Show WEEKLY NEWS ANALYSIS chiang loses half of list china with fall of hainan island editors urged to join truth drive EDI EDIT TOHa NOTE when opinions re expressed in these columns ah ea ILI art re those er at western newspaper Nw unions news and ad not at 0 this tb newspaper nationalists half remains any hope the western world may have had that the march of communism in the far east had been checked vanished as chiang kal kai shek ordered the evacuation of hainan island thus one half of nationalist china become became dommu territory land nd th eWest listened dortho for the tho first rumors of the invasion of formosa it was an embarrassing defeat for the nationalists who having previously boasted of victories over the invaders found it necessary to report in the next breath complete defeat observers said the nationalists simply counted their chickens before they hatched and that the hainan ainah ll command deliberately put out false news to prevent panic and enable prominent leaders to flee the island whatever the cause general chiang found himself minus live five armies totaling some men square miles of territory and rich deposits of iron ore ore coal and petroleum MOST surprising angle angl in the nationalists defeat in the eyes of western military men was the compart comparatively ively small number of communist invaders estimated at to men chiangi Ch Chi langs angs armies outnumbered them almost 10 to ta 1 speculation was immediately rampant on possible exaggerated formosa defenses further in some quarters the i tall iau of hainan aras was called the beginning eglan lugof of the end of nationalist china EDITORS truth campaign editors of the nation little and big have been asked to join th the greatest campaign in the world today of truth president truman spi speaking akIng before the american society of newspaper editors said we must make ourselves known as wo we really are not ns as communist propaganda pictures us ui we I 1 vo must pool our efforts with abo those se of aad other fred peoples in a sustained intent intensified idled program to promote the cause causa of freed freedom am against the propaganda of slavery PO then the president told the editors ri soAi something thing they already knew but no doubt liked to hear heam there is too much nonsense about striped trousers in foreign affairs far more influence is exerted by the baggy pants of the managing aging editor the editors in general were inclined to agree although the individual policy of their newspapers might or might not be pro adminis tra tion it was hightire high time the united states counteracted communist propaganda with truth in a nutshell the president argued soviet propaganda anda con scantly reviles the united states the big problem is to tell the people of the world exactly what at americans are like at horne home the editors are tho the all important bridge between the Am american people and world abfal affairs rs by informing them well and corn com plemely ely the president added HOSPITALS beds the house of representatives voted tor for veterans hospitals and a coast guard reserve training project the vote was startling in two respects 1 the house bouse passed the bill with a ricord record vote and 2 the congressional economy drive 0 which has prevailed in washington during the past year got a sudden jolt which alch was not unexpected As passed by the house the bill directs the veterans administration to proceed with construction lot of 1000 additional hospital beds tor for war veterans ve with vei veterans erans of two world wars war deman demanding ding and needing increasing hospital aid congressmen agreed to the need but shook their heads at the idea of tying a knot in th the e economy trend becoming more popular as a presidential election yearn year nears it took longer longed incidentally to pass the million dollars for the coast guard than it did to enact the hospital bill that some observers point out would indicate that perhaps the congressmen have not entirely forgotten their economy drive HOUSING urge rent control undoubtedly the most unpopular move of the administration since world war II 11 has been the contin of rent controls now several officials have urged extension of rent controls beyond theli their scheduled aled end june 30 for all their yelping and ana although president truman has called for a years extension there Js is a general feeling degling that this time the con congress gress will let the law lapse secret witness 1 A AU R 0 louis F budenz admitted ex communist and sometimes called sen joseph mccarthys McCar thys secret witness testified before senate loyalty that owen lattimore far east ex pert wasA was a member of a communist cell in the institute of pacific relations next move inove Is up to mr lattimore lattamore BOMBS AWAY AW AY russia watches the tha united states air force I 1 dis i ply play of air power punctuated with the explosion of heavy demolition bombs jf jet planes rockets and flaming oil bombs was a big success for tha 1500 spectators including prominent business and civic leaders and harry S truan it was being watched in other quarters too and the administration made no secret of Us hope that those quarters would be duly impressed in fact tho the government hoped the explosions at fort benning Ue nning ga would be heard across the atlantic at the moment when russian and american relations were at their lowest point US state secretary iary dean acheson who recently has ceased pulling his punches along with other high govern government meni officials hoped iho display would warn tho the soviet union that the united states was wai prepared to demonstrate his hope he said a few days later tho the country must be strong with defenses organ organized liel wisely and prudently and with all possible resources for protecting the area in which this freedom abounds of the bursting bombs and mighty guns MT mr