Show WEEKLY NEWS ANALYSIS seek to avert mass starvation in europe wage price plan seen as spur to production EDITORS NOTE when opinions ominio a re expressed in these columns they they are re those of western newspaper union sews news analysts ts sad and not necessarily of this newspaper WORLD RELIEF eed d great 1 in n calling upon the american people to pull in their belts and get along on a smaller and less varied selection of meats cheese evaporated milk ice cream margarine salad dressing and beverages president truman declared that the threat of starvation overseas was greater today than at any other time in history while americans have been consuming about calories per person he said more than million people in europe will have to subsist on less than 2000 calories a day 28 million will receive less than 1500 calories a day and large groups will get as little as 1000 calories in shaping a nine point program to enable this country to meet re 5 f requirements overseas the ad placed emphasis upon conservation of dwindling wheat supplies to assure fulfillment of export goals of million bushels no less than 25 million bushels of wheat were expected to be saved during the first half of 1946 by raising the quantity of flour produced from a bushel of wheat to 80 per cent As a result more dark bread will be made another 20 million bushels of grain are to be conserved by discontinuing the use of wheat in the direct production of alcohol alcohol and beer and limiting the use of other grains for beverage alcohol to five days consumption per month at the ahe same time the mhd department of agriculture will seek to cut down on use of feed grains by encouraging cou raging the speeding of marketing of hogs and beef cattle and culling of poultry the other provisions of the administrations nine point program include the acceleration of rail shipments of wheat corn meat and other foods exportation of tons of fats and oils pounds of meat and increased supplies of canned milk and cheese establishment of wheat and flour inventory controls on millers bakers and distributors tribu tors and efforts to move more copra for cocoanut coco anut oil from the F IR philippines WAR CRIMINAL 11 no reprieve having been convicted by an american military iry cor commission mission tor countenancing atrocities in the philippines ip pines gen tomoyuki Yamas hitas s life rested in the hands of president truman after the supreme court had validated his trial and gen douglas macarthur refused to mitigate the sentence As the president considered clemen general cy there was re sentiment gent sent ment in japanese inese circles over macarthurs Mac Arthurs or tiers aers that be stripped of his uniform decorations and other army accessories in being hanged declaring that was an adherent of the ancient samurai warrior tradition nipponese generals said he was entitled to a soldiers rather than a common criminals death in ordering Yamas hitas hanging in disgrace macarthur asserted that the jap had dishonored the military profession by countenance ing troop capacities rapa cities instead of insisting upon their protection of the weak whether friend or foe scoring the japanese sack of manila macarthur compared the destruction with american respect for the city in 1942 despite its impending loss UNO save face at odds in the united nations organization over the question of the presence of british troops in greece russia and britain patched up their differences with acceptance of a face saving formula under which the security council dropped consideration of ahe the issue without a formal pronouncement by dropping the question without further ado UNO avoided the possibility of impairing the prestige of russia by refuting its charges that the presence of tommies commies in greece threatened the peace of the world or of offending britain by acknowledging the red accusations As in previous differences U S delegate played a leading role in smoothening ruffled relations though he inclined against the russian claims dussias Rus sias charges that the tom mies alleged protection of rightist interests in greece against leftist elements would have international repercussions followed close upon what it believed were british inspired iranian complaints against red interference with orderly government in that country occupying a strategic position along the british lifeline life line in the eastern mediterranean greece along with oil rich iran ranks as a key spot in the near east debate site while residents of the stamford greenwich conn area recommended to UNO as a site for permanent headquarters protested against the selection a strong movement against approving the locality developed within UNO itself in leading opposition against the stamford greenwich site australian delegate W R hodgson declared that purchase of the land for was too costly residents did not welcome UNO and no central facilities for interim operations were available in new york despite proposals for purchasing the area recommended for from to per acre residents of both greenwich and stamford voted against the inclusion of town areas in the site CONGRESS labor curb despite quick house a