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Show j WEEKLY NEWS ANALYSIS 1 Black Market in Meat Growing; Allies Vie for Oil in East; Goering Talks Big for Record Released by Western Newspaper Union re those ot (FDITOK'S NOTE: When opinions are expressed In these columns, ewSpape Wrtern Newspaper Union's news analysts and not necessarily ol inia Standing amidst wreckage ol Dresden, Germany, Waller Weld-auer Weld-auer (center), burgomaster ol city, surveys plan for reconstruction reconstruc-tion of city. With him m one o first pictures from Soviet zone are Hans Grunewald (left), propaganda prop-aganda minister, and Dr. Herbert, architect. t -www....-r,,- - .r. , Slandme am,dst feckage ol h t Dresden, Germany, Waller Weld- "I auer (center), burgomaster oj ' . .V;.? city, surveys plan for reconstruct - lion of city. With him m one o "H first pictures from Soviet zone f I are Hans Gruneuald (left), prop- aganda minister, and Dr. Herbert, ' architect. , ? t J ' I il K ? i - - ' v ' -M ' t , f v V i c . - , - -. , , ' J , H -1 i. - ' -V if TV f. y - m e - f j BLACK MARKETS: Grow in Meat As a result of the entrance of many small operators in the slaughter slaugh-ter and wholesale business in recent re-cent months, OPA enforcement policies poli-cies have been complicated and the black market situation is becoming more serious, federal officials say. Because the small operators can bid freely for livestock while the big packers must remain within OPA ceilings to collect subsidies, they have been diverting appreciable appreci-able quantities of cattle from the major slaughtering centers. According Accord-ing to one estimate, black market profits average 10 cents a pound live weight on cattle, or about $50 a head. Indicative of the extent of the diversion di-version of livestock from big packers, pack-ers, eastern interests have been buying from 60 to 65 per cent of all shipments to the Chicago stockyards stock-yards at over-ceiling prices. In cases where slaughterers apply ap-ply for subsidies, OPA cannot check on purchases at markets but must await monthly reports filed' in operators' op-erators' districts. If admitting over-ceiling over-ceiling purchases, slaughterers may claim miscalculations in trying to collect subsidies, or some may falsify fal-sify records as to amounts paid or grades bought. j ' Livestock Drop Though domestic and export demands de-mands are expected to remain heavy, the U. S. has less livestock on hand today to meet the clamor for meat than after World War I, a federal survey revealed. With the increase in population, there are 24 per cent fewer hogs per 1,000 people than in 1919, 24 per cent fewer sheep and 16 per cent fewer cattle. In round numbers, num-bers, there are now 445 hogs per 1,000 people in comparison with 558 in 1919; 316 sheep as against 417, and 378 cattle as against 476. Reflecting the decrease in livestock live-stock numbers, meat exports are far below those of 27 years ago. Weekly pork shipments in 1919 averaged aver-aged 37 million pounds in comparison compari-son with 4 million today; beef, 9 million against 6 million, and lamb and mutton, 340,000 pounds against 40,000. Exports of lard also have OIL: Diplomatic Prize Precious in an industrial age as a source of fuel, power, lubricants and chemicals, oil ranks as the big prize for diplomatic maneuverings in the near east. In strengthening its position in Iran over U. S. and British protests, Russia openly entered the fight for near eastern oil, belaboring the Iranian government for failure to grant it petroleum concessions in the northern half of the country. coun-try. The British have substantial interests in-terests in the, south. Mixing oil with politics, the Reds sought to justify their pressure for the petroleum permits by pointing out that the northern Iranian fields were adjacent to major Russian Rus-sian wells and their operation by foreign interests would constitute a threat to Soviet security. The Reds cited Britain's invasion of Russia from northern Iran in 1918-20. Although the Reds sought to protect their Caucasian frontier in 1921 by drawing up a pact with Iran forbidding the leasing of the northern north-ern oil fields to foreign powers, Iran broke the treaty by granting U. S., British and Dutch companies concessions, Moscow said. The con cessions were cancelled in 1944, however, pending clarification of the international situation. While Iranian oil commanded the spotlight, interest also centered on the neighboring country of Iraq, where the British have substantial petroleum interests. Native ', Kurds were said to be organizing an independence inde-pendence movement which ' might affect British holdings. 1 Amid the high tension excited over Russian maneuverings in Iran in the face of U. S. and British protests, pro-tests, London insisted upon the withdrawal with-drawal of Soviet troops from Iran before negotiations for oil concessions conces-sions were undertaken. The British also demanded that offers of other countries for holdings be considered. ATOM COMMISSION: Welcome Choice Appointment of Financier Bernard Ber-nard M. Baruch as U. S. representative representa-tive on the United wwpipijpwiww Nation organiza-r organiza-r 1 uon's atomic ener- 8 f 1 gy commission was H 1 1 welcomed in capi- t f&ftf- I tal circleSi the bril-W bril-W 1 liant Wall street l f' I magnate enjoying 1 high prestige in I lf I Washington, D. C, M 1 as a governmental fessKsafiiW adviser and top Baruch trouble - shooter. In selecting Baruch Bar-uch to the post, President Truman named a man who has long been known to stand four-square for international co-operation. Originally Original-ly a strong backer of the defunct league of nations, Baruch is an ardent