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Show WEEKLY NEWS ANALYSIS A-Bo- COAL: 'Powder' Declared Given mb To Russia in Lend-Lea- Deals; se Federal Tax Reforms Suggested (KDITOR'S NOTE: When opinions art ev.iwcfvted In iiee columns, they are those of irv aecessariiy or tnis newspaper. .Newspaper union s news analysis v weiurn llli ' ' Off & On John L. Lewis' coal miners had returned to the pits on an "off & on" system of the three-da- y work week. The concensus among operators and federal officials was that Lewis had done nothing by this action but "save face." THEY POINTED OUT that Lewis gradually was beginning to be hemmed in by a combination of circumstances over which he was losing control. Among these were a disposition on the part of the miners to question his arbitray action in calling them from work and cutting off their incomes, and what appeared to be an open admission of weakness by his bargaining with operators on an independent basis. At the time the three-da- y work week went into effect, the southern coal dealers had announced there appeared little point in trying to negotiate a contract with Lewis until he modified two of his contract demands. The first was Lewis' insistence on a "willing and able" clause which would give him the right to call miners out on "quickie strikes" or put them on a three-da- y work week. The other was the mine union chief's desire for "too much control" over the union's welfare and retirement fund. JOSEPH E. MOODY, president of the southern coal operators group, declared that Lewis' stand imperiled the entire industry. "Unless Mr. Lewis stops winning these demands," he said, "he will wreck the entire coal industry." Of the clause permitting quickie strikes or a three-da- y work week. Moody said it would have to be eliminated "because it is a usurpation of the basic functions of management: at the right of em ployers to operate their mines in accordance with sound business judgment." Meantime a erouD of small mine operators had signified their intention to sign separate argeements with Lewis. ar MONUMENT TO PEACE . . . This new view of progress being made in construction of the United Nations world headquarters in New York City shows workmen carting their wheelbarrows of cement on the 39th floor, in the shadow of New York's tallest skyscraper, the Empire State building. DEFENSE: Skeletons Rattle Skeletons of the Franklin D. Roosevelt "Inner circle" were being rattled again. This time, it was Harry L. Hopkins, Roosevelt in the glittering days of the New Deal and the early war years, who was being resurrected in charges he gave U. S. atomic secrets to the Russians. THE ACCUSER was G. Racey Jordan, a former army captain, who declared in a radio interview that big loads of what a Russian colonel called uranium and "bomb powder" were flown to Russia in 1944 under hurry-u- p instructions telephoned Jordan by the late Mr. Hopkins. Jordan claimed possession of documentary proof, in cluding a diary and copies which he said were of letters he wrote informing his superiors of these events. U. S. officialdom who might have been concerned, or who were intimate with or associates of Hopkins and the "inner circle," were quick to brand Jordan's charges as "fanll tastic," a story," or to claim they had "heard nothing" about any such happenings. JORDAN'S ACCOUNT described Hopkins as "the button the Russians touched every time they needed emergency help," and said Hopkins "was in the picture all the time." Despite the overall denial in high places, a congressional probe group set to work to investigate the charges. Its action was directed by Chairman McMahon (D., Conn.) of the senate-hous- e atomic committee. right-hand-m- , "cock-and-bu- TAXES: Reform Urged It wouldn't be all beer and skittles for Mr. Truman and his adherents in the second session of the 81st congress. As everyone will recall. Mr. Truman has indicated he will ask a dollar tax hike in January, and he was bolstered in that position by a statement by John Snyder, treasury secretary, who also saw a need for more taxes. Senator O'Mahoney HOWEVER, (D., Wyo.) didn't share the views of these two gentlemen. Instead, the senator said publicly that any tax increase not only would be a mistake, but a "practical Impossibility." The senator, who heads the senate-house economic committee and might reasonably be presumed to know what he was talking about, told newsmen he thought the government could get more revenue by revising the tax system to give new incentives to business, rather than by raising taxes. HE WILL SUGGEST, it was indicated, that wasteful spending in government be eliminated but not too sharply, and that no tax bike be made. Declaring the present tax system to be badly in need of reform, he said it should be revised to provide incentive for business expansion. multi-billio- Thursday, December 22, THE TIMES- - NEWS. NEPITL UTAH PAGE TWO n CZECH REDS: Giveaways Going Public apathy, according to cur rent reports, appeared to be beat ing the federal courts to the punch m obliterating giveaway shows irom tne nation s radio networks. Although ' proposed federal bans remained tied up in the courts, the public already had knocked off a number of jack-po- t shows bv the most effective means in radio-n- ot tuning them