Show WEEKLY NEWS ANALYSIS Russians Urge e West German State Be Wiped Out Ask Power 4 Rule Congress Curtails Must Legislation EDITORS EDITOR'S NOTE When opinions are arc expressed In Sn these columns they arc are those oi ot of Western Western Newspaper Unions Union's news analysts and not necessarily of this newspaper GERMANY A Sour Note The Big Four conference in Paris was underway For the first time in the cold war between East Enst and West there was real hope that harmony harI harmony har- har I mony would be forthcoming In fact Secretary of State Dean Acheson had been warned by Senator Senator Senator Sen Sen- ator senate foreign affairs committee chairman not to tobe tobe be too aggressive with the Russians Russians Russians Rus Rus- but rather to keep open i if possible the door to lasting peace WITH the Russian blockade of Berlin lifted and the Soviets apparently apparently ready to sing a new tune in world cooperation the theme of the conference was to be harmony But the delegates hardly had time timeto to warm the seats scats of their chairs before the Russians were at it again Russian Foreign Minister Andrei blandly proposed that the the council of foreign ministers wipe out the new ne newest west German state and return German affairs including direction of the Ruhr to power four-power control machinery MANY had expected this course by the Soviets They had predicted that lilting lifting of the Berlin blockade was done to soften up the ministers for this very proposal But it didn't work All three western powers immediately rejected the proposition tion The So Soviet v viet I et foreign minister showed little tact He led up to his tirade denouncing denouncing de de- de- de proposal with a n long flouncing the US U.S. Britain and France for what he termed violations violations viola of the Pots Potsdam dam agreements SOVIET ideology could not tolerate tolerate tolerate toler toler- ate a separate German state with autonomous powers and there was little question that the Kremlin would stand firm in this position On On the other hand there was no possibility that the western powers would recede from their intention to return government of Germany to the German people Thus it would seem eem the impasse was clearly established For the U. U S. S Dean Acheson delivered delivered delivered de- de livered himself himsel of what might well ibe be the decades decade's masterpiece of understatement when he called the Russian suggestions disappointing disappoint r ing mg But then he summed up the worlds world's reaction when he added My hopes are distinctly chilled CONGRESS Lets Let's Wait WaitA A lot of trouble for nothing might be an apt phrase to describe all the national agitation against President Truman's health insurance insurance insurance ance and civil rights proposals proposals for for bis his own leaders in congress erased the the issues by taking both hotly- hotly contested items of legislation of off the must list ALSO slated for further delay was vas the administrations administration's four-bil- four lion-dollar lion tax increase plan the equally controversial Brannan farm program and the foreign arms proposal pro- pro This left only three measure bills for top priority action They were 1 Extension of the reciprocal trade program which has passed the foe house but is stalled in the sen sen- ate 2 Repeal of the Taft Hartley labor act 3 Ratification of the North Atlantic Atlantic At At- lantic antic security treaty which requires requires requires re re- re- re quires only a two-thirds two majority Tote vote in the senate SENATE MAJORITY LEADER Scott Lucas indicated action might be sought before e adjournment on wage minimum boosts the inter- inter nati nal wheat agreement and a apay apay apay pay raise for top government executives and military personnel Speculation was that decision to abandon for the time the compulsory compulsory compulsory sory health insurance program stemmed from mounting congressional congressional I clamor for tor sharp cuts in Government spending with the civil rights legislation delay believed believed believed be be- motivated by fear of a southern filibuster Congress wants to adjourn by August and consideration consideration consideration consid consid- of any of the powder keg legislation might make that impossible LUCAS said he thought President Truman was definitely satisfied with rith the progress being made That surprised some legislators for lor unless congress repeals the I Taft Hartley law the President will be unable to point to accomplishment accomplishment accomplishment I of any of his campaign pledges when congress adjourns J Potent Vote WI k L d 1 POTENT VOTE This lone woman voter oter to whom a pair of shoes would be a Godsend Is shown as she cast her ballot Inthe in inthe inthe the elections held in the Russian Russian Russian Rus Rus- sian zone of Germany The Russians Russians Russians Rus Rus- had hoped to make a big propaganda gun of the election a a gun that would be used in inthe inthe inthe the Big Four conference beginning beginning beginning be be- ginning May 23 But the Soviets had to admit that third one-third of the valid ballots cast voted a against g a Ins t the Communist all slate FORRESTAL FORREST AL Better to Die Comfortless nameless hopeless hopeless hope- hope less ess save in the dark prospect of the yawning grave better to todie todie o odie die and sleep the waking never-waking sleep than linger on I With the import of these lines from Sophocles' Sophocles Chorus From Ajax so obviously goading his consciousness consciousness consciousness con con- James V. V Forrestal former US U.S. defense secretary plunged to his death from the floor loor of national naval medical center center center cen cen- ter in Washington FORRESTAL had been under treatment for operational fatigue since April 2 Attendant physicians said he had be been n considering suicide suicide suicide sui sui- sui- sui cide that the nature of his malady indicated this mental condition as asan asan asan an inescapable adjunct to it But they hey felt he was getting better in fact act they had hoped to release him from the hospital in 30 days As secretary of