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'Mi ■> y THE NEWBERRY SUN. NEWBERRY. S. C. Wilson Dominates Cabinet *pHE MAN WHO really dominates ^ cabinet meetings these days is not the President but Defense Mobi- lizer Charles E. Wilson. Truman is so fond of Wilson personally, so determined to give him complete power, that the big square-jawed ex-head of General Electric carries far more weight than any member of the cabinet. In fact, some cabinet meetings have featured none-too-friendly ar guments in which Wilson always gets what he wants. For example, Wilson will an nounce to the cabinet: “We need more timber for defense construc tion. The lumber people tell me we can get it from the national for ests.” The national forests are under Secretary of the Interior Chapman, while the timber in them is under the forest service and Secretary of Agriculture Brannan. And if the latter argue about the need of saving timber for future genera tions and suggest using only half the proposed amount, Wilson’s brusque reply is: “We need all of it.” Usually the president calls in the opposing cabinet member and says: "I think you’d better go along with Charlie. I had an awfully hard time getting him to take the job and I don’t want him to leave be cause he doesn’t get cooperation.” Chief inner-cabinet gripe against Wilson is that he listens chiefly to his advisers from industry and not to his colleagues in government. Generally speaking, Wilson is do ing a good job, is especially trying to help place orders with little busi ness—despite the fact that he comes from one of the biggest com panies in the world. NOTE—Wilson’s chief need is a few men around him who can do more long-range planning. People-to-People In the summer of 1947, this writ er had an interesting talk with Gen. George Marshall, then secretary of state, about the importance of penetrating the iron curtain in order to refute the Moscow radio and convince the Russian people of the basic friendliness of the Ameri can people. Secretary Marshall seemed con vinced at that time that much was to be gained from drawing a dis tinction between the Russian peo ple and their government, and making it clear that the American people had no quarrel with the Rus sian people. In a nation which has no free press, no churches, no parliament to exercise a check rein on the Kremlin, the only way to prevent a precipitous declaration of war is contact with the people of Russia. This fact is, of course, the chief reason for the iron curtain. The Kremlin's greatest fear is that the Russian people will get too friendly with the outside world. Secretary Marshall, at that time, favored making a speech in the as sembly of the United Nations urging Moscow to remove the iron curtain and permit free intercourse between the people of Russia and the out side world. It was suggested that after such a speech was made, translations in the Russian language could be dropped behind the iron curtain—by weather balloons if nec< essary. The speech wasn’t made. Senator Wherry’s Toast Before French Premier Rene Pleven returned to Paris, he at tended a stag dinner at the French embassy where he sat directly across the table from Sen. Ken Wherry of Nebraska, the arch foe of European aid. Throughout the meal, the French premier and the Nebraskan isola tionist chatted pleasantly about past »eriences. Pleven told about vis- Nebraska as a youth, and spoke glowingly of Nebraska’s beef cattle. Wherry responded with a story on himself. He recalled that, as state GOP chairman, he had made a po litical barnstorming trip across the state As he moved from town to town in southwest Nebraska, he came upon a small community that received no advance word and I’t expecting him. Nevertheless, led up the local Republican and arranged a pep rally ; nignt. As he went into his spiel the Nebraska GOP ticket, however, he got a cold reception, e was an exchange of whispers the local leader, and the red- Wherry discovered he had red across the border and cenly arranged a rally in Colo- French premier laughed r , and soon the two were back and forth as if Wherry an ardent supporter of aid ape. When it came time for itional toasts, all drank to of Franco-American rela- and the French aid program. it came Wherry’s turn his glass and turning to declared: emier, I may ask a lot J But I want you to un- that I am in favor of le French.” ■WEEKLY NEWS ANALYSIS- Premier Joe Stalin Attacks Britain, United States for Korean Conflict; 100,060 European Force Is Planned (EDITOR'S NOTE: When opinions are expressed in these columns, they are these of Western Newspaper Union’s news analysts and not necessarily of this newspaper.) The Chinese Communist offensive aimed at Wonju in an ef fort to split the United