action in passing the drastic case bill with its restrictive labor legislation the senate was expected to proceed more slowly in considering the measure holding their lines solidly throughout the week long debate on the bill a coalition of republicans and conservative serva seva tive democrats beat down all efforts to take the teeth out of the legislation by modify modifying irig provisions or eliminating all enabling clauses to reduce the measure to a mere declaration of policy while liberals assailed the bill as one of the most vicious antistrike anti strike laws to come before congress proponents clung fast to provisions setting up a mediation board to consider e r disputes requiring 30 day cooling off periods before strikes making both management and labor I 1 liable for contract violations outlawing violence and intimidation and banning sympathy walkouts wal kouts or boycotts FARM INCOME record indicated during the first 11 months of 1945 cash income to farmers including benefits totaled while for the same period of 1944 the total was the index of the quantity of goods sold was 1351 for the 11 months of 1945 as compared with 1374 for the same period of 1944 the decrease being offset by a rise in the index of prices received tor for farm products from 1304 in 1944 to 1353 in 1945 WAGE PRICE new policy culmination of a long and strenuous tug of war between government and industry and between administration officials themselves a new wage price formula loomed with the expectation that it would pave the way for labor peace and start up full scale production pushed by director snyder and at first vigorously opposed by Administrator OP bowles the new program reportedly called tor for general wage increases approximating 17 per cent and corresponding in price boosts to permit industry S i 41 M AA IMI 51 tor Z Administrator OP bowles right answers newsmen to absorb the added expense though admitting that a rise in living costs would result from the policy administration leaders declared that the volume output following resumption of work would bring prices to normal reasonable levels in developing the new formula president truman affirmed his belief in a previous plan he had proposed under which prices would have been raised only if industry had proven its inability to absorb wage increases while the plan would have worked with full production he said obstructions to large scale output necessitated a re revision vi of policy FARM LAND sales drop A continued rise in farm land values and a moderate decline in the volume of sales were leading i developments i in n the th e farm real estate market during the year 1944 45 the department of agriculture reported for the united states as a whole land values during world war II 11 1939 45 increased 50 per cent as compared with a 25 per cent increase during world war 1 I the levels of values at the end of the two wars were approximately equal current values however are still about one fourth below the 1920 inflation peak after having increased for six consecutive years the volume of voluntary sales during the year ended march 1945 decreased 8 per cent from the preceding years peak when a sales volume almost 15 per cent above that for the boom year 1919 was reached despite this decease the volume of sales last year continued at a level that was three fourths above the 1912 14 and averages and higher than tor any other year of record with the exception of 1943 44 contributing to the high volume of farm sales during the last year was a general increase in the volume of reselling of farm land after a limited period of ownership during the first quarter of 1945 and the last halt half of 1944 more than one eighth of all sales were desales of farms which were acquired within two years FULL employment water bill with democrats and republicans alike expressing agreement the house passed a diluted version of an administration backed full employment bill that would have committed the government to providing jobless work at prevailing wages As finally framed by a house senate conference committee and pushed through congress the new bill sets up a council of three economic advisers delegated to prepare annual reports on levels of employment production and purchasing power and draw up a program for correcting maladjustments A congressional committee of seven will then act upon the recommendations in typical comment on the measure rep manasco dem ala declared that it was high time congress announced an unwillingness to continue deficit spending except in extreme emergencies and rep judd rep minn said the bill could do no harm and may do good HONEY OUTPUT up totaling pounds honey production in 1945 topped 1944 output by 23 per cent and was 19 per cent above the 1939 44 average while boosting production bee keepers also enjoyed higher prices resulting from the sugar shortage an increase in the packing g of one pound and five pound containers to take advantage of higher ceilings and a rise in retail sales the average price received by beekeepers bee keepers for all honey sold in 1945 including the combined wholesale and retail sales of comb extracted d and chunk honey was cents per