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Show r WEEKLY NEWS ANALYSIS . Russia Offers Cold War 'Terms'; Dewey to Retire From Politics; F. B. I. Arrests Two in Spy Case (EDITOR'S NOTE: When opinions are expressed In these columns, they are those of Western Newspaper Union's news analysts and not necessarily of this newspaper.) Admits Spying L I', 1.J LABOR: Degree of Unity A degree of future unity between big labor unions appeared on the horizon as the A. FX. and the C.I.O. worked on plans for their pending cooperation conference. The one notable exception, however, was the uninvited United Mine Workers. UMW chief John L. Lewis was not happy at being left out bf the conference. He said a conference without his union is no way to achieve labor unity. While he was making that statement, state-ment, the national labor relations board took a swat at the UMW by ruling it broke the Taft-Hartley law by a campaign of violence to organize employees of a Harlan county, Kentucky, department store.. The board ordered the union to cease assaulting, or threatening the store employees. If the union ignores ig-nores the order it could eventually lead to possible jail sentences or fines for union officials. But while the UMW struggles with its problems, there were long strides by the other union toward cooperation if not eventual merger. mer-ger. Among the developments: 1. Joseph D. Keenan, top A.F.L. political organizer, addressed the C.I.O. 's political action committee. His subject was a renewed effort by the union to unite to repeal, the Taft-Hartley law. 2. A cross section of American labor ranks attended a two-day meeting aimed at raising assistance for the Israeli federation of labor. 3. The Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen accepted C.I.O. proposal for a committee to work together on common problems and eventual, ly aim at consolidation. INFLATION: To Financial Ruin Former President Herbert Hoover, Hoov-er, In a speech before the U.S. Junior Chamber of Commerce convention in Chicago, has again warned that financial disaster is in prospect for the country unless the government curtails its spending policies drastically; Unless an immediate halt is ordered or-dered on spending, Mr. Hoover predicted pre-dicted the undermining of an economy econ-omy which he said would provide one million new jobs annually. For 17 years, he maintained, Democratic Democrat-ic administrations had continued the spending spree. "Financing government deficits by borrowing, if continued long enough, has only one end Inflation," Infla-tion," the former President said. "We ourselves have already decreased de-creased the purchasing power of the dollar about 50 per cent, and we are still creeping along the road. "The five-cent telephone call and the five-cent fare have already gone, and the five-cent bar has shrunk. A new round of inflation is now appearing In direct or indirect in-direct wage and salary increases and rising commodity prices. "If we keep on this road, we are certain to realize the President's ideal of $4,000 a year to every family. fam-ily. But it will not have $4,000 purchasing pur-chasing power. "To this question of further government gov-ernment borrowing to meet deficits, my answer is that it is the road to disaster for every cottage in the land." COLD WAR: New Peace Terms Observers are speculating over so-called cold war peace terms reportedly acceptable to the Russians Rus-sians which include a demand that the United States cease helping to re-arm western Europe. It was an ironic demand because at the same time the Soviet agreed to recognize the Atlantic pact as a legitimate regional defense group under the terms of the United Nations Na-tions charter. It is this pact that pledges the western nations to mutual aid. The Soviet also had three demands de-mands on the Far East: (1) Elimination from the United Nations of the representatives of Generalissimo Chiang Kai Shek's government. (2) Acceptance by the western powers of the Russian "gold ruble" ; as the basic currency for China's foreign trade. (3) Soviet participation in the conclusion of a peace treaty with Japan which would guarantee the latter country what Moscow considers con-siders to be "political freedom." In the European field, the Soviet had four rather vague offers: (1) Unification of Germany within with-in the framework of the Potsdam agreement. (2) Neutralization of Germany. (3) Withdrawal of all occupational occupation-al forces from Germany. (4) General reduction of armaments arma-ments and armies, including the abandonment of conscription. Observers did not believe the terms would be attractive enough to bring about any settlement of differences between the East and the West. Russia, as usual, wants a great deal but is vague about tangible returns. DEWEY: Plans to Retire One of the most spectacular careers car-eers in modern American politics has come to a halt, at least temporarily. tem-porarily. Governor Thomas E. Dewey of New York has announced he will retire from politics after 20 years in public life and probably return to private law practice when his second term expires next December Decem-ber 31. Dewey said in a one-sentence statement which he personally distributed dis-tributed to reporters, "I shall not be a candidate for re-election next fall." He renounced further personal per-sonal White House ambitions last December. As expected, his announcement raised a number of questions in the New York state political picture pic-ture as well as on the national scene. Dewey, New York's only Republican Repub-lican governor in the past 30 years, added, however, that he would con- David Greenglass, 28, former noncommissioned army officer, has admitted giving Russia Information In-formation about the atomic bomb. He was the third person arrested in the spy ring since the British scientist Klaus Fuchs was taken into custody. ESPIONAGE: New Arrests Made Since British scientist Klaus Fuchs admitted spying for Russia the F.B.I, has been closing the net around associates in the United States who passed