Show WEEKLY NEWS ANALYSIS seek conspiracy in high prices U IL KL N warned on greek situation tax E dempt coops co ops fire are studied EDITORS NOTE when opinions ere are expressed it in these columns they are those of western newspaper union news jews analysts and not necessarily of ibis newspaper conspiracy probe prices many americans who have had to empty their pocketbooks to fill their larders probably have entertained from time to time the theory that current astronomical costs of living were a conspiracy of some sort I 1 now attorney general tom dark clark has been struck with the same idea and he is dead serious about it threatening jail sentences for anyone who can be proved to have conspired to keep prices of food clothing and shelter in the stratosphere assuming a get tough attitude the justice department ordered a full scale investigation to determine whether there is any subterfuge behind high prices in the nation as industry spokesmen hurried to point PO int out that their records were unblemished and that they would welcome e the uprooting of any of the existing evils in the meantime the CIO f ull full employment commission ur urged ged that congress be summoned into special specia I 1 session to restore price controls and roll back prices to where they were when OPA expired congressional committees were already looking into price increases in the east and midwest the justice departments anxiety and its proposed drive to combat monopolists was one of the strongest indications yet that the government is gravely concerned with the possibilities of uncontrollable inflation in the nation I 1 MORE TROUBLE UN warned the united states has put one more iron in the international fire as a result of the red hot balkan situation in a bluntly worded ultimatum the U S told the united nations nation security e 6 arity council that it would take MAY SEND TROOPS C U S state and war departments have been reviewing the possibility that american troops ultimately may have to be sent to greece although officials do not believe such a move Is necessary at the preg present r direct action to d defend greece fro from m communist domination if the coun cil and general assembly are unable to do the job that development followed a deadlock brought about two weeks previously when russia vetoed an american plan to have a U N commission keep order along the northern frontier of greece and it came on the heels of a report that a severi seven nation subcommittee had been unsuccessful in finding a way to resolve the stale mated russian and united states stands sta nils delivered to the security council by herschel V johnson deputy iv U S delegate the warning said r r the continued failure of the security council to take effective action in this case because 1 of the soviet veto cannot in the i opinion of the U S govern ment preclude individual or collective action by states stales will ing to act so long as they act L an in accordance with the general i purposes and principles of the united nations what other nations might be willing to join the united states in collective action against communist inroads in greece was not immediately evident however 4 S 1 1 41 plane builder howard hughes sat aloof and alone amid a forest of chairs in a senate caucus room after the investigation of his aviation contracts had been abruptly and mysteriously called off ob hearings were scheduled to resume november 17 COOP CO OP INQUIRY two tivo questions oits although the public is not too well informed about it one of the most important and fiercely waged do bestic post war battles is that being fought between private business and cooperative enterprises ente rp rises crux cru of the feud is the fact that cooperatives are tax exempt while private business is not from this evolve two basic questions 1 what effect does tax ex emption have upon i growth of the cooperatives 2 Is tax exemption a factor of disc discrimination rim dinati on against private business A house small business subcommittee has begun an atte attempt mi pt to find the answers with an investigation of the cooperative community enterprise ter prise at greenbelt md in the greenbelt case business groups have charged that the government has aided aide d the cooperative in keep ing private vaie business out of the de a area rea this hearing as well as others on the west coast is being conducted by rep B walter rep N Y as acting chairman of the subcommittee in view of the theory that taxes will remain high compared with the past tor for at least 50 years according to economists the tax exemption feature of coops co ops existence will grow increasingly important RED SAUCERS soviets curious Curi those flying als disks s were fun while they lasted but by this time everybody has practically forgotten them well almost everybody latest report having to do with the aerial chinaware is that soviet agents in the united states have been ordered to solve the mystery of the disks presupposing the report to be true if means at least that the saucers were not of russian origin as many at first believed soviet espionage agents here are said to have been advised that the kremlin believes the flying saucers might have some connection with army experiments on methods of knocking out enemy radar during bombing raids on guard hotheads Hot heads in rome who thoroughly enjoy their affairs of honor are currently having about two duels a week and as a result fencing schools are springing up all over the place As a matter of tact fact a dueling boom is in progress throughout italy last year a total of such incidents took place dueling in italy isbit too dangerous however the antagonists just fight until the first blood is drawn IRON HAND britannia ruled it well may be true that britons never never n never ever shall be slaves as the anthem has it but III in view v lew of prime minister clement Clein ent attlies Att lees new emergency action giving the government stern powers over british industry and labor many y in the islands are now harboring serious doubts about that the emergency bill which winston churchill charged invoked such restraints as the government has never before imposed except in time of war has been passed by both houses of parliament and now for better or worse is law of the land designed deside S to bring britain out of her deadly economic slump the bill empowers the government to command labor and industry to do practically anything and everything if it is in the national interest rallying cry of the british conservatives serva tives led by churchill is dictatorship I 1 anthony eden for 3 mer foreign secretary got into the fight by asking that parliament cut short a planned vacation so the members can be on hand to examine the measures which the government will or eden der the house cannot be an absent spectator while the fhe government does a split over the ever