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Show THE LEIII SUN, LEIII, UTAH WEEKLY NEWS ANALYSIS- FBI Chief W 'arris of Communist Burrowing Against Government; Congress Acts to Aid Refugees .Released by Western Newspaper Union.. (RDlTOn 8 NOTEl When pinion mwm prern in ini cummni, mfj m inoit i H'eaieru N'wsDADr Union's news analyattn and not neeessariiy of this newspaper.) ; '; . .t . .' - - . ' - -.- :- f J ' $ , , c A :V"'; '? - ' I 1' ' r f Her husband among more than 100 miners lost In an underground explosion at Wamac, III., Mrs. Stan- ley Teckus is consoled by solicitous mends arter long vigil at mine shaft. Miners' wives kept chins up during long hours of waiting (or word from rescue crews. DISASTER: Pass Buck Charges and counter-charges flew thick and fast In the wake of the disastrous dis-astrous mine explosion at Wamac, 111., which claimed the lives of over 100 coal miners. As repeated warnings of state and federal inspectors about hazardous conditions in the mine were bared, Gov. Dwight H. Green's state administration ad-ministration was accused of laxity lax-ity in enforcing safety regulations and the federal mines administration, administra-tion, as technical operator, was rapped for failing to correct safety violations. Administrative inefficiencies promised prom-ised to provide John L. Lewis with additional ammunition for his demands de-mands for federal supervision of safety regulations In the mines when he resumes bargaining with operators for a new contract. Meanwhile? federal, state and local officials mapped three Investigations Investiga-tions in the wake of the disaster to take off some of the heat. The federal Inquiry was scheduled to follow fol-low senate passage of a resolution introduced in-troduced by Senator Brooks (Rep., 111.). REDS: Threat to America More so perhaps than before, eternal eter-nal vigilance is the price of freedom, free-dom, FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover warned the nation in describing the Communist threat to the American form of government Addressing the house un-American activities committee, Hoover declared de-clared that the Reds In this country constitute a small but closely knit group seeking to overthrow our democracy de-mocracy and substitute an Iron-clad dictatorship denying the principles of religious worship, political freedom and economic opportunity. He pointed point-ed out that only 25,000 Reds worked the Russian revolution In 1917 and there Is a larger proportion of Communists Com-munists at present in the U. S. . Hoover called for relentless prosecution prose-cution of the Reds found violating the laws of this country. Putting J. EDGAR HOOVER Reds Await the Revolution Americans on their guard, he said the Reds were unceasing in their efforts to subvert labor unions; spread Communist doctrines in the schools, and prey upon foreign language lan-guage groups. Besides infiltrating established radio channels, they also are trying to set up outlets of their own. Under direction of party leaders, they are prolific letter writers and expert at organizing pressure campaigns for some cause favorable to leftism. Since 1935, they have been especially espe-cially active in the movie industry. Hoover said. In addition to trying to take over Hollywood unions, they have sought to get a foothold in the writing and productive ends of the BUILDING: Builders completed 59,300 new permanent dwellings in January, 1947 more than three times as many as were completed In January Jan-uary of last year, according to estimates esti-mates of the department of labor. These figures do not include such structures as converted dwellings, trailers and temporary re-use accomodations, ac-comodations, regularly Included by the national housing agency In its reports on the progress of the veterans' vet-erans' emergency housing program. business with a view toward influencing influ-encing the thoughts of millions of theater-goers. U.N.: Celebrate With Veto Andrei A. Gromyko, Russian delegate del-egate to the United Nations security council, celebrated the first anniversary anni-versary of the U. N. with a veto the 10th the Reds have employed since the international organization came Into being to block action against themselves or Soviet-sponsored puppets. With the Polish delegate siding with him, per custom, Gromyko wielded the veto on a resolution that would have charged Albania, a Soviet satellite, with part guilt for the sinking of a British vessel by a mine in Corfu channel last falL Effect Ef-fect of the charge would have increased in-creased Albania's liability for damages dam-ages being sought by the British