Show WEEKLY NEWS ANALYSIS President Truman Asks for Unity As Nation Builds Up Armed U. N. Forces Continue to Pull Back Whan opinion nn In ara Khan af nawa analyst and not af HIGH 5 YEAR AGO H E j v Haa With food price near the all-time high or which mi nearly per cent of the the government drafted a moratorium on all The chart above traces the food price The moratorium was delayed by disagreement within the government's economic-control i Drops Fair Deal President Truman opened his of the message to congress with the words country is in a healthy From that point he stressed strength and unity in the face of Communist aggression throughout the One of the remarkable points of President's message was his apparent willingness to drop his much debated Fair Deal program for the time being in order to get on with the business of building up the free world's ability to wage full-scale war against if such conflict becomes Truman's plea for unity was impressive and undoubtedly won him some new friends In a hostile ask the congress for unity I do not or unanimity Let us debate the but let every man among us weigh his words and he Many legislators called the President's speech And despite certain routine political which some Republicans indulged in after his It was obvious that the opposition party was affected favorably by his effort to find unity of It seems likely that an era of greater co-operation and political peace is in store for the congress than could have been hoped for a few months The people along the main streets of America may at least see swift and vital decisions made to meet the It was also evident from the President's speech that on one point he would not give an He stood unyielding on the issue of military co-operation with western The Program President Truman outlined a legislative program In his of the message to Appropriations for t b armed forces Extension and revision of the draft presumably to induct and extend the draft term from 21 to 27 or 30 Military and economic aid to the rest of the free Revision and extension of his authority to expand production and control and Improvement of the agricultural laws to help the kinds of farm products we need for the defense This might include a direct subsidy to farmers to keep from setting farm price ceilings at less than Improvement of labor laws to provide stable labor-management and assure Housing and training of defense workers and full use of all our man-power Legislation to Increase the supply of and medical Federal aid to the States for elementary and secondary A in A-Bomb Atomic energy commission Gordon Dean reported recently the Russians do have the He made the announcement during a news conference In which he told newsmen that the government will have to cut down Its development of atomic energy for peacetime uses because of the International Pattern Repeated The pattern of the Korean conflict continued to repeat Following the January 1 attack by Chinese and North Korean Communists on United Nations forces south of the a general retreat to the south and the old beachhead The retreat was along the old down which Americans and South Koreans first retreated before the North Korean invaders last Although Communist casualties were reported the Reds continued to attack and push It seemed unlikely that United Nations forces would be able to establish a line short of the What would happen after that is anyone's Some military leaders believe U.N. troops will be able to stand off Communist thrusts with the aid of U.S. fleet It seemed that a counter-offensive could be launched for It was obvious to every observer that the position of U N. troops in Korea was steadily growing And there was no indication that their position would get Some Curbs Lifted The government removed all restrictions on production of wheat and corn for 1951 in an effort to maintain safe reserves of these vital bread and livestock feed grains under the national The only crops still under production controls are some types of peanuts and It is possible that restrictions may be eased on peanuts and The action came too late for planting of winter wheat but is expected to increase spring wheat planting which makes up 30 per cent of the nation's Farm experts predicted that the unlimited corn acreage would increase the nation's meat supply by at least three pounds per person this There was enough meat available in 1950 to supply each person with Constructive Criticism In a speech which he called of the Robert A. Taft of Ohio served notice that the Republican party pledged Itself to securing a greater voice in policy The senator based his criticisms on what he called the President's legal right to send American troops to He added that we better commit no American troops to the European continent at this Taft expressed a tide of thought that has been growing throughout the United States since reverses in that the defense of Europe was primarily western Europe's not Undoubtedly the most powerful Republican in the Taft seemed to be serving notice on the administration that congress intended to cut in on the President's power to formulate foreign If the Republicans are willing to push the question it could lead to a state of confusion in congress never before seen in a time of One of the most startling statements of the senator's speech was the one when he said the U.S. ought to go for the time in the U.N. for its value as a world but that the instrumentality was mortally weak in having been not upon but upon the power of its leading To the people in the home towns of the country who had placed their faith in the United Nations it was like a blow below the belt Was is possible that some of the nation's leading legislators believed that the United Nations was as dead as the League of Was it possible that some of our prominent leaders favored U.S. withdrawal from the United Tart's speech put those questions into the minds of Two days after his Senator Taft announced he was in favor of pulling U.S. troops out of Korea and setting up a new Pacific defense line based on Formosa and For these he would he He then warned that if Russia attacks western Europe means A Matter of Time Wage and price controls appeared certain for the nation as it moved toward full To the average housewife the need for price controls on food was becoming A disagreement within the government's economic-control organization blocked action on a planned wage-price The action was a temporary measure to hold the line until enforcement machinery could be set up about March Price controller Michael V. Di-Salle reportedly will need workers for a nationwide of whom more than half would be charged with tracking down black price and other control Some temporary plan to stop the price spiral was considered necessary by most At the present rate of food prices would be at an all-time high by March 1 and would bring hardship for fixed Income Millions of workers have contracts which grant pay increases as the price index climbs and this group would not The people on pensions and white collar workers are hardest hit by any price Eisenhower Dwight D. Eisenhower is surrounded by lens-men as he speaks newsreel and television cameras In the Pentagon during his first conference after being named commander-in-chief for European He left for a tour of European capitals shortly declaring that the defense of western Europe cannot be carried out successfully sacrifices of Atlantic pact nations equal those of the i s. For All Any day now the defense department will ask congress for a blanket draft of all physically fit to serve 27 to 30 months in There is a whether or not congress will approve A number of legislators were reported splitting hairs OTar the Many felt was young enough and 14 months long |