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Show Japan Needs is. Peace : ToGetiOn Sound Economic Basis, Says Correspondent All Br BOB CONSIOINE International News Service LOS ANGELES. Sept. 1 (INS) In the midat of a vicious war that haa stripped Japan of ita U. S. occupation forces, one unsung rs unit of Gen. MacArthur'a patiently goes about the enormous task of lifting Japan off the American taxpayers' -necks. To comprehend the size of that job, which is progressing remark-abl- y; the reader must .know a little about the economic condition of Japan the day, five years ago, MacArthur arrived at Atsugi airport. Jap production had fallen off to nine per cent of the war time peak. Our aerial bombs and naval barrages had totally destroyed 25 per cent of the, country's industrial and utilities capacity and materially damaged another third. Millions of workers had fled their wartime places head-quarte- U- Korean and of employment. Manchurian slave laborers had abandoned the coal mines, and not enough of it was being mined to run what was left of Japan's railroads. Eighty per cent of the textile business had been converted to war work. Wild Inflation The navy had sent to the bottom one of Japan's main sources of revenue, its merchant fleet. Nylon had destroyed all hope that the country's once fabulous silk export trade could be. resumed. There was a wild inflation. And the traditional method of remained. It was a farcical rite in which a man with money made a private and deal with his coughed up only a taken payment. Disease and starvation covered the land. Today the Japanese government, operating under a demo cratic constitution written by Japanese, has beenis led back to a within $250 it .point where million a year of solvency and this despite the fact that there are now 84 million Japanese where there were only 72 million five and years ago. Japan's empire its resources are gone, and its teeming millions must live in a country smaller than California and with only one sixth of it fit for cultivation. If peace is quickly restored in the Pacific and the long range plans of MacArthur and his economists bear fruit, Japan no longer will be a financial drain on us after the fiscal year 1953. . Industry Comes Back The nation's heavy Industry is back to 60 per cent of its wartime peak. With the destruction of the Zaibatsu the closely held which monopolized and ruled most facets of Japan's free enterprise is economy flourishing. The Americans have stopped the old Jap trade practice of dumping cheap products on world markets. Jap manufacturers must turn out better products and compete more ethically in world trade. Unemployed silk workers have turned to the rising cotton textile trade of Japan. India, Pakistan and other sterling area countries that have begun trading with Japan are taking such Jap products as steel, railroad equipment, ships, hydroelectric power equipment, industrial machinery electrical supplies and the likes. A visit by the emperor to Japanese Voal areas (a move prompted by extra food raMacArthur) and wide-spreretions resulted in deof Japanese by placement parted Manchurian andthe Korean Theretofore miners. Japa nese considered himself too good to work below the surface of the tax-collecti- ng tax-collec- tor super-corporati- on ad earth. Shipping Program The recent dispatching of the first Japanese freighter to Seattle opened another phase of the country's recovery. It is the first Japanese ship to touch post-w- ar a U. S. port since early DecemRight now it costs ber, 1941. to hire Japan $250 million a year foreign shipping for its exports. We have more or less weaned Japan's economic future aWay from dollar markets and directed its future to the sterling counBut if the Communists tries. complete their seizure of the "rice bowl" of Asia, the hope of such a switch will have to be de I c ferred. And protests will con tinue to come from U. S. glove manufacturers, fish cannerS, textile firms and others who dorft want to compete against goods produced by Japan's comparativet j; ly cheap labor. . The yen, by the way, la backed If by neither silver nor gold.--'If supported by the prestige of Mac Arthur's occupation, and is about as sound as any currency In, the world today. Until the Korean war began, occupation force! . icr. try yt!.Ii 2 rcc:v- ' (One were spending $72 million fbf yeri each year, a tremendous help, to the Japanese, as is, of course, the to fact that Japan does not have maintain a defense force. S ' Reflects U. S. System! reflect taxes roughly Japanese the U. S. tax system; both in .magnitude and collecting codes. Unemployment has' seldom reached 500,000 in a working field of evenly divided between the land anc factory. Until the Korean trouble,- labor unions, emboldened by the presence, of the Americans, were kicking1 out Communist .infiltrators by the tons. AH Japan needs is peace in Asia. Under MacArthur, it is headed toward the first balanced budget of its history. If it had not been for the Korean war, Japan's always valuable tourist trade would have begun to this summer hastening the day when we can present to the world the picture of a conquered country lifted back not only to friendship and trustworthy Independence, but 142 tnlhted men, six of ficersy on warrant officer M-2- 00 - 'J' - -- r Long Recess , ' " '"" We 000,000,000 for the present fiscal year. Another factor expected to tug congress back to town in late fall is that of military manpower. Opinion differed in senate cir cles as to whether Mr. Truman's decision to put nearly 