Show SCANNING THE WEEKS WEEK'S NEWS of Main Street and one the World Quick Agreement in Korea Unlikely Control Fight Confused Main Street StreetA A LONG WAY FROM PEACE PEACE-As PEACE As much as the people in the home hometowns hometowns hometowns towns of the nation desire peace the majority approved the United Nations Nation's Nations Nation's Na tion's flat refusal to talk about withdrawal of allied troops from Korea t The UN pointed out and rightly so that the question was purely political I- I and could not be discussed at the talks t r Most observers are inclined to believe the Reds will withdraw their demand that the issue be put on the agenda If they dont don't withdraw it is almost a certainty that truce talks will collapse Even if it the troop withdrawal troop issue is sue is solved however home towners 4 should realize it will not necessarily ie mean a fire cease-fire in Korea It will willbe willbe wills s 1 vy r. r be merely an m agreement on what subjects sub i ic to discuss in seeking a cease fire c The issue of withdrawing all foreign for eign troops from Korea will come up A again in the main talks As a result t there is only one logical conclusion t the home towner toner can draw the world is a long way from peace SHADOWS OF 1952 1952 The 1952 The long longS S shadows of 1952 the 1952 the presidential election year year again again fell across the national scene with a speech by Sen Robert A. A Taft x In an address described as the I Red Keel General off jump for h his is bid for the 1952 GOP I 1 I head bead cad Com Com- Gen General Nam II of presidential nomination Taft dethe de de- delegation to p peace cace talks scribed the Korean conflict as a a ii K issued d d demand uJ 0 of f E useless and expensive war brought withdrawal of 01 foreign troops EE E I. I about by the Truman administration K Korea I from rom or a. a tion Despite the fact he approved intervention in Korea Taft charged that the United States is involved in a useless and expensive war Besides attacking the administrations administration's foreign policy Taft promised that the GOP Gap would restore honesty and integrity to government after the 1952 election and end the lithe low moral tone the dishonesty and the inI inefficiency inefficiency in in- I efficiency of the Democratic administration CONTROL FIGHT CONFUSING To most home towners the battle over the price control bill which should by this time be the law of the theland theland i land has been a fight of confusion The house and senate versions of the bill differed in many details And even one representative when asked how his amendment to the bill would work replied he didn't know For the average American it has been much the same He has been unable to understand the many details of the bill and the conflicting vi viewpoints of the proponents and opponents of price legislation Only one thing he understood the administration wanted a stiffer price control law but seemed doomed to defeat I The administration contended that old controls should be extended t and strengthened That the old law was inadequate particularly in controls of food prices rents and credit A stronger law was needed in inthe inthe inthe the face of government defense spending during the coming months These arguments however did not impress congress Opponents of the administration argued that the President just urged stronger controls as a power grab Skillful lobbyists for business interests also battled to weaken controls Just before the final version was due out of the house senate house senate committee committee como com com- o observers believed the administration would be thankful for any kind of bill and that it would be signed immediately upon receipt by the White House I TRAINING PROGRAM OVER Thousands OVER Thousands of World War II It veterans In the small towns and big towns of the nation received educational beneI benefits benefits bene bene- I fits under the GI bill that expired last week And despite the abuses of the program educators congress and the veterans administration agree that it has produced benefits the nation will feel for a long time to come Thousands of veterans reaped educational benefits that they could not have otherwise afforded Approximately veterans received training for an average of 15 months each They drew billion in subsistence The rest of the billion cost went for tuition fees equipment books and counseling Veterans college enrollment hit its peak in December 1947 when crowded back to the campus To date a total of veterans have studied in institutions of higher learning But even more more have have taken below courses college level in nearly x I grade schools high schools vocational trade business and correspondence schools SPECIAL FLOOD APPEAL For APPEAL For the first time since 1938 the Amerlean American American Amer Amer- ican lean Red Cross launched a general disaster fund appeal in an effort to raise to help families affected b by y the midwest floods Flood waters of the Missouri river caused millions of dollars of damage damage damage dam dam- age in Kansas Missouri Oklahoma and Illinois It was possibly the most costly flood in the history of the nation In the state four-state area the Red Cross was reported housing flood victims in 80 shelters and feeding 4 i y Y l a ii I King Is Assassinated Prince Naif left was appointed regent of Jordan after th the assassination of his bis father King Aboullah ri right g ht The kin king g was r i shot as he be entered a mosque in his bis capital of Amman Ammer n. n In center emler is s King bring Faisal of Iraq t PRICE WARS END END END- According to a n senate report the price wars f that started in New York after the Supreme Courts Court's tau lair trade decision have all but died out The report said of cutting trade fair-trade merchandise occurred in 43 of s JS 4 leading trade centers throughout the coup country try In the 43 cities only of stores set prices on one or more items of merchandise below the resale price recommended or set by the manufacturers Ii b The report showed Denver leading leading leadin the tho list lief with fh 6 i 1 n g U price cuts in l VUIS IH in IU 1 stores Detroit second with and New York third with fr JAPANESE TREATY NEAR The NEAR The possibility of a quick Japanese I peace treaty became evid evident nt last week when the United States invited 50 nations including Russia to join in signing the agreement at a conference conference con con- ference opening September 4 in San Francisco Missing from the invitation list were the Communist and Nationalist governments of China South Korea and Italy Although the Russians were invited they are expected to r refuse to sign the treaty which the Soviet has denounced In all however the Russians will send dele delegates ates to the conference to attack the treaty |