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Your Life
After 100
TF SCIENCE continues to roll
A back the mortality tables,
there is every possibility that
many people now living may live
well past 100.
Preventive medicine Jias opened
the door to longer life spans. Scien
tists in atomic research are reported
on the threshold of great discoveries
in the medical field.
But longer life will bring problems
as well as privileges to many people.
U00 -_P workers ere will in be the a surplus"#* United* 30,000,
J 980 if States by
the life span continues to
lengthen, said Dr. Theodore G.
Kiumpp, president of the American
Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Asso
ciation. He spoke before the National
Health Assembly in Washington,
called at the request of the President,
to draft a 10-year national Health pro
gram.
Long-Lived Moderns
People are living longer now than
ever before in world history, Dr.
Kiumpp said. By 1980 there will be
60 million Americans over 45 and 21
million over 65, creating a huge em
ployment problem.
"We can't plow them under as we
used to plow under corn, potatoes,
tobacco and little pigs in accord with
what was once Henry Wallace's ad
vice,” he-said.
It is unfair to force men to retire
on a calendar basis when they reach
a certain age, said Dr. Kiumpp. Elimi
nating workers at an arbitrary age,
he contended, is ‘‘in a refined and
delicate way perpetuation of the jun
gle law of the fang and the claw
where the leaders of the pack survive
until the younger beasts grow fierce
enough to eliminate them.”
He proposed instead an effort to ad
just the supply of workers to jobs.
One way, he said, is the reduction of
working hours.
“I venture to say that I will live to
see a 30-hour week in industry,” he
added.
The Journal of the Institute of Ac
tuaries had reported on *the case of
Christen Jacobsen Dragenberg, a
Dane who lived to be 146 years old
in th* 17th century, said fir. Kiumpp.
Cru* Is Compulsory Insurance
The between 700 and 800 health au
thorities broke up into panel discus r . T
sion groups to consider maternal and 1
child health, chronic diseases, rural
health, hospital facilities, rehabilita
tion, mental health, nutrition, sanita
tion, and Community planning.
The most controversial issue is
compulsory health insurance, which
President Trufhan in his opening ad
dress to The still favored,
and which is opposed by the Ameri
can Medical Association.
Dr. Ernest P. Boas, chairman of the
Physicians Forum, said the best way
more medical service can be brought
to people in the middle and lower
income groups is through national
compulsory insurance in some such
plan as the government has proposed.
Dr r r qpnQonir-h Sens ^ n * c f' nrrqiHcnt P rcsl dent elnct elc
of the AMA, a argued that such govern
ment nlans ilwavs are rlnmsv and
that the best social system is the one
which gives individuals opportunity
to do for themselves.
China
Appeal by Chiang
Generalissimo Chiang Kai - shek,
challenged by mounting dissension
within his own party, vowed this
week to crush Chinest* Communists
even if it kills him.
Simultaneously, Chinese newspa
pers were beating war drums. Dis
patches contained more talk of com
ing battles in Manchuria, north China
and the Yangtze Valley than of actual
fighting. felt the impact
The economic front
of civil war. A flood of capital from
Communist-threatened north China
contributed to another drop in the
Chinese yuan. The new exchange rate
is 900,000 to $1 (U.S.)
Chiang told 1,000 Kuomintang (gov
ernment party) assemblymen:
“Bowed by heavy burdens, I will ex
haust every ounce of my strength in
this great cause though I die.”
His voice broke with emotion relat
ing how he had heard of public dis
belief at his April 9 report to the
nation. At that time he said economic
conditions were not grave; that de
spite loss of seven divisions in Man
churia “Nationalist China will not
collapse in six months, six years or
even sixty years.”
Bids for Support
“You must believe what I s.vd,"
Chiang pleaded this wool'. “I will not
deceive you. I will lead you to de
stroy the Communists—
‘.'Many of you said I >vas deceived.
