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THE NEWBERRY SUN. tY. S. C. DREW Bouquet for Vaughan S OME PEOPLE will hardly be- 1 poses. More Red Tape Protecting the President The folks back In Independence, Mo., still are talking about the strict security precautions taken by the secret service during the Presi dent’s recent visit to his. home town. It wasn't at all like other, visits, when Mr. Truman casually walked around the main streets, waving to neighbors and chatting with old friends. />^ Milton Morris, a deliveryman for the Independence Ice and Creamery Co., is one who knows how differ ent Harry’s visit was this time. For when Morris wheeled his ice truck into the parking lot at the Reorgan ized JLatter Day Saint auditorium where Truman was being enter tained at lunch, he was met by two secret service agents. And a new method of delivery was set for the iceman that day. Morris was told to leave his pocket knife, his ice pick, and his ice tongs in the truck. He was re quired to carry the 50-pound chunk of ice to the door of the building in his arms. There the ice was washed —twice—and then handed to a work er inside the building. Down at Kelsey’s restaurant on Truman read, the rente esnaUy taken from the Muehle- baeh hotel to Independence, a few of the townspeople waited patiently for the President’s caravan to pass. But his Umon- sine, followed by seven secret sendee agents riding in an open ear, whined by a bit In excess of the Independence 25-mile-an- honr speed limit, and few saw ‘ Ellen, a waitress, looking out at the seven agents in the open car, remarked: “Those guys looked dam cold.” Phone Strike The senate labor-management subcommittee is rushing a report on labor and strike conditions in the Bell Telephone system. (Ed. Note—The strike was settled after eleven days with the signing of a fifteen months contract.) The report will show that while American Telephone and Telegraph, the mother company, actually dic tates labor policy for the entire iystem, the labor union is forced to deal independently with the local companies, and that chaos exists. ■WEEKLY NEWS ANALYSIS- Chinese Delegation Charges U.S, With Aggression in Korea, China; U. N. Forces Face Defeat in Korea lieve it, but herewith is a bouquet to my old deep-freeze pal, Gen. Harry Vaughan. Ever since the Korean war, 10,- 000 servicemen have been wander ing the streets of Washington with no place to go and none of the hosritality shown them during World War H. For the nation’s capi tal—like a lot of other cities—hasn’t realized that with the cold war now warm, we civilians ought to shift our hospitality from cold to warm. •An exception in General Vaughian, who has been quietly raising cain with the treasury and Jess Larson, chief of the general services of supply, in order to pry loose the old Belasco theatre for the use of the American Legion and other vet erans’ groups in entertaining serv icemen. The Belasco theatre enjoys one of the most central locations in Washington. Diagonally across La fayette square from the White House, it is adjacent to the old Dolly Madison house where the wife of tiie fourth president of the United States entertained in the early days of the republic. But because legiti mate theatres have long been closed in the nation’s capital, the Belasco —believe it or not—is filled<with old government files and canceled checks. And the treasury department, whose files are chiefly concerned, won’t release the theatre to the veterans for entertainment pur- (EDITOR’S NOTE: When eplnlene are expresses In these eelsmns, they are these el Western Newspaper Uniea’s news analysts anS net necessarily el this newspaper.) MANCHURIA/ iMANPOJ sumo DAM V -N CCHU PUJON ! RESMVO* CHANOJIN RESERVOIR V HAMM \<L rCHONGJ (ON 100,000 UN TROOPS IN 60-MJLE-WIDf OFFENSIVE PYONGYANG -Ai NORTH KOREA V The ‘ ‘big-win-the-war” push get underway (1) in Korea with the 24th division driving on Chongju. Other UN forces aimed to ward Taechon. The big offensive was touched off by a frontline visit of Gen. Douglas MacArthnr, who flew from Tokyo to Sinanju (2). He also flew over Sinniju (3) the Suiho dam (4), Hyesanjin (5), and ever the Chang jin reservoir area (6). Snperforta bombed Manpojin (7) in one of the war’s big raids. First stumbling block was a treasury claim that it would cost $20,000 to transport the files to an other building. Whereupon Maj. Gen. T. W. Herren, army command er in the District of Columbia, offered to transport the files in army trucks, free. Then the treasury came up with a new argument—that it would cost the government $75,000 to find other storage space for the files. Further more, the treasury wants an armed guard to be placed over its canceled checks and it’s more convenient to keep a guard over them in the Belasco theatre. But what Secretary of the Treas ury John Snyder doesn’t seem to realize is that $75,000 a year is chickenfeed compared to the morale and morals of 10,000 young Americans who don’t want to be away from home, but who in serv ing their country have to be away from home, and need some place to relax evenings. General Vaughan, recognizing this problem, has done his best to cut red tape. But so far his friends John Maragon and Joe Major seem to have been more successful with Jess Larson regarding surplus prop erty in the past than the general is now regarding hospitality for servicemen. UNITED NATIONS: Is It War or Peace? Chinese