Show WEEKLY NEWS ANALYSIS truman threatens to go to people with congress fight macarthur sees no imminence of russian attack on japs editors editor notel when opinions are expressed in these columns they are those of western newspaper uni unions 0 ne s a analysts and not necessarily na essa rily of th this Is newspaper president truman who obviously 1 y regards himself as the man with a mandate was tossing some not too su subtle atle threats toward congressmen inhospitable to his legislative proposals keep fooling with me he said in effect and ill hit the old stump again and you know what that means the president meant that it if congress set about soon enacting into law the pledges he made to the peo people ale during the november campaign hed hit the trail again and take the issue to the people the way franklin D roosevelt used to do MR TRUMAN apparently felt that by so doing he could whip public sentiment up to such a pitch that congress would be forced to go along with his program or else face possible defeat in the 1950 ele elections chions not having the vocal equipment of his predecessor who could get desired results with his fireside chats mr truman would have to climb aboard a train if he wanted to influence the masses strangely enough congress seem unduly perturbed at the presidents threat things went along in congressional procedure about as usual with republicans charging that the congress is also a do nothing congress while democratic members were inviting comparison with the do nothing congress IT WAS READILY evident that mr truman was needled by lack of congressional action on his program reiterating his campaign pledges of last fall in which he declared the central issue was the welfare of all the people mr truman asserted that lobbyists hobbyists pressure groups and controlled editorial pages columnists and commentators menta tors were offering determined opposition to his legislative program all we have on our side he said is the people pointing out that he found on his campaign tour that the people of the nation are concerned about their government mr truman termed that concern a fine thing 1 I propose to do all I 1 can to help it along he added then he hurled 1 1 the threat in fact I l may even get on the train again and make another tour around the country to tell the people how their government is getting on JAPAN reds answered the russians had an answer to what would happen if they ever moved on japan gen douglas macarthur in a special interview declared that he did not expect any attack upon japan by the russians but if that occurred we meaning t the h e united states should certainly defend her THE ENTIRE IDEA of a russian attack on japan held a bizarre aspect with the US as chief occupation cu force how could the soviets launch an attack of the japanese without in effect making war on the united states but general macarthur evidently held the subject serious enough to comment about it in case of another war we do not want japan to fight macarthur said japans role is to be the switzerland of the pacific he be explained THEN HE MADE a telling point in speculation of a russian attack on japan even P the soviet government had aggressive intentions toward tapan apan rissia would be incapable wins film award I 1 ve 4 i N virginia wave cathedral films star receives the annual award as the best actress of religious films from the american association of religious film distributors tribu tors for her work in the film simon peter fisherman in which she portrayed concordia of carrying them out unless she could secure mastery of the air and either had a tar far eastern fleet of her own or possessed the means of neutralizing any action by our fleet russia could not obtain air predominance hs he went on on okinawa I 1 had constructed at the end of the war 25 airfields with the capacity to dispatch B then our largest bombers on missions a day the whole of eastern asia from singapore to vladivostok would lie within range of those machines HE DID NOT point out that with development of the bombing arm of the air force since the war even farther distances for bombing purposes could be covered bs present day missile carriers of the function of japan in the american strategy of defense macarthur said we never intended to use japan as an ally all ali we want her to do is remain neutral UNIVERSE no limits since the first man lifted his head and gazed in puzzled awe at a star studded sky mankind has been trying to discover the secrets oi of the universe to that end the huge inch palomar mountain telescope was built and put into operation but the telescopes first contribution to the sum of mans knowledge of the universe served only to deepen the mystery astronomers using it found that there is no outer edge to the universe of stars and the look they took was twice as far as man has ever looked before the astronomers got some pictures of nebulae a billion light years distant and spaced about a million light years apart each one is a world of stars like the milky way the star worlds are about uniformly spread up to the previous limits of sight about a half billion light years THE NEXT STUDY will be to find whether there is any thinning of the celestial families as sight is extended outward one stunning fact the discovery brought home was that there is more than one star for every human being who ever lived nearly every star family or nebulae contains more than a hundred million individual stars now it is science concurring in the psalm the heavens declare the glory of god and the firma ment his handiwork FEWER JOBS for white collars there are many fewer ewer white collar job openings than a year ago in most U S cities but high grade personnel is still in demand the volume of job seekers particularly men is up all the way from ten per cent to as much as per cent but a heavy majority of the applicants are below standard material and there is little market for them this esthe is the tenor of reports from private employment agencies in 42 principal cities from coast to coast surveyed by the family economics bureau of northwestern national life insurance company THE WEEDING OUT process is now on in full swing agency executives report as employers prune down working forces to eliminate the lazy the inefficient the chronic absentees and the chronically tardy who dont realize that the wartime gravy train has rumbled to a stop and the era of competition is back the biggest drop has occurred in jobs for untrained and junior office help particularly male the survey findl finds but there is still a nationwide demand for salesmen and sales promotion personnel and in most cities for accountants and other technically trained men MOST AGENCIES report that salaries are the same or slightly better than last year for experienced or trained personnel but that employment requirements are stiffer employers interview more candidates per job and check their qualifications much more thoroughly the great majority of employers dealt with are uncertain as to the future agencies report but optimists slightly outnumber pessimists most employers feel that prewar pre war competition is here again and with it the immediate necessity of trimming costs and sharpening