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Show MILLARD COUNTY CHRONICLE, DELTA, UTAH DEPARTMENT OF STATE 'Good Neighbor' Policy Proves Successful in This Hemisphere - i By WALTER A. SHEAD This Is the fonrth of a series of six articles on the state depart-ment and Its personnel by Walter A. Shead, Western Newspaper Union's Washington correspondent. Washington, D. C There can be no doubt but that the foreign policy of the United States, as carried out by the state department, toward Latin and South America today has brought about stronger ties of friendship than has ever before ex-isted. The dollar diplomacy of by-go-eras has given away to the "good neighbor" policy of former Secre-tary of State Cordell Hull, and this has been carried on and strength-ened by successive secretaries of state Edward Stettinius, James Byrnes, George C. Marshall and Dean Acheson. Through the Union, the n affairs institute, as a result of pacts and economic pacts of Mexico City and Rio de Janeiro, Bogota and Havana, there has come to be mu-tual cooperation and respect be-tween the American republics. The bureau of af-fairs in the state department is headed by Edward G. Miller, Jr., born in Puerto Rico, a graduate of Yale and Harvard, a former law partner of John Foster Dulles in New York, and who speaks Spanish and Portuguese as easily as he speaks English. In a recent address, Secretary Acheson said that as a result of Miller's operation of the n affairs bureau "our relations with the southern hemi-sphere are on a basis which I think they have never been before. They are on a sensible, sound basis of mutual advantage, and both they and we know that we both really mean business when we talk and when we talk, we talk business." The main object of our foreign policy in the Americas is to main-tain the security of our nation and of the hemisphere. Second our ob- - r . j v x - & 1 f, Mi- liinl ;i.Aiaaiifr.VitllrM JOHN E. PEURIFOY DEPUTT ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF STATE Born Waterboro, S. C, Anf. 9. 1907, son of John H. and Emll Wrieht Puerlfoy. Student U. S. Military Academy, 1926-2- American Univer-sity, 1935, Georg-- Washington Univer-sity, 1939-4- Married Betty Jane Cox, Oct. 2, 1936. Two children, John Clinton and Daniel Byrd. Entered department of state October 1, 1938. Designated deputy under secretary of state on May 81, 1949. jective is to encourage democratic representative institutions and to cooperate in the economic field. It is our policy to strengthen the or-ganization of the American states within the framework cf the United Nations as the most effective ex-pression of law and order in this hemisphere. OUR FOREIGN POLICY with re-spect to Germany has been sty-mied for the time because of the Russian aggressive policy. But from the first we have supported a uni-fied German government based on free and democratic elections. It is our policy to rebuild Germany economically with the help of the Germans themselves, but to keep from them the potentials of making war. As an occupying power it is our objective to prohibit institutions and activities dangerous to peace and to encourage a truly democrat-ic society which can become again closely integrated with the free na-tions of Europe. In the near east, Africa and south Asia our policy is to offer economic and technical assistance if these people want it. Also, we are ready, if they want our aid to help them solve their complex problems of in-ternal, political and social life which such nations as India, Par-kista-the East Indian Republic and other newly formed nations in that area face as a result of the dislocation and disturbances fol-lowing the war. The foreign economic policy of the United States is aimed at break-ing down barriers to world trade and to increasing the international flow of investment capital through the reciprocal trade agreements program, the proposed international trade organization and the point four program. The Marshall plan, the North At-lantic pact, the military aid pro-gram and the Truman doctrine in Greece and Turkey have withered Communist hopes for g the European continent. Our sup-port of the Schuman plan, it is believed, will end their hope of communizing western Germany. It may have appeared that we had neglected or abandoned Asia and China, but as a matter-of-fac- t, negotiations had been going on for some time with a number of nations for economic and technical assist-ance, particularly in the field of agriculture, before the invasion of Korea. One of the things that has been lacking in United