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— — ;— .... i Li , iu,.ui,. ; ji ., I ..11111 THE NEWTBERRY SUN, NEWBERRY. S. C. New U. N. Policy U NDER the new anti-Communi*t law, any newspaperman can be put in jail for publishing secret documents. Nevertheless, I am go ing to publish a confidential state department instruction which hap pens to be one of the most im portant issued in five years. The secret memo is an instruc tion to American delegates at the current U.N. general assembly, and it states: “The aim of this critical session is to lift GA (abbreviation for gen eral assembly) out of the debating society class and make it an ef fective action agency when col lective defense through SC (abbre viation for security council) is frustrated ... to organize GA ef fectively to deter further aggres sion.” In those 38 words is summed up the most important reversal of American policy in years. In those 38 words is also spelled out the hopes for future peace in the world. - It is a reversal because at San Francisco where the United Na tions was founded in 1945, Ameri can delegates insisted that the new organization be dominated by the big powers on the security council At that time we were just as strong for the veto as the Russians. So were the British and French. The veto was our joint and mutual baby. Big vs tittle Nations At that time also, the smaller nations, led by dynamic, farsighted Foreign Minister Evatt of Australia, tried to curtail the veto; tried to increase the power of the general assembly. New Zealand, Greece, Belgium, tha Scandinavian countries all fought for this principle. They knew what the veto meant. They realized that when the big powers sat down in the security council, they would be just as deadlocked as on the council of the old League of Nations. However, the United Sates, at that time, sided with Russia, and the security council with its veto was made all-powerful compared with the democratic general as sembly where majority ruled. ^ This is what the state department Is trying to reverse in New York right now. For the American peo ple saw what tip U.N. could do when Russia was absent from the security council; also how stymied security council. , But believe it or not, the coun tries now dragging their feet are our best friends, the. French and British. With far less to lose than we, : they are proposing “construc tive criticism” which actually has the effect of helping to pull the Russian chestnuts out of the fire. Slot-Machine Malone Nevada Sen. George Malone’s filibuster in favor of slot machines has been put to music by Washing ton Post reporter A1 Friendly, poet- laureate of the press gallery. To the tune “Home on the Range,” Friendly mischievously substituted these - new words de scribing good old Molly Malone’s speech-making: “Oh give me a Malone Where pomposities roam And ideas are fuzzy and gray. Where never is heard An intelligent word And the platitudes roam all the 4*y.” Anti-Communist Bill Many Republicans didn’t know this when they voted for the new Communist control law, but under it the justice department has the complete and unchallengeable pow er to investigate such GOP sena tors as Taft of Ohio, Jenner of Indiana, Wherry of Nebraska and Watkins of Utah on the ground that their voting .records coincide with left-wing Congressman Marcan- tonio of New York. Who Killed Cook Robin? Twice during the closing hours of congress, Nebraska’s likable, irrepressible Sen. Ken Wherry in terrupted the senate proceedings to deny a story in this column that he had Cut the senate crime inves- committce’s appropriations half. •*I shall not answer Drew Pear son. I have never answered Drew Pearson.” Wherry thundered. Then he proceeded to answer me not only once but twice in the same week. He even got Sen. Guy Gill ette of Iowa to write a letter, taking responsibility for the motion that reduced the Kefauver crime appro- priations from $100,000 to $50,000. Ordinarily I don’t disclose my sources. But in view of the tumult by Wherry, I shall "make an and reveal who reported was responsible for the crime appropriation. The source just happens to be— Senator Wherry, himself. After the secret meeting, during which the appropriations were cut. Wherry came out looking proud of himself. He ntshed up and whis- to a representative of this l that he. Wherry, had just a fast one on Senator of Tenatwee. ■WEEKLY NEWS ANALYSIS- Korean Unification Big Question In General Assembly Discussions; Defense Gets Resources Priority (EDITOR’S NOTE: When eplnlena are expressed in these eolnmns, they are these ef We, * ern N^^epaper Union’s news analysts and net necessarily of this newspaper.) After three months and two weeks the war in South Korea was virtually over, with only small pockets of resisting Commu nists to be eliminated. The above map shows how United Nations forces broke out of the Pusan beachhead and linked up with troops landed at Inchon. Communists not trapped in the quick advance fled north of the 38th parallel. KOREA: What # s the Next Move? Three months and two weeks after Communist forces from North Korea plunged south of the 38th parallel in an attempt to conquer the republic of South Korea, United Nations forces won a victory in the south, destroyed a large part of the in vading army, and advanced to that imaginary line dividing north and south Korea. And although South Korean troops crossed the 38th parallel, U. N. forces sat on their heels awaiting word from the general assembly of what to do next. The assembly was faced with a question it was reluct ant to answer: Should U. N. forces go beyond the 38th parallel? Those who favored crossing the