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Show ttvtv EMERY Universal Training Due UTAH PROGRESS, CASTLE DALE, Metronome tfor Big Beat Cow Play pW world have m the corridor confinement victs Backers Say UMT Needed To Bolster Foreign Policy h&W 1 ' ..." L you are k your stretch heres I bn is the first of two articles on the drive for universal military training which is to be launched toon and what is back of that drive. The first article deals with the potential effect of military training on our foreign Policy, the next with the program itself. f , V WASHINGTON. As the foreign ministers conference plodded along in London, American delegate Marshall probably frequently found himself reaching for one document to support his cause, that wasnt there. If it had been he would have had concrete proof to place before the world that Amern ica is not engaging in the game of bluff. 220 well-know- pro-UM- T e Granted that the Kremlin pal-lo-y is a long-ranplan of active aggression whose most Immediate goal is to get control over as many nations or as much disputed territory as possible, and absorption of control over Germany as Ita chief gosL Granted that communism In Europe at this writing la on the defensive and will be even more so if the European recovery plan succeeds. Meanwhile, the Russians will take every step abort of war. Granted that Russia does not wish to fight a war at present. Russia knows we know that. But Russia knows that we not only do not want war, she also knows WE COULD NOT FIGHT ONE. not only because we have only a handful of troops on the continent (a force greatly outnumbered by the Red army) but because we are woefully unprepared. Therefore, the Russians know they can go much further in their cold war" than they otherwise could. They can play their obstructionist game in the conference foreign ministers and in the United Nations, carry on active propaganda against us along the periphery of their satellites and even ACTIVELY All) armed forces within nonsatellite border states as they are doing in Greece. The Russians feel they can take this course because they brlieve that the American people themselves will not back any threat to their (Soviet) aggression, nor, they think, will Amer ica support any step to strengthen the military machine of the United States. That is the reason the hand of our policy makers would be greatly strengthened if universal military training were established here because it would show that America is really backing its diplomats. STASSEN DEWEY They favor UMT cally the Roberts national security committee at length when it was formed. There are many other prominent suporters. Senator Taft is definitely opposed to universal military training, which he groups with other controls which are objectionable to him. Opposition may be considered strong from the extreme right and the extreme left. It is hardly likely that Representative Vito Marcan-toniwho has the support of Communists in New York, would vote for UMT. Outside of congress, the church organizations and a large army of mothers are opposed. The only way their view can be changed, UMT supporters say, is to convince them that our boys will be safer trained than untrained, that in everv war we have had to have a trained citizen army in the end. Twice while we waited to train it, thousands died, and some went into service without proper preparation. Camel CigareM of mild, mei Smoking Tobac ready to comes in Dot Lind. CRACKSHOT CHRISTMAS GREETING . . . Ernie and a ha and two about took exhibition shooters, needed minutes to punch out this Christmas greeting: card. They Western-Winchest- lor their s ment, that the CIOs move for another pay raise grew out of his and other CIO leaders moral certainty that congress would do nothing to halt inflation and its continuing and dangerous impact on the American worker. He hoped, he said, that it wont be necessary to have strikes. The decision was not entirely unexpected. Secretary of Labor Lewis Schwellenbach had seen it in the cards he when earlier predicted such a development and warned that pressure for general wage Increases was mounting with' rising prices. INFLATION What's to Be Done? Administration pressure to force the adoption of President Trumans panacea inproposed volving wage and price controls was increasing steadily. Latest in a procession of cabinet members testifying before congressional committees in favor of price controls was Clinton P. Anderson, secretary of agriculture. He bluntly warned the house banking and currency committee that unless rising meat costs are halted price controls on that commodity would be necessary by early spring. Describing meat and grain as foodstuffs in which early shortages can be foreseen, Anderson pointed out the likelihood that early 1948 would see fantastically high prices of meat. There was a profusion of thinking on the inflation problem which so far bad done little except to promote widespread disagreement and uncertainty among the people. The administration, congress as a body and private citizens remained at odds concerning what should be done. Robert S. Nathan, former government economist, called for an immediate 20 to 25 per cent rollback in prices and predicted a "bust next year if the situation remains uncontrolled. Secretary of the Treasury John Snyder issued a direct challenge to congress to come up with some workable idea of its own to combat rising costs of