Show WEEKLY NEWS ANALYSIS tells UN chis country committed to armament Pro program tram costs of living near hear record flig ailigh NOTES when opinions are r tz pressed in ihre colam nii they ge r chos b 1 0 I 1 lvern newspaper unions ll olon news a and not or of th ahli Is spa TRUMAN kimar armament nent for peace president truman speaking before the united nations general assembly on united nations day told members of the world that the united states would prefer P reter universal disarmament but that this notion nation Is committed to ro re arming because it js asahe the only way to stop aggression the president used korea as an example of what united effort by tWi cUN members can accomplish in stopping aggression lie he termed the 4 invasion of south korea by corny comy 4 M eunist forces a direct challenge to the world organization I 1 As for disarmament and the colu alf 1 tion to world problems mr tru lt man sold the U S was willing to sa s1 enter negotiation but only if oil all na u t alons proved their good intentions such negotiation could only be car i ried aled on fifth lf there ero was wai concrete coh creta evi i dence defice oi of good intention and the open and free exchange of id ideas aas between nations the chief executive gald saIdI few gets in our time have bavei met with such universal approval as the tha intervention of the united nations in the korea conflict it was that hat tho the prest dent deni did not mention russia at all during his speech as the tha chief calel threat L p to world peace it was wa clear how ever to what world power ho he referred when ho he amid M ld the freedom loving nations oi of th the world will continuo continue to build up their armed strength because they have no other choice LIVING COSTS 1 nears record high j the latest govern government meni consumer pries price index reported the cost of living continued to move upward the gain wash was per cent from the previous re month the index stood 1731 1710 meaning per cent a above ov the 1935 30 39 average the government however was only putting into figures what that american housewife has known tor for some time low and flud income i families felt tho the pinch shortly after adfer tha the korean war began the latest index was only A 4 oan of a per cent short ot of the 5 high deac leather heo la in august and Sept september enber 1948 1040 even with tho the publication of these y to figures there seemed little possibility that the government planned any immediate action to stop the rising cost of living in the average american city the housewife now ow pays 2170 tor for h a food basket costing 10 at the outbreak of world war 11 during august and september of this year housewives were wera paying 33 35 per cent more tor for meats poultry and fash including per cent tor for pork chops 78 75 per cent for or V fish and 44 per cent for eggs IA 14 per cent for canned fruits and vegetables and 26 20 per cent for or bover bever 1 ages tho the governments price index 1 is taking on increasing importance in american business economics as more mora and more contracts between unions and employers allow for or wage vago changes chances as the index indri rises or drops however this does not help old people or white collar workers living on fixed incomes income ike says no N UY 0 MO N h gen dwight D eisenhower Elsen hower president of columbia university sIt id shown with dean philip young of columbia as they announced nour teed uio the establishment of the american assembly at the university a convocation of representatives of business labor the professions government and the university to work out answer to 19 critical problems taking the tha country ike repeated his no bont about rui taing for or president PRAGUE scene of new plot the foreign minister of russia and tho the representatives of seven satellite states met in prague to plottie plot the next communist move since the gamble in korea must be written off as a complete loss from that meeting 1 came four do demands to the tha western powers but tho the free nations were more interested in what tho the communists did not say than in shenew the new demands this Is what the communist asked 1 that the tha governments of the united states sates britain france and russia should publish a declaration saying they will not allow the remilitarization of germany they will not allow germany to become involved in any plans of aggression and will try to carry out the potsdam agreement to build a democratic peace loving germany 2 that all restrictions hindering i the tha development of germanas germanys Germ Geri anys peace economy be removed while a revival of german war potential should not be allowed 3 that there should bo be concluded 1 without delay a treaty of peace with germany which would renew the unity 0 of o tho the german in harmony with the potsdam agreement that all occupation corces of the great powers po pra bo be withdrawn from germany within one year after a peace treaty Is concluded 4 that on a basis of parity representatives from easland east easi and west germana german should form a constituent council coudell for till all of germany to prepare tho the for formation matlon of a democratic sovereign government for all germany the west was not naive enough to fo believe that ony any agreement could be readied reached on germany plans for rebuilding a strong western germany and an Eurn european army con continued linued in full force western diplomats were asking themselves what now new acts of ag gres gresslin slon odai diet russia and her satellites cook up tip STASSEN pravda calls him silly harold E stassen former governor of minnesota I 1 created a lot of interest with his letter to joseph stalin tin asking for or a face ace to face aco steeling meeting of americans and russians in an effort to stop tho the drift toward war did not receive a reply from stalin but the official voice of communist P pravda d a published an article calling him silly irude crude and ridiculous among other things the article was in tact fact a flat alai rejection of the stassen proposal the writer made it plain that the soviet government does not consider letter worth a formal answer the article said sald in part stassen demands no more no less than i change by the tha soviet union of its policy itji it aft not difficult to seo see that 1114 stassen Is 13 not only crude but also ridiculous in advancing this wild demand which excludes all possibility of a serious yiew view of any degree of document worked out by the president of pennsylvania university in cooer cooperation atlon with veteran vetera n warmongers eisenhower Elsen hower and dulles the former aspirant for the republican presidential nomination had littleto litt little lito to say about tho the article lie ile indicated he would wait for a direct reply from stalin |