Show WEEKLY NEWS ANALYSIS duman begins busiest four years GOP vins birst senate vote test bevin offers U critics clive branch 0 EDIT NOM when opinions opinion are tx expressed pressed in these columns column t bey are those ol 01 western newspaper unions news analysts and of 0 Ws newspaper paper inauguration brief interlude president truman could lay jay valid claim to the title busiest man in the world the inaugural behind him the nations chief executive was up to his neck in problems both foreign and domestic ON THE HOME FRONT there was a little matter of having congress implement democratic campaign pledges and provide funds for the continuing armament expansion pan sion slon abroad with this nation committed to the gargantuan task of saving the world from conk the problem was equally monumental but for awhile on january 20 harry truman missouri farm arm boy who rose to the presidency of the united states once by succession currently on his own vote getting prowess relaxed basked in public adulation may even have forgotten the tremendous pressure under which he labored originally PLANNED D as a more or less sedate affair with this atmosphere desired by truman the inauguration instead was w 08 turned into one of the most lavish and spectacular ocular since andrew jackson rode into the top spot packed end and jammed washington gave a herbs welcome to the W orld war I 1 artillery captain truman buttons truman pictures truman banners were greatly in evidence and the president seeing these and the vast multitudes must have wondered if there were any one at all who voted against win him in the november election BUT THE intermission from duty was brief the parade the swearing in the round of gala capital affairs that night and the next day harry truman was again on the job pence peace has been his rallying cry its importance marked all his utterances now he was buckled down to the job of trying to preserve it men of good ww will everywhere in the world derev we were rev i him success MONKEYS up in ohp sir at r benefit it anay be to 4 dentists clentis ts or anthropologists two eyed dogs will not colin calm rhesus monkeys THIS WAS graphically tt if some come what disturbingly demonstrated when 80 30 crates of the monkeys arrived in now new york by plane from the azores the trip started sedately enough with jail tho the monkeys locked in their crates two large sad bad eyed dogs were along because someone had said their presence would tend to keep tranquil franq ull the monkeys spirits somehow most of the monkeys got butof the crates and suddenly there were monkeys in the cockpit monkeys through the plane monkeys peeping out of windows and monkeys even trying to Il liberate berate other monkeys capt miguel braganca Dra ganca and ids his crew heavily outnumbered was forced to stay in the forward part of the ship while the monkeys cavorted the monkeys saw to that says the captain they kept hanging on the cockpit door and watching us all the time when the plane reached la guardia field about a dozen chattering monkeys were starting to climb out the windows but eight airline car gomen joined the crew and with wit brooms and blankets finally snared the truants the monkeys were consigned for or infantile paralysis research SIX NOS was it revolt f six democrats joining with senate republicans gave the GOP cop victory in the first test of strength since tho the congress convened the issue may have been trivial but the result burned democratic leaders scott lucas illinois successor to vice president barkley as majority floor leader sputtered barkley was also put out for it appeared the result was an unexpected as it was wa humiliating THE ISSUE was exemption of inauguration tickets from federal amusement taxes the exemption slid through the house to 49 so one con can imagine the surprise when it failed in uie senate chief target of administration censure was Kentuck ys virgil chapman dut but those who remembered the kentucky campaign would recall that chapman showed no little independence in his drive for votes ile he did not completely endorse the democratic platform would not be led into enthusiastic me too declarations la lucas was vehement on whose co coattail attalla did chapman come to the senate he ha demanded it t h e truman troman barkley coattails or those of dewey and warren other angry democrats rushed to point out that chapman ran votes behind truman and barkley in kentucky JOINING CHAPMAN in the no votes were democratic senators byrd johnson maybank me clellan robertson and russell chapman take criticism lying down he declared in effect that if such taxes are to bi be ri removed moved s process not uy by hurried on the floor republicans were more metaphorical ph orical they argued that since there la a tax taic pi powder used on bables babies a foi or an inauguration ball should regard her powder as lure more of a luxury than powder applied to a baby this statement followed an effort to exempt baby powder from federal 1 taxation which failed of ap approval OLIVE BRANCH bevin decants recants british foreign secretary ernest bevin apparently was relenting in his stand on the palestine