living. Earl Bunting, president of the National Association of Manufacturers, epitomized the attitude of private business and industry in general by calling for greater production per man per day, reduced taxes and a curb on exports. What it amounted to was this: You either were in favor of price and wage controls or against them. You pay your money and you take your choice; but in any event, with inflation a predominant condition of the economy, you pay your money. n Is one of Sant JOB FOR SANTA . . . Tree farming his toy shops, with ho isnt busy activities. When Claus farms. Aroerl- -. tree Christmas his of tour inspection he is increasing use of good forestry pracUces reproduce and themselves prolificaUy, not only assuring boys a multitude of usea. for wood also but trees providing plenty of Yule iSSFiXL frieBds will Camels gj and ft. CHRISTMAS CHOP Supplying Santa With Trees Now Ranks as Big Business WNU Features. Santa Claus may make his toys in a workshop at the North here in the United Pole, but he grows his Christmas trees rightwith the long white old man the for States. And growing trees who men the help him will This business. year, beard is big harvest a crop that is expected to top 18 million trees. In NR (Nit there are m Many folks, living In the country' his tree patch or in smaller towns, will follow the money per acre from other from part of his than any of custom chopping American old farm. ever of the their own tree. But most The soil of Woodburys greens destined for tinsel and bright on his lights will come from commercial tree farm is the poorest stocks, and the annual Yuletide de- place, yet It has paid him as much mand has created a really big busi- as $300 in a season and this year is conness. expected to top that figure. In 1929, Meanwhile, tract cut Woodbury cleared the dissatisfied Americans normal gress, In years, back came Schwellenbach firs the But for pasture. with President the from 14 to 16 million trees for pro- - Christmas observance. The most and five years later he harvested his mans marketable conifers are those be- first crop of Christmas trees. When gram, continued working on problems with two cabinet tween 6 and 10 years in age, and he discovered that the trees grew could cut them, he officers under orders to draft spethey come from nearly all states faster than he and ever since has himself cific bills to fight inflation. Plains resigned in Great the those except t- been applying good forestry to his area. Christmas tree patch to produce inLEAGUE: Pines Predominate. creased growth. For Politics In the Pacific Northwest Douglas Heaviest Harvest. seaEver since the act firs are being harvested for the son; in the Great Lakes area and outlawed the spending ol labor unProbably the nations biggest ion funds for political purposes, the Northeast firs, balsam and spruce Christmas tree producing area per unions have been busy setting up are being cut; in most of the rest acre' is in Mason county in the State select- of Washington, which cuts and ships special agencies through which they of the nation trees are being can apply political pressure in 1948. ed from the many species of pines in the neighborhood of a million Tor-retrees each year. But even with this Most recent such political league long leaf, loblolly, sugar, white, and leaf short Monterey, jack, has been organized by the Internaheavy annual harvest, the lands are ready after' 12 tional Association of Machinists others. Even Canada is cutting trees for the American market. And soon months with another crop of everGAM); it is called the machinists the tightly bundled evergreens, one greens. About a dozen operators political league, and will aid working people exercise to eight to a bundle, will be moving gather their trees in Mason county, by trainloads to the cities. and the management plans they aptheir right to vote more effectively, Last year G. R. Kirk company, ply to their forests assure them of according to Harvey W. Brown, which operates on p nationwide Christmas trees to cut, on a susIAM president. In 1948 it will "concentrate on re- basis, shipped 1,110 carloads of trees tained yield basis, forever. from the Pacific Northwest to states y placing the Borrowing a page from forest Incongress with one composed of west of the Mississippi, while sup- dustries which have inaugurated the those who will consider the interests plying its eastern customers with nationwide tree farm program, Sanof all groups in our country rather another 1,500 'carloads from a Cata is eating his cake and keeping it than the narrow interests of a single nadian source. Farmers in two too. He is producing his trees scienMontana northwestern counties group. sold more than a half million tifically with an eye on the future. Other leagues of similar political beWhile Santa himself has not been bent are the CIO political action dollars worth of trees. It has come an of their awarded a certificate of enrollment source important committee, the AFL labors educa- annual income. with the tree farmers of America, a tional and political league, the railfair percentage of the 15 million road unions railway labors politiChristmas trees are not only acres of forest land now operated cal league and the communication an but under strict tree farm management old also business, big workers' group. will produce trees for the Christmas business. In Seattle, a comparamarket. On these woodlands, where eastern