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THE NEWBERRY SITN. NEWBERRY. S. C.
Wakt Island Raport
A HIGHLIGHT of the current
Truman-MacArthur controver
sy is the New York Times story
summarizing the conversations be
tween the two men at Wake
Island.
Because the New York Times
story had the earmarks of being
leaked out by the White House,
some MacArthur proponents have
challenged it, while MacArthur
states that no records were made
of the conversations on Wake
Island.
In view of this controversy, the
Washington Merry-Go-Round's ac
count of the Wake Island confer
ence, published on Jan. 23, some
months prior to the Times’ April
21 account, may be significant. For
the President can hardly be ac
cused ef any partiality toward this
writer except in his choice of cuss
words.
Writing at that time — three
months before the Truman-Mac-
Arthur controversy — I reported
that:
1. MacArthur was so sure of
victory be promised General
Bradley that he would trans
fer one full division to Europe.
2. MacArthur assured the
President the Chinese would
not intervene.
3. MacArthur expected to get
his troops back to the United
States by Christmas.
4. Because of the certainty
of victory, much of the confer
ence was devoted to plans for
reconstructing Korea.
5. Highlight of the Wake
Island meeting was the bril
liant conversation of one man.
MacArthur completely dominat
ed the Conversation.
What Thty Said
Because the Wake Island confer
ence now appears to be playing
such an important part in the Tru-
man-MacArthur controversy, the 1
salient portions of my Jan. 23 Wake
Island column follow:
The President of the United
States flew halfway around the
world to confer with General Mac
Arthur, yet aside from a few con
versational pleasantries, nothing has
been published regarding what hap
pened.
The direct talks between Mac
Arthur and President Truman took
place with no one else present;
no stenographic notes were taken.
It is next to impossible, therefore,
to report accurately what hap
pened. Furthermore, the steno
graphic notes made of the more ex
tended conversation between Tru
man, MacArthur, General Bradley,
and the other military men are still
so secret that each copy is num
bered.
Home by Christmas
MacArthur assured Truman that
he could “finish the job in North
Korea" in a short time. According
to the stenographic notes he said:
“I hope to be able to have the
8th army back in Japan by Christ
mas. I may be able to send a con
voy into Pyongyang immediately."
At this point. President Truman
asked: “What about Chinese in
tervention?"
MacArthur's reply was: “They
could have intervened earlier
when it would have been deci
sive, but that time has passed.
We are no longer fearful of
their intervention. Although
there are several hundred thou
sand along the Yalu river, it is
not likely that they could cause
us much trouble."
MacArthur's advice on the future
of Korea was: “We should turn
Korea over to the Koreans as quick
ly as we can and get out as quick
ly as we can.
Troops to Europe
At one point, Gen. Omar Bradley
asked whether MacArthur could
make any troops available for
Europe in the next two months.
MacArthur replied: “Yes, I
think a division can be made avail
able early in 1951."
Bradley also remarked that
he hoped MacArthur wouldn't
have the same trouble he had
with American pilots in Europe
shooting up railroad bridges
that were needed later for re
habilitation.
“I have the same trouble,"
MacArthur replied. The steno
graphic notes show laughter at
this point.
Only other laughter came when
John Muccio, U.S. ambassador to
Korea, proposed using sound trucks
for propaganda purposes to sell
democracy to the Korean people.
MacArthur Merry-Go-Round
The Foreign Minister and Vice-
President of Peru, who have been
hopored guests in this country,
didn’t mind being ousted from their
Waldorf-Astoria hotel suite to make
room for General MacArthur. But
they did feel hurt at the lack of
confidence implied by the fact that
the locks on the doors were changed
immediately after they departed
. . . MacArthur was able to recog
nize at least one Democrat among
the Republicans—Sen. Tom Gon
na lly of Texas.
Editors Meet
Edwin S. Friendly (left), retiring presi
dent of the American newspaper pub
lishers association, bands over bis gavel
to bis successor, Charles F. McCabill. The
editors held their €9tb annual convention
recently in New York.