for the mishap. As it was, tha U. S.,- France, China, Australia, Brazil, Colombia and Belgium, which voted for the resolution, watered down the original origi-nal British charge that Albania was guilty of either laying the mine or conniving in planting it Instead, they accused Albania of possessing knowledge of the presence of the mine and failure to clear the channel. REFUGEES: U. S. Aid Having already generously provided provid-ed relief and financial assistance to war-stricken areas abroad, congress moved to help the 1,037,000 displaced persons and refugees lri Europe by joining the United Nations International Inter-national Refugee organization. Under the proposal first approved by the senate and then sent to the house, the U. S. would furnish 75 million mil-lion dollars the first year, representing represent-ing 45 per cent of the total operational operation-al costs. Before agreeing to passage of the measure, the senate insisted on in sertion of an amendment which would protect U. S. control of its immigration im-migration policies. Senator Rever- comb (Rep., W. Va.)asserted that the Roosevelt and Truman administrations adminis-trations have permitted the entrance of 750,000 aliens on temporary visas, and Senator Hawkes (Rep., N. J.) charged 2,000,000 aliens have entered the country illegally within the last few years. SHIPPING: U, S. Future The U. S. should develop a clear- cut maritime policy now to assure continued mastery of the American merchant marine. Pres. Harry Lun- deberg of the AFL Seafarers Inter national union, declared at its third biennial convention in Chicago. Declaring that the U. S. merchant marine has dwindled to 30 million tons from its wartime peak of 50 million, Lundeberg attributed the de cline to transfers of American ships to Panamanian registry, sales to foreign for-eign governments and removal of vessels from service. If necessary, the union is prepared to boycott ships transferred to Panamanian registry for operation under lower wage and working standards, he said. Lundeberg also assailed continued British and Russian use of Amer ican ships obtained under lend-lease. Built with U. S. money and employ ing cheap foreign labor, these ships are directly competing with Amer ican vessels, he declared. Behind the Iron Curtain In an effort to boost lagging farm production throughout the Russian zone of Germany, Marshal Sokol- ovsky has ordered drastic changes. First of these will be a general par don for farmers sentenced to prison for failure to fulfill their abnormally high production quotas. Direct as sistance will be given in the form of supplies. One hundred and twenty thousand tons of nitrate fertilizer. three times the amount used last year, will be distributed, as will 50,000 tons of phosphate ATOM CONTROL: New Plan As congressional conservatives con tinued their fight against appointment appoint-ment of David E. Lilienthal as chairman chair-man of the national atomic energy commission bills were introduced for the creation of a new board to be headed by Secretary of State Marshall. Under the plan introduced in the senate by Senator Malone (Rep., Nev.) and five colleagues and in the house by Representative Jenkins (Rep., CO, other members of the new board would include the secretaries sec-retaries of war and navy and two persons named by President Truman. Conservatives seized upon the critical international situation to at tempt to sidetrack Lilienthal, former TVA chairman who has been accused ac-cused of countenancing the presence of Communists in the power agency. In proposing establishment of the new board to govern all phases of domestic atomic production. Repub licans, joined by southern Democrats, Demo-crats, declared that the Greek-Turkish crisis indicated the need for close political and military control over nuclear energy for national security. GOP: New Tax Plan Heeding the demands of some Re publican congressmen for more substantial tax cuts for the lower income groups, the house passed a modified version of the Knutson proposal pro-posal for a straight 20 per cent re duction. Under the new bill, present rates would be cut 30 per cent on taxable income up to $1,000; from 30 to 20 per cent on income between $1,001 and $1,395; 20 per cent on income up to $302,396, and 10 per cent on all earnings above the latter figure. Over 24 million persons in the lower brackets would benefit from the increased in-creased reduction. Speaker Martin threw his full sup port behind the new modified measure. meas-ure. Said he: "These tax cuts are entirely practicable while at the same time payments are made on the national debt . . . People in the lower