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Show TOE BEAVER PRESS, BEAVER, UTAH WEEKLY NEWS ANALYSIS Truman Calls for Orafi, Training To Bolster Resistance to Russia; U.S. Reverses Stand on Partition Jan Masaryk Took His Life In Protest Against 'Robots' By BAUKIIAGE Netcs Analyst and Commentator WASHINGTON For some time after I heard the tragic news of Jan Masaryk's suicide, a strange memory haunted me I saw A man and woman alone in a darkened room. They are two of the last three human beings on earth. The rest have FT ' robots. destroyed by an army of automatons Creatures who have all other human attributes, but no sensitivithe robots are the triumph ties, no souls. Mechanically-madof the productivity of the machine. man-creat- This may have been an indication of his true purpose; to direct the underground. But something changed his mind about the course he was to pursue. One must take into consideration the attitude toward in a country which had a long tradition of martyrdom and underground resistance, and no Catholic background. I do not know how much of a mystic Jan Masaryk may have beeni But it has been emphasized that only a few hours before his death, he visited his father's grave with others, to venerate the honored memory. And he remained then?, alone, long after the others had gone. Tcrhaps he felt that he had received, in that lonely vigil, some mystic command, say as Hamlet did after a similar experience: ". . . and thy commandment all alone shall live within the book and volume of my brain, unmU'd with baser matter: yes, by heaven!" lights go out, you can hear the rhyth mic tramp, tramp, tramp of their iron feet. There is a crash of glass as push, they sensitive to the through two dows in pain, win er shots ring out in the dark as the human beings com mit suicide to save themselves from the horrible wrath of the automatons. That, you may remember, was the climax of the play RUR "Rossums (Jnivcrsal Robots' written by Karel 4 f ' Knpck. I was reminded of it because of one of the first deeds of Jan Masaryk in 194fl when he returned to his native country after the exile imposed on him when Hitler's robots crushed the first Czech republic. When Masaryk returned, he laid flowers on the grave of Karel Kapek, the great Czech author who wrote Unit prophetic play, giving us the word "robot" nd the warning behind it. The words comes down from the old Slavic "robota," servitude. have accepted the word. have not heeded the warn- We We ing The robots, like the Golem of Hebrew myth, and the Adam of Psalms "yet being unperfect" fore a soul was breathed into substance offer a grim warning the the be- his to Unhuman beings released Kapek's play on a stage, wide as civilization. Day after day come the frightened echoes from Europe of the fear of war. And yet no people wants it. If you were to write down all the material demands of the diploma ts and the rulers of each nation, and put them in the harids of the peoples of the world and tell them: If you want these you must lave war, who would pay the price ef war? None. None but a robot, without sensitivity, without soul. The martyrdom of Jan Masaryk eems to have hurt rather than Helped the Communist cause. I spent tome time with the former Czechoslovak ambassador to the United States, Juric Slavik, on the evening of the day when Masaryk's suicide was announced. Slavik believes that Masaryk felt he could serve bis country better dead than as a living prisoner, for the ambassador says he was a prisoner. Masaryk, alive, but with every word and gesture filtered through the censorship of the Communist screen, would become a symbol of the spirit of Czechoslovakia, surrendered, enchained, a noble and historic name and all it has stood for, besmirched and obliterated. Dead, the name, the spirit, live. The ambassador recalled an episode in that epic odyssey which has gone down in military history as us now. may today, IV J n.,'.,m v ' ( t Peace Depends On World's Children SEA V t 1 ft.iA ,i ,- -, V n. H "' JAN MASARYK inii. .ait name, the tpirit, live. ne of the marvelous achievements of World War I the march of the Czechoslovak Legion which fought beside the Allies against the Russians, and after the Bolshevists had made their peace with the Germans, fought its way from the Ukraine to Vladivostok, a trek that makes the world's great inarches pale by comparison. Many believe that Masaryk had remained on with the new government as foreign minister, not because he accepted as inevitable Communist but bedomination, cause he felt he could serve best within the government, working secretly with democratic elements. He made a cryptic declaration in a speech to the Czech army after the Communist assumption of power, in which he said: "Czech and Slovak brothers, 1 am with you." The proximate American troop strength is indicated for Germany (120,000), Austria (10,000) and Italy (5,000). THE PRICE Peace and War vi 'A head-hunter- 1 i v&vV FORCES AT WORK . . . Increasing Communist pressure in Europe has been instrumental in dividing the continent into three component power blocs, all of which are influenced hy a fourth force U.S. policy, symbolized by the presence of American troops in Germany, Austria and Italy. Map shows western bloc (1) of Britain, France, Belgium, Luxembourg and the Netherlands; northern bloc (2) of the Scandinavian countries, daily growing more apprehensive of Soviet tactics and eastern bloc (3) of Russia and its satellites. Present