in. Four such shows already had folded, one was on the way out, others were being revised. The decline of the giveaway was attributed to the passine of a fad a falling off in interest among radio listeners; but, whatever the reason, it is axiomatic in radio that a loss of audience is as fatal to a program as any federal edict could be. HIGH COURT: A State's Right A state's right to enact laws for- bidding use of force and violence to keep workmen from their Jobs was upheld by the United States supreme court. THE CASE came up on appeal from Arkansas where the C.I.O. had attacked enactment of such a law. The labor unions called it a violation of federal constitutional guarantees of freedom of speech and assembly. But the high court was not confused. The Arkansas law. it ruled. did nothing of the kind. It did not penalize any peaceful assembly at the site of a labor dispute, nor did it "infringe the right of expression of views in any labor dispute." All it did, the court said, in effect, was to require that labor disputes proceed without the use of force or violence. JOBS: On Increase The national labor picture was than it had in months. In November Job totals increased 517,000 and Commerce Secretary Charles Sawyer declared "the Job picture in November was perhaps more favorable than at any previous time this year. " employment Jumped 250,000 in November, reflecting the t pickup in factory operation" had been slowed in October by the steel and coal strikes. Farm employment itself scored a gain of 168.000 in November, a month when the number of workers usually declines. It was estimated there were about 1.5 million persons with e (35 hours per. week or more) employment who were on a part-tim- e basis in the week of the November survey because of "slack work, material shortages. Job turn over and similar factors." UNDER the census bureau's statistical methods, anyone who has a regular Job is counted as employed, even if he Is not work Coal miners on ing at his Job. strike, for instance, are counted as employed. looking better ARMAMENTS: Census Voted The Russians weren't doing so well in United Nations activities. Despite bitter Soviet objections, the U.N. general assembly voted to take a worldwide census of ordi nary arms and armed forces. Losing the protest, the Reds lost, too, in an effort to have the census in clude atomic bombs, too. However, the Soviet action made it unlikely that any of the western countries would turn in their figures now. THE ASSEMBLY voted 44 to 5 Slav bloc dissenting) for the cen sus of weapons technically called "conventional armaments." This would include anything from such small arms as pistols to the largest warships and planes, but would not include atomic bombs or any other weapons of mass destruction. The western group argued such a census is the first step in setting up a scheme for arms limitation. The assembly action confirmed once more a decision of the U.N. commission for conventional armaments that it has no business deal ing with atomic weapons since the U.N. atomic energy commission was set up for that purpose. THE FRENCH, on the other hand, charged that Russia was trying to trap the western powers into disarming while the Soviets build an army unprecedented in history. John D. Hickerson, U.S. assistant secretary of state, told the Russian delegates frankly that western Europe is rearming and the U.S. is helping, "because they fear the in' tentions of the Soviet Union." With this open declaration of knowledge or belief of where America's chief danger lies, there should be no excuse in the future for any reenactment of the Pearl Harbor debacle in the event the Reds start a war. A-Te- NON-FAR- Chief st tl-.- Unveiling Church War Looms row between The smouldering In Independence, Mo., a myster church and state in Czechoslovakia ious blaze 'unveiled' a by Presthreatened to erupt into open con- ident Harry S. Truman gift to his home flict as the nation's Roman Catho- town. The gift was statue of lic bishops warned the Communist Andrew Jack and the unveilfin, government that they could not ing had been set for a later date. submit to church control laws that The statue, mounted in front of destroy religious freedom. the courthouse, was concealed by The bishops even went so far as a muslin covering. Somehow the to suggest the possibility of a "rel- muslin covering caught fire and igious tight" to protect their burned completely away. Police indicated they suspected pranksters. Another Kind of Courage Has It All Over Standard Heroics , W I .... Recently, a doctor in Maine sent me a story about a courageous kid and, unless I'm getting soft in the heart, it's the most touching tale of heroism I've comea across in a long time .... hurry-u- p Some time ago, the medico got telephone call to come out to a small summer camp 20 miles west of Bangor. There, half an hour later, he examined a girl and found that one of her legs was broken and that she had lost a lot of blood from a gash in her thigh. The story, as he got it from the mother, was that the girl and her complication. She has an unusual brother, aged 7, type of blood, and I doubt whether had gotten into the the blood bank in Bangor has it in loft of an abandoned stock." barn and, when a "Her brother has the same type," rotted plank