along classified atomic information to him. As a result two new arrests have been made. One of the accused admitted ad-mitted that he passed along atomic secrets from the Los Alamos, N.M., plant in 1945. He is David Greenglass, a 28-year-old former Communist league leader who explained his act: "I felt it was gross negligence on the part of the United States not to give Russia the information about the atom bomb because she was an ally." The other accused, Dean Slack, a 44-year-old Syracuse, N.Y., chemist, chem-ist, denied he knew Henry Gold, the first arrested in this country. He added he was not and never had been a Communist. Both men are held under $100,-000 $100,-000 bonds. Meanwhile, a grand jury investigating inves-tigating Amerasia case, which has been much in the headlines recently, recent-ly, cleared the administration's handling of the stolen documents case, but strongly recommended the impaneling of a new grand jury to continue the investigation. Also in connection with the case, Emmanuel S. Larsen, himself arrested ar-rested and fined in the 1945 case that hinged on the theft of hundreds of diplomatic and military papers, told a senate investigating committee commit-tee he regarded former navy lieutenant lieu-tenant Andrew Roth as "a Communist, Commu-nist, and the principal conspirator" conspira-tor" in the stolen-documents case. Government officials indicated that the arrest of Slack and Greenglass Green-glass was only the beginning in the battle to break un what mav ros- DEFICIT: At 3.8 Billion The administration has predicted a $5,400,000 deficit by the end of the fiscal year June 30, but shortly before the deadline it appeared the amount would be well under the estimate. A $773,625,000 interest payment on the national debt boosted the deficit to $3,887,529,000. The payment pay-ment was made two weeks before the end of the fiscal year. To Retire tinue an active interest in public affairs. He promised to speak out on "issues affecting the welfare of the state and nation," especially foreign affairs. He rose to political prominence when he pyramided his fame and methodical efficiency as a racket-' racket-' busting prosecutor in New York city into two terms as governor and two nominations for President. He was defeated by President Roosevelt in 1944. In 1948, he lost to President Truman. The governor said he had made no definite decision as to his plans, but intended to get much rest. He said there was nothing wrong with ( him physically that a long vacation i would not cure. He is just "tired," he added. HUNGARY: . ' Demands Ransom The custom of blackmail, ransom ran-som and intrigue so often employed by the Nazis in the reign of terror over Europe, has put in a more sibly be one of the greatest spy rings in the history of this country. COMMUNISTS: Defeat by Ballot Political observers were pleased with the outcome of the state election elec-tion returns in the Ruhr section of Western Germany. They felt it was a defeat of the Communists by the ballot. In the British zone the voters picked a 215-seat parliament and voted on a proposed state constitution. consti-tution. The returns indicated Communist Com-munist strength had tumbled to a postwar low when they received only 5 per cent of the valid ballots, compared with 14 per cent in the election three years ago. The workers, however, favored the proposed state constitution with its socialization clause: "Large factories of the basic industries in-dustries and undertakings which, because of their monopolistic position posi-tion have special significance, shall be transferred to common i - N s5 if ? I S' V i obvious appearance under the Communists. Com-munists. Hungary has demanded the ancient an-cient crown of St. Stephen as ransom ran-som for Robert A. Vogeler, imprisoned im-prisoned American businessman. According to reports from Europe, Hungarian Communists have offered of-fered to swap Vogeler for the 1,000-year-old crown which is the symbol of Magyar royalty. The crown was taken from Hungary Hun-gary by the Nazis and later found by the American troops in Germany. Ger-many. CORPORATIONS: Increased Taxes When the election conscious house and senate began a program of tax cutting after President Truman offered his budget, he warned any reductions must be met with revenue rev-enue from other sources. Now, the house ways and means committee, obviously bidding for presidential approval of the excise-tax excise-tax cut, had voted a $433,000,000 increase in the yearly tax on big corporations. ownership." The specific industries were not named in the draft. Western observers felt the elections elec-tions justifiable in that they would: 1. Give the new nationalist parties, par-ties, which were not even in the arena in the federal elections last Aneust, a chance to show their muscle. 2. Tell whether communism is gaining- in Western Germany. 3. Test the popularity of the West German Federal Government's policies. pol-icies. Rent Control The house and senate committees considering rent control have agreed upon a six-month extension of federal controls and another six months in communities which want them. Although both branches of congress con-gress must approve the measure, there seemed little doubt that they would do so. Observers said the bill will be on the President's desk before June 30. Governor Thomas E. Dewey (center) is shown being Interviewed Inter-viewed by newsmen shortly before be-fore he announced he would not be a candidate for reelection as governor of New York when his second term expires next December. De-cember. He may return to private pri-vate law practice. BRIDGES MINED: Just in Case Whether or not the world is face to face with another war has been in the minds of the everyday citizen cit-izen almost since the final shot was fired in World War II. Now it comes to light that the key roads and bridges in Western Germany Ger-many are being prepared for quick destruction in case of a Soviet attack. at-tack. Similar preparations apparently apparent-ly are being made in other European Euro-pean countries. |