ap- A self-repe'- t, : GERMANY five-powe- r U,t JIM five-natio- n La a m. "We must be prepared to pay the price of peace or assuredly Recently I received a pamphlet we shall pay the price of war." from the General Brotherhood board Those words, spoken by President containing an article by Gordon AU- port, department of social relations Harry Truman to the U. S. con at Harvard, entitled: "Guide Linos gress, could be the seeds of the first for Research in International genuine, effective foreign policy this nation has had for half a century. Allport points out that most in ternational conferences meet in the Disregarding any political overtones there might have been in the President's speech, his address to ' p f the ' . joint session of congress reV flected the realization at the top level of government that any successful foreign policy must be based on the fundamental concept of striking a balance between commitments abroad and the national security f t r ' or strength at home available to . y , ', . f n: . , ' back up those commitments. ' . . i ,. - ' I' J By definition, the term "foreign v a r ipolicy" implies that any nation ex.1 r use ' pressing such a policy possesses the in military forces and allstrength ft iancesto follow it consistently at all times and to defend it just as consistently in case of war. In that connection Mr. Truman asked congress for specifically power to draft men to build armed strength against the ruthless aggression of Soviet communism. He asked also for "prompt enactment of universal training legislation." indicating that the draft should be only temporary until universal Credit: Unitd Nations World military training is giving the counThese United Nations members don't quarrel. Can you guess the try the trained men it needs. finally, he sought swift passage country to which these children of the of members of the United NaEuropean the Marshall recovery program tions staff belong? plan fur economic recovery of westglare of cameras, microphones and ern European nations which is setbald heads, and that it is time to ting the Kremlin's teeth on edge. concentrate our efforts on the chilBluntly the President upbraided dren. Russia for making a travesty of In teaching children about the peace: peoples of the world, Allport says "One nation has not only refused the tendency Is to accentuate the to cooperate in the establishment of DIFFERENCES. a just and honorable peace, but-e- ven He says: "The American child worse has actively sought to learns with horror about prevent it." about infanticide; and he learns to laugh at the Dutch who Western Paet clop in wooden shoes, and at the Lending force to Mr. Truman's quaint observances of Easter among adherents to the Orthodox faith. The scattering of the seeds of foreign implication of inferiority is a usual policy was the fact that, an .hour of our present method before he delivered his pronounceof teaching cultural and national dif- ment, the Less dramatic, but far western European pact for common ferences. sounder, would be the teaching of defense against attack had been anthe common considerations of justice nounced officially. Under the treaty, Britain, France, and morality that are identical over vast areas of the earth. Practices Belgium, Luxembourg and the Neththat may SEEM to differ drama- erlands pledged one another military aid in the event that any one of them tically often indicate common aspirations and common values. The should be attacked. According to the ne v "Truman prayer wheels of Tibet and the silent Quaker meeting have virtually doctrine," the United States wonld identical functional significance; so be the principal guarantor of this too the initiation rites of the Pawnee union. Without such a and the American high school com- - guarantee of U. S. backing, the westmencemcnt. ern European treaty would be Little effort has been made. All- meaningless. By his declaration in support of port claims, to search for the comhe the western European pact Mr. Trumon ground of mankind-an- d suggests that the United Nations man seemed to be guiding the U. S. prepare an encyclopedia of the uni- to a point of departure from its hisformities and similarities in the Be- toric adherence to the diplomatic liefs, practices and aspirations of enormity of refusing to engage in all peoples an encyclopedia which "entangling alliances" even at the would serve as a reference guide price of its own welfare. for innumerable aspects of world IiACIIIXOKS: policy for years to come. Allport thinks that a study of the Declining common peonies of the world unEvidence of an innate desire f i doubtedly would reveal that more life nmnne adult Americans f.ipvlv important Ut them than boundaries Is revealed in a study by the U. S. and national aspirations are matbureau ol the census showing a ters of pride, food, long-terdecline in the proportion shelter, marriage and the wol of bnchelors of both sexes. of their children. fare On a numerical basis, census Yes, as I said enrlier. ask the pen bun.iu disclose, the numfigures pies of the world to vote between ber of single men and women has capture of territory, acqu sitinn dropped to the lowest level since ports or oil fieMs at the prite A 1920, despite a third increase in wir and there would be no population since then. of their choice. 