Show WEEKLY NEWS ANALYSIS truman Triam aEi galls calls for graft draft training to bolster resistance to 0 US reverses stand on partition released rt leased by features EDITOR EDITORS S NOTE when pinion opinions art are expressed in these coin cons they are those ol 01 western newspaper union a new news analysts and not necess necessarily artly of th a newspaper FINLAND NORWAY SWEDE SAL IX ap NORTH ADEN SEA tf 1 A ENGLAND ru 1 GERMANY 91 aca 4 LUX V ITALY BLACK CORS 0 4 SEA FORCES AT WORK increasing communist pressure in europe has been instrumental in dividing the continent into three component power blocs all of which are influenced by a fourth force U S policy symbolized by the presence of american troops in germany austria and italy map shows western bloc 1 of anti communist britain france belgium luxembourg and the netherlands northern bloc 2 of the scandinavian countries daily growing more apprehensive of soviet tactics and eastern bloc 3 of russia and its satellites present ap proximate american troop strength is indicated for germany austria 10 and italy 5 THE PRICE A peace 7 vace and war we must be prepared to pay the price of peace or assuredly we shall pay the price of war those words spoken by president harry truman to the U S co coi I 1 gress could be the seeds of the first genuine effective foreign policy this nat on has had for half a cen tury D any political over tones there might have been in the president presidents s speech his address to the joint session of congress re fleeted the realization at the top level of government that any sue suc foreign policy must be based on the fundamental concept of of sank ing a balance between commitments abroad and the national security or strength at home available to back up those commitments by det def the term foreign policy empl es that any nation ex pressing such a policy possesses the strength m military forces and alii alli ances to follow it consistently at all times and to defend it just as con in case of war in that connection mr truman specifically asked congress for power to draft men to build armed strength against the ruthless sion of soviet communism he asked also tor for prompt enact nent rient of universal training legisla tion md ind eating cating that the draft should be only temporary until universal military train tram ng is g ving the coun try the trained men it needs finally he sought swift passage of the 5 3 billion dollar european recovery program the marshall plan for economic recovery of west era ern european nations which is set ting the kremlin s teeth on edge bluntly the president upbraided russia for making a travesty of peace one nation has not only refused to cooperate in the establishment of a lust just and honorable peace but even worse has actively sought to prevent it western pact lending force to mr truman s scattering of the seeds of foreign policy was the tact fact that an hour before he deb deh vered his pronounce ment the just completed five nation western I 1 european pact for common defense attack had been an bounced officially under the treaty britain france belgium luxembourg and the neth errands pledged one another military aid in the event that any one of them should be attacked according Accord mg to the new truman doctrine the united states would be the principal guarantor of this five power un on without such a guarantee of U S backing the west era ern european treaty would be meaningless by his declaration in support of the western european pact mr tru man seemed to be guiding the U S to a point of departure from its his tone adherence to the d plo matic enormity of refusing to engage in entangling alliances even at the price of its own welfare BACHELORS declining evidence of an innate desire for fam ly iv I 1 fe among adult americans Is revealed in a study by the U S bureau of the census showing a long term decline in the proportion of bachelors of both sexes on a numerical basis census bureau figures d the num nurn ber her of single men and women has dropped to the lowest level since 1920 despite a third increase in population since then REACTION divided what are the true facto just how potentially lethal is the situation with regard to russia senators and representatives were asking those questions after dent truman a let s get strong message many of them were de e manding answers before they would consent to go ahead with any legis lat on endorsing a military draft or congress was divided but the split was nol no along party lines it re fleeted isolation sm discontent with the truman foreign policy and in some cases an almost unhealthy respect tor for russia a power in europe greatest fear seemed to be that conditions in europe as precipe bated by soviet actions may get convincing closeted for 50 minutes with secretary of state marshall sec see detary of defense forrestal and secretary of the army royall the senate armed services corn com cittee emerged from the confer ence to throw Us its weight behind president truman s plea for quick action to build up america americas s mill mth tary forces sen chan gurney kep rep S D chairman of the committee re ported that 10 of the group s 13 members were convinced that b both oth a limited draft and universal military training