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New Weapon Developed
T HE NAVY is itching to rip the
“top secret” label from the most
revolutionary weapon since the
atomic bomb—the guided missile.
Reason for the navy’s itchy fingers
is that it thinks guided missiles may
make the big bomber as obsolete as
the dodo.
Here are some of the facts which
can be revealed without giving aid
and comfort to the enemy:
1. The guided missile is guided
unerringly to the target by radar
echoes. If, for instance, a missile is
fired five miles to one side of the
target, it will automatically change
its course while in the air and hit
the target. The exact distance a
homing missile will change its
course remains a military secret;
but the effect is that of a magnet
drawing a bullet to the target. It
cannot miss.
2. The joint chiefs of staff, in
cluding sober, cautious Gen. Omar
Bradley, were so impressed by
homing missiles they persuaded re
luctant Secretary of Defense Louis
Johnson to earmark millions for
mass experimentation and produc
tion. Johnson has finally approved
an order.
3. The navy in its new construc
tion program now before' congress
proposes two cruisers and a number
of small vessels and submarines be
converted into guided-missile car
riers.
4. The navy has developed anti
submarine and anti-ship missiles
which will dive under water and
speed toward a fast-moving ship.
This may make the transportation
of troops in wartime almost impos
sible.
5. It will also be fairly easy to
Shoot down invading airplanes.
Comdr. L. P. Ramage of the navy’s
guided-missile research reported to
the secretary of the navy: “The
highest priority goes to those mis
siles whose targets will be hostile
aircraft. The pendulum swings one
way and then the other. The guided
missile shows promise of achieving
a quantum jump in the effectiveness
of weapons available to a task force
against the bomber. Success is In-
evitable.”
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The Navy’s “Lark”
The only misslie which can be de
scribed in print is called the Larlc,
of which the navy has manufactured
and tested approximately 200. Orig
inally developed as a counter-
weapon to the Jap kamikaze, the
has two liquid rocket engines,
les acid and aniline fuel, and can
.-operate outside the dense oxygen
layer of the earth’s atmosphere.
When the Lark nears the target,
• second and independent electronic
system automatically picks up the
,target and guides the missile to it.
iA proximity fuse sets off the bomb.
The Lark weighs 1,200 pounds and
is 15 feet long. It has two pairs of
wings at right angles.
It Is a healthy fact that the
air foree, instead of bucking a
navy development which may
put big bombers out of business,
is giving 1M per cent coopera-
tion to the navy. In fact, the air
foree was so impressed with the
Lark, it purchased 82 from the
navy. It also went to bat with
Secretary Johnson in demanding
that funds be allocated for fur-
/ ther developments.
Note—Another weapon in the
/navy’s bag of scientific tricks is a
i pilotless ram jet plane. It operates
! on a radical principle—the more air
'it.rams into, the faster it goes.
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A genial back-slapping lobbyist
Frank McCarthy is one rea-
administration ranks have been
wide open over the hot Basing-
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relation to the Wisconsin sena-
ter, McCarthy is a graduate of Paul
NcNutt’s old Indiana machine, and
is now Washington lobbyist for some
of the railroads which would profit
ibj more cross-hauls under the Bas-
ing-Point bill.
McCarthy’s infectious good humor
to line up such Democratic
gs as Sen. Francis Myers of
Ivania, and spurred on elder-
Sen. Joe O’Mahoney of
Jng.
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■Lobbying against the bill
the Republican side during the
ite debate was done by William
•nunon, former counsel fof the Cape-
,hart subcommittee on trade prac-
now an $l,800-a-month lobby-
At the time Simon was working
Senator Capehart, he also lob-
with the federal trade commis-
on behalf of alleged violators
file trade practices he was sup-
to be investigating. And Sena-
Capehart let him get away with
iMdiry-Go-Round
Ex-Sen. John Sherman Cooper, th
eta te department’s Republican ad
viser, has his eye on the governor’s
mansion in Kentucky. The popular
and liberal Cooper may run in 1951.
A win would put him in the spot
light at the 1952 GOR national con
vention. . . . The Republican pri
mary in Tennessee’s first district
is a bitter scrap between right and
left wings of the party. Congress
man Dayton E. Phillips, a GOP pro
gressive; is opposed by mossback
ax-Congressman Carroll Reece.
