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Show I WEEKLY NEWS ANALYSIS . United Nations Security Pact Headed for Senate Ratification; Act Against German War Revival I by Western Newspaper Union.- . 1 ( EDITOR'S NOTE: When opinions are expressed tn these columns, they are those of Western Newspaper Union's news analysts and not necessarily of this newspaper.) I s ' ' I y ; s 1 M f - V . As General MacArthur listens to native chieftains of Philippine archipelago, archi-pelago, the governor of Jolo (left) recounts the majesty of the sultan of Sulu (right), who has 26 wives and over 100 children. UNITED NATIONS: To Senate Drawn up by 800 delegates from 50 countries, the United Nations postwar security organization now goes up for ratifica-r""",S"T! ratifica-r""",S"T! Uon by the various f states, with indica- V " ' tions 1116 U' S- senate, for one, will IV. . '2rf" approve of the X-' K , charter to curb fu- i ; "V tTe aggression. ! ! I Even though an ; , iN 1 effort may be made to incorporate sev- rrr"! eral minor provi- 1J. 1 sions into the char- ! ' -1 ter to assure American sover- ' A eTty tnt tater" v f $ parable to the one fX"" r 1 resulting in rejec- V H I 1 t'on e eaSue p - ' of Nations- is ex-f ex-f - 1I pected to develop in V .J the senate, where tiii-ssa 51 members already Senators have signified their Connally and approval. Vandenberg For one thing, ratification of the charter will be considered before the peace conferences, thus avoiding opposition op-position to enforcement of unpopular unpopu-lar provisions, which helped beat the League of Nations. Then, too, the inclusion of Senators Connally (Dem., Texas) and Vandenberg (Rep., Mich.) on the American delegation dele-gation at San Francisco provided the upper house with representation of its interests in the formulation of the organization. In this respect, the support of Sena-.tor Sena-.tor Vandenberg is expected to prove invaluable in swinging the votes of the more cautious members, since the Michigan solon has taken a middle mid-dle of the road course in international internation-al affairs. Under the circumstances, Vandenberg said, the charter is the best that could have been gotten, and though imperfect, neverthless is a step toward effective collective security. It is anticipated that some senators sena-tors will challenge the power of the American delegate on the security council to vote for the use of armed force in settling a dispute without congressional, approval. However, it is expected that proponents pro-ponents of ratification will suggest legislation under which congress would instruct the American delegate dele-gate on action to be taken. POSTWAR GERMANY: Curb on Industry Allied acquisition of German technological tech-nological developments and prevention preven-tion of the re-establishment of German Ger-man industry in foreign countries in the postwar period are among the aims of the U. S. state department for destroying the economic basis for a military revival of the vanquished van-quished Reich. Expounded by Assistant Secretary of State William L. Clayton, the U. S. program being worked out in conjunction with the British calls for the acquisition of all of Germany's Ger-many's wartime technological developments, de-velopments, since total war requires re-quires the use of virtually every phase of industry. It was also revealed re-vealed that U. S. officials have tentatively ten-tatively agreed that the developments develop-ments could be used by this country coun-try for peacetime production. With German industrialists reportedly re-portedly having planned to set themselves them-selves in foreign countries to help rebuild the shattered Reich through the export of capital and material, Clayton said the U. S. will take steps to prevent such a move. Be cause not all South American countries coun-tries have wholly co-operated in exterminating ex-terminating German business firms, he said, 100 exist in Argentina, 27 in Uruguay, 10 each in Colombia and Chile, and 5 in Paraguay. PACIFIC: Cleanup Witih the finish of the campaign on Okinawa, attention again was drawn to the Philippines, where General MacArthur's forces split the surviving Japanese army in northern Luzon and also cleaned up on Mindanao. Meanwhile, the U. S. and Australian Australi-an assault on Borneo slowed in the face of stiff Japanese resistance in the rugged country, prized for its rich oil resources. Helping ground forces, Allied aircraft pounded enemy ene-my coastal vessels supplying strong-points, strong-points, and hammered fuel dumps and airdromes. Split by the juncture of U. S. . troops driving northward and southward south-ward in the Cagayan valley, remnants rem-nants of the once powerful Japanese army on Luzon fell back into the mountainous country on the east and west sides of the island, where they could be expected to make a last, desperate stand. Ability to prolong pro-long resistance was greatly impaired, im-paired, however, with the Yanks' capture of the major enemy supply base in the rugged terrain west of the Cagayan valley. MEAT: Hog Drop Announcement of the department of agriculture that the number, of hogs available for slaughter this summer will be below last year, and the spring pig crop fell 7 per cent under 1944, presaged continued tight pork and lard supplies until at least next spring. As a result, the general meat situation situ-ation vis expected to remain acute despite high marketings of cattle, reductions in army orders and a severe cut in exports. With major stockyards presently receiving small shipments of hogs, little hope was held for improvement improve-ment during the next three months, with the report that the number of pigs more than six months old totaled to-taled only 25,566,000 as of June 1, 8,934,000 head below last year. Because of the drop in the spring pig crop to 51,687,000, supplies of pork and lard will remain tight through next winter when the hogs are