young by tively city WARFARE: trees are grown like crops for comstandards, the J. Hofert comPlastic Tanks mercial uses, Christmas cuttings is for orders busily filling pany will be largely thinnings the reits 67th consecutive season. Tanks, as we know them, may be moval of selected trees to permit for the memory only in a few more Other smaller firms trace their accelerated growth among those reyears if the prediction of Maj. Gen. beginning back more than a maining. hundred years and amateurs James M. Gavin is sound. have been cutting their own for In the event of another war tanks Nineteen states are active in upwards of three centuries. made largely of plastic and light this movement with the strong enough to be flown from one front possibility that the The tradition that has made Santa to another will play a decisive role, a spirit of Christmas may be Claus also has the military expert said in a copya new role as patron old a formade the saint given first class righted article in the Armored ester. Supplying the vast Christmas saint of the nations major treeCavalry Journal. demand over the years has become growing effort. Gavin, who commanded the paramore and more a matter of growing chute assault troops in the Nor- trees for this particular market. In one additional respect, Christmandy invasion, said the heavy and size have become mas trees this year are expected to age Species, tank of World War II is so outdated factors closely linked with price. follow the trend of the times with it "belongs in the Smithsonian inAlso, there was a danger of forest higher prices. Christmas morning stitution. depletion resulting from heavy cut- 1946 found many dealers with un"Either we develop the means ting among young trees. sold stocks and this years orders that will enable us to fly everything have been more conservative than we need for combat or another naPractices Good Forestry. last year's estimates. Fewer trees tion will, he asserted. "If another So Santa has applied forestry to usually mean higher prices, dealers does well, weve had it. his job and become what declare, and cite the price of $35 folks call a "tree farmer." asked and paid for a tree In Man His helpers, who have followed him hattan one year, when a last minute into silviculture, have shortage developed. success stories to tell. One of the However the dealers may figure best comes from helper James L. Americas woodlands have the it, Woodbury of Morrill, Maine. trees. And Santa's helpers are knee-deeWoodbury farms 130 acres, of in their busiest season with the which he has devoted 10 to the holideadline set at Christmas eve. Trees day product. For some time, he has may be big business and young firs shipped one and a half box cars full and spruce may be dollars ing the profession economically at in the of trees each year. Soon he expects bank the tractive as a lifetime career. night before Christmas. to be shipping two cars. He he But no stock quotation on Wall 2 A number of states have 11b-- -' can go on raising Christmassaystrees street can fall as fast as Yule tree eralized retirement allowances and that he makes more values on indefinitely Christmas morning. and provisions and reduced the teaching load. But the committee did not minimize the fact that there were problems still to be solved. For one BAYBORO, N. C. Most folks are move the tinware, horse collars, thing, the rise in cost of living has honest. Insists J. G. Alcock. local fencing, farm and more than eaten up the advance in hardware dealer. As proof of his Inside the store at fishing equipment teachers' salaries, and workers in contention. Alcock night. SmaU hardout that he ware items crowd the shelves while many fields still earn more, on the has kept $300 worthpoints of merchandise larger and heavier ware on the floor average, than teachers. unguarded In front of his store day of the small store leave barely Another obstacle to be overcoma and night for 17 years and only once enough space even is the immense need for teachers, or twice has for customers anything been stolen. Sometimes, Alcock admits, a cus caused in part by the increased birth The unusual practice, however ikte, which will exist for at least items not only from Alcock's belief tomer has picked up an article dur-In- g A to 10 his absence but they in the inherent years. alwaya n honesty of people. the next time they're in town to He admit that there is no room to settle up. i no phenol dei.. different art (,, table a combos ingredients ions, ago. UncoitedeJ action is gentle, as mid proved. Geti2Stjj cost-of-livi- Taft-Hartle- y y, tree-growi- Taft-Hartle- WAGE DRIVE: Third Round Since there apparently Is no way eliminating inflation in the foreseeable future, the CIO decided, the best thing American labor can do is to string along with it That was the philosophy behind of President Philip Murrays announcement that the labor organization would seek general wage increases for its six million workers in basic industries. It presaged a new series of labor difficulties which probably will reach a crucial peak next March and April. More than that, it was the development most feared by economists frantically trying to combat inflation official launching of the third general round of wage demands since the war. Murray, seeking to justify the decision, claimed that since the war workers had suffered a net loss of 18 per cent in the purchasing power of their weekly earnings