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• A THE NEWBERRY SUN. NEWBERRY. S. C. Empty meat cases and full corrals de scribed the meat situation in the nation last taeek. SCANNING THE WEEK'S NEWS of Main Street and the World Cattlemen Withhold Beef in Protest Of Government's Rollback Program EMPTY MEAT CASES- Empty meat cases were beginning to show lip across the nation as cattlemen continued to hold beef off the market in protest to the government’s price rollback program of 8-to-10 cents • pound by October 1. The shortage was being felt only in larger cities, but the home town housewife can expect to feel the pinch if marketing does not Increase within a short time. President Truman and Price Stabilizer Michael V. DiSalle continued to stick by their rollback decisions. DiSalle told reporters retreat now might wreck the whole stabilization program. President Truman called it a “good program” and said he thought beef pro ducers could be brought around. • While Truman and DiSalle were making these state- m e n t s, Chicago and other cities reported nearly empty cattle pens. Packing firms continued to slaughter only a trickle of their normal quantity of cattle. Only 122,- 100 cattle were sent to mar ket last week in the nation’s 12 biggest livestock centers. In the corresponding week a year ago 167,700 were mar keted. At the moment it seems unlikely there will be a great increase in slaughtering un til after June 30. Cattlemen are gambling that price con trols will be lifted at the end of this month. The present situation is somewhat similar to the 1946 beef battle whep cattlemen withheld beef in their successful attempt to kill the ^government’s price conU-ol program. It was argued at the time that if price controls were lifted there would be an increase in production and a decrease in price. There was an increase of production, but as today’s prices testify there was no decrease in price. \ FAR EAST SPECULATION —The unexpected and unannounced visit of George C. Marshall, secretary of defense, to Korea raised considerable amount of speculation in the home towns of the nation. Was his visit the first step toward a cease fire in Korea? Was sofne new military de velopment about to be revealed? Repeatedly, Marshall told reporters he did not expect any Chinese peace move soon and that his visit was strictly military. He remained silent after a series of guarded meetings with Gen. Matthew B. Ridgway, U. N. supreme commander in the far east. Of this much the home towner can be reasonably sure. Aging and not too well Marshall did not make the long and tiresome trip to Korea as a mailman’s holiday, so to speak. If the home towner is speculating, the Kremlin and Pieping must be down right worried. MACARTHUR INVESTIGATION—The Armed services and foreign relations committees’ investigation of the dismissal of Gen. Douglas MacArthur moved on its weary way with two new witnesses. For eight days Secretary of State Dean Acheson testified. The committees then called Lt. Gen. Albert C. Wedemeyer. Acheson’s testimony was remarkable in that during the eight days there was no show of temper on the part of the witness or the investi gators. In the minds of many, Acheson’s thorough coverage of all ques tions asked was an attempt to justify the administration and the first move toward his withdrawal as secretary of state. Only on one point was his testimony different from that of other administration witnesses. He asserted that MacArthur approved the 1946 attempt to bring the Chinese Reds and Nationalists together for a “unified, democratic China.” MacArthur immediately issued a state ment that he was the victim of a “fantastic” lie. The other witness, Gen. Wedemeyer, backed and even went beyond the Korean War proposals of Gen. MacArthur, but said President Truman had the right to fire his old commander. Briefly, Wedemeyer would withdraw American troops from Korea, break off relations with Russia, go into full mobilization, and “go to the real perpetrator of all this.” These would be drastic moves and a definite risk of war. WHEAT CROP MAKES COMEBACK —The agriculture department reported the nation’s wheat crop is making a comeback from bad weather Conditions and now promises the eighth successive harvest of more than a billion bushels. The June forecast is about 72 million bushels more than forecast a month ago. The new forecast indicated a wheat crop of 1,054,000,000 bushels, about 25 million bushels more than last year’s crop. Such a production would be only about 96 million bushels short of the government’s production goal / Unfavorable weather, particularly drought