Show SCANNING THE WEEKS WEEK'S NEWS of 01 Main Street and anel the World Eisenhower Says He Would Employ Bomb A-Bomb Under Certain Conditions DECISION DECISION- DECISION To To m my mind Ih the use uti of o Ih the ibe atomic bomb would b be on bath basis Don Doll it advantage me m or does it U not 01 when I get into info a II sear wart Now Hour j II i 1 1 felt fell that Ih the material destruction that I 1 was wat going to 10 accomplish f was wat not 0 equal to 10 lh the tbt moral morl or great gal reaction otherwise 1 to 10 this ibis act then Ib I 1 would abstain ab lib- stain If 1 I 1 thought the tbt n net was on my side M I 1 would us use it II Instantly because I 1 proceed rom from this Ihil basis The Th United Ui States Stain is it not 01 going to 10 declare war tear or conduct an n aggressive campaign It ItIs ls II Is merely g going to 10 0 end defend itself and I IS S. S if l s someone lomon in spite spilt of o oits its III peaceful f MAIN purpose lumps g on it II I 1 believe in using what whit fl we wt have bats in defending STREET net es With these words Gen DwIght D D. D Eisenhower told the world- world FEAT WRE I friend and foe toe alike Just alike Just how far he would go to defend western Europe Eu rope It was the kind of clearheaded headed logical reasoning that people Inthe in inthe inthe I the home towns of the nation could understand It reaffirmed their faith in the man chosen to fill the most important post in modern history It Is this kind of reasoning and determination that the Communist II nations of the world understand And if It the world understands this reasoning rea rea- it could mean another step toward the preservation of peace 18 YEAR OLDS It would be difficult to say at this point who was more surprised by the 79 to 5 senate vote that passed the bill to draft year olds opponents or supporters of the measure For weeks the debate had raged in the senate over lowering the draft ago age from the 19 year old year old limit And although the bill must go to the house for action actton it appeared that much of the pressure against the administrations administration's defense plans has been relieved Most observers were inclined to believe bellevo the bill will eventually reach the Presidents President's desk The senate vote caused M r f H x z c con o n s i speculation tb fiA j I across the nation In the first place the man on f. f main street wanted to know knowis i is it possible for five senators sen the the number w who h o t I voted against the measure r r to to bombard the U. U S S. S sen senate senate ate with so much propaganda propaganda t ganda that it completely ties up important legislation legisla t tion for weeks Second s what happened to the other senators who had ranted 4 r and raged against drafting the year olds And third were the statements by opponents op opo Striving desperately to make peace that the mothers of between labor and the administration the tho nation flooded Washington Washing Eric Fria Johnston center economic stabilizer sta sta- ton with telegrams against met several times with union the draft entirely true leaders In Washington Shown with Johnston left to right are 1 NO NOI NO NOI NO NOI- NOI After Leighty Hayes I AM lAM a full week of conferences Murphy presidential council and Goldberg Gold Gold- watched anxiously by the berg CIO average man who does not understand very clearly the niceties of diplomatic language and maneuvers maneuvers maneuvers ma ma- the foreign ministers' ministers deputies of the United States France Britain and Russia meeting in Paris had nothing to report The Tho only statements were no no issued by Russia's Andrei Gromyko Gromyko Gromyko Gro- Gro to every proposal put forth by the western powers Gromyko first gained the attention of the home home towners towners of the nation nation na na- na tion as the no man of the United Nations The main point of difference between the west and east remained the subject of rearming Germany KOREAN Slowly BATTLE BATTLE BATTLE- Slowly methodically United Nations troops advanced in Korea storming the hills hUls digging the tho Communists out of foxholes foxhole with bayonets stopping and breaking a Red fled attack at other points but always pushing toward the parallel U U. N N. commanders continued to expect a spring offensive by tie fie Reds scheduled for some time during the last part of March or April Meanwhile the Chinese suffered severe casualties as U. U S S. S troops pushed ahead estimated by some observers at to in two weeks There were reports that the Communists had men in the front lines below the parallel In addition they were reported to have more troops in immediate reserve in North Korea and a great reservoir perhaps more than across across the Yalu river in Man Man- churla churia RUSSIAN ARMS ARMS- According to Russian reports the Supreme Soviet Parliament has adopted a 1931 1051 budget of billion rubles of which 86 90 billion would go for defense purposes Russia has placed a value on the ruble of four to the American dollar but since there are aro so many imponderables Involved the rate does not reflect the true truo position of the ruble If It the 2 rate Is taken it would indicate Indicate in indicate In- In a total defense budget of 24 billion bUlton e 5 A However 50 Soviet let production tion through use of forced labor and purchases from dominated countries at extremely extremely extremely ex ex- ex- ex favorable rates is a t considerably cheaper than get that of the United States c. c v vA A NEW JOLT JOLT- JOLT JOLT- The administrations administrations administration's ad ad- t t l ministrations ministration's price stabilization effort eUort which has been beep called caved nearly everything in including In In- The U U. U 8 S. S air force farce has ordered of or tasting eluding fraud received Glenn L. L Martin of Baltimore Md ilme an another jolt this time in fn the undisclosed number of the British Canberra Can Can- black and white of the berra berr twin-jet twin bomber above Britain wholesale price index gave rave the U U. U S 8 S. S the plans for lor the plane The bureau of labor statistics sta Ita a as a part of 01 the mutual aid pact between be be- index hit an all time tween the two nations peak of 17 per cent above pre Korean war prices and per cent over a year ago The bureau said laid all major commodities advanced except building materials The new figures wiped out any hope that the stabilization effort had finally started taking effect and a leveling off ott was about to take place The figures also brought renewed charges from labor that it would take a law with teeth in it to stop top the inflation spiral 1 V V. V DiSalle price director told worried housewives in a television speech that it would be three more months before ceiling prices food tood will be posted in stores It couldn't be done sooner he reported because food tood prices vary by localities LAST HOPE HOPE- The HOPE The supreme court refused by a vote of 3 is to 0 to review re reo view the case of Alger Hiss IUn convicted of giving government secrets to toa toa toa a a Russian spy ring before World War II U. It was Hiss Hiss' last lut hope of escaping in lag ing a five tive year prison sentence The lUll Hiss trial made headlines in the nations nation press for months month A guilty runty verdict and prison sentence was returned after atter a second trial The lender slender brilliant brillant attorney has hu stubbornly denied the charges of giving tving away government secrets |