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THE NEWBERRY SUN. NEWBERRY. S. C. Russia Woos Iran F IS NO secret that the key to Soviet Russia’s war-making ability is oil. It is also no secret that Russia does not have sufficient oil to continue a war for more than two or three months. Thus she must get more oil before she starts hos tilities. This is why the little country of Iran, a land of nomad tribes and vast oil reserves, may be the key to future peace. Should Moscow be able to take over Iran’s priceless oil fields, she would not only have enough oil to wage war, but would also have ac cess to the Indian ocean through the Persian Gulf. This would proba bly mean that India, Arabia, and the near east eventually would be come Sovietized. In view of this, the uncensored news of what is happening in Iran today is extremely important. This news is that Moscow is waging a quiet and extremely ef fective campaign to take over Iran by friendly infiltration. Simulta neously, the United States has so bungled its diplomacy—including our failure to put through a $25,000,- 000 loan—that Iran is on the verge of tossing aside its traditional friendship with the U.S.A. Unquestionably what Russia is aiming at is envelopment of Iran by peaceful means. To do otherwise would ruin the oil supply. For, any armed clash over Iran would bring about bombing and the demolition of Iran’s oil fields, thus defeating Moscow’s chief reason for taking over the country. The Soviet strategy, therefore, is to have Iran nationalize her oil fields, then hire Russian experts to “advise” on oil well operation. U. S. Bungles This strategy has made much more progress than most people realize, and has been speeded up by the following factors: 1. When Iran faced a famine in 1948-1950 we hemmed, hawed, and delayed about sending wheat. Mean while, our reputation as a humani tarian nation vanished. 2. The Anglo-Iranian oil company, owned by the British government, has operated as if Iran were a colony. 3. We have sent Iran consider ably less military and economic aid than her neighbors. ( 4. The $25,000,000 loan extended by the Export-Import bank had so many conditions attached that the Iranian parliament will probably ^eto it. 'i U.S. Ambassador Henry Grady has been pounding Washington cor ridors trying to pry foose the $25.- 000,000 in a hurry. He is getting nowhere fast. V Meanwhile, Iran has cut off the Voice of America, has given free play to the Voice of Moscow, and has negotiated a new' trade treaty with Russia, giving favorable treat ment to Iranian products. In brief, Moscow has found that friendship pays, and is working at it overtime. Dl Salle Jibes Senators v v 'T Jaunty Price Administrator Mike Di Salle won the toughest commit tee in congress over to his ideas on price control the other day. *7130 you figure on controlling all prices, or a few?” the ex-mayor of Toledo was asked by members of the joint economic committee. Mike thought it over, then re plied: “I asked that question of a farm er friend of mine an$l he said his grandpappy told him: When you cut a cat’s tail, you should cut it off right at the body, because if you try to cut it off an inch at a time, you’ll have a sore tail and E|a mad cat. I think he’s right” Asked by Senator ?aft what he thought controls would do, Di Salle answered: “It’s like driving along at 60 miles an hour, and suddenly you see a red light and you try to stop. You’ll go 30 to 60 feet before you come te a stop.” Another time Di Salle was asked where he would get his staff to administer prices. “We get civil service as far as |gwe can,” replied Di Salle. Then glancing at, politically minded solons who incessantly clamor for jobs, he said: “Of .course, some people in congress have been kind enough to recommend people to us.” J * ■»' *■ ■ -L • * Before Di Salle left the stand, be dropped a word, of caution: “We're 'r going to try eur best, but even with that and more we .can’t buy a steak in 1951 with the money we paid in 1938.” Alienating Voters .Here is how not to get re-elected: A group of Montana farmers found Sen. Zales Ecton, himself a Montana farmer, in S’grumpy mood the other day. As they were ushered into his office, Ecton snort ed angrily: “I wish you people would quit bothering me. I wish you would leave me alone, *so I can get con- • work done with some of senators.”