Reds „ Fear gripped the United Nations security council when U.S. dele gate Warren R. Austin asked Red China’s delegate Wu Hsiu-Chuan, "Will there be war or peace in the Far East?” It was with these words that the United States charged Red China with aggression in Korea; it was these words that created a feeling of fear never before felt in the United Nations. As one diplomat explained, it created such a great fear that those seated in the secur ity council were afraid to speak lest the wrong words plunge the world into World War III. Communist China had been in vited to the council to debate the charge that the U.S. had committed aggression against Formosa. In stead the Chinese delegate charged the security of his country was en dangered by U.S. aggression against Korea, and he asserted he was alarmed by the spread toward China of the "flames” of the U.S. "war of aggression.” He demand ed the withdrawal of United Na tions troops from Korea and a seat in the United Nations for his coun try. The American delegate charged China with aggression after Gen eral MacArthur reported there were 200,000 Chinese Communist soldiers in Korea and that the U.N. forces faced an entirely new war. Red China replied that the Chi nese troops in Korea were volun teers and that Peiping will not stop their departure for the battle front. Austin asked the Chinese dele gate 20 direct questions which, in sum, bolied down to: Why had China thrown 200,000 troops into Korea against United Nations forces and what do you want? The Red dele gate did not even answer Austin. Observers who heard the ex change of charges were agreed that the world was closer to World War m than ever before. It was also evident that China had no Inten tion of calling off its troops in Korea until U.N. forces had been defeated. But more than this, the future of Asia seemed at stake. China’s delegate charged the U.S. with ag gression in the Philippines and other Asian countries. This would indicate, most observers felt, that China had mapped a program for the domination of the Far East comparable to that one championed by Japan. And as the diplomats talked and hurled charges and countercharges, the position of U.N. forces in Korea became more desperate. Their de feat would mean a blow to the United Nations from which that world organization may never re cover. The tone of Wu’s security council speech was not new to U.N. dele gates. It could have been written by the Russians. At one point Wu threatened the countries backing the United States not to "pull the chestnuts out of the fire for the United States—because if you sup port United States aggression you must bear the consequences of your actions.” Jacob Malik (left), chief of the Soviet delegation to the U. N. and Julius Katz-Suchy (center), Polish delegate, are on hand to welcome the nine-mem ber Chinese Communist delega tion which appeared before the United Nations. Malik is shown shaking hands with Gen. Wn Hsiu Chuan, head of the Chinese group. KOREA: Chinese Attack With Gen. Douglas MacArthur personally directing the start, U.N. forces in North Korea launched what was called the "big-win-the-war- push.” Initial successes were re ported by U.N. commanders, but Chinese Communists counterat tacks stalled the drive and broke through the U.N. front at a num ber of points. As many as 200,000 Chinese Com munists were reported in North Korea, overrunning U.N. positions and threatening the entire army. The Reds were swiftly exploiting their breakthrough. They were re ported swarming along “every road, gulley and ridge line.” As many as 21 divisions were reported to be in action. The situation in Korea was so serious that General MacArthur told the non-Communist powers that they must decide quickly what to do about the grim prospect of "an entirely new war” against Red China. He went so far as to suggest that World War III had actually begun and could be stopped only by a last-minute political solution. Overnight the military situation in Korea became desperate. Mac Arthur said Chinese Communists had already thrown "a major seg ment” of their armies into Korea. They have shown “the obvious in tent and preparation” to reinforce this spearhead with perhaps 300,- 000 more men now on the move iq Manchuria, he added. Observers said that total defeat in Korea was not unlikely if some last minute action is not taken by the United Nations. It was no secret that military commanders wanted the authority to bomb supply cen ters and concentration points in Manchuria where the Communists have organized for the attack. AMERICAN COMMUNISTS Jury Indicts Six Top U.S. Communists A federal grand jury ordered contempt of congress prosecution against former Communist boss Earl Browder and Frederick Van derbilt Field, New York millionaire and alleged "angel” of Red causes. The jury also indicted Philip Jacob Jaffe, former editor of the defunct Amerasia magazine and a key figure in the 1945 "stolen secrets” case. Also indicted for contempt were Joseph P. Kamp, executive vice- chairman of the constitutional edu cational league; Edward A. Rumely, executive secretary of the commit tee for constitutional government, and William L. Patterson, executive secretary of the civil rights con gress. All face heavy fines and pris on sentences if convicted on con tempt charges. CONGRESS: The Politicians Fight President Truman put several questions to the lameduck' session of congress