I assure you 1 was not. I knew the
pain and suffering of the people in all
but a few minor details'. In th a Na
tional Assembly, many of your
speeches on grievances of th" people
attacked the government, exaggerated
the economic crisis and government
corruption. This shows you were poi
soned by Communrt propaganda, It
will serve only to encourage our
enemy ' appeal . ccnneifcs . .. with
Chiang . s a
rising clamor for a shaketip in the
Kuomintang. The party was the tar
get for repeated attacks even b> fo:«*
the vice prasi •enti 5 1 election. That
office was wan Q G*<\ Li Tsung-jcn,
who differs with Chmng on many im
portant policus.
BRITAIN: The Marts of Trade
Rounding J the Corner
The „7lh RriHsh Bntish T Industries nri„=t,-i 0 c Fair
opened this week in London and
Birmingham curmngnam. Sourrcd spurred bv ny ine the need necQ to io
capture foreign markets, 3,400 exhibi
tors are aiming at foreign buyers,
promising practically immediate de
liveries.
More than 100,000 potential buyers
in 60 countries were invited in 29
languages to the two-weeks exhibit.
The fair displays for the first time
results of postwar research in indus-
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Severed: By Colombia, diplomatic
relations with Russia, the third Latin
American nation to do so.
Nominated: By President Truman,
Howard Bruee, 68, banker and indus
trialist of Baltimore, as deputy ad
ministrator of the European Recovery
Program.
Ii'iled: By the Supreme Court, that
courts cannot enforce real estate
agreements which bar colored persons
from all-white, neighborhoods.
Staged: By the Third Army and the
Ninth Air Force, in Kentucky, the
largest maheuvers since V-J Day, in
volving more than 30,00( troops.
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I T’S Mr. Dlvight D. Eisenhower now.
But Columbia students, like GIs during the
war, probably will call their new boss “Ike," a
mark of affection transcending any military or
scholastic rank.
The general, whb in World War II command
ed more troops than any other man in history, took
It was a quiet lit
tie ceremony but
even that was
more than Ike
wanted. He had
hoped to get into
his car and drive
up to New York to
prepare for his
new job.
Gen. Omar
Bradley, who sue
ceeded Ike as
Army Chief of
Staff on Feb. 7,
came to see his
old friend off. Of
ficial Washington*
knew nothing of
it because there
had been no ad
vance publicity,
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handful of civil
ian spectators.
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sendoff. When Ike came out of his
try which has provided new products
and streamlined old ones,
Among Among these uiese are aie fountain louniain uens pens in in
rea l crocodile, lizard, morocco and
pigskin irpatpH treated tn to nrevent prevent ink ink stains, stains
a one-horsepower mechanical garden
er , plastic table tops which cigarettes
can't burn, glass fabrics in 22 pastel
shades that resist fading, water, fire,
solutions for moth-proofing carpets,
The visitor can see everything by
walking 26 miles through exhibit
halls.
Surgery
Cure for , Drug Habit , •
An almost instantaneous cure for
narcotics addition has been accom
plished by a few flicks of a brain
surgeon’s knife.
The cure was achieved—somewhat
as a byproduct—in a partially para
lyzed patient operated on for relief of
intense, long-standing pain.
The operation is called prefrontal
lobotomy. The surgeon merely drills
small holes at each side of the skull
and cuts the pathways to the front
part of the brain.
The operation short circuits that
part of the brain which causes some
persona to worry excessively.
quarters there awaited a detachment of ceremonial
troops, a band, armored cars, the colors. Lining the
fort’s main street were troops of the famed Third
Infantry Regiment, created by the first Continental
Congress. There was a bouquet of yellow roaes for
Mrs. Eisenhower.
The soldier, who in 37 years progressed from cadet
to five-star general, stepped into the waiting car. He
snapped a crisp salute, grinned and held up his right
hand in the old two-fingered “V” for Victory salute.
On their way to New York, the general and his
wife stopped for a picnic lunch shortly before the
Newcastle-Pennsville ferry crossing into New Jersey.
He confessed they drove across the George Washing
ton Bridge because they did not want to risk down
town New York traffic.
