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Show UINTAH BASIN RECORD, DUCHESNE, UTAH E Record Budget Given to Gongress; Acheson Confirmation Predicted; British Say Israel Menaces Peace Is U.S. Going Socialist? It's CHAIN STORES: WEEKLY NEWS ANALYSIS World-Wid- e Argument By BAUKHAGE News Analyst and Commentator. As congress sharpens its teeth for the WASHINGTON. 'True-Dea- l' program (The true being for Truman), some of the gentlemen who have watched things going on behind the scenes in Washington for a long time (maybe too long) have a habit of blinking and saying in hushed voice: Say, is America going socialist without knowing it? Long before the November election a number of European statesmen, editors, professional politicians and others who are backing the various governments, including Britains, were jocialist and socialist-incline- d getting really worried lest a probable Republican victory should make an emphatically capitalistic America less sympathetic toward regimes. The Truman upset caused them to whoop with Joy. After they read the mysterious remarks, it might inPresidents state of dicate that there is or was an the union message element in the Soviet leadership on January 5, and which felt it was better to try to after his appoint- get along with us. ment of Dean Ach-eso- n The explanation of the controas secretary versy among Russian economists of state, they pulled is this: Soviet foreign policy, out a chair on the specifically maintenance of the left side of the inter- cold war, is supposed to be based national table, ex- on a belief that the United States is pecting him to sit headed directly toward another de1 right down and join pression. This bust will so sap them. our strength that all the Soviets will What was prob- have to do is to take us over with ably as much wish-fu- l little or no real military struggle. thinking as any- - (The revolt of the proletariat) Well BAUKHAGE thing else caused be too down and out to help antithe official Social- communist Europe. The ist party organ of France to hail the countries will fall easily into administration program as definite- Communist control. Then we can be ly socialistic. Most of the rest of beaten largely by infiltration, fifth the French press took about the column "action committees and same view, even to the somewhat other methods because there will be lonely, Figaro which general unemployment, discontent said the message was close to and general chaos. er Socialism. The same view was taken by the This belief Is based on the press in other European teachings of Marx and Lenin countries (I'm not counting the that capitalism is bound to deCommunists who merely rang the itself because it produces stroy Did propaganda changes). However, boom and bust cycles which the independent Manchester grow increasingly worse, and Guardian, long known as the rock therefore, it is impossible for a of liberalism and likewise as an capitalist country to try to do Outstanding voice in British jourfor the anything permanent nalism, took a different tone. The masses to increase their standGuardian always has been exceed-kiglard of living. , well informed concerning the United States and probably underNow, however, along comes Varstands America as well as any ga, introducing a new argument. He (creign newspaper. It said: argues that by adopting measures which he describes as state soMr, Trumans program is an cialism any major depression in Indication that socialism Is not the United States can be prevented the only path for the left. Its or at least postponed for 10 or 20 goal might be called the insurIf this thesis were accepted years. ance state. Its method the dethe Soviets it would be wiser to by liberate shortening of the odds cooperate with the United States against the weak. Bnt without counand other . inabandoning the basically tries. rather than to take for granted dividualist way of life which is that our economic system as well as accepted as characteristically theirs Is going to continue for some American. time. On that theory it would be to the Soviets interests, for the presComment from the extreme right ent at least, for the Kremlin and the Si this country, in congress and out, White House to play ball. ;hose to see Skipper Truman chart-n- g What are the measures of state a course for the Ship of State socialism Varga is talking about? which veered far to the left of cen-e- r, The various social and welfare in fact headed straight for the proposals like expanded social seocks on which free enterprise, curity, national health insurance, initiative, in fact all phases federal aid to education, underof capitalism, would be sunk withtakings like the Tennessee Valley out a trace. Authority and the many other renot the opin- forms which started under the New