1 O NORTH -- The stronghold. BAUK ed e, But they have revolted and turned against their creators. They now are marching on the last human FINLAND SWEDE .... been Feature R leased bj WNU (EDITOR'S NOTE: When apiniona are txprmri in theaa calamus, they are tnoaa of Western Newspaper Union's aewa analyata and Mt necessarily af thia oewapaper.) REACTION: Divided What are the true fact-'- .' Just how potentially lethal is the situation with regard to Russia? Senators and representatives were asking thoso questions after President Truman's "let's get strong" message. Many of them were demanding answers before they would consent to go ahead with any legislation endorsing a military draft or UMT. Congress was divided, but the split was not along party lines. It re- flected isolationism, discontent with the Truman foreign policy and in some cases an almost unhealthy respect for Russia's power in Europe. Greatest fear seemed to be that conditions in Europe, as precipitated by Soviet actions, may get CONVINCING Closeted for 50 minutes with Secretary of State Marshall, Secretary of Defense Forrestal and Secretary of the Army Royall, the senate armed services committee emerged from the conference to throw its weight behind President Truman's plea for quick action to build up America's military forces. Sen. Chan Gurney (Rep., S.D.), chairman of the committee, reported that 10 of the group's 13 members were convinced that both a limited draft and universal military training have become an "absolute necessity." Just what the three secretaries told the armed services committee was not disclosed, but it was undeniably powerful information. out of hand suddenly, despite the efforts of Russia or any other nation to prevent such a development. Best opinion holds that, while Russia is not now seeking war, the Communists have created a kind of Frankenstein monster in Europe that at any moment could plunge out of control and involve the world in another conflict. Secretary of State Marshall is said to feel this way: The Soviets are motivated by a sense of urgency to act before the European recovery program begins to function and before the union of western European nations is firmly established. Driven by this feeling of urgency, the Soviets may not be able to avert an Incident which would lead to a shooting war. ABOUT FACE: TRIESTE: Surprise Party Apron In a move that surprised every one from the Russians to American congressmen, the U. S. proposed jointly with France and Britain that the free territory of Trieste be returned to Italy. Trieste, long a storm center coveted by both Italians and Yugoslavs, had been made a free state under United Nations guidance in the Italian peace treaty. The proposal was, apparently, a shrewd and calculated move to try forces to help the in Italy win the April 18 election. It literally put the Russians on the spot, leaving them with little choice of reaction." If they support the western powers' proposal to return Trieste to Italy they will be, in effect, turning their backs on their previous arguments for a Yugoslav Trieste, thereby kicking their Yugoslav cohorts in the face. On the other hand, if Russia were to side with Yugoslavia it would amount to a rebuff for the Italian Communists. Possession of Trieste is a great political issue in Italy, and it well may turn out now to be a deciding factor in the elections coming up there. Yugoslavia's Marshal Tito, however, lost little time in answering the proposal of the U. S., Britain and France. He simply rejected the de mand and proposed instead that a plebiscite be held in the free state of Trieste to decide whether it should be Italian or Yugoslav. Moscow diplomats were calling the action "another move toward war." Said one: "The beginnings of international order which emerged after the war are being destroyed." But to those who were working tooth and nail against the spread ol communism it looked like a master stroke, one which might keep Italy and all of western Europe out of reach of the Kremlin. FOOD WASTE: Rats, Insects Although the world is crying for food, hundreds of thousands of tons of American foodstuffs are spoiled each year by the depredations of rats, mice and insects and often by the carelessness of some producers Food and drug administration officials say the amount of "filthy food" they destroy every year is enough to contribute "very substantially" to the hungry areas oi the world. "Filthy food" is the legal term for food spoiled by "contamination of rats, mice, insects or other re pulsive foreign bodies." It is the job of the food and drug administration to find and condemn filthy food in the channels of interstate commerce and to prosecute those responsible. Since FDA's power to condemn filthy foods at their destination was taken away a year ago, officials estimate that, as a result, 20 tons of such food appears in retail outlets every day. RABBITS: Meat Supply There is one vast source of meat maybe an inexhaustible one that the U.S. public might have to consider seriously if beef and pork become as scarce and expensive as it is predicted they will: Rabbits. That is a department of agriculture idea. The department suggested that the American people take up the raising of rabbits as a supplementary source of meat to eke out the usual protein fare, destined to become more scarce and costly. National rabbit week, which was observed during the week following Easter, would be "a good time" for families to plan to produce a "year round supply of this white, delicately flavored, nutritious meat, comparable to breast of chicken," the department hinted. What