| Show WEEKLY NEWS ANALYSIS control atom keep alert Bai larush such senate clashes on price supports S seeks method to end strikes I 1 EDITORS notel wh when n sevin opt tons are expressed abedin in these ihrk bowns co lanin they hey are ara those ho ofa 0 western e depape I 1 uni news new a analyst anal nal y yit its and and not necessarily of J this hl in newspaper A CONTROL truly Effect effective iya after president Tr on an on september 23 of an atomic explosion in russia US citizens worked up a kind of peculiar detached tension that seemed to have been bom out 0 of f the expectation pec tation that somebody maybe bernard baruch ought to a say a y something significant pretty soon about the world orld and the atom bomb and mr baruch who Is the author of the plan for international atomic control that was rejected by the soviets in 1848 1946 measured up to the demand for art an opinion by y coming out with what looked to be acme pric practical suggestions PRIMARILY he urged that nothing less than a truly effective system of international control be put into effect he supplemented this major point with three other recommendations as to how to face up to the russian atom 1 pending such safe and sure control make every effort to maintain our overwhelming advantage in the development of atomic weapons 2 reexamine examine re our strategy for peacemaking 3 enact a standby mobilization plan including civilian defense immediately BASIC IDEA of course is tor for the US to do its moral best with the olive oliv e branch but in the meantime keeping a gun handy just in case barucho Ba Da conception of a bobill mobilization plan would include price wage wae and rent controls rationing priorities a and n d profiteering anti measures dussias Rus Aus sias counterproposal counter proposal to international ter control the outlawing of the bomb and international agreements agrue ments to destroy all existing stocks of the atom bomb oversimplifies the problem baruch said HE WARNED that a would be aggressor easily could divert peaceful atomic material to international ter tor blackmail and destruction 11 STRIKES economy throttled the history making double basic industry strikes coal and steel were rapidly throttling the nations economy as the first week of the twin work stoppage drew t to 0 a a close causing 1 the layoff of about abou t white collar workers whose clerical services no longer were needed 2 furlough of railroad men 3 curtailment of pack packard ard motor company operations 4 Ue reduction of steel output to an anemic 82 pei percent cent oft capacity 5 dally daily loss of 30 million dollars worth of business ari effi 16 th e st steel i I 1 61 and coal industries slope alne 3 a 6 daily loss of 11 million on dollars in cages wages to nearly striking ring steel and soft t coal workers Ts president Trum truman aniba had d indicated that he planned edno no direct government intervention LA in the thi strikes but federal mediator Cy mi ching was wag trying tp to figure outa out a new w attempt t to settle the disputes dispute with the steel mills and coal mines idle chins massive problem was to find a workable solution of to the pension demands of murrays Mur rays united steelworkers Steel workers an and d lewis united mine workers making it more difficult was the fact that neither the industry leaders nor the unions were in mood to make any concessions an added grim note was sounded by philip murray CIO leader when he warned that still another of his steelworkers Steel workers would be going on strike by the end of october unless the company financed six cent pension and tour four cent insurance program was accepted by the steel industry CENTERS PERCENT PER 5 I 1 that Is what happened to the 5 per center inquiry that was hotter than a two dollar deep freeze box a month or two ago according to senator hoey D NC who heads beads the special seriate subcommittee which studied whether federal buying was improperly influenced the probe probably wont be resumed this year although the senator indicated that he might release a report on an it soon TOR FOR ALL practical purposes thi the investigation already is C completed na said hoey however the subcommittee was still waiting to get the testimony ot of james V hunt and david bennett both of whom were d described bed as ai being too ill to te take the stand hunt Is 13 the washington management counselor who allegedly collected fat fees for his help in seeking government contracts f tor 0 r others he was the one who said all I 1 have to sell Is influence bennett is head ot of the chicago perfume house which tooted the bill for several homo home freezers presented in 1945 to mal maj gen harry vau vaughan ihan ehan 15 s q i I 1 I 1 it A waith ita x HIGH SUPPORTS good or bad despite worried administration warnings against setting farm price supports so high as to price the farmer out of the market the senate went ahead to hit a new parity c effing ceiling for six basic groups senators young R ND and russell D ga spearheaded spear headed the successful drive for an amendment to peg support prices on wheat cotton rice corn tobacco and peanuts at 90 per cent of parity previous support s u aport prices on those crops had been 75 per cent of parity SEN SCOTT LUCAS of illinois senate democratic leader and voice of the administration in this case had opposed the young russell amendment to sen clinton andersons bill and had fully expected that it would be defeated in the senate but after a lusty battle the measure was sent back to the agriculture committee where attempts were made to work out a compromise senators anderson alken aiken and lucas had argued that a high sup port measure keeping food prices high might one day cause con consumers surn to rebel and possibly throw out the entire price support program backers of the 90 per cent parity legislation contended that any serious lag in farm prices could set off a depression affecting the whole national economy THERE MATTERS stood tor for the time being prior to the senate fight on the support bill however sen sea scott lucas had d delivered ell vered himself of an opinion that could under the right circumstances turn out to be prophetic when the government continues to subsidize a little more and a little more all the time without sticking to a farm program dealing with the basic commodities that can be controlled you are taking a chance that the whole thing may be struck down BIRTHDAY U N s fourth october 24 is united nations day the organization wherein repose the hopes for peace of all free and thinking men is just four our years old four years old as the passage of time goes but already ageless in its experience and the good it has accomplished complis hed WHAT HAS THE united nations done since it first convened during the immediate aftermath of world war II 11 in 1945 first of all it has constantly kept the hope and prospect of peace alive in the minds of the worlds people it has come to mean to the common man a functioning object lesson that working it out Is better than shooting it out the UN already has definitely stopped three wars in india in palestine and indonesia IT IS LEADING millions of non self governing territories toward the realization of self government on the basis of the best evidence the UN has contributed enormously toward the job of keeping the peace won through the bloodshed of world war 11 II the birthday of the united na 24 is a day to fix in memory odds are that in terms of human achievement and benefit and the dignity of man history will write that date as being one of unparalleled significance and importance |
