Show RUSSIANS Western Stand Those who in commenting on the strained relationship between the East Sast and West have been wont to say get worse before it gets any better probably had reached the end of their rhetorical rope For it was unlikely that it could get any worse without producing armed conflict of some kind This it t appeared was the top of ot the heap of crises that had been piling up for or two years There were these developments TIlE THE AMERICAN British and French Trench ambassadors who had been talking with Soviet Foreign MInIster Minster Min Mm- Ister ster V. V M. M Molotov and Premier Stalin In Moscow for six weeks left the Russian capital presumably ending the power four-power discussions THE TIlE THREE western powers asked the Kremlin for a simple and final yes or no on the question of whether Russia will lilt lift its blockade block ade of Berlin U. U S. S SECRETARY of State George Marshall speaking before the U V. V N. N general assembly warned the Soviet Union that American patience patience patience pa- pa pa pa- tience should not hot be mistaken for weakness With the Moscow talks at an end the center of ot action in the crisis had shifted to Paris where the Is Issue Issue issue Is- Is sue would be debated in the U. U N. N The western nations the nations the U. U S. S France and Great Britain plainly Britain plainly had had enough and were determined determined deter deter- mined not to give another inch In an long hour speech before parliament British Foreign Secretary Secretary Secre Secre- tary tasy Ernest Bevin expressed his bis nations nations nation's na tion's determination We are firmly firmly firm firm- ly resolved to go on with our pol pol- icy I AM NOT SAYING by by- that that we are committed to war and all the other things that might ensue We have not reached that stage yet Speaking to the United 1 Nations in Paris George Marshall U. U S. S secretary sec see of state outlined the basic U. U S. S foreign policy polley in much the same manner as Bevin Devin The United States be tie said would not compromise compromise com corn promise the essential principles or barter away the rights and freedoms of other peoples HOME OWNERS Record ugh High One of the most maddening of aUthe all aU the modem modern paradoxes is that thai while millions of at American families are searching desperately for decent places s to live at the same time more American families own their own homes now than ever before in history About bou 49 9 p per cen cent of the nations nation's non-farm non families owned Downed their homes bomes at the beginning of ot this year It has boa been revealed by a federal reserve board survey That comes to toa toa toa a total of ot million city and town families Although the lurve survey did not take up farm tarm families the proportion of home owners amon among that group traditionally tra tra- tra has haa been much muel higher than among city till dwelle dwellers s. s |