| Show WEEKLY NEWS ANALYSIS foreign policy may be big issue when the congress convenes slight advance made in N korea orea NOT I 1 when n opinions are expressed in thi thee I 1 column they are thou those of western newspaper uni OWN naw MOW and not meo harily 0 i ihl ibis newspaper new GOP VICTORY tho the battlo battle Is underway to the echo of the GOP 0 OP victory in the november national election had not subsided before another voice was heard on the national sc scene one it was a republican chorus of tiro fire acheson and a hint of co congressional agres reorganization the battle began tor for greater GOP G O 0 P power in the coming session of congress on the domestic scene republican leaders opened fire on what they called the grave inflationary situation this was not bel believed bellowed loved to mean price controls for the benefit of 0 the american housewife however i senator wiley of wisconsin fresh from a reelection reelect lon victory said it is a national tragedy the way prices of military items have been allowed to leap since the korean conflict started 11 controls were expected to te be along this line there were indications also that a new investigation of communist communistic influences fluen ces in government would be launched by republicans when the next congress convened notice was also served on the democrats that republicans W will ill insist upon advance consultation on foreign policy steps and son sen robert A tatt taft abow the acknowledged bigwig big wig wg of the republican party made it clear he would like to hang Ach esona esons scalp to his belt when he ha stated 1 I the slightest confide confidence in Ach esons judgment 10 to most observers it was clear the republican party had launched an all out campaign for control of the US government the final battle will bo be fought with the ballot bw box in 1052 KOREA tho battle continues whilo while tho the world speculated about cainas chinas ultimate alms in korea the battle continued reports from the seen scene were confused military observers estimated as alny many as C chinese ammu communists om mu fighting in north korea but maid united nations forces continued slow advances behind smashing air attacks meanwhile a chinese delegation was wa invited to the united nations to hear tho the charge of aggression in north korea lodged against them by tho the united states many observers believed they had found the ono one main reason for chinas cainas action in north korea it centered around tho groat north korean power plants along the mon man cherian korean yalu balu river boundary tho the chinese reds apparently were willing to fight to protect them the reason being that tho mighty might hydroelectric electric le plants strung across the neck of north korea pro produced deuced 2 of boreas koreas kilowatt hours an undetermined amount of that power going into manchuria I 1 the great center of chinas cainas heavy in austry with this in mind chinese forces V plunged into north korea and forced united nations troops to withdraw from the area since tho the phinese have constructed a maginot line below tho the vital plants and will put up a determined defense when U N forces reach the area again mao tzejung Tze tung does not want that power shut off although the russians looted much manchurian Manc hurlon productive equipment during their post war occupation what Is leu left Is chinas cainas chief hope tor for industrialization and the communist party una line ays ay a industrialization is tho the answer f to 40 chinas cainas historic poverty headliners Head liners sen robert A taft has held several reveral press conferences since his astonishing election victory on ono one occasion he said only an idiot would bo be an isolationist today this nils was in reply to the label so often applied to him on another occasion ho he said unquestionably some of this sacrifice Is necessary to protect us against the real threat of soviet aggression but the facts ought to bo clearly brought before the people and they must bo be satisfied in their own minds that tile the sacrifice sacr Klco is essential it if they are arc convinced by fair arguments they will make any sacrifice to assure the freedom of america Ameri cit tho the long awaited message from tibet op appealing pealing to the U N to rescue her from chinese communist invaders arrived at lake success it said in hi part tibet will not go down without a fight though there hero le is little hope of a nation dedicated to pence peace resisting the brutal efforts of men trained towar 11 that quotation seems to express the view of world history today CRIME dwarfs dwar as the to those who remember the roaring twenties and such ouch gangs as tho the capono capone boys senator kefauver chair chairman manof of tho the sonata senate committee investigating crime made a shocking announcement the tha senator said that thai organized crimp in tho the coti country today would make kindergarten play out of 0 the operations of tho the capone boys an and d that tho influence of crime on public official official la Is very sinister and vory very great lie went adjar so far as to sabahat say that his committee had the facts to prove that well organized and tough groups of 0 criminals i are operating throughout the country with interlocking locking ownership between all groups ile ho said the racketeers are corrupting public officials and law enforcement officers and are putting their money into so called legitimate businesses in which they use racketeering methods Kefauve rs reasons for the continued prosperity of crime agreed with those of most observers local public indifference to stopping the rackets Kefauve rs nationwide nation wide study Is aimed at strengthening federal laws to block the way for organized crime such laws would include interstate ter state ban on the shipment of gambling devices more control over tho the wire services strengthening of the postal laws and amendments to the internal revenue laws which would require real boo bookkeeping keeping gamblers and racketeers now cheat the united states State sout out of hundreds ot of millions of dollars dol larsa a year in taxes CORN BELT rural vail counts leaders of both major parties have spent considerable time since sinca the election trying to rend read the future from the election results one obvious conclusion was drawn the tha major battle ground for the 1052 1952 election will bo in the midwest corn belt As aa most voters remember tru man won the 1043 election because three midwest states jumped from their traditional GOP column to tho democrat sido alde they were ohio 1 hao I illinois and iowa had any two of the these states estates voted iov for dewey in 1018 1043 ho he would havo bave been elected in the recent election however the rural voto vote returned to the republican ledger two factors may havo have influenced the switch in tho farm voting a tendency for farmers to return to their traditional republicanism lican ism when times are good and to vote democratic only when their prices and incomes aro are declining and apparent dissatisfaction with foreign policies of the administration for these reasons the farmers of tho the midwest will ina themselves tho the target of both republican and democratic candidates in 1952 the republicans will attempt to increase their gains and the democrats can be expected to launch a full scale attack to retake command it might even be said that the farmers of the midwest will elect the next president of the tha united states |
