| Show fi WEEKLY NEWS ANALYSIS Johnson Resigns U. S. Defense Truman Requests Increased 1950 Crop Prospects Above Average When art In thesa the are af I a and not necessarily or Resigns Defense Post In a move that caught much of the nation by President Truman accepted the resignation of Louis A. Johnson as secretary of defense and nominated George C. Marshall to succeed The move was surprising in that the President had insisted up until a few days before the announcement that he would not ask for Johnson's Johnson had been under attack on Capitol Hill and elsewhere on the ground that he was fundamentally responsible for defense weaknesses brought into glaring focus by the Korean There were rumors also of a wide breech between the defense chief and Secretary of State Dean Ache-son which added to the confusion and demands that Truman accept his Under the existing unification no person who had been on active military duty within the past 10 years was eligible for the post of secretary of President Truman Immediately asked legislation to enable Marshall to Although to the waiver arose immediately after Marshall aid he would come out of retirement to accept the there was little doubt from the first the law would be changed and the general A Tough Speech President Truman In a second report to the nation in as many weeks said cost of defense could soar to a rate of billion annually by next June and that inflation was Inevitable we do something about The chief executive also announced the creation of a stabilization agency to hold prices in check during the war emergency or to impose price controls they are He named W. Stuart chairman of the national security resources to coordinate the administration of these new Observers reported the President's speech a tough much stronger than had been Without mincing words he called for new tax increases soon as on top of million Increase now in Shortly before his radio talk he Issued an executive order designating agencies to enforce limit civilian goods output if lend money for defense plant expansion and allocate scarce the he guiding principle must Buy only what you really need and can not do If the housewife follows that he will be enough of the essentials In enough of almost everything to go For he the operating rule should not pile up hold your prices And for labor he set forth this not ask for wage increases beyond what is needed to meet the rise in the cost of Apology President Truman grins broadly as he displayed a distinguished guest medal presented to by the Marine Corps League following a surprise personal appearance before the marine et to amplify his apology for saying the has a Stalls-type propaganda 33 Soldiers Die A tragic and train collision claimed the lives of 33 soldiers and seriously injured marv others near O. A troop carrying members of national rammed by the crack Spirit of St. The huge pulling 17 knocked the rear coach into the ae second car and plow-sd into the I Assault Fails Although Communist troops continued to apply pressure on the northern front near Yong-chon and In the vicinity of their all-out offensive has stalled New attacks were reported In the area of In the sonth U.N. troops made slight advances in the area of and CROP In Line With Average The department of agriculture predicted a harvest volume higher than in five of the past eight years and in any year prior to It forecast the volume at per cent of the Up until the latest a drop In farm production had been predicted all along the Now the department was reporting only and dry peas appear smaller than Corn remained virtually unchanged at a bumper crop level despite unfavorable growing Wheat total climbed above the billion-bushel mark to This was an increase of about 15 million bushels over the August 1 Other crops for which production prospects improved included sorghum sweet sugar pears and Soybean and sugar-beet production was indicated at a record The department said prospects indicated production of grains will provide amply for the nation's expanding livestock Situation Dangerous Military observers reported the situation in Korea still but not with the entire front the quietest in a long North of U. N. and Communist troops engaged in a heavy artillery duel with the invaders building up their forces for a possible new offensive in that At the east-coast end of the northern U. N. forces were striving to seal a trap around an estimated Communists who had tried to surround the air base six miles southeast of On the southern front American troops recaptured a ridge from the Reds four miles south of the confluence of the Nam and In the fighter planes of the Far East air force continued around-the-clock aerial assaults that hit a record of sorties in one But the big news from Korea was that nobody talked anymore of an American Predictions of early were hard to The period of optimism returned because U. N. forces smashed the Red's largest the attack on the southwest front toward which began September L Other U. N. forces succeeded i closing the gap torn in the northeastern defense wall by a Communist break-through toward gateway to On the front Itself the general opinion persisted that the U. W. troops in Korea were there to stay even though they might have to give up more bloody Even the pessimists to believe FOREIGN Important Discussions The foreign ministers of France and the United States held talks in New York concerning defense of western Germany la case of a Russian Early reports Indicated the three Ernest Bevin of Great Robert Schuman of and Dean Acheson of the United States were In some agreement on the question of arming western German Acheson had previously exchanged views with members of the congressional foreign relations Those present at the meeting agreed unanimously to pledge support to the line which the secretary would evidently meaning the administration's aim at arming western The three also appeared to be in agreement on President Truman's proposal to send more American troops to Europe as an important contribution to the common defense of the Schuman indicated that France was prepared to make comparable contributions and Great Britain was expected to contribute Acheson in a statement shortly before the meetings began said that he was that our frank discussions will result in agreement on practical conclusions which will contribute to preserving ruled out the rebuilding of German armament He said Germany could contribute raw materials and steel for the rearmament program and that France has sufficient factories for arms Candidates New York Thomas E. Dewey and Joseph E. arrive at Saratoga Springs for the opening of the Republican state Dewey seeks re-election as governor and Hanley seeks nomination for U.S. West Can Hold Reds Secretary of State Dean In a major radio and television asserted that modern weapons and ingenuity can build outnumbered western allies a defense that will stand firm against the hordes of Observers saw another Important move In Acheson's radio He warned the Chinese Communists against getting into the Korean is nothing in it for he The secretary went on to explain that the Chinese Reds are under heavy pressure from the Communist movement to get into this Korean In these remarks observers saw one of the major tasks the state department has set for An all-out effort to keep the Chinese from giving the North Koreans aid in their fight against U. N. The department is undoubtedly making every effort to discourage the Chinese from sending troops into Acheson also hit at reports of a defensive calling such talk dangerous and think we must put our major effort at the present he creating strong North Atlantic defense If we have those forces collective forces well able and ready to deter then problems all over the world take on a different CONTROL Curbs Consumer Credit Truman signed the economic controls bill which Imposed genera consumer credit curbs in an anti-Inflation move that makes it harder to buy television sets and many other everyday The new regulations went into effect September Government officials said the action was aimed at heading off a credit splurge that had pushed installment credit buying to a record high of million as of July The new regulations require one-third down on automobiles and limits payment of the balance to 21 Purchasers of household such as TV sets and will have to pay 15 per cent and complete their payments within 18 according to the new Furniture and rug purchases call for 10 per cent down and 18 months to while home alterations and improvements can be handled for 10 per cent down and 30 months to Instead of the pres-ant 38 |
