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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. ‘,
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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. ' .
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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. '
Fifty prisoners of war and 167
other men were included in the
missing list.
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PLAYWRIGHT’? SON SUICIDE
•. . Eugene O’Neill, Jr., was found
dead in his cottage at Woodstock,
N.Y.,- with 1 a’ wrist and ’ankle
slashed by a rasor. The coroner
pronounced suicide.
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BRADLEY BECOMES NATION’S NINTH 5-STAR GENERAL . . .
Gen. Omar N. 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.
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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
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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.
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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. Their only interest seems t# lie in feed and
water and news that the war might end seen.
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