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Show SCANNING THE WEEK'S NEWS 0 Main Street and the World Eisenhower Says He Would Employ A-Bomb Under Certain Conditions 1 DECISION To my mind the us of the atomic bomb would b on tbit basis. "Does it advantage me, or does it pot, when I get into a war? Sow, if 1 J felt that the material destruction that I was going to accomplish was not equal to the moral or great reaction otherwise to this act, then I would abstain. ab-stain. "If 1 thought the net was on my side, I would use it instantly, because ' I proceed from this basis: The United Stales is not going to declare war or conduct an aggressive campaign. It 'is merely going to defend itself, and if someone, in spite of its peaceful purpose, jumps on it, I believe in 'using what we have in defending ourselves" With these words Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower told the world-friend world-friend and foe alike Just how far he would go to defend western Eu- rope. It was the kind of clear-headed, logical reasoning that people in 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 rations of the world understand. And If the world understands this reasoning, rea-soning, it could mean another step toward the preservation of peace. 18-YEAR-CLDS 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 18-year-olds, opponents or supporters of the measure. For weeks the debate had raged In the senate over lowering the draft age from the 19-year-old limit. And although the bill must go to the house for action, It appeared that much of the pressure against the administration's defense plans has been relieved. Most observers were inclined to believe the bill will eventually reach the President's desk. The senate vote caused const derable speculation across the nation. In the first place, the man on main street wanted to know is It possible for five senatorsthe sen-atorsthe number who voted against the measure to bombard the U. S. senate sen-ate with so much propaganda propa-ganda that it completely ties up important legislation legisla-tion for weeks? Second, what happened to the other senators who had ranted and raged against drafting the 18-year-olds? And third. were the statements by op-Strlving op-Strlving desperately to make peace ponents that the mothers of between labor and the administration, the natiot, flooded Washing-Erio Washing-Erio Johnston (center), economlo ata- ton wUh teiegramg against blllzer, met several times with union yie draft entirely true? leaders in Washington. Shown with t Johnston (left to right) are: Meany, NO! NO! NO! After AFL; Lelghty, RLEZ; Hayes, I AM; a fun wee 0f conferences. Murphy, presidential council; and Gold- watched anxiously by the , berg, CIO. "average man" who does not understand very clArly the niceties of diplomatic language and maneuvers, ma-neuvers, the foreign ministers' deputies of the United States, France, Britain and Russia, meeting in Paris, hod nothing to report. The onlv statements were "no. no" issued by Russia's Andrei Gro- myko to every proposal put forth by the western powers. Gromyko first gained the attention of the home-towners of the nation na-tion as the "no" man of the United Nations. s The main point of difference between the west and east remained the subject of rearming Germany. KOREAN BATTLE Slowly, methodically United Nations troops . advanced in Korea, storming the hills, digging the Communists out of foxholes with bayonets, stopping and breaking a Red attack at other points, but always pushing toward the 38th parallel. U. N. commanders continued to expect a spring offensive by Vie Reds, scheduled for some time during the last part of March or April. Meanwhile, the Chinese suffered severe casualties as U. S. troops pushed ahead, estimated by some observers at 20,000 to 30,000 In two weeks. There were reports that the Communists had 200,000 men in the front lines below the parallel In addition they were reported to have 100,-000 100,-000 more troops In immediate reserve in North Korea and a great reservoir, perhaps more than 300,000, across the Yalu river in Manchuria. Man-churia. RUSSIAN ARMS According to Russian reports the Supreme Soviet (Parliament) has adopted a J951 budget of 451 V4 billion rubles, of which 96 billion would go for defense purposes. Russia has placed a value on the ruble of four to the American dollar, but since there are so many Imponderables involved, the rate does not reflect the true ' position of the ruble. If the rate is taken, it would indicate in-dicate a total defense budget of $24 billion. However, Soviet production, produc-tion, through use of forced labor and purchases from dominated countries at extremely ex-tremely favorable rates, is considerably cheaper than that of the United States. A NEW JOLT The ad- ministration's price stabilization stabili-zation effort which has been Jltj ili 1 mw,impiM.W"i M f" ' ' T'TI't- n 1 i. .T : iv " - s. called nearly everything. In- u 1 j- - .a -otj The TJ. 8. air force has ordered of eluding fraud , received , ' ., . ... ... ... tK1. 4. Glenn L. Martin of Baltimore, Md., an another jolt, this time in the , . .. ' vi 1 . . undisclosed number of the British Can-black Can-black and white of the . , . , . . . , . . ,. . . . berra twin-jet bomber above. Britain wholesale price Index. ,. , , .. , The bureau of labor sta- ave S. the plans for the plane tistics' index hit an .11 time " Prt tof tne .r"1 ld Pact peak of 17 per cent above tween the lwo nat,on9-pre-Korean war prices and 20.2 per cent over a year ago. The bureau said 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 levellng-off 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 the inflation spiral. Michael V. DiSalle. price director, told worried housewives in a television speech that it would be three more months before ceiling prices on food will be posted in stores. It couldn't be done sooner, he reported, because food prices vary by localities. LAST HOPE The supreme court refused by a vote of 6 to 0 to review re-view the case of Alger Hiss, convicted of giving government secrets to a Russian spy ring before World War II. It was Hiss last hope of escaping escap-ing a five year prison sentence. The Hiss trial made headlines In the nation's press for months. A guilty verdict and prison sentence was returned after a second trial. The slender, brilliant attorney has stubbornly denied the charges of giving away government secrets. |