States foreign policy is an effective world informa-tion service to successfully combat the Russian propaganda of lies and deceit. WEEKLY NEWS ANALYSIS . U. N. Forces Surprise Communists With Amphibious Attack at Inchon; Ministers Plan European Defenses (EDITOR'S NOTE: When bpinlons are expressed fn these columns, they are those of Western Newspaper Union's news analysts and not necessarily of this newspaper.) f S i - ' , , ' ' 1 I 1"? f?;- fe ! f --J Robert Schuman of France, Dean Acheson of the U. S., and Ernest Bevin, of Great Britain (left to right), open the Big Three foreign ministers conference at the Waldorf-Astori- a in New York. Main topic of conversation was the defense of Europe against Com-munist aggression. MARSHALL: Anger Close to Tears In an atmosphere of bittemessi that at times brought senators to their feet in anger that bordered on tears, congress cleared the way for General of the Army George C. Marshall, a soldier for 40 years, to serve as secretary of defense. The waiver to the Unification act which forbids the office of secretary of defense to a commissioned of-ficer within 10 years of the end of his active service was approved by the house 220 to 105 and by the senate by 47 to 21. But before the vote in the sen-ate. William E. Jenner of Indiana took the floor and for an hour, while the senators sat in silence and shame, launched into an attack on Marshall's honor that astounded foes and friends alike. .. It was the reapparance of the bitter core of isolationism and Sen. Robert Taft of Ohio and Sen. Ken-neth Wherry of Nebraska immedi-ately made it plain that they were not going along with Jenner's de-nunciation of General Marshall as a soldier and a man. Taft opposed the waiver on the grounds that it would put a mili-tary man in the cabinet as head of the military establishment and would strike at the old American tradition of civilian control of mili-tary affairs. Taft also contended it would strengthen the position of the secretary of state "in relation to the Chinese Communists." That was as far as he would go. Jenner, however, attacked Mar-shall as "either an unsuspecting stooge or an actual with the most treasonable array of political cutthroats ever turned loose in the executive branch of the government." Sen. Scott Lucas of Illinois called Jenner's speech "reprehensible, ir-responsible, the most diabolical speech in the halls of congress that I have ever heard in 16 years here." The Republicans in the senate were inclined to agree. Most observers said that Jenner's attack on a man who has served his country for 40 years and is great-ly respected by the American peo-ple in every walk of life, will have further and deeper repercussions. The Indiana senator is known as one of the most consistent isola-tionists in congress. His attack, although denied by such men as Taft and Wherry, still carries the label of the Republican party and may be reflected in the coming elections. CONTROLS: Curbs on Credit With the restoration of govern-ment curbs on consumers' credits affecting car, fur-niture and household equipment, 32 war materials including steel, lumber, industrial alcohol, and ny-lon yarn were placed under fed-eral orders. Although no consumer items were named, the "inventory con-trol" was broader than had been expected. No shortages are expect-ed to develop, but the move was made to prevent overbuying by businessmen. N.P.A. administrator William H. Harrison said: "The purpose of the order is to make clear that nation-al interest demands there be no accumulation of materials beyond what is needed for immediate pro-duction." The new defense production law provides a $10,000 fine and one year in prison as maximum penalty for violations. Harrison ordered in-dustry to "cancel, reduce, or defer" promptly any orders which already may have been placed, if they would bring stocks to an illegal size. KOREA: Now the Offensive With unexpected and dramatic suddenness the war in Korea turned from the defensive to the offensive. It was sudden in that the Ameri-can people were surprised that United "Nations forces could be mustered to launch an offensive. And it was dramatic In its concep-tion and execution by Gen. Douglas MacArthur. From June 25, when the Com-munist struck with surprising force and generalship, the people of America watched one continual withdrawal. They heard of one Communist advance after another and the fall of such cities as Seoul, Suwan, Kumsan and Taejon. Fur-ther and further the Communists ad-vanced until U.N. forces held a beachhead in the southeast corner