Show r WEEKLY NEWS ANALYSIS ANALYSIS- Charge Illegal influence Exerted to Obtain i. i F. F C C. C Loans Troops to Europe Fight Continues EDITORS EDITOR'S NOTE When opinions are expressed In these thue columns they ther are those thoe of Western Newspaper Unions Union news newl analysts nod and not no necessarily of this newspaper I Japan Sea NORTH KO EA I I II 1 38 H PARALLE I S I CHUNCH N Yellow Sea MItES MILES LJ- o 10 20 The United Nations launched an offensive on a mile 60 front frontin in Korea aimed at killing as ns many Communists as possible Tho The offensive called Operation Killer moved forward behind continued continued con eon artillery barrages UN U.N. commanders reported Red forces retreated all along the line and set their losses at 6 1000 in tho the period January 4 to February 28 Illegal Influence What may turn into one of the rowdiest battles in the adminIstrations adminIstration's administrations administration's tion's history began to take shape when a subcommittee of the senate banking and currency committee charged that influence emanating from the White House had been exerted on the s lending policies At first the investigation seemed just another periodic urge to probe by investigating senators But then President Truman stepped in where many Presidents have feared to tread and disclosed h he had collected a file of letters written by congressI congressmen congress congress- congressI I I men to the Le k He let it be known that he had in in his possession between and gOO letters most of them from Irom congressmen congress congress- men and some asking favorable consideration of loan applications At the time it looked like President President PresIdent Pres Pres- ident Truman was turning the In Investigation Investigation Investigation In- In from the White House back to the s senators themselves Immediately the senators screamed creamed I that they refused to be intimidated It was at this point that the President President PresIdent Pres Pres- ident issued a statement saying he saw no reason to make the correspondence correspondence correspondence corre corre- public since it did not riot show any illegality either on the part of the executive branch or legislators The investigation fell into someS something something something some some- S thing of a lull luU after aUer the first flurry of publicity but it is not lik likely ly to stay dormant for very long It has all the ingredients for a mudslinging sling mud ing battle And the offended senators senators sen sen- senators are not likely to forget Truman Truman's Truman's Tru Tru- man mans man's s tactics of turning the spotlight spotlight spotlight spot spot- light of publicity upon them Moreover it appears that before the fight is ended a set of new deep resentments between the President President President Pres Pres- ident on the one hand and influential influential influential members of congress on the theother theother theother other will h have ve been created the created the I latest in iri a long and bitter series FIXER Faces Huge Tax Lien Salvatore T. T who al allegedly allegedly allegedly al- al S spent thousands to fix big- big time college basketball games found himself the subject of an investigation by the federal gov gov- The internal revenue buS bureau bureau bureau bu bu- bu- bu S reau placed a tax lien against him S The effect of the lien was to freeze assets until the government can collect whatever it may be entitled to The lien listed listed listed list list- ed allegedly unpaid taxes running S into hundreds of thousands of dollars dol del lars for tor each of the years from 1943 through 1947 1047 There was no indication from the government as to the source of income during those i years He is a jewelry 1 r- r er I I S Meanwhile investigation of the bribery charges against players for three New York colleges continued No investigation in recent years has caused so much comment in inthe inthe the sports world Basketball is the most popular S high school and college sport in the nation Repercussions of the S were felt even to the high highS S school level BACK EUROPE Dewey and Stassen Plea The split spilt within the Republican party on the Issue of sending troops to o Europe came into sharp focus with testimony of Harold E. E Stas sen and Gov Thomas E. E Dewey before the senate foreign relations and armed services committees Dewey had previously backed the administrations administration's policy of sending troops to Europe Stassen joined Dewey in opposing Sens Sense Kenneth S. S Wherry Nebraska and Robert A. A Taft Ohio and supporting the administrations administration's claimed authority to send American troops overseas without congressional restrictions In urging the policy of sending troops to Europe Stassen said If America showed timidity and shortsightedness shortsightedness shortsightedness short short- sightedness in refusing to back up General Eisenhower I believe the reaction right inside America would seriously undermine the stability and confidence in our own economy which is essential for all purposes Governor Dewey went even further furth furth- er than Stassen He told the senate senate senate sen sen- ate groups as he looked at Mr Wherry across 20 feet of space inthe in inthe inthe the caucus room The most terrible thing that has happened to this country and the world is the defeatism evidenced by some of the questions asked here as to whether we could hold Europe Dewey and Stassen visibly angered angered angered an an- some Republican senators by their testimony That anger will possibly find expression when the Republicans begin a serious search for a presidential candidate in 1952 As far as sending troops to Europe Europe Eur Eur- ope and backing Gen Eisenhower's plan to defend Europe the congress finds itself in a position where itcan itcan it itcan can do nothing but back the admin admin- Any action