Show SCANNING THE WEEK'S NEWS of Main Street and the World Truman-MacArthur Fight Chinese Launch Spring Offensive HOW DIVIDED THE NATION There was no sign of a letup in the quarrel on whether President Truman did right or wrong when he fired Douglas MacArthur from his Pacific If the man on Main Street was hotter under the collar than ever before following the general's impressive speech before The line of dispute was clearly The general's supporters believed his proposed plan of action in Asia the only possible realistic his opponents were Just as positive his plan of action would mean world wide The great controversy in the home towns to wonder just how divided can a nation become and still effectively battle A lj The two viewpoints on the man-MacArthur Senators Taft and both the ing of airfields and a naval blockade nf her Senator on ne 's egy hurl us downward to on conduct of jP in recommending the dismissal of The statement Ticker-Tape Blizzard In the far east are be- ing carried out in accordance with Never before l i m the history views of the joint chiefs of I of the V. S or possibly in the These views will be fully explained history of the to the appropriate congressional j l v hero received such returning ac- An analysis of the basic claim i as Douglas r. i Mac- u differences which exist between the Arthur as he drove through a ticker-tape blizzard to the shout- MacArthur be presented at that ing of people in Sew It was the climax of The Main Street had better i l man on welcome home celebrations c hold on to his Everything points which began in San i to another explosion as the general when the general returned to his and his brother officers go before native land j for the first time in and the senate foreign relations armed services committees to ex plain the conduct of the Korean The testimony will blow hot and It will be up to the home-towner to sift it and find the THE UNITED NATIONS Members of the United whether they were in agreement with General MacArthur's policy in the far cast or were almost as impressed by the general's address as were members of But the general did not gain any votes in the U.N. for following his His speech confirmed many delegates In the belief that a yawning gulf separates his concept of the way to defeat Communist imperialism and that of the United Only on one point was there any degree of accord his demand for an intensified economic blockade of Communist ON THE FRONT And while the politicians ranted over how the Korean conflict should be the North Koreans and Chinese Reds opened their long awaited spring First reports from the front indicated a break-through In the mountainous central sector of Korea by an estimated enemy Approximately others were reported attacking in other sectors of First withdrawals amounted to as much as 15 Allied officers with the Chinese suffering heavy Nearly Reds were killed or wounded by artillery alone on the first day of the the eighth army Swarms of planes claimed an additional toll of nearly SALES TAX The Committee of reportedly a fact-finding research-survey organization covering all 48 states and reports a recent survey Indicated the majority of the nation's businessmen favor a retail-sales tax on the federal The organization said it sent questionnaires to some of whom more than The businessmen were said to favor the sales tax by 62 per 12 per cent for such a tax at the manufacturer's and 28 per cent opposed to any sales Whether or not the survey reached to the Main Street businessman was not but it could hardly be conclusive unless he was A i Take Me Out to the Ball Game wars or threats of politics or the acclaim of a conquering hero dim the opening of the baseball season on the sandlot of the home towns to the major Americans took time out for the greatest game of them MAIN STREET BUSINESS dry goods and general and jewelry stores on Main Street enjoyed a dollar sales increase during March of 1951 over the same month last the census bureau Hardware stores recorded a 22 per cent sales dry goods and general stores r per cent rise and jewelry stores a 15 j per cent The agency said Its figures were based on reports from about Independent The department gave out no actual sales HAILS PRESS Senator before the American Society of Newspaper said his committee's celebrated investigation into crime could not have succeeded without the support of the nation's The senator restated his theory that the place for against gamblers and other underworld elements Is Main not Pennsylvania All the press joined In the effort of exposing Kefauver spark was instrumental in setting off the explosion that hai |