Show WEEKLY Y NEWS ANALYSIS Soviets Express Desire for Peace Agree to Discussion of Differences U. U S. S Seizes Strike Railroads-Strike Off By Dy Dill Bill Staff Writer EDITORS EDITOR'S NOTE opinions are arc expressed In Jo these the thy they are thon thole of r 1 Weter Newspaper Union a. a newt analysts and aed not eat or title thIs OVERTURE Peaceful Peace All AU of a sudden udden the air between Washington and Moscow was waa filled with talk of peace and desire delre for co co- cooperation operation Exactly what had happened to bring about the quick flow of the milk of human kindness between the U. U S. S and Russia was not clear Certainly there had occurred no basic change in the potentially explosive explosive ex plosive relationship It began with a U. U S. S statement of position voiced by Bedell Smith ambassador to Russia in the presence pres ence once of 01 Soviet Foreign Minister V. V M. M Molotov Smith apparently speaking officially dally daily suggested that the way Is clear for 8 discussion of differences with Russia Said the U. U S. S ambassador ambassador am am- ambassador The pr present sent state of ot U. U S. Soviet relations is a source of grievous I disappointment to the American people As far as the United States Is concerned the door is always alway wide open for full lull discussion and an the composing of our differences Russia's reply as broadcast by the Moscow radio expressed a positive attitude toward Improving Soviet- Soviet American relations and stated that Russia is In agreement with a U. U S. S p. p for lor discussion and settlement of existing differences Although these developments received re reo re- re a big play in the press and radio of ot both nations indications were strong that the aura of mutual hostility separating the tho U. U S. S and Russia might not be dispelled by th the willingness to compose our differ Neither side aide had modified It its foreign for lor- eign policy Rather each had bad emphasized em em- it in the exchange of notes The U U. S. S statement said In part The concern and the determination of the people of ot the United States State have been intensified by the Inexplicable inexplicable cable hostility of the Soviet government government govern govern- government ment to the European recovery program pro pro- gram gram gram-a a measure which in its in inception and subsequent developments develop developments ments is 11 so obviously only a measure measure measure meas meas- ure of American assistance for lor reconstruction reconstruction reconstruction re re- construction on a operative co-operative basis basi i without menace or threat to any any- I one In their reply the Soviets contrasted contrasted con con- what they termed military threats against the Soviet Union with the Russian governments government's pursuit pur suit of a consistent peace policy At least there was a definition of ot terms and a preliminary agreement agreement agree agree- agreement ment to talk things over Whether or not any good would come coma of It was at this stage problematical tern here was a suspicion abroad that tha Russia balked in its It ambitions to expand Into western Europe bythe bythe by bythe the European recovery program might be ready now to try to make some ome kind of ot deal ALL ABOARD Trains Run nun U U. U S. S economy escaped being a victim of railroad paraplegia at the eleventh hour when three rail brotherhoods brotherhoods brotherhoods broth broth- yielded to a restraining order brought against them by the government and called off oU their Impending impending im Im- Im pending strike Events leading up to that climax had run a course which h h h n w familiar to tu weary strike Americans Negotiations between oads and the three dissenting brotherhoods brotherhoods brotherhoods brother brother- hoods engineers firemen and switchmen switchmen had had been fruitless As A. the strike deadline approached they remained miles mUes away from any kind of agreement on wages and working I conditions Dy By that time Ume President President- Truman had built up a full tull head of steam team and he opened the throttle wide The U. U S S. S could not stand tand a nationwide nationwide nation nation- wide tragedy cb as a the rail strike would be he said Acting under the sanction unction of a 1913 1916 law which authorizes the government govern govern- ment to take over the railroads dur duro ing the time of 01 war U U. S. S Is still tm officially in a state of 01 wartime emergency Mr Truman seized tha th entire vast network of 01 tra tracks ks and trains train In the name of ot the federal government That move paved the th way for a acourt acourt acourt court order restraining the unions from striking for eight Ight days dal Fed Federa Federal era eral District t Judge T T. Man Alan Coldsborough Golds Colds borough Issued the order d p-j p t Ue te nations nation's trains train kept running for tor tor the time tim being a at t least Possibly proving that here ere Is J no wind so ill IU that it doesn't blow up some ome good rood for lor somebody one ons of the major influences leading to cancels cancella tion of 01 Ue tt rail strike ws was wai John 1 U Lewis who didn't have a word to tolay say lay about it But Dut Lewis had set the pattern The rail union leaders leaders leaders-Alvanley Alvanley Johnston Johnston Johns Johns- ton of 01 the engineers D D. D 13 B. B Robertson of the firemen and A A. A J. J Glover Glo Jr of the switchmen were switchmen were uncomfortably uncomfortably uncomfortably ably aware of f what happened to the mine chief when he disobeyed an fn Injunction In junction to call off oU his soft coal strike They knew that if U they disobeyed Judge Goldsborough's restraining order they would be exposing themselves them selves and their unions to whopping big tines fines and possible jail sentences It was becoming apparent that the government had bad hit upon a hard bard fisted way of delaying crippling strikes strike With labor unrest destined to grow this summer summer that method though far from ideal might cometo come com cometo to be the basic formula for InducIng Inducing inducIng ing arbitration and settlement of strikes DIXIE Truman Anti Although President Harry Truman had not held forth publicly on the subject of 01 civil ehU rights for some time now the echoes of the civil rights program he advanced earlier this year were rattling around