marketed. Even if farmers fatten fat-ten up the spring crop liberally, the pork and lard tonnage will fall 350,-000 350,-000 tons below last year's level. Any increase in the -fall pig crop will not be felt before next spring or summer when the hogs are butchered. butch-ered. ; TIRES: July Quotas Declaring that it was rationing more tires than current production warranted because a record number num-ber of flats and blowouts could be expected durirjg the hot weather, OPA set the July quota for passenger passen-ger tires at 2,500,000, the same as last month. Going only to "B" and "C" card holders, the quotas should meet the immediate requirements of essential drivers, OPA said. Until military demands taper and the manpower and military situation improves, "A" card motorists possess little chance of receiving any cords. At the same time, the quota of smaller-sized truck tires was boosted boost-ed from 360,000 last month to 386,862, and the allotment of larger truck and bus types was increased from , 189,750 to 234,308. LEND-LEASE: Russian Aid Announcement that Russia had received re-ceived upwards of 3 billion dollars of lend-lease aid in 1944 pointed up the question of continued assistance to the Soviets following the defeat of Germany. Speaking before a house appropriations appropri-ations committee, Foreign Economic Econom-ic Administrator Leo Crowley revealed re-vealed that lend-lease would be shipped to Russian Siberia, where the presence of Soviet troops tends to pin down great numbers of Japanese Jap-anese who might otherwise be diverted di-verted against American, British, Chinese and other Allied forces in the Pacific. Mapped by the military, this lend-lease lend-lease program will continue as, long as the army deems it essential to the Allied cause, Crowley said. All material being shipped is considered necessary to the plan. Despite the end of hostilities in Europe, the lend-lease budget for 1946 calls for 4 billion, 375 million dollars, Crowley revealed. With the tapering off of shipments following V-E Day, some countries were given giv-en the opportunity to buy material to complete plants and other facilities facili-ties started under the lend-lease program. . Because the army deems it necessary neces-sary to combat hunger and disease in American areas of occupation, Italy will receive supplies under the 1946 lend-lease budget. Vet Death Claims Jump With claims increasing 250 per cent in the last eight months, the veterans administration has thus far paid out over 2 billion dollars in national service life insurance. From only 87,340 approved claims from October, 1940, to October, 1944, the total jumped to 307,264 in the intervening 8 months, . it was revealed. As of June, 1945, 17,627,500 applications appli-cations for the federal insurance have been accepted, totalling over 136 billion dollars. Average policy is over $900. SUGAR: Dicker With Cuba Rejecting the U. S. offer for virtually vir-tually all of the 1946 sugar crop at 3.45 cents a pound, Cuban millers and planters countered with demands de-mands for iVz cents plus guarantees "for continued American support of their market. Under the Cuban proposals, the U. S. would have to assure purchase of 85 per cent of the country's sugar output through 1950 at a price equal to that paid Puerto Rican producers; guarantee annual imports of not less than 3,000,000 tons of Cuban sugar, and supply chemical fertilizers, agricultural ag-ricultural implements, mill machinery' machin-ery' and spare parts for the expansion expan-sion of the Cuban sugar industry. In addition, the Cuban interests seek assurance that the cost of American rice, lard, jam, bacon, pork, corn, meal, wheat, flour, shoes, lumber and machinery will not be increased to upset the balance between be-tween prices received and paid in trade between the two countries. SALARIES: List Tops Business men and movie stars were among the highest salaried Americans in 1943-44 with President Presi-dent Charles E. Wilson of General. Gen-eral. Motors topping the latest treasury list with $459,041. Right behind, 'Thomas J. Watson Wat-son of the International Business Busi-ness Machines corporation drew $425,549, while Film Actor Fred MacMurrqy made $419,167. No less than five other General Gen-eral Motors officials drew over $300,000 during 1943-44, with Or-mond Or-mond E. Hunt receiving $359,-519; $359,-519; Albert Bradley, $350,432; John, Thomas Smith, $306,311; Donaldson Brown, $306,161, and Charles F. Kettering, $306,118. Film Actress Barbara Stanwyck made 323,333 while Crooner Bing Crosby earned $294,444 exclusive ex-clusive of radio fees. FARM LOANS: For Vets To finance vets' purchases of family-sized farms, the 7arm Security administration has set aside $25,000,-000 $25,000,-000 for the next 12 months under terms much more liberal than those of the G.I. Bill of Rights. Made under the terms of the Bankhead-Jones farm tenant act of 197, loans can cover the full purchase pur-chase price of the farm and allow up to 40 years for repayment at 3 per cent interest on the unpaid balance. bal-ance. FSA already has received applications from more than 2,000 discharged veterans wanting to buy farms. FSA also announces that more than 2,500 veterans have obtained rehabilitation loans to finance purchase pur-chase of machinery, livestock, feed and seed so they could resume farming, farm-ing, mostly on rented land. AUSTRALIAN BOOM A network of strategic highways born of military neoessity promises to speed the development of Australia Austra-lia in peace, says Ethyl News. These roads, some comparable to the Al-can Al-can and Pan-American highways of North America, now tie together the north, south, east' and west of Australia, Aus-tralia, and open up more than 1,500,-000 1,500,-000 miles of almost virgin land. The First World war gave Australian Aus-tralian industry its first big push, and World War II has carried it I immensely further, it is pointed out. |