Show t WEEKLY NEWS ANALYSIS ANALYSIS- U US U.S. Orders Expulsion of 22 Czech I Officials Observers Say Political Picture Becoming Foggy Unreal EDITOn'S NOTE When opinions are expressed In Jn these they are Brei those thole o ol 01 t Western Newspaper Unions Union's s news analysts and not necessarily of 01 this newspaper CZECHS U. U S. S Hits Back The United States has ordered expulsion of 22 Czech officials fro from this country in retaliation of recent anti American conduct by that country Th The Thi U US U.S. S note which hinted a at future diplomatic blows against the Kremlin controlled government will not notor charged Czechoslovakia no noor h or cannot conduct itself decent decently with other nations Diplomats considered the U. U S. S note strongly worded and saw the action as clear evidence of the disintegration of relations between the two countries It reduced the number of ot Czech officials in this country from 33 to 22 I The state department note said in part Since the United States cannot conduct normal diplomatic and consular conI con- con consular I sular functions in Czechoslovakia and since the relations between the two governments are being restricted restricted restricted re re- re- re In scope through the actions of the Czechoslovakia government the latter has been requested within a reasonable time to close its consulates consulates consulates con con- in Cleveland and Pittsburgh and to make a reduction in its official official of ot- personnel in the United States similar to that demanded of the United States in Czechoslovakia The expulsion order means the Czech government will have 11 representatives representatives representatives rep rep- In this country all possibly possibly possibly pos pos- sibly in Washington The order does not Include that country's representation representation representation tation to the United Nations BOMBS A-BOMBS Nearer to Europe Millions who have had the jitters since the first atomic bomb was dropped on Japan received a new jolt when It was announced U. U S. S military officials are considering placing atomic weapons within easy a reach of this country's European allies Such a move indicates that this country would use the atomic bombin bomb bombin in case of ot war and has no immediate immedi immedI- immediate ate plans of ot trying to get it outlawed outlawed outlawed out out- observers said Some congressmen called the Idea terrible and predicted 98 per percent percent percent cent of the legislators would rebel if It should be presented to them Observers agreed that initial congressional congressional congressional con con- gressional reaction to the idea indicates indicates indicates indi indi- cates it will have tough sledding if ifft It Jt reaches Capitol Hill Military l authorities were exploring exploring ing mg the highly controversial proposal proposal proposal pro pro- a and n d possible safeguards against having the bombs fall into enemy hands Before atomic weapons could be made available to European members members mem mem- bers hers of ot the Atlantic pact however congress would have to amend the atomic energy act SANDERS Farms for Living Dr Hermann N. N N Sanders deprived deprived de de- deprived de- de of his right to practice medicine medicine medi medi- medicine cine in New v Hampshire following his his' mercy slaying trial has turned to tilling the soil for his neighbors I L J. to support his wife and three daugh daugh- Some observers however felt h he e would be reinstated when the state stat e medical board let him apply o oJune on en n June 19 Meanwhile the doctor was supplying supplying supply ing his own tractor for the fa farm tarm work and moved about from job to t o oo job on a trailer attached to his auto auto- o mobile Neighbors said his rate of ot pa pay y for plowing and cultivating farmlands farmlands farmlands farm farm- lands of ot the area was 54 4 4 an ho hour r. r NA NATIONALISTS NATIONALIST S Repulse Landing I The Communists tried a practice prattle e landing on Chushan Ch shan island miles mile s southwest of Shanghai but were repulsed repulsed repulsed re re- pulsed the Chinese Nationalists Nationalist s report The announcement caused speculation speculation lation that the invasion of ot Formosa Formos a Itself protected by miles o of i open seas from the mainland wa was s about to begin Nationalists sources said they regard regard regard re re- gard a Red inside job as great a threat as an actual invasion A I Communist fifth column on Formosa Fori Formosa For For- i mosa had been broken up it wa was s reported but many of ot the Re Reagents Red d agents remained at large The Nationalists had nothing t tsay to o say of their raid a few tew days earlier earlie r on villages on the mainland 5 50 0 miles southwest of Chushan WHISKEY Big Business The whiskey Industry has ion long g been big business but now it com comes es to light that apparently apparent ly are arc producing more whiskey in t the he United States than the legal di dis- dis s A spokesman for the Indus industry tr y said laId moonshine stills stUls seized by state sta to and federal officials in 1949 had a productive of 9 gallons more than the nations nation's di dis- dis s I Truman Speaks d S v i This Is a part of the 10 acres of citizens that hat turned out to hear President Truman on his political non tour across the nation He is pictured speaking from the rear platform of his special train POLITICS POLITICS- Foggy and Unreal Observers are beginning to shout that hat the current political scene is becoming so foggy and unreal that tha t the general public is confused Perhaps Perhaps Perhaps Per Per- haps It is the observers themselves who are confused Regardless of ot their shouts however however however how how- ever President Truman concluded conclude d his tour across the nation making makin g as many as 16 speeches a day while whit e en congress tied itself into knots o on n one issue after another As if that tha t wasn't enough the had mapped plans of ot winning the Solid South and were screaming louder than han anyone about deficit spending and creeping socialism The President has been making speeches pointing out 1 The lower low low- er brackets can double their income income income in in- come into real money within the next 10 years possibly as high as a year 2 Republican charges that the Fair Deal is leading lead- lead leading ing ng to socialism are silly nonsense nonsense nonsense non non- sense 3 TVA power developments developments developments develop develop- ments will keep us the most powerful powerful powerful pow pow- erful nation in the world 4 The nations nation's output of goods and services can be lifted to billion dollars by 1960 In the East meanwhile the house cut the package one