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Show Supreme DeGaulle Stays In Hollywood Adds Atomic' Touch to Nation's Strikes Behinq Kep&u&i in WASHINGTON Court Visits President JMWPWMMP"1 ! TT-r-r-r J 1 irtTn'fUrrrmi. ij'jwsrj.i.1 ..51 If - V "Wi, - X ' "sSSF,?? ' "" I I I I ii: 0 i : tV: . f f , , . I ' V I "-.illii.CTnii.liitiiiit-"----"--- - -' ' 1 '"'! , ' 1 WNU WMst.agtoa Bmtm. Ifti By St., W. W. Government's Job nih.,A when the SuDreme court Justices paid annual visit to the LirfenL Front row. L to r.t Chief Justice Stone, President Truman, slice Black, Justice Frankfurter. Second row: Justice Beed, Jus-ee Jus-ee Bmton, Justice Rutledge, Justice Murphy. Top row: Justice Doug-i, Doug-i, C. E. Ctopley, court clerk; J. H. McGrath, E. Waggaman and Tom :. Clark. I MacArthur Reforms Japan's Cabinet Gen. Charles de Gaulle b shows just before he was retained head of the French government, at the first election of the Fourth Bepubllo. Bit party did not fare as well as the general. Navy's Izaak Walton 'i rl III. , ! V I , f '"MmiiTmii?ii-Yri-r t-&afcatSim&fisaKasflK 1 t In more ways than one General MacArthur has reformed the Japa nese cabinet. He removed most of the personnel and those he let stay, be, reformed. They are shown as they were formally inducted into office on the pounds of the prime minister's residence in Tokyo. General Mac- Arthur jay they shall stay in office only so long as they co-operate. Promises Defense Against the Atom "Skip" Parker, one of the experts at the navy's Seagate hospital, near New York's Coney Island, lends a helping hand and teeth to "Crip" Groves in preparing bis tackle. "Crip" is an expert caster, even though he has to do it from crutches. Canine Vet Uses Head 4 ' , , V 1 I I v - l f ' I . ', fer' V h Mil I "-'-'! r--;; 5-. ; , ' v i :; i , i.. ifF I fiiW!iiWirintil-i''illwiiMirffi r Jn-nfmninm mmnm 1 Crosby Research foundation has announced that they have a so-m so-m for the atomio homh. The nrA not know where the bomb is P ffom. Their defense will prevent its arrival. Shown In the picture Fe of the Crosby brothers and helper examining model jet automobile, f of the new nnui,u.t. 1 D.o..nii nnnila.tian. which aided : Jmie experiments. from Small Orphans to Their Father II 1 ' 8-e; 1 It " s&; urrrfw " CT . t : t ill 3 "Lucky" demonstrates why he was successful In helping his mas ter. Boy Newman, of Chicago, In struct other canines in the art of war. "Lucky" understands more than 100 different commands and can and does carry all of them out when given. President Escapes TM$ i an arn1iana . r. nnresRions It should utn7 ot top rior"y Tnese children are some of the 60 war-or war-or rphans ta Dr Barnard's home In Kelvedon,- England. Grace E..,,,Se!tf important part f the children's training. Many of - rp&ano are being aided by help sent from the uniteo - If," , Cte " i i :J i president Isias Medinaw Angarita of Venezuela, who fled from bis Miraflores residence before it was Uken ever by rebels la sr military revolt against the government. Way back in the second administration adminis-tration of President Cleveland there was a severe drouth in the Middle-West. Middle-West. Farmers did not even have seed com. So the congress passed a bill providing for the distribution of seed corn to the farmers. President Presi-dent Cleveland vetoed the bill and sent it back to congress with a strong veto message wherein ne stated that the government of the United States was set up to be sustained sus-tained by the people of the United States and not to sustain the people of the United States. That fallacy in the concept of our federal government was enunciated a half century ago. and yet in this conservative congress in the year 1944 there are some who still adhere to that archaic belief . . . that it not the business of government to helo the oeonle of this country . . . that It Is not even the business of government to adopt a policy of gov ernment guaranteeing the people anything. This attitude on the part of some senators was definitely apparent in the debate on the so-called full em ployment bill when the opponents; ted by Senator Taft H.. Ohio) were able to emasculate the language or the bill to such an extent that it is more or less meaningless as it went over to the house. The Right to Work The original MIL as it was Intro duced, by Senators Murray (B.. Mont) and Thomas CD., Utah) contained con-tained this language: "AJ1 Ameri cans able to work and seeking work have the right to useful, reinunera-tive, reinunera-tive, regular and full-time employ ment. . . ." SenatorTaft questioned this "right" of these Americans and declared, in effect, that it was not the business of this government to guarantee that right by any law. And of course the answer is that under the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence, the Bill of Rights if Americans do not have uie right to work they have no rights. It finally came down to a point in the debate mat the Ohioan conceded