. a word, v the farmers out • 1 1 WEEKLY NEWS ANALYSIS- Eisenhower Reports Europe Will Defend Self Against Communism; Price Control Weaknesses Named (EDITOR’S NOTE: Wken opinions are expressed in these columns, they are those of Western Newspaper Union’s news analysts and not necessarily of this newspaper.) United Nations forces continued a slow advance northward against North Korean and Chinese forces with units of U.N. troops within a short distance of Seoul. Most of the activity was in the west below the capital of South Korea. There were re ports of disease among Communist troops and numerous casual ties. EUROPE: The Picture Clears ’Gen. Dwight Eisenhower, a man who commands the respect of more Americans today than any other, cleared the fog from the European picture in his recent report to con gress on his whirlwind tour of the democratic nations. Since the United States made it clear that the defense of western Europe was of first importance and that we intended to build a united front against communism, the average American has been be set with doubts and fears. / The out standing doubt, fed by the constant bickering and disagreements of national leaders, was that western Europe did not have the will and determination to build a defense; that perhaps the greatest share of the burden would fall upon the United States. Eisenhower, however, cleared the picture. He told the lawmakers again and again there has been a great rejuvenation of spirit in Soviet-shadowed Europe. To some his report sounded like i new bat tle cry for freedom. There was another note of hope in his message. American troops are needed abroad, but American arms are'needed more. America’s allies in the North Atlantic treaty are ready to take their part and "we are going to build for our- aelves a secure wall of peace.” It was understandable that the success of Eisenhower’s tour can be attributed largely to the faith western Europe has in the general as a man and a leader. CONTROLS: Disagreeable Second *Look It was generally agreed that the great majority of the American people were in favor of wage and price controls. After a second look at the ones recently enacted, the average, American was not too hap py. In fact, a good many of them were shocked and angry. The main worry of the people in the home towns of the nation was the price of food. A second look at the new price law revealed that many foods could jump five to 200 per cent in price without running afoul of the law. Potatoes, for instance, could ad vance 80 per cent before reaching the “magic figure.” Butter and milk could go 10 per cent higher, chickens 25 per cent, eggs 21 per cent, turkeys 12 per cent, oranges 200 per cent, lemons 30 per cent, and apples 30 per cent. Prices could even go higher on bread and baked goods. On top of this the government began to ease Jts wage freeze in •ome industries, notably the coal industry. The people on main street were beginning to ask themselves if the legislators were playing them for suckers. They vere reminding themselves that in a democracy what is good for one group is good for another. The answer to the wage-price sit uation is not simple. But a quick re-examinatier of the situation is mandatory. Commander - m Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower, European supreme commander, reporting to the nation on his three-week defejpe tour of Europe, told the American people “we are going to build for ourselves a secure wall of peace.” The general’s report renewed American confidence that the free nations can even tually defeat any Communist attack. TAXES: An Ambitious Program The size of Secretary of the Treasury Snyder’s proposed tax program to pay for the defense program caused gasps of surprise from businessmen throughout the nation. Snyder called the program “ra ther rugged” and added it was the government’s first step in a plan to get at least 16.5 billion dollars more revenue. The plan called for 20 per cent more income taxes from the little fellow, increases in corporate income taxes, and great ly increased levies on new auto mobiles, liquor, beer, cigarettes, radios, refrigerators, and many other consumer items. To put it mildly, it was an am bitious tax program. It did not appear that congress would act quickly in the matter, although the administration requested speed. Also, the most optimistic adminis tration planners did not think the program would be adopted without considerable revision and possible slashes. Of the total, $3.6 billion would be contributed by individual ’ income tax payers. As an example of how the new t&x would work in the lower income groups, a married person with two dependents and a net income of $3,000 now pays $120 federal tax, or 4 per cent of his in come. The proposed rates would increase his tax liability to $144, or 4.8 per cent of his income. It sounds small when you speak of a rate rise from 4 to 4.8 per cent. But if you look at the tax figures alone, a jump from $120 to $144 is a 20 per cent increase and presents another picture. Among other proposed taxes, automobiles would