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THE NEWBERRY SUN. NEWBERRY. S. C. SCANNING THE WEEK'S NEWS of Main Street and the World American Plan for European Army Endangered by Allied Bickering EUROPEAN ARMY —The American plan for a united European army to check Communist aggression in Europe, to which America has given millions of dollars, equipment, and its greatest military brains, is on the verge of being smashed. Old and bitter national feelings have climbed out of the grave of history and asserted themselves. The big question is how and under what conditions West German troops are to be included in the European army. The United States has proposed that West German manpower be brought into an “integrated” force under General Eisenhower. West Germany and France have their own views of how this can be accomplished and to what extent. The German view: She will agree to participate in the “integrated” force only if taken in as a full partner in the Atlantic alliance. In addi tion she wants several other concessions, including maximum sovereignty under the “peace contract” yet to be signed. The French view: France would agree to inclusion of German units, but stipulates that they can not be recruited until after the five other participating nations have ratified the treaty. These nations are France, Belgium, Holland, Luxembourg, and Italy. This stipulation means a delay of months at least since ratification of a final treaty is a long process. In addition, the French want several other checks, particularly control of war production In Germany as a safeguard against the re building of German military might. The three big powers—the United States, Britain, and France—have already told the Germans they can not be included in the Atlantic alli ance for the time being. There was a hint that if Germany signed the European army pact, however, and showed the Allies she could behave, then it would be a much easier job of selling western Europeans on the idea of bringing Germany into the alliance. The three powers did offer concessions, including a seat on a projected four-power appeal board that will have power to review and modify the sentences of more than 1,000 German war prisoners. West Germany and France are still far from satisfied and remain suspicious of each other. The door is still open for a possible settlement, but the whole thing hangs by a thin thread. A few wrong words at the wrong time can still wreck the plan that has cost home towners of America millions of dollars. But more important, it could cost the west a united front against communism. It has been said that an European army can not work without West Germany and France. It is obvious, then, these two must compromise their demands for the good of the whole and world peace. RECORD DIVIDENDS—The Department of Commerce reports cor porations in the United States paid a record $8,053,000,000 in cash divi dends during 1951, a 2 per cent gain over 1950. However, many corporations reported profits down during the last half of 1951, with a drop of 16 per cent for the month of December. It was partly attributed to increased tax payments. Dividends were reported up in all fields except manufacturing. Auto mobile dividends dropped 25 per cent and electrical machinery and chemical goods manufacturers reported dividends down about 10 per cent. The oil refining industry registered one of the biggest gains with 19 per cent, mining was up 16 per cent, railroads 10 per cent, and paper and printing 8 per cent. ATOMIC TESTS—A new series of atomic tests will be held at Eni- wetok atoll in the Pacific, it was announced by the Atomic Energy Com mission. It was also revealed that further tests are planned for the near future in the Nevada desert near Las Vegas, In keeping with the secrecy that surrounds such tests, exact dates and {he type of atomic weapons to be tested were not announced. Meanwhile, the British government has announced it will test its first atomic weapon this year in Australia. The British turned down an offer from the United States for a site for the tests and it was understood that no U.S. observers would be on hand to witness the experiment. t POLITICS As the political pot begins to boil in earnest, the biggest question in the minds of most home towners remains: will President Tru man seek the Democratic nomination? Thqre seems to be little question but that the President can have it by simply saying so. Since January when most observers were willing to say, “I don’t think he will run again”, observations have gradually changed to “he might” and “he will”. But until Mr. Truman announces his intentions, the Democratic side of the question is wide open. There is increasing evidence that Senator Kefauver—although he is unseasoned as far as presidential timber is concerned—is gaining strength. His campaign is showing surprising strength at the grassroots level and if Mr. Truman suddenly announces he is not interested in reelection, he will have a great advantage over those “better-late-than-never” candidates who will come out into the open. THE DRAFT— The armed forces will draft 19,000 men this month— 15,000 for the Army and 4,000 for the Marine Corps. The April call brings to 894,000 the total of announced draftees since the draft was resumed in September, 1950. Also, the April call is the lowest since September, 1951, when 16,900 men were requested by the two services. KOREA The United Nations have agreed to the Communist pro posal for a conference after an armistice is signed in Korea to discuss political issues concerning Korea. An armistice in Korea, however, is still a long way from an accomplished fact. At the moment there are three important unsettled questions. They are: (1) The Communists want Russia included as a neutral power to help supervise the armistice. This is unacceptable to the United Nations since it has been established without any doubt that Russia has trained and supplied Communists in Korea with arms of all kind. (2) The Communists insist upon their right to construct airfields in North Korea during an armistice. The United Nations deny this right. (3) How, where and when the exchange of prisoners of war will take place. When these questions are settled, the home towners of the nation can then begin to hope for an armistice. / Tb* FBL moving against night riders who have terrorized small com munitiesjtnd rural residents of southeastern North Carolina, arrested 10 former Ku Klux Klansmen on charges of kidnaping and flogging a white , man and woman. They are, left to right, front row: James R. Hayes, Early Brooks, Steve Edmund, Pittman Strickland and Sherwood Miller. Back row: Horace Strickland. George Miller, T. C. Worley, Bob Brooks, and Ross Enzor. CONSERVATION PROGRAM Water Resources Legislation Proposed THE Kremlin Fliers I T ISN’T pleasant to contemplate, but the inescapable fact is that Russia is not only outproducing us in planes, but is building up a res ervoir of battle-tested pilots to fly them. The blunt fact is that the