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Show THE JOURNAL Saturday RD WEEKLY NEWS ANALYSIS Television Booms A Fowl Effort European Experts Declare U.S. Troops Must Stay Abroad; Berlin Socks Up UJith Food and Fuel in Case of Emergency The demands of the cold war In the event that of a crisis such as precipitated by the Russian of six weeks supplies on hand. Now the basic staples are in about six months supply and in all probability will continue to increase as further stocks are added. It was felt that the Russians, aware of this process, would be less foolhardy than to attempt another blockade effort, but even so, no one was taking any chances because of the unpredictability of Soviet action and of the old truism that "what has happened once, can happen again." HIGH COURT: Accused Must Talk A ruling of the U.S. supreme court is likely to serve as a powerful stimulant for those accused of Communist sympathies and refuse to talk. When Note I (Editor's blockade in 1048, Berlin was ready. The west has stocked the citys bins with enough food and coal to make a mockery of any new block ade! In the 11 months since the Reds lifted the blockade of the city, a steady stream of train, truck and barge traffic has piled up what Is felt to be adequate supplies to meet any emergency. When Russia clamped down the blockade, in an effort to impose its own political convictions on Berlin, the city had only an average opinions nrs expressed In these colsmns. they re those of Western Newspaper (Fnlon's news analysts and not of this newspaper.) y nos-essarll- Chills Charges on-the-sp- ot pean defense. , x- ' , e ' ' t ' :vwv,v, ' ,' ' $ yS ' vv ' j . ;V. Brig. Gen. Conrad E. Snow, head of the U.S. state departments loyalty board, testifies before the senate subcommittee Investigating charges of communism In the state department. He chilled charges by Sen. Joseph McCarthy (R., Wls.) when he told probers that he knows of no Communists in The court refused to grant a hearthe department. ing to two Hollywood writers convicted of contempt of congress. MONOPOLY: The action let stand a decision that congressional committees may com A&P Says No pel witnesses to say whether they The Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea are Communists. The vote was company the "A. & P. to mil6 to 2. lions of American food shoppers By its action, the high court re- has been charged with being a mofused to interfere with a lower is the object of proseand court decision holding that congress nopoly cution by the U.S. justice departmay abridge either the freedom of ment. speech or the freedom to remain IN ITS FIRST formal answer to silent "when legislating to avert the governments charges, the what it believes to be a threat of flatly denied the accusation substantive evil to national we- A&P and countered with a charge that lfare." the justice department is trying to The high court handed down the change the nations whole economopinion but did not explain its ic structure through its anti-trureason. It took the action in a brief suit. order saying it would not hear the Asking dismissal of the present appeals of screen writers John suit, the A & P termed its expansionHoward Lawson and Dalton Trum -target of major charges bo. They had been pending since over the past 90 years has been a last August 11. Lawson and Trumbo are each under sentence to serve a matter of "natural growth" that came almost entirely from within year in jail and to pay a fine of the company and not by mergers $1,000. They had been free under or by buying out competing combond. The courts order noted that Jus- panies. THE ORGANIZATION, the an-tices Black and Douglas favored . a review of the case, and that swer continued, has made great contributions toward revolutionizJustice Clark took no part. enorLawson and Trumbo were two of ing the food business "with mous and incalcuable savings to 10 prominent screen figures who refused to tell a congressional com- the consumer and especially to the mittee whether they had been worker families." The worker families certainly members of the Communist party. would agree with that, as has been proved by the widespread support CHILDREN: by consumers to the A & P in the A New Hope current court action. A&P was further cheered when many of its A new hope for stunted children a promise of speeding the growth independent competitors bought of undernourished boys and girls newspaper space to defend the is held out in the drug aureomy-cin- . great grocery chain against fed The "golden drug," it was eral charges. st . said, may prove a powerful growth stimulator. , i THE ANNOUNCEMENT was made at the