That, however, was ion of the majority of the RepubDeal, and which President Truman lican party, and, already signs are now urges should be carried forshowing that it isn't the intention of ward or expanded. the majority of the Democrats to let In the early part of the Presisuch a catastrophe overtake us, dents state of the union message even if they think the Skipper would he announced In popular language be willing to risk it, which they the underlying theory of his addon't believe he is. ministration. He said: The alarmists point to the rather startling suggestion on the part of We have rejected the disthe President that the government credited theory that the forstudy production with a view is tunes of the Nation should be in effering loans to the steel, and other the bands of the privileged few. industries for expansion of plants We have abandoned the trickle-dow- n and increased production. concept of national prosInstead, we believe that perity. If the companies refuse to coour economic system should operate, it was suggested the rest on a democratic foundation government-owne- d steel plants and that wealth should be would be erected. That does created for the benefit of all. sound like a long step toward nationalization of Industry. But Whether or not the majority of other observers, both those who the people have rejected that theory consider the idea fatal to free remains to be seen. There are still enterprise and those who bemany people who believe that no lieve in such government-ru- n country can be prosperous unless it ventures as the Tennessee Valis strong at the top and that it canley Authority, consider it more not be strong at the top, that busiof a threat than a promise. ness and Industry cannot prosper, unless free enterprise have the In that connection the recent con- widest liberty possible. That capital troversy behind the iron curtain should be encouraged by the Inwhich has finally leaked cut In centive of profit to take risks and specific and detailed form is inter- challenge competition. That governOne document consists of ment interference esting. destroys the Iniconference tiative which has made the reports of a three-dacountry of Soviet economists held last May, That once business is ungreat. the other is a study of Russian shackled by federal bureaucracy, economy during World War II, by the benefits flow (not trickle) down a member of the polit-burand spread out to benefit the whole Both documents attack the people. theories of Eugene Varga, InternaThe National Association of State tionally known Russian economist Chambers of Commerce, one of a and former director of the World hundred business organizations tesInstitute of Economics In Moscow. tifying against a bill which would would permit the TVA to build a new steam plant at Johnsonville, Those 'Anxious' said: left-win- g y y Russian Leaders . This controversy, according to Walter Lippman, may be the real basis of President Truman's Kansas City statement that there were certain leaders in Russia who were to exceedingly anxious reach an understanding with the United States. Even if the row among the economists wasnt the for the President's Inspiration not to of government much longer continue In aid can- tlie growth- or governenterprises, thus narrowing the nation's tax base, without throwing greater burdens upon the remainder of the taxpayers and without gradually strangling free enterprise to death. ment-owne- I tills . pt d (EDITORS NOTE: When opinlona are expressed In these columns, they are those of Western Newspaper Unions news analysis and not necessarily of this newspaper.) RECORD BUDGET: Asked of Congress President Truman, presenting a proposal for the largest peacetime budget In U. S. history to the congress, was greeted with the exap-- p pected reaction. Democrats 1 a u d e d, Republicans instantly demanded deep slashes in recommended outlay. It became evident quickly that the fight on adoption of the budget would be carried out strictly along party lines. THE PRESIDENT declared it would take 41 billion, 858 million dollars to run the government right for the next year. And the punch line was that half of every American tax dollar would be spent to hold back the Communist tide in the world. On a party line basis, approval of the budget was assured, assuming, of course, that the Democrats hold fast. The President has a comfortable majority in both houses and there should be no difficulty in getting his proposal adopted. But the 41 billion-plu- s figure wasnt all. Mr. Truman served .notice he will ask more funds later to supply arms to nations, a step which would push the budget even higher. THE ONLY possible bar to approval of the Truman budget was public reaction to the plan to finance with 50 cents of every American activities' abroad. dollar