Show WEEKLY NEWS ANALYSIS A bomb output hits record peak house approves vet pension hike anderson proposes new farm plan ohi who war dialogs pl alB aib mib mew are r lra sed lr 4 ir in those belr simas simms sim re as lr hr thor ai r lh r western nr newspaper Us LB lr sews w analysts lyt lil lyl isad net set ally gily rl ly of f this ibis hi so eps a pr A ATOM TOM BOMB record output maybe the atomic bomb the th worlds world most fearful weapon maybo maybe the bombs bombe effectiveness for de do truc tion has been dver over iced maybe it mean any ang thing at all but if potential en emle emles of the tho US could squeeze any comfort from those thoe madbea may bea they were welcome to it for the united states had announced that its atom bomb production had reached an all time high in the finst first six ix month months of this year and production Is now on an assembly line basis IN N making that announcement the atomic energy commission also announced that enormous ton tonnage nages of low grade uranium ores have been located in thil this country and could be used to produce A bomb bombs in an emergency if foreign supplies of high hish grade ore were cut off all these disclosure disclosures were contained in the commission commissions sixth semiannual semi annual report to congress pointedly enough the report made no mention of recent to level ecret secret conferences relative to sharing information with britain and canada it did have a lot to say ay however about the problems behind those conference conferences united states do d pend pen dence enc on high grade uranium ores oreb from canada and the belgian congo THE REPORT reveal revealed ed that re serves raef ol 01 semi gemi processed ores are being built up steadily to assure continuity ot of production re search arch is bebas betas pressed on new extraction methods to cut the cost of processing proc eing eins the tb low grade ores which abound in this country and actions act foni loni have been taken to improve and make more certain the supply of ore from abro abroad adL this latter statement which was not explained presumably referred to later negotiations negotiation fth with ith britain and canada for a agreement on exchange of atomic information and division of uranium ore FARM PLAN something new farm plans or substitutes were still kicking around the halls of congress despite recent legislative action retaining the current program of farm price subsidies latest proposal in n the field came from senator anderson D NM but it was another formula which appeal to everyone taste senator anderson Is the ame same gentleman who was onetime US secretary ot of agriculture BRIEFLY his hl plan called for flexible government supports for some crops rigid control plans for others and authority to try out the brannan plan for subsidy on some peris perls perishables babies bables anderson heads a seven keven man main subcommittee cail Call casting hing fing about for an acceptable farm bill bul unless the senate and house bouse managed to get together on some program the delayed action aitken law passed by the republican bolh both congress would take effect january 1 it would permit although not compel the secretary of agriculture to maintain supports for major malor crops on a flexible scale ranging 60 to 90 per cent of if parity the senators ary tryout try out proposal tor for the brannan plan would be limited to non storage perishables including oranges grapefruit apples and vegetables ARMED UNITY up to truman final action on the bill strengthening unification of the armed services was up to prisident tru man but there was no doubt that he would affix his signature to the measure in speedy fashion BY a lopsided vote of to 7 the house gave final float congressional approval to the measure in a bid wd for greater efficiency and economy econom y in m military lil tary operations the bill which was sent to the president t for hi his s signature sprung directly from the recommendations of the commission headed by former formet P president resident herbert hoover THE citizens citizen s committee ton tor the hoover report headed by dr robert L U johnson president of temple university immediately hailed adoption of the bill as paving the way tor for savings of at least a billion dollars a year and maybe more |