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THE NEWBERRY SUN. NEWBERRY. S. C. Budget Items W HAT the average citizen may not entirely realize about the huge new budget facing the nation is that 83 per cent of it is for the military. This includes mutual se curity aid to Europe, primarily mili tary, and care of veterans. Thus a 17 per cent chunk of the taxpayers’ money refnains for civil ian purposes, including the Coast Guard, which is semi-military, the FBI, Secret Service and other do mestic policing agencies of govern ment. While some further pruning may be possible in the civilian branches, especially in regard to the pork-barrel, rivers-and-harbors bill which no congressman wants to cut, nevertheless, the major oppor tunity for saving, if any is to be ac complished, must be from the mili tary’s 83 per cent chunk. Yet the military have been least cooperative about even the most -udimentary principles of efficient ipending. Take merely the simple ques tion of bidding against each other. One of the great pleas for unifying the Army and Navy was that it would save money; that the two branches of the armed services could pool their buying, not duplicate a list of thousands of items, such as towels, blankets, rope, pulleys, wrenches, all about the same whether used in the army or navy. This, however, has not happened. Instead of working together on . Army-Navy buying, there is now a third competitive service, the Air Force. It is true that much air force materiel is purchased for it by the Army, but efficient, unified buying, as done by a private business firm, just does not exist. Keeps Them Guessing President Truman ir holding his political cards so close to his chest that not even his closest associates at the White House know his plans. Even Charley Murphy, g o o d- natured White House assistant, con fessed to a friend the other day: “I don’t know any more than the man in the moon whether Mr. Truman is going to run.” Actually, the President seems to enjoy playing a game with both his staff and visitors. At one moment, Mr. Truman will put on a long face and describe in great detail the trials of being President. A frequent remark is: "Two terms will kill any man.” The next minute, the President will casually comment how he is looking forward to a grass-roots campaign in the fall, and slyly watch his guest’s startled reaction. This on-again-off-again, keep-’ern- guessing game was partly behind his final decision to leave his name in the New Hampshire primary. The other reason was the pleas of Demo cratic leaders in New Hampshire that they would lose their places on the state and national committees if he did not leave his name in. Best guess of Mr. Truman’s intimates is that he Is carefully laying the groundwork for a “draft Truman” campaign after the boomlets for all the other candidates have run their course. * Moscow Feud Ambassador Alan Kirk, retiring as ambassador to Moscow, has handed in a sensational farewell re port that a deadly feud has broken out in the Politburo over who is to succeed Prim'- Minister Stalin. Kirk reports that idolotov and Malenkov, the Soviet production boss, are openly vying for pow er and lining up support within the Politburo for themselves. Stalin is reported enjoying the spectacle and so far has made no giove to intervene or designate his successor. Winner of this grim struggle undoubtedly will be the man who gets the support of Mar shal Beria, head of Russia’s secret police. As yet, Beria has stayed out of the fight. Communist Burma The American delegation to the U.N., alarmed at the threat of Com munist attack on Burma, has ap pealed secretly to the jittery Bur mese government to have it ask the United Nations to send a watch dog commission to Burma immedi ately in order to guard against in vasion. Some U.S. delegates, how ever, think it’s already too late and that, by midsummer, Burma will be another Russian satellite. Spies in Soviet QUEEN ELIZABETH H The Russians are having Joe Mc Carthy scares too. The Kremlin is so alarmed over military informa tion leaking to us that it has banned German servants from working for Russians in East Germany, nas built high fences around its air fields, has added new restrictions on American military attaches behind the Iron Curtain, has even cut off nonclassified technical magazines from western sources. They’re al most as scared as we are. SCANNING THE WEEK'S NEWS of Main Street and the World Department of Commerce Reports Personal Incomes at $251 Billion ELIZABETH II—first glance it would not seem important to the average American home towner that a young woman has assumed the duties of Queen of Great Britain and the British Commonwealth of Na tions. But it is important and may have a great bearing on the future of many people in the cross-road towns of this country. It is around this young woman—Elizabeth II—the British people will rally in their last- chance fight against bankruptcy and breakup. In the last 15 years the empire has been breaking up like a ship drift ing in stormy seas. As recently as 1936 the empire was able to pay its way in international commerce. Today, however, Britain is the debtor of the world. And a com plete break-down of British econ omy would be felt in the cross roads of America. Britain’s present situation is al most entirely due to World War II. To win that struggle she sacri ficed most of the money she had saved at the peak of her power when she directly ruled 450 million people. She spent many of her overseas investments to pay for guns and food. In addition, the war altered the balance of power in the world, making the United States and Rus sia the dominent powers. Here again Britain becomes important to the United States because she is an ally by history, treaty and language. So, the new Queen becomes a symbol of unity in the empire and an important figure in the balance of power between the United States and Russia. She is the figure around which the British people will rally. Whether she succeeds or fails is of vital importance to this country economically and politically. CONTROLS—The fight is on. It began when President Truman requested an unenthusiastic congress to strengthen anti-inflation controls and extend the Defense Production Act for another two years—until the middle of 1954. Again the President slashed out at the Capehart, Herlong, and Butler- Hope amendments which he unsuccessfully attempted to have appealed last session. He also swung a haymaker at congress generally by declar ing “most people” already are having trouble paying present prices and congress should devote itself not to legislative formulas for raising prices, but instead to finding ways of moving prices downward. The President's strong language caused