despite wage increases. CIO white-beard- He added, in a tone of disillusion TURN FOR THE BETTER ' i( helps yoo set well faatws going strong mors natural Alt a HIGH ENDS riehh an! oiLTijI led. lei Earnest drag fW ed FOLEYS g g Teacher Crisis Eases five-yea- Ajj a personalized Youll be "tickW see the heart) 8lrlsthn woods-thinkin- "The present school year marks the beginning of a turn for the better in education in the United States. That high note of optisiism was sounded in a progress report issued by the citizens federal committee Of course, the argument that on education through the U. S. office a strong military organization of education which asserted that a r prevents war because it reduces downward trend in educathe chance of attack Is an old tion has been reversed. one. Rut under the peculiar inTitled "Citizens Look at Educaternational situation which extion. the report is the first pamists today, it Is probably more phlet issued by the group nearly true than ever before in formed in April, 1946, to carry the history. teacher crisis to the country. "There is abundant evidence that Whether or not a bill authorizing the ominous deterioration of our universal military training is passed educational system has been arresta the coming session depends on ed. The drift of teachers to other col National Joy the popular jj Even a card i these gifts sp a vnTHFR Inflation Worry Grows; CIO Seeks Pay Raises a cigarettes. Merry Christmas. NEWS REVIEW give, containing er bull's-eye- r good sll the srnokfj them either d gift items feai dealer -- lY 'r By BAUKIIAGE Ntw I Analyst and Commentator. That is why. shortly after the second session of the 80th congress opens in January, you will see and hear a lot more about universal military training than you ever did before. The President, as requested by the American Legion, is expected to proclaim a UMT week, (January 8 through 12), and although there will be no active propaganda on the part of the government departments because the administration, especially the war department, is going to lean over backwards to avoid the charge of trying to influence congress, they will do whatever they can within their prescribed limits. whether the people believe this But there will be a concerted drive from many private or- whether it changes the thinking of ganizations. The enough members of congress so that American Legion a favorable majority can be obis concentrating tained. on that one issue No one will make a guess now as and its command- to what the chances are, but the er, James F. "situation mentioned above alONeil, has pub- ready has effected some changes of licly stated he is viewpoints. going to give his The sources of support for UMT whole time to it. will draw heavily from administraThe VFW and tion regulars unless popular opposiveterans tion other gives them the election year will organizations jitters. fall in line. More important perUMT Gather haps, will be the active participaStrong Support tion of the powerNaturally Chan Gurney ol South ful national security committee Dakota, chairman of the senate Suof the headed by former Justice armed services committee, and preme Court Owen J. Roberts. This Chairman Walter G. Andrews of committee, formed about two New York of the house committee of months ago, is an offshot of an ear- the same name, whose lier citizens committee headed by under Representative Harry Justice Roberts which unsuccess- Towe of New Jersey produced the fully urged passage of a universal bill which is now pending before the military training bill through the house, are enthusiastic supporters last session of congress. Like the of the nieasure. And it is expected earlier group, the purpose of this thal friends of would-bpresidential national security committee, com- candidate Dewey will fall in line posed of veterans groups like the since universal military training is Legion and VFW as well as the na- one of the major issues which the tional chamber of commerce. Ro- New York governor has endorsed. tary clubs and the League of Women If this assumption is correct SenaVoters, is to coordinate efforts (o tor Ives and Republican House Mainto enacted universal get training Leader Halleck could be injority law. cluded. Senator Saltonstall of MasThe Interesting thing about the re sachusetts has expressed his apnewed drive for military training, proval. Candidate Stassen and his as the men who have negotiated friends, though not at this writing American foreign policy interpret it. committed, are emphatically friendIs that UMTs military function is ly. Governor Warren, another secondary. Let me explain it this avowed candidate, took the trouble to fly East to address sympatheti- way: the? in by mumcating means of tappj fields has been slowed. The public has become aroused to the dangers threatening our schools, was the committee's conclusion. At the same time, however, the report warned that upward progress must continue, and that to consider the educational crisis as a thing of the past would be premature. Among the accomplishments listed for the past year were: The largest teachers salary in-1 creases which ever have been granted in a an period average increase of about $300 or about 13 per cent in maximum p An increase scales in many centers, regarded as highly significant in mak- 1 sal-ar- y in U.S. p sick-leav- e Unguarded Wares Prove Honesty ra-tur- iH 1 Helps all tha Vs 2 smile. A special encourage J |