on the opening day and immediately the politicians )>egan their wrangling. To the American listening to the depressing news from Korea and screams of a trou bled world, the gentlemen in the senate and housfe appeared some what ridiculous, to put it mildly. The administration asked for ex tension of rent controls, statehood for Alaska and Hawaii, increased taxation to meet budget require ments, and increased defense ap propriations. Most observers believe the rent control extension measure is doomed to defeat. Republican senators said it could wait What the delay is for no one knows, unless it is to tighten the squeeze on the little man. A bitter and possibly long fight was indicated in both houses over the administration’s call for an ex cess-profits tax. Even the propped legislation granting statehood to Alaska and Hawaii seemed in for a knock down and drag out fight. Republican leaders, buoyed by election victories, seemed deter mined to have a greater say in the nation’s foreign policy. Many ob servers believe if they could collect Secretary of State Acheson’s scalp they would be satisfied. This wrangling of the politicians is getting results in one way, how ever. The American public is on the verge of screaming fits. More than anything else the average American would like to see some degree of unity in congress at a time when the nation faces a seri ous crisis. • -- • • -v - ... rk * ■ ATOMIC POWER: To Reveal Secrets The announcement that the Unit ed States, Great Britain and Canada had agreed to release data relating to ‘Tow-power” nuclear reactors was greeted by most observers as one of the most important decisions in regard to the question of atomic secrecy to be made by the three powers. The agreement permits the pub lication of information necessary to the design, construction, and opera tion of four U.S. low-power reactors as a means of stimulating atomic- energy development in the coun tries, particularly for peace-time application. The atomic energy commission said the three governments agreed that the release of the information under the revised guide will speed the training of nuclear-reactor en gineers and techlnicians and will hasten atomic-energy development in these countries, particularly for peace-time applications. Before such a reactor can be built by a private institution, however, the permission of the government to use the necessary fissionable ma terials is required. SECURITY LAW: Wheels Begin to Turn The first step against the Com munist party under the subversive control act, passed by the last ses sion of congress, was taken when the justice department filed a peti tion with the subversive activities control board to force Communists in this country to register. Thus the wheels of law begin to grind under an act that has been criticized as unworkable. The 4,800 word petition, signed by Attorney General J. Howard Mc Grath, charged the Communist party of the United States with be ing run by the government of Soviet Russia. The Communist party refused to register voluntarily under the inter nal security law and is expected to fight the petition. Seth Richardson, chairman of the control board, said the hearings on the petition might be expected to run for months. T ragedy Two trains on the Long Is land railroad smashed hate each other In one of the bloodiest wrecks In the nation’s history. Seventy-seven dead and 332 in* lured were removed from the wreck which has touched off an investigation of the railroad on which another crash a few months earlier took a toll of S3 dead, and 125 Injured. A-BOMB: Use Is Vetoed American military leaders con sidered, but voted against using the atom bomb on massed Communist troops early in the Korean war. Authoritative sources said t B e proposal had been advanced simul taneously but Independently by army and air force officers when the bulk of the North Korean army was concentrated in a small area near the town of Suwon. Moral rea sons entered into the decision. DEPARTMENT BUSINESS & INVEST OP FOIL RESTAUKANT^Fxr S»l®—3.^ IZMl. town of 3,000. Good year-round Bear license. Write Be* 400 er pta 413, Jasper, Flo rids FOR SALE I FLOUR and trlst mill on one-acra lot. 1 in Hampton, Ga. On paved street, 3- story bids., appro*. 50*100 ft. with basement. Machinery for plain and aalf- «- — - - shape with all I rising flour. 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Curley, dons a hat of Revolutionary days to cele brate his 76th birthday. "I have never felt better in my life/* the former mayor /tnd governor said. ATOMIC SCIENTIST ON TRIAL . . . Clarence Hisfcey (left), former, physios professor and atomic scientist, appears before U.S. Commis sioner Fay (right) in Brooklyn federal court. He was one of 12 indicted in Washington on contempt of court charges for refusing to answer questions of nn-American activities committee. He was released on .bail and consented to removal to Washington federal court. FLOOD OF GRIEF . . . Leonard Griffin, Kernville, Calif., surveys shiny new station wagon mired down in wake of rushing waters. Flood damage mounted in Cali fornia’s rich central valley and the national guard had to aid stricken families. RED DOVE OF PEACE WITH HIDDEN PUNCH . . . "The dove goes bang.” That is the inscription on this large poster portraying Picasso's famous Communist peace dove, armored and taking the form of a tank. 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