efficiency at every possible corner the prevailing attitude is that good business can be had by means of increased efforts if pending legislation does not turn out too unfavorably many concerns are reported as marking time on their future programs until they can see how the new tax program and labor law shape up MORE CARS makers trying the nations autom automobile oblie industry was making every effort to produce new cars already the production total was nearing the million mark and the goal was each week despite many interruptions factories reported they were running ahead of last year at this time last year output stood at the car makers were convinced that this years output would go well above the 1948 1943 figure phone aid advances A house subcommittee has approved a bill to let the government make loans for a vast expansion of telephone service to farm areas the unanimous action came after the committee had adopted amendments aimed at protecting existing telephone companies and encouraging 1 ng the development of rural telephones by private industry the bill authorizes REA to make 35 year loans at 2 per cent interest DENTURES saye save life in sault ste marie ontario george hatfield put the barrel of a 22 calibre rifle in his mouth and pulled the trigger the bullet ran around the inside of his false teeth cams came out his mouth dr J E brimby who treated hatfield for a cut tongue said the man was alive because the bullet was 10 years old the false teeth were in its way answers critics pe r former gov mon alon C washington nominated by pres ldina truman to head the national security resources board denies critics charges at committee hear hg big he was accused cf being soft toward communism he branded the charges ridiculous and silly INFLATION has two faces observers purportedly on the inside of things in washington regard approval of the congressional committee on the economic report mr Tr proposal tor for controls to ward off inflation as lip service only and argue that none of the committee expect the proposal to win congressional favor it was said the favorable committee report was made only to save face for the president as he seeks to implement the pledges he made in his election campaign THE COMMITTEE vote which will send the measure to the floor of congress was 7 to 4 for approval and that came only after the proposals of the president had been toned down critics of the truman plan say it poses the unique theory that the country is in the midst of an inflation and deflation period at the same time a condition admittedly difficult of comprehension they assert too that it would give dangerous controls to the president at a time when they actually are not needed one commentator observed that it if any members of the committee considering the proposal had had any idea it would be enacted by the congress it would have been killed completely before it ever got to the floor of the house or senate sororities tea drinkers the california university junior who posed as a girl in order to find out how the better halt half lives turned up a comforting disclosure along with all the fun he had walter robert ullrich who pretended to be mary lou ullrich while being rushed by 12 sororities was asked what sorority girls drink THEY DRINK tea he said that should be a lot of solace to many parents who might wonder what daughter did in off hours while away at school ullrich staged his imp impersonation er during rush week on the campus that period when sororities pick prospective new members he did all right too with the help of french heels a borrowed dress a head scarf and strategic padding ullrich counted these souvenirs of his foray into no mans land seven return invitations to sorority houses FOURTEEN CUPS of tea and a dozen tiny sandwiches the telephone numbers of 27 coeds and one bouser housemother nother there was one tense moment however at the kappa alpha house a housemother took him by the arm and some of his vital equipment slipped askew 1 I looked lopsided ullrich said but everyone was too polite to say anything ATOM POWER lays cornerstone they said they could do it and they did in new york city persons watched a columbia university crew put a nuclear reactor to work and split 10 atoms of uranium ANOTHER WAY of saying that atomic energy was used in laying a cornerstone on fifth avenue As the last atom split an atomic rt powered hoist lowered the two ton stone into place in what will be a publishing companas comp anys 19 s story t 0 r y building experts said 20 million volts of energy were released each time one of the atoms was split this power was relayed to the hoist motor and to a magnesium flare in the three inch wide ceremonial ribbon DR J R DUNNING professor of physics at columbia directed the operation As each atom was split a bell rang and a neon light glowed with the splitting of the atom the ribbon parted in a flash of light and the cornerstone settled into place thus was accomplished so tar far as official reports go the first practical use of atomic power for peacetime uses FREE TRADE some dissent already passed by the house a bill to extend the reciprocal trade agreements act until june 1951 moved toward senate approval and president Tr signature designed to breathe new life into the low tariff foreign trade policy which last years congress refused to extend beyond a tentative one year BY AND LARGE the reciprocal trade principle seems to enjoy bipartisan approval since most americans are acutely aware that tree free world trade helps the cause of world peace nevertheless congressional leaders in both parties are learning that an easy import policy sometimes backfires back fires to cause damage at home for example the US fishing industry claims imports are usurping its domestic market forcing many new england fishermen to sell their boats and go out of business another typical injury case is that of the domestic jeweled watch industry which devoted all its production facilities to military purposes during world war II 11 while importers of swiss watches were preempting the market james G president of elgin one of the three remaining US watchmakers told a senate committee that the american industry no longer justified in expanding its production cannot meet requirements for military and civilian timing instruments in the event of war WHAT MAKES THIS situation doubly bad he said is that the national security resources board expects swiss imports to be shut off entirely in another war F m macarthur to sta stay general of the army douglas macarthur preferred to stay in japan As a result of his expression of that desire the colorful army leader would not be called as a witness before the senate armed services committee to testify on conditions in the far east the general noting 0 in the press a report that he would be requested request gd said he appear SLOWDOWN banned by court the supreme court has upheld a wisconsin ban on the slowdown as a union tactic in a dispute with management by a 54 5 4 vote it sustained a state I 1 law which prohibits any concerted efforts by workers to interfere with production except by going on J strike the specific action involved wa a series of unannounced work stoppages released by features |