Show WEEKLY NEWS ANALYSIS ANALYSIS- Truman Threatens to Take Battle Rattle On Legislative Program to People MacArthur Sees No Russian Attack Attach EDITORS EDITOR'S NOTES NOTE When opinions opinion are e ex fa Western Newspaper Union newt news TRUMAN All Aboard I President Truman who obviously obvious ly regards himself as the man with a mandate was tossing tOiling some not too subtle threats toward congressmen con cone gressmen Inhospitable to his hi legis proposals Keep fooling with me he said laid in effect and Ill I'll hit the old stump again and again and you know what that tha means The rhe President meant that If it con gress gross didn't set let about soon enacting enactIng enact enact- Ing kilo Into law the pledges he made to the people d during the November campaign hed he'd hit the trail tran again and take the Issue to the people people- the way Franklin D. D Roosevelt used to do MR TRUMAN apparently felt fel that by so doing he could whip pub lie sentiment up to such a pitch that congress congre would be forced to go along with his program or else face possible defeat in the 1950 elections Not having the vocal equipment of his predecessor who could ge get desired results with his fireside chats Mr Truman would have to climb aboard a train if it he wanted to Influence the masses Strangely enough congress didn't didn seem unduly perturbed at the Presidents President's threat Things went along In congressional procedure about as usual with Republicans charging that the congress is also a do nothing congress while Democratic members were Inviting comparison with the do nothing congress IT WAS READILY evident that Mr Truman was needled by lack of congressional action on his pro pro- gram Reiterating his campaign pledges of last fall in which he declared declared de de- Glared the central issue was the welfare of all ali the people Mr Truman asserted that lobbyists pressure groups and controlled editorial edi edl tonal pages columnists and com come commentators commentators w were e ere r e offering determined determined deter deter- mined opposition to his legislative program I All we have on our side he said is the people Pointing out that he found on his campaign tour that the people 01 of the nation are concerned about their government Mr Truman termed that concern a fine thing I 1 propose to do all I can to help it along he added Then he hurled the threat In fact I may even get on on the train again and make another another an an- other tour around the country to tell the people how their government government govern govern- ment is getting on INFLATION Has Two Faces Observers purportedly on the inside in inside inside side of things in Washington regard regard regard re re- gard approval of the congressional committee on the economic report Mr Truman's proposal for controls controls con con- troIs to ward off oU inflation as inflation as lip service only and argue that none of the committee expect the proposal proposal pro pro- to win congressional favor It was said the favorable committee committee com com- report was made only to save face for the President as ashe ashe ashe he se seeks ks to implement the pledges he made in his election campaign TIlE THE COMMITTEE vote which will send the measure to the floor of congress was 7 to 4 for approval and that tha t came only after the proposals proposals proposals pro pro- of the President had been toned down Critics of the Truman plan say soy it poses the unique theory that the country is in the midst of an Inflation In and deflation period at the I same time time time-a a condition admittedly difficult of comprehension They assert too that it would give dangerous controls to the President at a time when they ac ace actually are not needed One commentator observed that if an any members of ot the committee considering the proposal had had bad any Idea It would be enacted by the congress it would have been killed completely before it ever got to the poor floor of ot the house or sena senate te JAPAN Rods Reds Answered The Russians had bad an answer to what w would uld happen if U they ever moved on Japan Gen Douglas MacArthur in Sn a special interview declared that he did expect any attack upon Japan by the Russians but If U that occurred we meaning t the b e United Untied States should certainly defend de fend tend her TIlE THE ENTIRE IDEA mEA of ot a Rus Rus- In these Ibue they are those thole o oits olits ol 01 1 its t. and nd not no 01 of ot this Ibl newspaper Wins Film Award A i g 9 F FI I i al t fl t V Is A I Jf t a. a w. w VA Virginia Wave 0 Cathedral a I bod r a I films' films star receives the Ute annual award as the best actress of religious religious re re- films from Irom the American association of religious film distributors distributors dis dis- distributors for lor her work in the tho film in Simon Peter Fisherman which she portrayed Concordia scan sian attack on Japan held a bizarre bizarr e aspect With the US U.S. as chief occupation oc occupation I force torce how could the the Soviets launch an attack of th the thel I Japan Japanese se without in effect making war on the United States But General MacArthur evidently evident ly held the subject serious enough l to comment about itIn ItIn itIn it In case of ot another war we do donot donot d o not want Japan to fight MacArthur Mac Mac- I Arthur said Japans role is to be bethe l I Ithe the Switzerland of the Pacific h he eV I explained I THEN HE MADE a telling point l I II I in speculation of ot a Russian attack on Japan Even If it the Soviet had aggressive intentions toward Japan Russia would be incapable of carrying them out unless she could secure mastery of the air and either had a far Eastern fleet of ot other her own or possessed the means of neutralizing any any action by our fleet Russia could not obtain air pre pre-i dominance he be went on On Okinawa I had constructed at the end of ot the war 25 airfields with the capacity to dispatch B B I then our largest bombers on missions a day The whole of east east- era ern Asia from Singapore to Vladivostok Vladivostok would lie within range of ot those machines HE DID NOT point out that with development of the bombing arm of the air force since the war even farther distances for bombing purposes purposes purposes pur