| Show I WEEKLY NEWS ANALYSIS U. S. Forces Ordered to Stand Or Die on Korean Battle Baruch Urges All-Out Controls Warn are In thru r not f thU j Stand or Die For many who had been inclined to look upon the Korean war with Indifference and an attitude of as there came a rude awakening during the fifth week of the Casualties began to arrive from youngsters without legs and bullet-riddled young men who kept their eyes closed as they were transferred from planes to boys who did not wish to talk or be To the millions who had no brothers and fathers and husbands in the scenes brought back frightening pictures of World War memories of days filled with tears and and utter And to the awakening American public came another The commanding general In Walton H. Is no point In not telling the simple which Is that the war has reached its critical The American army had retreated as far as it would General Walker He gave one order to his or Americans were shocked by his flat statement that his army must win or die where they stood without hope of surrender or retreat and a mass evacuation as at And in Korea the G. I. has a question for the war you telling the folks back home the truth that it is a tough and hard and we need more help at That was the situation as Communists began a steady attack upon U. S. Along the entire stretched in an arc from on the north to on the Communist troops hammered at American Four U. S. none at full with the aid of some South Korean the exact number slugged it out with the American supplies and reinforcements were rushed to the battle but if they would be enough and in time was still the question uppermost in the minds of military One outstanding truth stood out from all the American troops were locked in the battle that would decide the Korean war and possibly the peace of the world for the next 10 to 15 As Eisenhower our forces in Korea are defeated the entire world will be thrown Into another great It was a rude awakening for the American but a necessary most observers It was now time for the American people to get down to the unpleasant job of winning a first class Invitation to Defeat Elder statesman Bernard Baruch spoke his mind the mind of a great segment of the to the senate banking committee when he urged congress to freeze all prices and boost and ration essential goods in a broad program to mobilize the nation's economic In his clear and determined Baruch asked the question that has been in the mind of the average citizen since prices began to rise after the Korean war we do now what we know will have to be done end thus hasten the victory of Or shall we fumble and falter and invite who played an Important part in economic mobilization in two Priorities and allocations as proposed by the Elimination of Higher Effective wage and rent Power to ration scarce civilian essentials where necessary The postponement of all less essential A reduction of unnecessary public and private Every effort to increase the development of substitutes for things in short Control of all exports and Conservation of whatever is And organized self-restraint among the people enlightened self-discipline to accept the denials winning the peace Congressional leaders seemed divided on plan even if the public was Said Robert A he with the elder statesman he asserted is all-out Higher Profit The Federal Trade Commission reported that 17 of 25 major U.S. manufacturing industries had higher rates in 1949 than In the prewar year of 1940 Most striking Increases In the rate of return were motor vehicles from 17 3 to 29 6 biscuits and crackers from 8 7 to 16 8 percent and bread to 15 3 per Percentage rates were based on stockholders Investment after Battle Lines SOUTH KOREA j TiM LU A desperate all-out push by North Korean aimed at center of American defenses in South la The Red forces hurled nine divisions against the allied U. S. forces gave up and fell back to was under heavy In the and the U. S. first cavalry and South Korean troops blunted a powerful Communist ATOMIC Won't Be Used Many people have wondered in recent weeks whether or not the atomic bomb would be used in President Truman has announced it will not be used In but it was recalled that the President has asserted several times that he would not hesitate to use atomic bombs to assure the security of the United As the world situation became more lt was obvious that officials were carefully avoiding any public discussion of the use of atomic though strategists have indicated that there are no worthwhile targets for such weapons in North Another angle of atomic warfare was under consideration by defense Ways and means of stopping any ship from entering American harbors that might be carrying an atomic bomb were being worked Port authorities In San Francisco and New York have announced all ships from Russia or Russian satellite nations will be stopped and searched before allowed to enter into those Highest in Two Years Except for farm employment in the United States set a two year record during the first week of July with persons The previous peak was In The department of commerce estimated farm workers were employed during the first week of July as compared with in early The in employment was attributed to a stepped up production in Industries directly related to the nation's mobilization most observers Secretary of Commerce Sawyer made this comment on the employment should be noted with the nation again approaching full it may be necessary once more to find ways to expand our labor force to permit the increased Industrial production and strengthening of the armed forces requested by the He was quick to that he had any thought of possible manpower controls In making that Billion Order As the Korean war developed It became obvious to all observers that the United States air force has the best planes in the That superiority will be The air force lias announced manufacturers have been ordered to begin work immediately on nearly million worth of new planes and Considerable secrecy enveloped the details of the Manufacturers were authorized to announce the number of additional workers they would need to till the but they were prohibited from disclosing the type of the number of the dollar value of the or other information relating to the New Economy With an eye on the huge amounts being spent for the armed forces and the house appropriations committee decided to take another look at non-military appropriations and cut them where it Some observers think the cuts may be A committee spokesman said the group had no fixed but was determined to all that can be U. S. Starts Drive The Federal Bureau of was back In the news with th announcement of two new of spy They were identified as Abraham and Miriam The was arrested after Harry confessed atomic named the man as his one-time associate In espionage activities for Miss Is a partner in Brothman's engineering In soven Americans now have been arrested since Klaus Fuchs' trial conviction and sentencing to 14 years In prison in the government started a campaign to catch and prosecute spies and J. Edgar F. B. I. said each citizen can play an Important part In stopping Communists who would bore from The citizen's he Is to report quickly to the F. B. I. any evidence of subversion or And Attorney General McGrath announced that the Justice department Intends to be ready for any evidence that might be turned Effective October he four federal grand Juries Instead of the usual two will be kept on duty In At least one grand Jury will be used exclusively to deal with charges of subversive Important Food Item Candy has become one of the nation's important food items and America's sweet tooth demands an average of 17 pounds of candy per capita each This figure Is taken from a book Just published by Edwin J. Chicago candy who reports on America's candy-eating Using figures from the department of he shows that candy is an Important food item in the American family On a per capita basis each American eats almost seven pounds more candy than butter almost 10 pounds more candy than about 11 pounds more candy than nine pounds more candy than cereals and only fewer pounds of candy than Citing figures from the Bureau of Human Nutrition and Home the Brach report showed that the average family spends cents per week on candy In food stores alone compared to cents for canned cents for cents for cents for soups and cents for white Almost half of the candy purchased today is sold in food Returns to U. N. The Soviet Union ended its boycott of the United Nations as Deputy Foreign Minister Jacob A. Malik took over the council chair for The democratic nations of the world immediately raised the question of why had the Russians called off their six-month especially at this There appeared many the most important of which was n belief the Soviet Union would attempt to sabotage the work of the Other observers pointed out that the so-called Stockholm Peace Petition campaign by the Soviet Union had failed and the Russians must now try The security council offers an ideal place for a peace Still another possibility presented by observers was founded on the belief by the Russians that the Communists may win the Korean war soon and that the Kremlin decided to step back to the council and demand peace at that Primary Winner Mike defeated Elmer Thomas in a runoff primary and thus won the right to represent the Democratic party in the November senatorial election In Democratic nomination in Oklahoma is tantamount to MACHINE Aging Alarmingly The nation's population isn't alone in growing Machine tools and at a rate that a wartime production expert finds Industrial equipment is so rapidly that the nation could be at a serious disadvantage In an said William L president ot and former war production board |