many of the legislators to believe the chief executive was making 1952 campaign material. Controls and inflation are touchy subjects they know from experience. They also know they must take some kind of action that will impress the people In the home towns, but how they will get around the pressure groups, if they do, is another question. PERSONAL INCOME— The Department of Commerce reports total personal incomes of Americans in 1951 was 251 billion dollars, 12 per cent aoove 1950. The department said that by the end of 1951 total individual incomes had advanced to an annual rate of 257 billion, compared with 238 billion at the end of 1950. Except for a steady increase in farm income and in government salaries, other phases of the economy reported on showed incomes had become stabilized over the past six months. The department reported the biggest increase was In government payrolls. They jumped by 33 per cent to an annual total of 29 billion. Farm incomes increased almost 25 per cent to a total of 17 billion. Higher farm prices accounted for most of the increase, the report said, but there was also slightly increased production. In private industry, payrolls increased from 123% billion in 1950 to 140 billion. Increased employment and higher wage rates were credited with the increase. VETERAN TRAINING—Since enactment of the original GI bin, 7% million veterans in the United States have taken advantage of its educational and vocational trainint. provision, a house committee study ing new legislation for Korean veterans reports. The bill’s educational provisions—by far the most widely used and most expensive benefit— have cost the taxpayers $12,347,162,546 as of July, 1951. Subsistence payments to veterans in school amounted to $8,645,203,- 670. Educational institutions received $3,276,046,930 in payment for tuition. Other payments for books and supplies (including tools for vet erans in trade schools) came to $425,911,946. Although not begrudging the money to veterans, the committee re ported ‘‘graft and waste plagued the program” and an excessive num ber of VA employees took bribes, gifts, unusual loans, gratuities, serv ices and ownership in schools. Under the new bill just introduced in congress payments of all educa tional benefits will be made in a lump sum directly to the veteran. Single men would get $110 a month. Married veterans would receive $150. FOREIGN AID—Fearing congress may severely cut foreign aid funds, the United States has warned European leaders to agree quickly on plans for a European defense force, including German troops, if they want to increase their possibility of getting economic assistance. Secretary of State Acheson and other administration leaders feel that congress may become stubborn over foreign aid funds if they can not show real progress in European unity and the incorporating of Ger man troops in the defense plan. The greatest difficulty appear^ to get French Foreign Minister Schuman and West German Chancellor Adenauer to stop their bitter feud which threatens the whole defense project. There are two main points for their disagreement: (1) France is afraid of a resurgence of aggressive German nationalism once the Germans begin to rearm; (2) West Germany wants assurance that if its troops are to participate in the defense set-up it will have a voice in N.A.T.O. decisions. Tbg growing movement to draft General Eisenhower for the GOP presidential nominee, got a big shot in the arm with a Madison Square Garden rally. The Tessas delegation is shown an its arrival in Penn station in New York. It was estimated over 15000 people at tended the whooping-it-up rally. FARM REVOLUTION Big Drop in Form Labor Is Forecast Increasing use of chemicals on American farms is expected to dis place about 3% million farm work ers by 1970, a senate labor-man agement relations subcommittee said in a recent report. Conducted by Dr. Francis J. Weiss for the subcommittee, the study reported “we are at the threshold of a new era that prom ises plentiful food and fiber, but is also fraught with the dangers of economic and social disruption against which we have to prepare our nation no less than against the dangers of armed aggression.” Weiss’ report says chemical and mechanical labor-saving devices will reduce farm workers from the 1950 level of 9,320,000 to 7,785,000— a 17 per cent drop—by 1960 and an other 2 million by 1970. AIR FORCE ENGAGEMENT . . . Sue Rosannah Johnson and her fiance, Lt. Hoyt Vendenberg, Jr., son of air chief of staff General Hoyt Vandenberg, face the camera at Fort Myer, Va., after their en gagement was announced in Lon don by her parents. FACES SENTENCE . . . Former New York deputy fire commission er James Moran was found guilty and sentenced on 24 counts of ex tortion and conspiracy as the head of a $500,000-a-year fuel oil shake- down racket. He faces possible 348 years In prison. BROOM KEEPS §USPECT IN LINE . . . Picked up by New York poUce after a shot was fired on 75th street, this fellow is firmly entrenched in a seat at the East 67th St. police station. Officers used the station house broom to keep prisoner pinned. Police say he was chased and captured after the shot. Two knives were taken from him. The prisoner was tentatively identified as John Buckmaster. But whether he fired the shots or what he was doing with the knives wasn’t found out. BRITAIN’S REIGNING FAMILY . . . Here is an informal picture of now Queen Elizabeth holding her one-year-old daughter Princess Anne, who reaches a chubby hand out for the chin of her father, the Duke of Edinburgh, who holds Prince Charles. Little Prince Charles, three years old, now becomes heir to the throne. This picture was made in August, 1951, ha the grounds of their residence, Clarence House, London, in happier times before the king died. REPORTER IN RED HANDS . . . This is the first photo to appear of Philip Deane, representative of the London Observer and INS special correspondent, since he disap peared behind the Red bamboo cur tain in Korea. It is from Red sources. CLEANUP AIDE ... Louis Yav- ner, former New York City com missioner of investigation, has been named by Newbold Morris ss his “chief of staff” in his probe of cor ruption in government. He former ly was on staff of Kefanver com mittee. STARTING NEW VOGUE FOR IKE ... In Philadelphia, Pa., pretty Ann Fiero, of that city, goes all out for her choice as president of the United States in the coming election—General Dwight D. Eisenhower. Ann is wearing on her head a new creation, an “I like Ike” beany and a bow tie to match. A smiling portrait of General Eisenhower is a fit ting backdrop. Summer Playtime Dress In Sizes From 1 to 6 1-6 yrs. UNION-INDUSTRY . . . 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