Eisenhower will not take over as president of
Columbia until June 7, the Monday after commence
ment. He declined to take an official part in the exer- j- “
cises because he was not associated with the univer
sity during the scholastic year.
The general will spend the time till then briefing
on his new civilian job and completing his memoirs
of World War II. Ha is trying to accustom himself
to civilian clothes but they make him feel strange
and conspicuous—“like wearing a suit of pajamas in
public." ' America’s
While Ike on June 7 will head one of
largest and best universities he never will, legally, be
out of the Army. The act which created the five-star
rank provides that rank, with pay, be held for life
.eveu though a general goes into inactive status.
“that’s the way Eisenhower likes it. He has said he
always would be a part of the Army ready to return
instantly to that or any other job for which he is
called, with one exception: No presidential nomina
tion.
Quotes
Gov. Fielding Wright of Mis
sissippi: “The white people of our
state, and I am sure a great ma
jority of our Negroes, realize
that segregation is the only solu
tion to proper race relationship.
The white people of the south
demand it. The Negroes, that is,
the good, sensible Negroes, de
sire it.”
William Green, president of the
American Federation of Labor:
“There is nobody in America do
ing more to profnote communism
in America than the reactionary
members of Congress.”
People
No Achilles' Heel
A bomb mailed to Capt. Roy Farran,
British war hero marked for death by
the Jewish underground in Palestine,
exploded in his home in Wolverhamp
ton, Eng., this week and killed his
brother.
It is the sixth time Capt. Farran
has escaped death by violence. He
was acquitted last fall of murdering
a youthful member of the Stern gang,
Jewish extremist organization, and
recently left the army. He was visit
ing in Scotland this week when a
postwoman brought the bomb, con
cealed in a volume of Shakespeare’s
plays.
Addressed to "R. Farran,” it was
opened by his 26-year-old brother,
Rex, whose initials are the same as
Roy’s. The brother died two hours
later of abdominal wounds.
A much decoruted hero whose med
als include the American Legion of
Merit, Farran’s exploits following' in seven
years include the narrow
escapes:
In October, 1940, then a second
lieutenant in an armored division, his
tank was hit at close range by 37
miUimeter shells and set afire. He
escaped on foot. ,
*-> n Crete, his tank was hit three
times by enemy fire and captured.
Taken prisoner, he escaped from the
Germans at Athens by setting out for
Egypt in a 30-foot boat. On the 10th
day, with food and water exhausted,
he was rescued by a British naval
craft.
in 1942, while driving for Maj. Gen.
Jock Campbell, their car overturned
i n the African desert. The general
W as killed,
Scotland Yard assigned its best
operatives to the bomb (rase. Uncon
firmed reports said the trail led to
Belgium and France,
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Dates
Monday,; May 10
^Confederate Memorial Day
(North & South Carolina).
South Korean elections under
United Nations supervision.
Political conventions in Illinois
& Wyoming.
Tuesday, May 11
Primaries in West Virginia &
Georgia.
Republican convention in Ar
kansas.
Wednesday, May 12
New Hampshire state constitu
• tional convention.
National Hospital Day
Saturday, May 15
Britain scheduled to end its
Palestine mandate. ^
Political conventions in .Iowa,
Nevada, Washington, Utah &
Vermont.
Anniversary (30th), Air Mail.
Sunday, May 16
World Trade Week starts.
Probe
The Condon Case
Atomic experts and other witnesses
are being quizzed secretly by the
House Unamcrican Activities Com
mittee about Dr. Edward U. Condon,
director of the National Bureau of
Standards.
The committee is gettings ready for
public hearings,
month. •
Recently an
american
committee
Dr. Condon of
ing one of the
est links in the
. tion's atomic
ity. It reported
he
knowingly or
suspected foreign CONDON
agents.
Dr. Condon is a distinguished scien
tist. Much of his work as head of jthe
Bureau of Standards is on military
secrets. He had a part in developing
the atom bomb.