pur- pur- pur poses could be covered by present present- day missile carriers Of the function of Japan in the American strategy of defense MacArthur Mac Mac-i Arthur said We never Intended to use Japan as an ally All AU we want her to do doIs dois dois is remain neutral UNIVERSE No Limits Since the first man lifted his and gazed In puzzled awe at ata a studded star sky mankind has been trying to discover the secrets of the universe To that end the huge inch inch Palomar mountain telescope was was' built bunt and put into Operation But the telescopes telescope's first contribution tion to the sum of mans man's knowledge of ot the universe served only to deep deep- deepen en the mystery Astronomers using it found that there is no outer edge to the universe universe uni uni- verse of stars and the look they took was twice as far as man has ever looked before The astronomers got some pic plc pictures tures of V nebulae a billion light light- years distant and spaced about a million years light years apart Each one is a world of stars like the Milky Way The star worlds are about uniformly spread up to the previous ous limits of ot sight Ight about a half halt billion light years THE TIlE NEXT STUDY will be to find whether there is an any thinning of the celestial families as tight lIght is extended outward One stunning fact tact the discovery brought home was that th there re Ismore is ismore ismore more than one star tar for every human human hu hue hueman man being who ever lived Nearly every star Itar family or nebulae contains con con- tams more than a hundred million Individual stars Now It is science concurring In the psalms psalm The heavens declare the glory of ot God and the firma ment meat lily His handiwork FEWER JOBS For White Collars There are many fewer white collar collar col lar lax Job openings than a year ago In most U. U S S. S cities but high grade personnel Is still In demand The volume of seekers job-seekers particularly men is Ii up tip all aU the way from ten per percent percent percent cent to as much as per cent but buta a heavy majority of ot the applicants I are below standard below standard material and there Is little market for them This Is the tenor of reports from private employment agencies IA tit 42 principal cities clues from coast to coast surveyed by the family economics economics eco eco- bureau of ot Northwestern National National Na Na- Life Lite Insurance company THE TIlE WEEDING OUT process Is now on In full swing agency executives ex ex- report as employers prune down working forces to eliminate the lazy the Inefficient the chronic absentees and the chronically tardy who dont don't realize that the wartime train gravy has bas rumbled to a stop and the era of competition Is back The biggest drop has occurred In Jobs for untrained and Junior office help belp particularly male the survey finds But there Is still a nationwide nationwide nationwide nation nation- wide demand for salesmen and sales promotion personnel and inmost In Inmost Inmost most cities for accountants and other technically trained men MOST AGENCIES report that salaries salaries sal- sal aries arles are the same or slightly better than last year for experienced or trained personnel but that employment employment employment employ employ- ment requirements are stiffer employers employers employers em em- Interview more candidates per Job and check their qualifications dons much more thoroughly The great majority of employers dealt with are uncertain as to the future agencies report but optimists optimists optimists mists slightly outnumber pessimists Most employers feel that war pre competition is s here again and with It the Immediate necessity of ot trimming trimming trimming trim trim- ming costs and sharpening efficiency efficiency effi eUl- clency at every possible corner The prevailing attitude is that good busl bull ness can be had b by means of ot in increased In n creased efforts If U pending legislation legislation legisla legisla- tion does not turn out too unfavorably bly many concerns are reported as marking time on their future programs programs programs pro pro- grams until they can see how the new tax program and labor law shape up Answers Critics t 3 tV Jo ny F. F Former Gov Mon Ion C. C Washington nominated by President Pres ident Truman to head the national national national na na- na- na security resources board denies critics' critics charges at committee com coma hearing He was accused of being soft toward ism He lie branded the charges ridiculous and silly WAR TALK Little ittle Ease Ease up up There was little up ease-up In the taUt tally of ot possible war War tumors rumors were still flying the latest reporting that the Russians had strengthened their garrisons along the Soviet-Norwegian Soviet border A well informed Finnish source was credited with the report The informant said the Russian troops had come from the Mur Mur- mansk area While not estimating the he number Involved he said the troop movements had been observed and apparently were in connection with the stand taken by Norway on the north Atlantic defense treaty THE INFORMANT said there were no Indications of ot similar troop movements along the Finnish bor bore der Norway and Russia now have a short common frontier in the far tar north The frontier was established when the Petsamo region of ot Fin Fin- land and was ceded to the Soviet union under terms of the Russo Finnish peace treaty The Soviet union recently proposed proposed pro pro- posed to Norway that both nations sign a non aggression non pact Norway has made It clear she will not enter enter en ter into such a treaty Instead Norway Nor way appeared disposed d to cast Its fortunes with countries In the proposed proposed pro pro- posed north Atlantic treaty The treaty The United States Canada Britain France the Netherlands Luxem bourg bourl and Belgium SLOWDOWN Banned By Court The supreme court has upheld a Wisconsin ban on the slowdown asa as asa asa a union tactic In a dispute with man gement B By a 5 4 vote It H sustained a tate state taw law aw which prohibits an any concerted efforts by workers work to Interfere with production except b by going on strike I The specific action involved waa wa war wara a series erles of 0 unannounced work stop iton |