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Show THE BULLETIN. BINGHAM CANYON. UTAH Tear of Decision' Arrives for U.S. A America Alone in Struggle To Save Western Ideologies By BAUKIIAGE Ntn's Analyst and Commentator. WASHINGTON. Cartoonists and others have titled 1948 "the year of decision." It is a pretty good title. The only trou-ble is that America's most important decision has already been made, and nobody seems to realize it. We know that the British empire has broken up, but, aside from the fact that there is some grumbling about loaning money to the British, it doesn't seem to concern us very much. In the current issue of the United Nations World magazine, the British historian and author, D. VV. Brogan, has an article entitled "The British Shed No Tears for Their Lost Empire." In It, he says: ". . . in the nineteenth century, the progress of English prosperity was In close as- - sociation with the spread of a gen-eral political and economic religion of all sensible men. The Bank of England, free trade, parliamen-tary government all increased their range of in-fluence together. And the English looked on what was lareely their " Temporarily, at least that much of the carefully-planne- d Soviet pro-gram failed. But new steps are be-ing planned. A part of the pattern of communization is Communist alli-ance with the left-win- g The Reds cooperate with the non-Red- help them bring about their objectives, then slowly domi-nate and absorb them. One method used by Reds to get rid of left-win- g resistance is to help a reactionary government Into power. Such a reactionary govern-ment suppresses the and pushes those surviving deeper into Communist toils. That Is where the Wallace third party fits Into the Kremlin design. The Reds hope it will split and weaken the liberals In ' this country, Increase the fric-tion between them and the con-servatives as much as possible, aid the conservatives to get into power. Then when the reaction sets In, the conservatives will be thrown out, and the well-orga- n Ized Communists can take over easily. Greece is a testing point in the Russian-America- n struggle. The only way In which the Communist internal aggression there could be checked was for Britain and the United States to step in and actually direct the Greek government. That was done. Much as any country dis-likes having a stronger one run its their Baukhage Wr0fltand tound it good. They were satisfied with what they had accomplished. "It is natural enough, today, when this world situation has changed to take pretty calmly the decline in the favored historical position of Eng-land. If the spread of English ideas, practices and profits has ceased, why worry unless you are Eng-lish." "Unless you are English." And yet the people who ought to be doing the worrying are the Americans. We are taking over where Britain left off. and the job is a bigger one than England faced. But, the aver-age person in this country will say In horror: "You talk like a Commu-nist! America's whole tradition is Of course we had a uilH nprioH in Smith America, and anairs, tne united States, as a choice of evils, is the less unwel-come to the Greeks, especially when we come bearing gifts without which the government knows it cannot re-sist the Communist organization. When one talks with the "exiles," the refugees from the Red terror, one is appalled by their attitude. Recently I spoke at length with a former foreign minister of one of the countries now firmly in the jaws of the Soviets. He assured me that today, if there were a free election in his country, not 1 per cent of the people would vote to support a Red regime. He said these "satellites" are not satellites at all, they are as much a part of the Soviet Union as the Ukraine or Outer Mongolia. The secret police paralyzes all independ-ent action. There Is a desperation about the attitude of these men who fought the losing battle against the Kremlin. They say there is absolutely no hope for Europe unless the Russians are driven back to their old borders, and the Balkan states, Poland and Finland are freed of Russian domination. They say there is only one thing that will have ef-fect: A threat by the United States to use force. When the quotation of the London official which I mentioned, stating that the United States and Britain were committed to "measures short of war" came over the wires, I was reminded of the conversation with the former foreign minister. He had said to me: "If the United States threatens to use force now, the Russians will pull out of Eastern Europe. They cannot afford war now. They fear the United States. But in a few years, mere threats will not suffice. The Russians then will be ready to fight." And this force moving against Uie "political and economic religion of all sensible men" is moving not only in Europe. All along Russia's pe-riphery, the red tide is rising against its frontiers, In the Middle East, in India whose gates Russia has threatened for centuries, in China, Korea, in the islands adja-cent to Japan. In our salad days as a nation, we somehow acquired what we called Texas although the Mexicans, at the time, thought it was a part of Mex-ico, and then, there's Hawaii. But those day are over. See how promptly and politely we returned the Philippines to themselves, and took our marines out of the banana plantations where they didn't be-long, and the other day even aban-doned our bases in Panama. Don't tell me we're going to establish a second British empire! We aren't. The spirit of