Houston home journal. (Perry, Houston County, Ga.) 1924-1994, September 05, 1946, Image 6

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Newspaper Page TextMl^ing'fyix jOJ Ym drew pearson r . . .1 ... 15?V»-n RUSSIA’S BIG MISTAKE WASHINGTON. If the Soviet government had deliberately set out to make mistakes it couldn’t have made more than it has piled up in the past year. In the one year that has passed since V-J Day, Russia has won the ill will of her neigh boring countries in Europe, has lost virtually all her friends in the United Slates and has turned most of the world against her. In considering our present Strained relations with Russia, this is all-important. It indicates that time is running on our side, that Russia’s own policies are playing into our hands, and that war can be avoided. One year ago Soviet Russia was considered the great savior of the world. In Europe, the Russians were given credit, far more than the United States, for liberating the occupied countries, were even hailed by some as the pioneers of a new world order. In the U. S., most Americans had a genuine ad miration for the heroism of the Russian people and looked for ward to a period of friendly co operation. Today that good will has vanished. In all of Russia’s satellites, with the possible exception of Finland and Czechoslovakia, the Soviet is extremely unpopular, even hated. Romania and Bulgaria would bolt Russia in a minute were it not for the Red army. Hungary and Aus- I ia, which Russia hoped to win over, voted overwhelmingly against the Soviet. In France the strong Communist upsurge now has hit the downgrade. Even in Yugoslavia, where Tito is supposed to be su preme, the Russians are not popu lar. Most interesting fact is that the countries nearest the Russians usually dislike them most. Thus in more distant France, there is more pro-Soviet sentiment than In the ad jacent Balkans. Finally, in the American-British zones of Germany, Germans are fearful lest the western allies even- Willy evacute and Russia walks in, * * * C. S. STOCK GOES UP Thus the world has turned against sn aggressor nation. Thus also, the world has turned toward a nation which has no selfish axes to grind Kind which is attempting to co-oper ate with the rest of the world. This is what Secretary of State Bvrnes has sincerely tried to do at Pt»ris; and as far as this observer court! ascertain, his patient, fair minctcd policy is paying dividends. Part the world, once ready to sing Russia’s praises, has veered toward the United States. Therefore, the No. 1 point of American policy should be to work thing* out within the family of nations; to put Palestine and other controversial problems under the United Nations; not to let the British drag us into separate al liances. This Is our greatest dan ger. If we become the tail on the British kite, we can be euchred into war with Russia exactly where the British foreign office imperial ists want us. But as long as the smaller independent nations of the world convinced of our unsel fish motives, as long as we re main Moof from both sides, our strong* as a world leader is secure. • • • TENSION INCREASES However, this alone may not head off var with Russia. As this is wriiten, censored diplomatic dis patches from the Far East report three days of rifle skirmishing be tween American and Russian troops .Hong the Korean border. This is the first time U, S.-USSR troops have deliberately fired at each other. Another censored dispatch from London reports the British general staff meeting daily to plan strategy for defending the British lifeline in the Near East. In other words, certain belliger ent elements in Russia are quite willing to risk war now; and cer tain elements in England believe a showdown is better now than later. In a charged atmosphere like this, one spark can cause tragedy. However, this observer's experi ence in watching foreign affairs con vinces him that seldom does any nation provoke an incident if it knows that incident means war; thus the best way to prevent war is to let a prospective belligerent know he will get it in the neck if he sticks his neck out. In other words, if Russia knows categorically and definitely that she will be at war with us if she be comes an aggressor against the United Nations, then the chances are 100 to 1 Russia will risk no war. • • * COULD HAVE STOPPED HITLER To illustrate: If Adolf Hitler had known he would have been at war with France and England when he sent his troops into the Ruhr and Rhineland he never would have given them marching orders. As it was, fearing war, he gave them two sets of orders, one to advance and the second to retreat if the French resisted. Likewise, Hitler never would have sent his troops into Aus tria if he hadn’t known the Allies were unprepared. He was right as later events proved. STANDARD OF LIVING RISES IN U. S, . . . This photo-diagram shows how the average income of American families has risen and how the incomes have been more equally distributed since the semi depression year of 193 G to the postwar year of 1945. The figures show that millions of families have joined the middle income group, al though 70 per cent still fall below the $3,000-a-year mark. In the lowest brackets the total has dropped nine million families. PISTOL-PACKIN’ BADGETT QUADS ... The seven-year-old Badgett quadruplets, Galveston, who have been accorded high honors