Show NEI NEWS RE REVIEW VIEW aid to poland cancelled reds delay delav jap treaty POLAND AID canceled following a report by a U S survey mission that poland has enough food to meet her minimum requirements at least for this year the state department canceled polands bolands Po lands share of the million dollar american relief program in its announcement the state department part ment said that special items such as medical supplies and sup le foodstuffs for p particular groups could be supplied poland through private relief agencies and other organizations the announcement added in view of the above and of the tact fact that funds available are sufficient to meet only the most urgent relief needs it has been decided not to undertake a relief program for poland next on the list according to indications might be hungary where better crop prospects are in sight the state department said that the decision to cut off relief to poland was based entirely on an the relative needs of european countries no official comment was made on the fact that poland is well within the soviet sphere of influence and that hungary is definitely communist dominated NEW SPLIT peace treaty dussias Rus sias rejection of the united states proposal for drafting a japanese peace treaty is showing up as another breach in the already b badly adiv weakened structure of american soviet unity in addition it may delay indefinitely work on a peace treaty for japan which the united states contends is an absolute necessity it if the conquered nation is to get back on its economic feet american proposals for beginning the task ol of writing a treaty on august 19 were turned down by moscow on the grounds that the U S was attempting to act unilaterally and without having made any previous agreements with great britain china or russia major question now facing the united states and other nations interested te in making progress on a far east peace settlement is whether to go ahead with the writing of the japanese peace treaty without russia GUN coincidence for a few minutes washington police thought they might have a would be assassin on their hands when they picked up a man carrying a gun inside the capitol just after president truman had made a visit to the senate chaab chamber but clifton R H spires 39 of augusta ga arrested on a charge of carrying concealed weapons appeared more confused than anyone else about the affair lie he seemed to think that he had a grudge against the big shots in washington but apparently held no animosity toward the president later he was sent ti to 0 a ton hospital for observation the coincidental appearance of 0 president truman in the senate chamber was the result ot of a dare which he took while having lunch with some ol of his former colleagues from the senate he spoke for five minutes from the seat he held as the senator from missouri dwelling largely on the auld lang syne theme READING PUBLIC 49 per cent heard it is probably a sate safe surmise that secretary 0 of state george marshall was shocked clear down to the bottom tor ot of his briefcase when a gallup poll revealed that only about 49 per cent ol of americas voting population had heard or read of his celebrated plan tor for repairing and rebuilding Eu ropes shattered economy on the other hand he could take some consolation from the fact act 57 per cent ot of those who were aware ot of the marshall plan also approved of it the pun plan in simple terms was a suggestion to the european nations that they get together to work out their economic salvation on a cooperative sell self help basis playing a major role in financing the recovery would be american money obtained through taxation of both the 49 per cent who had heard beard of the plan and the 51 per cent who here is the first question which gallup pollsters poll asked nave have you heard beard or read about the marshall plan for helping europe get back on its feet 49 0 o 51 cro ES those who had bad heard beard of the plan were asked what is your opinion of 0 the plan 57 1 22 APPROVE OPINION As a footnote the poll disclosed that while hile public opinion was generally in favor of marshalls marchalls Mar proposal support would decline sharply if taxes had to be raised in order to put it through |