Show WEEKLY NEWS ANALYSIS A State of National Emergency Is Proclaimed by President Russia Threatens Western Europe EDITOR'S opinion art In thi they At of u Newspaper nowa nol of Japan PYONGYANG Sea X 4 south J Chinese Communists In the mountains of central North Korea prepared for another big sweep down the middle of Korea United Nation troops were evacuated from the nam beachhead after withdrawing from the Near-War Footing With a series of proclamations and executive President Truman put the nation on a near-war In a world-wide radio address the President proclaimed a national emergency and told the American people they must pay higher work longer and give up many civilian goods to speed up the defense our all the things we believe are In great the President said in his future of civilization depends on what we do on what we do now and in the months He announced the administration would impose some wage-price controls and bring men under arms soon as Then he outlined the buckling-down Compulsory price ceilings on some Items essential to defense production and the of Voluntary ceilings over rest of the economy of publishing standards of prices and To provide the necessary materials for defense a back on many lines of civilian and expanded output of electric and agricultural Workers to labor more Still further Federal spending for non-defense purposes slashed the In the fiscal 1952 Within hours after the declaration of a national the President created the Office of Defense Mobilization by executive The new office was given unprecedented power with full authority over civilian agencies already at work building United States war Truman named Charles E. Wilson to head the Wilson was president of General Also within hours after the President's the Economic Stabilization Agency froze the price of new automobiles at the level of December The action rolled back price increases averaging five per cent announced by General and on the 1951 The automobile industry protested the price roll-back and stopped the sale of some Observers did not believe the protest would carry much weight in Most observers believed the had set the stage for further drastic There is no doubt but that a speed-up in rearmament to suit the quickening tempo of the Kremlin time-table-will cause economic Some people are going to lose Some business men are going to lose And all Americans are going Xo find life a lot Some observers believed it may be necessary to cut back civilian production as much as 30 to 50 per cent before war production can go into high Marines The first truckloads of U. 1st marine division are shown above as they rolled Into the area near after their battle to free themselves from the death trap set by Chinese and North Korean Communists near the Reds Threaten The Soviet Union did not say exactly what it would but in notes to Great Britain and France warned that the rearmament of Germany would not be The threat brought a new feeling of crisis to western The Kremlin sent notes to Britain and France which Arming of Germans by Atlantic allies would violate the Potsdam pact of Western Germany's Inclusion in the Atlantic pact setup would Invalidate Russia's alliance treaties with Britain and A number of observers were asking if the Soviet warning wasn't the kind Red China made and later fulfilled as United Nations forces crossed the parallel in do not think the Communists are ready for all-out The note is having its effect on western Europe and may slow down the execution of defense London described the Soviet note as a tactical timed to coincide with the Brussels Opposes Full Mobilization Defense Secretary Marshall is reported opposed to full mobilization now because there is still that World War HI may be Marshall's careful appraisal of the powder-keg world situation was given to a house appropriations subcommittee at n. secret Marshall said he also believes that the United States must build up Its armed forces to just-short-of-war footing as swiftly as possible because single from the Kremlin could start the holocaust at any The defense secretary did not say exactly how far he believed U. S. mobilization should But he said the present goal of men under arms by next July 1 must be increased Political Stalemate Although there was much less tension in the capitals of the diplomats at the United Nations continued to work feverishly In an attempt to head off a world-wide No workable solution for stopping the Korean war had been and the j tion seemed locked In a political Russia declared that all foreign including Chinese Communists should be withdrawn from but voted against a cease-fire proposal which the United Nations political committee approved by a vote of 81 to Russia's delegates harked again and again to the argument that the cease-fire formula was aimed at the of western troops at providing a during which Douglas MacArthur's forced could their in preparation for a new The general assembly went ahead with its cease-fire plan by naming a three-man committee to seek the Most observers believed they would not Ouster Demanded Secretary of State Dean Acheson flew to Brussels for a meeting with representatives of the Atlantic pact nations amid renewed pressure on the home front that he be fired from the state The latest move for his ouster was made by senate and house There was no White House comment on the Republican Administration reported President Truman was to stand by Acheson for the reason that he has served him exceptionally Some quarters reported the President considered the attack on Acheson to be an attack on the administration's foreign Acheson was reported to have said he would not resign and that he was making the Brussels trip because he felt the European peoples needed to be reassured that the United States is determined to help build up their Some political observers expressed the opinion that the Republican demand for Acheson's ouster was timed It was pointed out that lack of unified political support for Acheson In congress might embarrass him In relations with Atlantic pact foreign RAIL Walkout Called Off Under pressure from President the federal courts and their own union more than striking rail yard workers ended their crippling three-day strike that caused one of the greatest freight In the nation's The strike ended without any wage although representatives of the railroads and four rail unions got together for joint bargaining talks at the White The strike had caused mountainous stacks of Christmas packages to be bottled up in post offices and stranded in freight War shipments had been halted in Some railroads had curtailed passenger train The union had demanded a week at pay they received for 48 hours the same benefits which were awarded previously to one million A presidential fact-finding board recommended a but at pay boost of only 18 The union's demands amounted to 31 Contest The baking contest was held at the Waldorf Astoria with housewives from throughout the nation competing for thousands of dollars In William E. 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