in the southwest great plains, and insects in the same area, coupled with cool, wet spring weather, had put the crop prospects under a cloud a month ago. Con ditions improved greatly in May to bring the overall farm-production prospects up to normal by June 1. THE SLOW ADVANCE—United Nations troops in Korea smashed the Communist “Iron Triangle” and continued their slow advance north ward. The Reds have put up stiff resistance in the last two weeks and suffered an estimated 40,000 casualties in defense of the triangle. The Communist were retreating slowly and orderly. There were indications in some areas of enemy buildup, possibly in preparation for renewed attacks. There was nothing in the over-all picture that indicated a clear cut victory for United Nation troops. United Nations troops continued their slow, steady advance m Korea, inflicting thousands of casualties on Chinese Reds in the "Iron Triangle" INFLATION BATTLE-June 30, expiration date of the present de fense production act, is only a few days away and there are several indications that the administration is afraid new control laws won’t be strong enough. President Truman appeared worried and made three moves to get • strengthened law through congress. He issued a public warning that tile nation may see “an unmanageable torrent of inflation” unless eco nomic controls are extended, he called in congressional leaders for a get-the-controls-bill through conference, and he made a direct appeal to the people "in a nationwide radio talk. Economic Stabilizer Eric Johnston, on radio and television shows, has tried to arouse the people to the dangers of inflation. Neither President Truman or Johnson have been very successful in their efforts. DAY OF DECISION Local Boards Must Pass on Students There is going to be a buzz of ac tion around home town draft boards within a short time. Local boards will start to receive any time now results of recent college tests to determine which college students shall have their military service deferred. On the results of these tests local boards—3,853 of them— must make their decisions. Board members must determine whether Joe College, who wants to complete his education before don ning a uniform, shall be classified II-A (student deferment) or I-A (eligible for induction). In making this determination, they may take into account his score on the aptitude test, his scholastic standing in his college class, and his locally-known capabilities and possible capacity for leadership. WAF HEAD • . . Mary Jo Shelley, Bennington, Vi., College, was named new director of women in the air force. She will succeed Col. Geraldine P. May, who resigned as head of the WAF’s. She is a native of Grand Rapids, Mich. WAF’s fill office jobs and release men to fly the planes and main tain them. MOTHER, SON GRADS . . . Prise picture for the family album is this graduation day photograph of Mrs. Sarah Blackman and her son, Bur ton, 29, both of whom were among the graduation class of New York University at the recent June ex ercises held at the university. PULLING POP’S PINFEATHERS ... Gerald O’Neill takes hefty tug at beard of his sire. Leading Sea man Jim O’Neill, as they meet for first time at Portsmouth, England, on dad’s return from Korean waters. He’s on carrier Theseus which is back from war zone. LONGEVITY REASONS . . . Hard work, heavy eating, lots of sleep, 10 smokes a day and a little red wine brought Quirino Ortiz, Rich mond, Calif., to his 114th birthday. He has three sons, two daughters and 21 grandchildren. FASHION FLASH . . . Nobody knows better than Mary Martin, star in “South Pacific” just how the navy nurse’s hair should be cut for Mary Martin bob, so she cuts hair of Martha Wright, her successor la role. RECEIVES DAD’S D.S.C. • . . Mhjor General I. D. White, 1st army chief of staff, pins distinguished service cross on Paul Weber, 3, whose father, let Lt. Gerhardt H. Weber of Ridgewood, QueenA, N.Y., was awarded the medal posthumously for extraordinary heroism in action in Korea last August. Looking on are the widow, Mrs. Mary Jane Weber, who is holding Karen, one-year-old, and Heidi, 2. The D.S.C. is second only to the Congressional Medal of Honor. KISS FOR OCTOGENARIAN BRIDEGROOM . . . The American movie actress, Joan Fontaine, plants a kiss of congratulation upon the cheek of Englishman, Sir Charles Mendl, in Pails, France recently. The con gratulations were for his marriage to Yvonne Reilly in his Paris home. The new Lady Mendl surveys the scene at right. Mendl’s bride is 37 years of age, compared with his 81. The new bridegroom is a former ambassador to France from the