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Newspaper Page TextMtshlngfoh WWOUND V.. 1 ,<$ Dffew PEARSON *-**.".’*-» »-»..»« j'«" i:; WAR NOT EXPECTED WASHINGTON. That the Tru man cabinet is not looking for war in the near future, despite warlike talk, was indicated at a secret ses sion of the senate military affairs committee recently. When Secretary of State Byrnes and Secretary of War Patterson testified in favor of an extension of the selective service act, the figures they presented on planned strength of the army and navy were exactly the same as those presented early in January. In other words, they pro posed an army of barely over a mil lion men by July of 1947. The senators had expected that because of the complicated inter national situation a larger army would be asked for, but the war and state departments made no such request. When one senator asked how it happened that there was no “emergency” planning, Sec retary Byrnes refused to answer, lie passed the question to Secretary Patterson, who also did not reply. * • * WALLACE SPEECH CENSORED. It wasn’t supposed to be known outside the cabinet, but Henry Wal lace’s speech at the Jackson Day dinner was censored —by President Truman himself. Wallace had one line in his speech which he thought would answer Republican critics. It read: “Abraham Lincoln was not a member of our party. But he was certainly a fellow trav eler.” Truman thought such a reference to the martyred Lincoln might be misunderstood and cut it out. Wal lace was glad to concur. * * • MEN’S SHITS It still looks like a long wait be fore veterans cun get the clothing they need. The office of war mobili zation and reconversion will soon bring out a report on men’s cloth ing showing a need for 40 million suits this year but production plans for only about 28 million. The report will also show that first quarter production has been only about 5 million, and officials of the civilian production administra tion are worried sick that even the goal of 28 million suits for 194(5 will not be met. There Is no sign yet (hat the increase in prices granted this month by OPA will mean more men’s suits. There are indica tions, however, that large stocks of suits are being held off the market in the hope that price control will not be extended be yond June. JOHN L. LEWIS For years John L. Lewis has been one of labor’s top negotiators. Usual ly he has his facts cold. Recently, however, while arguing safety pre cautions with Harry Moses, an im portant Pittsburgh mine operator, he said: “Why, Harry, your father is a good illustration of why we need these safeguards. Everybody knows him as a veteran coni man, and we’ve all seen him limping around for 50 years because of a mine acci dent. So how can you sit there and deny us the safeguards to pre vent the same sort of thing from happening to other miners?” "John,” replied Moses, “I don’t know where you got your information about my father— but it wasn’t so good. I’ll tell you how he hurt his leg. It wasn’t in a coal mine, it was playing baseball. He broke his leg sliding into second,” NOTE Bureau of mine officials heartily endorse Lewis’ demands for better safety precautions in the mines. ♦ ♦ ♦ DIPLOMATIC VICTORY During the heyday of the Roose velt administration, Vice Pres. Jack Garner gave a dinner for the late Will Rogers at which the cowboy humorist, commenting on a forth coming international conference, said; “This country has won every war, but lost every conference." Recently, however, one inter national conference closed at Savan nah, Ga., at which the United States won every single round. It was the first world monetary conference, and the man responsible for the American victory was hard-hitting Fred Vinson, secretary of the treas ury. His chief battle was over the loca tion of the international bank and the stabilization fund to be estab lished under the Brc-tton Woods plan. The British wanted the bank and fund located in New York, but Sec retary Vinson wanted them in Wash ington. When the vote was taken, there was only one vole against Washington* Lord Keynes’ vote • * • CAPITAL CHAFF Two movie companies are bidding for "Saints and Strangers,” the new best seller written by George Wil lison. . . . Former Democratic Sen. Clarence Dill of Washington is be ing urged for one of the vacant assistant secretaryships of the inte rior department. . . . Jim Landis may be headed for a new impor tant administration job soon. . . . New Mexico’s Gov. Jack Dempsey decided after two talks with Pres ident Truman that he would not op pose Sen. Dennis Chavez, N, M. . . . WEEKLY NEWS ANALYSIS State Department Blueprints International Atom Control; House Probes Spy Intrigue —by Western Newspaper Union (EDITOR'S NOTE: When