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Show THE BULLETIN. BINGHAM rUYON- - I Target i - T a (b?wtWw.1 ( t, ... - . 4 F Vv ? . ' .. I ( - . - ill 11 . JJ ---- -- Waller I. Reuther, president of the United Auto Workers (CIO), was seriously wounded when he was shot by an unknown assailant who fired a shotgun at him through the window of his Detroit home. Communists were suspected of be-ing behind the attack because of Reuthcr's strong opposition to them in the union. W5KIY NfWS ANALYSIS - I Palestine Trouble Heads for Climax As Arab Nations Prepare to Attack; Vandenberg Gives Warning to Russ I By Bill Schoentgen, WNU Staff Writer I (EDITOR'S NOTE i Whi oplnlom are eiprened In theie colomni, they are thoeo of Western Jiewepaper Union's news analysts nod not necessarily ol this newspaper.; CLIMAX: Palestine With a clashing of arms and a babble of alarmed voices, events in Palestine appeared to be piling up for another minor but bloody climax in human history. This particular crisis had its im-mediate beginning in a savage at-tack on the Arab city of Jaffa by members of Irgun Zvai Leuml, Jew-ish underground force. Fact that the Irgunists' foray against Jaffa OUTLOOK The Dim Peace Gen. Omar N. Bradley, army chief of staff, was taking a dim view of the possibilities of peace. In fact, he admitted to the senate armed services committee, the pros-pect of a war is appreciably greater now than it was three months ago. Adding forcefully to the pattern of evidence which U. S. armed forces representatives have been construct- - ing to support their requests for a military draft and universal train-ing, Bradley said: "I think we would be neglecting our duty if we did not try to tell you that we are a little bit more afraid something will happen than we were three months ago when we were talk-ing in terms of reserves." And he added "we are not so sure" that war might not be looming in the " immediate future. To his testimony Bradley appended this clincher: "We know that we are all speaking about Russia." There it was a responsible ap-praisal by the chief of staff of where the present talking war between Russia and the U. S. might lead. What caused General Bradley to think the situation is more critical now than it was three months ago? He didn't say, but there is only one apparent explanation. The tide of power politics has turned against Russia and is moving in favor of the western democracies. With ERP beginning to channel money and supplies into Europe, the fields most favorable to Communist growth poverty, hunger and dis-satisfactionare starting to be re-claimed. As far as getting control of west-ern Europe was concerned, Commu-nists saw their main chance go glimmering when they lost the Ital-ian election. They have, in short, gone beyond the stage where they can carry out territorial acquisitions through political coups. In order to expand further now, Russia probably would have to apply force, which, in this case, would be the Red army. And that may be why General Bradley thinks war is more of a likelihood now than it was three months ago. SMASHER: For Atoms To expand further the constantly was made in defiance of orders by Haganah, the regular Jewish militia, carried no weight in the rush of in-cidents that followed. From Palestine's coastal plain, site of the neighboring cities of Jaffa (Arab) and Tel Aviv (Jewish), the focal point of the disturbances moved swiftly inland to the holy city of Jerusalem. Arabs and Jews hastily deployed their forces in prepara-tion for what stacked up to be a major battle for possession of Jeru-salem. Facing each other across a scant 200 yards of 's land, each side had its eyes fixed on the strategic Alamein camp which the British were evacuating. But that wasn't all. It soon be-came apparent that the Arab league nations surrounding Palestine did not intend to stay out of this fight. Reports were current that six Arab nations had decided to invade the Holy Land with ground, sea and air forces before the British ended their mandate on May 15. The whole thing was shaping up in the form of a more or less total Arab effort to crush completely the Jewish intention of creating a Zionist state in Palestine. Worried United Nations delegates, meanwhile, cast about for a means to prevent the inevitable carnage, or at least to preserve the city of Jerusalem. France pushed its sponsorship of a heavily-arme- d volunteer U. N. po-lice corps to safeguard Jerusalem. Hint of the make-u- p of such a force was given in the suggestion that it might include 100 New York police volunteers, but no Russians. This protective army would number from 500 to 800 members. While the Palestine a i t u a t i o n leaped into a frantic state of flux, the United States kept discreetly out of it all in conformation to