Show WEEKLY W NEWS ANALYSIS U S forces ordered to stand or U we on orean battle front baruch baroch urges fill all out controls NOTE when opinions opinion lift ex presse lia ake these columns colam ni they are those thoe of 0 western newspaper news new analysis and riot necessarily nece arlly of ct this hi newspaper KOREA stand or die for many americans who had been inclined to look upon the korean war with indifference and an attitude of business as usual there come came a rude awakening during the fifth week of the conflict casualties began to arrive from korea youngsters without legs and arms bullet riddled young men who kept their eyes closed as they were transferred from planes to ambulances boys who did not wish to talk or be quoted to the millions who had no brothers and fathers and husbands in korea the scenes brought ba back ck frightening pictures of world war 11 II memories of days filled with tears and prayers and sometimes utter despair and to tho the awakening american public came another shock the commanding general in korea lt gen walton H walker said there Is no point in not telling the simple truth which Is that the war has reached its critical stage the american army had r retreated as far ar as it would retreat general walker said he gave one order to his troops stand or die americans were shocked by his flat statement that hat his army must win or die where thy stood without hope of surrender or retreat and a mass evacuation as at dunkerque Dunker que and in korea the G I 1 has a question for the war correspondents are you telling the folks back home the truth that it Is a tough and hard tight fight and we need more help at once I 1 that was the situation as communists began a steady attack upon IT S positions along the entire front stretched in an arc from yongdock on the north to badong on the south communist troops hammered at american lines four U S divisions none at full strength with the aid of some south korean troops the exact number unknown slugged it out but with the invaders am american supplies and reinforcements for cements were rushed to the battle area but if they would be enough and in time was still the question uppermost in the minds of military leaders one outstanding truth truths stood out from all the rest american troops were locked in the battle that would decide the korean war and possibly the peace of the world for the next 10 to 15 years AS gen eisenhower Elsen hower said if our forces in korea Kore ware are defeated the entire world will be thrown into an all other great war it wais was a rude awakening for the american people but a necessary one most observers agreed it was now time for the amer american lean people to get downa downto to the bloody unpleasant job of winning a first class war INFLATION invitation to meat defeat elder statesman bernard baruch spoke his mind min dand and the mind ota great segment ozithe of the public to the s senate e nate banking committee when he u urged congress to freeze fre eze all wages prices and rents boost taxes and rati ration on essential goods an in a broad program to t 0 mobilize the nations economic strength in his clear and determined way ba baruch ruch asked the question that has been in the mind 0 of the average citizen since prices began to rise after the korean war started shall we do now what we kno know will have to lie be done later lafer and afi thus us hasten the victory of peace or shall we turn fum ble and falter and invite defeat baruch who played an important part in economic mobilization in two wars urged priorities and allocations as proposed by the president elimination of 0 profiteering higher taxes effective price wage and rent controls power to ration scarce civilian essentials senti als where necessary the ine postponement pon ement of all less essential works A reduction ot of unnecessary public and private expenditures every effort to increase production also the develop development men t of substitutes for things in short supply control of all exports and imports conservation of wh whoever Alever Is scarce and organized self restraint among the people the enlightened sell self discipline to accept the denials which winning the peace len tails 1 congressional lead leaders ers seemed divided on barucho Ba plan even if the public was not sall sen robort robert A tatt he wholly ly disagrees with the elder statesman who he asserted Is for all out dictatorship INDUSTRY higher profit rates the federal trade commission reported that 17 of 25 major US manu manufacturing fact aring industries had high er profit rofle rates in 1949 than in the I 1 prewar year of 1910 1940 moat striking increases in the rate of return were motor vehicles oom from to per cent biscuits ald and crackers from 87 to percent and bread 7 6 to per cent bent percentage rates were based abased on investment after taxes 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 battle lines FW E 14 J 13 R M 1 k 4 1131 11 KOREA A desperate all out push by N north 0 r t h korean comman communists ests aimed at center of amerlean american defenses in south korea Is un underway derway the red forces hurled nine divisions against the tilted allied line U 8 forces gave up badong 1 and fell back to chijju 2 was under heavy attack in the yondong 3 and 4 sectors the U S first cavalry anti and south korean troops blunted a powerful communist assault A TOMIC ATOMIC BOMB wont bo be used many people have wondered in recent weeks w whether hether or not the atomic I 1 a bomb would be used in fil korea president truman has announced it will not be used in korea but it was w as recalled that the president has asserted several times that he would not hesitate to use atomic bombs to assure the security ot of the united states As the world situation became more ore tense it was obvious that officials were carefully avoiding any public discussion ot of the use of atomic weapons though i strategists have indicated that there are no no worthwhile targets tor for such weapons in north korea another angle of atomic warfare was under consideration by defense officials however ways and means of stopping any ship from