Show WEEKLY NEWS ANALYSIS russians urge west german state be wiped out ask 4 rule ihle congress curtails must iusa legislation notel NOTE when opinions are expressed in these columns colum ni they are those of 0 western newspaper paper unions union news new analysts aud and not necessarily of 0 this no Ow ws paper GERMANY A sour note the big four conference in paris was underway for the first time in the cold war between east and west there was real hope that harmony would be forthcoming in fact secretary of state dean acheson had been warned by senator senate foreign affairs committee chairman not to bo be too aggressive with the russians rusi nusi i but rather to keep open if possible the tedoor door to lasting peace WITH the th e russian blockade of berlin BerM lifted and the soviets apparently ready to sing a ne ned tune in world cooperation the theme of the conference was to be harmony but the delegates hardly had time to warm the seats of their chairs 10 before the russians were at it t I 1 k 1 again russian foreign minister andrel andrei blandly proposed that tho the council of foreign ministers wipe out the now new west german state and return german affairs I 1 including eluding n direction of the ruhr t to 0 four power control machine machinery ryo MANY had expected this course by the soviets they had predicted that lining lifting of the berlin blockade was done deneto to soften up tho ministers for this very proposal but if work all ali three western powers n immediately rejected the proposition the tha soviet S 0 v I 1 et foreign minister showed little tact ile he led up to his proposal with a long tirade denouncing noun cing the US britain and franco france for what ho he termed violations 1 of the potsdam agreements SOVIET ideology could not tolerate a separate german state with autonomous powers and there was little question that the kremlin would stand firm in this thi s position on the other hand there was no possibility that the western powers would recede from their intention to return government of germany to the german people chusit thus Thu sit it would seem the ahe impasse was vas clearly established for the U S dean acheson delivered himself ot of what might well be the decades masterpiece of understatement when recalled he called the russian suggestions disappointing but then he summed up the worlds reaction when he added my hopes are distinctly chilled CONGRESS lees waft A lot of trouble tor for nothing might be an apt phrase to describe sill all the national agitation against president dent Tr health insurance and civil rights proposals for bla own leaders in congress erased the issues by takhing both hotly contested items ot of legislation off the must list ALSO slated for further delay f was the administrations four bil s ll 11 lion on dollar tax I 1 In creaso plan the equally controversial brannon Brannan farm tarm program and tho foreign arms dosal t this left only three measure bills f i tor for top priority action they were 1 extension of the reciprocal trade program which has passed 7 0 tho the house but is stalled in tho the sen ate 2 repeal rebeil of the taft haruey labor act 3 i ratification of the north atlantic security treaty which re quires only a two thirds majority vote in tho the senate SENATE MAJORITY LEADER scott lucas indicated action might aw be sought before adjournment on oil minimum wage boosts the alia inter national wheat agreement and a pay ralso raise for or top government executives and military personnel speculation was that decision to abandon for the afie time the compulsory health insurance program stemmed from mounting congressional clamor for or sharp cuts in government spending with the civil rights legislation delay the be cleved motivated by fear of a southern filibuster congress wants i to io adjourn by august ana an consideration of any of 16 the Po powder keg legislation might make that impossible LUCAS said he thought president truman was Oe definitely finitely satisfied with the progress being made that surprised some legislators for unless congress repeals the tatt taft hartley law the president will be unable to point to accomplishment ment of any of his cam campaign laign pledges when congress adjourns FORRESTAL better to die comfortless nameless hopeless S save in the dark prospect of the yawning grave better to die and sleep the never waking sleep than linger on with the import of these lines from sophocles chorus from ajax so obviously goading his consciousness ness james V forrestal former US defense secretary plunged to his death from tho the floor ot of national naval medical center in washington FORRESTAL had been under treatment for operational fatigue since april 2 attendant physicians said ho he had been considering suicide that the nature of his malady indicated this mental condition as an inescapable adjunct to it but they felt ho he was getting better in fact they had hoped to release him from the hospital in 30 days As aa secretary of defense defens e forrestal labored under a burden such as few natio national