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Defense Department Fights
To Head Manpower Controls
BY PETER EDSON
NEA Washington Correspondent.
17 ASHINGTON.—(NEA)—Once again, as in 1942,
1. S. manpower problems are becoming acute. And
once again, also as in 1942, there's a row over who
will have top say on manpower controls—the mili
tary or a civilian agency.
This time the argument is between Defense Sec
-1 .ary Louis Johnson and National Security Resour
¢ : Board Chairman W. Stuart Symington. So far,
{_~» winner seenrs to be Department of Defense.
“ssue which brought this thing to a head the first
t ¢ was the Department of Defense announcement
« . occupational policies for calling reserves to ac
{ o duty. There was tremendous interest in this
¢ ouncement. There are hundreds of thousands of
r ervists subject to call for active duty. Members
o: the Organized Reserve and the National Guard
a. > includeds
At the same time the Department of Defense gave
out its deferment policies, announcement was made
that 62,000 of the 185,000 members of the Organ
ized Reserve would be called for 21 months duty,
beginning in September and October. All over the
country, employers and employes wanted to know
what jobs were considered so essential that reserv
i;ts working at them would be deferred.
The rules were drawa up by Department of De
{-nse Personnel Policy Board. It is headed by
J. Thomas Schneider and the undersecretaries of
/.-my, Navy and Air Force. Basis for this determi
v tion of who should be deferred was the Depart
r2nt of Labor List of Critical Occupations and the
I" >partment of Commerce List of Essential Activi
tizs,
NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL
BACKS SECRETARY JOHNSON
Deferments of only four to six months, seven to
twelve months or over a year were provided, solely
for the purpose of giving time to train replace
ments for men called to active duty.
These deferment policies were drawn up in July
and were ready for announcement by Defense Sec
retary Louis Johnson at the end of the month. Just
before release, National Resources Board Chairman
Symingion asked that they be held up.
NSRB, though still only an advisory agency to the
President, is in charge of planning civilian produc
t.on for defense. It was NSRB’s opinion that defer
rments should be granted on a broad industry basis,
and not on a more detailed occupational basis,
NSRB's concern is getting manpower for production
of essential military supplies.
After a tie-up of several days, the matter was put
up to the National Security Council. NSC is made
up of Presideni Truman, Vice President Barkley,
Secretary of State Dean Acheson, Secretary of De
fense Louis Johnson and NSRB Chairman Syming
ton. This is the country’s top military policy beard.
Its decision in this case went to Secretary Johnson,
So the deferment policy statement was issued as
originally drawn up.
In one paragraph of the announcement, the state
ment was made, “No agency outside the Depart
ment of Defense is necessary or desirable for the
administration of this policy.” It was kind of a dirty
slap. But it served to warn other agencies to keep
their hands off procurement of manpower for the
armed services.
MANPOWER IS “TIGHT”
This is, however, probably just the first of a
number of squabbles over - manpower. There are
many reserve officers, in particular, in key posi
tions of other government agencies. And manpower
is again becomihg “tight,” as the saying goes.
Civilian employment was already at an all-time
high of 61,500,000 in June, before the Korean crisis
broke out. Factory and commercial employment
rose in July above 44,000,000—a gain of 1,500,000
over a year ago. Agricultural employment always
rises fromr June through September, though it was
650,000 below June of a year ago.
Department of Defense is tal#ng 800,000 more
into the arined services and adding an estimated
235,000 to its civilian ranks. Why it needs one extra
civilian for every four men put in uniform is hard
to understand, but that’s what it seems to take.
Unemployment, at 3,384,000 in June, was a little
over § pereent of the labor force, but seems headed
downward. Nine labor market areas were taken off
Labor Department’s list of “E” areas having more
than 12 percent of unemploynrent in June. There
are only 22 “E” areas today, as against 43 in Janu
ary. Of the 22, only five are major production areas
—Johnstown, Scranton and Wilkes-Barre, Pa., New
Belford, Mass., and Providence, R. L
All these signs point towards manpower short
ages in many industries by the end of the year. And
they provide convenient arguments for those advo
cating job freezes, job training and even wage con
trols for the more eritical production industries.
The U. 8. government , . . not only is not strive
ing for the consolidatior) of peace but on the con=
trary is an enemy of pg ke.—Andrei Gromyko. Po
. lithure membes.
- Franco Needs Money And
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~ Spain Has Big Army
Several hidden stories lie behind the latest efforts
to get Franco Spain a SIOO million Marshall Plan
loan. ¢
Since the end of the war, Spain’s wheat crops
have not been sufficient to feed her people. This
vear’s crop is reported 20 per cent better than last
year’s. But in general the Franco government has
not moved fast enough to restore agricultural pro
duction at home, so Spain has had to import wheat.
When Argentine President Peron’s wife Evita was
in Europe in 1946, a Franco-Peron trade agree
ment was concluded, Peron set up a three-year
credit for Franco. On the strength of it, Spain im
ported wheat from the Argentine, agreeing to pay
Peron’s controlled price which was about three
times as high as the world open market price.
