Show ARMS RACE Suicide Road Rood RoadA A solemn warning that an arms race between the United States and Russia beckons annihilation was Issued sued by Dr Albert Einstein Appearing on a television show Einstein hailed as the worlds world's greatest mathematician and one of the great physicists of the world declared the arms contest now underway underway underway un un- derway is assuming hysterical proportions on both sides ONE of the chief contributors to the final development of the atomic bomb Einstein declared that the means to mass destruction are are perfected perfected perfected per per- with feverish haste behind the respective walls of secrecy The H-bomb H appears on me public horizon as a probably attainable goal and its accelerated development development development develop develop- ment has been solemnly proclaimed by the President Then he uttered the punch line Armed AImed security is an illusion If It f successful radioactive poisoning of the atmosphere and hence annihilation annihilation annihilation an an- of any life on earth has been brought within the range of technical possibilities To implement that conclusion he said aid The ghostlike character of this development lies in its apparently apparently apparently compulsory trend Every step appears as the unavoidable consequence consequence consequence conse conse- quence of the preceding one In the end there beckons more and more and more general annihilation FEW MEN could speak with more compelling authority on that subject sub sub- Jett than the white-haired white brilliant- brilliant eyed venerable scientist who has contributed so much to the sum of mans man's knowledge But each time civilization has been wont to attempt annihilation through war there has been little disposition to listen to those voices I who would cry out a warning GI SCHOOLS Abuse End Asked The fantastic preposterous elements elements elements ele ele- ments in the GI GT school program had bad just about run their course Ballroom dancing bartending even evena a Ii lot of individual flight training by GIs GI's who would never own an airplane or have occasion t to need one were on the way out apparently apparent apparent- ly as part of the accepted GI school training program NO LESS A FIGURE than PresIdent President President Pres Pres- ident Truman himself handed congress congress congress con con- gress a catalog of abuses under this years year's dollar billIon GI education program and urged the legislators to clamp down Mr Truman asked specifically for tor legislation to prevent infer lor or training of that type which Is likely to do the veteran little appreciable appreciable appreciable ap ap- good His report showed that mil mil- lion dollars already has been added to the estimated cost of the GI schooling program for the current fiscal year ending June 30 and and attributed this to increased enrollment enrollment enrollment enroll enroll- ment for trade vocational and other schools below college level THE PRESIDENT declined to say just how much might be saved by a careful scrutiny of the program program program pro pro- gram but hinted at a billion dol dol- lars lams Among others the report made these points 1 Enough quality poor-quality training Is in evidence to warrant serious concern 2 The states which states which under the law have the so say-so about approving schools and courses lack courses lack uniform standards 3 Some states approve schools of ofa ofa ofa a type which would not be approved in hi other states As an example it is said that some states qualify barbers in 11 weeks others require two years r Crime CrimeA A UP CHECK-UP With 14 metropolitan newspapers newspapers newspapers pers taking a careful scrutiny oi ot its operations and the federal government government government gov gov- opening a conference on what to do about It US U.S. crime appeared appeared appeared ap ap- to have fallen on evil days Not for decades had the boys who deal in shady enterprises has so much publicity focused upon them Names were being called police officials were getting the lifted- lifted eyebrow treatment wire services were ripping telephones out of bookie joints and all in all all it appeared appeared appeared ap ap- to be a real blow into which the craft of crime was wallowing THE PRESS would be the real instrument of exposure granted that officialdom in cities included really wanted to clean up the undesirable undesirable undesirable un un- desirable conditions For example New York city's fabulous Frank Costello often called the king of the rackets was the first target of the newspaper series Costello was wad referred to as a fellow so unbelievable unbelievable unbelievable he might have been dreamed up by a Hollywood script writer The story attempted to link him with top-flight top gambling activities over most of the US U.S. One significant line in the first of the newspapers' newspapers series was this Gambling cant can't operate for any period unless the police let it op op- erate Nor can the other rackets THAT was so obviously axiomatic axioma axioma- tic that there could be no argument with it and honest cops over the nation had to take the rap with the han out held boys when blame was being shuffled shuttled around for lax law enforcement The slot machine termed machine termed variously variously variously vari vari- the one armed bandit and other unprintable names was names was the target for a special government in in- It was indicated that tha their menace is so fully realized that the federal government may step in to help the state control t them m. m There is an ironical contradiction tion here however because the federal federal federal fed fed- eral government licenses slot machines machines machines ma ma- chines and accepts revenue from that source If the federal government government government govern govern- ment should outlaw them it would go a long way toward insuring efficient efficient effi eUi- state control INDONESIA Uncle Comes Through The United States continuing Its efforts to stop communism by strengthening local nationalist regimes over the globe approved a aloan aloan aloan loan of million dollars to the new republic of Indonesia THE MONEY according to reports reports reports re re- re- re ports was to be used by Indonesia to finance purchase in this coun- coun COAL DISPUTE Strikes vs ys Courts If It the recent coal strike did nothing nothing nothing noth noth- ing else it may have set in motion motion motion mo mo- tion forces that will bring about a determination for all time of the the power of the courts of the land to todeal todeal todeal deal with big walkouts It is true that John L. L Lewis under under under un un- der pressure of the law capitulated capitulated and ordered the miners back to work but when he gave the order the miners were defiant and would no one knew whether they return to the pits in sufficient numbers numbers numbers num num- bers to ease the production situation situation situa situa- tion THE BIG QUESTION in the minds of most Americans was What can be done about it If It the miners didn't want to work who could make them return to the pits In this still-free still land men can work or quit without penalty under the law But could their union be punished because Its members memo mem- mem o bers quit as a group since the law says sas a union is responsible for forthe forthe forthe the acts of Its agents If that were the attempted remedy the question surely would be raised Were the miners acting as individuals in pursuit of their individual individual individual in in- rights in working or must they be regarded as ag agents of the union in their decision It was a torturous question and andone andone andone one certain to provide a classic case for lor the courts Of course if Lewis and the operators operators operators oper oper- under order of the court to resume bargaining were to reach an agreement the question would become a moot one But under the recurrent stress of coal strikes strIkes- and usually at a 1 time tune when coal stockpiles are lowest the lowest the result may be the writing of some new law or decision court-decision approach to break up the continual crises which hamstring production and I ute to widespread unemployment and consequent suffering |