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Show tnNTAH BASIN RECORD, DUCHESNE, UTAH WEEKLY NEWS ANALYSIS Shadows United States Orders Expulsion of 22 Czech Officials; Observers Say Political Scene Becoming Foggy, Unreal The United States has ordered expulsion of 22 Czech officials from this country in retaliation of recent conduct by that Observers are beginning to shout that the current political scene is becoming so foggy and unreal that the general public is confused. Perhaps it is the observers themselves who are confused. Regardless of their shouts, however, President Truman concluded his tour across the nation making as many as 16 speeches a day while congress tied itself into knots on one issue after another. As if that wasnt enough, the Dixiecrats had mapped plans of winning the Solid South and were screaming louder than anyone about deficit spending and creeping socialism. The President has been making speeches pointing out: (1) The lower brackets can double their income into "real money within the next 10 years, possibly as high as a year; (2) Republican $4,000 charges that the Fair Deal is leading to socialism are silly nonTVA (3) sense; power developments "will keep us the most powerful nation in the world; (4) The nations output of goods and services can be lifted to 350 billion dollars by 1960. In the East, meanwhile, the house cut the appropriations bill by an estimated one billion dollars and sent the measure to the, senate. The vote, 362 to 21 was considered a big defeat for Truman. Democrats joined Republicans in making the cut. In the South, publisher J. Oliver Emmerick told the third annual States Rights convention that our task is . to sell the people against deficit spending, creeping socialism and the totalitarian state. They seek to weld the south into the nation's most powerful minority, even so strong they could become the national balance of political power. And, from the looks of things, they may succeed in creating another congress very hostile to Truman. (Editors Note: When opinions nrs expressed in these columns, they are those of Western Newspaper Unions news analysts and not necessarily of this newspaper.) anti-Americ- country. The U.S, note, which hinted at future diplomatic blows against the Truman Speaks Kremlin - controlled government, not charged Czechoslovakia will or cannot conduct itself decently with other nations. Diplomats considered the U. S. note strongly worded and saw the action as clear evidence of the disintegration of relations between the two countries. It reduced the number of Czech officials in this country from 33 to 22. The state department note said in part: Since the United States cannot conduct normal diplomatic and consular functions in Czechoslovakia and since the relations between the two governments are being restricted in scope through the actions of the Czechoslovakia government, the latter has been requested within This is a part of the 10 acres conits close to time a reasonable of citizens that turned ont to sulates in Cleveland and Pittsburgh hear President Truman on his and to make a reduction in its oftour across the ficial personnel in the United States nation. He is pictured speaking similar to that demanded of the from the rear platform of his United States in Czechoslovakia. special train. The expulsion order means the Czech government will have 11 rep- RUSSIA: resentatives in this country, all posWants Hot War sibly in Washington. The order does not include that countrys represenMost Americans, who cannot tation to the United Nations. make themselves believe Russia is ready or wants a war, were' being told otherwise by European diplomats. Nearer to Europe In Europe the belief is growing Millions who have had the jitters that Russia now accepts a shooting since the first atomic bomb was war as the alternative to the cold dropped on Japan received a new war in winning world supremacy. jolt when it was announced U. S. Until recently experts believed military officials are considering European security could be viewed placing atomic weapons within easy in terms of political activity and reach of this countrys European economic pressure. allies. A recent poll of European diploSuch a move indicates that this mats, however, reveals that they country would use the atomic bomb now believe the political bureau of in case of war and has no immedi- the Russian Communist party soon ate plans of trying to get it out- will be willing to fight a hot war in lawed, observers said. pursuit of its aims. ' One reliable source declares the Some congressmen called the idea terrible and predicted 98 per Russians would be ready to fight cent of the legislators would rebel in 1952. By then the Soviet Union if it should be presented to them. will have a stockpile of atomic Observers agreed that initial con- bombs and numerical superiority in gressional reaction to the idea indi- ground and air forces. The Russians are estimated to cates it will have tough sledding if have 20,000 first-lin- e it reaches Capitol Hill. planes in operat ation the were present time. That Military authorities explorwould Russia may be able indicate ing the highly controversial proto a hot war on a moments fight posal and possible safeguards is notice. It the bombs fall into generally accepted by against having observers the atomic bomb is that hands. enemy in Before atomic weapons could be already production behind the iron curtain. made available to European members of the Atlantic pact,- however, congress would have to amend the BARUCH: atomic energy act. Stop inflation non-politic- al one-packa- BS: Since the war all classes of Americans farmers, laborers, business- McCarthy Lied men, office workers have worried The state department had waded about inflation. For all of them the dollar buys into the McCarthy spy hunt of the less than before the war. Of late, departments personnel by issuing a white paper that hints that the however, there has been little said or done about the inflation spiral. senator deliberately lied. Now Bernard M. Baruch, adviser Assistant Secretary Edward W. to Presidents for 40 years, has Barrett sent 500 newspaper editors taken another swing at inflation. an eight-pag- e analysis of Mc- Inflation is the cold war we Carthys speech which charged the Americans are waging against ourdepartment was overrun by Comthe statesman warns. selves, munists. Inflation affects the integrity of Barretts reply contained a our defenses, both moral and all denial. While it did not asnational and internationsert in so many words that Mc- military, he added. al, This continuing Carthy was lying, the document remean doesnt spiral necessarily peatedly sought to show that he trouble at the but it means moment, uttered misstatements and in- trouble ahead if we dont put a