wa possibly did have the right, but it was no business of government vt set that right up as a governmental policy, and so the splitting of hairs began. Columnists, radio commentators. senators, congressmen, lobbyists have taken up the cry, "where did this bill come from?" "what does it propose to do?" "what's behind the measure?" and, "what does it actually actu-ally mean?" and other questions. Insofar as this reporter can learn. the full employment bill is backed not only by this government, but by SO governments throughout the world and was drawn up pursuant to a resolution adopted by the International Interna-tional Labor Organization's convention conven-tion at Philadelphia in May of 1944. which sponsored full employment as an objective of government. Backed by SO Nations Senator Thomas was an American delegate to that international con vention. Labor and governmental delegates from SO nations were present. pres-ent. The resolution was adopted unanimously. The full employment bill, then, is this government's at tempt to give expression to tnat con- cept of government as committed at j the Philadelphia convention. In Ms testimony before the Banking and Currency committee of the Senate, Senator Thomas said: The declaration of PhiladalpMa was in reality the first serious study to try to bring about that condition which is promised in tne "lour iree- doms" a condition which would make freedom from want a real freedom. In the declaration at Phil- , adelphia there were many theories I and many different ideas sponsored but among those ideas was the idea of sponsoring the concept of full employment em-ployment as an objective of govern ment." As a matter of fact guaranteeing guaran-teeing a person the right to a Job Is not new In our government. That guarantee Is given to returning re-turning veterans in the Selective Service act . . . that they get their old Job back. The whole civil service system Is builded upon that same guarantee of government; gov-ernment; the unemployment compensation act is also attuned to the right of a man to work; many of the new laws, including the act governing disposal of Surplus Property, which start off with the words, in order to promote pro-mote full employment etc.," are tied in with the right to work. Aid to Private Enterprise The point is that whether the congress con-gress says a man has the right to work or not, the fact is, that in this country he does have mat right, and the Important sections of the full employment bill are those sections which set up the machinery for pro viding full employment ... the annual an-nual national survey by the President Presi-dent ... the incentiyes offered private pri-vate industry to expand, to provide jobs, placing the responsibility, if you please, on private enterprise to bring about full employment V I' if i I 1 v 3v 'A ? i ' As ail productions from Hollywood must no longer be considered colossal but "atomic the strikers at the motion picture plants bave led the way in proving to the world that they can put on an "atomio1 strike. Shown above were sit-down strikers who blocked the main entrance to Warner Bros., Burbank, during the height of their strike. Deputy sheriffs who did not approve of the blockade are shown removing some of the strikers from, the entrance. Honolulu Now Has Largest Airport in tKe World 4 K W'fmwfcsss i .t.-M--.-f(''' One of the first photos of the John Rogers airport in Honolulu to be released since before the war. The largest in the world, the airport is truly the crossroads of Jhe Paclflo, and it is hero that Bawalians will greet many of the delegates to the United Nations organization if their proposal to the Preparations committee, meeting in London, to make Hawaii permanent UNO headquarters is accepted. They're Here Today . . . Gone Tomorrow f i I v f A. : , . . I ' - N , I - tr--"? - , Ky : "f ! : r-,,. . ... . Ui 1ff 'Iff l ' V, 'V-v h i' ,4 fr mU a f f 'IT"' 1-" - ' ' I 1 - - ' t ' J -K.. i . wwmnn, i.mi niT.MW..WMir, f '" fn If you are mentally agile, perhaps yon can keep up with the Argentine Argen-tine situation. Here is Vice Adm. Hector Mernengo Lima, who became minister of the navy in the coup which ousted Vice Pres. Juan Peron for a short time. When Peron returned to office the admiral was arrested. Women's U. S. Softball Champions .Led Kachin Rangers V Capt. Charles Coussoule, who was a leader of the famed Kachin Rang ers who snaked through swampy Burma jungle to beat the Japs at their own game. He has returned to his home at Indiana Fa. From Beat to Opera I1)1IL jjjjuji ,u L JU JLULIJI.U.--JiJU IL I. I rWlTimT- "IT " ". ; "' 'ii&ifpx;- - I... 