| Show v 2 ioria i 1 News ToJa Today I GOP G Offers Additions To Red Block Plan By J International j News S Service rv ce Congressional Rep have come up with their own additions for President Truman's program to halt th the march of communism While they agree grec with the president nt that action must be taken now nov to stop t p Russia's encroach encroachment on the rights of f smaller powers the Republicans is n feel that Mr Truman's emphasis was wrong They urge primarily the creation of the greatest air force torce In the world as the United States' States first line of defense Mr Truman made madeno no such recommendation The Republicans Republic s In Washington appear to be favorably inclined incline toward enactment of t a 8 new selective elec ve service lawt urged by th the president They probably will limit it to young men between the ages of 19 and 25 and restrict service to one year This would hold the draft to about men less voluntary enlistments enough enlistments enough to bring the armed services up to their authorized peacetime strength But ut the Republicans seem ready to sidetrack universal military for another year They argue that tho draft will provide all the men the armed Banned forces now flow need And rAnd despite the Increased burden the program will put on the treasury Republicans seem determined to press pres their tax reduction program They ey may however reduce the cut to four billion dollars West Europe Welcomes Talk Leaders In Europe's s western democracies welcomed President Truman's rumans message to congress as realistic and promising of ot peace In Iri flanc France ty typical ic l sentiment was wa expressed by prewar a P Premier and Foreign or ign Minister Jos Joseph ph Paul Paul-B Paul who declared red that tha Mr Trum Truman's ris ri's demand for reinstatement of ot the draft is a a. s sign th that t he means business esso He interpreted the presidents president's message as indicating th that t the Unit United States will go the limit to tc extend mili military ry help If necessary s ary to to those European countries threatened by an aggressor or and added I I i 1 am convinced that if su such ha a formula had been applied In the case of HiU Hitler r rth th the last world warr could have been avoided A spokesman for the powerful French peoples people's rally of I. I Gen Charles De Do called the Tru Truman ian address extremely comfort comfort- comfortIng comfortIng Ing because it shows once more that the United States understands exactly what the present situation in Europe means The spokesman Jacques Soustelle lle secretary secretary general general of of- the De Dc party part predicted that it will certainly inspire tile the rebirth of ot hope jn the nations of western Europe that peace will be maintained British official reaction wa was postponed d until his majesty's government government government gov gov- has full opportunity to examine the text However r a foreign office spokesman had declared that Britain warmly welcomes the speech by President Truman I Rca Reaction from e east e of the iron curtain as might be be expected expect d was not so enthusiastic The controlled Communist co trolled press j in Hungary called it mere ballot and propaganda da trickery y and said it was aimed at silencing dissatisfied dis dis- dis II satisfied American workers s and causing war hysteria in in the U. U S. S A similar line was taken by Communist newspapers newspaper in Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia Czecho Czecho- slovakia which accused the president nt of spreading war panic In R Russia itself the Soviet press and radio circulated only brief briet accounts of the T Truman Um n address 4 P President esl ent Truman rum n meanwhile returned to the n nations nation's capital this thiB morning b by special train from New York where he reviewed part of the ave St. St Patricks Patrick's day parade an and addressed the Friendly Sons ons of St. St Patrick I Wednesday night Wallace Seeks Radio adio Time Tim Henry Wallace third party candidate for the presidency has demanded radio time tinie from the major networks to to answer answer what he be termed the political and personal attack on him by President Truman The chief executive had said in his Wednesday nights night's speech that he does not want and will not accept the p political support of Henry Wallace Vallace and his Communists Mediators Air Meat Strike A presidential board of ot inquiry has called representatives representatives' of labor Jabor and Sand m management gement into Joint joint- sessions In iIi the hope of settling the strike of ot C CIO I 0 packinghouse workers The v walkout has cut meat output to about one half of normal normal The strike was was called to c enZ enforce if r ea a union tinion demand for r a aw wage boost of an anh h hour ur uzy I y |