SCANNING THE WEEK'S NEWS
of Main Street and the World
OPS Orders New Beef Price Control
Plan Calling for 10 Cent Rollback
BEEF PRICE CONTROLS—In one sweeping order that will touch
nearly every family in the home towns of America as well as 300,000
meat retailers and 25,000 packers, slaughterers and other meat whole
salers, the OPS put into force a new beef price control program calling
for almost a dime-a-pound roll-back at the butcher shop by October 1.
The order is expected to save the Americac: housewife $700 million
in the butcher shops. Housewives cannot expect retail prices of beef to drop
immediately, however, because the program provides for progressively
reducing ceiling over a period of time that will allow livestock producers
to unload their high cost animals.
Livestock men have balked at controls over cattle prices and warned
they would result in less meat production. Michael V. DiSalle, OPS direc
tor, will likely be severely
criticized by the industry.
These are the steps in the
new beef program:
1. A 10 per cent cut in
prices which slaughterers
may pay the farmer for cat
tle. This goes into effect
for accounting periods be
ginning on or after May 20
2. Dollar and cents ceil
ings are fixed for whole
saler and retailers for the
first time. The wholesaler
ceilings go into effect May
9, the retail ceilings on May
14. Butcher shops must post
retail ceiling price charts,
by grade and cut, by Juno
4.
3. Prices slaughterers may
pay for cattle are to be re
duced an additional four and
one-half per cent on August
1 and by same amount on
. October 1. .
4. On the same August 1 and October 1 dates, retail beef prices cuts
of from four to five cents a pound will go into effect.
MORE CONTROLS—Main Street may feel a greater degree of the
control pinch if President Truman’s proposed legislation gets through
congress. He has called for re-enactment, with some stiffening, of virtual
ly everything in the defense production act of 1950. In view of Mr. Tru
man’s recent .troubles, it is doubtful if his suggestions will be accepted
without considerable Criticism. ✓
He proposed:
1. Fixing the parity price for each farm commodity as of the begin
ning of its marketing season for price control to cover the entire season.
2. Establishing effective rent controls for both residential and com
mercial properties “wherever needed to stabilize the cost of living and
the cost of doing business."
3. Strengthening machinery for the enforcement of price control regu
lations.
4. Authorizing the government “to build and operate defense plants,
to produce essential materials and equipment.
5. Providing for controls over credit in the sale of existing housing.
6. Regulating speculative trading on commodity exchanges.
THINGS TO COME—If the man on Main Street thinks the Truman-
Mac Arthur controversy is going to die, he is badly mistaken. The battle
is just about to begin.
This was indicated in a long and extemporaneous speech by Sen.
Robert Taft in which he attacked the U.S. joint chiefs of staff and de
manded that the U.S. go “all-out" in Korea.
The senator said that he was willing to follow the MacArthur pro
posals for bombing military objectives in Communist China and for giv
ing logistical support, meaning transport and cover, to Nationalist attack
on China proper.
The senator’s speech made it clear that the Republican plan to use
the forthcoming investigations of the MacArthur dismissal to force an
overturning of present far east policy.
A WARNING TO AMERICA—Robert A. Vogeler, shaky, pale and
nervous was released from a Hungarian prison after 17 months imprison
ment. He had a message for the Main Street of America.
“I want to warn every individual American that what happened to
me can happen to them if we don’t band together to destroy these enemies
of individual freedom," he told newsmen after his release.
“I have a message for America—an important one.
“America must be made aware of what can happen to human rights
—right of a person to go where he wants and say what he wants ... or
the right to be able to go to bed and not be afraid of being taken away
from his family to prison in the middle of the night."
RETURN OF LABOR—With .the return of organized labor to all de
fense-mobilization agencies, the man on Main Street can expect the
unions to exert a greater influence over the administration’s future de
fense proposals.
It was evident by labor’s return to the defense agencies that the
administration had surrendered on many points of conflict and is now
willing to listen to the united labor policy committee.