opinions tie r x pressed In these columns, they Are those of Western Newspaper Union's news analysis and not necessarily i,f (his newspaper.) WORLD RELATIONS: /I tarn —Hus ft Even as the United Nations Or ganization’s security council strove to compose differences with Russia over the Iranian question, the U. S. state department issued a special report calling for the creation of an international agency to control all phases of atomic energy and avert atomic rivalry among the major powers. Written by a distinguished board of scientists and technicians the re port recommended the establish ment of an atomic development au thority that would own and lease property and conduct mining, manu facturing, research, licensing, in spection or other operations. While the authority would possess absolute control over the production of atom ic weapons, it would permit utiliza tion of atomic energy in such civilian fields as medicine, biology, chemis try and physics. The U. S.’s secret processes in development of atomic energy would be gradually unfolded to Ihe United Nations authority as plans progressed for its development. Re lease of preliminary information necessary to discussion of setting up the agency would be followed by revelation of industrial know-how in manufacture and finally the method of constructing the A-bomb. In releasing the report, Secretary of State Byrnes pointed out that the recommendations did not consti tute official U. S. policy but could be considered as a basis for dis cussion of the creation of an inter national atomic authority. Meanwhile, the security council worked on means to adjust the dif ficult situation post'd by Russia’s walkout in protest over UNO’s consid eration of Iran’s complaint against the Soviets for failure to withdraw Red troops from the country. While Russia’s withdrawal from the delib erations jolted UNO, the Soviets were quick to explain that their ac tion did not mean they were with drawing from the United Nations, but rather objecting to security coun cil procedure. SPY INTRIGUE: House Acts Hard upon the arrest of a 29-year old Russian naval officer for espi onage by the FBI in Portland, Ore., the house committee on un-Amer ican activities, headed by Repre sentative Wood (Dem., Ga.) voted to send investigators up to Can ada to probe possible connections between the Soviet spy ring uncov ered in the dominion and agents in this country. Revealing that the committee had been aware of the FBl’s investiga tion of the Soviet naval officer, Lt. Nicolai Redin, the committee coun sel said that the group soon would hold hearings on subversive activi ties and call on a number of wit nesses, including atomic scientists and government employees. Meanwhile, Redin, nabbed for ob taining information about the de stroyer tender USS Yellowstone, charged “the whole thing is a build up for political purposes.” A mem ber of the Soviet lend-lease pur chasing staff in the U. S., Reriin enjoys no diplomatic immunity and was held on $25,000 bond. SCIENCE: Use Germans Some 160 German scientists are now in the United States working on military projects involving cap tured German equipment including rockets, buzz bombs, jet-propelled planes and aerodynamic research instruments, Secretary of War Pat terson announced. The orignal plan called for large scale utilization of German experts but was cut back radically follow ing the Japanese surrender. THE HOUSTON HOME JOURNAL, PERRY. GEORGIA LAHOR FRONT: Farm Machinery Tie-Up Government seizure of strike bound farm machinery plants ap peared as the remaining alternative as negotiations between companies and union bogged down and equip ment was badly needed for the maintenance of high crop produc tion to meet domestic and foreign demands. As the government pondered tak ing over the plants, the Internation al Harvester company continued to resist the CIO-Farm Equipment Workers’ demands for union security, maintenance of membership, dues checkoff, arbitration and methods for settling grievances. Both com pany and union agreed to a govern ment fact-finding recommendation for an 18-cent an hour wage in crease. In addition to 30,000 workers in 11 International Harvester plants, 12,- 500 employees in six plants of Allis- Chalmcrs and J, I. Case remained out over contract differences. Coni Snot! While the government kept one eye on the farm machinery situa tion, it trained another on the coal industry, where parleys between John L. Lewis’ United Mine Work ers and the operators sagged over the UMW chieftain’s demands for the creation of a health and wel fare fund. Dropped last year during the bar gaining over a new contract, the health and welfare fund issue was raised again this year by Lewis, who gave it No. 1 position on the nego