live and let live is just as strong as it ever was in this country. Unfortunately, however, what Brogan calls "th2 spread of a general political and economic religion of all sensible men" suddenly encountered a force ' that threatened to destroy it when the Germans marched into Poland and the Japs bombed Pearl Harbor. It took all America could af-ford, and more than Britain could afford, to stop that force. And today, another and stronger force is gaining power, and there Is nobody to stop it but the United States. When a British official in London said "every means short of war" would be used "by the British and American governments to keep Greece within their own strategic and ideological orbit," it didn't make much of a ripple outside of Washington. But it was a statement of tremendous import, for it means that the Truman doctrine was not just a phrase, that its implementa-tion is now certain. It means that the people responsible for the des-tiny of the United States know that the year of decision is here, the de-cision having been made not in Washington, but in the Kremlin, just as the decision to fight Japan was made, not in Washington, but in the office of one squat little man now awaiting a death sentence in Tokyo, one Hideki Tojo, former premier of Japan. Partisans Succeeded In Soviet Sphere Today it is fashionable to make funny cartoons about the "third party" announced in December by Henry Wallace. Yet that third party fits neatly into a plan to wreck our way of life, the plan, another part of which was the careful coaching by the Kremlin of the "partisan" fighters in World War II. The parti-sans were formed, first to help beat down one of the Soviet's enemies, but they also were groomed to de-stroy representative government in their respective countries. The partisans were most success-ful in the countries nearest Russia, in territory where the Red army, in the guise of allies fighting a common enemy, gained a foothold which they kept when peace came, and which was used to put their trained stooges into power. In Italy and France, they were un-able to capture completely the parti-san or resistance movements But they did get a grip on both countries which neither France nor Italy dared throw off until the United States made a tacit condition of aid. The expulsion of the Communist parties from both governments. FROM FARM TO FOREST . . . Churches are playing an Important role in the concerted effort to improve rural living. Typical are these scenes, taken at the Alpine, Tenn., mission of the Presbyterian church, which operates a forest of 1,500 acres and a farm of 100 acres. The dairy herd (left) in front of the modern barn show the strides made in better agriculture while the sawmill (right) helps make the forest a paying proposition. 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Long on the road to decline, the country church is being revived as an integral force for small rural com-munities. Acting on the principle that where the community thrives, the church also thrives, all denominations are back-ing a widespread campaign to revitalize the country church. Without in any sense departing ' from the Christian aims of saving souls and preaching redemption, the churches simply are adding an awareness of social and economic responsibility to their mission of sal-vation. The concerns of the entire community home, family, farm-ing, health become the concerns of the community church. Particularly valuable and Instruc-tive as models or demonstrations for study are the I j community plans Rural America being carried out At Stake by missions of the Presbyterian and Methodist No. 4 churches in the In a Series mountains of Ken-- I I tucky and Ten nessee. The Pres-byterian projects are at Morris Fork and Wooton, Ky., and at Alpine and Big Lick, Tenn. The Methodists have community missions at Frakes, Ky., and Sevierville, Tenn. A larger community project at Blue Springs, Tenn., represents the combined par-ishes of the Methodists, Disciples of Christ and Presbyterians. Diverse Projects. All have much in common, but in some things each in unique. Blue Springs is the oldest mission, and its area is the' largest some 400 miles square. It has seven churches and four preaching points at neigh-borhood centers, a cooperative store, an energetic training pro-gram in public health and a con-tinuing series of adult education fclttiWltlirlltlMlt.MjW.M ,) . who has supplied the leadership which has made Big Lick a better place to live and work. Promote Health. One of Big Lick's finest public services is its community health clinic. There is a building specially constructed for it, in a grove ad-joining the church yard. A graduate nurse is stationed there to aid In guarding the health of the people and to assist in emergencies. Big Lick also has a soil conserva-tion program, and is carrying on adult education and demonstrations in fertilizing, crop rotation, better livestock breeding, introduction of new fruits and plants, and good for-estry management. Homemaking and home decoration, health and child care are studied by the wom-en. There is also a study of the co-operative movement, and commit-tees are developing plans for future cooperative undertakings, possibly in marketing of home crops, proc-essing and a credit union. Big Lick has its own machinery pool, includ-ing a tractor, a hammer mill and a saw mill. Build Own Church. ' Wooton community, under the ministry of Benton Deaton, has a fine community church and play-ground, built by the people