Show NEWS RE REVIEW VIE W panama bases denied list grain speculators unanimous rejection by pan amas national assembly of a treaty which would have given the U S the right to lease and man 14 military and airfield sites to defend the panama canal not only precipitated a diplomatic disaster but also left this nation in the position of a fighter without a left hand to guard his jaw the action strongly opposed by panamas pajamas Pa president jiminez left the U S with just one alternative to pull out since commitments had bad been given that no american troops would remain in panamanian territory without sanction of an authorized treaty military officials later announced that the withdrawal of some 2 2000 U S soldiers from the 14 bases lur surrounding the canal would be begun immediately that meant probably that the troops would be pulled into the canal zone proper which the U S leases from panama this was by all odds the most crucial issue to arise in U span S pan ama relations since this country purchased the canal from france in 1904 and it was aggravated by the fact that the inability to man defense bases around the canal left this most vital point in american military security dangerously exposed rep albert engel rep mich chairman of the house appropriations subcommittee on defense stated his belief that the national 51 to 0 vote against the treaty was influenced at least in part by the communist movement in panama and he suggested that the U S build a new atlantic pa cefic canal outside panama it if that nation continued to refuse use of bases there did not appear to be much chance of further negotiations however the rejection of the pact probably closed the door on that course some officials were speculating on whether the problem might not wind up in the lap of the united nations for solution SERIAL grain opera secretary of agriculture clinton anderson at the behest of the senate appropriations committee investigating vesti gating commodity speculation on the part of government officials came through with the first installment of the names he had promised to name there were of them big traders in grain and other commodities but except lor for the name of the man who precipitated the investigation ti edwin W pauley presidential advisor and special assistant e A ANDERSONS LIST to army secretary kenneth royall there were no spectacular disclosures on the list while there is no law against speculation ula tion the current investigations ordered by congress stem from re ports that government officials have profited from inside information on government commodity buying plans andersons Ander sens name list was the th first installment in a series which the agriculture secretary will forward to the senate appropriations committee simultaneously making each list public an estimated names are available for such listing meanwhile the senate appropriations committee as well as a house committee were ready to start sifting the rolls for possible irregularities and especially for leaks of inside information WARNING on prices the presidents council ot of economic non dc advisers an astute group that sometimes functions as mr Tr conscience has warned that the U S must return to real price competition if the present boom period is not to collapse into a shapeless economic mess in its annual report the council sharply criticized monopolistic practices and declared also that many industrial prices must come down at least in relation to other prices and many rates of profit must subside while reasonable profitability Is established in other areas the report surmised that the present era of prosperity was abnormal because of such factors as heavy exports short crops and great military expenditures to remedy the situation the council offered these recommendations elimination ol of deliberate our cur 1 tall ment of output as practiced by some labor organizations 2 discontinuance of the practice of big business of hampering the development of new small businesses 3 development of natural re sources and increase in the industrial dus du triaI facilities of the nation r search for researchers I 1 one of the adverse factors developing to hamper the nations postwar program of scientific progress is a critical scarcity of scientists in certain branches of military research government officials have revealed they discount however statements that an aversion on the part of scientists to working on death dealing weapons is the primary cause of the shortage economic factors and a scholars normal desire for complete freedom in study rather than any anti mili tary philosophy keep many of them away from government work officials of the military and the atomic energy commission corr mission observed greatest shortage Is in certain key personnel it was disclosed the need was stressed for scientist ad who are capable of organizing gan izing and directing large research projects of the type the government is sponsoring long range planning is being directed at correcting the situation |