Show WEEKLY HEWS ANALYSIS US crops at amear near record peak lewis s hints at goal coal mm mine strike steel industry resists wage hike EDITORS NOTES notel when are r expressed in these coin tiomai tl IO 10 they hr AT re I 1 ibale I 1 of western newspaper uni nn news aalst aal rt and riot not feces arlit of this news pap 70 A 4 1124 7 71 8 I 1 al 11 4 10 V v p 11 11 1 1 T 1 11 supercilious WINE SWINE unimpressed BY GI 01 nomi bated for honors as swine doms most snooty member this porker at japan is entirely unimpressed as afe joe mcclendon Clen Al modesto odesto calif uses an aspirator to capture disease bear ing mosquitoes in a house at the GIs not too happy look Is probably inspired by the realization that a hog hoff with such a supercilious appearance might quickly instill an inferiority corn com plex in any human being who gazed too long US CROPS near record marshall plan countries nations everywhere sharing in the largesse of uncle Unel eSam sam would rejoice at the news that the 1949 1940 U st S crop forecast indicated a near record volume so rosy was the picture that ahat experts held that this years farm production would almost approximate record output I 1 REPORTING this the U S de pertinent part ment of agriculture said that it U the crop did not top all U records it certainly would be second only to last years figures since the growing season for most crops was f practically over there wai was little likelihood in any change in the crop forecast corn especially was abundant ant with this crop almost certain to result in some sort of controls on surpluses surplus esir the prediction for the corp crop was 35 3 5 billion bushels only 35 per cent below last Iiii years record but 27 perce per cent nj above average aie the new figure was s only about 13 million ilon bushels less tw than the forecast of bf a month ago 11 S it was believed thaia that a corn corn i crop of this size was virtually certain to lead the government to production controls on the 1950 1930 crop in a move to prevent accumulation of a burdensome surplus As a consequence ro p this r lyea cra crop in is expected to IMM move in into deev government hands under price support programs to join the more than million bushels remaining there from the 1948 crop NO OFFICIAL decision on corn was likely however until after the october crop estimate the tha agriculture depart departments monts wheat crop estimate of nearly billion bushels was virtually unchanged from a month previous tills this would mako make it the fourth largest wheat crop on record also among the relatively large crops were rice tree nuts soybeans grapes cotton flaxseed tt sorghum grain dried beans sugar cane and cherries RELIGION 15 priests hold held charging the church with using an underground communications network the communist government in czechoslovakia arrested priests in an effort it said to smash mash the organization THERE were indications that despite the arrests the system tem was still working because it was needed by the church to maintain contact between Us its priests and their bishops As a point in proof of the continued operation of the system it was pointed out that parish priests still are sending in declarations to the government that they would rather go to jail than obey a now new church control bill which the communists proposed to enact PRIESTS who have been sending in these declarations say they will never accept appointment from anyone except their freely acting church superiors the church has demanded that the government call oft off its war against the clergy if it wants to enter into any new negotiations for an agreement as to the role of church and state in the governmental setup COAL lewis sputters Sp utters in the north arb trees ea were showing the first sparks of autumnal color in th the eWest west snow already hadsall had fallen n in one state fall F all iwas in i the air and the crisp sharpness the thinning sunlight all indicated the time was right and as johnl lewis know knew lt it the mine workers chief wasi wag threatening coal strike and at a time when the threat ahrea t wa would uld be most effective BUT AS USUAL his bin threat was based apparently upon tho the highest ideals there was no question of higher wages or shorter working hours instead lewis charged that southern nou thern coal operators hed had bled the unions welfare fund lund white by withholding payments lewis didiot did not mention the word strike but he said a continuation of the default in payments might cause reactions deterrent to the constructive progress of the industry however everybody dy on the tha sidelines in washington construed that statement to hold a strike threat the national coal association advised its members that lewis language was a direct threat and added no mention la Is made of the fact that there is no contract and no agreement to pay STEEL ath round unsure unless the situation changed drastically there would be no fourth round wage increase In creaso for the nations steelworkers steel workers almost on the eve of the strike call the CIO united steelworkers Steel workers union gave up its fight for a wage hike and called off the strike THE million member union accepted both president Tr recommendation for tin an extension of the strike truce and recommendations of a presidential fact find ing board aimed at solving the steel wage dispute phillp philip murray union boss told th the president in a telegram that he gave up the wage increase demand with profound regret but agreed to the boards recommendations in the interest of concluding a prompt settlement six of the nations major steel producers accepted the tha truce ex tension request but no company had given an answer on the boards bo aids formula FINANCE advice to british Britis li if the british got nothing else 0 out ut of the washington conference on the islands financial crisis they had received a lot of advice that they were not too prone to take it was evidenced by british comment in the homeland and hints b by y washington newsmen that the british monetary delegation was peeved at the way U S treasury chief john snyder was bossing boning the show W WITH ITH bland disregard for the fact british comment in london was to the effect that uncle sam was playing england for a sucker sucher on the other hand there was much criticism in the U S that the brit ish had nothing but their own yen for tha th labor government to blame for their financial plight in the midst of the clamor one thing appeared to be distinct the m major ajor forces in U S agencies which might help the british were agreed that devaluation of currency was the immediate answer to Eu ropes financial problems der believes that end and he has been backed up by the opinion of the world bank and monetary fund EUGENE BLACK american president of the 48 nation world bank summed it up ull neatly he said 1 I do not underestimate either cither the complexities or the far reach ing consequences of such action devaluation but I 1 fail to it can be avoided SECURITY cost rising an increase in the tha cost of social security to about 15 billion dollars by and possibly more than 30 billion by the year 2000 would be the net effect to american taxpayers if congress would pass the pending proposals to expand our present system THIS ESTIMATE was made by the research council for economic security a chicago organization I 1 in a study entitled estimated cost of social security expansion cost estimates are based upon the estl esti mated population and mortality rates tor for future years no allowances for variations in wage or price levels has been made the expanded program all of which has been given consideration in the congress consists of tour four parts 1 increase in old age and survivors 11 ur insurance benefits and C cov ov 2 the introduction of a new concept in federal social insurance namely compensation for temporary and permanent disability 3 an expansion in federal public assistance payments 4 adoption of a national compulsory insurance system I 1 THE COST in terms of taxable payrolls the council points out ranges from 07 per cent to IIA per cent in 1060 depending upon low cost or high cost estimate for the year 2000 the estimate ranges from per cent to per cent of taxable payrolls WORLD SERIES video at movies everything someone has hag observed happens in brooklyn what was slated to happen in brooklyn this fall would engage the interest of every baseball fan in the nation FOR at a brooklyn theater all a 11 the world series baseball games I 1 were to be shown via television on the theaters movie ni ovie screen true it was an experimental project tor for which the theater own er reportedly paid but other theaters had shown some interest in the plan and it had the endorsement of A B happy chandler baseballs high commissioner PARTY LINE on the form farm communist officials including three representatives from moscow held an organization and poll poli cy making meeting at beacon N Y the story that fell ell into the hands ot of the senate judiciary subcommittee on immigration it re ie came from one maurice Nl alkin brooklyn R telf self edged former doimer official in this country hm SAU |