Show oR W. W ON Truman Dinner OME TIME IE before leaving on SOME his whistle stop trip President Truman held a hush hush-hush dinner with one of his most vigorous political political political po po- po- po enemies Senator enemies Senator Brewster of Maine The dinner was held not In the White House but at the Carlton hotel And it was the President who inspired the meeting He and Brewster had worked together on the old Truman committee once had been warm friends Chief Chiel result of the Carlton dinner was a challenge to test out the Fair Deal Brewster is chairman of the Republican senatorial campaign committee and has the job of electing electing electing elec elec- ting as many GOP senators as possible possible possible pos pos- sible next November Knowing this Truman challenged challenged chal chal- Ill lay my program out and you lay your program out and well we'll have a show show- down Brewster agreed I Though they didn't actually plan I it that way part o of the showdown I is coming right now Truman is isnow isnow isnow now putting his policies before the public while Brewster has been busy lining up speakers to refute him He has alread already lined up Taft for a speech In Chicago Wherry In Nebraska in Iowa Morse in Oregon and congressman Keefe in Wisconsin Brewster says the battle hatched over the dinner table at the Carlton hotel will continue until November Acheson's Big Problem Before Secretary of State Acheson left for the big three conference he had a report from the Orient indicating that French Indo-China Indo was the most vital area in preventing prevent prevent- ing the spread of communism The report came from Ed Dickinson Dickin Dickin- son ace trouble shooter for ECA EGA administrator Paul Hoffman State department officials concur with I Dickinsons Dickinson's views They believe that If It communism communism communism once takes over IndoChina IndoChina Indo Indo- China then Burma the Malays Malays Ma Ma- lays las Siam India and Indonesia will ill also fall raIl making all aU of the orient a Russian sphere of In in- in fluence Furthermore it is believed that this Is Moscow's chief goal For Forthe Forthe Forthe the Red army today lacks oil gasoline tin and rubber All AU these things are to be obtained in the wealthy area lying south of French Indo IndoChina I Ithe That is why Indo-China Indo is one of the toughest jobs lobs facing Acheson and also why he met it head on following following following fol fol- fol- fol lowing his arrival in Paris Here are some of the factors he still has to contend with 1 THE US U.S. SENATE IS HOT AND BOTHERED ABOUT CHINA but not Indo This may be because of the well heeled intang lobby which has spent thousands thousands thousands thou thou- sands in Washington influencing congress Whatever the cause when Acheson publicly proposed aid to Indo-China Indo he was rebuked next day by Senator George of ot Georgia who wanted to know who was going to vote the money 2 THE FRENCH ARE A HAND HAND- French administration of Indo-China Indo in the past has been inefficient corrupt imperialistic The natives dont don't like them shoot down French troops at night if it they stray a mile or so outside of towns 3 3 INDO CHINA IS SPLIT AMONG VARIOUS FACTIONS There is no love for Emperor Bao Dal Daf onetime onetime onetime one one- time Paris playboy whom the French have set up as ruler There is also bitter hatred for guerrilla leader Ho Chi Minh and his scorched scorched earth earth policy Possibly the United States could handle the situation better better better bet bet- ter without the thc French But that would eliminate one of our oldest oldest oldest old old- est allies Thus Acheson has the senate to buck on one hand the French on the other and the Communists all around them John L L. L Lewis Purge John L L. L Lewis Republican has been busy backstage trying to purge a Democrat Rep Anthony Cavalcante of Pennsylvania Lewis is sore because Cavalcante demanded demand ed that district four of the United Mine Workers have local autonomy and the right to elect their own officers Cavalcante used to be a member of this local has an excellent excel excel- lent record in congress and willbe will willbe willbe be supported by many rank and file miners miners However Lewis' Lewis strong strong- arm men are doing their best to elect Edward Cavalcante's Caval Cava cantes cante's opponent New England Slum Slump The Presidents President's council of economic economic economic eco eco- advisers while pleased with the recent unemployment drop ar art are still deeply concerned over the situation situation sit situation in the New England area Throughout the nation unemployment ment now averages 5 51 5 per cent but in New England it averages average around 12 per cent As a result th the e council will soon oon set up a 11 tas task ek k force of prominent businessmen and economists with instructions instruction 9 to make a thorough and siva study of the causes and cures |