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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.
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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.
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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.
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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. South Carolina, hangs
in a tree after his parachute get entangled in the branches. Danger has
been the keynote at Camp Drum, N.Y., recently as paratroopers have
been leaping through the air on maneuvers. An air force C-46 cargo
plane, jammed with 32 paratroopers, crashed during its takeoff at
Wheeler-Sack Field, killing three persons. The army’s parachute
maneuvers have been named by officials “Operation Snowdrop.”
BIRTHDAY PARTY LAUNCHES BOOM ... In Detroit, Governor
Mennen Williams and his wife are cutting the birthday cake at the gala
birthday party given for the governor by 500 “non-partisan” Democrats,
who paid $50 each to celebrate the Michigan governor’s 41st birthday.
He received a boost toward the White House with speeches by Senator
Blair Moody <D.,Mieh.) and Senator Brien McMahon of Connectlcnt.
He also received 200 $100 bills which he will use for educational purposes.
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