truman said nothing when asked what impressed him most decorations war or peace from action of the united states senate some wondered it if this court country was aawar at war or peace as that high body decorated 10 airmen who lost their lives aves in the baltic presumably presumable shutdown shot down by russian fighters to spectators who gazed down upon the senate floor it was obvious the senators were in no mood modally to dally but fil filled ledwith with a fury that had not been experienced since a declaration of war against japan with such denunciations as criminal and barbarous and demands that steps be taken to prevent another such occurrence the senators voted praise and de decorations c for the airmen numerous foreign affairs experts took special note of the state departments protest to russia which said in part tho the cause of peace is not furthered when the USSR ostentatiously decorates soviet airmen in A manner calculated to give tho the impression that they are being rewarded for shooting down a defenseless fen seless scless american plane all agreed that the prospects of a shooting war were not immediate AIR FORCE chief retires the first secretary of tr under pre president Tr unification policy W stuart symington has retired and as he del departed parie he said the air forte force fighting value has been cut he declared the air force combat effectiveness had declined in the last six months because of a reduction in number humber but its efficiency had increased there Is a tendency to mix up those two words effectiveness and efficiency and some misunderstanding has resulted he added lie he had another view to io express also lie he was convinced that thai a seventy group air force was necessary sary one could not over overlook however the importance of economy since the tha notion nation can be defeated defeat eld by economic disaster as well as military disaster for that reason he had supported president Tr forty eight group program he had one parting observation on economy lie he did not net see how a balanced budget could bs be achieved with world conditions in the state they were now POLITICS truman tour P resident president truman giving hl his rivals a chance to cut down the democratic majorities in both houses most observers observer believed as he planned what he called a nonpolitical swing through the I 1 west the nonpolitical tag that has been hung ow on the truman tour has no one tooled fooled it Is no doubt the official opening 1 of this years political campaign and will w ill have a great bearing on presidential election observers are inclined to agree that five key objectives are in the back of the democratic strategy 1 in 1918 1948 the democrats swept to unexpected victory because of Tr popularity they dont want that popularity slowed down 2 visit and talk to the midwestern farmers and thus extend the bartys hold upon them 3 find candidates who tf if elected will back the truman administration this Is felt necessary to offset the revolting southerners 4 rescue and revenge enter into the tour in that an attempt will be made to save some party and to punish a few enemies 5 to bring about some discipline within the party itself in an effort to put on a united front PALESTINE arabs unite where there had once been strife among the arabs of palestine pile stine nw now there Is unity with the announcement that arab palestine and trans jordan have united into a single kingdom the unity creates the kingdom of Ha jordan at whose head reigns king abdullah ibn el hussein on a basis of constitutional representative government the announcement no stated the unification notice was sent to the arab aab states and was received in israel without too much batich comment since israel had an armistice agreement with the new kingdom however israel was not prepared to accept the annexation observers agreed that the mova move might prejudice future talks when all points concerning the peace pe ace are discussed GREAT WRITINGS bible not nor included robert M hutchins of the versley of chicago announced the collection odthe of the greatest writing of 0 western civilization in a 54 volume work but the Bible was not included at first readers were shocked that the greatest work of 0 literature tera ture in the history of 0 man wa wai not included but were quickly relieved by hutchins reason the bible explained he kwasnoi was not noi included because it already ts Is universally ver sally available and almost uni verbally ver sally owned the collection includes works by 74 authors and was said toan to include tho the works acclaimed indispensable pen sable to jo the liberal education ofa freeman free man inace in the century the first limited printing of 1000 sets had been scheduled for that many patrons at each COINS 7 billion on october 9 1792 with an audience that read like the social register the first coins in the united states mint were struck present at that historical moment were georgeana george and martha washington mr and mrs alexander hamilton and thomas jefferson since then seven even billion hayo haye been minted since that day years ago pieces of money have been struck off with a total value of shorn beauty tri N M ka RP 0 amli iker V A 1 wa X k AA A U n A TW ka you know it at at first glance but this Is lovely rosallo rosalie bruce wearing tho the lend lease head of hair provided by it a hollywood makeup make up artist Ros allos jealous husband edward L Bruce shaved off her aalst length tresses to keep ot other hermen men from admiring her ashes a redhead U unworthy catholic circles continue to buzz with speculation caused by the sensation of monsignor F r a n z jachym refusing in front of tile th altar of famous st stephens church to be ordained as a roman catholic bishop he abruptly declined saying he felt himself unworthy of the office such a thing had never happened before in the history of the catholic church |