of Korea that offered little or no room for further retreat and little possibilities for an offensive. And then in one stroke General MacArthur launched an invasion of Korea over 100 miles behind the Communist lines at Inchon. Other forces landed at Yongdok and at points on the east coast. The main invading force on the west coast at Inchon had one ob-jective: the capture of Seoul, for-mer capital of South Korea, and cutting the supply routes of the Communists from North Korea. At the same time a general offensive was launched in the south from the U. N. beachhead. General MacArthur did not try to hide his eventual hopes for the operation. He wanted to cut Ko-rea just below the 38th parallel and thus have the Communists armies between two hammers that would slowly but surely beat them to pieces and destroy them. The initial invasion was success-ful. U. S. marine and army di-visions captured Wolmi Islands in less than an hour, overran Inchon and advanced on Seoul. Kimpo air-field, the best in Korea, was cap-tured, and American troops stood at the outskirts of Seoul. The southern offensive progressed slowly against stubborn Com-munist rear guard action. There were indications, however, that Communist defenses were crum-bling. Head liners "That's a good sight for my old eyes," Gen. Douglas MacArthur said as he inspected six Red tanks, still smoking, where they had been knocked out near Seoul. "If we lose, we lose forever," Bernard Baruch warned in his latest statement to the American people that all-o- war must be waged by the U.S. to win in Korea. "You see, kids, I happened to be caught in two wars inside 10 years, and the reason I am where I am today is because I am fighting for what I think is right," Pfc. John J. McCormick, 28, wrote in a letter to his two daughters. The letter was received three days after a tele-gram that informed Mrs. McCor-mick that her husband had been killed in Korea. "If American warmongers force a war on humanity it will be their last war. The hate of honest and patient people will explode with a strength greater than any hydro-gen bomb," shouted Soviet Marshal Semyon Bagdanow in a speech to bolster Russian morale. BIG THREE: Not in Accord Diplomatic sources noted with concern a break, although not con-sidered too serious, in the relations of the Big Three foreign ministers in their first series of New York meetings. Dean Acheson, representing the United States, Robert Schuman of France, and Ernest Bevin of Great Britain were not in accord on the U. S. proposal to rearm western Germany. That was the major source of disagreement. The United States, through Ach-eson, had urged the North Atlantic council to reach agreement in principle that west-ern German forces should become part of the projected western Eu-ropean army. The U. S. idea was that German troop units would be included in the western European army. France, however, indicated that she wanted to go slow and easy on the question. The gist of the French attitude CIVIL-DEFENS- E Plan Handed Congress A blueprint for a vast civil de-fense program, greater than that of World War II, was placed be-fore congress. It was designed to rally the nation from an atomic at-tack and enable it to strike back swiftly and destroy the aggressor. W. Stuart Symington, chairman of the national security resources board which drafted the plan, said the program was needed because for the first time since the war of 1812 "an enemy has the power to attack our cities, and for the first time in our history that attack may come suddenly, with little or no warning." The board's report said, "Grant-ed a few minutes' warning, cas-ualties could be reduced by over 50 per cent through proper organ-ization and training in civil de-fense." The program outlined a mutual-ai- d system reaching into every American home and calling for the services of hundreds of thousands of paid and unpaid workers at the federal, state, and local levels. CONTRACTOR: Tape Was Too Long On the lighter side of the news, Michael O'Malley,, a Chicago ma-sonry contractor, sued F. W. Wool-wort- h company and the Waterbury Lock & Specialty company for $20,-00- 0 for selling him a rule that was one foot too long. O'Malley claimed the extra foot caused him to build several ga-rages and a house a foot too big and he is being sued for not filling his contract. SPYING: Slack Admits Guilt Alfred Dean Slack, a former chemist at a Syracuse, N.Y., plant, admitted in federal court at Green-ville, Term., he was guilty of war-time spying for Soviet Russia. . Slack said he supplied Russian