Show Round Merry Russia Ro Grabs To Stave Off Bomb A By Drew Pearson WASHINGTON WASHINGTON-It It is no se secret secret secret se- se cret to to- the Russians that the biggest biggest thing U. U U. U S. S war chiefs have studied in connection with the Russian showdown is how we could drop the atomic bomb bombon on strategic Russian cities cities- cities cities- if we have to It Is also no secret that the Russians are obsessed with the fear that the bomb may be dropped and that they are frantically frantically frantically fran fran- maneuvering to prevent such an attack Regarding point No 1 A glance at the map makes mattes it t obvious that there are arc seven different bases from which U. U S. S planes could successfully take talu takeoff takeoff off with a for Russia They arc are Japan Alaska England England England Eng Eng- land Italy Greece Iceland and Arabia A mission lone-mission bomber flying from one of these bases would be massacred by Russian Interceptor tor planes of ot which the Red army has a fairly large number However seven bomber missions flying from all seven bases simultaneously would be difficult difficult cult for the Russians to inter inter- Some undoubtedly would get through Therefore Soviet strategy is believed to be to take in as much territory as possible right now In order to wipe out potential bomber bases That's why the Soviet squeeze play has been quietly put on Norway and Denmark also why Russia Is reported to have in mind reaching reaching reaching reach reach- ing out even to Iceland If Russia can bite off Italy squeeze us out of Greece and Arabia then the only air bases they would have to worry about are arc Japan and Alaska And they could mass enough interceptor planes I In Siberia opposite those two bases to make it suicidal for any bomber to try to get through Note Note Note-If If Russ Russia Russa a had accepted the U. U S. S offer to share atomic energy on condition all countries accept international inspection the present war-maneuvering war might not have occurred Russia's Rus- Rus sias sia's veto of one of ot the most generous international offers ever made was the tip-off tip on Russia's future war policy Truman finds his man man At At long last President Truman has found a man willing to become head of the civil aeronautics board He is 15 Joseph OConnell O'Connell U conscientious counsel ex-counsel of f the treasury department now a private private private vate attorney When Truman bounced James Landis as civil aeronautics chairman chairman chairman chair chair- man after years of faithful servIce service service ice three months went by and the president could find no no- noone one oneto oneto oneto to fill Landis' Landis shoes A A. small army of people were offered the job including Tom Finletter author of the policy air-policy report and Gen Laurence Kuter who however the senate vetoed Now Truman has offered the job to OConnell O'ConnelL Joe came to toV V Washington from New York Inthe in inthe inthe the first days of the Roosevelt administration worked his way up through the Public Works administration administration administration ad ad- ministration finally became top lawyer for the treasury More recently he joined the law firm of the late Max Gardner former undersecretary of the treasury Unlike some people Joe believes believes believes be be- every citizen has a duty to serve his government and will give up his law business to help regulate the nations nation's airlines Yes-Man Yes Sa Says s 's No One Xo-One One Republican Republican Re Re- publican y yes man e s m man a n who has learned to say no Ino lately is 15 Utah's Senator Arthur V. V Vat Wat- kins His latest departure from the Republican straight and narrow is a recommendation against tax cuts which came camo even before Truman's arms message message mes mes- sage to congress Watkins happens to head the western subcommittee on the economic report entrusted with making a of living survey for the senate In so doing Watkins Watkins' Vat Wat- kins' kins subcommittee stated flatly that tax reductions reductions' would be inflationary offered a coun- coun to refund government bonds to the taxpayers instead of direct tax relief In other words the amount of the tax reduction would be paid back in bonds which could not be cashed until t the e inflationary spiral had broken This struck G GOP 0 P bosses like a thunderbolt They had long considered co Watkins a meek and party faithful Promptly Finance Chairman Eugene Millikin of Colorado waylaid Watkins in the senate Who IWho he rumbled is lis handling handling han han- dung taxes around here anyway anyway anyway any any- way 1 Watkins agreed that taxes were the the- business of the finance committee but added that his his' his subcommittee had a conflicting mandate to write a prescription for the nations nation's economic ills It just shows tho the Inconsistencies inconsistencies inconsistencies of congress Watkins observed observed observed ob ob- ob- ob served politely Millikin snorted that giving givIng- government bonds instead of tax relief was impractical Taxes Taxes- he said were eating away profits and destroying the incentive of private enterprise We Vo are all free fellows around here Gene replied the senator from rom Utah and Cland have to do our own thinking The j job b of my committee was to recommend what we vye thought best Copyright 1918 Bell Syndicate |