gave said trip lather. "I know, because the pediatrician who examined the way, she had fallen, broken her leg kids last year told me so . . . ." and ripped her Pete looked startled a minute thigh on a piece later when bis dad asked him if of rusty farm mabe would give up a cup of blood chinery. to help bis sister get well. As the doctor was "How can I?" the boy asked. Billy Rose cauterizing the cut "The doctor does it with a little and setting the leg. the boy his name was Pete kept watching rubber tube." "Can I think about it?" from the doorway with worried in"Sure," said the father, "but don't terest. "Is Molly going to be all right?" take too long." Pete went to his room, and his he asked when the splints were in place. parents heard him close the door. "She's lost a lot of blood." said Five minutes later, he was back, the doctor, "but if she gets past looking very earnest. "All right," the crisis tonight, everything will he said. be okay." WHEN IT WAS over, the doctor "What's a crisis?" "It's well, I guess it's the time bandaged the boy's arm and told when a person is sickest." him to lie down and take it easy. '"When people lose a lot of blood, But instead, the kid went out on the do they die?" porch and, when his father found "Sometimes. You see, the heart him there at midnight, his face was needs a certain Tiount to keep white and his fingers were clenched. "What's the matter, Pete?" going. In a way, it like the motor of a car it stops running if it "Oh, nothing," said the boy. "Look here," said his father. doesn't get gasoline." "I see," said Pete. "There's something going on in that head of yours. What is it?" LATER THAT NIGHT, the little "1 was wondering bow long it will take." girl's pulse began to slow up. "I'm afraid your daughter needs "How long will what take?" an immediate transfusion," the doc"How long it will take me to die." tor told the father, "but there's a Flwood R. Qocsad. air force lieutenant general, will head op a special project "Joint tank force No. 3," which will conduct new atomic weapons tests at Enlwetek proving ground. TRUST POLICY: UPSTREAM Sawyer announced that a major goal would be to foster voluntary compliance, eliminate unnecessary confusion from existing laws, and clarify the rules. GRACE NOLL CROWELL "To do what?" "To die," repeated the boy. "It's like the doctor said when there isn't enough blood, the motor stops running.'' "I see," said the father. "When you gave your sister a cup of blood, you figured you were going to die yourself." "Sure," said Pete. "That's why I wanted to think it over." NEMESIS By Richard H. Wilkinson WAS ONLY 29 and already was bitter. Today, with the rain lashing in his face, wetting the newspapers before he could pass them to customers from beneath the oil skin covering, chilled to the JOHN bone, S Minute Firtinn those into envying who filed the subway with I their sleek, con tented, well fed looks, he hated life. He hated peo ple; hated the world. "Pay pare! Pay pare! Wuxtra! Wealthy society woman slays hus band and runs off with suitor I Wux rified, staring at something on the ground. John glimpsed, ihe figure' lying there, grotesquely sprawled across the steps. He heard the name of Silas Berry mentioned. Judge Silas Berry. "Hey, Newsy, how about a pa- have seen who did it, standing here like that. You had a view. You were the only one who did, facing upstream like that See who done it, Then be jumped. He heard the muffled explosion of a revolver, saw Clancey leap, heard shouts and swearing and knew that other cops were coming. Then he heard more shots. He felt a stinging pain in his arm. He felt something hot running down inside his sleeve. Things began to reel. He knew he was fainting Officer Clancey was bending over nim when he came to. "You're all right, kid. Just a scratch. And what a break. That was Moe Consoletti. He had threatened to get Old Silas. They're both dead. And you get the reward, kid. One. thousand smackers! Is that a break or is that a .... break?" try and buck the crowds when they were against him. Like that guy in the green hat. Look at him, trying to fight his way up those stairs. Didn't the dumbhead know that it was Just after S o'clock and hundreds of people would be coming down the stairs on their way home? "Hey, gimme a News." There was a man at John's elbow, looking impatient and irritated. John Jerked himself back to earth. "Sure. Evening News. Here you are, mister. Thanks. Paypare! WuxWux " fmwm SSWORD l.Bog 11. A 7. Alcoholic size 30. Exclama- II ill H u TEJmuu E iTJclwH Per to the country The last IM TT aWTTT P M v IljiIj r rrPI vessel 31. 