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Show THE BULLETIN. BINGHAM CANYON, UTAH OPERATION VNITY Europe Wants War Goods Faster, But Armament Is Enormous Job By FARNHAM DUDGEON (Editor's note: This Is one of a series of articles prepared by the Editor of Western news-paper Union while on a reporti-ng; trip through El rope and the Near East.) In the current build-u- p of strength igainst Russia, two major consider-ttion- s project themselves into the hinking of the NATO leaders who ire charged with the awful respon-rtbilit- y of meeting this threat to the v eace of the free world. They are: (1) Are supplies from the ar-senal which is the United States reaching the "front" fast enough? (2) Are the free Europeans functioning to the full extent of their abilities in terms of "self-help- " in building up their de-fenses? Finding the answers to these rital questions is not an easy job. n the limited time our group of ibservers had been granted for our urvey, we had to rely for the rs on briefings by TJ. S. military If the fighting broke out tomorrow, all of the countries we visited, France, Italy, Turkey, Greece, West-ern Germany, Yugoslavia and The Netherlands, would give good ac-counts of themselves with their limited military establishments. Not necessarily because of NATO ideals, but surely to defend their own coun-tries. Unstable governments have hin-dered arms production and held down military training In some of these countries, of that there can be no doubt. France is usually offered as Horrible Example No. 1 In the sweepstakes. Europeans like to say that the Frenchmen are "dragging their feet." SHAPE leaders recognize France as a special problem but they do not share the dismal view-point of the French military effort often attributed to that country by other Europeans. France is fighting a man-size- d war in Indo China. Much of her ind diplomatic personnel stationed n the countries through which we raveled, and on the official govern-nen- t viewpoint of the nations we risited. We got the latter view-joi- nt from their top-flig- ht officials. Progress Being Made Sifting through the evidence pre-tente- d by these sources, and it with our many conversations with foreign lewspapermen and just plain Mr. Foreign Citizen, we came up with he general feeling that, "all things sonsidered," there Is much positive rogress being made toward the rver-a- ll objectives. Without attempting to evaluate he current U. S. domestic contro-rers- y on the adequateness of mil-tar- y supply schedules, there Is no lecret about the fact that our lead-ir- s In Europe and the Near East vould like to get materials at a aster clip. However, on this point our mili-ary leaders are realistic. They ire doing the' best they can with vhat they have and can get. A year igo there were probably six fully ind properly equipped "free-coun-r-divisions in Europe. Today here are between three and four military strength is being diverted to that sector and while some critics will characterize this as a "Colon-ial" war rather than a struggle for the freedom of suppressed peoples, the hard fact is that 48,000 of her commissioned and officers are engaged on that bat-tle front. Our military leaders think the Frenchman will, and has the abil-ity to put up a good fight if called upon. The French economy is rocky and the government is shaky, but when the chips fall, France is ex-pected to do its part. Italy can't do much about build-ing up her forces until she is re-leased from the restrictions of the World War II peace treaty. (Greece has just finished a horrible and bloody civil war against Com-munists and is ready to fight Com-munists again, if necessary. But the Greeks too want peace. Yugoslavia Will Fight Yugoslavia will fight Russia If necessary, but she won't fight com-munism This country is itself communistic to the core. In fact, the "Jugs" claim a rather superior kind of communism. A good tough Imes that many. Considering the situation in Korea, he long period of time required to iwitch production lines from trac ors and plows to tanks and planes, ind balancing these factors against lie ability of certain of our allies o absorb mechanized warfare tquipment, these leaders are In- - :lmed to describe the rate of incom-n- g supplies as being "adequate in ne." ' There seems to be no single Item vhlch is needed more desperately han the others. Everything needed a fight a modern war is in demand: anks, planes, communication equip-ment, etc. But the record of de-liveries already made by United Hates under the Mutual Defense As-sistance Program is Impressive. To attempt a generalization on the ttrength and vigor of effort