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Show B THE BULLETIN, BINGHAM CANYON. UTAH W U. S.9 Russia Fight Diplomatic Battle Truman Doctrine' Termed Preventive Against Conflict By BAUKHAGE Neu i Analyst and ' ommenlator. WNU Service, lfilfi l ye Street, N. W.. Washington, I). C. WASHINGTON -- There is no im-minent danger of war between the United States and Russia. You've heard that before, and as far as I know, it is true. There is a diplomatic struggle go-ing on between the two countries, the scope and importance of which few people realize. When I say "important," I mean important in all senses but one-hu- man life in I ' ' I which a real, shooting war is I important. Cer-- I tainly involved g are the other two factors in the trinity of rights to which Ameri-cans believe they are heir liberty and the pursuit of happiness. This has been J clear to observers I ( ltrnDhlnrflnn cluding money) in this country were announced at the same time. Hungarian credits here for surplus property supplies were cut off. There were indications that a loan earmarked for Hun-gary would be cancelled. A Hungarian-Russia- n trans-port company was told that Its planes no longer could fly over the American zone In Germany. Senator Vandenherg made his ringing speech in the- - senate de-claring that Soviet pressure on Hungary demanded a trial be-fore the forum of the United Nations." The United States pressed for set-tlement of demands on Yugoslavia for planes shot down by Yugoslavia last summer. These and other steps which un-doubtedly will be taken before this article is in print, and still oth-ers in the making, are part of a vigorous foreign policy by which we mean to block Communist aggres-sion wherever it appears in the world. In other words we have un-dertaken a form of positive activity in the foreign field, the scope of which has never been paralleled in our history. Supporters of this policy (the ma-jority of congress) believe It Is a preventive, not an aggressive step They do not believe It is a foreign policy which von Clausewitz, the German military authority, de-scribed as something the "exten-sion" of which is war. They be-lieve it can stop, will not start, mil-itary conflict. Possible War Of Extermination The policy is based on this theory. 1 I J ItllHftVM Baukhage whether they merely look with their eyes at the external evidence, or scent with news-me- s the currents which are wafted over transoms and under the big oak doors of the sanctum sanctorum of the snnctis-simi- . Sharp words have tumbled over one another since the first verbal barrage, which was the Presidential message of March 12, 1047, some-times described as embodying the "Truman Doctrine." May I remind you of a few of the barbed shafts in that message? "The very existence of the Greek state is today threatened by the ter-rorist activities of several thoui ind armed men. led by Communists, who defy the government's author-ity at a number of points, particular ly along the northern boundaries . . ." said the President. "One of the primary objectives ol the foreign policy of the United Stales is the creation of conditions in which we and other notions will be able to work out n way of life free from coercion. . . "We shall not realize our objec-tives, however, unless we are willing to help free peoples to maintain their free institutions and their na-tional integrity against aggressive movements that seek to impose upon them totalitarian regimes This is no more than a frank recognition that totalitarian regimes imposed on free peoples, by direct or indirect aggression, undermine the founda-tions of international peace, and hence the security of the United States. . . . "The peoples of a number of countries of the world have re-cently had totalitarian regimes forced upon them against their will. The government of the United States has made fre-- as nearly as I can absorb it from the people who know: Unless economic conditions are restored to normal throughout the world, chaos will result, commu-nism will engulf Europe, and eventually the clash between com-munism and democracy as we un-derstand it. will mean war between Russia and the United States. Since it now is believed that Russia will have the atom bomb in from four to ten years (cf report of the Presi-dent's advisory commission on un-iversal training), such a war would mean extermination, if not of the human race, certainly of civilization as we know it. Granted this is true, the spread of communism in Europe (and else-where) must be checked now be-cause: If either France or Italy goes Red, Russia will not in a joint peace agreement for Germany and Austria. Without such agreement, Europe cannot be restored to nor-mal. Chaos and communism will follow. If Russia is stormed in her trnrlro quent protests against coercion and intimidation, in violation of the Valta agreement. In Po-land. Romania, and Bulgaria. I must also state that in a number of other countries there have been similar developments. . . ." (He knew what was in the Hungarian cards.) "One way of life is based upon the will of the majority, and is dis-tinguished by free institutions, rep-resentative government, free elec-tions, guarantees of individual lib-erty, freedom