by the governor of Texas, who has named them official Rangerettes. The girls, in high boots and full “Rangerette” equipment, do a little target practice on the Galveston beach in preparation for their newly appointed honor. Left to right; Jeraldine, Jeanette, Joyce, and Joan. The girls arc in the second grade in school. | TWO AMERICANS IN FRANCE . . . Seeking the peace and quiet of the French countryside on a Sunday, away from the heated peace conference at the Luxembourg palace in Paris, U. S. Secretary of State James F. Byrnes and the American ambassador to France, Jefferson Caffery, found themselves in the village of Joy-En-Josas. CafTery (left) and Byrnes (right) are shown with Leon Blum, former French premier, and his grandchild. ’ TENSENESS IN TRIESTE . . . The politically tense situation in 1 Trieste, bone of contention between Italians and Yugoslavs, snapped ' when a hand grenade explosion put a period to pro-Italy demonstra tion protesting international administration of the disputed zone. Ten persons were wounded in the explosion. The photograph was } snapped at the height of the turmoil, as a policeman tried to subdue 1 one of the demonstrators. THE HOUSTON HOME JOURNAL, PERRY, GEORGIA f 1 mm ■Rfc, ■B s| MB^p * ,||| PALS NO LONGER . . . Marshal Tito, Yugoslav chief of state, is | shown here (left) with U. S. Am | bassador Richard Patterson Jr., when they were on a hunting trip I together at Ruma. Patter son’s outspoken blast in connec tion with Yugoslav air attacks on ! unarmed American transport [ planes may have ended a beauti- I ful friendship. kk ' ’*** i . f . l'. *'-.. , x.- . . ] GREETINGS, IKE ... A charm- 1 ing Panamanian girl, dressed in 1 native La Pollera costume, is cap- 1 tured by the warm and friendly ' smile of genial General “Ike" 1 Eisenhower during a temboritO ! dance while on visit to Panama. ] t* ■; r -rr--■ ————T"----? —, EX-NAZI ENLISTS . . . Renalo ‘ Caravelli, 19, shown at Philadel phia where he enlisted four weeks j after returning from Germany , where he fought for his Nazi , enemies throughout the war— against his will. ( ■sSt . .<■% I / ,A i CHEMISTRY’S HIGHEST . . . Prof. Roger Adams, University of Illinois, one of leading organic chemists, who has been awarded the Priestley Medal of the Amer ican Chemical society—the organ ization’s highest award for 1946. DOUBLE-DECKER . . . Elbie Fletcher, first baseman of the Pittsburgh Pirates, and his six year-old son, Bobby, team up to spear a couple of high ones as j they enjoyed a pop-and-son frolic before game against Cincinnati 1 Reds. Courteous Japs Kow-Tow To Victorious Americans By BAUKHAGE News Analyst and Commentator. WNU Service, 1616 Eye Street, N.W., Washington, D. C. Recently, I had two experiences which melded. I ran into my colleague, Kenneth Romney Jr., son of Kenneth Hom neySr., sergean^ Strategic serv- Baukhage Ices. Casually, he told me how he land ed in Shanghai. He had been serv ing in China. Shortly after V-J Day he was ordered, along with some hundred other American officers and soldiers, to Shanghai. It was known there were no Chinese troops in the city. Shanghai had been in Japanese hands since the beginning of the war. The civilian population had become none too co-operative. Hence, the Americans (even the “cloak and dagger” boys) arrived in full battle dress. Their plane landed, and little brown men came forward toward them. The Americans had their rifles at “ready.” Some fired. But the Japs, undeterred, came for ward, bowing deeply, smiling. It was a Japanese ground force, ready and anxious to service the Amer ican planes. Later came Jap officers with a whole fleet of limousines. The Americans were guests, not con querors. The conquered enemy were hosts—not just the conquered. They offered to find accommoda tions and the trimmings. A little confusing, the Americans thought, but that was, after all, the Orient- China, another world. . . . Now the scene shifts to Washing ton again. I witness the meeting of a husband and wife. Plenty of such meetings these days, still. It was touching. The man had dropped out of the Far Eastern skies. It seemed only yesterday that I had heard he was in a city in the Neth erlands Indies where the American corporation he represented had one of its great plants. He was the first American to visit it since the terri tory had been won back from the enemy. But had it been won back? When I heard his story, I won dered. It seems that when he reached the gates of the American owned plant, he found a Japanese on guard. He identified himself. In a few moments, a smiling and bow ing Japanese officer, still wearing most of his uniform and speaking understandable English, appeared. They began a tour of the prop erty, the Jap most deferential but of fering no word of explanation or apology for the fact that he, a late enemy, was in charge and not in jail. In fact, the Jap was very lo quacious on the subject of the ex cellent work that he and his helpers had done to put the plant back into repair and operation. He showed my friend the various places where the buildings and ma chinery had been damaged—evi dence, he pointed out, smiling, of the excellent marksmanship of the American air force. He dem onstrated with particular pride how excellently the repair work had been done, obviously expecting (and receiving) well-deserved praise for the technical skill the Japanese re pairmen had shown. Very