national convention of the American Chemical society in Philadelphia, where delegates learned that already the drug has increased the rate of growth of hogs, chickens and turkeys by as much as 50 per cent. Its effects, delegates were told, "far exceed" those obtainable with any known vitamin. It is being tested now on undersized children. Scientists said the growth-acce- l erating action of the drug "may e signifihold enormous cance for the survival of the human race in a world of dwindling resources, because it may prove of tremendous . Importance in extending the world's meat supply and reducing the cost of produc long-rang- tion. At present, as the pact alliance rounds out its first year, its 12 member powers have about 22 divisions of varying strength and ef fectlveness among them. The normal complement of a division is 15,000 men. That means a total of 330,000 potential fighting men ready to meet any attack upon the pact signatories. It also means that each pact signatory is putting less than two divisions into the overall plan to protect themselves. Under such a setup it is conceivable that America might have to bolster the defensive line: but the setup poses anew the question: How sincere is Europe in efforts to rehabilitate and protect itself? WHEAT: Surplus Sliced As nature has a way of doing sometimes, it has intervened in the surplus wheat problem in this country. Drought and bugs already have clipped 121 million bushels off the prospective wheat harvest and, if damage continues, the crop may not spill over into a surplus at all. Anti-Re- d at Bill Win Could a bill to control Commu nist activities in the United States win approval of congress? There was some squabbling about the question with claim and counterclaim being hurled. Senator Ferguson (R., Mich.) claimed he could line up support for such a measure, but said he expected the administrations leaders would try to block action on it. That forecast of Democratic intentions burned majority leader Scott Lucas, of Illinois. He promptly retorted that Ferguson was "just talking politics." But Ferguson told reporters he was convinced the administration is opposing passage of the bill and top-heav- y T- But L. y0C,vHet radba Jniversit; y of Florida experiment statin'"" iSrb' uncommon hen hens they were. m inasmuS?) had been Elven doses of calcium and they laid eggs. THE . I tist out to learn ,m 'rom ft, commission at Oak Kidg(A minute single doses to j and y doses to ,notw kept lhem unde' close The hens suffered no m and got along apparent, 1' poultry-departm- . ,,3, 0J Television production last year according to findings of the Conference Board, totaled nearly 2.9 million sets as compared with 6,500 In 1946. The above graph Illustrates the sensational growth of this new entertainment mediant. The video industry estimates sets in use this year will range aronnd 4.5 million. - as Other j hens until pL5 the, end of the aid ot a GeigefS cilled a the experimenters foundIE SHELL of an egg one of the hens 15 minutw1 the first dose contained calcium to make the er tick, but none of the m was in the yolk or white of fin - J i Radioactive calcium on the shell, yolk and Night The country was informed during the week that there is at least some insurance against another "Pearl Harbor" in the event an enemy should attack. That insurance is a radar and civilian-airplane-spotti- i egg laid 24 hours later uj white contained 70 times mort than the yolk. RADAR: Day & showed white ng network that is now far enough along to provide protection. These are being operated "around the clock," according to a statement by the governments department of defense. More such networks are planned. i VACATIONS: Why Not England? For the American tourist ning a trip abroad, England s be beat, according to Farnk1 o! f Dudgeon, i ern Newspaper Union, a neir editor-in-chie- syndicate. j DUDGEON visited England r weeks ago along with 14 other resentatives of newspaper cates, press association i The host on the The announcement also reported periodicals. over the Atlantic and the that alarm systems have been inEngland and Scotland: stalled that can flash an alert to through the British Travel assod' air force interceptor squadrons which is engaged in a camp!, and civilian warning centers withattract tourist trade to the K in a matter of seconds. All these Isles. moves simply are preparedness, The syndicate chief reported ' officials stressed, and do not indefinitely is the "England dicate any need of these defenses to who go" for the American is imminent a memorable trip abroad Air force officials said more modicum of cost. This is trut than 200 warning