of speech and relig-ion, and freedom from political op-pression. . . "The second way of life is based upon the will of a minority forcibly imposed upon the majority. It re-lies upon terror and oppression, a controlled press and radio, fixed elections and the suppression of per-sonal freedoms." Strong words, those all quoted from the Truman message. Congress Follows Words With Action Then camp deeds Cnncrrpss tm. --rif we can prevent her from mov-ing south into Greece. Turkey and the Middle East, and west of the line she holds at present from her German zone south through the Bal-kans to Greece, she will be forced to stop aggression in Europe; forced to with the western powers for her own preservation. That as I understand it, is what some people call the "Truman Do-ctrine." It isn't quite fair to give it such an exclusive label when it never could have been put into effect without the yeoman service of men like Vandenberg and the other support it has re-ceived. This does not mean that we have "lost faith in democracy" or its ability to compete in a fair field with communism. It means we are going to see that a fair field is main-tained; that Russia will not be per-mitted to create chaos or to draw on the type of force and terror she has used so far (latterly in Hun-gary), to enforce her way of life upon the world. ' plemented the President's mes-sage by authorizing the loan of three hundred millions to Greeee and one hundred millions to Turkey. Missions were sent at once to both countries. The United States concluded with Britain arrangements for an eco-nomic merger of their respective zones in Germany regardless of Russian (and French) failure to go along. Then came the expected coup d'etat in which the Communists, with the Red army backing them and the aid of the Communist-controlle- d secret police, took over the government of Hungary. Immediately there fol-lowed these steps: A message of congratulation and support was sent to the Premier of Italy. Alcide de Gasperi, then in the process of forming a government without Communist and against Communist opposition. Negotiations leading to the "un-freezing" of Italian property (in- - AHojM 1 A General Q. i. what flghter :i in a sinje match," usA ?a States f Amergfl 3. 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KACfTIMj MISSION Weekend Filers Are Main Cog In Marine Corps Air Reserve U"l ' Features. fliers, " thPv're Generally dubbed, but these Week-en- d marine Leatherneck volunteers pug an mieg reserye -r-ps aviation em Jfmission, corpS ofilcials S&Eft "oS Ks first e year of actm.es, winch 4"iS!iil step in launching the organized reserve pro- - gram 12 months ago. 2U Leather-nec- k fighting squadrons composed of week-en- d fliers were activated. Since then a total of 24 noting squadrons have been formed Motivated by the principle that the reserve is the force needed in is spared to an emergency, no effort make the reserve a combat-reafl- y unit, according to Brig Gen. C Schilt. commander of the marine air reserve training command. "Every night has been eon-duct-to further the pilot s military proficient y." General Schilt insists. Training for en-listed men commenced with the first drill period and has been level of skill organized on every from basic training to aircraft engineering, he adds. For their annual summer maneu-vers, the marine week-en- fliers will congregate at Cherry Point, N. C. and El Toro, Calif , from Au-gust 14 through August 29. The 12 RESERVE FLIERS Ready for Combat east coast squadrons will assemble at Cherry Point while the 12 west coast air reserve units will partici-pate in the El Toro maneuvers. The maneuvers are designed to all individual and squad-ron training with problems of close air support of marine ground units. While close air support will be the primary function, air defense will play an important secondary part. Although the fighting squadrons were activated first, two other phases of the marine corps' post-war program also have been empha-sized. They are formation of the marine ground control intercept squadrons and training of the vol-unteer reserve. The ground control intercept squadrons, successors to the air warning squadrons of World War II, are equipped with radar and com-munications gear with the mission of detecting enemy aircraft and con-trolling friendly aircraft to intercept enemy planes. Training of members of the vol-unteer reserve has been conducted on marine air stations at both El Toro and Cherry Point. Reserve units are receiving training as funds and facilities permit. This Proves There's No 'Perfect Crime' NEW CASTLE, DEL -- As New Castle's night police force consists of only one patrolman, two burglars thought they had figured out the perfect crime. They broke into a grocery store directly across the street from the state police station, where they could watch Patrolman Francis J Hewlett sitting at his well-lighte-desk. However, Hewlett spied the bur-glars and telephoned the state po- lice barracks five miles awav. "Two men just broke into Piatt's grocery right across the street," he said' "They can see me, so if I make a move they'll scram." Ten minutes later the burglars still watching Hewlett, were startled when state