| Show SCANNING THE WEEK'S NEWS 0 Main Street and the World Cattlemen Withhold Beef in Protest Of Government's Rollback Program EMPTY MEAT CASES Empty meat cases were beginning to show up across the nation as cattlemen continued to hold beef off the market in protest to the government's price rollback program of cents n pound by October The shortage was being felt only In larger but the home town housewife can expect to feel the pinch if marketing does not Increase within a short President Truman and Price Stabilizer Michael V. continued to stick by their rollback DISalle told reporters retreat now might wreck the whole stabilization President Truman called It a and said he thought beef pro- At the moment It seems a unlikely there will be a great increase In slaughtering meal cases and lull corrals de- til after June 30 Cattlemen scribed the meat situation in the nation are gambling that price will be at end of this The present Is somewhat similar to the 1946 beef battle when cattlemen withheld beef in their successful attempt to kill the government's price control It was argued at the time that if price controls were lifted there would be an increase in production and a decrease In There was an Increase of but as today's prices testify there was no decrease in FAR EAST SPECULATION The unexpected and unannounced visit of George C. secretary of to Korea raised considerable amount of speculation In the home towns of the Was his visit the first step toward a cease fire in Was some new military development about to be Marshall told reporters he did not expect any Chinese peace move soon and that his visit was strictly He remained silent after a series of guarded meetings with Matthew B U. N. Supreme commander in the far Of this much the home can be reasonably Aging and not too well Marshall did not make the long and tiresome trip to Korea as a mailman's so to If the home towner is the Kremlin and must be down right MACARTHUR INVESTIGATION The Armed services and foreign relations committees' investigation of the dismissal of Douglas MacArthur moved on its weary way with two new For eight days Secretary of State Dean Acheson The committees then called Albert C. Acheson's testimony was remarkable in that during the eight days there was no show of temper on the part of the witness or the In the minds of Acheson's thorough coverage of all questions asked was an attempt to justify the administration and the first move toward his withdrawal as secretary of Only on one point was his testimony different from that of other administration He asserted that MacArthur approved the 1046 attempt to bring the Chinese Reds and Nationalists together for a democratic MacArthur immediately issued a statement that he was the victim of a The other backed and even went beyond the Korean War proposals of but said President Truman had the right to fire his old would withdraw American troops from break off relations with go into full and to the real perpetrator of all These would be drastic moves and a definite risk of WHEAT CROP MAKES COMEBACK The agriculture department reported the nation's wheat crop is making a comeback from bad weather conditions and now promises the eighth successive harvest of more than a billion The June forecast is about 72 million bushels more than forecast a month The new forecast Indicated a wheat crop of about 25 million bushels more than last year's Such a production would be only about 96 million bushels short of the government's production Unfavorable particularly drought In the southwest great and insects In the same coupled with wet spring had put the crop prospects under a cloud a month Conditions Improved greatly in May to bring the overall farm-production prospects up to normal by June THE SLOW ADVANCE United Nations troops in Korea smashed the Communist and continued their slow advance The Reds have put up stiff resistance in the last two weeks and suffered an estimated casualties in defense of the The Communist were retreating slowly and There were Indications In some areas of enemy possibly in preparation for renewed There was nothing in the over-all picture that Indicated a clear cut victory for United Nation United troops continued their steady advance in inflicting thousands of casualties on Chinese Reds in the INFLATION BATTLE June expiration date of the present defense production is only a few days away and there are several indications that the administration is afraid new control laws won't be strong President Truman appeared worried and made three moves to get a strengthened law through He issued a public that the nation may see unmanageable torrent of unless economic controls are he called in congressional leaders for a get-thc controls-bill through and he made a direct appeal to people in a nationwide radio Economic Stabilizer Eric on radio and television has tried to arouse the people to the dangers of Neither President Truman or Johnson have been very successful in their |