of the :ountries which we visited would be foolhardy, yet you come away from the continent with the net lmpres-ilo- n that the effort being put forth a far better than might be ex-pected. ; Production Is Up ' Industrial production Is consider-ably better than it was In the period Immediately before World War II. Best figures Indicate that produc-tion is about 130 per cent of 1938. Military forces are growing in those countries not restricted by treaty regulations. partner 10 nave on your side but certainly not a partner to get en-thusiastic about when you come to consider idealism and an appeal "to the hearts of men." It is still a police state despite Tito's assur-ances that he is opening the gates to all types of inquiry and investi-gation of his country's affairs. Looking beyond the possibility of Immediate war, the people we visited sense that their fate is closely tied to ours. They believe that the only language Russia understands is power. They know that the power Europe has to offset Russia without American help is not enough to deter the aggressor. From this fact they conclude that there can be no turning back in present efforts to build up Western forces. While the 1951 goals Tor a unified armed force were not met, they agree with our SHAPE lead-ers, who contend that 1952 will be a crucial year. It is upon us, and goals formerly set for 1953 must be met in the next 12 months. This is the year in which the strength of German in-dustrial production within the So-viet zone will make itself felt in the struggle for Increased arms. This too, is the year in which the American people will decide how much further they are able and will-ing to keep the arsenal running and the checkbook open. ?By JIM RHODYpj jr Good Tackle Pays A "believe-lt-or-no- t" story about the Ocean City reel and Montague rod (pictured), inseparable com-panions for nearly 30 years, is told by a famous Hollywood cameraman who fishes along the lower coast Df California. One day the cameraman and a friend were fishing side by side, aslng anchovies for bait. The 's friend put his rod and reel down on a piling, headed for the bait shack to get hot coffee. The rest of this exciting tale follows in the cameraman's own words: Rod Goes Overboard "Suddenly something hit his line, and before I could grab bis rod, the Both good as ever. darned thing went overboard and started for China. "We dragged the bottom for hours, but couldn't find it. My friend was furious and blamed me for not laving his gear. About three months later a terrific storm hit Redondo Beach . . . broke up homes, tore up streets and demolished many piers. After the storm it was hard to do any surf fishing because of the huge quantities of kelp. However, I de-cided to give it a try. I made a cast way out and started to reel in. I bad snagged on to something . . . and in came the rod and reel we had lost "Of course the reel was full of land, verdigris and marine encrusta-tions. My friend took one look at the reel and said I could keep it Reel Performance Excellent I later soaked it in a full can of kerosene for a week. Then I took the whole thing apart and scrubbed every piece. I reassembled the reel and it has worked normally through all the years. Only adjustment was made 15 years ago when I sent it back for new washers. You'd never guess how much use and abuse that reel has taken and how many fish it has pulled in. "The rod has been rewrapped. but even after all these years it ntlll will match anvthlnir nf lt kind. Last job of this combination was in August when it brought In a 27 and 33 pound Chinook salmon off the Farallones." AAA Start Right Before you try stunt shooting, learn how to hit the bull's eye of a stationary target. You'll make great-er progress. That advice comes from Charles Edward Chapel, a top authority on guns and shooting, in his latest book. "Simplified Rifle Shooting." In a chapter on moving targets and fancy shooting. Chapel tells how the graduate marksman can accomplish some of the best-know- n stunts of the exhibition shooters. Line drawings detailing several of the stunts were supplied for the new book by Winchester Repeating Arms Company. Walt For Apex "Beginners shooting at a moving target make the mistake of following the target back and forth with the rifle," writes the author of seven standard books for shooters. The correct procedure. Chapel continues, is to catch the swinging target at one end of the swing at the point where it reverses direc-tion. AAA Nymph? No Sinker Don't use a sinker fishing a na-tural nymph unless you have to. The sinker interferes with the action imparted by the current and makes it harder to feel a strike. Don't lei your nymph sink to the bottom and He there. Keep it moving, falrlj close to the bottom, and if it settlei down, lift it up and start It again. All lies in riffles are good spoti to fish a nymph. The spots behind bars, rocks. In breaks and In thf current eddies are good. 1 CHDSSWOBO PBZZLE "5 1 ACROSS DOWN 13. Copper Lif AlfjuEQIi3 '.1. Mend 1. Bundle money g yC 0TSljtZl T A 1 clumsily 2. Past (Rom.) ft E6nfjAj6 L T 1 1 6. Juice of a 3. Weary 18. Pinch GBaOO $IE$ plant 4. Free from 20. Morsel aiNliAIU. 