Nations line came to an abrupt halt with the destruction of two Red divisions. U.N. troops then pushed forward in a limited offensive that carried up to six miles along the 70-mile sector from Seoul to Wonju. The Reds were reported to have lost approximately 31,000 troops in their one week offen sive. STALIN: The Role of Prophet Prime Minister Stalin, in one of his rare public statements, predict ed the United States and Great Brit ain are doomed to defeat in Korea, and the disintegration of the United Nations. Assuming the role of a prophet thundering from his mountain, the Soviet leader attempted to intimi date the free nations of the world, to stir up discord between the North Atlantic pact nations, and brand Russia the only true champion of world peace. He succeeded only in tangling himself in a web of con tradictions and lies. There was even a minor threat of war when he said war “cannot be considered inevitable,” but that it might come if the “warmongers succeed in entangling the masses of the people in lies, in deceiving them.” Stalin went so far as to blister ingly denounce British Prime Min ister Attlee for “lying” in saying that Russia had not demobilized after World War II. For his efforts in this direction, Stalin received a sharp slap by the British govern ment with the charge that Russian armed forces now total 175 divi sions, 25,000 tanks and 20,000 planes. With tongue in cheek, the British pointed out that figures don’t lie. Some western observers, noting Stalin’s assertion that the U.N. was “burying its moral prestige and dooming itself to disintegration,” believed Russia may be preparing to quit the organization. No one in his right mind could believe any of Stalin's statements and the left-handed assertion that Russia really wants peace. To the contrary, Stalin’s statements and the American and British replies only point up the seriousness of the present world situation. The statement should do much to bring about a concentrated effort on the part of the west for what now seems inevitable. KOREA: Reds Pull Back United Nations troops in Korea regained the offensive after break ing the back of the Communist at tack which saw the Chinese suffer ing an estimated 31,000 casualties. Lt. Gen. Matthew B. Ridgway’s troops pushed forward in limited advances, but there were indications that Ridgway would not cross the 38th parallel in the immediate fu ture. There ' remain large unlocated Chinese elements north of the old political boundary line and the Chinese could bring down masses of men from further north. Ground gains have assumed a secondary role in the Korean fight ing. General Ridgway seems to be operating on the theory of hitting the Communists where the maxi mum number of casualties can be inflicted and retiring to established positions to plan the next move. No one can foresee the end of the Korean war which has raged up and down the peninsula for eight months. And although the Chinese have suffered defeats in recent weeks there is no indication that they are seriously hurt. TROOPS: Marshall Tells Plans Gen. George Marshall, secretary of defense, took much of the steam out of the “great debate” over the question of American military aid to Europe when he told congress that thef'U.S. planned to send 100,000 more men abroad. The number was much smaller than had been ex pected. It seems fortunate that oppo nents of the administration’s for eign policy finally forced General Marshall to reveal the exact num ber of men. It certainly provided the Soviet Union with a valuable bit of military information. Official Washington circles report ed that sharp debate preceded the decision to tell the size of the army planned for Europe. Both the de fense and state departments were against the disclosure. However, continued attacks on foreign military aid by influential senators, including Taft of Ohio and Wherry of Nebraska, forced the de cision. These attacks were con tinued even after Taft and mem bers of the senate armed service committee were informed in secret of the plans. General Marshall told the sen ators that for security reasons he spoke “reluctantly.” His reluctance was understandable in that he knew and disapproved of giving aid and comfort to a possible enemy of the United States. It is too bad other prominent figures on the national scene did not feel the same way as General Marshall, Washington ob servers reported. LABOR: An Open Revolt Angry labor leaders were in open revolt against the nation’s mobiliza tion program. It began when the wage stabilization board voted 6 to 3 to stabilize wages at a level generally 10 per cent above that of January 15, 1950. Three labor mem bers quit the board. But labor’s complaint against the board’s new formula for