Russia Offers Cold War ‘Terms’;
Dewey to Retire From Politics;
F. B. I. Arrests Two in Spy Case
(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.)
COLD WAR:
New Peace Terms
Observers are speculating over
so-called cold war peace terms
reportedly acceptable to the Rus
sians which include a demand that
the United States cease helping to
re-arm western Europe.
It was an ironic demand because
at the same time the Soviet agreed
to recognize the Atlantic pact as a
legitimate regional defense group
under the terms of the United Na
tions charter.
It is this pact that pledges the
western nations to mutual aid.
The Soviet also had three de
mands on the Far East:
(1) Elimination from the United
Nations of the representatives of
Generalissimo Chiang Kai Shek’s
government.
(2) Acceptance by the western
powers of the Russian “gold ruble’’
as the basic currency for China’s
foreign trade.
(3) Soviet participation in the
conclusion of a peace treaty with
Japan which would guarantee the
latter country what Moscow con
siders to be “political freedom.’’
In the European field, the Soviet
had four rather vague offers:
(1) Unification of Germany with
in the framework of the Potsdam
agreement.
(2) Neutralization of Germany.
(3) Withdrawal of all occupation
al forces from Germany.
(4) General reduction of arma
ments and armies, including the
abandonment of conscription.
Observers did not believe the
terms would be attractive enough
to bring about any settlement of
differences between the East and
the West. Russia, as usual, wants
a great deal but is vague about
tangible returns.
DEWEY:
Plans to Retire
One of the most spectacular car
eers in modern American politics
has come to a halt, at least tem
porarily.
Governor Thomas - E. Dewey of
New York has announced he will
retire from politics after 20 years
in public life and probably return
to private law practice when his
second term expires next Decem
ber 31.
Dewey said in a one-sentence
statement which he personally dis
tributed to reporters, “I shall not
be a candidate for re-election next
fall.’* He renounced further per
sonal White House ambitions last
December.
As expected, his announcerr- jt
raised a number of questions in
the New York state political pic
ture as well as on the national
scene.
Dewey, New York’s only Repub
lican governor in the past 30 years,
added, however, that he would con
tinue an active interest in public
affairs. He promised to speak out
on “issues affecting the welfare of
the state and nation,” especially
foreign affairs.
He rose to political prominence
when he pyramided his fame and
methodical efficiency as a racket-
busting prosecutor in New York
city into two terms as governor
and two nominations for President.
He was defeated by President
Roosevelt in 1944. In 1948, he lost
to President Truman.
The governor said he had made
no definite decision as to his plans,
but intended to get much rest. He
said there was nothing wrong with
him physically that a long vacation
would not cure. He is just “tired,”
he added.
HUNGARY:
Demands Ransom
The custom of blackmail, ran
som and intrigue so often employed
by the Nazis in the reign of terror
over Europe, has put in a more
obvious appearance under the Com
munists.
Hungary has demanded the an
cient crown of St. Stephen as ran
som for Robert A. Vogeler, im
prisoned » American businessman.
According to reports from Europe,
Hungarian Communists have of
fered to swap Vogeler for the 1,000-
year-old crown which is the symbol
of Magyar royalty.
The crown was taken from Hun
gary by the Nazis and later found
by the American troops in Ger
many.
CORPORATIONS:
Increased Taxes
When the election conscious house
and senate began a program of
tax cutting after President Truman
offered his budget, he warned any
reductions must be met with rev
enue from other sources.
Now, the house ways and means
committee, obviously bidding for
presidential approval of the excise-
tax cut, had voted a $433,000,000
Increase in the yearly tax on big
corporations.
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David Greenglass, 28, former
noncommissioned army officer,
has admitted giving Russia in
formation about the atomic
bomb. He was the third person
arrested in the spy ring since
the British scientist Klaus
Fuchs was taken into custody.
ESPIONAGE:
New Arrests Made
Since British scientist Klaus
Fuchs admitted spying for Russia
the F.B.I. has been closing the net
around associates in the United
States who passed along classified
atomic information to him.
As a result two new arrests have
been made. One of the accused ad
mitted that he passed along atomic
secrets from the Los Alamos, N.M.,
plant in 1945.
He is David Greenglass, a 28-
year-old former Communist league
leader who explained his act: “I
felt it was gross negligence on the
part of the United States not to
give Russia the information about
the atom bomb because she was
an ally.”
