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Show . WEEKLY NEWS ANALYSIS . Change Seen for Health Measure; Frenzied Reds Acclaim Stalin at 79; Hungary Off-Limits for Americans (FniTOrt'S NOTF : Whm opinion! re tjnressre! In lhrt folomns. th.y are those of We.lern Newnner Union'. nalyl and nol neceasiirllv of this newspaper.) Labor Honored UNITED STATES POSTAGE i' - " EINSTEIN: One Great Law? Most schoolboys would react with surprise if told that gravity is still one of the most puzzling of natural forces. They would declare de-clare that Sir Isaac Newton had settled all that when, after watching watch-ing the falling apple, he stated a theory that may be over-simplified by explaining it as a fact that "everything that goes up must come down." However, Albert Einstein, frizzle-haired, unpretentious scientist, ranked as among the greatest in the world, and a key figure in the development of atomic power, wasn't content to leave it at that. EINSTEIN, after a lifetime of work, had made a great discovery - -a discovery he believes will explain, ex-plain, the mystery of gravitation. One of the greatest of the scientific scien-tific enigmas, gravitation keeps humans from floating off the earth, keeps the earth and other planets spinning always in the same path around the sun. According to the new Einstein theory, which was announced by the Princeton university press, all the basic physical laws would be explained ex-plained in terms of gravitation. It is an attempt to describe "in one law everything that goes on everywhere every-where from the inside of one atom to the limits of the universe. Einstein has been trying to do that for 30 years. If Einstein is right, he may hold the key that will unlock all the secrets of the universe. LIKE RELATIVITY, the new theory is expressed in mathematics. mathemat-ics. The heart of the explanation of gravity is four equations, given in letters or symbols, not numerals. There was no explanation of what the symbols mean, but no physicists were ready yet to try to talk publicly about the new theory. It still had to be tested to see whether it covers all the known laws or observations about the way matter and energy and gravitation behave. HEALTH BILL: Changes Planned There was little likelihood that It would amount to anything in the long run since the bill seems foredoomed fore-doomed to failure but Oscar F.wing, federal security administrator, adminis-trator, let it be known he will recommend rec-ommend some changes in the administration's ad-ministration's medical - Insurance bill now before congress. EWING'S conviction that the measure as drawn could stand some revision came after he obtained ob-tained a personal insight into the socialized health program as practiced prac-ticed In England and other European Euro-pean countries. Ewing said his recommendations recommenda-tions were not completely formulated, formu-lated, but indicated there would be a provision In the bill to reduce re-duce the opportunity for collusion between patients and doctors to augment medical fees. The approach under consideration considera-tion by the U.S. survey group is to require the patient to pay a part of the cost of the medical service not to a doctor, but to an insurance insur-ance fund. AS THE U.S. BILL is now drafted, doctors would be compensated compen-sated in any or all of three ways a per capita payment irrespective irrespec-tive of service, a straight salary, or a fee basis. However, it might very well be much ado about nothing, as it seemed apparent neither the people peo-ple of the U.S., the medical profession, profes-sion, or a sufficient number of con- This is a photograph of the new three-cent U.S. postage stamp which will be issued to commemorate the 100th anniversary anni-versary of the birth of Samuel Gompers, great American labor la-bor leader. It will be printed in purple and will go on sale in Washington on January 27. STALIN: Big Birthday The Soviet-dominated world went into a frenzy as each nation and satellite strove to outdo the others in paying tribute to Russia's Joseph Stnlin on his 70th birth anniversary. THE RUSSIANS were in their usually rare form, usine the oc- TAXATION: A Warning It would be charged to politics and an effort to smear the "Fair Deal" program, but house GOP leader Joseph W. Martin struck a logical note when he warned that a tax increase in 1950 might throw the nation into an economic "tail-spin" "tail-spin" and cost millions of workers their jobs. MARTIN took a jibe at President Truman's indication that some excise ex-cise taxes might be lowered by declaring: "It appears Mr. Truman is about to fly a 600-million-dollar kite with a multi-million-dollar tail on it." That referred to previous statements state-ments by administration leaders that they knew of no way to avoid a 1 deficit without higher taxes. THE PRESIDENT'S PROPOSAL was referred to as a "package deal" which Martin said congress would reject. The plan would suggest sug-gest lopping 600 million dollars off the excise levies, but would call for a multi-billion dollar increase in income taxes. Martin made it clear that he would go along on the excise tax gressmen are in the mood for installation in-stallation of socialized medicine ir the United States. HUNGARY: Off-Limits The United States, irked and with patience worn thin, placed Communist-controlled Hungary off limits for Americans traveling abroad. The action was taken because the Hungarian government has paid no attention to U.S. demands ' that Robert A. Vsceler, an official of the International Telephone & Telegraph corporation had not been released after his arrest on November 18. At that time, several other Americans were taken into custody