Show economic highlights happenings that aff affect ec t the future of every indi individual vidual national and Inter nalon problems inseparable front from local welfare of late there lias has been a noticeable change in mr ali Tr relations I 1 a 1 with tile the press in the words wolds of Alar marquis quis childs ire ife has co come to believe that the press is obtrusive mi unfair irresponsible and even at times insulting evidence of this has blis made its appearance ut at it number of president Ti periodic pei press conferences feren ces the importance of these conferences is very great they are a attended by representatives of the w wiio ire services the radio networks the columnists and correspondents 0 of f the great dailies which maintain bureaus buie iuis in the capital they are arc us its it a re result sult the source of practically all information concer concerning ning the government which i reaches caches the public aside horn front occasional speeches and statements by highe level v e I 1 officials fic iab and routine loutine departmental rn handouts matters came caine to something of a head bead recently when mr air truman gave an exclusive interview to arthur aithur krock chief of the washington bureau of the new york times this violated tin an unwritten but long ions established custom which holds that the president Pies ident will not kive e a scoop co 1 to anyone but will make what lie he hit has 4 to say available to all accredited correspondents when queried about this at tile the next press conference mr air truman replied that ile he would break bleak the custom whenever lie he felt like it that lie he wits was ins his own free agent and would say whatever he it pleased to anybody lie ho pleased and would not be censored A correspondent then said that the press pi ess corps thought their business ill important poi por tant the president Pies ident replied to tile the effect that sometimes he was not so ho sure sine of that the situation was definitely acrimonious and the ill feeling on oil both sides was ev evident ident this might seem like an aj unimportant little business which will soon on blow over were it not for one further matter many a seasoned 11 e w including some who aie generally in sympathy with present administration policies feel that tile the president Pies ident and other top tell nien men including mr air acheson the secretary of state are aie not giving the nation ns as much information as to what is going on as it should have of this mr air childs writes there is scarcely even the rudimentary information on which others might base bahe at a policy of lead enship the administration seems to regard information its as something to lie be withhold withheld as punishment or given as it a favor there is an ail atmosphere mo sphere of even more moie hostile lio tile ali livoi cement between mesa and government ernnie nt in ili this time of drift in the mime gain column dated february 1 21 11 mr air childs said inns ians in the future furuie may well assign to the days between november I 1 when the public was first told of H bomb plans plan and the present the date of the failure of american Amei ican in ill the leadership of the western world bild thus tile the difficulties between mr truman and tile the press pi ess and the alleged refusal of mr air truman to be frank it in giving out news mesh in one way or 01 another with the massive problems of world peace of the solidity and security of the west ind and of the terrible prospect i for foi another war unpleasant as the fact may be ther is a feeling of 0 f depression depies sion and hopelessness in many quarters the progress that the soviet union has made in its grand plan of world expansion is greater gi eater in al all probability than is generally genei ally believed or under understood sto 0 d and it certainly can be str strongly stion 0 n gly 1 y argued that the administration n has done relatively little to cast light into dark daik places it may be that mr ml truman was stung by the considerable amount of pi press ess criticism that greeted his apparent disinclination to call another big three meeting an idea which wits was advocated by winston shortly before the british elections the president said thit that the door was always open if anyone wanted to see sec him and lie he went vent no further that attitude is is understandable in in the light of rut rus sias past deceptions and failures fai luies to live lie up to agreements and particularly ticul arly agreements agi cements of it a general nature which can call be twisted out of ull all semblance of reason by cynical interpretations that coil 1 dera tion also seems to be guidi guiding ri g the policies of mr air acheson even so muni many 0 of f the best beat und and most thoughtful publicists in in the country feel that the situation is is so grave and the possibilities are so horrible hoin ble that nothing should he be left undone that would have even a i remote emote chance of producing a mo modicum d of constructive result in any event it can scarcely sev breely be doubted that western leadership so far fai as the public can see 1 has a been ineffectual in in many impo phases the debacle in in china whether it could have been pice v I 1 ted or 01 not is is the latest example and i in d one of the worst anti and liere heie tile the danger goes beyond the event itself other nations tire aie wondering uneasily if the western powers mean to talk much and do little no one wants to join in in with a loser Bar barclays clays bank review has hah just totted up the net savings of eng lish lishman nien in in 1918 the figure comes to in 1110 lu years ago when the money wits was worth more moie these savings amounted to more than capital is is not forthcoming for foi Brit britaina ains needs because it has been taxed away in tile the fust first place even a capital levy was used and because in the second place taxes have dried up the source 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