be subject to 20 per cent instead of 10, radios, tele vision sets, and various other elec trical household appliances would be taxed 25 per cent instead of 10. WORLD REUEF Church Group Launches Relief Plan Nineteen major Protestant and Orthodox church groups, represent ing virtually all of the Protestant ism In America, recently formed the National Council of Churches of Christ in America. Two weeks ago the newly formed council inaugurated its first major service project—a nationwide ap peal for funds for overseas relief, reconstruction and service to refu gees and displaced persons through the world. The project began Sun day, February 11, but the period of emphasis will be through Easter Sunday, March 25. Funds collected will be used for the relief of the 50 to 70 million per sons who are war refugees today, and for the re-location of some 80 million displaced persons of World War H. BUDGET: Battle Lines Form When the question of money, whether it be the budget or tax ation, is raised in congress there always develops a bitter battle. Now the lines are being formed in the 82nd congress over President Truman’s $71.6 billion budget and bis $16.5 billion tax program. When the President’s budget was first announced there was some opposition, but not the kind that indicated major conflict among the legislators. The situation changed radically, however, when the chief executive proposed a quick $10 bil lion tax bill to be followed by an other $6.5 billion bill within a short time. As soon as the tax program was announced, the legislators began their demands for cuts in the budget. The demands were not be ing made along party lines. Demo crats joined the Republicans. The conflict centered around aid to education, health insurance and the Brannan plan. To these, crit ics say slashes could be made In nondefense public works and army civil-function projects such as flood control, and in the regular civil ian government agencies. Before any budget and tax pro gram is adopted the public can ex pect a bitter battle in congress. But no matter how much t^ie legis lators dislike the idea, it was also apparent that ai tremendous budget must be adopted and some kind of pay-as-you-go method found to fi nance it. KOREA: U.N. Drives Northward United Nations forces In Korea continued a slow and cautious drive northward toward the 38th parallel. The drive developed after limited probing attacks failed to find Com munist troops in great concentra tion. There were indications of in creased Red* resistance as U.N. forces neared Seoul, but in what strength was not revealed. There was considerable optimism over the U.N. advance, but no one could say what would happen if and when the 38th parallel was reached. Rumors persisted that the U.N. armies would not go beyond that point. The lack of stiff Communist re sistance and counter-attacks was a mystery that caused considerable worry afnong U.N. commanders. It gave credence to reports that Com munist armies had suffered heavy casualties from disease add cold. The U.S. defense department re ported 136,000 North Koreans cap tured in fighting since.the war be gan. The department claimed 9,000 Communist casualties since the present U.N. offensive started. LABOR: A Complete Overhaul It had long been apparent that labor and management relations In the rail industry needed a com plete overhaul. The fact was high lighted by t^e unauthorized walk out of switchmen in scattered rail lines across the nation, which ser iously threatened the country’s de fense effort and thoroughly mud dled travel and mail service. The “sick call” strike tightened the squeeze on the nation’s econ omy. At one time during the walk out more than 250,000 industrial workers were made idle by block age of rail transport. Appeals by Charles E. Wilson, federal mobilization director, and W. P. Kennedy, president of the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen, sent • thousands back to work, but did not eliminate the possibility of future labor disputes in the indus try. An all-important fact remained, a complete and final settlement of all questions between labor and management in the rail industry was mandatory if the nation’s vital defense effort is to go forward during the next few years. It has dragged out too long. U.N. Victory GOOD SAMARITAN IN TIN HAT . . . P.F.C. Ernest E. Jones of Cedar Grove, West Virginia, a military policeman in Korea, is warming up a couple of Korean refugees at his improvised post shelter some where near the battle lines. The stove Is made of an oil drum and a piece of pipe. The refugees are two of many thousands. RAYBURN SETS RECORD . . • Speaker Sam Rayburn (!