Show WEEKLY NEWS 1 use force if 11 noce necessary g s styf 4 byrnes lewis loses in controversy A jf german war plants to be stripped b 1 TORS hott wilts opi to r expressed ea in ia these columns them rt those tl 61 western newspaper union bews analysts ind and biet VI er tha MEMOIR NO patience itce james F byrnes who when he ase 0 secretary of state was a verl veri g personification of patience oh oah in his dealings with ith alussia ll li stepped down from his pedestal and announced that it ii was time to ib start slugging th his published memoirs speaking peaking frankly byrnes that the 11 S reply to rus sias mali obstructionism on oft atomic energy and german peace treaty agreements with better and more atomic bombs and a decision to drive the red attl army out of germany jy by force if ff necessary exponents ot of the get tough with russia policy now have a sturdy champion in the former secretary df ai state who resigned that post only last january because of III health byrnes bymes p r e dented a 10 step course of action f for 0 r restoring peace basis of BYRNES which must be the conclusion of A satisfactory german peace treaty at the same time he conceded that the plan of action conceivably ceiva bly could lead to world war lit III if russia refused to operate cooperate co first of all said byrnes the U S should ask the big five to call a full dress conference of all what to do they wanta apprehensive of the constantly expanding area of communism in the old world many americans want to know just what it Is the russians are after james byrnes bymes stated flatly 1 I do not doubt that their ultimate goal is i i s to dominate in one way or another all of europe nations on germany early in 1948 11 if russia refuses to participate or if she boycotts the conference the other nations should proceed without her then comes the stinger which advocates it if russia refuses kusles P sign the treaty and likewise re auses to withdraw red troops from western germany other nations should ask the U N security council to order her out and if russia vetoes the security council order then the U S must drive her out of germany by force however byrnes Is rim firm in his belief that the U S probably will not have to resort to warfare he thinks russia will withdraw her troops from western germany upon completion of a peace treaty UKRAINE CROP bumper the russian ukraine big breadbasket of the soviet union has chalked up the most successful agri eyl tural u a I 1 year in soviet history by jart 0 ing 1003 per cent fulfillment bets ts grain quota that according to communist standards is slightly better than perfect however if the reports are not too exaggerated russia has indeed achieved a bumper grain crop this year thirteen of the soviet unions 18 16 republics have turned in statistics which show that the 1947 harvest exceeds all previous estimates that the ukraine hit disastrously by drouth last year came back in a big way is indicated by figures from kharlov which show that 12 million boods more of grain were produced this year than in the districts best prewar year A equals pounds 11 otecia of V A av 11 1 william green president of the american federation of labor is r hown addressing the recent in san francisco with great gusto he favored the signing by union officers of noncom non com eunist affidavits john L lewis also spoke reparations germany pays european Europe aft md aid took a 9 different turn with an announced plan by british and american military governments I 1 to dismantle german i industrial rl du and war plants in their two zones for reparations purpose of the move slated to be carried out as swiftly as possible is to expedite european economic recovery most of the factories are metal chemical and electrical engineering shipbuilding and power plants the announcement points up the problem still not fully solved of whether completely to destroy get ger banys war potential by cancelling out her industrial strength or to rebuild the german industry for peaceful production obviously realizing the possible adverse effects which the dismantling of the plants might have upon the german people the U S and britain issued a joint statement emphasizing pha sizing that they would consider suggestions from the germans for substitution of equivalent individual plants meanwhile german public officials and trade union leaders have denounced the reparations policy as a blow to german econom economic de revival and a source of unemployment EMERGENCY on account realistic U S government officials admit that everything they can do might turn out to be inadequate to pull europe through this dreaded winter but that dark outlook has not stopped president truman from trying his latest move in the desperate gamble was to make another 50 million dollars available to hungry communist infested france to give the nation a new temporary lease on survival this time the payment was not a loan however mr truman advanced the money as an early payment to france of fillds still owing tor for the procurement of supplies in france by the U S army during the war france clai ms that a total of 80 million dollar s is due it in such repayments the 50 million was written off as a payment on account at the same time it was disclosed that when cengr com committees ml t open hearing on november 10 the administration n will have ready for them the ent ire ae a e long range marshall plan tor for ai d to europe as well as urgent pleas for immediate stopgap assistance however it was in the wind that congress was preparing to debate violently and at great length on the european r josf program ani aad few members syre ready to 1 c apo alt themselves them selve REFUGEES front soviets str streams eatola ot of refugees are reported to be coming through dussias Rus sias iron curtain to the southeastern coast of i sweden season for their flight they sa say Y is that the baltic le lands where they made their homes now andl under er control of the soviet union are being combed by the russians Hus tor for men and women to be deported to siberia A secret transportation route out ot of the soviet zone manages to spirit the refugees to sweden cost for such a journey 2500 german marks according to two latvians Latvia ns who reached sweden by sea from red held german in a war surplus american rubber dinghy the current epidemic of escapes is the result of a soviet order that all balts baits in the red bed zone of the reich must be registered this thiis is interpreted as the first move toward their