Actually, Spain paid for practically nothing be
cause Spanish exports to the Argentine have
amounted to practically nothing. So last year the
Franco-Peron agreement was allowed to lapse. One
other explanation out of the Argentine is that the
Spanish ambassador at Buends Aires fell out of
favor with Evita, Anyway, Spain still had to have
wheat. e
So in February, 1949, Spain borrowed $25 million
from Chase National Bank of New York, Early this
year the loan was raised to S3O million. Spanish
gold bullion was deposited in London as security.
Then Spain borrowed another S2O million fromr
National City Bank in New York. Spanish gold
was deposited in Ney York as security for this loan.
From the Chase loan, Spain used S2O million to
buy Argentine wheat. Using U. S, dollars, Spain
paid only the world market price. Disbursements
from the second loan have not been revealed. There
have been no announcements of repayments on
either loan.
Incidentally, Spain still has S6O million in gold
reserves which could be used as security for other
private loans, since the value of Spanish currency
is not pegged to gold reserves. Unless close scrutiny
were appliea to a U. S. government loan to Spain,
however, some of the principal might find its way
to the Argentine or private U. S. banks, to pay off
previous obligations. That's the main reason why
Export-Import Bank officials have to be so careful.
What nrakes Spain seem like a‘*good risk to so
many generals, admirals and defense planners today
is the size of Spain’s armed forces. According to
Franco’s great friend, Sen, Pat McCarran of Nevada,
Spain has an army of 400,000 men, a navy of 22,000
men, an air force of 2000 trained pilots. Spain has
36 airports in operation, six of them said to be
suitable for big bombers. Franco’s air force now
has 350 planes in 14 operational groups, with plans
to enlarge it to 1000 planes for 28 full-strength
operational groups.
What makes Spain look particularly good to mili
tary strategists, however, is the Pyrenees mountain
range on the French border—a natural barrier with
only a few easily-defendable passes. With Spain as
an ally, another Normandy invasion to liberate a
conguered western Europe would be unnecessary.
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In the Hippolitical World—
It’s comforting to know that world power
politics stops at the zoo gate. Olga, a lady hippo
from Leipzig in the Russian zone of Gernrany, has
been allowed to join a boy friend named Knaut
schke in the West Berlin zoo, lying in Allied occu
pation territory.
When Germany was divided between East and
West, all the female hippos were caught in the
Soviet zone. On the other hand, Knautschke, the
only male, was in the West. This bodied ili for
the future of German hippos,
Now even the Russians recognize the people need
a little fun in lifé and that zoos help. So Olga,
and Grete before her, have been allowed to pass
the zonal check points with full diplomatic priv
ileges. There’s no iron curtain in the animal world.
If ... abundant military supplies are furnished
to the North Koreans by outside allies, the fighting
will be long and drawn out.—General Carl Spaatz,
retired chief of U. S. Air Force.
I want to be emphatic that Communist activities
will not be tolerated in state service, or for that mat
ter, I won't stand for it any other place where I
can prevent it.—Gov. Henry F. Schricker of In
diana.
If Massachusetts is to be a going concern , .. we
Rave got to sell our industrial and recreational -@p
portunities to the rest of the nation.—Admiral Louis
E. Denfeld, former Chief of Naval Operations.
We are beginning to recover the elements of our
power. It is vital for any natidn to be lead by a
government which is capable and solid.—®ormer
French Premier Charles De Gaulle,
Israel considers herself perfectly free to define
her clear stand on any issue, both on the merits
of the case and in accordance with Israel’s vital in
terests. For example, no attitude of neutrality is
conceivable on the crucial question of social order.
—Foreign Minister Moshe Sharett of Israel,
Business for nearly two decades has been the
whipping boy of thesnation, It has been discredited
by many people ... and by government officials
from the President down—Williams S. Rosecrans,
Wewm vice-president of U. S. Chamber of Com
merce,
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Athens Bomber Pilot Scores
Hit On Imporfant Red Target
Fuller details of the successful
attacks made by American airmen,
in which Captain Joe Stein of Ath
ens took a leading part are con
tained in the following Associated
Press report below, Captain Stein
is a son of Mrs. H. H. Harris of
Athens and the late Herman Stein.
The report follows:
“TOKYO—(AP) — A Georgia
Air Force captain reported the
probable destruction of an am
munition dump Wednesday night
as American aircraft blasted at
Korean Red supply lines.
“U. S. Air Force light bombers
and fighter airplanes threw the
full power of their bombs, rockets
and machinegun fire in support
of the actions by U. S. ground
troops in southern Korea Thurs
day.
“The 829 s flew chiefly against
convoys and vehicles transport
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plies to the battle lines. In some
instances the light invaders flew
behind the enemy troops, bomb
ing highway and railroad bridges
with excellent results.
“Capt. Joe Stein, of Athens, Ga.,
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“Flying with Captain Stein were
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