Show NEWS RE REVIEW VIEW big 4 harmony remote grain men ask hearin hearing g BIG FOUR pessimism with the imminence of the most vital international occurrence ot of recent months the big four foreign ministers meeting in london on november 25 the mood surrounding the coming conference was predominantly one of pessimism that there was much justification for such pessimism no one doubted when the chief representatives of the U S great britain france and russia come together they will tackle the tough deadlocked problems of writing peace treaties tor for germany and austria deputy foreign ministers in london to dispense with preliminaries before marshall molotov bevin and bidault put their heads beads together said the powers were as badly split as ever on major issues if the conference falls as it la Is very likely to do the U S will have to face the question of whether or not it wants to conclude a separate peace with that portion of germany outside the russian occupied zone such a treaty not involving the soviets probably would precipitate a final split between this nation and russia nevertheless sentiment has been rising in the U S favoring such an action if the soviets refuse to cooperate in straightening out the problems of germany james F byrnes former secretary of state I 1 advocated that course as have other responsible officials the corollary to that proposition is that the U S then must follow through by keeping itself strong militarily and economically proving to the rest of the world that it has embarked on a definite policy course and that that course is the right one invitation grain battle three of the nations major grain exchanges smarting under president truman Tr S accusation that their speculation Is responsible tor for prevailing high prices of cereals have carried the attack into the enemy camp by requesting a special congressional investigation by the joint committee on the economic report the request was made by the chicago board of trade kansas city board of trade and the minneapolis grain exchange in a letter to sen robert taft rep 0 and rep jesse P wolcott rep mich co chairmen of the committee tatt taft responded immediately with a promise of further hearings countering mr Tr repeated charges that gambling and speculation by grain exchanges have boosted food prices higher the exchange officials contended that the real cause of the rise in grain prices is the administrations extraordinary and ever increasing purchases of grain and flour tor for export administration bungling and lack of planning also were cited by the grain officials wherever the truth may lie ile and it probably is somewhere midway between the government and grain exchange viewpoints it should be recognized that a force akin to a minor economic law Is operating in this particular controversy normal government reaction whenever grain prices shoot above what Is considered a safe level leve is to lay the blame on the grab grain 1 n exchanges charging them wit with h manipulating ting prices through speculation that has occurred often enough in U S history to bear out the theory grain dealers ot of course invariably blame the situation on over exporting from that standpoint at least an investigation at this time should shed some new light on the longstanding controversy it might even provide some real information on why prices are so high headliners HEAD LINERS 4 s IN WASU washington INGTON sen owen brewster rep me above of the senate war investigating committee smiled gently called first successful tests of howard hughes 25 million dollar flying boat gratifying IN SARASOTA FLA the her ald tribune polling beardless males to discover how many strokes are needed for the morning shave compiled this statistic from 38 strokes for a fuzz bearder to for a wire hair air IN TACOMA edgar H eisenhower the generals brother laughed heartily said he was only joking when he remarked that he would form an against eisenhower tor for president club with himself as president RED CZECHS go communist add czechoslovakia to the list of communist dominated nations in eastern europe A man named klement gottwald communist premier of czechoslovakia has emerged as a new strong man possessing complete authority from the national cabinet to rebuild the government of semiautonomous semi autonomous slovakia rebuilding the government of the semiautonomous semi autonomous nation will mean simply that Gatt gottwald Wald and his communists will change czechoslovakia from a nation whose people had at least a part measure of self govern ment to a nation under totalitarian rule although the slovak democrats predominantly conservative are the majority party in the country the communists were able to place bott gottwald a former blacksmith in complete power thus czechoslovakia has shifted from a position as a soviet satellite with some will of its own to a lower position as a russian dominated state with literally no self nation it lias as become another unit in the string siring of soviet buffer states to the south and west |