The other accused, Dean Slack,
a 44-year-old Syracuse, N.Y., chem
ist, denied he knew Henry Gold,
the first arrested in this country.
He added he was not and neves
had been a Communist.
Both men are held under $100,-
000 bonds.
Meanwhile, a grand jury inves
tigating Amerasia case, which has
been much in the headlines recent
ly, cleared the administration’s
handling of the stolen documents
case, but strongly recommended
the impaneling of a new grand
jury to continue the investigation.
Also in connection with the case,
Emmanuel S. Larsen, himself ar
rested and fined in the 1945 case
that hinged on the theft of hundreds
of diplomatic and military papers,
told a senate investigating commit-
t e he regarded former navy lieu
tenant Andrew Roth as “a Commu
nist, and the principal conspira
tor” in the stolen-documents case.
Government officials indicated
that the arrest of Slack and Green
glass was only the beginning in the
battle to break up what may pos
sibly be one of the greatest spy
Tings in the history of this country.
COMMUNISTS:
Defeat by Ballot
Political observers were pleased
with the outcome of the state elec
tion returns in the Ruhr section of
Western Germany. They felt it was
a defeat of the Communists by the
ballot.
In the British zone the voters
picked a 215-seat parliament and
voted on a proposed state consti
tution. The returns indicated Com
munist strength had tumbled to a
postwar low when they received
only 5 per cent of the valid ballots,
compared with 14 per cent in the
election three years ago.
The workers, however, favored
the proposed state constitution with
its socialization clause:
“Large factories of the basic in
dustries and undertakings which,
because of their monopolistic posi
tion have special significance,
shall be transferred to common
ownership.”
The specific industries were not
named in the draft.
Western observers felt the elec
tions justifiable in that they would:
1. Give the new nationalist par
ties, which were not even in the
arena in the federal elections last
August, a chance to show their
muscle.
2. Tell whether communism is
gaining in Western Germany.
3. Test the popularity of the West
German Federal Government’s pol
icies.
Rent Control
The house and senate committees
considering rent control have
agreed upon a six-month extension
of federal controls and another six
months in communities which want
them.
Although both branches of con
gress must approve the measure,
there seemed little doubt that they
would do so.
Observers said the bfll will be on
the President's desk before June 30.
LABOR:
Degree of Unity
A degree of future unity between
big labor unions appeared on the
horizon as the A.F.L. and the C.I.O.
worked on plans for their pending
cooperation conference. The one
notable exception, however, was the
uninvited United Mine Workers.
UMW chief John L. Lewis was
not happy at being left out of the
conference. He said a conference
without his union is no way to
achieve labor unity.
While he was making that state
ment, the nationfil labor relations
board took a swat the UMW by
ruling it broke the Taft-Hartley
law by a campaign of violence to
organize employees of a Harlan
county, Kentucky, department
store.
The board ordered the union to
cease assaulting, or threatening the
store employees. If the union ig
nores the order it could eventually
lead to possible jail sentences or
fines for union officials.
But while the UMW struggles
with its problems, there were long
strides by the other union toward
cooperation—if not eventual mer
ger.
Among the developments:
1. Joseph D. Keenan, top A.F.L.
political organizer, addressed the
C.I.O.’s political action committee.
His subject was a renewed effort
by the union to unite to repeal the
Taft-Hartley law.
2. A cross section of American
labor ranks attended a two-day
meeting aimed at raising assistance
for the Israeli federation of labor.
3. The Brotherhood of Railroad
Trainmen accepted C.I.O. proposal
for a committee to work together
on common problems and eventual
ly aim at consolidation.
INFLATION:
To Financial Ruin
Former President Herbert Hoov
er, in a speech before the U.S.
Junior Chamber of Commerce
convention in Chicago, has again
warned that financial disaster is
in prospect for the country unless,
the government curtails its spending
policies drastically.
Unless an immediate halt is or
dered on spending, Mr. Hoover pre
dicted the undermining of an econ
omy which he said would provide
one million new jobs annually. For
17 years, he maintained, Democrat
ic administrations had continued
the spending spree.
“Financing government deficits
by borrowing, if continued long
enough, has only one end—infla
tion,” the former President said.
“We ourselves have already de
creased the purchasing power of
the dollar about 50 per cent, and we
are still creeping along the road.
