Show 1 I eff 5 wa DREW PEARSON farm leader spurs food drive ALBERT 6 BERT S GOSS master of the national grange the na ZV eions biggest farm organization is a mild aphea appearing ring bespectacled little man you might mistake for a professor on leave from an ivy league college however goss does some unprofessional slugging on issues that interest him and although he represents the f farmer armer he also strongly believes in feeding europe calling on president truman goss urged drastic steps to deal with the food crisis this Is an emergency comparable to a wartime emergency the farm leader told the president so we all must pitch in tighten our belts and and treat cicat it it as such until it Is over everybody business labor and the farmers will have to be satisfied with a smaller margin of profit I 1 am sure you will find the farmers only too willing to do their part the grange leader showed sir mr truman a colored slide of 0 a picture of one weeks food rations in the american occupation zone in germany aken when goss was in frankfort during daring a european tour last spring it was enough to cover a good sized dinner plate plus a small loaf of bread a full weeks supply for one person typical of the countries now asking us for help explained goss let me remind you that this picture was taken last spring the people over there will get even less next spring unless we do something WALTER WINCHELL new york silhouettes about town lizabeth scott star of desert fury enjoying the medium at the barrymore few seasons ago liz ushered there nellie lutcher Lutch cr newest discovery disc overy who averaged per week until a few months ago sheu shell get per concert per huh at town hall sari gabor mrs conrad hilton who says she was robbed of in gems used to have awful pains in the head and invariably wore a huge turban under which was an ice bag the V U S want a war with russia any more thin than russia wants a peace with US can you remember way back when moscow was begging beg ping us to send our troops overseas instead of daring us dont be amazed if senator taft sides with moderates in the coming battle of prices in congress he could even be liberal it if it for his wife martha will assure you martha is the old old guard plus a 4 sharp tongue washington ticker the president has a new hideaway in florida where he can go when washington weather gets too barr at key west you can expect more attacks on other high living U S generals similar to the general lee affair who served in the theater secretary of agriculture anderson threatens to sue whittlesey house tor for NOT publishing a book what perplexes that firm Is that anderson write the book he is only associated with it WALTER SHEAD americans resent regimentation THE HE democratic way Is the voluntary way there Is no question about that premise the american people resent being regimented in peacetime or forced to do anything during the war they had boys and husbands and friends in a fighting war and they stood tor for some regimentation in the interests of the common good but one cannot help but wish that in such an emergency as the present food crisis when the cooperation of every american is needed deeded to back up the foreign policy of the nation which Is waging a war for or peace the president 0 of the united states bad some of the wartime powers of which he was stripped by repeal ot of the war powers act A case in point is the sullen reluctance of grain exchange gamblers gambler to post higher margins on future speculations when asked to do so by the president in order to take some of the pressure off higher prices H I 1 PHILLIPS its a change in the weather rep sid simpson of illinois Is fathering a bill for a halt half million dollar appropriation to take up the matter of converting clouds into rain dissipating tog fog and producing snow government control of weather as it were in a way this movement for government operation ol of weather is one of 0 the best things ever suggested more than 75 per cent of th the e gripes you hear are about the weather but we fear complications once the matter gets into the hands of politicians tic ians we might see the republicans beating the democrats on a pledge to prevent a recurrence ot of the blizzard that came in the batters lat administration or the democrats fighting the GOP on the claim that the worst humidity always came when the republicans were in 8 6 jersey saloon keepers have voted to use a smaller beer glass somebody always is attempting the impossible next week MURDER R IN THE NURSERY eric johnston movie czar how I 1 wonder where you are As I 1 hear you talk and sup but observe no follow up an army balloon fully mated inflated was stolen at asbury park the other day probably some housewife determined ter mined to get up among the current price levels maybe the be decision of international harvester to turn to refrigerators reflects the growing grou ins belief that we vie may all be rating eating hay bay before long PAUL MALLOW MALLON red strength lies in politics D may be weak from a military and economic standpoint but bui ashe lv she Is far from weak from a political standpoint her diplomatic position which has enabled her to veto world peace plans and atomic control hardly can be considered weak more than 2000 american passports lor for russia are said to be outstanding from more than one american who has visited russia lately to see what the kremlin restrictedly wishes a visitor to see has come the suggestion that economically russia could not pursue a war ot of any duration her production is bad I 1 from the military standpoint no doubt she could seize certain turkish territories and perhaps even greece without great trouble indeed she might even try to seize the whole of europe although her ability for military action up to the eastern rim of the atlantic ocean can be gravely doubted one peaceful chance of solution of this problem has not been mentioned much in the discussions behind the scenes II if russia is 13 as inefficient as she has shown herself to be her destiny will be downward she developed only one good gun and one good plane during the war ruthless sacrifice of manpower won the war tor for her only in politics is she strong therefore if an aggressive resistance is maintained to her by the world and she Is allowed to work out her downward destiny in in accordance with her lack of ability then peace could come without another war WRIGHT PATTERSON hoover urges voluntary saving 0 rhey te tell if us herbert hoover Is THEY A not an orator but he can put more information and more appeal into his blis matter of fact statements than can any mere orator from him we received a clear cut appraisal of the food situation of the world what is needed in this country W if a disastrous european and asiatic famine is to be avoided an appeal for voluntary action on the part of the american individual that can accomplish the needed results that appeal coming from hoover with his firsthand first hand knowledge will do more to induce the necessary saving ot of food than could be accod by regimentation J |