British government. wmm Hi iip OFFERS MEAL TO G.I. . . . Part of her meal is offered by this little Korean girl to Corporal Andrew G. Kuzina of Richmond Hill, N.Y., who led the child to the refugee camp behind U.N. lines, when he found her In an embattled city. When she received food, the first bit of nourishment she had seen in three days, the child offered part of her meal to the American soldier, in gratitude for his having taken time to care for her and take her to safety and shelter. FLAME THROWER FIRES RED POSITION ... A member of the royal Canadian brigade gives a Chinese Communist position In Korea a heat treatment with his flame thrower, during attacks which carried U.N. forces once more into North Korea. The, Red forces were giving stubborn resistance, as they halted their retreat. The second spring of fensive of the Chinese Communists in Korea ended in disaster for them, with thousands of the Reds killed. SHOPPER’S CORNER By DOROTHY BARCLAY EARLY BIRD W HAT DO you make of this roll back on meat prices? What does your butcher make out of it? Not much—the quick buck, yes, but at roll-back prices not so many bucks, for his supply of meat is sold for less and much faster—so that there’s noth ing left by Saturday night! He can’t help it. It’s up to you to be an early-in-the- week bird! This is the -way the roll-back is ex plained. Suppose your butcher can get 250 pounds of hamburger a week, for instance. Before roll-back, let’s say he can sell it at 69c a pound. At that price his supply will probably last till the last Saturday night straggler leaves the store, just before closing time. Okay—but now how about next week? He gets his same amount— 250 pounds, and he rolls back the price to 59c. How long is that sup ply going to last, do you think? Along about Thursday afternoon you’ll be outr of luck, or at the end of a disappointed line of hamburger- hunters! Remember, it’s not your butcher’s fault. He’s making his supply last as well as he knows how, and sell ing it very reasonably. Don’t take it out on him, poor fellow! Just be an early bird! * It seems likely that meat will be in short supply until after June 30 when the present price control laws die. Congress, no doubt, will enact new ones and then clear up the con fusion in the meat industry. MEAT THRIFT Wouldn’t you be surprised to hear that just 5.6 per cent of your money is spent on meat? It’s true, ac cording to statistics! As a nation of meat-lovers, we are more con scious of meat buys than of many apparently unnecessary items which are just as regularly bought. “That’s where my money goes,” we say when we leave the meat market. ‘ The statistics are revealing here, too. This 5.6 per cent share of the nation’s income amounts to about 235 million dollars a week, for 435 million pounds of meat. That is the entire supply of veal, pork, lamb and mutton left for civilian con sumption after military needs are filled. So every meat-eater has near ly three pounds of meat a week— about 145 pounds per year per per son. And what meats are you buying for your three pounds a week? With prices high, as well known, it’s only for special occasion that you squander on steak or rib roast. For ordinary daily fare, your butcher has thriftier cuts in all the meats, and, cooperative fellow that he is, he'll be happy to help you stretch that 5.6 per cent meat budget of yours. In beef, the national Javorite, you’ll find chuck, fore shank, short ribs, brisket, flank steak and ox- tails, for a variety every day at little cost. As for lamb, what's tastier than a lamb stew, made like what they used to call “24-hour soup”? Breast, shank or neck slices are just right for that dish. And if you must have a leg of lamb for Sunday company, have your butcher cut off the end chops for future use, or for freezing for the remote fu ture. Shoulder chops have as much nutriment, and many more bites, than the more luxurious loin or rib. Veal, too, is an aconomical buy, for you have your chops from the roast and your shoulder and breast for a braised delight. Pork ranks high in vitamin B content, and is rich and delicious when given plenty of cooking time. The thrifty cuts of pork are many: shoulder, end cut chops, spare ribs, ham shank, shoulder butt and shoulder steaks and hocks. The smart cook not only buys tne thriftier cuts, but stretches her meat as well as her budget. One way is to use left-overs in pie, or wrapped in biscuit-dough. A good beef or lamb pie is a welcome echo of last Sunday’s festive roast. Balanced Farming Saves Business in Small Town ARKADELPHIA, Ark. —* Arka- delphia bankers will tell you these days that better