9. Nimble soil 22. Snakes TWrtni f 10. Tint 5. Goddess of 25. Lick up ntrisi pBTn 11. Tallies the hearth 27.Exclama- - tiEEST Sffllfe 12. Scope - 6. 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NVflV jrjf HIS HOCKEY CAREER, DOES A CO-MIX '( 54k II I f-- SWITCH OF CHARACTER IN yTC VClYl-- -i THE HE'S GOLF ViJr WnZ PRO' AT THE COLONIAL COUNTRY fcW JVllvS XCTLl CW6 IN LYNNFIELD, MASS, AND IS r !VV- - - &--J yT ' H A PICTURE OF OIGNITY AND DC- - lrr" f) jCORUM ONTHE LINKS. J &7 Y I 5tL.eo"mighty mo --rrkC fiCMODZELEWSKI II is' V Vf MARYLAND'S MI ST 'WjARK LiTVAMERlCAN FULL- - Xl rTV B01 GAINED 834 J rTti Prank Shance was TJrS tYM0S THE W51 HIT BY PITCHED BALLS W AVj SEASON, 154 YARDS V'n IN ONE DAY. JJVOK. THAN ALL THE prVs?MS W THE FIRST GAME G? ft AND TWICE IN THE SECOND OF Ar-- A W04 DOUBLE-HEADE- I HIMY SPORTLIGHT Lippy Looks to Coming Season By GRANTLAND RICE WHEN big Don Newcombe was announced as defi-nitely heading for the army, we ran Into Leo Durocher. "Naturally," Leo said, "losing a pitcher with Newcombe's stuff isn't going to help any team. It wouldn't ! help us to lose j -- 1 Maglie, Jansen or f,J Hearn. But this 11? lsnt 6in8 t0 break Wu a the Dodgers, JUL " i either. They have rVkf; I too good a ball 3 club to have Bny I one man wreck them. But Chuck GrantUnd Rkt Dressen must rus-tle himself a pretty fair pitching staff. He has a good starter in Preacher Roe. There's a pitcher a great one." Durocher didn't care to comment An hour Rranra Kinff. Labine. Ers- - point It concerned handling ball-players the ballplayers of today. "The old-tim- e rough-ridin- g man-agers couldn't have gotten away with their stuff," he said. 'They would very soon have run into mu-tinies and near liots with the bunch today. "In the old days managers were handling ballplayers getting from $2,000 to $4,500 a year. Lajole jumped the Phillies when he asked for a raise from $2,500 to $3,000. Joe Jackson and Ed Walsh, two of the greatest, got $4,000 or $4,500. But the good average player was far cheaper. You could bawl those fellows out or give them a ride. "Yon can't do that with fel-lows getting from $15,000 to $75,-00- 0 or $90,000. Bow is a $40,000 manager going to ride a $90,000 ballplayer? These fellows today, many of them, are well fixed with fnm fnrtnhlf tinm a mm an. kine, Podblelan and the others would make out Certainly Newcombe's absence gives the Giants a much better chance to win. Newcombe has never quite worked to his potential ability as his career down the hot stretch proved late last summer. But he could be good and might have found himself this year. "What about Willie Mays?" I asked Leo. "Not a word about him," the Giant manager said. "But we'll have a good ball club," he said. "You were right in saying our ball club was in fine condition when we left St Pete. I never had a ball club in better shape. We were rearing to go on the side. Our pitchers were all set I was dead sure we'd get away flying. And then we drop 11 straight and almost fall out of the league. How can a ball club drop 11 straight in April and May and then win about 80 per cent of its games to come from behind in August and September? When you see things like that happen you get afraid to make any predic-tions." I asked Leo which of the Giants he expected to. have a big year. "Just about an of them," Durocher said. "I mean by that they'll play up to their ability. We have a real hustling club. Yon don't have to needle them. tomobile, nice clothes and va-rious luxury Items. And the ballplayer today Is also a higher type. Many of them are col-lege graduates. Few old rough-necks break In any more." "I only wish they did." I sug-gested. "So do I," Leo said. "But not too many of them. I could stand a few like Waddell, Sherry Magee, Mike Donlin, etc. But this is a different bunch today. Just a few years back and you could see Al Dark scoring touchdowns for L.S. U.; Allie Reynolds doing the same for Oklahoma A. & M or Kluszew-s- kl for Indiana. Ballplayers today are serious minded, working hard at their jobs. You can't handle them like galley slaves. Maybe they live better than you do." Who said 'Over'? ' "Now