Kremhn is using Korea as a grad uate school to train Russian pilots how to fly against American planes. Rotating “classes” of Russian pilots have been manning the MiG's over Korea and learning American combat techniques first hand. The present class showed up in Korea on November 1, is now about ready to graduate. Bach class takes the same pre scribed course. The first month is spent making navigational flights across Korea. The second month is spent observing American forma tions at a safe distance. During this period, the MiG’s will occasionally make a pass at a bomber forma tion, but it is all in practice. They never fire a shot. The MiG’s also take care to keep out of the way of air force F-86 Sabrejets during their breaking-in period. By the third month, however, the Soviet student-pilots begin to tangle with American fighters— preferably with slower F-80 Shooting Stars and F-84 Thun der jets. As the Russians gain ex perience, they mix it up with our crack F-86 squads. The result is thct the green Rus sians are shot out of the skies at the rate of 13 to our one. But the survivors become tough, skillful pilots, baptized by fire and able to hold their own against our best. Note.—In contrast, we send only cur crack pilots to Korea, give our new pilots no battle training. Reason is that we are so short of F-86’s that we cannot risk letting green horns fly them in combat. Messages fo Moscow A lot of schools all over the coun try are taking advantage of the ar rangement whereby the school chil dren of America can broadcast via the Voice of America to school children behind the Iron Curtain. Many newspapers are also cooper ating. In Charleston, W. Va., the Gazette is running a four-week contest among high-school children for the best “Messages to Moscow.” The whiner of each week’s contest will be announced weekly, and at the end of the month the final winner wiM be given a trip to New York to visit the United Nations and broad cast personally over the Voice of America. The Los Angeles News and the Wichita Eagle are cooperating with California and Kansas schools in running similar contests. The messages should not be over 150 words, should tell about condi tions in American schools, and how the youngsters of this country want peace and resent the artificial barrier to friendship imposed by the Kremlin. Since the youngsters of today will have to carry out the American foreign policy of tomor row, this is an opportunity for them to help mould that foreign policy now. t Costello’s Friends For tha first time in years, a sen ate committee will defy the un written code of congress and ques tion congressmen. Specifically, Arnold Bauman of the senate D.C. crime committee wants to know why certain congress men have been so chummy with racketeer Frankie Costello’s Wash- inften lobbyist, Murray Olf. T-men have actually traced long- distance phone calls to Olf from Costello's partner. Dandy Phil Kas- teL OD also kept racketeer Joe Adonis overnight in his hotel room while Adonis was hiding out from the senate crime committee. Olf himself has a criminal record. Yet this same Olf has been living in styfe at the Congres sional hotel, has entertained at least 50 congressmen at cock- tafl parties. A handful of con gressmen have been extra close to Olf, and at least one has ae- tnally ran errands for the rack eteer. Bauman intends to find out why. He personally will call on the con- greesmen and take their state ments. Among those^who can expect a visit are Congresman Morrison •f Louisiana. **-sL Note.—Fear that romething like this would happen was one reason why the senate crime committee bad a hard time getting its work E extended. Franco’s Successor Secret agreement has been reached among the principal ad visers and supporters of Spanish Bictator Franco to make Martin Artajo, present foreign minister, the heir-presumptive to the dictator when the generalissimo retires— which will probably happen early in 1954. Franco himself took the initiative in this decision and backed Artajo as his official successor. Until re cently Franco dreamed of a dynisty. President Truman’s water re sources policy commission has pro posed legislation establishing a na tional water resources and related land conservation policy. The legis lation was drawn from a recent report from the commission to the White House. The proposed legislation would es tablish the policy of recognition of river basins as units of develop ment; define broad national objec- fives in safeguarding of essential re sources and would affirm the duty of the federal government, with state and local agencies, in coopera tion with people of the several basins, to bring about maximum utilization of water and land re sources. The Budget bureau also is studying the commission’s proposed legislation. DOCTOR ACCUSED ... In Chi cago, Dr. Charles Herband, selec tive service psychiatrist, was ac cused of extorting $650 from a potential draftee to classify him as a sexual deviate. The FBI caught him accepting payment in the draftee’s home. AMBASSADOR . . . President Tru man nominated George F. Kennan (above), a career diplomat and Russian expert, to be American ambassador to the Soviet union. At the same time, Truman accepted the resignation of former envoy. Admiral Alan Kirk. / BROTHER, SISTER MEET . . . Cindy Ames, American actress who is going to make a picture in Italy, visits her brother, P.F.C. Merwin Koeppel, Beverly Hills, Calif., who is stationed in Frankfurt, Germany, with the United States forces of occupation. HAS CONSCIENCE . . . Anthony Leonido, a destitute young father who lost his fingers recently when the tips caught in a press, was set to stage a holdup in Brooklyn, but his conscience made him go to po lice with his sawed-off shotgun. MISSING ACE ... Major George Davis, Jr., Lubbock, Texas, top U.S. air ace in Korea with 12 enemv planes to his credit, is missing In action. His wife said the army had promised to send him borne after his last victory and then refused. RESCUED FROM GAS FUMES ... In Milwaukee, still frightened from Imprisonment in a refrigerator room where she took refuge from lung searing gas fumes in the Borden ice cream plant after an explosion. Miss Delores Heisler clings tightly to a fireman rescuing her. Ammonia gas swept through the second floor of the plant, overcoming five others of the women employees at the plant. Also, two firemen were overcome by the fumes, and another worker at the plant was burned by flames. COMMUNICATIONS CENTER ... In Washington, D.C., Major George McNally, commanding officer of the White House signal branch, sits at the main console control panel of President Truman’s new $119,354 com munications car for the presidential train. The car is equipped for radio, radio-telephone, radio-facsimile transmission, teletypewriter and com munication between the cars that make up the presidential train when he is on a trip. The car weighs 165,000 pounds. CAUGHT . . . Lt. Robert McLeod, 11th airborne. 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