parallel argued that failure to do so would mean a hollow victory for the U. N. The enemy would be saved from the knockout punch. He would be able to regroup his forces, await the time for another invasion at tempt. At the very lea«t, the Com munists, safe behind their parallel, would be able to keep the country divided. Thus, occupation of North Korea is necessary if the assembly is ever to fulfill its aim—unification of the country under a democrati cally chosen government. Those against the crossing argued that a U. N. military campaign to take North Korea might be regarded by Moscow and Peiking as a provo cation—a reason for marching south. That might mean the war. Even if the dreaded intervention did not ma terialize, military operations by General MacArthur in North Korea would have a bad effect in the Orient. It would be interpreted by many Asians, with deep-rooted sus picions of western intentions, as an other example of white imperialism. Adted to the confusion was the roar of Red China, threatening to send troops into North Korea if U. N. forces advanced north of the 38th parallel. Many observers pointed out, however, that Red invasion of Korea would offer the Nationalists the opportunity to invade south China. ‘, Appointment MM ' M % >£:■ v •v&Av-: Tx-;•' &» v iK's* '■ - , mm m t ■ m % mm W \Jwr Secretary of Defense George G. Marshall (left) is shown talking with Robert A. Lovett, Jr., appointed by President Tru man to. serve as undersecretary of defense. Headliners “ I am certain that with time and patience, and with devotion and sacrifice on the part of the free na tions, the United Nations will steadi ly grow in strength and capacity to fulfill its central function, the pres ervation of international peace security,” former Secretary of State Cordell Hull said in a statement re leased on his 79th birthday. “The roots of Communist aggres sion cannot be left to grow again into a poisonous tree,” a voice of America program beamed to North Korea said. ” The aggressor's forces should not be permitted to have re fuge behind an imaginary line be cause that would recreate the threat to the peace of Korea and of the world,” Warren R. Austin, U. S. delegate to the United Nations, said in a speech before the general as sembly. DEFENSE: Military Gets First Call In the first sweeping priorities regulation issued by the national production administration, the gov ernment gave the atomic energy commission and the military first call on the nation’s factories and raw materials to assure success of the rearmament program. The order required producers to put military orders ahead of every thing else—even if civilian produc tion such as automobiles and refrig erators must be shunted aside. Effective immediately, the order covers most of the goods and mater ials the military will need for re armament. It does not, however, cover electric power, farm equip ment, fuels, gas, petroleum, and transportation. In excuting the order, the defense department, or the atomic energy commission, will put a D.O. (defense order) priority rating on war con tracts with a business firm. This means the company must give first attention to fulfilling the contract, whether or not it wants to. The firm with the priority contract has the right to extend its priority to other concerns from which it must get parts or materials to ful fill his contract. This puts the war contractor in the position of requisi tioning anything he needs, with the government back of his authority. The automobile industry was the first to comment on the order. A spokesman for General Motors said a cut of 10 to 15 per cent in truck and car production may take place within the next 12 months. Already hampered by a shortage of certain materials, the spokesman said “now that much scarce mate- ials will be diverted to the rearma ment program, there’s nothing we can do but plan ahead for a drastic cut in production of civilian goods.” “We’ll feel the worst of It In about a year,” he said. FIRST FREEDOM Tiny Snake Scares Ape Back Into Cage Bushman, a 550-pound gorilla, the main attraction for years at Chicago’s Lincolrupark zoo, roamed through the monkey bouse for two hours before he was frightened back into his cage by a small garter snake. The gorilla walked out of his cage when an attendant left the door un locked, but before he could escape from the monkey building doors and Windows of the house were bar ricaded. Edgar Robinson, who had tended the gorilla since he was a baby was the only casualty during the two hours that Bushman was free. Bush man bit him on the arm. Finally baby alligators and a garter snak^ which the beast dreaded, were used to chase him back into his cage where he had lived for 20 jean. MACARTHUR: Well end Nobly Done In the name of the people of th« United States, President Trumas sent Gen. Douglas MacArthur congratulations on the victory ir Korea. The President said in his mes sage: “I know that I speak for the entire American people when 1 send you my warmest congratu lations on the victory which has been achieved under your leader ship in Korea. Few operations in military history can match either the delaying action, where you traded space for time in which to build up your forces, or the bril liant maneuver which has now re sulted in the liberation of Seoul. "I am particularly -impressed by the splendid cooperation of our army, navy and air force, and 1 wish you would extend my thanks and congratulations to the com manders of those services—Lieut. Gen. Walton H. Walker, Vice Ad miral Charles T. Joy and Lieut. George E. Stratemeyer. “The unification of our arms es tablished by you and by them has set a shining example. My thanks and the thanks of the people of all the free nations go out to your gal lant forces—soldiers, sailors, ma rines and airmen—from the Unit ed States and the other countries fighting for freedom under the United Nations banner. I salute you all, and say to all of you from all of us at home, ‘Well and nobly done.’ " DRAFT: Vets May Be Called Maj. Gen. Lewis B. Hershey, di rector of selective service, pro posed that the draft take veterans and men with dependents and that the length of service for inductees be stretched from 21 months to 36. For that large group of Ameri cans who felt that victory in Korea would mean a slacking-off of U. S. armed services’ need, it was a rude awakening. Hershey said the pool of men un- ier 28 years of age, and eligible for the draft under present regulations. Is down to 1,500,000 and that the rejection rate runs about 50 per cent. He recommended: 1. Extending the period of draft lervice, with six months to be spent In training and 24 months in serv ice. 2. Changing the rules for defer ment because of dependency so that collateral dependents wouldn’t count. 3. Changing the law to permit in duction of veterans under 26 years of age. Hershey also criticized draft qualifications established by the armed services. He contended they are too tight. ' . Ambassador 1. * .1 .> - >x , Classified Department AUTOS, TRUCKS A A AT SACRIFICE ' PRICK—S-Ton Dodm tractor with Great Dane Stalnleas Steel (plywood lined) van, S3 ft. Ions. 10 ft. ugh, in perfect condition, write W. Key- serllng, Ajnlgaee, 4*7 Beaafert S. C. TeL ISSr - - - - - --- ■ BUSINESS A INVEST. OPPOR- COMPLETE RECAPPING PUNT f OR SALE capping molds, section molds for all i. building stand, spotter? ae, px— NCE COMF1 sizeaj^ulldln g 'stand, a; aU complete S18.000 va' spotters, stitchers, ilue, prfee $10,000. EMPHASIZING A POINT ... U S. ambassador to London, Lewis Douglas, leaves the White House after a -talk with President Tru man Douglas has resigned his am bassadorship, effective on 4>r about' November 1, naming health as a reason - . PREPARE BRIDGE FOR DEMOLITION . . * At the Waegwan front, area of battle-ravaged Korea, members of the 84th combat engineers of the eighth army swarm over a wrecked bridge span, putting in place demolition charges, as they plan to blow the bridge. The destruction of. the wrecked span Is in preparation to erect a new. structure. Walter S. Gifford-, former head of the American Telephone A Telegraph company, was named by President Truman to succeed Lewis Douglas as am bassador to Britain. FARM PRICES: Up 9 Per Cent The agriculture department re ported farm prices rose about 2 per cent in September,' pushing the level to 0 per cent above that pre vailing before fighting started in Korea. The sharpest gains were reported In cotton, cottonseed and citrus. Other gains of many farm products aided in pushing the farm price level upward. Prices of commodities and ma terials and labor used in farm pro duction also increased during the period, but less than half as much as the increase in prices received by farmers. Also in the farm news, officials reported the government may have to spend nearly as much on potato supports as last year’s $90 million outlay. This year’s potato /crop is con siderably larger than last year’s and there is no indication of any change in the long downward trend In consumption. Price supports on potatoes will be withdrawn altogether on next year’s crop unless the law is changed. Casualties Hie defense department an nounced U. S. casualties in the Ko rean war as of October 1 totaled 17,200. The total included 2,211 dead, 11,050 wounded and 3,959 missing in action. Of the dead, 2,211 were killed in action and 230 died of wounds, the department said. 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Bradley, chairman of the joint chiefs •ot staff, becomes the ninth five-star officer of the United States armed forces as Presi dent Harry Truman pins the Insignia of a general of the army on his shoulders at a White House ceremony. Mrs. Bradley, > wife of the new five-star general. Is looking on proudly as the’ President pins the in signia on her husband. -•.vtf'yg&Y "rV'-x .«• .. a i-M • m® m < . ; jip Hi vXv:-:- lHI®: ’ MmyWW ms m iimm. EYE-BAN^ GIVES SIGHT .... . Janie AnuCd,’6,'Washington, D. C.. is seeing ^ on . borrowed v eyesight. Last July, her left cornea, which was opsqne, was replaced with one from the eye4>a^k. Nfcct year, a surgeon will perform a similar opeiation on the other .. SSfcOAXhX * V- MEDICAL SCIENCE MIRACLE . . . George "W. Smith was renting in Behren hospital, Glendale, Calif., apparently dead. Dr. David Hartson, who confirmed there was no pulse and no breathing. Injected adrenalin into the patient’s heart and gave him an intravenous injection of a heart and respiratory stimulant. This attempt, which succeeds less than once in a thousand times, bronght Smith back to consciousness. Here. Smith’s wife gives him a drink of water. ASKS MORR MEN . . . Draft Dti rector Lewis B. Hershey told con gress recently that men*witb de pendents and veterans under 26 years most be drafted if the nation is to obtain a three-million- man armed force. He testified be fore house armed services committee. i . v ■ WM 1111 X'XXX . P.O.W.’s GET WATER RATION . . . North Koreans captured on Wolml in the harbor of Inchon by invading marines are passed their water ration over barbed wire barricade at a prisoner of war en* closure at Inchon. These Communists are out of the fighting and unable to defend North Korea front the threatened crossing of the 38th paraUel by United Nations forces. 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