tiating agenda. Asserting that it would cost them $50,000,000 annual ly, the operators proposed the crea tion of a joint committee to study an accident compensation plan as an alternative As a walkout in toe industry loomed, the government prepared to control the shipment of an esti mated 29,000,000 tons of bituminous coal above ground. Steel spokes men said a miners’ walkout might result in the restriction of produc tion within two weeks. Npw FAIT Chief A concerted drive to organize the white (»llar workers in the automo bile industry loomed with the elec tion of fiery, red-haired Walter Reu ther as the new CIO-TTnited Auto mobile Workers president. Avowed foe of the communist faction within the UAW, Reuther thwarted the re-election hopes of R. J. Thomas, head of the union since 1938, who enjoyed leftist support. In winning the presidency of the biggest union in the world. Reuther announced the organization of the white collar workers in the indus try as one of his No. 1 goals. He also said an educational program would be undertaken to interest the membership in union activity and the UAW would strive for industry wide instead of company-wide bar gaining to correct wage and work ing inequalities between plants. The stormy petrel of the UAW, and head of the union’s General Mo tors division. Reuther is 39 and des tined for major leadership in the American labor movement. Fired from the tool department of the Ford Motor company for union ac tivity in 1933, he organized an AFL local in the plant in 1935 and then led his men into the CTO in 1938. Children Handicapped The American Society for the Hard of Hearing estimates that one million children, not includ ing the totally deaf, are suffer ing from some form of auditory impairment. Since a person may suffer al most a 40 per cent hearing loss before it is observable, a child may be seriously maladjusted before anything is done to help him, the authorities add. GERMAN ASSETS: Uncovered in Spain Enjoying the co-operation of the Franco government, the U. S. and Britain, acting for the Allied con trol council, have uncovered more than 100 million dollars in German assets in Spain and taken possession as the ruling force of the vanquished reich. Included in the assets are con- j trolling shares in extensive holding I companies; 30 ships and other facil ities of three shipping companiesi 1 (!0 buildings; gold worth $1,125,000; German paintings used for propa ganda purposes, and a huge stock of champagne which was to be sold to obtain foreign exchange. Discovery of stock of the Socie dod Financiero Industrie in a vault under the German embassy in Ma-; drid gave U. S. and British officials | control over a far-flung holding I company comprising 17 corpora tions. Organised at the beginning of the -Spanish civil war to supply goods and munitions to Franco, the | holding company was supported by the Nazis, Among the Gorman businesses j taken over were makers of tires and rubber, medical and electrical equipment, electrical appliances, radio sots and telephones, and light bulbs. Krupp’s extensive licensing of patents and processes at a 3 per cent royalty also were subject to Allied administration. FARM EXPERIMENT: Dropped hy Ford In line with its announced policy of abandoning activities not directly connected with the manufacture of automobiles, the Ford Motor com pany will dispose of 10,000 acres of farmland in Michigan originally ac quired for experimenting in the adaptation of agricultural products to industrial use. The company also decided to give up the model school project organ ized for the communities surround ing the huge land holdings. One room schools were remodeled, kin dergartens opened for three- and four-year-olds, and studies shaped to permit practical application of text book teachings. Under the new policy pushed by Henry Ford 11, the company will not resume manufacture of some of its own tires and a tugboat used for Ford piers on the Detroit river has been sold. Operated by a founda tion separate from the company, the Ford museum and Greenfield vil lage will not be affected. Found: An Honest Man! v \ H k aiHIBS Honesty still is the best policy to Frank Barone, 71, who has worked hard operating a shoe repair shop in Chicago, 111., for 40 years and knows the value of money. While reheeling some footwear for an unknown cus tomer, the cobbler discovered $l,lOO in ten and twenty dollar bills stuffed deep inside the shoes. When the customer re turned, Barone handed over $1,090, insisting on withholding $lO as a reward. PEARL HARBOR: Reopen Hearings Pondering lengthy testimony on the Pearl Harbor disaster of De cember 7, 1941, the congressional committee named to investigate the catasrophe decided to reopen public hearings to