wid ening abyss said eden also a member ol 01 the conservative party I 1 DOUBLE TALK inter american indications at the outset were that the 21 nation inter american conference at rio de janeiro officially called for the purpose of working out a permanent mutual defense treaty among american republics might find itself more concerned with economic aid discussions U S policy as guided by secretary of state marshall Marshi ill will attempt to hold down to a minimum a any latin american hopes for united states loans the north american delegation was expected instead to st stress bess the fa fact ct that U S capital investments in south america are more available and healthier than outright loans I 1 although some some Sou south tb american governments are slowly trending toward that samei ame idea ildea public opinion is lagging particularly because of communist and add nationalist in anilu anil anti U S propaganda in the meantime other of the republics were thinking in terms of a little marshall plan for american aid to latin america all in all it looked like another exciting diplomatic period WAGES building trades making the biggest jump in any single 12 month period since 1920 wages of union workers in the building trades rose 15 per cent in the past year according to a repot report by the bureau of labor statistics that increase worked out to about 25 cents an hour for nearly workers in seven major construction st crafts with most of the hourly pay day boosts coming after wage controls were removed total rise from july 1939 to july 1947 amounted to about 49 per cent during the same period wholesale prices of building materials soared 96 per cent while the consumers p price rice index increased by 59 per cent the bureau pointed out in the building trades bricklayers with an average hourly rate of are at the top of the scale although plasterers and plumbers who received an per cent wage rise made m ade the largest gain from collective bargaining during the year TOURIST TRADE french preparing operating on the highly plausible theory that leftover left over land mines are not only unhealthy for wandering tourists but are also bad for business the french ministry of reconstruction is working hard to clear all possible danger spots in former fighting areas around france while the french a dmit admit that erstwhile battle zones might attract heavy tourist trade they are not taking any chances chanc qs present french economic goals include a healthy tourist industry of prewar pre war size which may be counted on to bring in a good deal of outside money consequently they have been particularly thorough in combing the various vacation areas for land mines and other explosives in the tamed famed bathing resort of deauville for example the community uprooted every square foot of turf to insure complete safety for incoming tourists As a special feature they retained a german blockhouse on the beach suggestion no income hitcome tax rep bertrand W gearhart G e a r ha r t rep calif has advanced an I 1 idea dea which should br bring in i g a warm glo glow W to the hearts of many tax payers pacers he proposed complete abolition of the federal income tax and as a substitute gearhart a member of the tax making house ways and means committee suggested a manufacturers excise tax which would be imposed according to his theory on the finished article as it enters the field of consumption the congressman justified his proposal in this manner at present 80 per cent of the federal revenue comes from income taxes imposed on 41 per cent of the national income this 41 per cent represents persons with fixed incomes of which the government can keep track fifty nine per cent escape through exemptions and evasions and this is a tremendous loss his idea he believes would establish taxpaying tax paying on a more fair equitable basis I 1 new insecticide found benzene call it is a chemical compound that has been known for years but on only 1 y re recently has it come to the fore as a lethal weapon in mans war against insect pests dr kenneth E maxwell of richmond calif attests that used in a kerosene type fly spray sprat is about 10 thes as toxic as DDT to the ordinary housefly also the new insecticide is reported to be more effective than DDT against many agricultural in insect pests and soil inhabiting insects such as wireworms wireworks wire worms dr maxwell says that is the only material known to date which will kill both adult lice and their eg eggs as independence india hidia riots during the two days before fateful india became a land of tree free men more than died in a bloody orgy of violence and rioting inthe huge northern province ot of punjab lahore the capital was the center of the disturbance but fierce fighting also took place throughout the west and east punjab countryside wide sections of lahore were aflame this took place on the eve of in dias independence day just before the indian constituent assembly sat down down to function as a free governing body cause of the rioting incited as always by eri krists was tse the bitter disagreement arising out of the partitioning of india into two separate zones one for hindus the other for moslems in new delhi the independence day ceremonial pr began with two minutes of silence for those who died in the fight for freedom which was finally achieved through amicable negotiations with the british meet the sheikh 6 ma IV ti A X V agy A b 1 I az this is 27 year old sheikh william edward abdur rahman lutz of oakland calif a marine veteran who says he has been appointed the moslem grand mufti of 11 western states ile he became a convert to islam in 1943 beneficial atom research construction of the first peacetime atomic pile to be devo devoted solely to beneficial uses of atomic energy in industry medicine and agriculture has been begun at camp upton N Y slated for completion within a year the pile has been designed by dr lyle B borst for research on problems involving atomic energy and for the production of radioactive tracer substances valuable in determining the course and causes of diseases and other human ills TRUE SUB U S S odua most nearly approaching the scientific conception of a true submarine is the a world war 11 II submersible upon which much work has been done since the wars end to make it almost ideally streamlined despite their amazingly versatile performances submarines have always been viewed by engineers primarily as surface craft able to submerge but compelled to operate most of the time on the surface it Is the navys aim to construct an actual submarine a craft hose normal sphere of 0 operation is beneath the sea the has not reached that end but it is a step in the right direction her exterior has been streamlined by reducing the size of the superstructure and removing deck guns and other topside fixtures I 1 released by western News newspaper union |