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Show rage THE JOURNAL 2 - WEEKLY NEWS ANALYSIS Pleas for Rearmament of Germany Swell in Intensity; Me System EJigh 6ourt Upholds Georgias Gounty-On- it Any mention of rearming Germany makes cold chills run down the backs of those who remember how a beaten, dismantled Reich was permitted to come back and plunge the world into the most devastating conflict it had ever known. THREE TIMES in the past 80 years, German war machines have struck swiftly and ruthlessly at the peace of the world. Had the Germanic hordes ever won a world conflict, something of what the vanquished might have expected is provided in the terms laid down by these conquerors of the French in 1870, when German troops stayed on French soil until every penny of reparations demanded was paid. How the individual may have fared under the Teuton heel was demonstrated by Hitler and his sadistic Nazis. Now, all the great talk, the board planning, the global thinking is merging into one resounding chorus: Rearm Germany I Joining this chorus was General Jacob L. Devers, retired chief of U.S. army field forces, who said In an address in Louisville, Ky., that western Germans Would like to fight for us, under American officers, against the Russian's," if war should come, and he added They can fight like Hell! NO ONE disputes that But recent history is too grim for such proposals to be received with general equanimity. Too many people of the world will remember that it was that very fear of possible Russian attack which led France and England to sit by with folded hands while Hitler flouted the Versailles treaty and served notice on the world that he was going to rearm Germany. Let him go, seemed to be the whispered desire, hell serve as an excellent buffer against the Russians. So Chamberlain went to Berches-gade- n with his folded umbrella and came back hugging to his breast the miserable pledge of the Austrian madman of peace in our time. The world had a horrible taste of that kind of peace. To rearm Germany creates a fearful possibility that the dose may be re- peated. COLD WAR: Heating Up Russia had heated up the Cold war A United States air force navy Privateer had disappeared after a flight in which it was reported to have flown over Russian territory. The Russians claimed the plane had fired upon a Russian aircraft, and then had disappeared over the Baltic sea. A WIDESPREAD HUNT by American officials was launched for the missing plane. Erroneous reports had it that life rafts from the plane had been found. The first reported rafts turned out to be only fishing boxes. But later, a life raft was picked up and air force officials indicated a conviction it came from the missing plane, which had 10 crew members aboard. A British ship under command of Captain J. Henderson reported finding the raft and said it was partly collapsed. The bottle was exhausted and supply pockets were open and empty. Had the Soviets shot down the plane, or so crippled It by gunfire that it crashed in the Baltic? That was the big question. Bigger yet was the question: What would the United States do if it were developed that the plane was a victim of Russian gunfire? THOSE were questions that would have to wait, however, until the to what had actually happened to the plane had been cleared up if it ever could be cleared up. Meanwhile, American tempers with Russian grew a little shorter no denying was tactics, and there that the Cold War had taken on a heat. degree or so more air-supp- ly an-sw- er NUt Whan pinions nr la those olamns, they of Western Newspaper Union's news analysts and net essarlly of this newspaper.) (Editor's vote determinaThe county-uni- t tion system is unique in the United States because only two states use it. It is unique, too, in that it is found acceptable by city populations in these states, when its use gives votes in some rural counties up to 122 times more weight than those in city areas. But, the U.S. supreme court has said the system is all right. In a 7 to 2 decision it refused to strike down the county-un- it vote in Georgia. Maryland is the only other state employing this system. ' JUSTICE BLACK and Douglas protested bitterly against the majority opinion, which was brief and unsigned. These two members of the court declared the action failed to plug what they called the last loopholes in the courts decision which gives Negroes the right to vote. The majority opinion said that federal courts have no right to interfere with the way a state geographically apportions voting strength. It made no mention of any racial issue the dissenters saw in Harry S. Truman, looking the case. trim and fit, has started his. Two Georgia voters attacked the sixth year as President of the existing law. Under the system, each United States. The Chief Exof Georgias 159 counties is alloted ecutive, 66 on May 8th, rounded a number