by the HungaWnns. The American note placing the travel-ban on Americans to Hungary Hun-gary again demanded Vogeler's release and reserved the right to claim damages for any injuries he may have suffered. Although the U.S. protest was' directed di-rected only to the Vogeler case, state department spokesman said that It applied also to the arrest ar-rest of Israel Jacobsen, head of the American joint distribution committee's Hungarian office. It was a strong note and indicated indi-cated the temper of the U.S. state department, but its effect could be determined only in the release or further detention of Vogeler and his Imprisoned fellow-Americans. casion to hurl a thunderous demand de-mand for peace at the world. In order to achieve it. they would set up, they said, annual awards for those doing the most to preserve peace and to confound the "war mong'rers." That category included, in-cluded, of course, all nations and governments out of sympathy with the Si viet aim of expansion. Almost fantastic was the extent to which the Stalin-worshipners went in adulation of Stalin. Thousands Thou-sands of parcels and crates, train-loads train-loads if merchandise, whole exposition ex-position halls of trinkets and pictures, pic-tures, factories and socks, books, and horses, wine and toys, delicacies delica-cies and cars were tunneled toward Moscow from the Elbe to China, from the Arctic to the Black sea. NO ONE MAN could ever use all the gifts, or read all the honors. hon-ors. No one man could ever distribute dis-tribute them. What it was all worth was anyone's guess, but certainly cer-tainly millions of dollars. Eastern Germany alone collected col-lected 70 freight cars of gifts one for each year as a sort of whimsical reparations. The western world paid little heed to the Soviet chest-beating over a desire for peace and, so far as the press recorded, England was the only nation among the North Atlantic pact signatories to send congratulations to Stalin on his birthday. But for the Russians, themselves, them-selves, to most of whom Stalin is slash, but that he and fellow Republicans Re-publicans would do everything possible pos-sible to prevent any increase in income taxes. ' THE REPUBLICAN LEADER was on good tactical ground for the simple reason that 1950 is a congressioanal election year and many Democrats would feel compelled com-pelled to go along with the GOP in an anti-tax hike fight. Has Everything ? ; - $ &' ; - CUPID: Pusy fel'nw Cupid was a very busy fellow Indeed as the holiday season came and went. And most of his activity was centered in the upper brackets of U.S. celebrities. Hardly had he sat down to rest after bringing Vice-President Al-ben Al-ben W. Barkley and Mrs. Hadley together at the altar, when he was up and off again, this time to bring about the union of New York Mayor O'Dwver and fashion stylist Elizabeth Eliza-beth Sloan Simpson. This romance culminated with z, wedding in Florida. BUT the little fellow with the wings and the bow and arrows wasn't having any rest. With the ink barely dry on the press announcements an-nouncements of Mayor O'Dwyer's wedding, headlines carrying a really real-ly romantic wallop were screaming scream-ing again. And this time, Cupid had hit where it hurt. Thousands of movie-struck movie-struck females across the nation, with a goodly number of them being be-ing Hollywood's own fair and famous, were shocked, then irrieved as they learned that longtime long-time movie idol Clark Gable had wed. HANDSOME, he-man Gable had taken to wife the widow of the late Douglas Fairbanks, Sr. She was the former Lady Ashley. Gable gave his age as 48, his bride said she was 39. The marriage was the fourth for each. more legendary than real, the thrilling, dramatic high spot of the anniversary celebration came in Moscow when Stalin, himself, walked out on a stage to let the people see him. INDONESIA: Uneasy Freedom The United States of Indonesia was an established fact. It had become be-come formally free after 300 years of Dutch rule. But the birth of freedom was no routine, casual affair. Just like the case with most republics, the birthday was grim and turbulent. Even as freedom was declared, the new nation deployed troops and maintained a state of siege in wide areas to prevent anticipated disturbances. IT WAS EXPECTED that Communists Com-munists and some die-hards would attempt to make trouble for the new republic and to embarrass it by creating disorders. Hundreds of troops patrolled the streets of Batavia and machine-gun machine-gun posts were set up at intersections. intersec-tions. Dutch troops throughout the country were confined to barracks for two days to prevent clashes. A UNITED NATIONS commission commis-sion set a truce in the islands which ended the bloody fighting between the Indonesians and Dutch, ard also supported a Dutch-Indonesian Dutch-Indonesian roundtable conference at the Hague last fall which led to the granting of Indonesian independence. .........r. ,. .,r , -... This "queen" has everything beauty, brains and great wealth. She is Senorita Anna Maria Alvarez Calderon, 20, Peruvian brunette visiting New York who holds the title of "beauty queen of the Americas." Ameri-cas." She is heiress to a 32-million 32-million dollar fortune. BERLIN: Just in Case Although an announcement made it clear that no emergency was expected, ex-pected, the United States army ordered or-dered riot-control training fqr a American troops in Berlin. "Riot control, or street fighting, is what troops in Berlin presumably presum-ably would have to face if anything any-thing would develop," said Col. Julian Ewell. He added that trouble might come from the eastern east-ern (German) police, or anywhere. |