OCR Text |
Show NEWS REVIEW Hint American Aid Plan; Truman Acts for DP's Headliners IN DALLAS . . . Mrs. Warren J. Woodard, 24, housewife, got up in arms ahmit lpes THE AMERICAS: Aid Promised f "We must reject an encroachment upon the fundamental rights of the state. 1 am confident that we all agree that the state exists for man, not man for the s(ate and that we abhor any limitation upon the freedom of expression expres-sion of men throughout the world." Thus, in his first address before the inter-American conference at Petropolis, Brazil, U. S. Secretary of State George Marshall issued a reaffirmation of democratic principles princi-ples in the western hemisphere and then bulwarked his expression of idealism with , specific assurances of U. S. economic aid to Latin America. Amer-ica. He told the delegates that the U. S. government "will continue to take up economic questions with its sister republics and seek a sound basis for practical cooperation." 3 She organized the "Little Below the Knee club" foi women who op-pose op-pose the long skirt now in style. Tht girls organized a parade and anklec through Dallas streets to give emphasis em-phasis to their pro- Marshall at Rio ". . . the state exists for man . . ," That was Interpreted as meaning that the U. S. is willing to help solve Latin America's economic problems through a series of bi-lateral pacts. There was also a hint that the big northern neighbor is counting on sending down its capital. Mrs. Woodard test. IN LAS VEGAS . . . Senator McCarthy (Rep., Wis.) put the bite on congress for its "d( nothing" attitude toward veterans Congress, said he, "did foully bj our disabled veterans, their widowi and dependents." IN BALMORAL SCOTLAND . . . Princess Margaret Rose of England, Eng-land, just turned 17, received as i birthday present her first militarj title colonel-in-chief of the High land light infantry. CRYSTAL BALL: Next President General Douglas MacArthur wil be the next president of the Unitec States. That, at est, Is the occult pre diction of a 'rjear-old Japanese for tune teller, Kakudo Tomioka, whc eulogized: "MacArthur has a glorious glo-rious future in store for him." Tomioka, who is said to have I record of several accurate predic tions, placed the general on a plant with Mohandas Ghandi In the fielc of social welfare. "There presently are two llvin men who have succeeded in realiz ing a peaceful revolution," he said "They are MacArthur and Ghandi But, then, Ghandi's mission is over And MacArthur has his most glorl ous task to accomplish for the world in the future." It was not immediately knowi whether MacArthur would use To mioka's recommendation as a plan) in his platform if he runs in 1948. SURPLUS: Budget Reviciv President Truman's budget business busi-ness made big news again when th chief executive (1) forecast a rec ord treasury surplus next June o! nearly Ave billion dollars, and (2) hurt Republican feelings by tellinj the nation that congress trlmmcc the 1947 budget estimates by onlj 1.5 billion dollars. His mid-yeur budget review estimated esti-mated tax receipts this year a' $41,607,000,000, which is 2.1 billioi dollars moro than any previoui forecast. Mr. Truman made his announce mcnt coincidcntally with a burcai of labor report which lndlcatec thnt tho U. S., far from being lr for a business depression, can looli forward to a period of prosperit) continuing "Indefinitely." DP SHUFFLE: ' Truman Acts President Harry Truman, In a renewed re-newed effort to alleviate the "tragic plight" of Europe's displaced persons, per-sons, ordered a three-way shift in the top command of the U. S. immigration im-migration and naturalization service. serv-ice. In addition, it was disclosed that administration officials In Washington Washing-ton have resumed their review of the problem of displaced persons. Most important personnel shift Involved In-volved the transfer of Ugo Carusl from his post as commissioner of immigration to a position in the state department where he will survey sur-vey all "critical" problems relating to displaced persons, particularly their resettlement. This is expected to result in added add-ed stress being placed on a directive Mr. Truman issued In December, 1945, calling for coordinated action by federal officials to admit as many displaced persons as possible within quota limitations. Watson B. Miller, federal security administrator, succeeds Carusl as commissioner of Immigration, and Oscar Ross Ewing, New York lawyer, law-yer, replaces Miller. President Truman's action was taken in tho face of congress' refusal re-fusal to act on his proposal to relax lmmigraton quotas. |