Union leaders made known immediately their first campaign. As one
expressed it, “We will now turn the heat on congress by undertaking a
new campaign for tighter price-control laws and other legislation to in
sure equality of sacrifice in the defense effort.
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Chinese Attack South of Parallel
A US. tank battalion lumbers into a defense position north of Seoul,
prepared to take a heavy toll of advancing Chinese Communist forces.
SPRING IN KOREA—It is spring in Korea. But there is no peace
and tranquility in the warm sun. The song birds can not be heard for the
constant roar of artillery. The tender sprigs of grass and shrubs are
trampled beneath the boots of invading Chinese and defending United
Nations troops. It is time for war in Korea.
But the great Communist spring offensive is not doing so well. And
the people in the home towns of America who are thinking of their sons
and brothers and husbands have gained confidence from reports of allied
victories. '
The Reds approached Seoul, but came to a dead stop after allied
naval, air and.artillery bombardments. On other fronts the fighting had
died down for the time being.
But as long as it is spring in Korea, the Communists will attack. This
time, however, they are running into a meat grinder of fire power.
A SUGHT DECUNE
Food Prices Down .3 of a Per Cent
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STARVATION . . . Victims «f
India’s grain famine are Oils
father and child. The infant's
limbs are terribly swollen from
undernourishment. The father is
half blind from same cause. Mil
lions of Indians face starvation
this summer.
WHO? • • • Soft-voiced callers
have phoned Mrs. Ernestine Mo-
Roberts, Huntington Park, Calif.,
saying her husband, a master
sergeant, is a Red prisoner and
well-treated, and she should sign
petition to end U.S. “
in Korea.
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The bureau of labor statistics re
ported that a survey of eight cities
revealed that retail food prices de
clined slightly during the latter part
of March.
It was the second time since the
wage-price freeze of January 25 that
there was a falling off in the retail
food-price index kept by the bureau.
The decline, however, was only .3 of
f a per cent
At the first of April the index
was about 11 per cent above that at
last June, before the Korean fight
ing began, and 14 per cent above a
year ago.
The decline was due largely to a
small drop in prices of fresh fruit
and vegetables. Cabbage led the de
cline with a 19 per cent drop. Car
rots were down 18 per cent and
fresh tomatoes down 11.
FORMOSA ADVISOR. . . . Maj.
Gen. William Chase is chief of
staff of a military advisory group
in Formosa to administer Amer
ican aid in accordance with ad
ministration policy of building up
the island’s stronghold against
aggression.
ROYAI^ BIRTHDAY ... Princess
Elizabeth, heir apparent to throne
of England, celebrates her 25th
birthday at the English embassy
in Rome with her husband, Philip,
Duke of Edinburgh. She was re
ceived in audience by Pope Pius.
TERROR IN THE NIGHT . . . This photograph, taken by Milwaukee
Sentinel photographer Frank Riemer, Jr., won second prize in the
First Fire Foto of the Year contest sponsored by the National Press
Photographers Assn, and the National Fire Protection Assn. Not only
did Riemer take this prize photograph, but he directed firemen to
the rescue of five persons trapped in second floor of this smoke-filled
apartment building. Prize money was $75.
THEIR FIRST JUMP . . . Leaving the rear door of an air force Fair-
child 082 “flying boxcar," are paratroopers taking their first quali
fied jump, during the fifth and last week of their training at Fort Hen
ning, Ga. Five jumps are made with each man packing his own para
chute. After the men have finished packing their chutes, instructors
carefully inspect the packs.
FASHION FLASH . . . Paris has
introduced the habit of wearing
jewelry directly on the skin,
fastened there with a dab of magic
liquid. Hearts for ears, throat and
shoulders accent that bare look.
These are ruby-studded
MERCY IN THE FIELD ... A combat medic serving with American
forces somewhere in Korea administers a merciful sedative to a badly
wounded infantryman shortly after he was hit by an enemy sniper con
cealed somewhere on the battlefield. Note the bullet wound in the
American soldier’s hack. This incident took place during the enemy's
big offensive on Seoul before General Van Fleet decided that the allies
would make a stand before the city.