situation gingerly he hecq belc out an olive branch B Brit rit ains willingness to release jewish immigrants of f foght fighting ing age now hel held d in cyprus his personal and strong support of peace negotiations between Isra israelis ells and egyptians at rhodes observers declared this poil position tion a deliberate and genuine effort on his part to seek peace with israel and hl his critics in britain and in the U S WHAT WHATEVER EVEh MOTIVATED tho the foreign secretary there was no overlooking we fact that criticism had been mounting both in england and america with the pressure continuing the situation might hove have resolved itself itself into one holding the very political future of bevin the foreign n minister also indicated thadde facto recognition of the government of israel was being seriously considered if 11 that step were taken by great britain tt it would mein mean the death knell of arab hopes tor for continuation of strife or any eventual triumph in the holy land controversy rough road the road ahead looke drough for states right brighters ers democratic administration forces were showing little patience with southern old liners who had bad bolted the party in the presidential election THE PURGE SWORD swung first at the un american activities committee and jwj two heads tumbled they were those of representative john A rankin frankln fiery mississippian and F edward herbert louisiana both of whom supported oried tad states rights ticket against president tru man in november rankin along with everyone else knew the blow was wag coming accepted it calmly BONUS BILL ready i world vo ald war 11 II veterans organization hns has announced its intention to ask congress for an immediate veterans bonus which they think night cost as much as 67 billion dollars thi the organization said it wall ca carry rry its proposal to congress soon A similar ilir bill pEg pared by the veterans of foreign wars Is in the house hopper having been offered by rep rankin mississippi U S BUDGET under u r attack tho the question whether president Tr Tru muna 21 billion dollar budget was excessive was being raised again this time john foster dulles dudes chairman of the U S delegation to the united nations general assembly in paris raised the issue the budget which dulles ques cloned provides 15 billions for 01 military expenditures six billions for foreign aid during fiscal 1950 DULLES THOUGHT it too high elgh ile he pointed to dwindling war tears fears and potential menace to U S economical health as reasons for or curtailment ol of truman proposals conceding that there is a risk of war duties dulles declared the risk is not so great that we should seriously jeopardize our own economic health by saddling ourselves with such vast armament dulles dullea suggested I 1 cause implied a remedy he blamed lack of sufficient unification of U S armed forces for administration belief in the need of huge military outlay and declared that present huge military expenditures cannot go on j 1 I think our armament is exah 1 by the fact that there I 1 is 3 not I 1 Went unification b between e t w e e n I 1 the different branches of our 1 armed services he said at it seems as though the rivalry were I 1 such that each branch wants to be strong enough so that if there is a war it can win it alone without help from anybody dulles said there is less fear of war than there was lost last year but commented OF COURSE there Is always a risk you have a tense situation like a dry autumn in the woods wh when enany any fool can start a tire fire it is entirely possible however to have better relations with russia and I 1 think it is probable the problem was up to congress could it gamble on the fool in the woods or it prepare with all possible equipment to stand by for a possible conflagration PERFECT testers amazed V U S air force intelligence I 1 rubbed their eyes looked again yes yea there it was a perfect 1 I Q score by a gangling bespectacled kentucky youth seeking a connection with the military WILLIAM M DELEW 10 18 ot of Simp simpsonville sonville had done what no one before him had been able to achieve something S om ething the army believed impossible told he was not noi expected to answer all the questions correctly he be nevertheless went ahead and in ravid rapid fire order dashed through the test without a single error it was the preliminary test given volunteers at the air force recruiting office in louisville the testers were amazed they checked rechecked the score found it perfect they then checked the records sure enough belew was the first to make a perfect score THESE NEW TESTS much more exacting than the old have been in use since last may questions question are divided into three sections vocabulary arithmetic and perception of spatial relationship there are 45 questions and they mastbe must be answered in 40 minutes delew belew will give the air force a trial if he likes it he win will make it a career it if he he ha will take up accounting A simpsonville Simp sonville high school and diamond performer belew stands six feet tall tali weighs pounds was expected to pass the army physical examination with ease |