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Show THE SALINA SUN, S ALINA, UTAn SPUD TALK: WEEKLY NEWS ANALYSIS British Laborites on Rocky Road; Scientists Warn of Threat; Senate Spy Hunt to Be Witchless H-Bo- (EDITORS NOTE: Hhra pinions art He&iern Newkpaper I uion a news mb In these eolnmns, eipretirl and net aecessanlv of ana)is they are these ef this newspaper. ) reason-assaultin- g s, REPORT ON WEAPONS . . . Sen. Brien McMahon (left) chairman of the joint congressional atomic energy committee, confers with Gen. Omar N. Bradley shortly before Bradley, who is chairman of the U. S. joint chiefs of staff, group on possible types of reported to the senate-hous- e weapons an enemy might use against the U.S. N n, mass-destructi- BRITAIN . Close Call British Prime Minister Clement Attlee and his Labor party were still holding the reins of British government but it had been a mighty close call. There was a serious question of how long the Labor government could stand as a result of its meager majority in parliament. Colorado. Lucas was on firm ground as far economy and mathematics went. Already the record showed, the US. is m the red 100 million dollars for price support operations on the 1949 crop alone. Lucas jibed at Republicans for talking about the need for economy and then opposing his potato-cur- b legislation. y one-tim- relations e Red baiters": "We should be as unafraid of that label as we are of the labels Communist or Communist front. " There were delegates who found signs of new attitudes among groups as an outThe growth of the rewas resolutions committee ported to have shelved quietly an anti-Titstatement. Rogge touched on this schism briefly when he said: WE SHALL NOT BEND reason backward in order to attempt to justify the conduct of the Comin-forcountries toward Yugoslavia. But when the Soviet Union offers a plan in the field of atomic energy which, wdth all its faults, at least offers a better basis for opening and continuing negotiations than the Baruch plan, we are going to say just that. No one doubted Rogges stand. The Progressives, whether they were happy about it or not, were so completely tagged with labels that there would be no confusion m the minds of the voters when its candidates offered for office. Soviet-friendshi- p o Soviet-sympath- y General George C. Marshall ARMED FORCES agree THE one factor that ranks high in the list of essentials for military personnel. And that is morale that combination of zeal, spirit, hope, and confidence which spurs the soldier, airmen, sailor, marine or coast guardsman to give his best for his country, his service, and himself. The man who has it. whether in peace or war, is a match for a dozen without it. The maintenance of good mo-aIs a primary military responsibilcomity. All manding o f f recognize the importance of such factors as pay, food, shelter, clothing, religious facilities, training, sanitation, medical care, proper By le discipline, leaves of e n c e, recreation, and welfare activities. They recognize also another factor which, in my judgaffects the servicemans ment, That is the morale profoundly. mans deep personal concern as to of his home folks. the And that is where the American Red Cross comes into the picture. Its importance to the of the servicemen of our democracy was one of the compelling reasons for my leaving private life to all next week. assume leadership of this great organization. A young married man, ordered to overseas duty, was aboard a transport about to sail when the Red Cross field director a the port received a wire from a Red Cross chapter in a distant city. It stated the mans wife had been rushed to a hospital, gave the doctors diagnosis, and urged the mans immediate presence. The field director phoned the commanding officer of the replacement center. The CO cleared with his post surgeon as to the seriousness of the diagnosis, had leave papers prepared, and approved a Red Cross loan for the trip home. But when the field director arrived at the dock, the ships gangplank had already been drawn in and It seemed impossible to get the serviceman off. An alert crane operator on the dock offered to help, swung the long arm of his crane up over the rail, and lowered the man to the dock. In another instance, a 20 year old soldier, seriously burned by an explosion, was flown from Japan Whadda You Think? ADVICE" to a military hospital in the United States. Although he could see, his face and eyelids were in need of much plastic surgery. His hand muscles were contracted. He was in great pain. The doctors and nurses were there with their skillful and considerate attention But also at his side were those team mates of the medical staff, the Red Cross social worker and recre-at.on worker, and their trained vo'unteer aides. The boy's mother, who spoke no English, was anxious to visit him He wanted to see her, but wished to wait until more plastic surgery could lessen the shock of his ap pearance. The Red Cross helped him m planning for his mother's visit and m writing letters to her. Then it assisted him and his mother through the trying experience ol her visit, and helped him keep his courage up when he realized that his disfigurement and crippling of his hands were permanent. Later, the Red Cross planned with him and his family for his vocational and social adjustment on his return to civilian life, and assisted him in filing his claim for All this involved many pension. cooperative activities with doctors, nurses, and rehabilitation personnel of the hospital, and constant correspondence with the Red Cross chapter of the boy's home town. I cite these stories to show that the serviceman has in the Red Cross an understanding counselor and ever present friend, working with the military, but not an organic part of it. A great civilian agency, one helpful arm extended into the servicemans setting, the other reaching into the home. One arm Is made np of Red Crosa field directors and their staffs at military stations and hospitals In the United States and overseas. The other