stop accuracies. to it. Sowewhere along the line, the Meanwhile, the loyalty files, re- balloon always bursts. cently turned over to the senate The national situation as he sees foreign-relation- s subcommitte in- it finds the country balancing prevestigating communism in govern- cariously between employment and ment posts, were being studied. the maintenance of a high standard Senator Tydings, chairman of the of living, and unemployment and committee, said he would make a full report to ihe people on th We must work out a program to contents of the files. curb inflation that will be fair to Eighty-on- e cases were being everyone, he said. No one will like it, but we must do it and soon. polnt-by-poi- ge GERMANY: - STATE DEPARTMENT: 1 nt n. Republicans may have talked down President Trumans nonpolitical trip, but they kept an eye on him just the same. The eye was Victor Johnson, executive secretary of the Republican senatorial campaign committee. He shadowed the President across the nation by chartered plane and showed up at all the chief executives important speeches. Said the President: Mr. Johnson is perfectly welcome to buy a ticket and come aboard the presidential special train to get the facts. It was evident the GOP had a long memory. Republicans were not so concerned about the Presidents 1948 tour. They were taking no chances of a repeat performance. The President won great popularity in 1948. Johnsons job was to listen to what the President had to say and then issue comments. He did not accept the invitation to board the special train. 6A 13 Bill .un Take United States who lose 13 billion dollars a year to gamblers. The experts said Americans bet eight billion dollars a year with horse-rac- e bookies. Pari - mutuel 0 machines alone account for a year and produce more than 100,000,000 annually in tax revenue. Gamblers take $1,000,000,000 a year from slot machines and the 0 numbers racket accounts for to $3,000,000,000 annually. Economic experts shook their heads as they studied the figures. Thirteen billion dollars is almost as much as the United States will spend on national defense this year. As a final warning to the American public, the academy reports you may think you have a way to win, and may enjoy an occasional winning streak, but youll finish broke, because you never get a 0 proposition. - $1,600,-000,00- $1,000,-000,00- 50-5- CONVICT: Germany may never get a peace treaty, some political observers have hinted. The hints were being made after America, Britain and France announced they will keep troops in Germany and refuse to write a peace treaty as long as Russian policy divides the country. For that reason there may never be a treaty, observers report. Russia is not likely to change her policy because it would be a political defeat. The Soviet is only interested in victories. The western powers said: In view of the continued refusal of the Soviet government to permit inhabitants of their zone of occupation to rejoin their fellow countrymen in a democratic and unified Germany, it has not been possible, and will not be as long as this Soviet policy persists, to proceed to conclusion of a treaty of peace with Germany. In the present situation of Europe supreme authority must remain in the hands of the Allied powers. The three powers, however, have agreed to the gradual modification of many controls to which western Germany is still subject. Records Meetings Iowa state officials were thrown Into a buzz when it was announced over a Cedar Rapids radio station that a prisoner had secretly parole board sessions and smuggled recordings outside the prison walls. Gov. William S. Beardsley ordered an investigation. Robert C. Lappen, member of the board of control, wanted to know how he secreted the microphone in the room and smuggled the recording out of the reformatory. Business The whiskey industry has long been big business, but now It comes to light that moonshiners apparently are producing more whiskey in the United States than the legal distilleries. A spokesman for the Industry said moonshine stills seized by state and federal officials in 1949 had a daily productive capacty of 97,709 gallons more than the nations dis-- I tiller ies. Big report. The announcements lation V itself, Protected open about ?oaVrom J "jfJ if by Nationalist: S Sources Red inside 1 job" -as an actual jj Communist column, mosa had been broken reported, but man, J01 agents remained at large J The Nationalists had J , few . ) say ..their raid on villages on miles southwest J the of (W SANDERS Farms for Living Hermann N. prived of his right Sank to pracD Qine hi New Hampshire? his mercy slaying trial, hail to tilling the soil for his 3 to support his wife and three ters, The American Academy of Poli- tical and Social Science reports there are 50 million suckers in the When A Treaty? WHISKEY: The Communists landing southwest pulsed, June s) him 19. Meanwhile, the doctor was ing his own tractor for ft work and moved about iros job on a trailer attached to? mobile. WINNIPEG: Thousands Flee tour u One of the greatest e anc evi ever undertaken on this: was carried out when were forced to flee flood Winnipeg. As many reported transported ewari lasure I effec as to riend: sal Red river flood waters, Flooded by heavy rains North Dakotas, Minnesota i itoba, the river. smashed Winnipegs dikes and fl dreds of blocks. About miles of Manitoba farm! south ed wt and h she l mt di of the first for iriate ss wi robbei. Irinks has been national known protect was taken for $15,000 ti Bost January the firms $1,700,000, 5 robbed of in the a Tompsonville, sport of d ends 'es h next i anoth i Cm with a $15,000 payroll the iston police reported ille gang was differs Bor one that pulled the illop; id the her rigin, Old Pete Hellyer, 47, built the recorder in the prisons machine shop and made the tapes which were broadcast over the Cedar Rapids station. The outcome: Hellyer went into solitary confinement and Iowa officials had very red faces. life-terme- r, DULLES: Losing Cold War John Foster Dulles, recently named special assistant to Secretary of State Acheson, charged that the United States is losing the cold war. The administration and the state department are unhappy about the statement, observers report. Dulles, however, made the state department unhappy by one statement. He said on the basis of my personal contacts there was no disloyal employees in the state department. The assistant to Secretary i ial, is time four robbers e Brinks guards as 1' for 1 she BRINK'S: largest robbery , naive 606 under water the r bbed Again rec-cord- A medical board let Ache-so- n also charged the United States lost out in China because Russia used its best political minds while the United States was content to drift in the belief China always would be friendly. 1. |