3,000,000 men under arms would require, immediate changes inthe changes in the selec-ne- y, R., S. D., and Lyndon B. Johnson, D., Tex., of the armed Through a typographical error 'services committee expressed by The Herald, the wrong- jlief that witn tne newly approved impression was inferred in a P- family allowance bill the present y. litcal advertisement pubhshedlaw win suffice unless Mr. The ad, sponsored byman raises his sights still higher. Lynn Jackson in behalf of the But Sen- Henry Cabot Lodge, candidacy of Luke Clegg, Repub- - jr f R f Mass., differed sharply. lican candidate lor siaie senator Before Mr. Truman spoke, he had from Utah county, was signed as called for military strength of 3, follows: "Lynn Jackson, Spring-vill- e, 000.000 men and 30 army divi Ironton Steelworkers Pd. sions. Lodge told a reporter that Pol. Ad.," which was interpreted congress shouldn t even recess by some as meaning that theiterrmotarilv until it aooroves lee steelworkers union sponsored thejisiaion necessary for such a dead. The signature should havejfense setup. read: "Lynn Jackson, Spring-- ; He said that the present draft ville (Ironton steelworker). Paid law was tailored to provide a Political Ad." The Herald is glad; military force of 2,500,000 men to make this correction. and that the new target will re quire some changes in the status of veterans, family men, and older men. The senate returns to work (Continued from Page 1) Tuesday after a holiday week end with action on a $16,700,000,000 candidate for the Democratic defense-spendibill and Corn- a now pri- munist nomination, rariey, control legislation the vate has frowned !0nly remaining items on its dock : i . ... businessman, selec-immedi- .. 8 J, ft j Attlee Swings Haymaker at has Threat Mail By POCATELLO. Sept. 2 U.R) Fort Hall Indian, was being held on a grand larceny charge Saturday following a stolen car accident from which his brother died. The body of Rubin Jackson, 20, was found in an irrigation ditch north of here Friday. It was believed the stolen car crashed into a tree last Sunday. The elder Jackson apparently crawled out of the wreckage and fell into an irrigation ditch. Officers said the car was hid den by weeds for five days before its discovery. The death- was termed accidental. The younger Jackson admitted being in the car before the crash. La von Jackson, - rv xi ate Wtf .rr k JXfnK de i ii f'vl Tru-Ffida- - i nv- i u.v-"-- I Vii f-C- - V; "A ' tW.- - vJ I 4'V'o W -- VsjV fsjV (St A Telt photo Two North Korean soldiers, captured wearing American uniforms, ara CAUGHT searched on the Korean battle front by their Gl captors. Searchers are, left to right: Ptci James Burnett, Fens, Texas; CpL Charlie Johnson, kieridaii, leas, and 6gU Theodore Morris, Detroit, Mich. 0. S. Armjf photo. RED-HANDE- HeberCity By RUBY H1CKEN Correction be-ma- Senator Receives Indian Youth Held On Larceny Charges (Continued from Page 1) D World Hears President Truman Repeat Foreign Policy Glen Hicken and Jerry Stoddard are spending the weekend with friends in Freedom, Wyo., and in Yellowstone, park. Missionary mothers wHl meet at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday at the home of Reed Hohler. Guest speaker will be William V. Casper who recently returned from a California LDS mission. Mr. and Mrs. Leland Wentz (Dr. Vida Broadbent) and family of Chicago were recent visitors at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Don Hicken. (Continued from Paxe 1) i a. a. Dewey Decides tl YS -- ng "'-- J 1 j j , begin-stateme- nt con-thi- 1t y , jf nk .... l m vrr8"4 Wf; ifv-- fiy:) tt k ly t. :tirJi EL- - WTO WHLBlB Republican Candidate Refinanee Tour Home On Our Easy or - Utah County Commissioner Term Unquestionable 4-Y- ear Integrity Successful Farmer Church and Civic Worker QUALIFIED Your Vote Will Be Appreciated R. WARD WEBB Pd. Pol. Ad by R. Ward Webb ASK YOUR LAWYER! (Paid political adv, by L. J. Monson) i . V-A-- i I v -i- i f II aei fcr for the Supreme Court A Trial Judpe for 16 Years Expe"ence and ability are necessary qualifies tions for a SUPREME COURT JUSTICE. SURVEYOR .. His, JUDGE ALBERT utah co. - S 0 M'! NATE LATIMER i ; N H. ELLETT Y ' DEMOCRATS i i kgt?? k ':: LONDON. Sect. 2 0J.B Prime Minister Clement Attlee denounced Winston Churchill Sat urday night as a "prima donna" and "dictator" who is trying to disunite Britain because he feels the nation is helpless with out his leadership. In a radio speech to the nation, Attlee swung a political hay maker at Churchill, who charged one week ago that the labor gov ernment Is sabotaging its own rearmament program by sending strategic tools to Russia. Attlee confirmed that the dies for tools to build and repair tanks were being shipped to the Soviet Union, but he declared they were being traded for goods badly needed by Britain under a two- year-ol- d agreement oZf which the conservatives had full knowledge and which they had never opposed before. Attlee said It was not unreasonable either for Russian in spectors to enter Britain's arms-plan- ts to examine the goods they had ordered. He said specific instructions had been issued that the Russians were not to have access to secret war weapons. Churchill s charges had nettled the usually placid Attlee and he wasted no time in launching into an attack on the wartime prime minister unmatched in bitterness since the election campaign. Attlee said Churchill showed a "dictatorial" attitude in trying to force the house of commons back into session before the government had prepared it's overall defense