its re-cently adopted policy of apparent disinterest to what happens in the Holy Land. MINERS: Temporary Let not the public be deceived by the spell of quiet that is reigning in the nation's soft coal mines and the temporary evaporation of John L. Lewis from the stage. As it looks now, this peaceful situ-ation is good only until June 30. Even while the miners continue to chop coal in the pits, they make it clear that they expect to go back to their fishing on that date. June 30 is the day the present wage agreement between the United Mine Workers and the coal operators expires. It is possible, of course, that a new agreement may be reached before then, but it is prac-tically impossible to find anyone who thinks so. After Lewis' tussle with Federal Judge T. Alan Goldsborough in which he and the union were fined a toUl of $1,420,000, the miners went back to work after hearing John L's "wish" that they do so. This, how-ever, is regarded as merely a tem-porary truce. One of the reasons advanced for Lewis' cantankerous delay in coming to terms on the pension dispute was that the mine leader was eking out the work stoppage as long as pos-sible in order to deplete the nation's coal reserves and so put himself in a better bargaining position when the contract negotiations came up. That he accomplished that end there is no gainsaying. Coal stocks went down almost to zero all over the country, resulting in curtailment of steel production, a cut in rail travel and various major and minor industrial shutdowns. It Is a fact, too, that industry will not have recovered its balance suffi- - ciently by June 30 to cope adequately with whatever emergency Lewis might precipitate this time. widening fields of atomie research, a gigantic new cyclotron will be built at the University of California at a total cost of nine million dol-lars. In announcing the project the atomic energy commission said the new cyclotron commonly known as an atom-smash- would be 20 times more powerful than the 4,900-to- n ma-chine currently in operation at the Berkeley institution. David E. Lilienthal, AEC chair-man, provided a hint as to the kind of long range planning for peace the commission is visualizing when he said that the new cyclotron "serves notice to the world that it is the in-tent of the people of the United States to be in the de-velopment of fundamental science of all kinds." Engineering already is under way on the huge atom-splitte- r, but it will take five years before it is com-pleted. Conceived as 20 times more powerful than the most powerful cy-clotron now operating, it will pro-duce atomic bullets ranging In force from six billion to 10 billion volts. DEFIANCE: Two Issues In a surprise speech at a dinner given by Michigan chambers of commerce for the state's congres-sional delegation, Sen. Arthur Van-denberg served notice on Russia that: United States may join west- - IThe Europe in a military alli-ance against Communist aggression, and "We shall not surrender to Com- - 2 munist conspiracies in the Unit-ed States." Thus, the chief Republican propon-ent of foreign policy split the rind on two Issues which, like grapefruit, will come more and more to be in the public eye as this year wears on. Simply stated, those two Issues are: Whether the U. S. should line up militarily alongside the recently formed union of western European nations, and whether the Communist party should be outlawed in this country. FOOD PRICES: Logical Not that it makes it any easier to pay the grocery bill, but the rea-sons why food prices are so high are no mystery. U. S. has been channelling food and resources into foreign countries at a rate and volume never before approached. Also, every American able to digest solid food is eating 17 per cent more than he did before the war. Finally, until just recently, con-sumers have been spending their money on food because there was nothing much else available to buy. Those conclusions were reached by University of Wisconsin economists after an investigation into the causes of current high price levels. Center of the whole spiral are grain prices. Strong exports of corn and wheat caused an upswing in prices on the commodity markets. More expen-sive grains cause prices of flour, bread, ham, pork loin and rib roasts They could become decisive issues in the presidential campaign. In-deed, Harold Stassen already has . introduced one of them by coming out bluntly in favor of outlawing Communists in the U. S. Vandenberg said, "We are sui-cidal fools if we do not root out and destroy any treason at home which may dream of bringing world revolu-tion to the United States." The Michigan senator only hinted at a U. S. military alliance with western Europe, but his remarks hardly could be misconstrued. What Vandenberg didn't say is that