Show WEEKLY NEWS ANALYSIS Tr non tour breaks precedents hits snags senate fights to recover aid slash by bill staff writer EDITOR 19 notel NOM when ovin lons in rs expressed in those column to lumin they in r uto tho of t heern west appt union U ions news analysis and nd not necessarily of this newspaper aw 91 aw M R 1 71 1 1 avat 1 1 0 c 1 ao pos ailt 1 V I 1 1 2 1 1 1 11 i I 1 I 1 r t ODDS ON SECURITY seeking to end what ho he termed a desperate gamble with the nations security sen chan gurney re rep P S D left opened senate debate on the measure to draft youths aged 19 through 25 chairman of tho the senate armed services committee gurney here Is discussing the draft bill with senators leverett rep mass and richard B russell dem ga nonpolitical NON POLITICAL Tr tour president Tr non political swing through the west could be described as nonpolitical non political only anly in the sense that mr truman as a candidate candi data for democratic had jettisoned jetti many of the rules ot of standard party politics it was a lone wolf tight fight he was waging going over the heads of 0 party leaders to t talk directly to the people and most of 0 what he had to say to the people concerned the tha republican congress and what he termed its inaction in chicago speaking before the swedish pioneer centennial association cia tion he hammered out a platform upon which he can be expected to base his chances tor for it was a platform for more and better democracy from chicago the president with his bis entourage headed tor for the heart of the farm belt omaha neb and it was there that he was vet bet sharp harp ly back on his heels he continued his lambasting lam basting ot of the republican congress this time concentrating on GOP farm policies in a speech sit at the ak sar ben coliseum in omaha fantastically in the coliseum which has a capacity of fewer ewer than 2000 persons were present to hear mr truman talk this phenomenon was variously interpreted some said the presidents box office appeal had wilted others claimed the nebraska democratic machine had done a miserably inadequate job in promoting his appearance probably closer to the truth was the plain tact fact that the non po li label ot of the presidential trip had backfired back fired seriously he made a political speech and had expected to get a crowd ot of friendly democrats to till fill the hall for the occasion but the white house previously had told the democratic organization in omaha to lay off the political hoopla hoop la and the organization acted in compliance with those in payoff came when nobody else showed up to fill the aching void which the democrats created by staying away it was an unpleasant blow tor for the campaigning mr truman and one that might produce grave political repercussions but the president was resilient and in a more or less happy frame of mind he left omaha on his bis train and rode away into the setting sm sim in search of fi appier hunting bunting grounds AID SLASH less recovery sen arthur was lighting fighting mad at what the house of representatives had done to his ht political baby the world recovery pro gram by slashing nearly a million dollars from the appropriations tor for the europe asia aid al dill bill on the republican foreign policy leader from michigan rested the administrations hope of reclaiming the appropriations cut in senate action on the measure certainly has a more than usual affinity for global aid program since it was he who labored to steer the marshall plan to congressional approval last april Wh what atthe the house had done was to approve a total foreign aid expenditure of to be spread out over a period of 15 months the administration had asked K S as the minimum fund needed tor for a 12 month period secretary of state george marshall lighting fighting hard against the cut had asserted that the smaller appropriation would mean putting europe on a relief dole rather than helping it to its feet but rep john tabor taber rep N Y chairman ot of the house appropriations committee went right ahead and swung the ax he said the funds his committee proposed were all that could be spent with any degree of 0 prudence paul G hoffman head of the tha european recovery program said he certainly hoped congress would restore the cuts ERP was hardest hit in the fund cut whereas congress previously had authorized up to billion dollars in 12 months tor for that 16 nation recovery project the appropriations bill as passed by the house knocked that figure down to 4 billion dollars for 15 months other reductions assistance to greece and turkey was cu cut t from million to million dollars and aid to china cut from million to 40 0 million milli on DRAFF debatable in the waning days before adjournment journ ment of congress the senate had buckled down to the task of producing action on a limited revival of the military draft the house was waiting only for the tha senate to dispose of the hues question before its members waded into the tricky currents of a similar measure legislators in both houses were treading gingerly about on the issue throbbing with the knowledge that this Is 13 an election year and furthermore there are any number of american parents ready to offer material objections at the ballot bax bo if their boys boy are called up for military service in the face of all this the senate nevertheless was trying to do some kind of a job ob its measure provided for the drafting of men 19 through 25 23 in sufficient numbers to bring the armed services up to their authorized strength the bill would permit 