Show 0 U 0 RUSSIA TALK washington its no secret that th at theres been considerable talk among the brass hats in ia the renta pentagon building about war with russia some of this comes from men who honestly feel eel war Is inevitable and favor getting it OV over er with right now others chiefly favor a little war talk because of its help helpin jn passing military conscription conscript lo n however there can be b no doubt about the vie views we oi of the top military man in the war depart department G en dwight eisenhower Elsen hower two or three weeks ago E elsen isen hower bower was attending a W washington oshin agton dinner party when people began to talk about war with russia irked by the conversation he remarked that he was amazed that so many people should suddenly be seriously y considering the idea of war with russia then the chief of staff proceeded to give a pointed lecture on the foolishness of this war talk which COD can bi ba briefly summarized as follows people who want war should only think a few minutes about the sacrifice russia has ha made in the past five years a loss ot of life and property so large we cannot conceive of 0 it A people who have suffered such a loss will not turn tarn tall before any military mill axy force in the world today but at the same time they hey will not go out and look for or another I 1 war and belth neither er will we this country Is no more anxious to go to war with w tb russia our losses are great and we want no more certainly the american people do not want to get involved in a war in which there can be no end but the destruction of the greater greate r part of the world we to have nothing to gain to start with and would have no nothing I 1 h left when it Is over ANTI LOBBY most powerful lobby since the war threw itself into the battle to defeat the wyatt housing program for veterans every congressman received wires phone calls letters from builders but iders lumber dealers real estate men many telegrams were phony abony as several congressmen discovered when they hey tried to answer them hem others were sig signed ned with the names 0 of people who gater later assured members ot 0 congress con ress that they had not seen or sent the wires these tactics of course have been used before the prize telegram however was one sent to all congressmen from the st paul minneapolis area by the northwestern company of which V H alberta Albert sIs is president after urging that the veterans housing program be defeated the lumber company had the gall to add please also iso exert your efforts to oppose a stan standing d ing i vote on these issues 11 NO TRUMAN ROAD folks back in jackson county mo usually are willing to go the limit tor for any honor to their native son harry truman but a recent proposal to change the name of van horn road an important traffic artery named after an early county pioneer met with a storm of protest some of the rural citizens balked at stealing one persons tombstone to honor another van horn road was named after col R T van horn who settled in the county in 1855 when kansas cites population was about he became mayor of kansas city was active in missouri politics and bought the countes coun tys first newspaper later the kansas city journal now defunct WALLACE AND ICKES henry wallace and harold ickes although agreeing on basic political ideals have never been warm friends FOT for 13 long years they served in the same cabinet but part of the time they fought like pat cat and dog over who was to run the forest service and the soll soil conserve conservation service ickes exit from the truman cabinet has left wallace as the last of the original roosevelt evelt new dealers and the only cabinet member with a powerful hold on independent voters an original republican as was 0 ickes wallace la is strong with the negro voters labor labor and the independent liberals As a result wallaces position inside the administration Is better than ever truman end and bob hannegan both are anxious to retain at least leas one all out new dealer wallace is ie their man SOUTHERN LABOR DRIVE one ot of the most important labo decisions since the CIO broke away from born the has just been taken phil murray head ot of the CIO has decided to pour one million dollars into the greatest union organizing drive the south has ever seen in a few weeks CIO organizers by the hundreds will begin moving into georgia florida florada N mississippi alabama tennessee an and d th the carolinas Caroll in nas intent on organizing all un unorganized organized labor both negro and white |