them-selves. In the recreation center the children of the neighborhood have a place to enjoy their games and the whole community has its picnics and outdoor religious gatherings. Wooton owns a cooperative truck, which provides transpor-tation for the farmers who want to send things to market, and have things bought for them in town. Very few of the people have cars, and their usual means of travel is by mule back. Wooton also has a circulating li-brary, the beginnings of a demon-stration farm, and a training course In handicrafts and cottage indus-tries, for both men and women. Similar work, especially in health, soil saving and better farming, is going on at Alpine, Morris Fork, Frakes and Sevierville. The pro-grams vary according to local needs and the resources that can be put to use. Productive Enterprises. For example, the parish at Alpine is the owner of a forest of 1,500 acres and a farm of 100 acres. A trained forester and an expert farmer make those enterprises pro-duce earnings, and furnish exam-ples for other farm and woodlot owners. The Alpine program is in charge of the head of the mission, the Rev. Bernard M. Taylor, and Mr. Taylor has made the mission responsible for developing the com-munity's full resources through the activities of the citizens themselves, and their labors are being reflected more and more in better health and living. The same can be said of the com-munities at Frakes, Morris Fork and Sevierville, all of which have vasUy improved their ways of living because practical economic plans for conserving the land and finding more useful employments for sur-plus labor have been made principal aims in the community plan. The pastors, of course, have not neg-lected their religious duties. They simply have added economic con-cerns to their other responsibilities. The next article will tell of the im-portant community development plan now being carried on in five counties centering around Tupelo, Miss. 'The Tupelo plan is one of the most am hi-- ' tions that has been undertaken any- - where in the unfolding rural life move-ment. COMMUNITY ENTERPRISE . . . One of the leading churches in promoting community develop-ment is Calvary Presbyterian church (above) at Big Lick, Tenn. The church was built by people of the community, which consists of only about 50 families. Landscap-ing was done by the pastor and farmers. classes in current problems, such as farm machinery repair, soil conser-vation and home decorations. All this represents the life work of a great country preacher. He was Paul A. Doran, who went to Blue ' j Springs in 1917 as a divinity school graduate, and died there three years ago after 28 years spent entirely in that community's service. One of his many lasting serv-ices was his homestead plan. He made home buying bis personal concern. Through small loans from a nominal sum held In trust by him, the minister made it possible for 20 families in his community to become owners of their own farms. The pastor at Big Lick is both ardent and articulate in behalf of better rural living. He has known country life from childhood and he knows how to farm. He can run a tractor, plow a contour furrow and help in the saw mill. He has organ-ized a Big Lick homestead project to aid young men get established on the land, and 27 families have been assisted in buying farms since 1940. This pastor is Eugene Smathers, who has written and preached ably about rural economic problems, and NEWS REVIEW Slump Possible: Truman; Cite Air Power Need In this season of presidential re-- ports to the nation the alarm bells were jangling for everything from the state of the entire world to the frayed condition of John Doe's back pocket. And through his "Semi-Annu- Economic Report of the President," Mr. Truman sounded the gong omi-nously on a new note: The impend-ing peril of economic disaster in the U. S. The nation's economy, he said, is operating on borrowed time and infl-ation- ridden Americans are oper-ating on borrowed money in a situa-tion flirting with depression. Millions of persons in the lower Income groups, his report pointed out, now are keeping the inflation carousel whirling by liquidating their savings, reducing their current savings,, and by extensive use of con-sumer credit. "Such use of savings for current living expenses is an ominous sign for the economy as a whole." Without sxopping to consider any possible political aspects of the President's economic report, Amer-- serious danger of atomic attack will exist." On that premise the group recom-mended that the government start now to spend on the air force in 1948 1.3 billion dollars more than the 2.85 billion currently scheduled for this calendar year, and that In 1949 the total be raised still another 1.3 bil-lion dollars. For actual air strength the com-mission said that by 1942 the U. S. should command a total of 12.10 first-lin- e planes, plus more than 8,000 held in reserve. Although it was extremely un-likely that the air policy commis-sion's recommendations would be adopted in toto by this or any other peacetime congress, the report put realistic emphasis where emphasis belonged. Everyone has been aware that air power is mandatory if the U. S. is to have any degree of na-tional security in an era of feverish atomic-bom- b production, and the commission has succeeded in put-ting that awareness on as tactual a basis as is possible now. OPEN CITY: Jerusalem Since apparently nothing can stop the quasi-civi- l war between Arabs and Jews in Palestine, that coun-try's harrassed