anti-ReWould the people go along with American foreign policy and the that such theories of policy-makea step was the only answer to Communist menace? Apparently the President is confident, because of his victory at the polls, that the people will support him in such a move and thus showed no hesitancy In his budget proposals nor In making his declaration that he plans to call upon, the American people for even more money to stem the Communist tide. Already thoughts are turning to the 1950 congressional elections and congressmen whose senses were not completely lulled by the 1948 Democratic sweep, may want to sound out public sentiment on the huge expenditure program. If that is the case, public opinion may be the final factor in its adoption. d PALESTINE: Toil And Troulle The British lion was roaring at a gnat. In a prepared statement, the English government declared that Palestine developments are gravely threatening world peace." Coupled with the dither was a report that Ernest Bevin, British foreign secretary, had offered to resign because of his Palestine policy and that Prime Minister Attlee had refused to accept the resignation. THIS WAS instantly and emphatically denied. All these developments came as Israel formally filed with the U. N. security council at Lake Success a complaint that the British were fomenting an artificial crisis over Palestine by troop movements and various actions just as negotiations were about to open with Egypt. The British foreign office statement warned that the security council has been losing control over events and said it had reason to fear new Jewish violations of the cease-fir- e orders in the Holy Land. Meanwhile, critics of British policy In the Middle East prepared to demand that Secretary Bevin explain how it happened that five RAF planes were shot down by the Israelis near the Palestine border. Britains air ministry asserted all five planes were shot down while flying over Egypt. IT COULD NOT be denied that the situation was difficult. Broken down to its basic essentials, it is a condition where one people must, or have been told they must, give way to the infiltration of another people the Jews moving Into Palestine and the Holy Land area, the Arabs moving out. It has never been a secret that British sympathies, for whatever reason, lie with the Arabs and John Bull looks with Jaundiced eye on the partition action and the influx of the Jews. But the United States and some other nations have sided with the movement to return the Jews to their homeland. It may yet require organization of a United Nations police force to settle the affair, but how that might be done without British cooperation is an even weightier problem. TRAILER DEMONSTRATION Truman's Flag 19-1- Despite the prevalence of many convictions to the contrary, consumers who lay a dollar down on the counter of a chain food store gets food that costs the chain an average of 83 cents. This leaves 17 cents to the chain with which it must pay all its incidental expenses and 10 cents of this, or about three fifths, goes out in wages to employes of the chain. IN PAYING 17 cents to the chain the customer thus lays out that amount for the chains combined wholesale and retail services. After the 10 cents goes to employes, the remainder is allocated in this manner: one and a half cents for rent two cents for and maintenance; warehousing and cartage; a little-ovone cent for shrinkage, spoilcent for age and theft, and one-haadvertising. This leaves from one to one and a half cents net profit to the chain, less income taxes of one-hato one cent. These figures were developed In the latest in a series of price studies by the family economics bureau of the Northwestern National Life Insurance company. The survey disclosed that individual markups vary widely, of within the store, being course, much higher than the general 17 per cent average on perishable items, like fresh fruits and vegetables, and much lower than everage on very competitive staples like er lf lf Here is the silk flag which was presented to President Trnman at his inauguration January 20. It is held by Lucy E. Notaro, civilian employe, and Brig. Gen. Hugh B. Hester, commander of the Philadelphia quartermaster depot. The flag was made in the embroidery section of the depot. ACIIESON: Should Make sugar. It General belief was that Dean Acheson would be confirmed by the senate as secretary of state. Named by President Truman to succeed resigned George C. Marshall, Acheson is .certain to be taken over the hurdles in public hearings on his appointment. Protege of Justice Felix Frankfurter and former intimate and employe of Franklin D. Roosevelt, intimate with and a former employer of Alger Hiss and a law partner of Donald Hiss, Acheson must inevitably be reminded of these facts