that the football season ia over," a writer starts his piece. Over for how long In many places? About three weeks and then "spring practice" will be under way again. It's not over. We have never felt (hat spring practice, held under cor-re-ot supervision, Is wrong in any way. It Is the overindul-gence la this part of football that cuts in too heavily en a student's time. Spring practice wouldn't be harm- - I know Maglie, Jansen and Hearn will have good years. I expect to have two more good working pitchers to help cut. We'll miss Eddie Stanky, but we'll have a good man In his place. The rest of my Infield Is pennant material. So is our out-field. Watch Monte Irvla. Tbere'a one of the best." The Modern Ballplayer In the course of a fanning bee Durocher brought out one important ful if limited to 20 or 24 days, with each practice session held to an hour and a half. But in many places it runs on for two or three months and often uses up three hours of an afternoon. From 20 to 24 days, held to an hour and a half, could produce no damage. It is the only part of foot-ball that isn't overpublicized. Tht average young college player can use this spring instruction to certain advantages. Naturally the coaches want it But there are times when everyone wants too much. CORNER SO NICE FICTION By Helen Lcngworthy BRUCE WHEELER looked across restaurant table at his daughter Avis. He hadn't realized how much he missed her since he had sent her to Grand River to school. "Are you really glad you're I going to Grand River? At the time 3MUi. were deter. mined to stay in I I Northville with me. Remember?" "Remember!" Avis said with Si fire-alar- emphasis. "I was Just a 15 year old baby then. I didn't know about the big wheels at Grand Riv-er, and that I'd be a main spoke. You're scrimgrangorgeousl" Avis' eyes grew large over the fried chicken placed before her. "We don't seem to talk the san.e language," Bruce said slowly "Please Interpret. What's a 'big wheel' and a 'main spoke'? That scrim-somethin- g word, is it good?" Avis smiled. "Dad, I forget you're of the vintage of the terrific twen-ties! 'Big wheel' is someone Impor-tant around High. And I'm impo-rtanta 'main spoke' I 'Scrimgran-gorgeou- s' is swooning good." Avis turned to the chicken. Bruce decided he wasn't hungry. For the thousandth time he wished Avis' mother could have lived . . . To avoid bringing up Avis in a woman-les- s household he bad sent her to Grand River. Avis finished the chicken and whispered, "Can I have a float?" "Sure," Bruce answered, "but what is it?" "This Is the $64 business! A float Is Ice cream and coke mixed. Yummy!" Avis con-tinued, "What are we doing aft-er dinner? Frankie Martin's In town . . . Frankie'sr a sax man! Can we go, Dad? I mean, can we?" Bruce nodded and felt dizzy. May- - Bruce was glad when Jim came to their table, be a show with Avis listening would give him time to impress the new language onto his mind. AVIS openly applied lipstick (her would never have done that!) as Bruce saw a familiar face across the restaurant. It was Jim McKinnon, son of an old friend. Jim returned Bruce's nod casually then Jim's eyes widened. Jim was 20. Bruce was glad when he came to their table. Bruce pulled out a chair and be-gan pelting the boy with questions about his father and about business. Jim responded that his father was well, business was fine, the football games had been won, but all the time his eyes were on Avis. It hit Bruce like a wallop, Jim hadn't come for man-tal- k ... it was Avis! And Avis! Bruce nquirmed. Her eyes were downcast. The sparkle was gone. Bruce knew that bashful ten year old's had more personality. Plainly Avis was mentally swooning over Jim. Jim asked her, "How do you like ui ana xvivcr xiigiu "Nice," Avis said softly.. "Do they have a good football team?" "It's It's nice," Avis an-swered. She raised her eyes as far as Jim's hands like It was a terrific effort. Bruce clenched his teeth. Didn't she know anything I If she put one tenth of the gayness of her conver-sation five minutes ago into talking with Jim, he would be interested. "Do you like having dinner here," Jim asked, already searching the room for an escape. Avis took a long time to answer, and managed to raise her eyes to the level of Jim's. "It's so-s-o nice here," she said. Bruce knotted his hands. Jim sighed with disappointment and politely asked Avis to dance. He probably expected her to say she couldn't push one foot ahead of the other. As they walked away Bruce closed his eyes probably she would fall! If only her mother had lived. Maybe she could have taught Avis how to talk! Then they were back and Avis was drawing on her