equalizing wages proved to be only a pretext. What they really had on their chests was a whole series of gripes against Charles E. Wilson, director of mo bilization. They contended that labor was not given a prominent place in pol icy-making, and that attempts were made to freeze wages while food prices and rents were still un settled. Many observers believed that the blowup was inevitable, that sooner or later someone would challenge the vast power bestowed upon Wil son and the ”bull-it-through’' man ner in which he wielded that power. It was the old story of big busi ness and labor in open conflict. But in this instance it was the nation’s mobilization program that suf- fered. Also on the labor front, the brotherhood of railway trainmen unexpectedly pleaded guilty to con tempt charges arising from “sick” strikes in the Washington yards and were fined $75,000. Labor circles wondered to what extent the guilty plea—a union as suming responsibility for “wildcat” strixes—would effect other pend ing cases, and whether it would help control wildcat tactics in the future. CONTROLS: New Curbs Likely The protests of the nation’s houses wives, labor and the average home towner may bring about new legis lations soon to stabilize food prices. Eric Johnston, economic-stabiliza tion director, hinted that legislation will be requested to “equalize and stabilize” farm prices and indus trial wages. Critics of recent enacted wage- price controls contend that the law protecting farmers’ standard of living—by the parity device—is making a mockery of the govern ment’s anti-inflation program. On the other hand, farm spokes men have countered with a charge that an attempt is being made to smear farmers and make them the goat in any federal move to roll back prices. Johnston is on something of a spot, with the housewives and labor lined up on one side and the farm bloc on the other. He has expressed himself as believing the farmer is entitled to his parity. But by the same token, the laboring man /is entitled to his parity, too, for as the cost of food goes up, the cost of living goes up. Meanwhile, the government slapped on stiff new credit terms for nonresidential construction, amounting to 50 per cent down pay ments, in its battle against infla tion. The new order called for one-half down on construction of new stores, offices, hotels, banks, warehouses, garages, auto-service stations, res taurants, theaters, clubs and “other new structures.” The same requirement applies to repair, enlargement, alteration, and reconstruction of existing commer cial buildings if the cost of the im provement exceeds 15 per cent of the building’s appraised value. SPORTS: / Game-Fix Scandal The sensational disclosure of basketball game-fixing involving three New York colleges and a number of prominent players had repercussions as far down as the home towns of America. BasketbaD is the most popular high school and college sport in the nation. Year after year a greater number of people see basketball games—from cracker-box gymnas iums to Madison Square Garden— than witness any other sport. It is apparent that game-fixing has not been confined to New York alone. A number of investigations which are just being launched will undoubtedly reveal bribery in many sections of the country. High school basketball in the home towns of the nation does not draw national headlines, but there can be little doubt that there must have been numerous cases of at tempted game-fixing on the high school level. The scandal among the big schools, if nothing else, will bring about closer inspection of the game on the home town level. It may cause a clean-up that will again stress fair play and sportsmanship among the nation’s youth. CHINA: An Inside Report The first reliable information from within Communist China since that country’s intervention in Korea was made public by Arthur Moore, a British newspaperman who vis ited Peiping with the backing of the Indian ambassador. Moore reported the large number of casualties in Korea was causing concern to Red China’s leaders and that Manchurian hospital facilities had been unable to care for the wounded. The war in Korea, although waged on a limited scale, is still somewhat of a surprise to the Chinese. Cas ualties are greater than expected and a major gasoline problem has developed. Off to Europe : %\ .v f> l m ■W. CLASSIFIED nrPARTMF.NT BUSINESS A INVEST. OPPOR. THOUSANDS of profitable farms and businesses for sale in all 48 states. Write IK for free catalog. NATIONAL BROKERS 1917 Eye St. N.W., Wash. S, P.C. ONE eemplete eetiea fin, four eighty-saw Lummus air blast automatic gin-stands complete with 75-H.P. electric motor and seed scales. 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