centers now are said, because of the many hooked up and many more will and things in England that n soon be in operation. The centers closely tied in with our owl are selected by officials such as tory. is governors, mayors and chiefs of "Right now, England i police. Headquarters will be in key paradise," Dudgeon said, a cities and someone will always be dally is this true because available to man the warning ap- pound devaluation has sdoti $ paratus. much more purchasibility American tourist dollar. r pit THE FEDERAL department of agriculture, in reporting this, said crop conditions as of April 1, indicated the winter-whecrop would total only 764 million bushels. If a surplus were avoided it would ease the drain on the federal treasury, which now has four billion dollars invested in crop surpluses. The nations record crop of wheat was in 1947, when 1.68 billion bushels were produced. THE REPORT all but ruled out the possibility that wheat supplies this summer will mount so large that marketing quotas will be needed to hold down production in 1951. On the other hand, it did not raise any fear of shortages. The nation now has a reserve wheat supply estimated at slightly more than 400 million bushels. Most of this will be in government hands, as a result of price support operations, when the new crop is marketed. CLAIM & COUNTER CLAIM Could Who was a radioa ctlve rprised? & dose to wouldn are becoming steadily more vast and insistent. First and continuing is money American dollars to stem the tide of communism and protect itself so the theory goes by protecting Europe. NOW IT IS MEN Europe wants. American GIs to garrison the continent. A permanent garrison of American troops in western Europe even after German occupation ends is vital to the Atlantic pact defense, several European experts believe. THE EXPERTS quoted argue that American troops would provide leadership for defense forces, and would Europes serve as a reassurance to France if German troops eventually are too powerful in the western Euro- EGGSACTLY! i Congress' Okay? that the difficulty was in getting senate leaders to bring it up for action. Lucas, interviewed separately said other and more important legislation had already been sched uled for action, and that Ferguson knew it. A lot of other bills will come up later, Lucas said, but what they are and when they will be brought before the senate will have to be decided by the senates democratic policy committee. The Red control measure, approved by the senate judicial com mittee several weeks ago, would re quire Communist and Communist front organizations to register. J at K . ample, one may stay any of the picturesqueto $23 tels for as little as $21 PAKISTAN: Peace Move The Indian parliament ratified the new IndiaPakistan pact and "TRANSPORTATION to both England and Scotland cellent, even if the cu1 , with that approval there appeared hope that bloody communal strife somewhat battered frm" to on the subcontinent might be end- The British are eager Americans feel at borne, ed. the impression that Prime Minister Nehru, in submitting the pact, said he was satisfied sincere hospitality,the de "j j it would halt a drift toward catas- exclusively by dollars. American trophe. "We have stopped ourselves need to j little is There at the edge of a precipice and turned our back to it, Nehru said. Americans of the Britisl of the Ly THE AGREEMENT guarantees and beauty with the security of the Moslem minority tish countrysides, . famed heather, moors, in Hindu India, and the Hindu miand historic buildings nority in Moslem Pakistan. It also marks, because the? J permits the unhampered migration even if vicariously, to of both minorities across the borj leans. jfrct ders of the two ' s p-get- dominions. The move was an idealistic one and had the blessings of world. But whether it would work was a problem that would the-civilize- still trouble hemisphere diplomats OUT OF INDIA were coming re ports that the announced and probto abolish ably sincere-eff- ort caste in order to bring about unity was encountering more difficulty than was expected. Religious con victions, customs, traditions and practices of centuries are not sloughed off so easily. The important question was whether India's multitudes, unable among themselves, could get along with the Pakistan setup without conflict. But seeing 1, an altogetherthriUM' uu orable expener.ee, H- -BOMB ; Talks Set As might have Zi the nations top will be J iomatic leaders lensomei tell the proposed v," 'would like j something of the c injjj j bomb and what about setups might do I J ?l those exupfnn-called are Dean Acbesfl Among Avet rtmar dl |