obtain more de tailed information from top military and naval officers as to their where abouts on the evening preceding the attack. Decision to call General Marshall, Admiral Stark and Rear Admiral Beardall back for questioning fol lowed late testimony of Comdr. L. R. Schulz that President Roosevelt had sought to contact Stark on the night of December 6 after receipt of the first 13 parts of the Japanese message indicating a rupture in dip lomatic relations. While Marshall and Stark had told the committee they could not recalF their whereabouts on the night of December 6, Schulz said that Mr. Roosevelt was informed that Stark was attending a theater. Beardall was said to have been dining with the late Admiral Wilkinson, chief of naval intelligence. Schulz’s testi mony may serve to refresh their memories, Committee Chairman Barkley said. OUTDOOR SPORTS: Licenses Up America’s hunters and anglers spent more than 26 million dollars for licenses during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1545. Although 8,- 190,901 hunting licenses and'8,280,232 fishing licenses were purchased this does not mean that 16,471,133 dif ferent sportsmen bought licenses to .hunt or fish, for many bought both. There may have been even more since land-owners do not have to buy a license in some states. German Radio Takes Cki New lone Under U. S. Lgi| News, Education and Swing Replace Old Nazi ||H Line; English Grammar Lessons Prove Popular Among Listeners. By BAUKHAGE News Analyst and Commentator. WNU Service, 1616 Eye Street. N.W., Washington, D. C. WASHINGTON. - Gradually the net is closing in about the “ether traitors,” American citizens who broadcast in English from Berlin and elsewhere for the Nazis before and during the war. Recently the (in)famous “Axis Sally” was taken into custody. She devoted her air time to making G.l.s feel homesick overseas by dwelling on the joys and comforts back in the good old U. S. A. Another traitor is “Kal tenbach,” an ex-lowa boy who tried to awake nostalgia with corny real ism about life down on the farm. Then there is Constance Drexel, who pretended to be a cultured member of the old Philadelphia family whose name she used as a pseudonym when she worked on American newspapers. She was really born in Germany and brought here by her father who became nat uralized. She was known here as pro-Hitler before the war. She made one broadcast for an American net work when I was in Berlin, but I helped to make it her last. It is hard to prove treason. You have to have witnesses who actual ly saw the person in the act of broadcasting. When the Americans took over German radio our methods were far different. We used a proved weapon—the truth. U. S. Controls Air Facilities When active military operations changed over to occupation, the In formation Control division laid down a three-point program. The plan was negative at first—the wip ing out of all Nazi media, including radio, to make way for American media. Next came actual broadcast ing. The early broadcasts were very stark and stern. Decrees, regulations, warnings to the people. No concerts, no plays, no music. Now we are .in phase two and the Germans are find ing more variety along the radio dial. Entertainment, as well as news and education, is being provided by the ICD. The third phase will begin when German radio stations are turned over to the Germans themselves, much as the newspapers have been allowed to operate under German direction under license. A military government official examines and criticizes the newspaper after it ap pears. Presumably, radio programs will be supervised in roughly the same manner. The first station to be taken over by the Americans was Radio Lux embourg. It was in pretty good shape, for the Germans had left in too much of a hurry to do any big scale demolition. Next station to go to work for the army was Frankfurt; then Stutt gart; then Munich. When I was in Germany, because of trouble with land lines, the Munich-Stuttgart- Frankfurt network was not running regularly. Perhaps it is now. Radio is supported in Ger many as it was before the war, by a tax on each set. Why, 1 asked, couldn’t a radio owner conceal his set and thus get out of paying the tax? I was told there was no danger of that. If anyone concealed the fact he had a radio, his jealous neigh bors would tell on him. The Nazi squealing habit is still strong in Germany. All programs at present are in the German language, except for a few in Polish for displaced persons in camps. There is a large propor tion of factual world news broad cast and an increasing number of German musical programs. On the educational side, there are talks by German officials, and American military government men. Some jazz and swing, and