farming practices are responsible in a considerable degree for a substantial increase in the bank deposits in the community. Ten years or more ago, a failure of a cotton crop meant bad business for the merchants of the town. The over-all general program has been to get away from the oae- crop system. BY...DREW PEARSON' Peace Propaganda S EN. BRIEN McMAHON of Con necticut bumped into Justice Felix Frankfurter, close friend of Secretary of State Acheson, at a cocktail party the other day and re marked: “What’s the matter with Dean? Why is he so cautious? Here the Russians are out promising the moon to the world, and we sit With our mouths shut like a bump on a log.” “I know it,” replied Frankfurter. •It’s the English in Dean. He won’t promise more than be can give.” Frankfurter referred to the fact that Acheson’s mother belonged to the well-known Canadian Gooder- ham family. What Senator McMahon re ferred to was the fact that American propaganda abroad has not always shown imagina tion and initiative, and that we have not pounded home the very real fact that the American peo ple want peace. • Regardless of Acheson’s English forebears, however, part of this fail ure is probably more due to the fact that the state department has been so hounded by senatorial critics that it is punch-drunk and timid. Jt it makes any peace moves, for instance, it immediately gets tagged with the appeasement label. Tgsts Popularity General MacArthur’s trip to Texas is much more than a visit to admiring friends. Actually, it is a carefully timed test of political popularity to see whether the gen eral’s backers should go any furth er in their latent plans to push him for-the presidency. One of the men behind the Texas trip is congressman A1 “Doc” Miller of Nebraska, the same GOP leader who promoted MacArthur for president in 1948. It was partly on Congressman Miller’s urging that MacArthur watered the Wisconsin and Nebraska primaries. Both primaries proved a .disap pointment, and MacArthur felt that his Republican friends had let him down. Earlier, in Tokyo, the general had talked with optimistic visiting politicians who predicted that the American people would rise up al most unanimously to ( draft him. MacArthur had even told Lieut. Gen. Robert Eichelberger, then in Tokyo, that he expected to be sum moned back to the United States during the GOP convention in 1948 and that he, Eichelberger, should be prepared to take over as com mander of Japan. However, MacArthur head quarters during the 1948 con vention proved to be the emp tiest place in Philadelphia, and MacArthur felt that the party had taken him up on the high mountain. Since the visit to .Chicago was disappointing, in that the general failed to fill Soldiers' Field; and since the trip to Murfreesboro, Term., also failed to fill the local stadium, the Texas visit will be ex tremely important. Texas has prom ised a tremendous ovation, and if it goes over big, his close political backers hope that MacArthur will let his campaign cap be tossed into the ring. ElstRhow«r on Ethics It has never been made public, but General Eisenhower has written “amen” to Senator Fulbright’s plan for drawing up a moral code for government conduct Ike sent the Arkansas senator a letter, warmly praising his “ethics in government” speech. “It would be difficult for me to express the fullness of my agree ment with your sentiments,” wrote Eisenhower. “There are so many specific points in your talk to which I am moved to say ’amen’ that the only thing I can say is that as a citizen, I am truly grateful you made your talk. As to the suspicion that you may be called naive, I have so often had this adjective applied to myself and for such odd reasons, that I have come to look upon it as a very distinct compliment; at the very least it would seem to imply the opposite of deliberate racketeer ing.” Eisenhower also called Ful bright’s attention to a New York Times story: “The rise in illegal border- crossings by Mexican ’wetbacks* to a current rate of more than 1,099,000 cases a year has been accompanied by a curious re laxation in ethical standards ex tending all the way from the farmer-exploiters of this contra band labor to the highest levels of the federal government.” Washington Pipeline Senators have turned down a re quest from Vice President Barkley for a new Cadillac limousine. They decided he can get along on his old one . . . The Dutch government has made discreet inquiries to find out whether it’s true that “Call Me Madame” Perle Mesta may be the next American ambassador to Hol land. . . . 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