consists of the wide network of Red Cross chapters throughout this country and its possessions. Field directors and chapters work together as a team, enlist the assistance of thousands of competent volunteers, and cooperate freely with all related publio and private agencies. The military community has in the Red Cross field director a channel to all the facilities of the national organization and its chapters, such as Home Service, Volunteer Services, Safety and Health Services, Disaster Services, Junior Red Cross and College Units. The civilian community through the Red Cross chapter has available for the families of service personnel all of those services in which the chapter is engaged, and in addition the services of the field directors at the military installations where the men and women from the community are on duty with the armed forces. Services rendered include communications in illness or other emergencies; information as to the location and welfare of the families at home or the men away from home; financial assistance in emergencies to service personnel and their dependents; reports for commanding officers or medical officers regarding home conditions, social, economic, or health facts required for the sympathetic consideration of questions of welfare, or diagnosis leave, discharge, treatment; supplemental recreaand assisttion for the recance with medically-approvereation for patients; and information concerning government benefits, and assistance in applying for them. d Answer Still 'No President Truman persisted in his refusal to give congress loyalty files on federal employees. However, he said he had promised the senate foreign relations committee he otherwise would cooperate in disproving what he called false charges made by Senator McCarthy R., Wis ) that a Communist ring exists in the state department. He told newsmen that subpoena powers voted by the senate for committee investigators would make no d.fference to him, pointing out that it would be difficult to serve a subpoena on the President of the United States, since the government affords him protection from such services. And. indeed it would. But, it doesn't say anywhere that the President may not give information if he chooses to those seeking to ascertain the degree of this nation's security against subversive elements. d 5 V, f, 1 3037 211-1- I 8 TIERED SKIRT TINY waisted junior frock for 7J parties and special dates. The tiered skirt is youthfully full, two puffed sleeve versions are provided. Try a small printed labric or rich solid tone. all-ov- er Pattern No. 3037 comes in sires 11, IS, 13. 14. 14 and 14. Size 12, 5V yard' of 3a or 39 inch, it Send today for vour coov of the Spring 48 pages of find Summer FASHION. fabric news, easy to sew styles, decorating tips fiee pattern printed side the book. 25 cents. 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Crisp, e at a, no aw I ua nu ae m ue uw !!2 I crisper , crispestI MBHaan'ii8 I FOR A QUICK AND TASTY MEAL S! Vangmpfc ENJOY IBaRBJBBBBaniDBBIBaiBBBB HEAT According to a group of HolTony photographers, Curtis, a new star on the movie horizon, is the possessor of a profile worthy of comparison with that of the late John Barrymore, whose profile was an In this international classic. composite photograph, you can compare Barrymores (left) with Curtis and make your choice. EAT lywood The good right arm that is making it possible for this patient in the veterans hospital at Columbia, S. C., to answer the letters of the folks back home belongs to Mrs. Theo. Ravenei, Gray Lady chairman at the hospital for the Richland county Red Cross chapter. Leslie C. Potter, the Detroit factory personnel expert who turned burglar by night was a victim of habit, he told police. Admitting some thousand or more burglaries m the Detroit area over the past seven years, he said lootavocation. ing homes was his Incidentally, there was quite some prof.t in Potters hobby possibly as much as $80,000, authorities s nd ( HAS YOUR DOCTOR SAID: Then reduce smoking? ask him about SAIIO, the safer cigarette with nwjjl Marshall on Red Cross Volunteers Volunteers and we are very short of them are the very of the Red Cross. They are the bases of all of its efforts. They work long hours. Usually their efforts are recognized only at the chapter level and not by the general public. Without ready volunteers, the Red Cross would be unable to perform the essential services it now provides for the people of America and to the world at large in some instances. life-blo- od Not Mod? cote J Not a Substitute Sanos scientific process cuts nicotine content to half that of ordinary cigarettes. Yet skillful blending makes every puff a pleasure. 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I .ran, fresh LOOTER: Military Effort at School Rule Charged d BAKING able-bodie- d EDUCATION According to scores of educators and other prominent people m the United States, there is a systemeffort" by atic and the national military establishment to "penetrate and Influence the civilian educational life of America. This charge was contained in a booklet of 80 pages of fine print, put out through the national council against conscription. g Shortly after Gen. George C. Marshall was appointed head of the American Red Cross he made a personal nation-wid- e tour of key local chapters to " look inside" the organization. The information he gathered during that inspection tour he has set down in this series of challenging articles. Watch for another report on the Red Cross by General Marsh- B: More and more came the warnings from experts of the dread potentialities of the hydrogen bomb. True, there was some disagreement, but a poll would show at this stage that a majority of scientists who should know what they are talking about believe the bomb could kill everyone in the world. Four top scientists have issued that warning. They have declared that the bomb, if it works, could be a suicide bomb. Why? How? Here's what they say: IF THE BOMB is ever made and used, it would kill slowly