like sabers south of the Mason Dixon line Alabama voters had expressed themselves as aI being anti In Inthe Inthe Inthe the states state's primary election they had bad given majorities to candidates pledged to cast electoral votes against the President because of tb th thi civil rights issue It was the first concrete Indication indication Indica indica- tion that a bolt from the tho regular Democratic party part nominee might not be b. unlikely next November If Il the nominee like Mr Truman Is committed to supporting the civil rights right program And In hi Jacks Jackson n Miss a states rights Democratic rally was keynoted keynoted key key- noted with a flat prediction that President Truman would not be be belie lie He- elected because he is not acceptable to the nation or the southern Democrats Demo Demo- era ts Gov J Strom Thurmond of South Carolina defined the South's South stand tand when he told the rally that the South is not in revolt against the Democratic Democratic Democratic Demo Demo- cratic party but against its present leadership Spark that kindled the political tire fire in the South was Mr Truman's espousal of ot proposals to ness nasi fed fed- era eral laws o outlawing lynching poll taxes job discrimination and segregation segre gation of 01 races race Legislation like that that Governor Thurmond asserted would violate the tho historic principle of the right of 01 states tates to determine their own attitude toward such mat mat- ten tera So far tar it was only talk but anti anti- Truman feeling had crystallized Inthe In Inthe inthe the South to the point where party leaders leader were badly worried U the Dixie Democrats carried their defection de di faction to the ultimate point of nominating their own candidate the wigs big might as II well throw In the sponge toe for the 48 43 elections election and start looking to lO 1032 2 UNCERTAINTY Who o Won Just about all that anyone was sure ure of 01 when the smoke moke from Irom the Ohio primary elections had cleared was that Sen Robert nobert Taft haJ hai won 44 H delegates to the Republican national na na- na convention and that Harold Stassen the wolf at Tafts Taft's door had bad captured nine How those results result should be interpreted interpreted in in- promised to be a thoroughly thoroughly thoroughly thor thor- argued question by the time the Republicans convened in Philadelphia Philadelphia Phila Phila- delphia to nominate a a presidential candidate Many held the opinion that the Ohio primary resulted in II if not an outright defeat for Stassen at least leasta a brusque check on the Minnesotans Minnesotan's Minnesotan tans tan's heretofore snowballing cam cam- Stassen had competed with Taft for lor 23 of ot the states state's 53 delegates lie won nine and Taft took 14 of ot those 23 In a pre election s statement statement state state- ta te ment Stassen had said that the Ohio contest could be accounted a victory for tor him only if U he won a majority of the thc 23 disputed delegates delegate Thus by his own estimate StasSen Stassen Stassen Stas Stas- sen lost In Ohio He lie lost however to a favorite ton son candidate strongly strong strong- ly supported in his own state tate by Ohio's powerful political organize organize- tion lion It was hardly a victory for Taft to shout about In the final analysis the GOP election race had not changed much It was Taft and Dewey teaming up to force Stassen into the rail with Sen Arthur of Michigan coming up l last fast st on the outside F FARM ARlU ISSUE Truman's Trunian's Rather hard put for a good earthy Issue to play upon in his coming campaign President Truman has hit upon the farm problem as the vehicle to carry some of his hiI convictions convictions convictions con con- before the public He Re began by planning a message to congress on the subject of long- long range agricultural legislation The Idea was originated by the retiring i ing Secretary of Agriculture Clinton Anderson who opined that such a plea to congress would put the Republicans Republicans Re Re- publicans on the spot The message which Mr Truman was preparing would ask for foran an an adequate appropriation to Continue continue con con- the government farm program particularly on soil conservation according to Alb Alben en Barkley senate Democratic leader Barkley recalled that the President had asked in his budget message for million dollars dol dol- lars lara for soil conservation in the coming fiscal year rear and that con con- con con- gress had cut that that sum to 22 mil mit lion Many U. U S. S farmers would be b. inclined to agree X for Taft Taftt I t I I IM M Sen Robert Roberl Tafts Taft's presidential star Itar once again was In ascendancy ascendancy ascendancy ascend ascend- ancy following the important Ohio primary election of ot 53 Republican lican national convention dele deli gates gate He lie won 14 U of ot the 23 contests contests con con- contests tests In which Harold Darold E. E was a strong strone disputant WHEAT I Big Crop Word from the department of agriculture was that the U. U S. S would produce the third largest wheat crop in history this year The department stuck to that pro pre re diction even ven though it had reduced Its estimate of ot the important winter wheat crop by million bushels from the April 1 estimate except in parts of the southern great plains plain the crop made good i progress it was revealed in an official oW cial department report As of May I 1 prospects were for a total of 1117 billion bushels bushel of wheat Largest Larrest crop was billion bushels last year Production in the 45 43 period averaged million bushels Depa of ot agriculture estimated ed ad the sown fall winter wheat crop at at about 8 15 million bushels a decline de di cline dine of from It its April 1 tore tore- cast cat No official estimate of ot spring wheat was wu available but p guess was that average yields yield should hould pro duce due million bushels PLANT LIFE Appetites Atomic scientists have learned that some ome plants like Uke human be big ings are finicky eaters eaten This new knowledge Important commercially Is I. the result of ex ex- tests teb with radioactive isotopes iso iso- topes tope of ot phosphorous Now science clence can tell teU a farmer who spends 50 to put phosphate tee fer on his hi land whether th the plant only nibbles or take uk a I bite big bill enough to teCI repay his expense a 1 |