while the U. S. has no formal or offi-cial role in the union of western Eu-ropean nations, American aid and support, military-wise- , of that union At Large L i r' ft-- ' ' ': Mk-- f Secretary of Commerce W. Aver-e- H Harrimaa has been named by President Truman as ambassador-st-larg- e for the European recovery program. Harriman resigned his cabinet post Immediately. to go up. OREGON: Piext Up After whirling breezily through Ohio to the thorough disgruntlemcnt of Sen. Robert Taft. campaigning Harold E. Stassen set his "political sights on the May 21 Oregon primary election where he was due to joust with Gov. Thomas E. Dewey for that state's Republican convention delegates. In a kick-of- f address in Portland Stassen refurbished his foreign and domestic policies for the edification of Oregon voters who will elect the GOP delegation. Stassen was taking his Oregon campaign seriously because a measure large of importance was being attached to the election insofar as it would provide the first test of West coast opinion on Republican presi. dential contenders. SHORTAGE: Farm Machinery Behind the present shortage of farm machinery in the U. S. lies a now story: More such machinery Is being produced than ever before but it isn't enough to meet the demand. Waiting list for farm machinery is phenomenally long, yet 131 per cent more tractors, cream separa- tors and other pieces of farm equip-men- t were produced in 1947 than were available in 1939. almost Inevitably Is Implied. Whether or not this nation will grant that assurance will come to be a towering question in the public mind soon. SKY-HIG- H: Bombing A team of air force and army ordnance men is seeking better methods of hitting pin-poi- bomb targets from extremely high alti-tudes, out of reach of most anti-aircra-guns or fighter planes. This joint organization is conduct-ing most of its secret tests in the California desert at Muroc air base It's assignment is to carry out re-search In bombing techniques, par-ticularly at high altitudes. oe, more M '"ther, and th.I F 'h worse the , f Possible ,nd7 1 shoes ,w' I, Mud .h7uidl?l: flS. IIP Bigtown Murals f All the Broadway daytime crowdi gathering to watch a pussycat vainly stalk the pigeons who roost on the Iceland marquee ... The dollar bill in the finance window near Colum-bus circle, with the caption: "I Want to Be a Loan" ... The dignified looking man who ankles up and down Fifth avenue playing with one of those trick bow-tie- It lights up when girls approach. (Oh, you kid! ) ... The sign in the men'i room of a 10th avenue lunchroom: "Em-ployees must wash their hands." Pencilled below is: "And it woulottt do the customers any harm either!" . The car in front of the Plaza with the Connecticut plates tagged SONG. It's Alec Tempietons . . . The oomphy cashier in the 60th and Madison newsreel glass-cag- e box office, who gets umpteen offers daily that start with: "Baby, why don'tcha lemme take you away from !ll this?" John Barrymore (once called John Barleycorn) was appearing in a flop play. The critics devas-tated It and him. He came to the second performance cold sober. "I told you," roared the pro-ducer, "not to show up drunk!" "If I wasn't," he said, "do yon think I'd show up?" Midtown Vignette: Where else but in Our Town could you find this hilarious scene. He's a beer execu-tive . . . Recently remarried . . . Very young bride . . . When he gets tired so does his face ... A daily mud pack facial at the Waldorf bar-ber shop is a ritual . . . Very rest-less . . . Can't stay in the chair or "un-lax- " waiting for the black-gree- n mud on his puss to dry . . . So he walks up and down the place im-patiently . . . Glaring at you through his ridiculous-lookin- g beauty treat-ment ... He also has a bath towel draped around his conk turban style . . . Scares the bejabers outta ya . . . The big howl came the other day . . . Our Hero was stomping up and down in his wild get-u- p (turban and mud pack) when in came two U.N. delegates from Arabia attired smartly in American apparel. They took one look at him and got hyster-ical Soldiers of the Press Probably the fightingest publisher of all was E. W. Scripps. He battled corruption in Cincy for three years before getting results. His free swinging style of journalism hatched many dangerous foes. As a result Scripps had bodyguards and was al-ways well-arme- He was involved in many street fights and usually Scripps was handy with his dukes and never ducked a bare-knuckl- e challenge. Of course, James Gordon Bennett fought some of the fiercest brawls in journalistic history. Noth-ing could stop the whip of his indig-nation from snapping. As a result, Bennett and his family were the vic-tims of such unspeakable slander his wife and children were forced to leave the U. S. and live in