Show NEWS REVIEW aid to poland cancelled reds delay jap treaty POLAND AID canceled following a report by a U S sur vey mission that poland has enough food to meet her minimum require ments at least tor for this year the state department canceled poland s share of the million dollar american relief program in its announcement the state department part ment said that special items such as medical supplies and sup le foodstuffs for particular groups could be supplied poland through private relief agencies and other organizations the announcement added in view of the above and of the fact that funds available are sum chent to meet only the most urgent relief needs it has been decided not to undertake a relief program tor for poland next on the list according to in dictations might be hungary where better crop prospects are in sight the state department said that the decision to cut off relief to poland was based entirely an on the relative needs of european coun tries no official comment was made on the tact fact that poland is well within the soviet sphere of in fluence and chato hungary is bitely communist dominated NEW SPLIT peace treaty russia s rejection of the united states proposal for drafta drafting p ng a japa nese peace treaty is showing up as another breach in the already badly weakened structure of american soviet unity in addition it may delay indell bitely work on a peace treaty for japan which the united states con tends is an absolute necessity if the conquered nation is to get back on its economic feet american proposals for begin ning the task of writing a treaty on august 19 were turned down by moscow on the grounds that the U S was attempting to act uni laterally and without having made mad e any previous agreements with great britain china or russia major question now facing the united states and other nations in te rested in mak ng progress on a far east peace settlement is whether to go ahead with the writ ing of the japanese peace treaty without russia GUN coincidence for a few minutes washington police thought they might have a would be assassin on their hands when they picked up a man carry ing a gun inside the capitol just after president truman had made a visit to the senate chamber but clifton R H spires 39 of augusta ga arrested on a charge of carrying concealed weapons ap feared more confused than anyone else about the affair he seemed to think that he had a grudge against the big shots in washington but apparently held no animosity to ward the president later he was sent to a washing ton hospital for observation the coincidental appearance of president truman in the senate chamber was the result of a dare which he took while having lunch with some of his former colleagues from the senate he spoke for five minutes from the seat he held as the senator from missouri dwelling largely on the auld lang syne theme READING PUBLIC 49 per cent heard it is probably a safe surmise that secretary of state george marshall was shocked clear down to the bot torn tom of his briefcase when a gallup poll revealed that only about 49 per cent of america americas s voting po population on had heard or read of his cele berated plan for repairing and re building europe s shattered econ omy on the other hand he could take some consolation from the fact 57 per cent of those who were awa aware re of the marshall plan also approved of it the plan in simple terms was a suggestion to the european nations that they get together to work out their economic salvation on a co opera five tive self help basis playing a major role in financing the recovery would be american money obtained through taxation of both the 49 per cent who had heard of the plan and the 31 per cent aho ho haddi hadn t here is the first flu estion which gallup pollsters asked have you heard or read about the marshall plan for helping europe get back on its ceef N those who had heard of the plan were asked what is your opinion of the plan 21 vo 22 P NO APPROVE PROVE disapprove OPINION As a footnote the poll disclosed that while public opinion was gen brally in favor of marshall s proposal support would decline sharp ly if taxes had to be raised in order to put it through |