entering american harbors that might m ight be ba car carrying crying an atomic bomb were being worked out port authorities la in san francisco and new york have announced all ships from russia or russian satellite nations will be stopped and searched before allowed to enter into those ports employment highest in two years except forearm for farm work employment in the united states set a two year record during the first week of july with persons sons a employed the previous peak was in july 1948 the department of commerce estimated farm workers were employed during i the first week of july as c compared with in 16 early july 1949 the increase n employment was attrib attributed buted to a stepped up production in industries directly related to the nations mobilization drive most observers believed belle vedi r secretary of commerce sawyer made this comment an on the employ ment situation it should be noted that ahat with the nation again approaching ull full employment it may be necessary once more to find ways to expand our labor force to permit the increased industrial production and strengthening of the armed forces requested by the president he was quick to deny however t that hot he had any thought of possible manpower controls in making that statement PLANES 4 billion order i As AS the korean war developed develop d it became obvious to io all observers that the united states air force has the best planes in the world that superiority will be iacre increased ased the air force has announced manufacturers rs have been ordered to begin work immediately on nearly million worth of new planes and parts considerable secrecy enveloped the details of the order Manu fac edrei jurers were mere authorized to announce thi the number lumber of additional workers they would need to till fill the orders but they were prohibited from disclosing c the type of production the number of units the dollar value of the orders or other information relating to the contracts SABOTAGE U S starts doivo rive anh the federal bureau of In tion vas as back in tho the news with the announcement of two new arrests of spy suspects they were identified ile as abraham brothman 37 and miriam 34 the couple was arrested after harry gold confessed atomic spy named the man as his onetime one time as socrate in espionage activities for russia miss is a partner in Broth mans engineering firm in all seven americans now have been arrested since dr klaus fuchs trial conviction and sentencing to 14 years in prison in E england ng meanwhile the government started a campaign to catch and prosecute spies and saboteurs sabot eurs J edgar Ilo hoover ovee F r B 1 I director said each citizen can play an important part in stopping communists communist who would bore oro from within the citizens job he said Is to report quickly to the F B J any evl evi dence of subversion br or sabotage and attorney general me mccrath gra afi announced that the justice department intends to be ready for ahny inny evidence that might be effective october 1 he ha sod said four our federal grand juries Instead of tho usual two will be kept on duty in at least one grand jury will be used exclusively to deal with charges of subversive activity CANDY important food item candy has become on one of the nations important food items and am americas sweet tooth demands an average of IT 17 pounds of candy per capita each year this figure is taken from a book just published publish edby by edwin J brach chicago candy manufacturer who reports on americas cardy eating habits using figures from the department part ment of commerce he ihas shows that candy is an important food item in the american family budget on a per capita basis ea each chAmer amerlean american eats cats almost seven pounds more candy than butter annually almost 10 pounds moree more candy andy than cheese about 11 pounds more candy than margarine nine pounds more c candy andy than cereals and only 2 aa fewer pounds of candy than coffee citing figures from the bureau or of human nutrition and home ec economics 0 the brach report showed th that atthe the average family spends 25 2 cents per week on candy in food stores alone compared to cents for or canned juices cents tor for cakes cents tor for shortenings shorten ings 18 7 cents tor for soups and 10 3 cents for white flour almost half of oc tho the candy purchased joda today is sold in food stores RUSSIA returns to U N the soviet union ended its boycott of the united nations as deputy foreign minister jacob A ma mallk ilk took ov over erthe the council chair for august I 1 the democratic nations of the world immediately raised the question of why had the russians ca called ed off their six month walkout especially ally at this time there appeared many possibilities the most important of which was a belief the soviet union would attempt to sabotage the tha work of the council other observers pointed out that the so called stockholm peace petition campaign by the soviet Sovie union had tailed failed and the russians must now try something else the tha security council offerman off offers ersan an ideal place fo tor a so called peace move still an another ot her possibility pr presented esen aed by observers was founded on the belief by byl the russians th that atthe the communists may win the korean war soo soon nand and that the kremlin decided to step back to the council counci land and demand peace at that stage primary winner X 00 NN K R rep mike alike mon roney defeat ed sen elmer thomas in a runoff primary election and thus won the ho right to represent the he democratic party in the november senatorial e election in okla oklahoma homi democratic nomination in oklahoma Is tantamount to election MACHINE TOOLS aging alarmingly the nations population alone alona in growing older machine t tools are too and at a rate that hat a wartime production ex expert peri finds alarm alarming big our industrial equipment Is deteriorating teri orating so rapidly that th the e na tion lon could be placed at a serious disadvantage in on an emergency said minam binam L batt president of industries inc and former war production board 11 chairman 1 |