by some of his interrogators. On the other hand, he can point to a long and distinguished record of public service in which his loyalties have never been questioned. But in view of the current spy hunt in Washington and Achesons connection with some of its principal figures, it would be little less than a miracle if his appointment were to go unquestioned. According to the record, Acheson began his state department career with an attitude sympathetic to Russia that is, to the extent that he believed the United States should do everything possible to get along with the Russians. But, since Yalta and Potsdam, observers report that attitude has changed and he is now one of the most determined antiappeasers. The ghost of Franklin Roosevelt will walk and the echoes of the Yalta and Potsdam parleys will rustle as the Acheson hearings progress. ACCORDING TO the study result, the average food chain markup before the war was 22 cents a third greater than today. Todays far greater dollar volume per store, and therefore per employe, Is mainly responsible for the lower handling costs per dollar of sales. Should either prices or total volume shrink materially, however, the cent or so profit margin per dollar would vanish rather quickly and red ink would take its place. Before the war, the farmer received an average of 40 cents of the consumers food dollar and 60 cents went for processing, canning, shipping, wholesaling and retaining. Today the farmer gets 53 cents per dollar and 47 cents covers all the various steps in processing and distribution. LONGER LIFE: mg) GpuUilD drew Pearson Ip L' Truman Answers Taft WHEN MEMBERS of the relations board dropped in to see President Truman the other day, they found him seated at his desk writing a letter in longhand. Looking up, he said: I'll bet you don't know whom Im writing to." Then, without wailing for an answer, he added: Senator Taft. Continuing, Truman read Tafts letter, which went somewhat as follows: As I leave for Europe I want to send you my best wishes for your new administration. on You and I have differed some things in the past, and no doubt will differ again in the future. But I want you to know that in such cases where wre agree, I hope you will call on me for whatever helo I can give you in the senate of the United States." Looking up from the letter, Truman winked at the labor board members and said: "You know I dont think that fel low wanted Dewey to win, after all. One-Ma- n Lobby Congressman George Bender of Ohio, Republican, is the man who gave his friends Christmas presents of new brooms when the 80th congress came into power exactly two years ago. Today Congressman Bender finds himself swept out of office by popular reaction to the Republican broom; so this Christmas, Bender who has a real sense of humor, has been sending his friends a different kind of Christmas present. It consists of Dewey campaign neckties, and sweatshirts featuring a picture of Ihe G.O.P. presidential candidate, with the admonition do it with Dewey. Furthermore, the resourceful der has already found a job. He has appointed himself a one-malobby for the American people, and plans to appear at all congressional committee meetings to read some interesting literature to the Democrats. The literature he intends to read will be: the Democratic platform. Bor- Science Has Key If parents would insure long lives for their progeny, they must marry n young. DR. A. I. LANSING of the Washington university school of medicine, St. Louis, reported to the Gerontological society of New York the discovery of a mysterious chemical, called X, which seems to time how fast a human being grows Mushrooming Maryland old. X is something that parents During the last year of the Civil transmit to their offspring and it Gen. Jubal Early came within War, a set like is clock, either for long a few hours of capturing the capital or short life. The age clock was found in of the United States. His troops ara point of Wisconsin Averotifiers, but a little human evi- rived at dence was cited. Rotifiers are nue where now stands the Sars if Jubal hadnt microscopic water bugs, swimming Roebuck store, and with long lashes that make them stopped for a round of mint juleps look like whirling dervishes. The at the farm new occupied by Eugene DESTRUCTION: Md., the Casey of Gaithersburg, in rosetting of the Nothing to Chance tifiers depend on how early they capital would have fallen to the Confederacy. Destruction would be certain . . . mated. Immediately afterward the Mrry-lanIT APPEARS, Dr. Lansing stated, there would be nothing left to area whieb his troops occupied X a in amount that of stuff the chance if military scientists perthe city was captured fect their newest idea of a guided fertilized egg sets the clock. When just outside through peaceful