agents with a sample of RDX, a high explosive, and the formula for its manufacture. U. S. attorney James M. Meek told the court there were "exten-uating circumstances" in Slack's favor and recommended a prison sentence. Meek told the court how Harry Gold, a Philadelphia biochemist now awaiting trial on espionage charges, made contact with Slack and asked him to obtain details of the manufacture of RDX. Slack reportedly isfused three times to give Gold the information, but when threatened with exposure as a "Soviet spy", obtained a sample of the explosive and the formula, and turned them over to Gold. JAPAN: Ready for Treaty Since the end of the shooting war progress toward a Japanese peace treaty has been blocked because the big powers were divided over what the treaty should be and the procedure for drafting it. Now, however, the United States has announced it is ready for a treaty and the state department representative John Foster Dulles instructed to begin "informal dis-cussions." seemed to be that it was prema-ture to agree immediately on the principle of eventual German re-armament. That attitude was un-derstandable in that France had not forgotten, or is likely to forget. World War I or World War II, sparked by German aggression. Observers said that there was a possibility that the foreign minis-ters might come to some sort of agreement in principle among themselves, though it might not be announced publicly. The ministers discussed a broad range of urgent problems. A com-munique issued by the three said they were fully agreed that the most urgent problem was that of strengthening the defenses of the free world both in Europe and in Asia and were equally agreed that immediate effective steps must be taken to that end. That, perhaps, was a true indi-cation of the atmosphere in which the ministers worked; It was not a question of what had to be done, but the best way to accomplish it. Follow Through A second, offensive against com-munism began shortly after the invasion of North Korea with the Voice of America beaming broad-casts to the far east describing the exploit. 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Glen Owens, sitting alone in his cabin on the slopes of White Crest , , valley, heard the 3 Minute announcement er his dry ceU set ov-- - Fiction Young Glen's cab-- I I in was located on the course of the liner's flight, and earlier in the evening he had heard sounds that now he remembered as being rather queer. Glen strapped on his skis, loaded a pack with provisions and supplies and set off up the valley. Three hours later he saw a light and came to the wreckage. Two people were dead, and another was so badly in-jured that unless he had medical attention pretty quick he too would die. On an Improvised sled, Glen pulled the injured man to the near-est town and doctor. Glen Owens not only received a reward, but he became, overnight, a figure of national reputation. Three days after this a man from Hollywood, Calif., arrived in Crest, looked up Glen and offered to pay him $500 a week to make a moving picture. Glen smiled and shook bis head. "Nope," he drawled, "I always wanted to be a legerde-mainis-t, and now with this re-ward money I reckon I got my chance." "Good gosh, man, it will take 20 weeks to make this picture. That's $10,000. Do you realize that!" "It's a lot of money," Glen agreed, Then he fashioned i t using his skis as runners, tr ed some saplings Into tbei of saowshoes and wove twigs. "but suppose folks liked re:' I'd have to stay out there a: making pictures." "You'll be a dumbbell!."- grab this chance." "Maybe," said Glen goc- - ly, "I'm dumbbell ate? "Glen! What is the msw' j to star; i summer you wanted ranch down in Arizona, f-- didn't have So F any money. cided to go trapping for so you could save enough --: in a rtt- - m buy a we could get married fci you're offered $10,000 amU'1- - bi ble something about bem! ' o "Legerdemaimst, Qj patiently. C( of which made s3; N ALL ' The report copy- K. .j., If Glen - ... UP. SO U1U Kt be was famous before, famous now. . ci The next week thre- tfc ducers arrived on offered a MV of them 000 for a single picture- Leah Conroy was aun, "Glen, for goodness J uo j tapper all your hie? On si" ' IS Glen heaved 'pc u K. If that's the wtfJ Leah!" tt - went So Glen Owens ' and made, to Crest Glen returned $30,000. and the Leah journeyed ,;: t Within a week the? a ranch. ,ried in and lc" patio. i to , honeymoon Leah asked the ., :. -- Well, honey;" !,err.'; Glen replied.;!:' , was good, buy a ranch oi :. ureUIhe ; ; F ; tb