does one need to begin raising rabbits? Just rabbits. i s To many persons it looked as though the United States, in aban doning its support of the Palestine partition plan, had pulled a "Pontius Pilate" on the same scene where the procurator of Judea had washed his hands not quite 2,000 years ago to sanction the i r- -r- fa SAf W i i 'lai to do -- Its role in the par tition struggle, the U. S. proposed that the Holy Land be made a United Nations' trusteeship, giving Jews and Arabs a chance to reach agreement on their own concerning the future of their country's gov ernment. Warren R. Austin, American dele-- e to the U.N., said that it was jvious that partition could not be ..irried out except by force, and the U.S. consistently has demurred against the idea of sending troops to Palestine. It was Ironic that the American statement withdrawing support from the partition plan was undoubtedly the death blow to that plan which never would have been adopted by the U.N. in the first place if it had not been for American pressure and Influence. i Pi I I ,vaai( Memos to Editors Marquis Childs, columnist on foreign and other important mat"Most interested in ters, writes: your comment. Seems to me vital to galvanize congress and the coun try into taking those steps that will prevent war from becoming inevitable" . . . Mark Sullivan, Tom Stokes, Maj. George Fielding Eliot and many others are talking openly to the people but Sec'y Marshall be says he people He aroused into any passion added' things "are very, very serious and should be given cold calculation" . . . Quite so, but someone has to tell the people the facts. That's why we have newspapers. shouldn't Becei ... Carole Landis' statement that she was splitting from her husband is She dea belated confirmation. nied it often to me and now declares "she hasn't seen him for months and that he doesn't respond to her phone calls" . . . The fact is that her next husband, if and when, will be Rex Harrison, the British star. 5387 -- It takes technicolor justice U the whiskers of Gordon Moore of Vlckshorg, Mich., who will defend his title as the owner of the world's champion beard In a contest to be held there In July. Beard and mustache are a brilliant and matching red. Expanding Colleges American colleges and universities will need additional space equivalent to 133 Empire State buildings and several billion d illars to pay for it, which is where the taxpayers come in. That is the present outlook for higher education as reported by the U. S. office of education. The report, dealing with college and university building needs, is based o' a survey of 1.3U6 institutions. 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C vail, Canadian Tactic Bairn', YawtiJtv Wi the it tr U C.I the wes srjpRE: r: Things to worry about: Gerald L. K. Smith has been silent re- leal it wis toov.n susrectt fh j'l'Mr.el-- Four U. S. Man About Town: subs are on the way to Turkey. They left San Francisco "to train rurkish naval crews," as the saying goes . . . President Truman to John Gunther, the correspond "If Ike wants to run, why doesn't he tell me?" . . . The Alabama governor engaged a press agent for that kissing spree here . . . Henry Luce, mag publisher, will come out for Vandenberg. A National Weekly is readying a revelation on Republeader Joseph Martin. It will allege that the Attle-SorMass., newspaper publisher is worth between 2 '4 and 3 rnillbn pux . . . Congressman Martin must 'have Klden touch. 'nce it must e presumed ne made it between sessions of congress in the last 20 A former Massachusetts years political figure, now a judge, was the target of an accuser' finger (pointed directly at him) in an alleged extortion. Whatever the merits of the charge, not a single agency could be aroused into Investieatine the matter. he was strongly 5 vt" .sh From Mrs. Dan Mahoney, wife of a Miami publisher, has a partnership with Mrs. Albert Lasker,'wife of the millionaire . . . They purchased a huge western ranch "as a refuge from bombs" their friends report . . . The ranch is located not far from a military objective where atomic tests are made! Ch Jat sae mee-yoww- ... "1 T HIS A Suggest sending a reporter to see Henry Wallace to ask him if he recalls this: The scene: The Ambassador East Hotel, Chicago . . . The time: January 18, 1948 . . . "If the Democrats run Eisenhower, I'll step out," he said to Bart Crum, the FDRepublican of San Francisco . . . Eisenhower, by the way, is regarded as a Democrat "in the FDR tradition" He Is a registered Quip of the Week: Girry Moore and Erskine Johnson witnessed a movie and later wondered about the star's age . . . "Oh," interrupted Mrs. Moore, "I guess she's about 40" . . . "Now how can you really tell?" queried Ersk. "Bekuz," was the retort "she's starting to pat herself under the chin instead of on the back." .11 testifi" ' You gel a i- -i "urn n I' Good or iihl MiSaa WiH . . rf If I. Written when you buy fT l rh 4r from 01 'ges V t tA GuarontM for 30 it Htt.ry v Csrr.mui Honored at sty s of store in wetUm Ai4 inar 0. t ar 50-5- 0 n 1000 miles. M. Choie ed cdiei the cs cifc pu FILES ... i T: I What Mr. Truman Actually Screamed about radio commenta tors Pearson and WW cannot be No editor would printed in full let you . . . McGrath and Gael Sul livan called at the White House to urge him not to run but never got to it, because of the Prez's outburst of gutter profanity. 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