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Show SCANNING THE WEEK'S NEWS of Main Street and the World Eisenhower Says He Would Employ A-Bomb Under Certain Conditions DECISION "To my mind the use of the atomic bomb would be on this basis. "Does it advantage me, or does it not, when I get into a war? Now, if I felt that the material destruction that I was going to accomplish was not equal to the moral or great reaction otherwise to this act, then I would abstain. ab-stain. "If I thought the net was on my side, I would use it instantly, because 1 proceed from this basis: The United States is not going to declare war or t V : conduct an aggressive campaign. It 'Tp r is merely going to defend itself, and mi f.K fM J 19 if someone, in spite of its peaceful i(f K mjS'liM mtj purpose, jumps on it, I believe in t using what we have in defending 'Jt With these words Gen. Dwight : B ' D. . Eisenhower told the world Tf'SV '11.' ?T'fvJ ly" friend and foe alike just how far h.Ju.XaaaiataBa.aeBasJaialssWUsaawJI he would go to defend western Europe. Eu-rope. It was the kind of clear-headed, logical reasoning that people in the home towns of the nation could understand. It reaffirmed their faith in the man chosen to fill the most important post in modern history. It is this kind of reasoning and determination that the Communist nations of the world understand. And if the world understands this reasoning, rea-soning, it could mean another step toward the preservation of peace. 18-YEAR-OLDS K would be difficult to say at this point who was more surprised by the 79 to 5 senate vote that passed the bill to draft 18-year-olds, opponents or supporters of the measure. v For weeks the debate had raged in the senate over lowering the draft age from the 19-year-old limit. And although the bill must go to the house for action, it appeared that much of the pressure against the administration's defense plans has been relieved. Most observers were inclined to believe the bill will eventually reach the President's desk. li 1i iiirTV' Mtd ii lif -inii 'T- -x The senate vote caused c o n s i derable speculation across the nation. In the first place, the man on main street wanted to know is it possible for five senators sen-ators the number who voted against the measure to bombard the U. S. senate sen-ate with so much propaganda propa-ganda that it completely ties up important legislation legisla-tion for weeks? Second, what happened to the other senators who had ranted and raged against drafting the 18-year-olds? And third, were the statements by op-Striving op-Striving desperately to make peace ponents that the mothers of between labor and the administration, the nation flooded Washing-Eric Washing-Eric Johnston (center), economic sta- ton with teiegrams against bilizer, met several times with union the draft entirely true? leaders in Washington. Shown with Johnston (left to right) are: Meany, fvQ JvJQ J After AFL; Leighty, RLEZ; Hayes, I AM ; a (ulj week of conferences. Murphy, presidential council; and Gold- , watched anxiously by the berg, CIO. "average man" who does not understand very clearly the niceties of diplomatic language and maneuvers, ma-neuvers, the foreign ministers' deputies of the United States, France, Britain and Russia, meeting in Paris, had nothing to report. The only statements were "no, no" issued by Russia's Andrei Gro-myko Gro-myko to every proposal put forth by the western powers. Gromyko first gained the attention of the home-towners of the nation na-tion as the "no" man of the United Nations. The main point of difference between the west and east remained the subject of rearming Germany. KOREAN BATTLE Slowly, methodically United Nations troops advanced in Korea, storming the hills, digging the Communists out of foxholes with bayonets, stopping and breaking a Red attack at other points, but always pushing toward the 38th parallel. U. N. commanders continued to expect a spring offensive by fte Reds, scheduled for some time during the last part of March or April. Meanwhile, the Chinese suffered severe casualties as U. S. troops pushed ahead, estimated by some observers at 20,000 to 30,000 in two weeks. There were reports that the Communists had 200,000 men in the front lines below the parallel. In addition they were reported to have 100,-000 100,-000 more troops in immediate reserve in North Korea and a great reservoir, perhaps more than 300,000, across the Yalu river in Manchuria. Man-churia. RUSSIAN ARMS According to Russian reports the Supreme Soviet (Parliament) has adopted a 1951 budget of 451 billion rubles, of which 96 billion would go for defense purposes. Russia has placed a value on the ruble of four to the American dollar, but since there are so many imponderables involved, the rate ilc rrnt rpflect the true position of the ruble. If the rate is taken, it would indicate in-dicate a total defense budget of $24 billion. However, Soviet production, produc-tion, through use of forced labor and purchases from dominated countries at extremely ex-tremely favorable rates, is considerably cheaper than that of the United States. A NEW JOLT The administration's ad-ministration's price stabili- ....... , .... . . & ' ,LiU' lllliilKiilii zation effort which has been called nearly everything in- g fQrce eluding ' fraud . ved Martjn BaItim Md an another lolt, this time in the ... . ' . ' ... ' . ... . undisclosed number of the British Can-black Can-black and white of the . . . , . . . . .. . . , , . . . berra twin-jet bomber above. Britain wholesale price index. IT " . . , . , . . , . . gave the U. S. the plans for the plane The bureau of labor sta- 6 4V. . ii. ..... ... u-. ii as a part of the mutual aid pact be- tistics' index hit an all time , , .. . , . , u tween the two nations, peak of 17 per cent above pre-Korean war prices and 20.2 per cent over a year ago. The bureau said all major commodities advanced except building materials. The new figures wiped out any hope that the stabilization effort had finally started taking effect and a leveling-off was about to take place. The figures also brought renewed charges from labor that it would take a law "with teeth in it" to stop the inflation spiral. Michael V. DiSalle, price director, told worried housewives in a television speech that it would be three more months before ceiling prices on food will be posted in stores. It couldn't be done sooner, he reported, because food prices vary by localities. LAST HOPE The supreme court refused by a vote of 6 to 0 to review re-view the case of Alger Hiss, convicted of giving government secrets to a Russian spy ring before World War II. It was Hiss' last hope of escaping escap-ing a five year prison sentence. The Hiss trial made headlines in the nation's press for months. A guilty verdict and prison sentence was returned after a second trial. The slender, brilliant attorney has stubbornly denied the charges of giving away government secrets. |