pound compared with cents per pound in 1944 these prices cover large and small apiaries owned by farmers and non farmers the value of the crop was 30 per cent more than the 1944 crop and 77 per cent more than the crop of 1942 the crop was vas in good demand and sold readily pushing ceiling prices throughout the entire year AIR TRAVEL faster and faster first postwar plane to be placed in service the transcontinental and western vestern airs super deluxe passenger liner the constellation carried 52 persons from burbank calif to new york city in 7 hours and 27 minutes to cut the previous commercial flight record by almost wt 4 hours with president jack frye at the controls the constellation averaged miles per hour on its record hop with a maximum of miles per hour registered between fort wayne ind and haysville Hays ville ohio with the help of a 60 mile per hour tail wind only unpleasant incident of an otherwise smooth trip was when the plane was caught between a severe updraft and downdraft in the and rocked momentarily menta rily before frye quickly righted the ship liquor revenue up federal revenue of 24 billion dollars an all time high were collected for the government in 1945 by the alcoholic beverage industry an analysis of bureau of internal revenue data shows comprising federal receipts from high wartime excise taxes and from occupational and other special taxes the figure represents an advance of approximately 14 per cent over the previous peak figure during the 12 years since repeal federal receipts from alcoholic beverages have amounted to more than 12 billions the bulk of the 1933 1945 returns from alcoholic beverages has been collected by the distilled spirits industry 61 per cent or 73 billions of the 12 billions total the receipts from beer taxes during this period have comprised 37 per cent or 45 billions of the total the balance coming from various wine taxes in 1945 distilled spirits tax receipts of the federal government accounted for 17 billions of the 24 billions total or 70 per cent WORLD COURT name american top legal body of the united nations organization the new international court of justice will include one american among its 15 members green H hackworth of chevy chase md being elected to the tribunal along with jurists from canada china russia france united kingdom brazil belgium mexico yugoslavia chile and el salvador in supplanting the old world court the new tribunal ranks as the principal organ of UNO tor for resolving judicial disputes between nations in addition the court can be called upon to furnish legal advice to ac credited UNO agencies A legal adviser to the state department part ment since 1925 hackworth has participated in many international conferences accompanying secretary of state hull to moscow in 1943 he subsequently attended the dumbarton oaks and san francisco conferences feren ces with the U S delegation at the london sessions of UNO hackworth also is chairman of the united nations committee of jurists As a justice on the new court he will draw annually NEAR EAST russ claims repeated communist demands for the return of turkish held armenian lands to russia focused increasing attention on the near east latest communist appeal for the return of turkish provinces of kars and andagan to russia was made by grigori Arut inov secretary of th the a communist party of soviet armenia in an an election speech at nack sea FATUM 4 xi TURKEY 1 a ea e IRAN t too milts derevan Ye revan played up in moscow Arut inov declared that the armenian pe people ople raised the question of regaining the territory ceded to turkey in 1921 in a border dispute in the face of growing russian pressure for the readjustment of turkeys mountainous eastern border and other demands for a strip of turkeys northern black sea coast istanbul has stood fast against territorial revisions with the central government announcing its intentions to fight for every inch of ground nationalists sentiment in the threatened provinces has been fanned to a patriotic pitch LABOR bloody outbreak murder charges were filed against four armed guards of the toledo peoria and western railroad following in 0 an altercation between employees of the company and pickets near a siding at gridley ill in which two strikers were killed and three others wounded climaxing the s tempestuous labor relations with the railroad brotherhoods brothe the bloody affray developed after the company had run its first train over its eastern division since the union walkout last october at that time the government had returned the to its owners following its wartime operation of the strategic mile line after taking 9 ver over the property in 1942 2 seizure resulted from president G P refusal to arbitrate a dispute having followed the train along a paralleling highway about 25 pickets parked their cars close to a siding in gridley and moved toward a nearby switch which the tour four armed guards approached to throw As the guards and pickets neared each other shots were fired and the strikers fell though it was admitted that the pickets carried rocks police sought to determine whether any had been armed released by western newspaper union |