Dr. Condon was cleared, earlier, by
a Commerce Department loyalty
board. Fellow scientists have rallied
to him in his demand for a public
hearing to clear his name.
Thomas, 111 Again
Rep. J. Parnell Thomas (R-NJ),
committee chairman, is again in an
Army hospital. He was stricken re
cently on a visit to Panama.
It appears that one document the
committee would like to get its hands
on won’t be available for the hear
ings. That is a loyalty report on Con
don which the FBI made to the Com
merce Department.
The House even adopted a resolu
tion directihg that it be handed over
but the President ordered all govern
ment agencies to keep loyalty files
strictly confidential.
House th&t. members still are angry
about They still arc talking, with
no signs of getting action, of passing
a law empowering any Congressional
committee to obtain any information
it wants.
Vail Answers Critics
Rep. Richard B. Vail (R-IllL a
member of the committee, replied to
critics who "claim that the Condon
case is frightening off other scientists
from atomic projects.
“When the safety of our nation is
at stake," said Vail, “no individual or
class enjoys any immunity from ex
posure.”
Vail also discussed accusations that
the committee finds persons “guilty"
in press releases. The committee's
chief weapon in dealing with subver
sive activities, he commented, is ex
posu re.
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U.N. Ponders Crises
In Palestine , Korea
N EXT and the weekend lid apparently Britain is to will surrender come off her'mandate a full scale over Arab-Jewish Palestine
war unless the United Nations does something to prevent it.
•Inability of the U.N. to make up its 58 states of mind is terrifying
to staunch supporters of the international peace organization. It IS
particularly so since the Palestine conflict, tangling so many, varied
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STOP TALKING-ACT
Politics
Bare Knuckle Tactics
It was a week of intense political
fights, figurative and literal. Candi
dates for the GOP presidential nom
ination began to remove the gloves
in their speeches. In Alabama, a vice
presidential candidate was in scuffle
vvfith a cop.
The big news was the Republican
primary in Qhio where Harold E.
Stasscn, fresh from primary victories
in Nebraska and Wisconsin, invaded
the home state of Sen. Robert A. Taft.
Stassen duelled with Taft,-however,
for only carefully 23 of the state’s 53 delegates
in 11 selected districts.
Of the delegates, on the block, the
former Minnesota governor came
close to winning half. The Ohio sen
ator proved strongest in parts of
Cleveland and most of the farm sec
tions, Stassen in the industrial areas.
This was a reversal of the trend in
Wisconsin and Nebraska where the
farm vote put Stassen over.
Meanwhile, the Republican choice
for the White House in 1944, Thomas
E. Dewey, was fighting hard to repeat,
Trying ,to win the 12 Oregon con
vention votes from Stassen in the
May 12 primary, the New York gov
ernor blasted the Minnesotan for his
plan to outlaw the Communist Party.
Dixie Revolt Grows
On the Democratic side. President
Truman picked up 50 delegates in the
Ohio primary, but showed no signs
of staving off .the Dixie revolt. In
Alabama, an anti-Truman slatii of
candidates for 11 presidential elector
posts won a large majority. They
were pledged to vote in the electoral
college next November against any
Democrat supporting Truman’s civil
over ri «r”,7.....■ cml rights suddenly s rr beentu 1
more physical than academic. Sen.
Glen Taylor (D-Idaho), vice presi
dential candidate on the Henry Wal
lace Third Party ticket, tried to use
a Birmingham church entry marked:
“For Negroes Only.” A scuffle be
tween the senator and a policeman
resulted in the candidate’s arrest.
A police court judge castigated
Taylor as a publicity seeker, fined
him $50 and suspended a six-months
jail sentence. Taylor appealed the
conviction. In Peoria, 111., where he
was winding up his midwestern
campaign tour, Wallace said:
“The sentencing of Glen Taylor
makes certain the destruction of the
Democratic I‘arty. No party can claim .
to be liberal and stand for Jim Crow."
GRIFFIN DAILY NEWS
velop into another world upheaval.