nal servants have carried ills his was the lob job of directing the gigantic naval program during the war as well as tho the almost hopeless task of attempting unification of the armed forces the strain was great and a sympathetic people could understand why it might have broken a strong man president truman took full cognizance of forrestall Forre worth when he declared the former defense secretary was ai as much a casualty of war var as if he had died on the firing line BUT there was an added burden weighing on forrestal that was a burden of attack and vilification from two of the nations top radio newscaster columnists after h his I 1 s shocking death the pass press of the nation be began gAnto to revalue the impact of its effect and that of the radio some nationally syndicated observers charged that the attacks upon forrestal via radio and in print had add added ed to his load joad of desperation they advanced the premise that unless some check ahk was put upon this type of journalism Jour nil ism it might discourage many able men from entering government service there is possibly no agony of mankind comparable to that which must go fio onan on in the mind eftheman of theman about to ta take ake his own life it ii is wholly foreign to the concept conceit of the normal everyday every day mind certainly it flies in the face of the very first natural lawsell law self preservation weighing all this it Is difficult to understand how there could be anything but sympathy tor for forrestal and an honest effort to understand something of the torturous mental suffering which drove him to leap to his death JOB OUTLOOK better for grads with starting salaries holding firm at last years record high levels signs of a last minute pickup in jobs for the mammoth 1819 1919 class of college graduates were showing up according to an annual employment survey by the family economics bureau of northwestern national life insurance company although two thirds of the 13 colleges and universities covered to tc date find their total employment calls all the way from slightly to tc disappointingly below 1948 schools reporting in the final week of the survey have shown a much better ratio the summary says approximately half of the late re report their record of job offers to date as equal to or slightly y above 1948 experience DARTMOUTH colleges school of business adain admin administration observes tor for example we were disturbed by the february march slump but the later pickup pick up has wiped out our losses st louis university also reports that demand faded in february and march but as of the past six weeks it has begun to develop beautifully university of Ne braskas college of business administration notes a stronger employment demand in the last ten days but duquesne un university at pittsburgh reports calls in general are less than in 1948 except those for sales personnel which have increased boston university says job offe offers rs aro are 7 per cent fewer than last year ohio state finds about the samo same number of employers represented on the campus this spring but each firm taking fewer men yale university has recorded more employment calls than as of a year ago FIVE out of every six schools listed in the survey report starting salaries to be as high or higher than last year prevailing range of offers is from to per month for business administration and liberal arts seniors and from to for engineering grads with exceptional men getting still higher offers illinois institute of technology reports the class of engineers graduating january 29 1949 averaged per month for a basic 40 hour week this is the highest average salary of any class in our history TOURISTS more cultured the american tourist these days was coming in for a new type of treatment from his overseas hosts for instance in capetown south africa according to merchants the new tourist Is not the vulgar type which used to invade europe in hordes wearing horn rimmed glasses and loud clothes THIS new american Is well bred quiet wealthy but has the tha familiar souvenir mania said one ona curio dealer one bought everything I 1 showed him Is it genuine zulu he kept asking then the dealer added he took all my shields assegais asse gais and head beadwork I 1 had to call a to get the stuff down to the ship and when he saw the he wanted to buy that AMERICANS no doubt will palpitate t a t e with pride at this now new evaluation of their cultural level by those abroad who profit most from tourist business but most will consola themselves with the fact that so long as he has any money the tha american tourist will manage to get along quite well wherever he may be in europe or elsewhere CRIME penalty apropos A midland mich judge sagely fitted the punishment to the crime in a case in municipal court two youths 21 and 18 were brought in on a charge ot of crushing crashing a wedding party and running away with the wedding cake they said they did it on a dare after pondering a moment the judge ordered the culprits to buy a wedding present and give it to the newlyweds |