politics by the is little the rotifier lives there X, missile. This would be no ordihas remainand Democratic nerty, As parents get older, the eggs long. nary guided missile. ed Democratic ever since. Thats no fantastic dream of the contain more X and life is shorter. In the succeeding years, it also men who plan the weapons of war. He also said that the mysterious stuff also regulates growth as the has become the second largest city A hint of its Imminence was conof Maryland. Actually a suburb of tained in a glossary of guided volume of X increases, growth stops. Washington, D. C., the mushroom The human exidence is indirect. missile terms made public by the of Silver Spring ranks' second federal research and development Dr. Lansing said. A study by Dr. city to Baltimore in the size cf only Louis a showed Dublin, tendency board. cities. The glossarys reference to the for children of young parents to Maryland and sprawling Silver Spring live than those born later. longer subject was terse, saying merely Montgomery populated densely it must be remembered, And, this: around it for a long time county come humans from eggs. Guidance, homing, active A were governed and rather well system of homing guidance whereby a Demooiatic boss, E. Brooi: in the source, for illuminating the Lee, Then the Republicans hungry target, and the receiver are carried for power, two years ago persuadwithin the missile. 'i '' ed local Maryland voters to install Here was the general Idea: a system of nonpolitical government A guided missile (it could be a by council and county manager. ? TOi ' rocket or merely a pilotless plane) is fitted with a television set and a This has proved an important experiment. One aspect also baa picture of the intended larget perproved amusing. For, although haps an aerial photograph of a city. the county supervisor has given The missile is launched in the genft r the area the best, cheapest inJ eral direction of the target. When most efficient government in it arrives at a point when the years, the Republiran commispattern of the picture matches what now want to get rid of sioners its television ZaH 3" " 3 ' sees, the eye V W the whole system. v'vf missile homes in on the target. It Thats an deReason: Their brief taste of run r t '.jth 3 scription because thousands of comthe seccnd ning largest city in plex electronic actuating computing Maryland and its surrounding oret f devices must make instantaneous has whetted their appetite for more. and accurate reckonings; link the brain of the eye and the , JK missile to its controls, and relay Successful Experiment T A i 4 i w" back to the base from which the This amusing aspect, however missile was launched Information only helps to emphasize the elfe on where it is and what it "secs. Here is shown the newest form iency of the experiment taxing Mans ingenuity in developing deof communication slightly largplace under Ihe nose of the city structive devices apparently has er than natural, of course. It is which governs the rest of the Uni not yet reached its zenith. When it the new four-ccair mail postted States. It is an experiment does, those who fear mans ultimate card which went on sale at post which already has grown to 812 destruction by his own hand may offices over the nation on January other cities of the U. S. A. and to not be altogether given over to mor10. The postal department expects 15 counties. bid imaginings. vast popularity for the new card. Whats happened In Marylands Mongoniery county is that scr.on teachers, onre woefully underpaid Extremes Irk Reds now are better paid in some cases Show Russian designers have been told than those in the District of Colum The trailer coach show is to be to forget extreme fashions. Styles bia. The measly sum of $12,500 or eg held in conjunction with the annual for the mass consumer are needed spent annually for school maintenInternational Chicago sports and instead, said senior inspector of ance has bee.t increased to $128,000. The amount of new roads built ev outdoor exposition, which is always trade in Moscow, V. Syrov. He wrote in Trud that the artistic ery year has been tripled. The poj one of the countrys biggest shows. ice system ha been revamped aoct Manufacturers from Illinois, Ind- council of Moscows biggest departmodernized. Nurses salar-ement store 672 have considered recently iana, Michigan, Ohio. California. been raised. And the mushroon Oklahoma, Texas, Canada and new styles. He said he was astonEngland will exhibit more than 150 ished that 309 of these were for hats. area which thrives on the edge ol models ranging in price fiom $2,000 The artistic council picks the styles the capital has become one of iht most progressively governed in tN ordered for the manufacturers. to $10,000, East. Huge Exhibit Planned at