Show WEEKLY NEWS ANALYSIS ANALYSIS- Change Seen for Health Measure Fren Frenzied Reds Acclaim Stalin at 70 Hungary Limits Off Limits for Americans d In these thue columns column they are those of EDITORS EDITOR'S N VOTE TE Wh When n opinions are express this western e Newspaper ew Unions Union news analysts and not necessarily of or newspaper HEALTH BILL Changes Planned There was little likelihood that it would amount to anything in thelong thelong the thelong long run since run since the bill seems foredoomed foredoomed foredoomed fore fore- doomed to failure failure but but Oscar Ewing federal security administrator administrator adminis adminis- let it be known h he will recommend recommend rec rec- some changes 1 in n the administrations administration's ad ad- J ministrations ministration's medical insurance bill now before con congress ress EWINGS EWING'S conviction that the measure as drawn could stand 4 some revision came after he obtained obtained obtained ob ob- a personal insight into the socialized health program as practiced practiced in England and other European European European Euro Euro- countries Ewing said his recommendations were not completely formulated formulated formu formu- but indicated there would be a In the bill to reduce reduce re re- re duce the opportunity for collusion between patients and doctors to tonu nu augment ent medical fees The approach under consideration I tion by the US U.S. survey group is to require the patient to pay a part of the cost of the medical service not not to a doctor but to an insurance insurance insurance ance fund AS THE US U.S. BILL is now drafted doctors would be compensated compensated sated in an any or all of three ways a a per capita payment irrespective tive of service a straight salary or a fee basis However it might very well be much ado about nothing as It seemed apparent neither the peo peo- people pIe of the US U.S. the medical profession profession sion Lion or a sufficient number of congressmen congressmen congressmen con con- gressmen are in the mood for Installation in installation In- In of socialized medicine In the United States HUNGARY Off-Limits Off The United States irked and with patience worn thin placed controlled Communist Hungary off limits Emits for Americans traveling abroad The action was taken because the Hungarian government has paid no attention to US U.S. demands that Robert A. A an official of the International Telephone Telegraph corporation had not been released after his arrest ton arrest on November 18 At that time several other Americans were taken into custody by the Hungarians The American note placing the travel ban on Americans to Hungary Hungary Hun Hun- r gary again demanded release and reserved the right to claim damages for any injuries he may have suffered Although the US U.S. protest was directed directed di di- only to the case a state department spokesman said that It applied also to the arrest arrest arrest ar ar- ar- ar rest of Israel Jacobsen head of the American joint distribution committees committee's Hungarian office It was a strong note and indicated indi Gated the temper of the US U.S. state r. r department but its effect could be determined only in the release or further detention of and his imprisoned fellow Americans CUPID Busy Fellow Cupid was a very busy fellow Indeed as the holiday season came and went And most of his activity I was centered in the upper brackets of US U.S. celebrities Hardly had he sat down to rest after bringing Vice President Alben Alben Al Al- ben W W. Barkley and Mrs Hadley together at the altar when he was up tIp and off again this time to bring about the union of New York Mayor ODwyer and fashion styli stylist t Elizabeth Elizabeth Elizabeth Eliza Eliza- beth Sloan Simpson This romance culminated with a wedding in Florida BUT the little fellow Tellow with the wings and the bow and arrows wasn't having any rest With the Ink barely dry on the press announcements announcements an an- of Mayor wedding headlines carrying a re really really real real- lly l- l ly romantic wallop were screamIng screaming scream- scream Ing mg again And this time Cupid had ad hit r f. f s where it hurt Thousands of movie- movie struck females across the nation with a goodly number of them being being be be- ing Hollywoods Hollywood's o own 0 fair and famous were s shocked h hoc o c k ked e d then grieved as they learned that longtime long long- longtime time movie idol Clark Gable had wed HANDSOME man he-man Gable had taken to wife the widow of the late Douglas Fairbanks Sr She was the former Lady Ashley Gable gave gave his age as 48 his bride said she was 39 The marriage was the fourth for each Labor Honored 1 UNITED STATES POSTAGE x f K W This is a photograph of the new three cent US U.S. postage stamp which will be issued to commemorate the anniversary anniversary anni anni- of the birth of Samuel Gompers great American la labor labor labor la- la bor leader It will be he printed in purple and will go on sale in Washington on January 27 STALIN Big Birthday The Soviet dominated world went into a frenzy as each nation and satellite strove to outdo the others In paying tribute to Russia's Joseph Stalin on his birth anniversary THE RUSSIANS were in their usually rare form using the occasion occasion oc oc- oc- oc casion to hurl a thunderous demand demand demand de de- de- de mand for peace at the world In order to achieve It ft they would set setup setup setup up the they said annual awards for those doing the most to preserve peace and to confound the war That category Included in included in- in of course all nations and governments out of sympathy with the Soviet aim of expansion Almost fantastic was the extent to which the worshippers Stalin went in adulation of Stalin Thousands Thousands Thousands Thou Thou- sands of parcels and crates trainloads trainloads trainloads train- train loads of merchandise whole exposition exposition exposition ex ex- ex- ex position halls of trinkets and pictures pictures pictures pic pic- tures factories and socks books and horses wine and toys delicacies delicacies delicacies delica delica- cies and cars were funneled toward Moscow from the Elbe to China from the Arctic to the Black sea NO ONE MAN could ever use all the gifts or read all the hon hon- ors No one man could ever distribute distribute distribute dis dis- dis- dis tribute them What it was allworth all allworth allworth worth was anyone's guess ess but certainly certainly certainly millions of dollars Eastern Germany alone collected collected collected col col- col- col 70 freight cars of gifts gifts gifts- one for each year year year-as as a sort of whimsical reparations The western world paid little heed to the Soviet chest beating over a desire for peace and so far faras faras faras as the press recorded England was the only nation among the North Atlantic pact signatories to send congratulations to Stalin on his birthday But for the Russians themselves themselves themselves them them- selves to most of whom Stalin is ismore ismore ismore more legendary than real the the thrilling dramatic high spot of the anniversary celebration came in Moscow w when h hen e n Stalin himself walked out on a stage to let the people see him INDONESIA Freedom Uneasy IThe i iThe The United States of Indonesia was an established fact It had become become become be be- come formally free after years of Dutch rule But the birth of freedom was no routine casual affair Just like the case with most republics the birthday was grim and turbulent Even as freedom was declared the new nation deployed troops and maintained a state of siege in wide areas to prevent anticipated disturbances IT WAS EXPECTED that Communists Communists Communists Com Com- and some die hards would attempt to make trouble for the new republic and to embarrass it by creating disorders Hundreds of troops patrolled the streets of Batavia and machine- machine gun posts were set up at Dutch troops throughout the country were confined to barracks for two days to pi prevent event clashes A UNITED NATIONS commission commission commission commis commis- sion set a truce in the islands which ended the bloody fighting between the Indonesians a and n d Dutch and also supported a Dutch Dutch- Indonesian roundtable conference at the Hague last fall which led to the granting of Indonesian independence inde inde- |