SHOPPER'S
CORNER
By DOROTHY BARCLAY
MINELAYERS BOMBED ... Corsair fighter from U.S.S. Bataan has
Just swept in low over this harbor in Korea and released a napalm
bomb which has exploded and engulfed two Chinese Communist mine
layers in a fountain of flame. This scene gives graphic evidence of
the low level that the fighters operate on in their bombing and straf
ing runs. These fighters are always prowling low through North
Korean skies looking for possible targets for destruction.
QUEEN COTTON
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I r looks like the time is now to buy
those cottons for your own and
your children’s summer clothes,
with summer on the horizon, your
own last summer's dresses washed
out, and the children's outgrown I
So, before the probable shortages
and tiie more prob
able price rises
rear their ugly
heads—get you to
your Main Street
store, and look over
the array of gay
ginghams, sturdy
piques, wear-for
ever denims and chambrays, serv
iceable seersuckers, even dainty
dimities and dressy organdies! Cot
tons for every member of the fami
ly, cottons for every purpose and
every occasion—for Cotton is
Queen!
Buy enough material for yourself
and your children, and make ’em
up yourself! You're wise enough to
know how much farther the clothes
budget will stretch at your own
sewing machine. As for the time you
spend whipping up a summer ward
robe, haven’t you beer saving that
for a rainy day—and there will be
many a rainy day this spring!
And don't $brget the buttons and
bows, the zippers and snaps, and
all the thread and binding tape you
need—they’re all waiting for you
on your store counter!'
JUVENILE UNIFOKM
Almost a juvenile uniform is the
overall suit, worn by boys and girls
alike. Simple to make, easy to slip
into, adaptable . to growth, and,
made in corduroy, denim or seer
sucker, so quick and easy to laun
der—the answer to a busy mother’s
prayer. A basic pattern from your
local storei or your newspaper, can
be adapted to the measurements of
each child. Your clerk will be glad
to guide you on this elasticity of
measurement. As for laundering,
even corduroy, when thoroughly dry
after washing, needs only a stiff
brushing to restore the nap. And
whoever heard of pressing denim or
seersucker?
Raglan sleeves have proved tops
for children’s shirts, blouses and
dresses. They allow for freedom of
movement, they’re easy to get into,
and they allow for growth. “Self-
help” clothes are not only a source
of progressive pride to the young
ster, but a saving of time and inter
ruption to the busy mother.
The fewer fasteners, too, the
easier the self-help angle. So, in
making the children’s clothes, use
dot snappers, buttons and zippers,
and have blouses, shirts and dresses
open in the front The button-hole
attachment on your sewing machine
will save you all kinds of time and
trouble, and if you’re lucky enough
to have the zipper foot attachment
those slide fasteners are a cinch.
For the boys, trousers with wide
elastic should be used as long as
possible, but as they grow and grow,
as boys will, button-on pants are
' suitable. Put four buttons across
the back of the waist rather than
the old three—that relieves the
strain on that middle button. The
simpler and more tailored the shirt,
the easier for you to make, and the
bigger hit it makes with that
young he-man. The shirt can be ad
justed to his growth just by lower
ing the buttons.
As to the girls, they, too, have a
way of growing out of things, so
tucks are in order—a tuck inside
and just above the waistline, tucks
in the inside of the sleeves, and a
tuck in the hem. There won’t be so
many hand-me-downs in a favorite
dress that way!
Then, when you have the chil
dren all taken care of, comes moth
er’s moment. Look over the patterns
in your local newspapers, and the
gay cottons on your store shelves,
and go to town, lady—summer’s
coming!
Small Town Woman
Gives 25th Pint of Blood
LIVERMORE, Calif.—The citizens
of the small town oi Livermore
(population 2,800) recently gave
their 237th pint of blood to the Red
Cross, an outstanding record for a
small community.
The blood was donated from the
period January 15 through March.
One donor, Mrs. Zylpha Sampson,
gave her 25th pint. The largest
amount on any one date was Jan
uary 15 when 106 pints were given.
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