ar-dent supporter of UNO as against any system of international alliances alli-ances such as Winston Churchill's proposed U.S. -British tie-up. As U. S representative to the atomic commission, Baruch named Financier John M. Hancock, Investment Invest-ment Banker Ferdinand Eberstadt, Publicist Herbert Bayard Swope and Engineer Fred Searls as his alternates al-ternates and co-workers in helping shape international policies and control con-trol of atomic energy. WAR CRIMES: Brave Front Convinced ' that a hangman's noose awaits him, Hermann Goering Goer-ing put up a brave show as the first Nazi defendant to testify : in the war crimes trials at Nuernberg, talking for the historical record. Never a wall-flower,- Goering sought to stress his own importance in the national socialist movement in Germany by publicly professing his own authority and seeking to evaluate the real influence of others charged with high responsibilities. As a result, he played down the power of such men as Field Marshall Mar-shall Kietel; Ambassador von Papen, and Youth Leader von Shir-ach. Shir-ach. Having boldly admitted that the Nazis stopped at nothing to preserve the power won at free elections in 1933, Goering reaffirmed his adherence ad-herence to the fuehrer principle, claiming that the ' multiplicity of political parties in pre-Hitler Germany Ger-many had weakened the country and a strong central leadership was necessary to channel the energies of the nation. Speaking of German intentions in the western hemisphere, Goering asserted as-serted that U. S. and British competition com-petition muffled efforts at economic infiltration of South America. Lack of a large air force and naval fleet also precluded military operations against the U. S., he said. CANADA: ! Red. Friendship a Tganfry15 cky Prime Mir, packed gallery, f c n. ada decried passage o un -entrinfofnthe Soviet espionage ring covering ol tne o m. fenrTthVfrietly relations ent parliament, King serting that it w gnd Stating that announcement of the ,1 ring had been purposely espionage ring n lusion 0f delayed until after xne j rtnd ThTts meeting of Odtoaavoidhecompromising Big ree relations, King said he npotntedPr?oV Bussis tawa who directed the espionage Lg and Moscow's denunc a bon of activities as "inadmissible. Among Kta8,Ustenerhsr8rf Rose communist member of par Uament from Montreal, who . was charged with being a Setee" for the Soviet spy ring andfDr-f dond Boyer, assistant professor of chemistry at McGiU university, who helped make tne a secret process. SPAIN: Answers V. S. Mildly taken to task by the U. S and British governments, which called upon the Spanish people for the creation of a democratic government, gov-ernment, the Franco regime sought to allay the opposition to it by citing cit-ing a dozen friendly acts toward the allies during the war. At the same time, the Franco government gov-ernment charged the U. S. with drawing up plans for an invasion of the Iberian peninsula in 1943 and presenting them for consideration of other allied nations in 1944. Despite an aggressive anti-Franco campaign cam-paign in the American press, the project fell through, Madrid said. Admitting that Franco had sat on the diplomatic fence during the early phases of the war and had finally leaned toward the allied side with America's entry into the conflict, con-flict, the Franco government listed these friendly acts toward the allies: al-lies: Recognition of the provisional French government in North Africa; passage of French troops through Spain to Algiers and refusal refus-al to deal with Mussolini's puppet regime. FARM PRICES: Seek Raise Despite opposition of Secretary of Agriculture Anderson, the senate farm bloc announced its determination determina-tion to push its fight for an upward parity revision sponsored by Sen. Richard B. Russell (Dem., Ga.) Tacked on as an amendment to an administration bill that would increase in-crease the minimum hourly wage from 40 to 65 cents, Russell's proposal pro-posal would provide for including higher farm pay in the parity formula. for-mula. In going on record against Russell's Rus-sell's plan, Anderson described it as inflationary. It would wreck the whole stabilization and price control program, he charged. Quick to respond, re-spond, Russell accused Anderson of playing up to the CIOs political action committee, which has opposed increases in living costs, and stated that agriculture has no real friends in the policy-making departments of government. WORLD BANK: Ready to Go With the formal organization of the international bank for recon struction and development and the international fund for stabilizing currencies for world trade, early loans to war-stricken and backward countries were anticipated Advances of from one billion to two billion dollars by the end of 1946 were considered possibilities by the international bank delegates ,h expected Greece, Poland "zecho Slovakia, Holland and China to r 1 6?,r y appUcatin for money to rebuild their war-shattered econ omies. Backward South American nations also were expected to eek oans for development of industry to furnish products for hoe con sumption and trade. As No. 1 contributor to the a billion, 100 million dollar bank I the 8 billion, SOOmUUonlK obtained permanent"" India representatives from seven ' 7h " nations appointed to eacl H ther for short terms ins''lution FARM HELP: As spring field work wnc ff to an early start Som'""6 sons were at work o"4W-00 per- the first of March 6 m" aroU,ld tn a monto eartier ' W were shorter than a L Worlt-d5's both operators and hi VS for in almost every st "te hands The number of'Ber,nn on farms was less n? WOrklnR earher in all regions 8 yc;,r dde and sou h a H f"Pt c |