defense Forrestal Forres- Forres tal al labored under a burden such as few v e national servants have carried His was the job of directing the gigantic naval program during the war var as well as the almost hopeless hopeless hope- hope less ess task of attempting unification of the armed forces The strain was great and a sympathetic people could understand why it might have Broken a strong man President Truman took full cognizance cognizance cognizance cog cog- of Forrestal's worth when he declared the former defense secretary was wasas as much a casualty of war as i if it he had died on the firing firing firing fir fir- ing line I I J bU 1 mere was an weighing on Forrestal That was a burden jurden of attack and vilification from two of the nations nation's top radio newscaster After h his I s shocking death the press of the nation began to revalue the impact of its effect and that of the radio Some syndicated nationally-syndicated observers observers observers ob ob- ob- ob obI I servers charged that the attacks I upon Forrestal via radio and in j I print had added to his load of I desperation They advanced the I premise that unless some check was put upon this type of journalism journalism journalism journal journal- I ism it might discourage many able men men from entering government I service There is possibly no agony of I mankind comparable to that which I must go on in the mind of the man I about to take his own life It is wholly foreign to the concept of I the he normal every-day every mind Certainly Certainly Certainly it flies in the face of the very i first natural law law self self preservation Weighing all this it is difficult to understand how there could be anything anything anything any any- thing but sympathy for Forrestal and an honest effort to understand something of the torturous mental suffering which drove him to leap to his death JOB OUTLOOK Better for Grads With starting salaries holding holdin firm at last years year's record high hig levels signs of a minute last-minute pickup pickup pickup pick pick- up in jobs for the mammoth 1949 class of college graduates were wert showing up according to an annual annual an nual employment survey by the family economics bureau of Northwestern Northwestern Northwestern North North- western National Life Insurance Company Although two-thirds two of the colleges and universities covered to date find their total employment calls all aU the way from slightly to disappointingly b below e 1 o w 1948 schools reporting in the final week of the survey have shown a much better ratio the summary says Approximately half of the late responses responses responses re re- re- re report their record of job offers to date as equal to or slightly slight slight- ly above 1948 c. c experience DARTMOUTH colleges college's school of business busine s administration observes observes observes ob ob- ob- ob serves for example We Ve were disturbed disturbed dis dis- dis- dis by the March February slump but the later pick up has wiped out our losses St. St Louis university also reports that demand faded in February and March but butas butas I as as of the past six weeks it has begun to develop beautifully University University University Uni Uni- i of Nebraska's college of I business administration notes a stronger employment demand inthe in inthe inthe the last ten days But Duquesne university university university uni uni- uni- uni at Pittsburgh reports Calls in general are less than in 1948 except those for sales personnel personnel person person- nd nel which have increased Boston university says job offers are 7 per cent fewer than last year Ohio State finds about the same number of employers represented on the campus this spring but each cach firm taking fewer men Yale Yae university has recorded more employment employment employment em em- calls than as of a year ago FIVE out of every six schools listed in the Ule survey report starting salaries to be as high or higher than last year Jear Prevailing range of offers is from to per month for business administration and liberal arts seniors and from to for engineering grads with exceptional men getting still higher offers Illinois Institute of Technology reports The class of engineers graduating January 29 1949 averaged per month for a basic hour 40 week this is the highest average salary of any class in our history TOURISTS More Cultured The American tourist these days was coming in for a new type of treatment from his overseas hosts For instance in Capetown South Africa according to merchants the new tourist tourist- is not the vulgar type which used to invade Europe in hordes wearing rimmed horn-rimmed glasses glass glass- es and loud clothes THIS new American is well bred quiet wealthy but has the familiar souvenir mania said one curio dealer One bought everything everything every- every thing hing I showed him Is it genuine Zulu he kept asking Then the dealer added he took all my shields assegais and bead- bead work vork I had to call a to get the he stuff down to to the ship And when he saw the he wanted to o buy that AMERICANS no doubt will palpitate palpitate tate ate with pride at this new evaluation evaluation tion ion of their cultural level by those abroad who profit most from tourist tourist tour- tour st business but business but most will console themselves with the fact that so soong long ong as he has any money the American tourist will manage to get along quite well wherever he may be in Europe or elsewhere Victims 44 4 4 4 f 7 t I Ir t s r Mrs Ralph J. J Fugatt holds Mark Richard RIchart 7 weeks at their Springfield home Her er husband has never seen his son because he is in Rutland Vermont jail under onder an early 1800 law which demands payment of court judgment or paupers oath CRIME Penalty Apropos A Midland Mich Judge sagely fitted the punishment to the crime in a 3 case in municipal court Two youths 21 and 18 were brought inon in inon inon on a charge of crashing a weddin wedding party and running away with th the wedding cake They said they did it on a 3 dare After Alter pondering a moment the Judge ordered the culprits to buy a a wedding present and give it to the newlyweds |