policemen pounced on them. Leaves Legs Behind PITTSBURGH. PA. - Someone walked away and left his legs be-hind. Police report finding two arti flcial legs complete with socks gar-- j ters and shoes. The legs, they' said had been worn recently. SATIRE ON SCHOOL AID . . . Community groups of Sprlngport, Mich., a village of 500 population, erected this display on the site of proposed new school, needed to relieve a (00-pup- il load in facilities for 100, when they learned the state legislature had dropped plans for school building aid. Pictured in the "new school" is Mrs. William Porter teaching her class. AVIATION NOTES AIRPORT C HATTER Participating In observance of National Air Week, South Dakota Flying Farmers will make a state-wide aerial pilgrimage over 100 towns this weekend. Col. Joe Foss of Sioux Falls, national guard air squadron leader and former marine ace, will lead the air cruise of at least 50 planes. . With Clyde Ice. the state's pioneer aviator, in charge, a new flying service has been opened at the Pierre, S. D., air-port, recently returned to city con-trol from the army. Two of Ice's flying sons, Cecil and Charles, will assist in operating the school and charter service. . . The slogan, "Air Power Is Peace Power," was emphasized at the first national air power conference of the Rocky Mountain Empire held in Denver under auspices of the American Le-gion. Headline speakers were Gov. Lee Knous; Brig. Gen. Leon W. Johnson, commanding the fifteenth air force; Brig. Gen. Frederick H. Smith Jr., commanding general of the Civil Air patrol, and Rear Adm. Irving M. McQuiston, adviser on naval reserve to chief of naval operations. . . With 27 charter members, flying enthusiast? of Man-chester, Iowa, have formed the Man- - Chester Flying club Aviation inter-es- t In the community has increased steadily since establishment of a flying field. ... A fleet of 28 private-ly owned airplanes carried a group of fishermen from Storm Lake, Jef- - ferson and Des Moines, Iowa, to Bemidji, Minn., for a weekend of fishing. Dusting farm crops by air-plane has become an important business in Idaho, Oregon and Washington. In these three states more than 200,000 acres of farm crops were dusted by plane during the past year. UNIQUE OPERATION One of the nation's most unique flight operations is going into its third year of successful service. John Riedl, manager of the Lake airport at Nisswa, Minn., recently completed two years of power line patrol for Minnesota Power and Light company. During that time he has flown 25.000 miles in a Piper Cub, flying a few feet above the 100.000 volt lines, which run north to the Mesabi iron range over heavily wooded country. In contrast to foot patrols, which re-quired six weeks to inspect the com- - pany's lines, Riedl and his observ-er, John Mattson, make regular trips over the entire line every other week. Damage from lightning, forest fire, windstorms and fallen trees are among the causes of power failure which must be watched. Most fre-quent trouble spotted by the aerial observers, however, is broken insu-lators atop the poles which have been shot at by trigger-happ- y hunters. NOT A CRASH! . . . This mi ht have been a crash-b- ut wasn't. A coast guard helicopter is de-liberately landed in the sea, where no land plane should be, to test the newly developed emergency fh. at.on gear. The equipment makes it possible to land on the water or on marshy ground. ENGINEERS TAKE TO AIR Highway engineers are making use of aerial photography tc and S T f new 'fflc rtI survey costs, according to the American Public Works -c- anon. New aeria, survey ,ec" arrSnrPHPrfCCt'd ,he highly accurate determine best routes for h.ghways through and around citS to aid in traffic flow s udies. and even to detentS tior of so,l along proposed rights-of-wa- y NEWS REVIEW Sugar Rationing Halted; Retail Meat Prices Soar IT'S OVER: Sugar Is Hitch For the first time since April 28. 1942, Americans, and especially housewives, could go shopping with-out ration coupons as the govern-ment called a halt to the rationing of sugar for households, restaurants and hotels. Secretary of Agriculture Clinton Anderson announced the move, ex-plaining that it was made possible by the appearance of larger sup-plies of sugar than previously had been thoueht available. which guaranteed that liberated na-tions would retain their sover-eignty. Implicit, but not specifically stated, in the note was a warning that the United States will call for a United Nations investigation of the circumstances under which Hungary's democratic regime was overthrown and Communist rule in- - tailed. Main proposal embodied in the protest was that the United States, Great Britain and Russia make a joint investigation of the political Price controls on sugar, as well as rationing of the product for in-dustrial use will continue, however. All sugar controls are scheduled to expire October 31 unless congress dictates otherwise. Three reasons which acted to bring about an end to sugar ration-ing were: 1. Allotment by the Interna-tional Emergency food council to the United States of 350.000 tons of sugar from Cuba in ad-dition to that which was allotted earlier in the year. 2. Presence of still more sur-plus sugar in Cuba, which will help cut down demands from other parts of the world. 