deportation as slave labor to siberia and the arctic island of govaya zemla where huge contingents of balts baits already have been shipped most of the refugees are skilled workers and are readily finding employment in siedea BELABOR olf lewis lelvis downed on this issue I 1 dont think the federation has a head I 1 think its neck has last just grown up and haired over thus john L lewis he be of the king sized eyebrows at the american federation of labor convention in san francisco the issue to which he be so lustily referred was w as that of whether the should vote to wipe out its 13 vice presidents of which lewis is one and despite lewis name calling and hammy mane tossing histrionics the did vote to abolish its ka vice presidents in a move to make the entire federation eligible to use the national labor relations board under the taft hartley law the action which leaves only william green president JOHN L and george LEWIS secretary treasurer as top federation officers was taken in order to permit the officers to sign noncommunist communist non affidavits for federal unions which have no national officers of their own no union may have access to the facilities of the national labor relations board under the taft hart ley law unless their officers sign the affidavits lewis announced that he would not seek a seat on the federations executive board D W tracy was named in his place lewis previously had adamantly refused to sign the noncommunist communist non affidavit on the grounds that he would be making a concession to the taft hartley law much reviled by labor I 1 1 I LIKE IKE while it has not yet exactly reached the taking the country by storm stage the campaign to put gen dwight D eisenhower Elsen hower in the white house continued to progress as the national headquarters of the draft eisenhower Elsen hower for president league announced its new slogan 1 I like ike the league has ordered lapel buttons bearing the slogan which it predicts will go over big PALESTINE still chaotic in the united nations the juggernaut problem of the holy land plunged on toward one ki kind nd of climax or another as great britain reiterated her determination to withdraw withdraw from the chaotic country and leave the solution solely to the U N britain however was not yet ready to announce a definite date for withdrawal nor would she commit herself definitely on the now dominant plan to partition palestine into arab and jewish states informed british sources said however that it could be assumed britain would not vote against partition bitterly defiant the arab league states continued to hold out against the partition proposal lebanese delegate camille chamoun strongly attacked the U S accusing it of backing the partition plan to gain political support of american jews and to carry out capitalistic desires for what he said he fores foresaw aw as political penetration of the middle east peculiarly enough U S skeptics have observed that russia in siding with the U S for partition is impelled by precisely the same motives except of course soviet desires are not capitalistic they are communistic TWO AND TWO significance maybe this is why mathematics always was such rough going in school the presidents scientific research board has warned that instruction st in common arithmetic is faulty in U S schools and must be improved if the country is to develop the large number of scientists it will need for security and advancement van cement the battle for competence in science probably is won or lost in the lower grades the board says the arithmetic book the board goes on to say is the young students best introduction to science but his reception is likely to be lukewarm unless he is shown its significance ance what can be done with the formulas he memorizes As to algebra the board reports that the typical first year algebra course does not nurture scientific aptitudes and certainly is not realistic as regards problems and the emphasis on science EYE TO EYE practical lenses optometrists now report that the first flush of curiosity over the invisible contact lens is subsiding and the industry is settling down to fitting mainly those who can be benefited functionally in about 15 per cent of the cases contact lenses can help those who could not be aided with conventional glasses they report and the field is narrowing down to this s small all group which is being treated for the other 85 per cent regular spectacles are recommended because they are much more practical tor for all normal purposes however there are still many invisible lenses sold to athletes theatrical people and professional lecturers according to fred J danker of the invisible lens service buffalo N Y MORE WIND f florida hit southeast florida sorrowfully surveyed its greatest farm damage in 30 years and estimated the bill at about 20 million dollars as its second violent hurricane within a month whirled away into the atlantic after laying waste thousands of acres winds up to 60 miles an hour lashed the exposed tip of the state and tons of water poured in upon the everglades turning lowland areas into lakes As after the first hurricane many thousands were left homeless by the winds and waters transportation facilities were knocked out temporarily and once again the slight veneer of civilization went by the boards under the buffeting of the storm HALF A LOAF not so good food conservation stayed well up in the news after effecting a 60 day shutdown of distilleries to save grain for europe charles luckman head of the citizens food committee turned his genius to the problem of how to bake smaller loaves of bread but he found a cool reception half a loaf said the baking industry as well as his advisors was not much better than none technical difficulties would be too hard to overcome one baking industry spokesman said that by the time bakers could switch to smaller pans the european food crisis would be a matter of record also he said there would be the problem of packaging and wrapping the smaller loaves nothing daunted in his fight to save million bushels of grain by next july luckman turned to the nations brewers the poor mans champagne he said must go the foaming tankard must be reduced in short he sought a substantial cutback in beer production As a final shot to demonstrate his irrevocable stand on this food conservation business luckman despite waves of criticism about the no poultry no eggs phase of the program asserted stoutly that there would be no retreat from days released by features Fea turea |