of unit votes, ranging out his fifth year with a renewed from six for the eight determination to win the cold counties down to two for most of war with Soviet Russia. the counties. THE CANDIDATE who receives DEATH & TAXES: the most popular votes in a county Never So Sure is awarded all its unit votes. The in that respect, works Nothing is surer than death and system, taxes, and latest to record proof of something like the electoral col, the adage although one he knew lege. and the other was an unwelcome visitor was Kansas Citys Charles TV FOOTBALL: Binaggio who could have told any- One Show Over one had not a fusUade of bullets Football fans who have been folcut short his career. Ten football via teleBINAGGIO, the Missouri metrop- lowing Big olis Democratic political boss was vision screen, will find that this shot down in his office. Slain, too, fall the show's over. Theyll have to go out to the stadium now, instead of was his henchman, Charles sitting cozily at home and following the play. The murders had repercussions Big Ten athletic directors, meetas far as the national capitol where demands were made in congress for ing in Chicago, voted to ban live' an investigation of the political im- television of their schools' football for this season. The action plications in the affair. Kansas City, gamescost the conference $200,000. itself, launched a probe, came up may with a clean bill of health for Its This was because two separate offers for more than $100,000 each police department. But where there was death, there had been made for television rights was taxes. Hardly had Binaggio for the 1950 campaign. The conferbeen laid in the crypt when the ence decided that television defgovernment stepped in with two initely will have an adverse effect tax liens against his estate. on attendance. It will affect the conBinaggio, the suits contended, test being televised, as well as other owed the government a total of 2 contests in the reception area. The in back income taxds, penalties fee was also described as variable and Interest. and debatable. THESE LIENS, apparently, were Continuing, the conference ruled the result of the government having that live television of football would spent months investigating Binag-gio- s be more harmful than helpful to affairs. college athletics in general, and to To those who like to mouth the football in particular. smug observation that crime doesnt pay, .it might be pointed out that, at least, it pays the gov- STRIKE THREAT: ernment in taxes. Old Issue Flares iipniiti re those CHINA: Thunderjet Starts Sixth Year most-populo- us . Gar-gott- a. $70,-74- ROYALTY: Tough Going Everyone has known for a long time that with the exception of England, royalty has been having a tough time. With the changing times have gone royal privilege and pomp but, chiefly regretful to royalty, the cash, too, has gone. LATEST to join the ranks of impoverished noblemen was a German duke, Ernst August, of Coumebr-lan- d and Brunswick, father of a queen and cousin of a king. Duke Ernst was really up against it. He was so badly off, financially, that he had to sell treasured antiques just to pay his grocery bills. Rare old relics of his familys medieval splendor were to go under the auctioneers hammer. Said the duke, philosophically, Of course, Im sorry to part with these things, but it just cant be helped. The duke was down to his last two castles and one of them is a war ruin. Two big railway unions were ready to review, the whole case of their Diesel-engin- e dispute with the nation's railroads. If the results werent satisfactory to the brotherhoods, the country faced a major strike threat. The argument was two years old and was easy to state. The unions felt that the adoption of d locomotives discriminated against manpower and insisted that an extra man be put on these locomotives, whether there was any need for him or not The railroads, on the other hand, have refused to do this. Union leaders refused to discuss just how imminent a strike might be or when and in what matter it might be called. Instead, they indicated a review of the situation. The union was in a highly strategic position. It was free to strike at any time, inasmuch "as all cooling off provisions of the railway labor act have been Diesel-powere- The air forces Republic Thun-derjwas reaching out farther and farther to deal death and confusion to any potential U.S. enemy. et The air force reported that the has been increased to range where it can carry out most types of missions niore than 1,000 miles from base. The increased operation radius is available for straffing missions, bomber escort and hunting enemy fighters. On bombing missions, the planes radius remains at 850 miles. That is because the increase has been obtained by installing two additional fuel tanks on bomb shackles beneath the wings. On bombing missions, these tanks would have to be