coat and Jim was walking away. "He's peachy!" Avis breathed. Bruce began. "There's something I should tell you. If you want a man to be interested you have to be alive." Avis interrupted, "Jim? Oh, we've a date for tomorrow night another for the fraternity party and he asked me to go to the Fall Prom too! Not bad?" she asked with lifted brows. "You'll do," Bruce whispered. GRASSROOTS Republicans Ignored Nation's Home-Tow- n Voters By Wright A. Patterson IN THE 1948 political campaign Herbert Brownell of New York, the manager of the Dewey-Warre- n campaign, was so confident his can-didates would receive the farm vote that he entirely ignored the media of greatest influence with the farm vote, the home-tow- n newspapers. He confined bis efforts to se-cure votes to the metropolitan centers. As a result the votea f the farm states turned W the President, and that vote re-elected President Truman by a mall margin. Dewey and War-ren were deprived of a victory that they might easily have had as a result of either Ignorance or gross mismanagement on the part of Herbert Brownell. The farm vote can never be counted In the ballot boxes for Re-publican candidates, r e gardless. That vote Must be sought and the one most Influential media through which to seek it Is the farmer's home-tow- n newspaper. He knows the home-tow- n editor, and has Im-plicit confidence in his political judgment He looks to that hometown paper as his source of political leadership. When it is silent the farmer must turn to other sources for political Information and leadership. In many cases the home-tow- n paper editor is sufficiently Interested in the re-sult of an election to take an active part In a campaign without any urging, but in many hundreds of cases they do not do so unless the party asks for his local support, and ( Indicates that he has a local in-fluence. Brownell did not ask for support from these local papers, or indicate that be thought of them as having local influence. The confidently ex-pected victory on the part of the Re-publican candidates was turned into defeat by the farm vote in the farm states. Normally the farmer does not read, or follow the political leader-ship of the newspapers from the metropolitan centers. The farmer does not know, nor has he that same degree of confidence in the editor of the city as Is true of that of the home paper, whose leader-ship he will follow. American farmers as a class do not believe in socialism as an Am-erican policy. They are not willing to divide their two goats or two cows or acres for which they have worked and thriftily saved; but they can take the socialistic medicine with less of a grimace than they can take being ignored. The farm voter believes his vote is wanted when those opposing socialism, by any name, or in any form, are sup-ported by the home-t- o m papers Such support was not asked for by Brownell In the 1948 cam-paign, and the electoral vote of the nortLern farm states largely went to the President on his personal appeal to the farmers and his promise of con-tinued subsidies. Will the Republicans and the op-ponents of socialism make the mis-- I Uke Brownell made in 1948 by again ignoring the home-tow- n papers, through which to appeal to the farm vote? Should they do so, I am placing my money on the President as the victor in his race for a third term. If those in charge of the Repub-lican campaign invite support for their candidates, the chances for success will be much improved, and the chances for the President again succeeding himself greatly lessened. Should that be done, socialism as a political issue will be dead. Candidates seeking the nomina-tion of either or both parties will do well to realize that the home-town papers can materially aid in securing delegates to the nominat-ing conventions, as well as in pro-viding votes at the November elec-tion. In the towns and on the farms, the home-tow- n newspaper exerts a powerful Influence as a collective media. The answer is up to the candidates, and to whoever may be named to conduct their campaigns. "Birds of a feather" It would not be fair to indicate that Presi-dent Truman is lacking In integrity and honesty because some of his cronies of former years, whom he appointed to government jobs, proved themselves to be crooks. The army of bureaucrats contin-ues to grow and will until the votes are cast next November. Senator Taft proposes to fight for the electoral votes of some of the southern states, if he wins the Re-publican nomination. g LEAR SHELLAC PAINTED ON THE" INDEX TABS OF DICTIONARIES AND SIMILAR BOOKS WiLt. MAKE THE TABS WASHABLE. 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