folk! would i money. Wh" ,2 nobodJ , 1 All figured I know"1 jS Mi sure to get tl -- I wanted to use By INEZ GERHARD RONALD and Benita Colman had when they embarked on "The Halls of Ivy" series last Janu-ary, that they were launching a show that would become so popular so soon. "Really adult entertain-ment" is the description given by its many devoted listeners. Not only the show, but its theme song, immediately became popular; in fact, so many people wanted a re-cording of the song that a record has been made by the group that sings it on the NBC Wednesday night broadcasts. College presi-dents and faculty members have praised the series; students lament the impossibility of finding a college president like Colman. Joe Wilman, whose records in American Bowling Congress compe-tition stamp him as one of the greatest bowlers of the decade, has signed in "King of the Ten-pins", of Columbia's "World of Sports" short subjects series. s Universal City covered a total of 256 acres before the recent purchase of a e tract adjoin-ing the studio in the San Fernando Valley; makes it the largest film plant in the world. BROADWAY AND MAIN STRICT 'Israel Revisited' Answer to What New Nation Is Like By BILLY ROSE Early in 1949, my missus and I took a trip around the world, and one of the countries we got to see was Israel. At the time, many of the streets of Tel Aviv, Haifa and Jerusalem were still criss-cross- ed with barbed wire, and the roads leading through the hills of Judea were littered with burned-ou- t trucks. Nevertheless, thanks to an old Chewy and a pair of even older legs, I managed to see most of this tir.y country, and when I left it a few weeks later I was pretty ex-- . cited about what I bad seen. When we got back to New York, my old boss, Bernard M. Baruch, asked me to put my enthusiasm in my pocket and try to estimate Is-rael's chances of survival in this highly competitive world. I told him that one swing around the globe wasn't enough to make an econo-mic expert out of a Broadway jumping-jack- , but that I had come away from Is-rael with the gen-eral impression that its people were (a) intelligent, (b) ijji,....i)j.i..,lV,,.,VWt how this n and hard-heade- d gentleman from Georgia had come to write such an incisive and insightful commentary on the com-plicated events now shaping up at the far end of the Mediterranean. 1 GOT TO THINKING about it and, as I hunch it, the answer is triple pronged: First, McGill is an Irishman, which means that while he has a lively sense of justice he has no axiom to grind about Israel in particular. Second, he is first, foremost and fastidious-ly a newspaperman, avaricious for facts but plenty leary of special-pleadin- g propaganda. And third, he has a long record as . a fighting Southern liberal, and once he's got-ten his facts straight he's not one to by-pa- those touchy areas where even angels fear to tiptoe. When I finished reading "Is-rael Revisited," I was, of course, tickled to find that McGill's conclusions jibed with mine, hut thafs neither here nor there. The important thing is that, without pulling any punch-es, he has written a booh about this controversial little country which one can read without prejudice or without suspect-ing the author of same. Here, at last, is a meticulous and Meaningful answer to the often-aske- d question, "What's Israel really like?" classed as good objective reporting. Most of the favorable stuff was too favorable obviously the work of men who were out to make as good a case for the new nation as possi-ble. And as for the dissenters well, as was to be expected, most of them sounded as if they were carrying a chip on their shoulders. Recently a copy of a new booh by Ralph McGill" Israel Re-visited," published in Atlanta, Ga last month by Tupper and Love showed up on my desk and I began to thumb through it out of a sense of duty. But what started as duty quickly became compulsion, for McGill, editor of one of the South's most trustworthy papers, The Atlanta Constitution, had obvi-ously gone to Israel with an open mind and crammed it with facts and figures before making it up. I've met Mr. McGill once or twice, and before 1 was halfway through his book I found myself wondering tough as nails, and BiIly Eose (c) prepared to work like all get-o-to make a go of their new lives. "A business or a nation with those qualities usually" gives a good ac-count of itself," said Mr. Baruch. SINCE MY VISIT, I've heard nothing to change my snap ap-praisal of Israel's chances. On the other hand, I've read darned little the subject which could be |