This week while Arab armies
massed on Palestine's borders awalt
the May 15 deadline, the U.N.
against time trying to find
some new formula for peace in the
Holy Land. It proved a stubborn,
elusive quest.,
A 12-nation sub-committee was
set up to draft a provisional, emer
gency regime for thb Holy Land. It
hopes to have its proposal in time for
attempted action by May 15.
The British had declared the
American-sponsored plan for trustee
ship would not work and proposed in
stead creation of a neutral commis- « w
sion. \
A Three-Way Split
The U S. is already at odds with
Russia over trusteeship. Russia insist*
on Land carrying out partition of the Holy
under the November 29, 1947,
decision put through the U.N, with
joint American-Soviet backing.
At that time the British vowed they
would not participate in U.N. plan
of partition. Then the U.S. changed
its mind and, abandoning partition,
advocated a temporary trusteeship
enforced by troops from small neutral
nations picked by the U.N.
As the deadline neared for sur
render of her mandate, Britain rushed
in additional troops and armament
this week from Malta and Cyprus.
These supplement British forces es
timated at 25,000 already in Palestine.
However, Britain reiterated that all
her troops will be out by Aug. 1.
After May 15, their steadily diminish
ing fbrees will be used defensively,
merely to protect completion of the
withdrawal.
Crisis in Korea
The Korean elections Monday high
light another international trouble
P°^ , which ______
S * n the U.N. has an uneasy
hand.
The U.N. supervised elections are
tor American-occupied south Koret
only- Russia,-which occupies the north
ba#f, refused to even permit U.N. rep
resentatives to enter their zone.
Though not classed as an enemy
country, Soviet and American forces
moved into Korea after V-J Day with
the announced purpose of guiding it
toward independence. It had been an
n «*ed by Japan in 1910,
Each occupying power has shown
a reluctance to leave for fear the
other would take Korea over. Russia
and th e U.S. have been unable to
agree on a political basis for self
government.
The U -N- supervised election will
' )e ord y. f° r 7,000,000 Koreans, south
38th parallel. The Soviet zone
' las calk'd it illegal,
Science
Manmade Weather
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mountain tops, to “milk moisture
clouds of snow during the win
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Thc experiments, believed the first
using ,“ground generators” in produc
ing rain or snow, were designed to
store water on the Hood River Valley
Irrigation District watershed.
Snow fell after each of nine testa
st'aged between November and Jan
uary.
The project was sponsored jointly
by the university and the Oregon Val
ley Apple Growers. Dr. Phil E.
Church and William Schallert of the
university’s Department of Meteorol
and Climatology, made the tests,
tod by Vincent Schaefer, a Gen
cra ] Electric Co. scientist.
All the assaults on the clouds were
made at elevations of 4,000 feet or
more. Blocks of dry ice, weighing
from 25 to 75 pounds, were placed on
stumps or hung in trees at exposed
locations.
Dr. Church said snow fell on fairly
definite areas after each test. He said
it i xtonded 20 to 30 miles downwind
from Green Point Mountain, which is
in the eastward path of clouds moving
in from the Pacific Ocean.
Sidelights
• A New Turk -.ink mounted a
shiny Franklin half-dollar in its show
window and over it set a large lens
to magnify details of the new coin.
Rays of a warm May sun, focused by
the glass, set fire to the show window,
• A Japanese inventor ha, perfected
a stove’ that he claims cooks solely by
reflected sunlight. It us< s 18 concave
mirrors and gets hotter than a 600
watt electric hea.er. For cloudy days,
it has a heat-storage unit containing
an oil solution which stays hot for
two or three days.
• In Kan as City, a 10-year-old girl
picketed her dentist father’s office
Sunday morning because she wanted
him to go to church with the family
instead of keeping office hours,
• In MacClesfleld, Eng , one of the A
councils prize swans died a inaityr
to the scientific curiosity of two small
boys. They told a juvenile court they
stabbed the swan to death “because
we thought we could fly with its
wings."
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