18 year olds to volunteer tor for I a years training thus disposing of a universal 1 versal military training act tor for the present among the side issues that arose during the senate debate was the old bugaboo of civil rights after an abortive two hour filibuster by southern democrats the senate voted 37 to 33 to outlaw the poll tax as a requirement tor for voting la in federal elections so far as members of the armed forces are concerned actually it was a minor issue inasmuch as most of the seven southern poll tax states still till have in effect wartime suspensions of the tax tor for members of the armed services under the senate measure the draft would be authorized tor for five years but the program is left flexible enough so congress each year could raise or lower both the regular and reserve forces to meet shifting world conditions drafted men after completing two years of service would havo to serve erve in the reserve tor for five years or as a matter ot of choice volunteer tor for an additional year in the regular services or two years in the national guard LATEST LATE ST in bombers army air force Is developing another new long range jet bomber which will vall use propel propellers lors driven by let jet turbines it Is called the 52 the experimental plane represents another effort by designers to overcome the high fuel consumption and resulting limited range of jet bombers but still retain the jets high speed jet driven propel propellers lors m anny ky provide a partial awer MINE TALKS more afore snags As usual john L lewis was miu min ing the channels of possible agreement in the tha latest series of 0 contract discussions between him and representatives of the soft coal mine operators the explosive the chief planted this time was a demand that the operators first guarantee we welfare aid for distressed miners before they can expect his union t to sign a new contract thus the lewis situation in the tha united states was being brought to the fore again already the possessor of enough government injunctions to pa paper per the don den of his springfield ill III home lewis received another one bet before ore he would consent to bargain with the operators on a new 1848 1948 49 contract the old contract expires june 39 U S district judge T alan goldsborough issued the latest injunction ordering lewis to bargain with the southern coal producers asso association C lation the mine chief previously had refused to bargain with the association because the 14 member groups were being represented at the contract talks by just ono one man however lewis bowed to the injunction and agreed to talk in the course of this talk one of the first things he did was to call the mine operators fat cats and then wave an arrogant club at them w with ith these words we assume that you would deplore any impairment of your abnormal income after july 1 such an assumption would seem to be a logical predicate for the making of a new wage agreement before that date briefly it looked as though lewis was determined to strike again deprived of one snag he immediately grasped another As a result the tha first round of contract talks was fruitless transition Z 11 I 1 N 13 gen dwight D else Elsen eisenhower nho hower w er in the manner of all old wa warriors priors probably will a soldier at heart ull till the end of his days despite the fact that he has discarded his military trappings for the cap and gown of no an educator ike iho has settled down as president of columbia university and the he only kind of president he wants to be he be says GERMANY new plan plait pivotal point of a healthy and prosperous europe germany long has been under scrutiny by the allied powers who have been searching for a way to return it to the world family of nations without starting another squabble zonal partition of germany perhaps has been the biggest hindrance to the formulation of such a plan and russia consistently has hai objected to reestablishing establishing re an autonomous german government now however a new plan was wa afoot foot the U S and five other friendly powers power britain trance france belgium luxembourg and the netherlands Nether landi revealed a scheme enema tor for self government in western germany at the same lame time notice was served on russia that occupation n troops will remain there until the peace of europe Is secured the plan calls tor for international I 1 control of the th ruhr and for steps toward convening a german con assembly in the three thre western zones zone to prepare a 8 constitution tor for approval of the participating states that was the skeleton of a program which might put germany back on its feet reaction in the V U S wax wag favorable the th state department hailed it as a major step toy tov ard recovery in europe and it also wa was s regarded as a body blow to in the cold war but although the plan asserted with some som vehemence that germany must not again be ba permitted to become an aggressive power there wasi was some worry as to whether france would approve it does the decision to go ahead with the political rehabilitation of western germany to the exclusion of Russ Rus laa sias eastern zone mean that th at the defeated nation Is finally and irrevocably split U S officials dont think so no the theory Is that although it was rui sia ita itself which forced the western powers to act without Itus russia sla th the 13 new program does not preclude the participation of the rest of germany in the new self governing federation if and when the people of the soviet zone son want in |