| Show WEEKLY NEWS ANALYSIS Harvest This Year Second Largest I In US U.S. History Government Says Reds Purge Czech Property Owners I EDITORS EDITOR'S NOTE When opinions are re expressed ed In these columns they are those of and not necessarily of this newspaper Western New Newspaper paper Union Unions new news analysts HARVEST Second Largest Americas America's horn of plenty continued continued continued con con- to go all out In its production production production tion of food for the world Latest crop summary of the US U.S. department of at agriculture showed that good harvest weather would assure the nation of its second largest largest largest larg larg- est volume of crops in history topped only by the record-breaking record haul of 1948 EQUALLY Important was the fact tact that a n record supply of at corn was on tap for tor producing meat dairy and poultry products The month of September brought conditions sufficiently favorable to boost total production prospects 1 per cent despite a slight decline in iri the corn estimate Total crop volume was Indicated at per percent percent percent cent of the 1923 1932 base level second only to last years year's per cent However present Indications are that this may be the last year for tor some time that crop production reaches such astronomical heights As surpluses were mounting almost alarmingly the government was preparing to take action to reduce output next year There was every likelihood that market quotas would be slapped on some of at the basic crops which have been overflowing Into storage In recent years THIS TillS YEARS YEAR'S huge output is the result of fairly large largo production of most individual crops rather than record breaking yields yIeld of just lust a Il few lew Nearly million tons of ot live live- stock-feed stock grains grams are being produced produced produced pro pro- this year Including a corn com crop of about billion bushels Last years year's corn com crop of at billion bushels busheL set an time all record The billion tons of food grains grams now estimated though exceeded in each of at the past three seasons is greater than in any earlier year year Included In this figure is a bumper wheat crop of at billion bushels virtually all of which has been harve har har- ve vested e CONGRESS Half a Loaf The first session of at the congress congress congress con con- gress headed toward an October adjournment with less than half halt of President Truman's program written written written writ writ- ten into law THE PRESIDENT could count 15 major accomplishments by his reckoning at least on the part atthe of at the congress he helped ride into office last November Left as unfinished business for forthe forthe forthe the 1950 congressional campaign however were a number of highly controversial proposals among the 22 requests that Mr Truman had laid before the present session without getting final action Chief among these is the Taft Taft- Hartley act repeal which was turned down In both houses during this session The President undoubtedly undoubtedly undoubtedly un un- un- un will revive the issue In January and the outcome this time may depend upon how some special elections this year to fill senate and house vacancies turn out SOME OF THE other requests which Mr Truman is almost sure to re-introduce re early next year willbe will willbe willbe be for a system of at compulsory health Insurance civil rights legislation legislation legis legis- I lation standby wage price-wage controls and the passage of at Point 4 legislation legislation legis legis- I lation to guarantee US U.S. s support in developing backward areas of the world PAY BOOST For Cabinet There was good news for cabinet members who have been plugging along at the same old salary ever since 1925 A joint senate house conference managed to arrive at an agreement to boost cabinet members' members salaries salaries salaries sal sal- aries from to a year THE CONGRESSIONAL group also approved pay raises for tor some other top drawer federal officials at at a cost of an an- In addition to raising cabinet salaries salaries sal sal- aries the pay bill will GRANT Undersecretary of ot Defense Defense Defense De De- De- De Steve Early a year instead of and the armed- armed forces secretaries a year instead of at Most of the undersecretaries of the various departments will go up from to J. J Edgar Hoover who as head of ot the FBI now receives will win get a raise to I Witness 5 i f Admiral Arthur W. W Radford took the stand before the house armed services committee to testify that current defense plans and military setup relegate relegate rele rele- gate the navy to a role useless useless useless use less and inadequate In the event of an atomic war S CZECH PURGE Slow Terror Slow terror the kind that eventually eventually eventually even even- is born in persons living under any totalitarian government was seeping through Communist Czechoslovakia Cause of It was a Red purge aimed primarily at supposed bourgeois bour- bour elements but leaving no man be be he a Communist party member member member mem mem- ber or not not free free from the fear that he may become a victim sooner or later UNCONFIRMED reports of ot the total seized or marked for arrest in the Communist police roundups ranged between and No information was being given either as to causes results or any other details of the widespread arrests ar ar- ar- ar rests The pattern of at the purge was clear Landlords architects confectioners confectioners confectioners con con- and other small shopkeepers shopkeepers shopkeepers shop shop- keepers were being picked up anc and their business confiscated In some cases their apartments were seized and families dispossessed In the main it was a drive against Czechoslovakia's propertied propertied propertied proper proper- tied classes theoretically the mortal mortal mortal mor mor- tal enemies of at Marxist communism HOWEVER the prosecution of the property owners was accompanied accompanied accompanied throughout Bohemia and Moravia by purges of at government employees the clergy army anc and even the Communist r ran ranks a n k s. s Charges where there were any ranged from high treason anc and sympathy with or western imperialism to simple denunciations denunciations denunciations by snoopers who had overheard overheard overheard over over- heard suspicious bits of at conversa conversa- tion Possible hint as to the reason behind the purge was the report that the government is having trouble not only in its campaign to control the Roman Catholic church but also its efforts to prod higher production out of the workers CHINESE REDS Win v Diplomats S Was it a case of rats deserting a sinking ship That might have been a plausible plaus ible construction of the move as Chinese staff diplomatic members in Paris deserted to the Communist regime at Peking and called on Chinese diplomats throughout the world to follow tollow their example GEORGE MONG counselor of the Paris embassy made the an an- He reported that 11 diplomats eight from the embassy and three from tram the consulate had walked out on Chiang shek Kai-shek and the Nationalist government at Canton I The development posed a problem problem problem lem for tor the French foreign ministry's ministry's minis minis- try's Asiatic affairs section They were particularly concerned by the threat of at a rebel sit-in sit at the em em- bassy However the issue was resolved resolved re reo re- re solved when the French moved i firmly to back up the Nationalists I and struck the dissident Chinese envoys off oU its diplomatic list THE FRENCH difficulty was clear While Thile Paris still recognized the Nationalist government it was becoming increasingly apparent that the western powers eventually may recognize the Communist regime regime regime re re- re- re gime of at Mao Tze Already there have haye been conversations on that subject |