income brackets must have relief from crushing taxation and unbearably high prices. . . . Venture capital must have a chance for a reasonable return as an incentive to invest in order to make more jobs at good wages, increase production, improve quality and bring down prices for alL . . ." Business on Big Scale The year 1946 proved a banner one for big business, with heavy demand, de-mand, increasing supplies of materials mate-rials and settled periods of production produc-tion after earlier labor disputes resulting re-sulting in peak operations. SEARS ROEBUCK: Continuing Continu-ing Its progressive advance under un-der Chairman Robert E. Wood, the big mall order and retail organization enjoyed sales of $1,612,596,050 and profits of $100,-098,516. $100,-098,516. Sales were almost 60 per cent greater . than in 1945. More than $225,000,000 was returned re-turned to catalogue customers, but with the increasing supply of goods most orders should be filled this year. V. S. STEEL: The giant of the industry, U. S. Steel corporation corpo-ration showed sales topping $1,-400,000,000 $1,-400,000,000 and profits $88,622,-475. $88,622,-475. Because of rising costs of labor, material and equipment, profit was reduced to 6 per cent of the sales dollar, leaving a smaller percentage than ordinary ordi-nary for reinvestment, corporation corpora-tion officials declared. CONSOLIDATION COAL: Reporting Re-porting sales of $145,438,656, Pittsburgh Consolidation Coal company showed profits of $5,-694,692. $5,-694,692. As a result of the use of new- and better tools and the increasing in-creasing skill of the workers, miners produced more coal per day in 1946 than in the preceding preced-ing year. MOSCOW: Future Reich At odds on most phases of postwar post-war politics, the U. S. and Russia came to grips again in Moscow on the future pattern of the German government Boiled down, the differences amounted to U. S. proposals for a system of strong state governments working through an adequate central cen-tral authority and Russian recommendations recom-mendations for a strong central government with the states subordinate. subordi-nate. The U. S. proposals advanced by Secretary of State Marshall are designed de-signed to give the German people a closer check on their government through the state level and diminish the possibility of a strong central authority like the Nazi regime assuming as-suming full, controlling power. In this respect the U. S. plans embod-died embod-died American principles of states rights and state representation in congress through the senate. MINERALS: The enormous drain on United States ore sources during the war period has left the country short of 22 of the 33 essential materials for waging war, experts warn. Seven of the 22 scarce minerals can be supplied in part by Canada and Mexico. Seven other minerals that must be imported, if we are to have adequate ade-quate stock-piles, are copper, mercury, mer-cury, cadmium, bauxite, quartz crystals, flourspar and Cake graphite. HE Man About Town: rnnfettl: Passing an partment the other day we heard some music. It brought us up short. It was beautiful. Here's the low-down: low-down: It won't be released until May. Watch it click. The name of the ditty: "Rockin' Horse Cowboy" (words and tune by Tony Starr and Frank Capano), recorded by Frankie Carle. The vocalulu is by Marjorie Hughes. . . . Murray Win-ant's Win-ant's kiddie album, "It's Fun To Eaf is a click. He will do several albums taking all child problems off your headaches. . . . Street scene in Washington Square: Little 7-year-young Susan Greenberg (In the early yawning), who has the honor of giving Fala his daily strolL From all those reports of American looting In Germany Ger-many you'd gather that we have divested the Germans of everything every-thing but pro-Hitlerites. Reports from there indicate that nationalism nation-alism again is on the rise. Well, you can't blame 'em. From the way we've been treating them, they are bound to think THEY won the war! The Stage Door: Paulette God-dard, God-dard, twitted for exotic evening dress (without hosiery), observed 3ie following afternoon ankling (and such ankles) along Vth avenue with more sensible covering. . . . Leonora Corbett of the British stage is a new Yankee Doodle Dandy. . . . Not too many playgoers know It but "The Importance of Being Earnest" Ear-nest" was dashed off by Oscar Wilde when he was happily married, mar-ried, and not after his famous tumble. . . . Clark Gable told reporters re-porters he considered himself lucky to wind up with $1,000 after a year Df earning $6,000 weekly. Lucky is right. One columnist we