3. About 200.000 tons of Java-nese sugar now will be offered to world users. UP AGAIN: Meat Prices Rapid, and in some cases unex-plained, advances in the retail prices of meat have been reported from many sections of the country. Soma of the reasons offered for tV, ,iri,it inm,,c wura' Rncini'il in- - situation in Hungary, missia previ-ously rejected two earlier American requests for such a probe. The U. S. position is that Hun-garian Premier Nagy was forced into exile and was compelled to re-sign in order to make way for the Communist seizure of power. PUSHBUTTON: Look, Vo Hands "Pushbutton" automatic flight, a new field in aviation, was ushered in when a pilotless four-engin- e army transport plane landed at Wil- - mington, Ohio, after a 2,000-mil- e trip from Long Beach, Calif., dur- - ing which no member of the crew touched the controls. It was the longest llight of its kind to be completed wholly by means of the pushbutton automatic sys-te-not to be confused with drone planes or remote control flight. In the automatic (light set-u- all necessary flight data was fed elec- - trically into a master control panel from within the plane itself. Advocates Training; - p... jvi'.-p- j - in-fluences, higher feed costs, heavy foreign purchases. In a number of instances, however, packers admit-ted that they were puzzled over the sharp increase in retail prices. Steak, which sold for 70 to 80 cents a pound six months ago, was being listed as high as $1 25 in Scranton, Pa., and a dollar in New York. In Chicago, retail meat prices experienced a general increase of 10 cents or more on popular and scarce cuts in mid-Jun- There was one bright prediction, however: When the autumn beef run begins, prices are expected to drop as much as 25 per cent. HARSH WORDS: Note to Russia The United States has accused Russia of using threats and coer-cion to instigate the recent Com-munist coup d'etat in Hungary. A strongly worded note to the Soviet union charged the Soviet commander in Hungary with violat-ing terms of the Yalta agreement Dr. Karl T. Compton, chairman of commission on universal mili-tary training, told congress that plan for UMT was "conceived as a means of safeguarding liberty and not as a means of preparing for war." CLASSI1 D E P A R T Ml MUSICAL INSTRr! Write to THE M your new or used ACOORDlB STANCATO ACCOUH 7301 Greenwood Av. WANTED TOM we HOT and sol Office Furniture. Files, TvH Ing Machines. Safes. Cav SALT LAKE DESK SIS South Stale St.. Salt uB CAII change to for the tonic m on your smill Efficient C.alox uorhtM X Helps remove (Um.. bB all the natural luimB 2 A ipccial ingredienf iB encourages rtfuUram which has n tome eWf ... helps make tnmm rosy. 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Despite the wet, cold spring, a record-shatterin-wheat crop of 1.409.800.000 bushels is indicated this year, according to the department of agriculture fore-cast based on conditions as of June I, The inclement weather, partic-ularly in May, was unfavorable for planting of. some feed grains but wheat, the forecast pointed out. The prospective wheat crop, larg-est on record, compares with 1.275.-000,00- bushels forecast a month ago and 1.155,715,000 bushels harvested last year, a record up to that time. The average production is 843,692.000 bushels. The government forecast showed the winter wheat prospect to be 1,093,071,000 bushels and 316,822,-00- 0 bushels for spring wheat. The wet spring was responsible for a reduced acreage of oats, the report said, and a crop of only 1.247,-333,00- 0 bushels is In prospect. This compares with 1,509,867.000 bushels harvested last year. No estimate was made of the corn crop as it is too early in the season fo- - a reasonable degree of accuracy, but the report said that the abnor-mally cool, wet weather of May caused 20 to 25 per cent of the corn acreage to remain unplanted on June 1, which is rather late. An unequalled winter wheat crop is in prospect for all of the Great Plains area, and Texas. Oklahoma. Kansas. Nebraska and Colorado ex-pect record production, the report said. While growth and develop ment of the crop was delayed by a cold wet spring in all but the Pa-cific coast states, losses from wet weather have been slight to date. In the earliest sections of Texas and Oklahoma harvest got under way around June 1. at least 10 days later than last year. Major spring wheat states had fairly favorable weather conditions early in May, which enabled grow-ers to plant close to their intended acreage, although seeding was somewhat later than usual. The crop went into the ground several weeks later than usual in the Da-kot-and Minnesota, where about three-fourm- s of the acreage is grown, but the plantings were under favorable moisture conditions. F. F. A. Boys Build Shop From Salvaged Lumber EDMONDS. WASH. Undaunted ' by high building costs, Future Farmers of America at Edmonds high school are constructing their own vocational farm shop building Using lumber salvaged from three abandoned Paine field buildings members of the chapter are doing their own construction work under direction of Harold SUvcrn.il Snuth-Hughe- s instructor. |