program. "For the last 20 years Mr. Churchill seems to roe to have regarded parliament mainly as a place to make speeches," he said. "He is seldom present except when he is to make a speech. "He come down like a prima donna, delivers his oration and then, except for an occasional appearance at question time, is seen no more until the next occasion. The real work of the house proceeds, however, without his assistance." . '' I II HT TOO! PROTECT THEIR.' SO I I Thomas H. Latimer, Jr. Well qualified by education and experience to handle problems confronting Utah County: Central Utah Project; Utah Lake Contamination! Roads and Drainage; BACKGROUND Pioneer family. One hundred years developing, building, and conserving Utah. start again Mother? Make sure young eyes are protected during home study time, with proper light-inStatistics show over half the homes in America lack light for reading. Check your home today. Study lamps should use a 150 watt bulb to insure an abundance of generKeady for school to g. ade-qua- te EDUCATION ... so that eyes may work without strain. ous, diffused light Save their sight with proper light. School of Mines. University of Utah. Registered Engineer and Land Surveyor. EXPERIENCE Design and. construction of irrigation, municipal water supply, canals, dams and reservoirs. Sewer systems, hydro - electric and steam power, army installations and municipal improvements. Building of Barracks, power houses, sugar factories and housing projects, Graduate of VOTE Primary Election September Fifth Paid political advertisement by. Thomas A. Latimer. 2 CllXkltkU-- HO'VO t jl OP , UT1UTI1S l - j f S Churchill r3TTl r many things we enjoy," he said. cow he said that the United not want Formosa nor "We shall all have to work! States does i -r a ; i have advised senate budget ex in na freedom for all Asian perts that at least $15,000,000,000) The president said he intends lieve tions. "fireside another ito deliver end of 1950 By inference, he invited RusChairman' Walter F.l George, chat' after he signs the bill, to sia's satellites to come over to the the what government comexplain just n r.a of in enate finance free side. He coupled the inviis to to do the home going strip mittee predicted that congress tation with this warning; will back up the president by frpnt for war. "There will be no profit for any Mr. But Truman devoted the to votine another $7,000,000,000 who follow the Communist people of to his bulk address American $10,000,000,000 tax increase next) down its dark and dictatorship foreign policy and its implications bloody path." But the house is on vacation year. hopes. He urged Communist China not. George said the $4,508,000,000 to the rest of the free and slave Dewey could not be reached until Sept. 11. That means cong- for comment, but Hanley said;ress will not get away for itsjtax boost passed by the senate worlds. to be "misled" into intervening To the free nations, he offered against the United Nations forces that Dewey thanked him for his breather until Sept. 15 or 16, be- - last nignt was on,y tne American support because "we in Korea. and "said he would 'cause final action on conference ning." House and senate it over." Hanley probably reports differences over ferees will go to work on that cannot hope to maintain our own Mr. Truman reminded Moscow also will be on the Republican the tax adjusting and other items must measure next week and may send- ireeoom n ' ireeoom eisewnere is that the Germans and Japanese bill to the wnite House tne ioiiow- wiped out. slate, eltner as nominee for lieu- - be approved when both houses fatally underestimated the United lenani governor or senator. To the jittery Asiatics now be- - States 10 years ago. ing week 'are in session. Mr. Truman made it plain in ing bombarded with "white im "Let would-b- e aggressors make f his address that the American perialism" from Mos- - no such mistake today," he said. propaganda people will pay in other ways besides taxation for their world leadership. He said the economic control bill now awaiting his signature will be used "to make many changes in our way of living and working." "We shall h ave to give up VOTE FOR Payment Plan 'I v WHAT A TANK COMPANY LOOKS LIKE Here's what a complete U. S, Army tank company consists of and what it looks Ilk. The figures or personnel include administrative, mess, supply, transportation, maintenance and filler ranks. The Pershing tank, the standard tank taught at the Armored School. It. Knox. Ky is now in operation in Korea. back. He's just hoping bis luck holds out. INTEREST ' , Sunday, September 8, 1950 WASHINGTON. Sent. 2 0J.R1 Sen. Lester C. Hunt, D., Wyo., revealed that he received an unsigned letter threatening his life if he pressed his fight against gambling syndicates. Hunt, a member of the senate crime committee, said the letter was postmarked at Boston, and apparently written by a sane person. The senator said he destroyed the letter after its receipt several days ago. Referring to it from memory, Hunt said the writer! suggested that anyone who "tried too vigorously to stop gambling probably would meet a violent death." : t ' LUCKY TO BE ALIVE Pc. Robert Roberts, 1st Cavalry Division trooper who hails from Sparta, Tenn., points out hole in his helmet made by enemy bullet to show how narrowly he escaped death when Communists overran his outfit's position in a night attack. Another bullet grazed the helmet and a third scraped his LOANS jctpi) Six "-- jf ESTATE tanks Pcr&!w.i3 hqif-rroc- k . . REAL 2j " . i M-- - -- m two SUNDAY HERALD j |