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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:
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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.
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TRAGEDY’S SOUVENIRS . * . Hundreds of relatives and friends of
of the Pennsylvania Railroad wreck victims, who went through the
heartbreaking task of claiming the possessions of loved ones, were
confronted with this collection of assorted eyeglasses piled in the Wood-
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EUROPE . . . Defense Secretary
George C. Marshall says the Pres
ident has approved sending four
more U.S. divisions to Europe,
raising our manpower on the con
tinent to between 300,000 and
400,000 men.
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NEW BIBLE
Modern English Edition Is Planned
The division of Christian educa
tion, National Council of The
Churches of Christ in the U.S.A.,
announced a revised edition of the
Bible will be ready for distribution
by September 30, 1952.
The new Bible will be in clear,
modern English, with words of
more modern usage substituted for
words which long ago lost their
meaning. Although there is some
minor opposition to another revis
ion the council is expected to pro
ceed with its plan.
The new revised standard ver
sion will go to press after scholars
complete the translation of the Old
Testament. Translation of the New
Testament was completed in 1946.
The revised standard version was
first authorized in 1937 by the
council’s predecessor.
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COMFORT BEFORE PRIDE . . . Lt. General Matthew B. Ridgeway
bundles up under a blanket against the frigid Korean weather as he
and Lt. General George Stratemeyer, commander of the fifth air force,
discuss a heavy air strike in the Suwon area. General Douglas Mac-
Arthur had words of high praise for General Ridgeway.
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trade as a 12-year-old helping her
dad. He gave her a full-fledged
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dolls.
In a supposedly secret de
parture, witnessed by some 25
reporters and 75 cameramen,
Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower,
and his wife, Mamie, board the
Queen Elizabeth. The general
returned to Europe to resume
his command of western de
fense forces.
POST OFFICE:
Plans Major Shift
What was undoubtedly the most
important change in basic postal
transportation policy since air
mail, was announced by the post
office department. The plan is to
transfer short-haul mail from the
railroad to highway truckers.
The postal department first plan
ned the shift when the railroads
filed a petition with the interstate
commerce commission for a 95 per
cent Increase in mail-pay rates.
CAPTURE ENEMI FLAG . . . After removing a North Korean flag
from the gate to Yongdong, a suburb of Seoul, these 25th divlsioii fight-
era proudly display their prise. Their unit has been leading the at
tack on Seoul, which the Reds seem to have decided to defend strong
ly. Dispatches from the front announce that 25th division fighters en
tered Seoul, but were driven back across the Han river by the attack
ing Reds in a fierce defense of Communist positions.
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