government has done the next best thing and re-quested both factions to spare (he holy places of Jerusalem from any depredations they might carry out. The Palestine government asked the Christian, Moslem and Jewish religious communities to declare Je-rusalem's ancient walled area an "open city." That plea couldn't stop the blood-shed but it could preserve the re-ligious relics sacred to all three of the world's main religions. Meanwhile, transportation was being made available to evacuate any of the 1,500 Jews still living under Arab siege inside the walls. They are the remnants of 4,000 nor-mal residents of the area. leans could take it as a sober, realis-tic picture of what lies beneath the relative luxury in which many of them are existing now. ' Exhaustive and complete, the eco-nomic survey presented figures no-table in that they: Showed for the first time that 1 "real purchasing power" of the American masses basic factor sup-- ' porting U. S. economy has declined 8 per cent since the first quarter of 1946, and that 2 Millions of Americans are living on their savings accounts and borrowing money. Almost one-quart-of all families and more than one-hal- f of families earning less than $2,000 yearly "held no liquid assets in 1947." Then Mr. Truman tied in these facts with his administration's pro-posed policy to beat the inflation rap. If inflation, he said, is "per-mitted to run its own course, it will break with destructive force." And in order not to let it run its own course the President again urged adoption of his anti-inflatio- n program limited price and ration controls. That way, he indicated, lies a new, greater economic era for the U. S. embodying maximum employ-ment and solid and lasting pros-perity. AIR STRENGTH: 'A-Da-y' 1953 How important is it that the U S. have a potent, efficient air force? Virtually a matter of life or death, thinks the President's air policy commission which recently reported on the status of the nation's air strength. Immediate and substantial en-largement of the air force for "sur-vival in the air age" was urged by the Commission; and January 1, 1953, was set as " or the ulti-mate date when the U. S. might con-sider itself relatively secure against atomic attack. After "A-day- the commission intimated, it will be anybody's baU game as far as airborne atom bombs are concerned. "The air force is hopelessly wanting in re-spect of the future . . . when a Which Way Judea? X s - tffcWya MiliX Li "'( "'M f4 fTV' I'h'-t- l i Moshe Shertok, head of the Pal-estine Agency's political deparU ment, now in the role of liaison official to U. N., ponders one of the many enigmas partition of the Holy Land has thrust upon him. He said the Jewish agency soon would ask U. N. for an interna-tional police force, arms and funds to enforce the partition agreement. FROM SNAIL FEVER TO MALARIA Plan African 'Disease Safari' Armed with microscopes instead of guns, naval medical scien-tists are preparing for a new so- - of African safari on which they will study some of the diseases native to the dark continent. The navy medical group will ac-company the African expedition be-ing sponsored by University of Cali-fornia, hence will have the duty of providing medical service to the university paleontologists and an-thropologists who will cover most of Africa this year seeking traces of primitive man and apes. For their own purposes the navy doctors will study such native dis-eases as African sleeping sickness, bilharzia or snail fever, plague, scrub typhus, yellow fever and malaria. They also will scrutinize a number of parasites which inhabit human beings, for instance the par-ticular form of hookworm in Mo-zambique, Portuguese East Africa. To pursue their studies the group will have to trap and shoot animals which are the disease carriers. Among these are the rodent-carrier- s of bubonic plague, the zebra, deer, gazelle, elan and possibly lions, tigers and leopards which are be-lieved to be reservoirs of African sleeping sickness. Most of these animals have not been used in research by American medical scientists before because animals which are potential disease carriers are not allowed to be im-ported. If they should escape captiv-ity they might introduce an entirely new series of diseases into the United States. There are particular regulations, for example, against the fruit bat, a known carrier of malaria, which, if once established here, would de- - stroy citrus fruits. The fruit bat, however, is highly regarded by medical scientists as a good laboratory animal because it is easily raised in captivity. It is possible that certain phases of the malaria cycle now entirely under-stood could be worked out through study of it. Blind Girl Becomes Expert Knitter LE SUEUR. MINN. Despite the handicap of being nearly blind, Elaine Heintz can knit as fine a sweater, scarf or mitten set as any seen in exclusive shops. Her needles click with the speed of a professional craftsman. Miss Heintz, whose vision failed when she was stricken with spinal meningitis at the age of 5, has made a modest start at setting herself up in business. With the help of her sister, Kath" erine, she began looking for mar-kets for her work at Christmas time. The search was unexpectedly suc-cessful, and she sold 200 of her knit-ted pieces to Le Sueur residents. Her specialty is colorful potholders. Miss Heintz acquired her knitting skill at the Minnesota Braille and Sight-Savin- g school in Faribault, attending her first classes when sue was only seven years old. |