which the Viking chief, Erik (the Red) Thorvaldsen, sailed when he discovered Greenland in 982. British Will Bs Given Top Production Secret LONDON. — Britain’s most im- . port ant import from America in 1949 won’t cost her a dollar. It will be the secret of United States high-geared production. To get it, probably a thousand Britons, from the over ailed me chanic in the shop to the morning- coated executive in the front office, will journey to the States in small working parties. They will meet their opposite numbers -in American plants and % seek to absorb through personal experience and observation knowl edge and ideas that can be adapted to the techniques of manufactur ing on their side of the Atlantic. Arrangements are being made by the Anglo-American Council on Productivity, formed at the request of Chancellor of the Exchequer Sir Stafford Cripps. First, the council made a series of quick inspections of plants giv ing a cross-section of British in dustry-best to worst It concluded Britain’s best is equal to Ameri ca’s best, but that on the other end of the scale standards are very poor, so, that overall, British pro duction compares unfavorably. Sending British envoys to Amer ica to learn its “secrets” is just one of several steps recommended. Almost as much stress is laid on the need for Britons to exchange information among themselves. Some low-production plants need only to look next door to learn how to improve. SHARP MAESTRO ... A doubly unusual pboto of Arturo Toscanini, taken as he arrived aft St.. Louis, shows the orchestra leader wear ing a hat, which be seldom does, and a tie adorned with a bathing beauty. New Blood Prossuro Dovioo Aids Defers Who Operate PHILADELPHIA, PA.—The Uni versity of Pennsylvania research laboratories have announced a blood pressure measuring device designed to lessen the danger of heart failure and shock to patients in the operating room. The announcement said “the new method is seeing rather than listen ing,” making it possible for sur geons “to institute more swiftly corrective measures which safe guard the life of the patient.” Officials said the key of the new instrument, which detects oncoming shock and ’failing heart action, is s recording manometer.