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Show J SCANNING THE WEEK'S NEWS of Main Street and the World iliies in Accord on United Army; irug May Wipe Out Tuberculosis tt EUROPEAN ARMY The members of the North Atlantic Treaty :i:anization have reached agreement on lour important points for the .''.;nse of Western Europe and the strengthening of the united army ch may mean the salvation of the democratic form of government. 7?h of the points will involve great sacrifice on the part of every gov-ment, gov-ment, by soldiers, and by the taxpayers of the participating nations. Most important, perhaps, was the agreement to provide about 50 ibat-ready land divisions and 4,000 operations aircraft for European jj'mse this year in addition to forces Greece and Turkey can make ilable. Second, and possibly the most controversial, to approve the general ines of a plan partially drafted by France, West Germany, Italy, the Benelux nations to merge their armies into a European defense i :e. Under this plan the Allies of World War II propose to rearm West-Germany. West-Germany. The arming of West Germany, however, must be ap-jed ap-jed by the governing bodies of the countries involved in the treaty. ther the French will ratify the proposal is still in doubt. If turned by the French National Assembly it could mean the collapse of the jj'ied army. Third, the N.A.T.O. nations agreed to create a board to make a tiled study of the western world's needs for airfields, barracks, complications com-plications lines, and other army-supporting facilities, and recommend ) to share the cost of building them. And fourth, to streamline the N.A.T.O. itself and make It more -sient, on a pattern roughly like that of the United Nations secretariat, ead of the present overlapping boards and committees. ' The plan for a 50-division army this year means that 20 more divi-'2!s divi-'2!s will have to be recruited and armed in the next 10 months. One Uliority interpreted the plan in these words: "Right now the Reds d walk to France's westernmost Atlantic shore, but by the end of year they would have to fight their way. By the end of 1954 we would j iible to throw them back." Mr- IJ 1 1 ml. Mi This picture of the big three foreign ministers and West Germany's Kon-rct? Kon-rct? Adenauer was made at conclusion of talks at which agreement was inched on outstanding issues for a united European army. Left to right: (-. Konrad Adenauer of West Germany; Secretary of State Dean Acheson; ijhony Eden, British foreign secretary; and Mr. Rtbert Schumann, French leign minister. "TAXES The Public Affairs Institute, which describes itself as a , lolitical organization, has issued a study of U.S. tax laws which ts out six loopholes that are costing the Federal government $4,500,-100 $4,500,-100 a year and benefits almost entirely those with annual incomes of jr3 than $10,000. 7:rhey are outlined as: (1) Percentage depletion $750,000,000; (2) In-aste In-aste splitting $2,500,000,000; (3) Failure to include a provision for he:holding of taxes on dividend and corporate-bond interest payments i!)0,000,000; (4) Failure to increase estate and gift tax rate sharply tit tighten up on this levy $400,000,000; (5) Failure to increase the ittal gains tax rate sharply and tighten up on this levy $400,000,000; leinApproval of a broadened family partnership provision in the 1951 n.pr-5100,000,000. in More will be heard about this study in the next few weeks as con-an con-an 5 gets into full debate over the proposed new tax bill. loc tHUSSIAN A-BOMBS n the 34th anniversary of the Soviet army, js iSian military leaders and newspapers warned the western world that ijfeiia possessed "atom bombs of all calibers" and said that any ag-sor ag-sor would be met with "crushing, deadly blows." In addition, the sources charged that "Anglo-American imperialists" are plan-;tal( plan-;tal( to unleash a third World War. ei-VTost observers agreed that the speeches and articles were the usual 1 S? of Soviet propaganda that is necessary on an important occasion. Gi-it was noted that the claim clearly implied that Russia has in her d iVial tactical atomic weapons to match those recently developed and it. d in the United States. :tie; a COST OF LIVING The Bureau of Labor Statistics reports 'the cost iiitlving stood still in its latest 30 day survey as measured by the gov-jtpent's gov-jtpent's new consumers' price index. buVood prices rose about a tenth of a per cent, but clothing and house itir.shings were down a little. nuirhe new index stood at 189.1 per cent of the 1935-39 average in mid-e mid-e tary. This was 4.2 per cent above a year earlier and 11.1 per cent e the pre-Korean average. Wholesale prices were reported 5 per iafl below a year ago. PVTOMIC SPY TEAM Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, convicted last ol g of stealing atomic secrets for Russia and sentenced to die for tuyson, heard their sentences upheld by a Federal Appeals Court. Three rrn-al judges said in their decision: "It cannot be held that these sen-' sen-' :s are unconstitutional." Only the United States Supreme Court can lit, save the Rosenbergs from the electric chair. fr5 Che Rosenbergs are the first Americans ever sentenced to death for cthon outside a military court. At the time of their conviction, Judge $ ig R. Kaufman called Rosenberg worse than a murderer. In his opin-s"3 opin-s"3 Judge Kaufman said, the Rosenbergs' treason led to the war in i Ka, with its tens of thousands of American casualties. , reU h s'UBERCULOSIS Dreaded Tuberculosis, once the great scourge of j jkind, may within a few years be completely wiped out. This hope ntered on a new wonder wmcn was usea in re- months in treatment of Q4 ly 200 persons in the ad- ' ysed stages of the disease !, I Sea View hospital in y0n Island. .ghtly smaller than as- I (see picture), it is ex- sd to be on the market summer under various j 5 names. The pills will ;, f a TB patient a fantasti-.A fantasti-.A low 25 to 50 cents a t ' the tests ' at Sea View ,'" Hal doctors were , - 1 - I . I 1. he drug. Within a few weeks, high temperatures went down to nor-; nor-; j lung cavities began to heal, patients recovered energy and appetite. see, at last, may have found the answer in the battle against tuber-; tuber-; iis. |