lately, plays. The program periods have been running as long as 45 minutes which seems a long time for Amer ican radio fans—and now they are being extended to one hour. Poll Reaction Of Audience At first it wasn’t easy to find out whether Germans liked what they were getting on the ICD schedule of broadcasts. Fan letters, the barom eters of approval and disapproval BARBS . . , by Bank h age A new triangular desk designed for executives is described by Busi ness Week. Reducing the difficulty of viewing all sides of a problem by one-third. Efficiency. • * * Those fierce tribesmen, the Kurds, don’t rhyme with Miss Muffett’s curds. The “U” is long in the Kurds, just as they are long in bel ligerency. in America, were banned up until December of last year. However, reactions are coming in now, as the ICD conducts many secret radio polls—employing the methods of polltakers in this country. The sur veys which I saw indicated that, on the whole, the programs are pop ular with the Germans—with cer tain reservations. Take factual world news, for example. Germans are anxious to hear this, but they don’t al ways understand it. For 12 years they have been taught to be suspicious of all news. And yet, in spite of this skepticism, they are so saturated with the propaganda idea that in some cases they don’t like facts. This came out in a conference with teenagers who said they pre ferred the Russian broadcasts to ours. Asked why, they said there was too much propaganda in ours. I went over this answer with one of the psychological experts. He explained it this way: straight news without comment forces the listen er to think for himself. This dis turbs the German teenager, and he blames the program, calling it “propaganda.” English grammar lessons far out run American music as radio favor ites in Germany. All Germans want to learn English. This desire seems to stem from the long-range hope that some day America’s gates will be open, and from the opportunistic feeling that the conquered can get along better with the conqueror if they’re both talking the same lan guage. * • • Zionists Wary Of Russians For years, contending European nations have battled for the friend ship and support of the Arabs. This struggle was intensified when, long before World War I, the Germans started their “drang nach Osten” and the British heightened their ef forts to placate the Arabs in order to protect their empire’s life-lines and to prevent a spread of a dis affection to the Moslems of India. Now Russia steps into the pic ture. Reports from Baghdad tell us of the spread of commu nistic sympathies throughout the Middle East. And the Jews of Palestine find their troubles increasing. The announcement of Britain’s granting of independence to Trans- Jordania heightened Zionist resent ment, for Trans-Jordania is a part of Greater Palestine and was sup posed to be included in the territory allotted to the National Jewish home. The Zionists claim the British ac tion is part of a scheme to prevent the United Nations from creating a trusteeship of Greater Palestine which would include Trans-Jordania, as the old League of Nations man date did. They also make the charge that the purpose is “to thwart Jewish rights by bolstering pro-Axis forces.” The Zionists feel too that Russia is playing a similar game. They point out the inconsistency of mak ing friends with the Arabs, whose party leader in Palestine, Jamal Husseini, is calling for the reinstate ment of the Grand Mufti, a Hitler collaborator. In his testimony before the Brit ish-American inquiry committee Husseini said: “Germany was not our enemy and therefore we had no interest in the war,” adding: “I’ve read somewhere that it was a Jewish war.” The Zionists believe they have dis covered an additional reason for Russian animosity toward their efforts in Palestine. Like most of the causes of racial and other ruc tions, it is fear. They say that the Soviets are afraid that if the Pales tine colony becomes a success it will prove an entering wedge for western capitalism in the Near East. There is really nothing in common between the feudalist, un progressive Arab world and the eco nomic and social principles repre sented by the Soviet system. The Arabs can’t do the Soviets any harm but they could be used, the Zionists say, to hamstring what might be come a live and up-and-coming Jewish nation imbued with capital istic ideas, operating too close for communistic comfort. If the people don’t want prohibi tion of black marketeering any more than they wanted prohibition on the sale of liquor, inflation can’t be stopped. * • ♦ I don’t like the derogative use of this word “puppet”—puppet parlia ments, puppet rulers—it sounds so much like “puppy,” I feel I have to apologize to my dog.