have become an absolute necessity I 1 just what the three secretaries told the armed services eq commit tee was not disclosed but it was undeniably powerful information out of hand suddenly despite the efforts of russia or any other na tion to prevent such a development best opinion holds that while rus sia is not now seeking war the communists have created a kind of frankenstein monster in europe that at any moment could plunge out of control and involve the world in another conflict secretary of state marshall is said to feel this way the soviets are motivated by a sense of urgency to act before the european recovery program begins to tunit on and before the union of western european nations is firmly established driven by this feel ng of urgency the soviets may not be able to avert an incident which would lead to a shooting war ABOUT FACE expedience to many persons it looked as though the united states in aban coning its support of the palestine partition plan had pulled a pon this pilate on the same scene where the procurator of judea had washed his hands not quite 2 years ago to sanction the cruel filion in reversing its role in the par struggle the U S proposed that the holy land be made a united nat ons trusteeship giving jews and arabs a chance to reach agreement on their own concerning the future of their country a gov eminent warren R austin american dele ate to the U N said that it was obvious that partition could not be carried out except by force and the US U S cons has demurred against the idea of sending troops to palestine it was ironic that the american statement w th drawing support from the partition plan was undoubtedly the death blow to that plan which never would have been adopted bv the U N in the first place if it had not been for american pressure and influence TRIESTE surprise la in a move that surprised every one from rom the russians to american congressmen the U S proposed bontly jo antly with france and britain that the tree free territory of trieste be re turned to italy trieste long a storm center cov eted by both italians and yugoslavs had been made a tree free state under un ted nations gu dance in the six months old italian peace treaty the proposal was apparently a shrewd and calculated move to try to help the anti communist forces in italy win the april 18 election it literally put the russian russians on the spot leaving them with little choice ot of reaction it if they support the western powers pro proposal poal to re turn trieste to italy they will be in effect turning their backs on their previous arg arguments tor for a yugoslav trieste thereby kicking their yugo slav cohorts inthe in the face on the other hand if russia were to side with yugoslavia it would amount to a rebuff for the italian communists possession ot of trieste is a great political issue in italy and it well may turn out now to be a deciding factor in the elections coming up there yugoslavia s marshal tito how ever lost little time in answering the proposal of the U S britain and france he simply rejected the de mand and proposed instead that a plebiscite be held in the tree free state of trieste to decide whether it should be italian or yugoslav moscow d were calling the action another move toward war said one the beginnings of int internal ernat onal order which emerged alter after the war are being destroyed but to those who were working tooth and nail against the spread of comman sm it looked like a master stroke one which might keep ita y and all of western europe out of reach of the kremlin FOOD WASTE rats insects although the world is crying for or food hundreds ot of thousands of tons of american foodstuffs are spoiled each year by the depredate edat ons of rats mice and insects and often by the carelessness ot of some producers food and drug administration of facials say the amount ot of so called filthy food they destroy every year la is enough to contribute very substantially to the hungry areas ot of the world filthy food is the legal term for fot food spoiled by contamination of rats mice insects or other re foreign bodies it is the job ot of the food and drug administration to find and condemn filthy food in the channels of interstate commerce and to prosecute those ble since FDA s power to condemn filthy foods at their dest nation was taken away a year ago off bials estimate that as a result 20 tons of such food appears in retail outlets every day RABBITS meat supply there Is one vast source of meat maybe an inexhaustible one that the US U S public might have to con sider seriously if beet beef and pork be como come as scarce and expensive as it is pred acted they will rabbits that is a department ot of agrical ture idea the department sug that the american people take up the rais ng of rabbits as a supplementary source of meat to eke out the usual protein fare dest ned to become more scarce and costly national rabbit week which was observed during the week I 1 following ollow ilig easter would be a good time tor for famil es to plan to produce as a year yua round supply of this white dell deli cately flavored nutritious meat comparable to breast of chicken the department hinted what mat does one need to begin rals rats ing rabbits 7 just rabbits |