“The five-cent telephone call
and the five-cent fare have already
gone, and the five-cent bar has
shrunk. A new round of inflation
is now appearing in direct or in
direct wage and salary increases
and rising commodity prices.
“If we keep on this road, we are
certain to realize the President’s
ideal of $4,000 a year to every fam
ily. But it will not have $4,000 pur
chasing power.
“To this question of further gov
ernment borrowing to meet deficits,
my answer is that it is the road to
disaster for every cottage in the
land.”
DEFICIT:
At 3.8 Billion
The administration has predicted
a $5,400,000 deficit by the end of
the fiscal year June 30, but shortly
before the deadline it appeared the
amount would be well under the
estimate.
A $773,625,000 interest payment
on the national debt boosted the
deficit to $3,887,529,000. The pay
ment was made two weeks before
the end of the fiscal year.
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Governor Thomas E. Dewey
(center) is shown being inter
viewed by newsmen shortly be
fore he annoonced he would not
be a candidate for reelection as
govehior of New York when his
second term expires next De
cember. Be may return to pri
vate law practice.
BRIDGES MINED:
Just in Case
Whether or not the world is face
to face with another war has been
in the minds of the everyday cit
izen almost since the final shot
was fired in World War n.
Now it comes to light that the key
roads and bridges in Western Ger
many are being prepared for quick
destruction in case of a Soviet at
tack. Similar preparations apparent
ly are being made in other Euro
pean countries.
PAINTERS HURLED TO TRACKS . . . Two painters, Barry Paravaiw
los (left) and Frank Pavich, working on the underside of the Melrose.
Ave., bridge at the New York Central yards, Bronx, N. Y., await re
moval to Morissania hospital after they were hurled about 25 feet to
the tracks when their scaffold slipped. The injured victims were cov
ered with the black paint they were using to paint the bridge. Police
stand by as doctors prepare stretchers for their removal to hospital.
SENATOR’S WIFE DIES . . . Mrs.
Arthur Vandenberg, wife of the
senior Republican senator from
Michigan, died at a suite in a Wash
ington hotel after an illness of three
years. Her husband was at her
bedside. Three children survive.
RISKS CONTEMPT . .. Dr. Ed
ward Rumely, secretary of com
mittee for constitutional govern
ment, a Washington lobby, cheeks
watch after testifying before a
committee investigating lobbying.
He refused information sub
poenaed by the committee.
PORTERFIELD BITES THE DUST . . . Detroit catcher A. Robinson
and Umpire McKinley rash to the aid of Yankee pitcher Bob Porterfield
as he slumped to the ground after being hit in the face with a ball
pitched by Paul Calvert of the Tigers during the seventh inning of a
Tiger-Yankee game at Yankee Stadium in New York City.
WANTS NO BARRIERS ... Dr.
Niels Bohr, Danish physicist, re
garded as the world’s leading
atomic scientist, urges the United
Nations to promote complete
abandonment of international bar
riers to the flow of information.
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Cheerful Decorations
SHINE FOR SHRINE . . . Here are 11 good reasons for the good attend
ance at the Shrine convention in Los Angeles, grouped together after
contest in which queen for Long Beach Shrine club was chosen. She
Is Beverly Jones, center. In front row (left te right) are Ronnie Des-
paux and Kib Barber; second row. Tootsie De War, Queen Beverly and
Toy Palaskaj third row, Marianne Abell, Lois Rohr and Emmalind
Smith; and rear row, Bonnie Farmer, Gloria Spangler and Jeri Rise.
TOUGH FOR TARRY ... The se
rious milk situation in Washington,
D. C., is working a hardship on the
cats as well as hnmans. Here, Tab
by gets his last Bek of milk from
bottle top offered by Stuart Story.
There Is a strike in the milk in
dustry in the capital.
BONNIE PRINCE CHARLES AT GRANDAD’S PARTY . . . Baby Prince
Charles, son of Princess Elizabeth and the Duke of Edinburgh, takes in
trooping of colors ceremony in celebration of King George’s official
birthday, from a wall of Clarence house, accompanied by a governess.
He was too young to attend the ceremony, bnt he waved te the king
as the monarch rode by In his open landau. He represented one of
the fear generations that watched the big show. -
ACCUSES TRUJILLO . . . Gyula
r, Hungarian arms techni
cian, who says he escaped from the
Dominican republic, charges that
President Trujillo la manufactur
ing i,ooe guns a month with slave
labor for
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