Europe. But Bennett remained and continued tossing bombshells. Editor Henry Watterson once said: "It's not enough for a newspaper to report a fight it must fight on tha right side." At Bradley's one night a diplo-mat, just back from Washington said: "The state department Is running our Middle East with a firm hand." "Zatzo?" snapped Ted Mack. "What's the name of the firm-Stan- dard Oil?" Appeasement is taking a lacing Our diplomats have planted wet kisses all over Peron's two faces, and what did they reap? At the n huddle in Bogota, Argentina has been attempting to gum up the works by whizzing monkey-w-renches. The other day Peron's mouthpieces denounced proposals for n collective action against communism! In other words Fascist Peron wants to make it easier for Communists to continue crawling, and the state department's excuse for embracing Argentina was that it would help us stop the spread of communism. The difference be-tween a Nazi, a Fascist and a Com-munist is the difference between a skunk, a snake and a rat. Sounds In the Night: At Eddie Con-don s: "She's one of the zeros In 400" ... At the Penthouse: Love is what has you coming and gomg nuts!. t M Garrison.s. bne has a darling kisposition." . . . n tne Stork: "He handed her his usual routine... . . . At Lisa Kirk's: two.Uee"ld St0ry- - nCe U0n trying US'' Let him cool his hells. rfvc"61 "RUSSIA AND FIN-PAC-MUTUAL ASSISTANCE alMh!,11163"3. toe Russians .ssr,to he,p 016 Finns Case of the Nazi Reception, Or Misleading Propaganda By BAUKIIAGE News Analyst and Commentator WASHINGTON Last month there was a memorandum on my desk from the department of the army addressed to "all former war correspondents, subject: Army Day, 1948." It sug-gested that perhaps I had a war story that stood out in my mind that I would like to relate as an Army Day feature. The memo-randum didn't state which war was preferred, if any, but I sup-posed that it didn't matter so long as it wasn't the next one. I reported the landing on the Normandy beaches, the Battle of the Bulge and many of the other important events of the last war from a microphone In Washington; my connection with World War I was less vicarious; my experiences during earlier conflicts such as San Juan, Gettysburg, Chapultepec, Yorktown and Hastings are a little hazy. Therefore I decided that the de-partment of the army might permit me to relate an ad-- : venture which pro-vided a little com-'ed- y relief in 1939, in the nervous in-terlude, known as the "phony war," before the real storm broke. It went something like this: It happened at Wesermuende, the German air and naval base, shortly We explained briefly, and waited for the skies to fall. They didn't. The officer continued his speech without, even dropping his monocle Just to be sure editing It slightly to make It apply as he went. There was no question that he thought we were going to be, certainly OUGHT to be Gocbbels. The formation melted away, the truck which had been requested to transport sound equipment started to load, all but one of the staff cars slunk away. There was only one red face, the airforce commander's, and he felt not embarrassment, but rage. This was a purely military field and I had held up the German war effort for half a morning, thus contributing my bit to Allied victory even before America was in the war. For the rest, the only significant memory, except for my interview after Britain and trance naa D-eclared war on Germany. American correspondents still had consider-able freedom, and I had managed to wrangle permission to interview the first British fliers shot down by the Germans. I did, but that isn't this with those British boys, was the questioning by the German officers. Obviously they didn't share the com-placent assurance of victory of the Nazi higher-up- s they remembered World War I. Today the greatest danger to the peace is the possibility that the will, the purpose, the power of the United States will not be understood in time by the Russian command that they will fail to recognize the risk of they are taking in their "cold war," as the Kaiser and Hitler failed to realize it. Roses, But Never A Spray of Yew There are many good garden books, and I for one had about come to the conclusion that the final word on gardening had been written, when along came the Woman's Home Com-panion Garden Book (P. F. Collier and Son corporation, publisher, New York City) with many new angles. Edited by John C. Wister, director of the Arthur Hoyt Scott horticultural foundation, Swarthmore college, this book speaks with au-- For all the careful German prepa-rations for war, there was still a certain amount of confusion in the office of propaganda under the high-l- y efficient father of lies, Dr. Goeb-bel- s, but I managed to get tho use of a German army transport plane to fly me (with a German radio man) from Berlin to Wesermuende. he war was roaring westward Into Poland and the great Tcm-pelh-airfield In Berlin was all but deserted when we arrived be-fore dawn and were escorted with alacrity, and not a little wonder-men- t, which al- - to our transport ready was warming up. We had been op all night and my colleague Immediately fell asleep on a pile equipment. As soon of parachute as dawn broke, I busied myself watching the anti-aircra- ft batteries tn the fields surrounding Berlin, -.