Show NEWS REVIEW Greek W Warfare al fal e Flares es Flood Curbs CUl bs Advocated The United Nations security council council coun- coun cil which has yet et to meet a tough I problem on head-on and overcome it rejected an American appeal for an emergency debate on the Balkan situation despite reports of of Increasing increasing ing strife In Greece When Herschel V. V Johnson deputy deputy deputy dep dep- uty U U. S S. delegate Warned that the crisis developing in Greece may burst into explosion any day Andrei GromYko Gromyko Gromyko Gro- Gro Soviet delegate delegate delegate dele dele- gate protested r g that an emergency t z J debate on the issue was unnecessary and France added that the Un United i t e d Nations must not JOHNSON act too hastily However the council did schedule schedule schedule sched sched- ule two special meetings in response response response re re- re- re to an American request to speed up the discussion of trouble in southeastern Europe Russia objected objected objected ob ob- ob- ob to this too charging that the U. U S S. S was attempting to prove that an extraordinary situation had bad been created in Greece Main U. U S S. S proposal for working out the difficulty in Greece calls for Yanks Are Coming The conservative A Athens t the h e n s newspaper Alma has reported on excellent authority authorIty authorIty author author- ity that United States troops will aid Greece halt further invasions Invasions In In- such as the one government government government govern govern- ment forces now are arc fighting The newspaper quoted an American spokesman as sayIng saying say- say Ing The uThe United States are decided decided decided de de- de- de to contribute to the safeguard safeguard safeguard safe safe- guard of Greek freedom and independence in- in independence independence in in- dependence even with American Ameri AmerI- can armed forces ter told a press conference at loan loan- nina that several of 20 prisoners taken by the defenders were unable to speak Greek and wore the Red RedStar RedStar RedStar Star insignia of the Soviet Union In the meantime a w war r department department department depart depart- ment announcement said that one invading force of 2000 had been gripped in a pincers pince s nine miles from Albania and that that a battle of annihilation was in progress A second second sec sec- second ond column was halted in its drive toward and surrounded by bythe bythe bythe the government troops FLOOD CONTROL year 10 Program Terming the problem one of desperate desperate desperate des urgency President Truman Truman Truman Tru Tru- man in a special message to congress congress congress con con- gress proposed that a swift start be made on a year 10 million dollar program to control floods inthe Inthe in inthe the entire Mississippi basin and change the character of the river from a destructive giant to a 8 productive productive pro pro- productive force He strongly implied that the present present present pres pres- ent congress should undertake the immense range long task before its adjournment A number of senators Immediately threw their support behind the Presidents President's proposal In general the construction program program pro pro- program gram as outlined by Mr Truman would provide a coordinated system of storage reservoirs in all the major major major ma ma- jor tributary basins of the Mississippi Mississippi Mississippi sippi coupled with levees flood- flood walls and diversion channels to protect protect protect pro pro- cities towns and farms in those basins Also he proposed that soil soll conservation conservation conservation con con- measures be put Into effect effect effect ef ef- ef- ef farther up-river up on the tributaries tribu taxies of each major basin In order to retard the flow and run-off run of waters from heavy heavy- rains and reduce reduce reduce re re- duce topsoil loss RACKET Training Hit Dr Allan Bates a Chicago scientist scientist scientist testified before a house armed services sub-committee sub that universal universal sal military training has become a vicious political racket and will willbe willbe willbe be a horrible cancer on the United States He cited the fate of European nations nations nations na na- na- na in the last war declaring that despite assurances from their top army leaders that universal traIning training training train traIn- ing would safeguard them from invasion in- in invasion in in- they all fell before the Nazi blitzkrieg As an alternative to universal milItary military military mil mil- training Bates said the United States should concentrate on a strong striking force a large air force strong reserves and a 0 well organized national guard all backed by adequate scientific and industrial al research |