to the contrary contrary contrary con con- would be a serious blow to world peace AMENDMENT Two Term Limit The amendment baring future future fu fu- future fu- fu ture Presidents from serving more than two elective terms or more than 10 years ears in the White House was added to the constitution when Utah and Nevada became the and states to ratify the amend amend- ment A three fourths majority 36 states was needed to make the amendment effective Minus the legal phraseology heres here's what the amendment provides provides provides pro pro- vides That a President may serve only two elected terms A man who served up to two years of another Presidents President's term could still serve serve an additional eight years But a Vice-President Vice succeeding to the Presidency and serving more than two years before the term expired expired expired ex ex- ex- ex would be eligible for election only once The proposed amendment had been kicking around in state legislatures legislatures legislatures legis legis- since March 1947 but only 24 states had voted to ratify until late in January of this year The amendment does not apply to President Truman He was specifically specifically spec spec- exempted when congress submitted the proposed amendment The last amendment to the constitution con con- the the repealed repealed pro pro- It became effective December December De Do- cember 5 1933 KOREA Operation Killer United Nations forces under Lt Gen Matthew pushed forward in a limited offensive called called called call call- ed Operation Killer with the idea of eliminating as many Chinese as possible The offensive was operating operating operating oper oper- on the Ridgeway thesis that terrain as such is of no value There were also Indications that the Chinese Communists were concentrating concentrating concentrating con con- behind a n maze of trenches and strong points for another counterattack counterattack counterattack coun coun- against UN U.N. troops A new over all picture of the Korean conflict was beginning to emerge from the confused fighting of the past few weeks It seemed to be this The war was at a stand-off stand between between between be be- tween Chinese manpower and arid US U.S. firepower Neither side could win wina a decisive victory without committing committing committing commit commit- ting much larger forces than they seemed willing to commit But of the two the Chinese seemed to be begetting begetting begetting getting hurt the worst With this thought In mind a number of United Nations delegates were again hoping the Mao Tse- Tse tung twig might be willing to reopen peace negotiations NAVY Senate Approves Bill The Senate unanimously approved approved ap rip- proved a Q atom age navy modernization program The bill already cleared by the house was sent to President Truman for his signature It would authorize the navy to build a new ton super-carrier super capable of handling atom bombers The navy also could buy about new warships with a total weight of ot about tons and convert others with a total weight of 1000 tons Meanwhile Gen Omar Bradley reluctantly accepted a house armed services committee compromise bill to lower the draft induction age from 19 to 18 The bill would increase increase in increase in- in crease the term for all draftees from 21 months to 26 months Bradley said he would accept the plan reluctantly because some form of legislation was needed to reach the goal of men underarms underarms under underarms arms as soon after July 1 as pos sible RENT CONTROL A Limited Extension The senate banking committee approved approved ap rip- proved a three month stopgap extension extension ex ex- tension of federal rent laws controlling controlling con con- controlling trolling the rents of homes The committee resolution will be besent besent besent sent to the senate floor for action Existing rent controls expire expire- March 31 except in communities which v decide to continue them Communities ties so deciding may remain under federal ceilings until June 30 Under the new resolution federal ceiling would stay in effect until June 30 except In communities which decide to abolish them The administration has been plugging plugging plugging plug plug- ging for a law permitting more widespread application of rent con con- Since th the war rent control has been removed from millions of homes TRUMAN Interesting Speculation President Truman is the subject of a bit of interesting speculation in inand inand inand and about Washington It has been rumored that he may run for his old senate seat when his term expIres expires ex ex- pires January 20 1953 Although no one would say for sure and it is much too early to speculate on presidential possibIlities possibilities I ties old friends of the President continue to say he is seriously considering considering considering con con- a return to the senate where he passed 10 happy years Most observers believe Mr Trum Truman Tru Tru- m man mn n will not make up his mind whether to run for another term until e early next year Stassen r Lt It 4 Harold E. E Stassen president of the University of Pennsylvania Pennsylvania Pennsylvania Pennsyl Pennsyl- vania called for drastic and definite s sup support u p p o 0 r t of Gen Dwight Eisenhower by prompt rearmament of western Europe The former GOP presidential aspirant made his plea pIca in testimony testimony testimony mony before beCore the senate foreign relations and armed services committees RUBBER Announces Slash The national production authority ordered a reduction in the amount of natural rubber in approximately products The order went vent into into in in- to force the first of this month A A spokesman said the order was designed to conserve natural rubber for stockpiling armaments and industrial items for which demand demand demand de de- de- de mand will increase as the mobilization program advances during this year |