-n n'ts In fields surrounded by complacent, cud - chewing cows - -- re, like the rest of the be-u,- -i-pulation; unaware of what the Fuehrer was about to bring down on them. For some reason we flew low, al-most scratching our wings on the church steeples. At last my com-panion awoke. We were approach-ing the airfield. It was a lively spot. As we drew nearer, we could see a detachment of marines which came to attention as we approached. A half dozen staff cars were drawn up in a seml-clrcl- e, balanced by blue-jackets and ground personnel of the air force. "We're lucky," my companion re-marked, "some big brass must be coming, we'll see a parade." No other plane was visible though, as we circled a couple of times over the docks, thick with ships including the long-los- t Europa, back on her dash from Murmansk. Finally we landed a couple of yards from the military formation which by now was drawn up at attention. We were a little embarrassed, for we were in plain sight of the imposing array, and were afraid we might suddenly bump into the visiting dignitary and we were hatless and unshaven. I let my companion go ahead. There was no dace to so. however, but thority. "It is correct," it states on page 472, "to speak of narcissus, and also correct to use the English term daf-fodil for all species and varieties of narcissus. There is confusion about this, a popular Impression being that daffodils are kind, and narcissus the white kinds. There also has been confusion about the name Jonquil. All the daffodils of the jon-quil group are distinguished by their narrow, garlic-lik- e foliage and by their characteristic bright yellow color, which is the same shade throughout the flower." All of this Interested me mightily as I had just been studying a photograph of a clump of narcissus In a popular magazine's "name this picture" contest. The leaves on the plant shown were broad, though the answer given by the editor was "jonquil." Obviously, even contest editors may err. The narcissus discussion Is a sam-ple of Editor Wister's directness in this new garden book and there is more like it on every page. in the direction "of the naval de-tachment and their commanding of-ficer. It later developed he was the commander of the base, a tall, slim, correct naval officer, perhaps a little nervous, though we were too nervous ourselves to realize it at the mo-ment. We advanced, like pups ap-proaching a porcupine. A com-mand rang out. The troops snapped to present arms, the officer sa-luted and drew a manuscript from his tunic, something new to me In military procedure all I could think of was painting of General Washington reading a message to his troops (and I always had thought that was a flight of the artist's fancy). Not the least interesting writing in this book is the foreward by the well-love- d Liberty Hyde Bailey, dean; of all gardeners, whose accomplish-ments need no eulogy here. Another intriguing feature is the discussion and diagramming of va-- : rious geographic areas according to their geological and climatic condi-tions. Most of us have been frost-- . bitten too often for comfort by blind-ly following the usual maps. Additional data and measuring qualities have been added to material in making a broader and yet more personal pre-sentation of his problems to the gardener in any given section of the United States and Canada. The net result is the clarification of many heretofore-vagu- e statements. The officer began reading it was a message of welcome all right Finally, my companion (he was half-Englis- h, which may explain his fortitude) interrupted: "There must be some mistake. We are two radio correspondents." The commander bowed, looked abashed, glanced over our heads toward the plane. "But where are the other gentle-men?" he wanted to know. "There are just two of us." we replied. "But the minister of propaganda? Who Is representing him? We were notified by the department a spe-cial plane the truck for the ba-ggage" It would be unfair to other ex-cellent books to say that this is the best garden book yet published. In some ways It excels all others, but still there are other volumes which may contain more informa-tion on specific subjects. 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