appropriations ions bill by an estimated one billion bilion bil- bil lion ion dollars and sent the measure to the senate The vote to 21 was considered considered considered consid consid- ered a big defeat for Truman Democrats joined Republicans In making the cut In the South publisher J J. J Oliver Emmerick told the third annual States' States Rights convention that our ou task ask is to sell the people against t deficit spending creeping socialIsm socialism social social- ism sm and the totalitarian state They seek to weld the south Into the he nations nation's most powerful minority even so strong they could become the he national balance of ot political power jower power And from the looks o of ot f things they they may succeed in creating creating crea- crea ting ing another congress very hostile e to 0 Truman GERMANY When A Treaty Germany m may y never get a peace treaty reaty some political observers observer have hinted The hints were bean being g made after America Britain an and France announced they will keep troops in Germany and refuse t to write a peace treaty as long a as Russian policy divides the country For that reason there may never neve r be a treaty observers report Russia Russia Russia Rus Rus- sia is not likely to change her policy because because it would be a political de de- feat The Soviet is only interested In victories The western powers said In view of the continued refusal refuse of ot the Soviet government to permit t inhabitants of their zone of ot occupation occupation tion to rejoin their fellow countrymen country country- men in a democratic and unified sniffs d Germany it has not been possible and will not be as long as thi this Soviet policy persists to proceed t to conclusion of a treaty of ot peace wit with h I German Germany In the present situation o of f Europe supreme authority must remain remain re re- main in the hands of ot the Allied Allic d powers The three powers however have haw e agreed to the gradual modification n of many controls to which weste western rn Germany Is still subject I Shadows I Republicans may have talked faille d down President Truman's I. I trial trip out but they kept an ey eye e on him just the same The eye was Victor Johnson e executive executive ex ex- secretary of the Republican Republica n senatorial campaign committee He shadowed the President across the nation by chartered plane an and ond d showed up at all the chief exe executive executives executive's cu tive's tives important speeches RUSSIA Wants Hot War Most Americans who cannot make themselves believe Russia is ready or wants a war were being told otherwise by European diplo diplo- mats In Europe the belief beliet is growing that Russia now accepts a shooting war as os the alternative to the cold war in winning world supremacy Until recently experts believed European security could be viewed in terms of ot political activity and economic pressure A recent poll of ot European diplomats diplomats diplo diplo- diplomats mats however reveals that they flog now believe the political bureau of 01 the Russian Communist party soon will be willing to fight a hot war in pursuit of its aims One reliable source declares the Russians would be ready to fight tight In 1952 By then the Soviet Union will have a stockpile of atomic bombs and numerical superiority in ground and air forces The Russians are estimated to have line first planes in operation operation oper oper- anon at the present time That would indicate Russia may be able to tight light a hot war on a moments moment's notice It is generally accepted by observers that the atomic bomb is already in production behind theiron tho the iron curta curtain in BARUCH Stop Inflation Since the war all classes of ot Americans Amer Amer- farmers farmers laborers businessmen business business- men office workers workers have have worried about inflation tion For all of ot them the dollar buys less than before the war war- Of late however there has been little said or done about the inflation spiral Now Bernard M M. M Baruch adviser to Presidents for 40 years has taken another swing at Inflation Inflation is the cold war we Americans are waging against ourselves ourselves ourselves our our- selves the statesman warns I Inflation affects the integrity of all our defenses both moral and military national and international al al he added This continuing spiral doesn't necess necessarily rily mean trouble at the moment but it means trouble ahead if we dont don't put a stop to it along the line the balloon always bursts The national situation as he sees It finds the country balancing precariously precariously precariously pre pre- between employment and the maintenance of ot a high standard of living and unemployment and In in- We must work out a program to curb inflation that will be fair to everyone he said No one will like It t but we must do it and soon STATE DEPARTMENT McCarthy cCarthy LiedThe Lied LiedThe LiedThe The state department had waded Into the McCarthy spy hunt of the departments department's personnel by issuing a white paper that hints that the senator deliberately lied Assistant Secretary Edward W. W Barrett sent newspaper editors an page eight-page analysis of ot McCarthys McCarthy's McCarthy's McCarthys McCarthys McCarthy's Mc Mc- Carthy's speech which charged the department was overrun by Com Com- Barretts Barrett's reply contained a point- point point by-point denial While it did not assert assert as as- sert in so many words that McCarthy McCarthy Mc Mc- Carthy was lying the document repeatedly repeatedly repeatedly re re- sought to show that he uttered misstatements and inaccuracies inaccuracies inaccuracies in accuracies Meanwhile the loyalty files recently recently recently re re- turned over to the senate relations foreign-relations sub committe in investigating investigating in- in communism in government government government govern govern- ment posts were being studied Senator Tydings chairman of ot the committee said he would make a full report to the people on the contents of the files one Eighty-one cases were being In in- Parting t 4 r 9 j Y t The movie fans of the nation were startled with the rumors of strained relations between Bing Crosby and his wife Dixie DIde Lee This 1939 photograph shows the with their four tour sons Bing is In Europe and will not return until mid GAMBLING 13 Billion Take The American Academy of Political Political Poli Poll and Social Science reports there are 50 million suckers in the United States who lose 13 billion dollars a year to gamblers The experts said Americans bet eight billion dollars a II year with horse race horse race bookies Pari Pori machines alone account for 1600 a year and produce product more than annually in tax rev rev- enu |