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Show S SCANNING THE WEEK'S NEWS si 0 Mam Street and the World ifl Breaks With Farm Agencies; ?, fen. Eisenhower Reports on Europe ' AFL BREAKS TIES Farmers and farm workers across the nation . pondering the sudden action of the American Federation of Labor !bviously aimed at breaking off its heretofore friendly relations with t, American Farm Bureau Federation and the National Grange Meeting at Montreal, Canada, the AFL's executive council issued a statement which charged that the labor organization could no longer I 'a0pease" these farm groups because they had swung "to the side of S faction'' in national affairs. "In fact, on economic issues of vital concern to the national welfare " the statement said, "it has become difficult to discern any major difference differ-ence between the policy of the American Farm Bureau Federation and ' as National Grange on the one hand, and that of the National Association Associa-tion of Manufacturers and the U. S. Chamber of Commerce on the other." The AFL then pointed out that "labor cannot go on Indefinitely porting legislation beneficial to farmers while their organizations J maintain a policy of seeking punitive anti-labor legislation." The AFL made it clear that it was disappointed in the action of the farm gruPs ta teaming up with "big business" representatives to defeat tje enactment of effective anti-inflation controls. This would seem to be lbe opening shot in a civU war between two big segments of the nation's ' cconomy. REPORT ON EUROPE One of the clearest reports the home towns M of the country have received If 1 1 ? on western Europe's growing grow-ing strength was made last week by a senate subcommittee sub-committee after a 14-day visit with ' Gen. Dwight Eisenhower. The committee reported Eisenhower as saying "it is almost ridiculous for us to be talking in terms of fright and hysteria" in the face of the free world's overwhelming overwhelm-ing strength. The committee reported: re-ported: (1) Eisenhower's headquarters is dissatisfied with the fact that western Europe has increased its armed forces only 20 per & Ike and Rosenberg ent s? thf Korean waJ . began. (They have promised Mrs. Anna Rosenberg, assistant de- a 75 per cent lncrease next fense secretary, is greeted by Gen. Etsen- year) . (2) Spain and Yugo- bower at SHAPE headquarters near Paris. siavia should be brought 1 Mrs. Rosenberg is discussing manpower into the "master plans" for uilh the Allied supreme commander. defense of Europe; (3) Once (!: European military build-up ;1 is complete, it will be possible "to begin the gradual withdrawal of U. S. forces"; (4) There is dissatisfaction among U.S. field representatives at the "multiheaded command" in Washington over political, economic, and military operations; (5) It wiE cost about $1,000,000,000 in France ' alone to erect the "overhead" for combat operations; (6) Without U.S. leadership Europe by now might have fallen before Communism; (7) Economic aid must be "primarily for the purpose of assisting friendly countries to strengthen their individual and collective defenses"; (8) It is most important that east-west trade shall not be permitted to increase ( the war potential of the Soviet Union. RED BUILD-UP While Allied and Communist representatives f negotiate a cease-fire at Kaesong, with increasing prospects for success, '" the Reds have taken the opportunity to carry out a big military build-up r in Korea. Z Observers are now wondering if the Communists are planning a new offensive if the Kaesong armistice talks collapse, or are they pouring in i. troops merely to strengthen the hand of their negotiators? 3 Many are inclined to belive it means a new offensive. They point out ii that unusually heavy truck traffic through North Korea toward the front, j started at the first mention of armistice talks late in June and continued through mid-July. There is an entirely new vigor in the North Korean army, observers !J point out, and Communist artillery has become more plentiful and bolder. 3 Bed prisoners and deserters invariably talk about plans for a "new offensive". In the past they have usually been right. it THE WHEAT CROP In a new crop forecast, the department of jj agriculture predicts this year's wheat crop will fall below a billion bushels i lor the first time since 1943. This was a decrease of 72 million bushels from its July 1 forecast. However, the department said, the indicated crop, plus reserves, would be more than ample to meet needs. Floods and dry weather last month was credited with cutting the crop to an estimated 998 million bushel harvest. Several million acres of wheat, corn, barley, flaxseed and potatoes were destroyed by mid-west floods. The year's corn estimate was lowered to 3,206 million bushels, 89 million bushels below last month's predictions. REDS TO ATTEND Although the Soviet Union has announced she will send delegates to attend 50-nation Japanese peace treaty conference in San Francisco September 4, the" Eussian delegation is expected to refuse to sign the document, i The Russians have bitterly condemned the .proposed treaty draft as illegal and a device for tying an "aggressive" satellite Japan to the United States. By attending the conference the Russians will again have an opportunity oppor-tunity to create world-wide propaganda. They can be expected to protest the treaty item by item. 1 ' A CITY COMES BACK Nearly 17 million tons of mud, muck and tar vv' --ssd ' debris have been shoveled 1 aside in Kansas City as the flood-ravaged valleys of ' Missouri continue to make 5 1 one of the nation's most re-; re-; markable comebacks. ' Just three weeks after ' the flood waters had ebbed from the Kansas City stock-Jards, stock-Jards, a consignment of shorthorn cattle pounded "rough the wooden pens to ""ark the reopening of the ' "ation's second largest livestock live-stock market. Three major packing Plants are slaughtering again and more than 120 business firms have returned 10 offices evacuated during 2 lces evacuated during the flood. Although many families are still in dire need of relief and assistance, nearly 30,000 employees have returned to jobs washed out bJ the mid-July flood. Throughout the flood-stricken area, it's been back to business for Pain elevators, flour mills, farm machinery concerns, transfer companies, com-panies, sheet metal works, motor parts firms, tractor and equipment mpanies, paint manufacturers, milling companies, a creamery and Oairy SUppiy company, soap manufacturers and lumber companies. I It has been a wonderful story of a city fighting its way back. |