know (he makes almost twice that much) winds up owing his heirs 10 times what Gable keeps. Midtown Vignette: One of those naive, gullible, midtown husbands was finally told that his Mrs. was giving him the Old Razzoo. . . . "We'll show you with your own eyes," said a pal. . . . They went to a movie theater and, sure enough, there she was (necking like anything) in the next-to-last row with a fella. . . . They watched the whole thing and then left. . . . "Well?" said the pal. . . . "So what?" wa the answer. "I don't even know the guy!" The Press Box: A Detroit daily aeatly nutshelled: "The basic task at the Moscow conference will not be to make peace with Germany but to keep peace among the Allies." Al-lies." . . . Since the end of the war, American taxpayers have shelled out half a billion to solve Germany's problems. A fraction of that sum would solve the housing problem of American war vets. . . . Both John L. Lewis and Joe Stalin have discovered dis-covered that when Uncle Sam runs sut of patience you will start running run-ning for cover. Hitler also discovered discov-ered that In short: America's answer an-swer to the iron curtain is an iron fistl . . . Washington bizmen report that biz has tobogganed 32 per cent (in the last six months) because of government payroll slashes. The Irony of the Week: It was Just a short paragraph on an inside in-side page, but the irony of the yarn packed more of a dramatic dra-matic wallop than any playwright play-wright could concoct: Many Germans are now trying to be converted to the Jewish faith in the hope that it will make it easier for them to get a visa to the United States! We only regret that the Jews those Germans helped slaughter slaugh-ter didn't live to view the spectacle spec-tacle of their cowardly tormentors tormen-tors trying to hide behind the religion they hit from behind. Colyumemos: Herbert Lehman told a group seeking donations that he is unemployed for the first time in his life, with no prospect of a job in sight Then he donated $45,000. . . . Victor Gilbert's .millionaire parent built (for him) a hotel in Ridgefleld, Conn., which cost $200,-000. $200,-000. It makes most other hotels its size look like hobotels. The fee for a weekend is only $200. . . . After reading a vignette here about Ben Grauer (the radiorator) losing heavily at a gaining casino in Havana, Ha-vana, tha New York state Income tax department sent Grauer a $595 refund. . . . That's love department: Dr. Peter Lindstrom flew In from the coast (in risky weather) to spend two days with his beloved wife, Ingrid one-guess. 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"Oscar" wandered Into a restaurant In downtown Los Angeles. No one knew wherl he came from, but chef Frank Tornabene, holding a meat cleaver behind his back, seems to know where" he is going. And just when pork prices are going up, too. . in tmm i iiji tluamxZJ Limn EMINENT HOMEMAKERS . . . Mrs. Fred Dittman, Highmore left SlJffSn!' " Warn"' ?h0 h"e been seIecgtSbyeSou?h ItV. T ; , " "wara 01 mhient Homemaker 1947." Mrs. Dittman Is the mother of 12 children, all of whom are makine high places for themselves. Emil, the oldest U Ihitt -! IS community organizations. though the farm was under heavy morteaee h m... V off all debts, educate and raise "hilrea ' Sounds in the Night: In the Mermaid Mer-maid room: "Some big name actors have talent but most have press agents." ... In the Copacabana: "She didn't mind his wife, at all. She just couldn' stand his girl friends." ... At Howie's: "Instead of giving Hollywood newly eds best wisnes, everybody gives them odds." At Yank Sing: "He does the ttsge more ham than good." . . . In Bradley's: "Many a true word is spoken in whispers." ... At Pallini's: "A typical society triangle him, his wife and her money." ZT 1 rj-r ,. j Ss. - -(:. NWS, r- OLE CACTTS' rnvrrvT. ' Nance Garner, one-time vice trlnT, ,D poUtics- John Ms 79th year, puffs away . 'SSS . 6 Cnited States- now ta nent, at hi, oak-studded CvaWe T "u V content-Chapter, content-Chapter, the Texan ma, Z '" With Puti a closed flock of chicken, ii ttkeys fi."n,on teS U large doe, not have to help S; i MARGARETS DEBUT . . . garet Truman singing In bei fipnt with th Detroit Bympo" that the President's Wj snowea promise oi u an opera singer after furfter perience. li Imp Urea Uhasli e ti take th: I think k Litt they a iressej all tl :'ia ai ' inch coats m bu pen loi so, the 10 th J fits aput 1 sattlee 'earing make as It 1 p folk Period, sady, j P table MIUTARYGOVEEN08-3 Lnciu, D. Clay, who aDDointed military fTer A U.S. .oneinGenn Gen. Joseph i. 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