| Show r WEEKLY NEWS ANALYSIS Truman Gives 8 Points for i Reds Snap Defense Wall in 1 New Wage Increases Are Reported When ara In are thou of and a this Statement of Policy In nn obvious attempt to erase of the confusion that has developed around the American foreign policy since General Mac-Arthur's statement on President Truman made a report to the nation in which he stated eight aims of this At the same time he announced plans for doubling American armed strength to nearly men and asserted our productive capacity would be pushed to any degree necessary to attain a victory for freedom and the rule of In his speech which was broadcast over a world-wide the President made it plain that a world war would not develop unless the Communists drove new puppets against the United Nations forces in By tills he of Chinese Communists who have been reported as massing troops near the Korean he made It plain that we would stay In the conflict if such a decision was He then attacked Russia for violating Its pledges of international co-operation and preaching but practicing The eight points expounded In his We believe In the United We believe Koreans have a right to be We don't want the Korean fighting to expand into general We particularly hope the Chinese people won't be misled into fighting the U.N. and the American people who still are their We want none of Formosa for We believe in freedom for all far eastern We do not believe in aggressive or preventive We want peace shall achieve Stab at North Korean In the greatest advance in several broke through the northern U.N. defense wall and sent two columns of tanks and troops within a few miles of 12 miles south of From there the columns could swing west and stab at from the or continue to push for some 50 miles to the It was the most serious threat to U.N. forces in a number of Military men were wondering if the Communists had the strength to exploit their On all other fronts U.N. forces were holding or In the northwest U.S. troops continued to root out Reds dug In on a ridge 12 miles north of To and smashed several Red attempts to cross the On the south-central front U.N. forces further compressed the Red bridgehead across the where It joins the Nam In the southwest U.N. forces were back in old positions west of Maman and Mason after breaking up new red On this front the Communists reportedly lost troops in four In the air navy and air force planes continued to give close support to ground forces on all striking savagely with heavy napalm fire bombs and machine and continued to strike deep into Red The Bear Growls John L. president of the United Mine and known in some quarters as the unhappy bear in labor's has growled This time thi victim was President William told Green in no uncertain that his union would not be bound by a no-strike pledge during the war He charged Green of bartering the rights of labor to appease his craving for orthodox and your pledges to your own We can do our own Some believed used this means of getting back at Green for not Including the miners in talks between the and the CI O. All-Time High Employment tn the United was the greatest In the nation's his the department of commerce reported with more than 62 million persons at The only decrease noted in the entire employment picture was that of farm A drop of during the to was The August total wai above the record set in Conference Chairman Millard Tydings senate armed services and house armed services Committee Chairman Carl are shown at the White House after conferring with President Truman on a new tank program which will cost an What's in the The Ford motor company tore up an contract with the United Automobile Workers and granted an Immediate cost-of-living wage the Chrysler corporation had made a wage adjustment of 10 cents an On top of this the White House announced the long dispute between the switchman's union and 10 western railroads had been settled with an agreement that gives the union a wage With these facts in economists are asking what's In the future for the American They erne up with the immediate r that it will force the nation into direct wage and price controls sooner than would otherwise have I Ford company's labor relations Is always a pattern for the automobile Other companies will follow this most observers Current hourly pay of the average automobile worker Is estimated at Rates for skilled such as tool and die run about Most economists believed the new wage increases would be reflected In the price of automobiles within the near Observers reported the over-all picture Indicated a round of wage increases throughout the labor These Increases in the past have been reflected in the cost of living in all Some believe that as soon as the wage structure is equalized to make up for loss of purchasing power since the economy will go along on a Refuses to Resign Defense Secretary Louis under fire from many quarters to resign but still backed by President flatly rejected a demand for his resignation and said he had for his record as chief of the nation's military chief of the nation's military In his unusual statement Johnson said many of the attacks on both him and Acheson were and were leveled an eye to the November He likened himself to the late Defense Secretary Forrestal who broke down after repeated attacks by critics and later jumped to his He said he was sure he still en-Joyed the confidence of the President and the public and that the long run the solid facts of what the department of defense Is accomplishing will stand out above the misinformation that various individuals and various for reasons of their see fit to Among other Johnson been accused of promoting a defensive war and working against the policies of the state Criticism of Johnson has been forthcoming from both Democrats and Doctors and Fathers Thousands of men who had looked upon the draft as something a mere possibility In the dim suddenly found themselves face to face with the probability of being in the armed The house armed services committee announced the draft would be extended to draft-age married men with Officials estimated there are married non-veterans of draft age 19 through 25 and that up to would qualify for a senate house group reached n compromise on a bill to draft doctors and dentists through age The bill upon which the conferees agreed is designed to put into uniform doctors and dentists who were trained at government expense during World War Few doctors or dentists actually are expected to be Military officials are confident the threat of a draft will swell the ranks of An added Inducement Is the fact that volunteers will got bonus while draftees will Doctors could be drafted with the rank of would get at a lieutenant's Lewis B. director of national selective reported that nearly three out of five candidates for military Ice are being SPY-WEARY Votes Red Curbs The house had approved by a roll-call vote of to 20 a bill which subjects American Communists to heavy and the senate was expected to approve a similar The measure Is unusual on the American scene In that it would force a political party to register its many fronts It goes even further and would compel them to label their propaganda and deny them defense bar them from government and deny them the right to travel President Truman is reported to disapprove of the legislation on the grounds that it might impair traditional American From a technical viewpoint such legislation if applied to one party could be applied to another and thus restricts the Individual's political and civil According to the the legislation will hit about Communists and fellow J. Edgar director of the in a recent report estimated there are about Communists and 10 times that many sympathizers in the United All-Out Attack Thomas E. Dewey of New who was as dead as a fried mackerel politically speaking after his recent announcement that he was is back in the Dewey announced he would seek a third term as governor of New His return to the ring would indicate the Republicans have found an In his own will not survive this crisis Korean unless we have a strong and constructive opposition party to force correction of the errors and incompetence of the national administration and to compel it to take a larger view of our dangers and more effective action to meet Political observers reported there can be no doubt now as to what campaign issues the Republicans will expound this On all fronts it will be a sharp attack on President Truman's conduct of the Kor ean Mistaken j H Hi I Ex-New Dealer Lee admitted onetime In testimony before a house committee named three other government employees who were Communists in 1934 and Now Pressman says he feels be made by joining the Communist party and that be has cut all connections with Confusion Increases New confusion has been added to the Formosa question with President Truman's statement that it would no longer be nece-sary to keep the U.S. seventh off Formosa once peace has been settled In the Korean No one seems sure Just what President On the surface the statement would seem premature and adds to existing |