by poisoning everything and everyone with Radioactive dusts. The dusts would be carried around the world by the winds. The dust would be in the air people breathed. It would settle on and poison plants and trees, everything humans eat or use. THE they add, could be intentionally rigged to do just that and it would be relatively simple to do it. Makers of the bomb would have only to put harmless chemical elements EXPERT "HERE'S For Special Affairs By Giving Aid in All Kinds ol Emergencies well-bein- Support for Henry Too much attention to namecalling and too little attention to issues. That's the way O. John Rogge, former assistant attorney general of the United States, summed up the trouble with the new Progressive party of which Henry Wallace of the United States is the chief figure. ROGGES STATEMENT was made in support of Wallace, who had made a virtual demand that the party stop trying to save face for the Communists in declarations of policy. The party held a convention in Chicago to develop aims and objectives during which Rogge declared of the party's being called Added to that was the peril of an intra-partstrife in which it in the was reported party were planning a test of strength with more moderate leaders of Attlees government. THE PROBLEM was an easily SPY HUNT: obvious one: Should the Labor parNo 'Witches ty walk easily in the face of its hairbreadth escape from defeat in noThere was to inbe theno witchesforsenate whitewash the elections, or should it strike out subcommittees eign for continuation and expanboldly probe of alleged infiltration of sion of socialism? Communists into the U.S. state deThe primary interest in the elecpartment. tion for Americans was, of course, Thats what Sen. Millard Tydings whether or not the British people were committed to more socialism (D., Md.) said of the investigation when he was named chairman of and resultant nationalism of industhe committee which was to contry and their way of life, or had duct it. they grown apprehensive enough THE NAMING of the committee concerning the direction of governstemmed from charges by Sen. ment to change it? Joseph R. McCarthy (R Wis.) that The answer was clear to the exgroup of Communists tent that a bare majority of the an hold or have held high state decondiare satisfied with people tions enough at least to return the partment posts. But, McCarthy rather put the Labor government to power. But, committee on the spot at the start balance the significantly enough, of that power had waned so much when he said that if President Truman persists in his refusal to make in the past five years that it was state department employee loyalty almost nonexistent. files available, "an investigation WHAT DID IT MEAN? It was would be useless." Mr. Truman electo much too early gauge the has so persisted and declared he tions effect on the American econ- would ignore the senates action in omy or on Europes overall re- granting subpoena rights to the covery program, but disappointcommittee. ment in the U.S. was widespread Indications were that a court and there was some concern lest of the Presidents position was test the uncertainty of the Labor go- in the making if the committee vernments position interfere seriouschose to use its subpoena rights with American ly recovery plans and called upon the President to abroad. deliver the wanted records. One American newspaper womTYDINGS DECLINED to pass on an was able to put into print conthis issue at the outset, and said, cisely and graphically the diverinstead, that he expected a full, gent British viewpoints when she fair and complete investigation" reported a Conservative as saying of McCarthy's charges. that England would never recover We will let the chips fall where until the Laborites were completethey may, he said, and this will ly thrown out, and a poorer-clas- s be neither a witch-hun- t nor a workwoman declaring that she whitewash." didn't care how much she had to The senators intentions no do without, just as long as the doubt were good but there might rich didn't have any more. be little to worry about where the chips would fall, so long as Mr. Truman declined to pass the committee the axe they needed. More Warnings Frock ed In Vital Job of Maintaining Soldiers' Morale well-bein- PROGRESSIVES: Tiny-Waist- American Red Cross Plays Important Role ab-- s as The bomb itaround the self would turn these chemicals into the fantastic killing dust. Dust of that sort could be made so that it would remain active a few days, a few months or as long as 5,000 years. That is a frightening, appalling possibility. But there is a ray of hope. These same scientists say it will be another three years before anyone will know if the bomb can be produced. That gives mankind a little time in which to make up his mind. The decision had better be right. A SERVICE IN PEACE AND WAR Ethics vs. Dollars It was ethics versus American taxpayers' dollars as the senate argued whether it would be honest for congress to remove the price supports already promised on the 1950 potato crop. AS ALMOST every schoolboy knew, the government's potato program was one of the most jumbled, profantastic, cedures ever evolved in the U. S. Farmers were being paid a subsidy on potatoes to compensate them for market price d.fferen-tialeach year the potato surplus was growing, and farmers were permitted to buy back the subsidized potatoes as low as one cent per hundred pounds for use as fertilizer. And all this in the face of world food shortages and a real need for the surplus potatoes by local relief agencies and school lunch programs over the nation. ODDLY ENOUGH, many Republicans were stringing along with thinkthe ing, with Sen. Scott Lucas, Illinois, Democratic floor leader, sponsoring a move to cancel price supports for all 1950 potatoes not already planted. Republicans favored ing retention of the 1950 subsidy plan included Senators Brewster, Maine, Aiken, Vermont, and Milli-ki- TOBACCO CO.. INC H. T eeaKnuM lem of rovetar trondo rout doctor mows Atom sano ciSAtma Ijy S&cJUfe |