}., Tex.) sets a new record for service as presiding officer of ths house of representatives ss he begins his 3,057th day as speaker. Previous record (3,056 dsys) was set by Henry Clay. POPS SOfVNI SO CttSPI SO NO MORE HAI LAXATIVES! “My wife had tried many kinds of harsh laxatives before she started^ to eat ALL-BRAN regularly. The immediate results amazed us. She* hasn't been consti pated since.” Fred A. Moody, 623 Park A VO;, Greensboro, N. G. One of many unsolicited letters from ALL-BRAN users. If you suffer n* from constipation due to lack dietary bulk, try this: eat an oun (about H cup) of crispy Kellogg’s ALL-BRAN daily, drink plenty of water! If not satisfied after 10 < — return empty box to Battle Creek, Mich. Get DOUBLE YOUR MONEY BACK! 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Lee R. Jones, Doniphan, Mo. ENLISTS FOR SON . . . Mrs. Robert Undercuffer and sons, Ernest, 18, and Kenneth, 10, show photo of P.F.C. Robert Undercuffer who took Ernest’s place in the service. Officials say Undercuffer accom panied Ernest to Camden, N.J., recruiting office after parents had given son permission to enlist. However, the mother withdrew her permission, so the fsther enlisted in his place. This left Ernest sole supporter of his mother snd ineligible for draft. Foreign minister of the Re public of Korea, Col. Ben. C. Limb, (left) and American del egate to the United Nations, Warren Austin, congratulate each other after the United Nations labelled Red Chins guilty of aggression In Korea. BOLD CONNECTS . . . Paddy Young (right), Greenwich Village, receives end of a famed bolo punch thrown by Cuba’s Kid Gav- Uan, during their 19-round bout at Madison Square Garden. Gavilan won the fight on a decision. FIRE BOMB VICTIM .' . . This victim of fiery napalm dropped by airplane was not Identified as to nationality. He was either Chi nese or North Korean. The jellied gasoline that spread from the bomb left him smouldering/ Water Glee yea qalek ephemeral relief hi ‘ * from headaches, backaches, g tro-lntestinai disturbances, upset ■temaeh, Mlieasness, when ex pas trie acidity and eoas" are eontrlbattnr factors. Satisfaction \ Guaranteed At AU « Drug Start Crasy Water Ce. Mineral Wells, T< KIDNEYS EXCESS dona bother you. Try Doaa’a diuretic. Used successfully by orerSO j ~ Doan’s Pills Dumb People Better Drivers. Teacher Reports ARMY: Infantry to Europe The army was reported planning to send the fourth infantry divisioi to Germany to reinforce the net Atlantic pact army and the ai force to assign more jet fighter bombers to Europe. The move was expected to be made as soon as congress approved an anticipated resolution voicing support for Truman’s much-assail ed plan to assign more U.S. ground forces to Europe. WASHINGTON—Richard Talbott, who operates a concern called the University Driving Laboratory in nearby Hyattsville, Md., says gen erally speaking, people with so-so, intelligence make ‘better automo bile drivers than the smart, folks. , That’s a controversial stateinent. but he. shopld'know. Talbott teach es all kinds, from the very dumb to the awful smart, how to drive an automobile. During the war he instructed other soldiers in the art of piloting a. Jeep. Since then, operating his own business, he has taught hun dreds of civilians how to drive. So far as he knows, only one customer has had a serious accident. “He was a physicist working with an atomic project. I predicted he would crash and he did. A dumb person is concerned only with get ting where he is going—and concen trates on that alone. A intellectual is up in the clouds. This particular person was perhaps dreaming of test tubes, Bunsen Burners, and Geiger counters. He made a wrong turn.” Learned to Drive Young Talbott, who calls himself a “pai< back seat driver”, learned to driv at eight years old in an Esse: that was too old to move, and tool to the road on a test run when h was 10. He had a driver’s licens when he was fourteen. The first thing he tells, his stv dents—most of them ' women middle age—is that the automobil was invented because people ar too lazy to walk, “so take it easy.' SUPPLIES TRANSPORTED WITH SLEDS . . . For the first time, American soldiers use sleds to transport combat supplies to the front lines in the central area of Korea where some of the stiffest fighting has been taking place. It is the best way to get the supplies over the hilly terrain. The sleds are new and designed not only for cargo but for use as litters and other purposes. These fellows could certainly a few Alaskan huskies for motive power. • RECORD BREAKER . . . Air way pilot, Capt. Charles Blair, Clipped one hour and seven min utes off the record when he flew his converted P-81 from New York to London in 7 hrs., 48 mins. Here, bo waves from plane.