'iflMIIIIIWI l , The Jax maids of New Orleans, who drove to the U. 8. Softball championship cham-pionship to make It the third year in the last four that they have won. They won in 1912 and 1943. The bevy of beauties hammered out a win over the Toronto club, also winning the title of world's champions. Nine (organ of the Jax allowed but two hits by the Toronto lassies. Ian Cosman, Manhattan patrolman, patrol-man, who made his operatlo debut Turiddd In "Cavallerls Bustk cana," with the New York City Opera Op-era company. He hat been on the force seven years. Balaased by Westers Nswipapw Union, WASHINGTON. - People do not seem to understand the meaning of "inflation." which is being raised as a spectre behind the daily news of strikes, wage debates and government govern-ment economic planning. No one in this country has seen an Vl inflation walking, or I should say. running. Adults with memories mav recall It as something which happened in Germany after the last war, when a bushel basket of money was necessary to buy a meal. But in general the news debate treats It aa an infinite kind of prospect without with-out dimensions, a sort of economie jheU they know can happen, yet they cannot picture it The kind of inflation talked about now, should be easy to understand un-derstand thoroughly, We have gone far enough toward It to make the landmarks Visible; It ' Is unlike any which has gone before be-fore In history, because primarily pri-marily It Is a price inflation. ' ,' In Germany, the wreckage of the money system and the bankruptcy, of the country( brought the condl tiorr In which a glass or Deer cost 100 marks or SO. In other countries. such as China, depleted treasury already has brought comparative in-nation. in-nation. . ' We are not . bankrupt and .our treasury-took in 45 billion oi-lars oi-lars last year. Ours is an inflation' of prices directly We have a short age of goods, all goods, flue war wastes; increased consumption and, tree" distribution of our supplies around the world, , The cost oi many things already has doubled since be fore the W9$, . . i4 WILL REFUSE TO BUt Now the' unions want i 80 per; cent wage increase In this time of a goods shortage. However much they get of their demand, prices wui do . increased at least that much and probably more. My experience as a consumer in this wave new eco nomic world has convinced mo that all' that Is needed to increase prices is an excuse. u a man can sou uw guuu iui w ever increasing price, he will do it. If he controls a sellers' market such as we have now where people pay anything asked, he would be superhuman If he did not resist both ' the loose -government regulations and conscience, if any. - But the Course of upward wage Jumps and upward price Jumps will run, as soon as the shortage of goods Is over. Into buyer resentment. The wage-price wage-price Inflationary spiral . inevitably in-evitably must encounter the day When people will not buy. Indeed there necessarily must be day when they cannot pay the price If they would, because the wages of no other class have Increased as have the wagea of . union tabor. We are getting to the point where we can see the people will Close their pocket-books pocket-books and strike er will have to strike In the economic sense, purchasing only that which Is necessary, 'Then the house will fall down. The spiral will collapse with a thud. Declining De-clining demand will cause declining production unemployment depression. From then on the depression can go many ways, ins government cannot collect even 35 billion dol- lers or a fraction of it from a country coun-try in the throes of depression. Declining De-clining business brings declining tan receipts. The government can hardly hard-ly borrow on top of a 300 billion dollar war debt for deficit financing fi-nancing to promote another gigantic spending program to save the situation. situ-ation. It would probably start the print-tng print-tng presses and bring to its final logical conclusion the bankruptcy oi the nation, because mis is the only thing it could do. In this process everyone who has anything of value from bank account to a bond would lose it or suffer a terrific depreciation depre-ciation of anything he was able to hold through the crisis. But those who have nothing of value would suffer more severely, for It Is reasonable to expect the starvation here that every other nation in similar circumstances has encountered. Then would come dictatorial so clalism. It would bave to be a dictatorship dic-tatorship because the world knows no other way to handle people who will not behave of their own ae ' cord. It would have to be socialism I because this is the common political I method today of handling nations in bankruptcy. i The Truman administration has i been working behind its doors the last week trying to get a wage policy poli-cy upon which to bast solutions, but has found it hard to da Labor Secretary Sec-retary Schwellenbach thought w had one in the oil settlement, but after the bricks started falling upon his head for that one,' he crawled , out of the pile with an aching head, aware, ce naa maao nusiane. . After aQ, if you give -the men s IS per cent increase and then grant them the right to negotiate or arbitrate arbi-trate for another IS per eent, yol ; have not solved much. - 1 |