| Show SCANNING THE WEEKS WEEK'S NEWS of o Main Street and the World Truman Truman-MacArthur Fight Continues Chinese launch Spring Offensive HOW DIVIDED THE NATION NATION There There was no sign o of a letup In the great quarrel on whether President Truman did right or wrong when he fired Gen Douglas MacArthur from his Pacific commands I If anything any any- thing the man on Main Street W was lS hotter under the collar than ever before following the thc generals general's impressive speech before congress The Thc line of dispute was clearly drawn The generals general's supporters believed his proposed plan o of action in Asia the only possible realistic one his opponents were just as positive his plan o of action would mean world d T FT h r i Jw 4 raNA Y t rf t f oy VI r b Y r M a Ticker-Tape Ticker Blizzard BUzzard Never Nez before in n the history of the U. U S. S or possibly in in n the history of the world worl has a II returning hero received such ac as acclaim claim daim as Gets Gen Douglas MacArthur MacArthur Mac Mac- Arthur as he drove through a tape ticker blizzard to the shouting shouting shout shout- ing of people in it New York It was the climax o of f welcome h home o 0 m me e celebrations which began in San Francisco when whets the general returned to his Ms native land for the first ti time e in 14 years 0 n IY u a war W U. U LUt e great Jt controversy J. f c caused many in hi the home towns to toI I wonder just how divided C can ln a nation become and still effectively battle communism The two viewpoints on the Tru- Tru man man-MacArthur controversy were expressed by Senators Taft and Kerr Senator Taft charged the Truman administration is working both sides of the military and political street and called for bombing bombing bombing bomb bomb- ing of Chinese airfields and a naval blockade of her coast Senator Kerr on the other hand said he is convinced convinced convinced con con- vinced MacArthurs MacArthur's military strategy strat drat strategy egy would hurl us downward dO to the awful road of total war THE MILITARY MILITARY General General MacArthur MacArthur MacArthur Mac- Mac Arthur in his speech before congress said the joint chiefs o of staff concurred concurred concurred con con- with his view on conduct o of f the war in Korea This brought an immediate statement in hi which the joint chiefs said they had been unanImous in recommending the dismissal o of MacArthur The statement said Operations in hi the far tar east are beIng being being be be- ing carried out in hi accordance with the views of the joint chiefs o of staff These views will be fully explained to the appropriate congressional committees An analysis o of the basic differences which exist between the joint chiefs o of staff stat and General MacArthur will be presented at that time The man on Main Street had better hold on to his hat Everything points to another explosion as the general and his brother officers go before the senate foreign relations and armed services committees to ex- ex plain the conduct of the Korean conflict coI me The testimony will blow not hot and cold It will be up to the home home towner towner to sift sUt It and find the truth THE UNITED NATIONS NATION NATIONS Members Members o of the United Nations whether they were in agreement with General MacArthurs MacArthur's policy in the far tar east ast or not were almost as impressed by the generals general's address as were members o of congress But the general did not gain any votes in the UN U.N. for following his policy His speech confirmed many delegates in the belief belie that a yawning gulf gul separates his concept o of the way to defeat Communist imperialism and that o of the United Nations Only on one point was there any degree of accord his accord his demand for an Intensified economic blockade of Communist China ON THE FRONT FRONT And And while the politicians ranted over how the Korean conflict should be conducted the North Koreans and Chinese Reds opened their long awaited spring offensive First reports from rom the front indicated a breakthrough through in the mountainous central sector of Korea by an estimated enemy troops Approximately others were reported attacking in other sectors of Korea First withdrawals amounted to as much as 15 miles Allied officers reported with the Chinese suffering heavy casualties Nearly Reds were killed or wounded by artillery alone on the first day o of the attack the eighth army estimated Swarms Swanns of planes claimed an additional toll tollof tollof tollof of nearly 2000 SALES T TAX The TAX AX- AX The Committee o of Americans reportedly a nonprofit finding fact finding research survey research survey organization covering all 48 states and Hawaii reports a recent survey indicated the majority o of the nations nation's businessmen favor a sales retail tax on the federal level The organization S said lid it sent questionnaires to some businessmen business business- men of whom more than replied The businessmen were said to favor tavor the sales tax by 62 per cent 12 per cent for such a tax at the manufacturers manufacturer's level and 26 per cent opposed to any sales tax Whether or not the survey reached to the Main Street businessman was not indicated but it could hardly be conclusive unless he was con con- S s Take Me Out to the Ball Game Neither wars or threats of oj wars politics or the acclaim of a conquering conquering con con- hero could dim the opening of the baseball season on the sandlot of the home towns to the tha major leagues Americans took look time out for the greatest game of them all MAIN STREET BUSINESS Hardware BUSINESS Hardware dry goods and general merchandise merchandise mer mer- chandise and jewelry stores on Main Street enjoyed a dollar sales increase increase Increase In in- crease during March of 1951 over the same month last year the census bureau reported Hardware stores recorded a 22 per cent sales rise dry goods and general merchandise stores a 20 per cent rise and jewelry stores a 15 I per cent rise The agency said its figures were based on reports from rom about Independent stores The department gave out no actual sales figures HAILS PRESS Senator PRESS Senator Kefauver speaking before the American Society of Newspaper Editors said his committees committee's celebrated investigation into crime could not have succeeded without the support of the nations nation's press The senator restated his theory that the place for action against gamblers and other underworld elements is Main Street not Pennsylvania Pennsylvania Pennsylvania Pennsyl Pennsyl- vania Ave W Washington All AIl th the press joined in the effort eUort o of exposing crime Kefauver said That spark was instrumental In setting of off the explosion that ha has followed |