nice, of course. But American industry still reaps no benefit from that plant, and al though the Japanese gain no profit therefrom, this American property is still, literally, in the hands of the enemy. Loads of Mail Commentator’s Lot For one whole week, I saved all the things that came to me by mail which I hadn’t asked for—except personal letters. I have just counted them, and there are 233 separate pieces in all. The total number of pages I am expected to read adds up to nearly a thousand. The one on top is “the back of the book” from Omnibook. A col lection of amusing stories. But Om nibook itself is better still and I be lieve I have every issue, begin ning with Vol. 1, No. 1. BARBS , , , by Baukhage Four of the goats used in the atom bomb test seem to have par tially recovered. There will be a lot of human goats, if the bomb gets into general use. • * * Pvt. Donald Callahan won a prize offered by the army for an essay on “Why I Joined the Army.” Part of the prize was a date with two showgirls. Is that why, Donald? Next comes “News From Swed en,” a mimeographed collection of featur-y paragraphs from the Amer. ican-Swedish News Exchange. I re call when the Swedish minister here consulted me about the founding 0 f such a publicity bureau, back be fore we got into World War I. The next is one of the UAW-ClO regular releases, and then the CIO News, a 16-page weekly, printed, I suppose, for their membership. Then one of the valuable National Opinion Research surveys put out by the University of Denver. This one is a poll of American opinion on the Germans and Japs and how we think they got that way. More Business Weeks, and "Pro gram Information” from my own American Broadcasting company, A printed letter from the Payroll Guarantee association with an en closure on “civilized cats, mice and cheese.” The American Feed Man ufacturers’ association handout say ing the feed shortage is over. General Motors sends me the ninth in a series of production re ports. (What could have happened to the other eight?) The release from the National Planning association announces that Leon Henderson and the official of a big corporation have been add ed to their board of trustees—and if you want to know about the dis tribution of fats and oils by the de partment of agriculture, you can have my copy of the second interim report from the Committee on Small Business pursuant to H. Res. 64, Or Maybe You’d Prefer Rail Loadings Maybe you’d rather have freight loadings of the week from the As sociation of American Railways, or perhaps you want to bid on the pur chase of 15 or fewer Landing Ship Tank (LST) type vessels? Or per haps you’d prefer some all-wool American flags, or a BK steel barge for dry or liquid cargo? No? Well, no harm in making the offer. Next exhibit is “News From France” from the French Informa tion service. I’ll admit I asked for that, along with the attractive mag azine, “La Republique Francaise.” Here’s the state department’s weekly bulletin which is Part Three of that interesting series on the present status of German youth. I was planning to write an article on that subject myself, but they tell me the magazines are overbought on Germany. Won’t buy another thing. Just two pages of mimeographed material from the “Friends of Finn ish Democracy.” Cruel irony here. Remember when it was “brave lit tle Finland”? Remember when Finnish Minister Procope couldn’t go anywhere without being applaud ed? Finland paid her war debts! She even managed not to duck aft er the war! Well, Finland’s friends are protesting now over the repara tions demanded by Russia . . . heav ier in proportion to population, they say, than are any other na tion’s. To pay the reparations bill, the statement claims, every man in Finland would have to work eight hours a day for seven years. It would take four-fifths of Finland's normal exports. Here’s a speech by Senator Taft from his office, “not printed at gov ernment expense.” Stuck together is a news-print pamphlet called the “Poll Tax Repealer,” and that blast from the Republican national com mittee on the President’s budget message. A very neat little book let (additional copies will be fur nished) by Standard Oil of New Jer sey, entitled “Steps to Security.” Now a tissue carbon labeled “Mid night Cry” with a series of Biblical texts shrieking doom. Seven fa miliar bright yellow pages from the National Highway Users associa tion, which is one of the real, hard working publicity bureaus. The ClO’s “Economic Outlook,” which often has statements that can’t be overlooked. Now we come to an attractive 12- page tabloid newspaper, “The Pro gressive and LaFollette’s Maga zine.” 1 am glad to note it is still progressive, regardless of the changes in the LaFollette activities and proclivities. The first page has a nice cartoon of a garbage can labeled “War contract scandals. Looks interesting, but WAIT A MINUTE. I think they want me to PAY for it. Here’s a return card saying “25 weeks’ subscription, $!• ' Oh dear. It must have gotten into the wrong pile. I’m not going to look any further, I might find more of that kind. The secretary of state has a new assistant in charge of research and intelligence. The more he has of the latter, the less he needs of the former. • • • The Army Times thinks Gen. Omar Bradley may resign as head. It’s not the work but the words. He has to make too many speeches to suit him.