Chicago Desirability of life in a trailer to coach will be demonstrated when Americans manufacturers from seven states and three countries exhibit their models at the trailer coach manufacturers' association show in Chicago starting February 18 and continuing through February 27. The display will be housed at the International ampitheatre. Food Dollar Chart New Ah Postcard X, a fc , nP PTi 'Oj-Y- A-' d 1- - S to People Report A man is indebted to his enemies lor many things, but for none so much as the provocation by which he can set forth his record for his country. G. C a Sun columnist, quoted a witness in the spy investigation as saying he had given the ll story of the spy ring to Walter In 1941. Mr. G. S. of the Sun wandered on to say that though Winchell reported the story to the Win-she- commander-in-chie- f, a real news- man would have told the public. These are the' facts: When Isaac to me In 1941 he did not know, nor could he oe expected to know, that I had seen a reserve naval Intelligence officer since May 5, 1934. (I nave sever been discharged and I have sever resigned. I was ordered on the inactive list May 5, 1934, but I got my verbal orders every day). Still less could Mr. Levine be expected to know my orders. But I lid, and I followed them. Neither Mr. Levine nor G. S. were in a posi-ao- n to know my orders, much less relieve me of their obligations in the matter. Don Levine was talking Levine did not mention the name of Hiss or Chambers to me. His principal interest was an investigation into the death of General Krivitsky. He did not mention the clinching evidence of an active spy ring, the microfilm, for the good reason he didnt know abont it. At that time, Stalin and Hitler had more than a pact. In early 1941 the French were down, London was burning and the British, after Dunkirk, were fighting from one knee. Russia, now it can be told, was acting as an outpost for Nazi intelligence. So much so that when Sumner Welles warned the Russian embassy that Hitler would attack Russia in June, the Russian ambas-ladwent straight to the Nazi embassy and reported Welles conversation to the Nazi ambassador! Thus, any Russian spy ring in early 1941 was also a Nazi spy ring. or I duly reported Levines statements to the President, who already knew something was afoot. The American Intelligence services did let on it. As late as two years ago, lor example, a dossier on Hiss was handed to Secretary Byrnes. There Is a big difference between an intelligence service and a police force, which slipshod reporters frequently overlook. Spies sre not arrested; they are followed to uncover an enemy network. The Intelligence aervices call this: Going up the ladder. It means locating the headquarters of the spy ring and all its agents. It frequently results In breaking the enemys code. If the enemy has the slightest notice, the agent is flashed that his cover is broken and the enemy shifts to new lines of attack. For a newsman to give notice to an enemy of his country for the lake of a story may make him a reporter in the eyes of G. S., but to this reporter he loses the name of American. Frank Knox was a newspaperman on a consultant basis when he was secretary of the ravy. Surely Mr. G. S. doesnt mean, that Secretary Knox should have published the battle orders of the U. S. navy, which was certainly a great news story especially for the enemy. The Chicago Tribune was hailed before a federal grand jury on a charge of disclosing to the Japs by a published story that we had broken their code. Now that Chambers has elected to tell a fuller story, a large number of men who draw pay as news- papermen have become Monday morning quarterbacks on how I should have handled the story. Their first approach is to get the facts right, which they always magnificently Ignore, the prerogative, I suppose, of small and unread circulations. The truth is that nobody had the evidence, though many bad the story, until a few weeks ago. Then Chambers, in defense of himself, revealed the microfilm. Up to that time. I didnt know if it, Levine didnt know of it, and neither did the Govt. The inside story Is that if Hiss it it doubtful if Chambers would have revealed them. Under a goading examination by Hiss lawyer. Chambers blew. To the sneering question of Is that all Chambers angrily yon have? answered that he had some other evidence and then exploded the microfilm bombshell. That supplied the evidence which made the headlines. hadnt sued Chambers, Its one thing to know a story and another to prove it, and it is libel to call a man a Communist. Both on the air and in print, this reporter has objected to that silly rule, stating that the blindfold of Justice is being twisted into a gag of the free press and going so far as to call it a court license for the fifth column. |