32 Bird (Hawaiian) typt 33 Jumbled 34 22 II 1 Story Hair bows 7" 'uZciX.. (Chin.) Has obligations Rub out i To clothe 48 River (Ff ) 49 Having keyi 60. Founded 47 DOWN 1 Charts 2 Rite of Taj M Jb. A g I i i i e. 6 Nature Garment border i phone. "Riders in the Sky" filled the air waves and Gene Autrey turned it into a Columbia picture, so nobody was surprised when the same thing happened to the "Mule Train". Sheila Livingston, who recently completed work in "The Cowboy and the Indians", with Autrey, plays the feminine lead; John Miljan and Robert Livingston have leading roles. A rumor has been going around that the sponsor of "Curt Massey Time" was auditioning a show to replace it Whereas their survey ratings top anything else the sponsor has ever had on the air in that daytime spot, and Curt and Martha Tilton are set through Apra And Curt la getting chuckles out of fan letter saying "You sing like 1 think I sing in the bathtub!" Last July the censors la the Cnlon of Sooth Africa banned the magnificent "Home of the Brave" op the ground that "It might disturb the peace". For the first time the censorship board of Southern Rhodesia baa reversed the censors' decision, but natives and children will be excluded front avowing of the picture. United Artists counsel to appeal the South African baa. Hastened Prosecute Judicially Part of a locomotive ll The mmm. , " ' &l u. . t m "" second annual Tnvi Tot" campaign, to provide mas fnl ChrlsV toys for underprivileged chili ren, sponsored Jointly by Warm Bros, and the United States marine corps r a o r v e, was official launched by Vlrsinla Mavo aa4 CoL J. O. Brauer. , aZ.x2c ZZl AXl M 22 final timber or metal V BERT PARKS friends beg for "just a little hint" Between shows he tries to forget there is such a tune; he never talks about it at home, never mentions it to his wife. Since the program was launched be has passed along hundreds of thousands worth of prizes and then gone happily home to his wife, his twin sons, aged three, and his unlisted tele- 1. YLu-- the 3 Bars of 4 " ' Li 46 Brink came from the direction of the stairs. There was a stir, a ' wild scrambling, shrieks, curses. The tea of humanity came tumbling down, pausing, shrinking away, bor L eTb g W 8. Wise of type i 27 Fascination 30 A shallow 41 "III, Johnny! Look, yoo moil have seen who did it, standing here like that. Ton had a view." II tion answers used to 9. A starch frighten 32. Sash 13. (Malay) 10. Vehicle with of (Jap.) king Troy 1 35. Shed blood runners 14. Semblance 16. 36. Undershot 15. Condiment Wager 19 Vigor water wheel 16. Exist A wing1 87. People of 20 17. Food fish 21. Division Switzerland 43. 18. Diverse 45. 38. Search for of a play 21 Like 22 Chinese silk 39. Sea 23 Neuter 46. 25 Pinch eagle pronoun 42 Serf 24. River (Sib.) 26. Cuckoo 12. WEEK'S ANSWER (Port.) beverage 38 Observe 40 Measure ' 28. Previously 29. Coin 6. A 6. Peevish IAST PUZZLE town announcer ACROSS I ever-prese- air." A thousand smackers! Ha! Fat chance! Not when the breaks were against you. A man was a fool to RADIO By INEZ GERHARD the Music" show WITH the "Stop and growing and growing, Bert Parks has become one of the most, sought-afte- r men in the country. Everybody, Bert says, wants to know the name of the Mystery Melody. People stop him in the street to ask what it is; neighbors call him at home. Old Johnny glanced at the man In the green hat. The man's hand was inside his coat. "Sure," he aid. "Sure, I saw it all. It was that guy there." . In the self-mad- e ST&GESCRE EN Johnny?" per?" John turned. It was the man green bat. John felt his heart pound, then stand still. "Nice stand you got here, sonny. Must make a lot of dough. Must see a lot that happens, facing upstream like that. Didn't happen to see what occurred just now on the elevator steps did you?" tra!" Life had been unkind to him. Life JOHN GULPED. "I heard a shot. happened? Was somebody hadn't given him the breaks. That's it. It was life's fault. Either you Killed? I didn't see a thing. I was were born into the easy way, or you selling a paper. Who do yuh supdidn't have a chance. This stuff pose done it?" about fighting your way to the top, The cold light dimmed in the eyes overcoming obstacles, being a of the man with the green hat. He success Nuts! whooping, smiled. A siren sounded. The crowd You can't fight when life is against scattered. John saw Officer Mike you, when the crowd is way out Clancey elbowing his way towards ahead and throwing dust Into your him. face. "Hi, Johnny! Look, you must "Rich society woman knocks off her spouse! Buy a paypare, entrance 44 it. tangled in the nets too long; I shall escape and find my way again Back to the quiet place where I belong, Far from the tinseled provinces of men. These will be waiting after my release: The sheltered ways, the quiet paths of peace- -. I have been Corner , Accord Sought The federal government planned to launch a campaign aimed to its federal antitrust strengthen policies and, at President Tru man's request, Charles Sawyer, commerce secretary, would direct I have The John stopped abruptly. A shot had sounded above the pounding of rain and the rumble of traffic. It ' loved with passion, loved I them long: The house that Stands when the building hammers cease, After wild syncopation, a sane song, A tree that Straightens after the wind's release. The cool green Stillness of an April wood, A silver pool unruffled by the breeze, The clean expanse of a prairie's solitude. I love these. And calm, unhurried hours HESE By BILLY ROSE- - tra! full-tim- QUIET THINGS BROADWAY AND MAIN STREET Fiction 1949 Joan Crawford haa frill t IabMW. in "The Victim". For reason or other her kissing tcep with each one were filmed betweel Monday mornlno- anrf FrMo. ft noon, on location at Palm Spring . .1 ujcj oo ssy inai n wss M hot at the famous resort that co! men so-- - " "" 41 "" " At A I I I I v I I t I air blowers had tn ha turn every take to lower the tempera enougn io tnako it bearable |