taken off and bombs substituted. The added fuel tanks have a capacity of 230 gallons each. The planes already are equipped with two wing-ti- p tanks. The wing-ti- p tanks and the new one beneath the wings may be dropped, if necessary, during combat which adds to the versatility of the craft. F-84- 3's 230-gall- on Cry for Help As has been iVi dawn of history, u who seem to suffer ccine strife. Chini??1 In that country and so frequently iJ many Chinese are urally difficult w ence has be-in civil w munists emerged vlctol8 NOW there 1, , .. .CrI fort' llinoea m . a. organization, to help Communist S hfj with their usual skill partment, the Reds to confuse world op J The Communist J reglm, becloud a good Job of most all say is one of the ? non-Comniun- ist worst fan? The Redj Chinas history. mitted that the situation O saying some 16 million peosW affected. Private letter! jM from Red-helChina indict number was 53 million. d GAMBLING: Up to Congress. Congress itself may hold the key to solution of the nations gam- bling problem and existence of the gambling That, at syndicates. least, is the opinion of Senator Edwin C. Johnson, Colorado Democrat, who has urged congress to bill impass an Johnson believes that mediately. should be done before beginning a nation-wid- e crime investigation. THE SENATOR happens to be on good solid' ground, because it is partly through federal winking at that the individual states have so much trouble copbandits. ing with the The federal government licenses despite the fact that in the vast majority of .states their use and operation are illegal. If the federal government slapped a ban on the machines, as it has on narcotics, white-slav- e traffic and other morals offenses, the state would find it tar easier to deal with the problem. THE BILL envisioned by Johnson would outlaw manufacture of gaming devices in states where they are prohibited and forbid their shipment into such states. It would not apply, however, to states where operation has been made legal by legislative act. Johnson explained his ideas on the subject as indications pointed to a " fight on the senate floor on the question of who would get the job 'of inquiring into the nation's crime. Johnson's bill already is through the commerce committee, .where it was approved without hearings. anti-slot-machi- ne slot-machin- es one-arm- ed slot-machin- es, slot-machi- ne slot-machi- ne : LEUKEMIA: New Treatment lung graveyard, , A mysterious which removes white blood cells from the bloodstream, and can do it at a prodigious rate, is said to point the way to a new treatment for leukemia or cancer of the blood. The discovery has been reported to the American association for cancer research. Its use as a weapon against leukemia was based on the fact that in this malady, a person's body produces too many white blood cells. THE REPORT to the cancer association also pointed out that in its production of white blood cells, the body fails to remove them as fast as it should. The discovery was made in experiments hooking up the blood flow between two humans, one with leukemia, the other free of the disease. They lay side by side, with arteries connected, exchanging blood for as long as 25 hours at a time. The second person's lungs removed the excess white blood cells in the blood of the leukemia patient The of blood brought quick improvement in the lung condition of some of the people with leukemia, and this improvement lasted from three weeks to one month. cross-circulati- on AN EASILY understandait stacle, of course, was the tainty as to final aid that might Some assurances r disposition be forthc? would havttj made that relief goods nr those for whom supplies tended. Who could give tk? surance? The Chinese nists? i Yes, there was a Reds would agree j. way. to j give conduct to relief missions lit area, perhaps the job of t' off starvation by death fori sands might be successfully ( pleted. But, barring sonii procedure, the deed. outlook was t CENSUS: 40 in 1,000 If one should have a tic acquaintance with whom hell of contact, and whose whertd. are unknown, the odds an 25 that he, or she, is on soa of public payroll. Thats iK U.S. census bureau reportu eral, state and local governteti the report stated, has I 6,204,000 workers drawing aX w high monthly total of one J 406 million dollars. counted Too, the bureau illan -- workers. The commers t LI partment, counting the in the armed forces and pail federal government, estimat eroment payrolls were UJL WhUe the federal governs self had only 33 per c an ct workers, it carried 38 per civilian payrolls. Company for the states were 17 cent, and for local governs and 47 per cent. Government; ers ranged fewer than 30 six states, as compared in general figure of 40 li3, Free j Mon S", J. VL and hies irnard Haven, r oth. ,u V naUttentionM'-J .lent hot , pinion that 1 h fy for debt to was jalled to $2,500 I Z, |