| Show WEEKLY NEWS HEWS ANALYSIS U S appears cooling to chiang kai shek leadership 11 truman administration keeps eye on deflation prospect t EDITORS NOTE when opinions us are expressed in these columns they are re those of western newspaper union news analysts sad and not necessarily of cl this newspaper with stakes terrifically high and the communists having him beat iT ath howing owing chinas cainas chiang chia ng kai shek cat seng ered the pasteboards paste boards for a look at his hole card in a quick double take he looked again was it gone or 07 had it dwindled to a deuce the way poker players might have described the tense situation which faced beleaguered beleaguer ed china and her generalissimo the united states chinas cainas only and all powerful ally appeared waning in ardor for the generalissimos generalis simos leadership no less an authoritative U S foreign policy spokesman than senator tom conna ly D tex who will head the senate foreign relations committee in the congress had spoken PUTTING IT BLUNTLY senator connally had said in effect that china generally and chiang kai shek especially should have done more to help themselves in the bat sf lp against chinese communist aces before pressing an alth hour appeal for more american aid the senator emphasized his viewpoint he stated that the visit of ti adame chiang kai shek to the united states was not by invitation of the united states government he made it clear that madame chiang was just a protagonist tag onist of the chinese government WOE PILED UPON WOE for the chinese coincident with senator Conn allys statement press services carried the following dispatch from new orleans william mcchesney martin president of the U S export import bank said the bank would not even consider a loan now to nationalist china he said the export import bank does not have on hand as much money as china probably will want and that china is a poor business risk why was connally giving the back of his hand to the generalissimo hear the senator chiang is a generalissimo except that he go out and generalize if he took command of one of his armies in the field he would do more to revive the morale of his people than anything else the texan was but voicing publicly what other administration officials have been saying privately that they are not too keen about madame chiangi Chi angs all out propaganda drive to divert more money and materials to china possibly at the expense of the marshall plan connally summed uj up by entries 1 ing I ng that he was not prepared at as time to pass any opinion on increasing the a rl d to china but added 1 I am not in favor of sending combat troops to china MEANWHILE 0 suchow garrison was under orders t to 0 sally forth in an effort to save and rescue an entire army group trapped by the rampaging communists but gave no indication of heeding the call the fate of the frightened capital depended on the ability or willingness of the man suchow torce force to quit its fortress miles northwest of while the garrison was deliberating its next move latest battlefront dispatches said the governments army group totaling tat it men was encircled V 1 communists 67 miles south of suchow u chow and miles northwest of little defense remained on the route to DEFLATION truman on lookout like the horseman who galloped off in all directions president truman is sprinting both to and fro in the vexatious price control rise just as the administration was girding to battle mounting living costs prices sagged and now its economic experts are debating the red mayor W V i 1 t german communists named fritz ebert son of the late president friedrich ebert of the weimar republic as mayor of berlin at a 21 frenetic outdoor rally before berlin university the rump city assembly attended only by communists voted for the immediate resignation of the acting mayor ferdinand friedensburg need to don armor against deflation most economic policymakers policy makers believe inflationary forces still dominate the national scene but some of them feel these forces are just about spent ONE TOP LEVEL fiscal official declared inflationary pressures still outweigh the deflationary forces but they arent as great as they were a few months ago inflationary pressures have subsided somewhat in recent weeks but many government economists have adopted a wait and see policy they want to know first how much president truman will ask for cold war spending the cost of living is one of the important economic barometers indicating di at least a temporary slackening of inflationary pressures As measured by the bureau of labor statistics living costs dropped slightly between mid october and mid november for the first time in seven months and department store sales have been below their usual pre christmas levels however economists point out that heavy spending for the armed services could quickly change the picture they expect president Tr 15 billion dollar ceiling on defense spending to be boosted and military aid for china and lend lease arms for western european governments they add could swell the cost of foreign aid THAT KIND OF SPENDING economists point out puts put S more money in circulation and reinforces inflationary pressures by bidding up the price of labor and scarce material one high administration adviser said the anti inflation campaign will be designed to stabilize the national economy against both boom and bust it is not correct to regard the 1 two as separate te and unrelated he said they must be dealt with together and the danger of the boom is the bust itself which way would it go no one in washington knew but president truman kept a sharp lookout forward and aft millions of christians are wor shipping god in russia despite soviet opposition the rev kurz Sz kalla who recently visited moscow in disguise said that during his travels through russia he discovered that christians of all faiths opposed to what he called the moscow orthodox church have formed a cave church BERLIN blockade talks set hope for an early end to the berlin blockade flared upward russia had accepted a new formula by the neutral nations of the U N security council for mediating the big four deadlock on the german capital issue juan A gramuglia Bra muglia argentine foreign minister announced that soviet foreign minister andrei Y had agreed to the plan at a meeting with him it called for the naming of a neutral commission of currency experts BASIS for the resurgence of hope that the issue could be solved was a statement by U S senator connally that he believed the russian land blockade of berlin would be lifted soon senator connally told a news conference that there is bound to be a way out of the deadlock over berlin he said the argument over the circulation of russian currency ir berlin does not justify the cost of the air lift supplying the city and does not relieve us of any threats of conflict he insisted on joint control of any currency distributed tri buted in berlin the united states france and britain gave approval in principle to the gramuglia Bra muglia proposal glia stated he hoped for immediate formal acceptance by the three western powers and saw a possibility for the new mediation effort to get results THE NEW FORMULA of the neutrals china colombia syria canada argentina and belgium was aimed at meeting western objections to talks on the currency issue under the threat of the S soviet oviet blockade of berlin it if was also known to contain provisions for a commission of experts to try to unravel the berlin currency problem in consultation with the big fours own experts the plan would recommend a complete and final lifting of the berlin blockade at the same time the soviet zone mark is introduced in berlin as the sole currency the four powers agreed on the use of the soviet mark august 30 but became entangled in a dispute over when the measure should take effect and what kind of currency controls should be established HU HUNGRY FED U 7 S great sharer americas millions shared with the hungry of the world in record amount during the past crop year and yet managed to feed them themselves selve better than in all their previous history exports during the crop year ended july 1 totaled long tons this is the largest quantity of food ever shipped by any country t ry in a single year it topped american exports of the previous crop year by tons EVEN AFTER SHARING this record supply americans had 14 per cent more to eat than in the 1935 39 period on a quantity basis the U S consumed practically all the meat supplies meat was an outstanding example exports of meat were only about 11 per cent of the supply the cross triumphant church operates underground in in russia they are active he said in the western part of the soviet union particularly along the don and the rivers he said the underground der ground church has millions of followers but he does not believe the time ripe to reveal details concerning the movement its leaders he said are being vigorously prosecuted by soviet authorities BUTTON BUTTON who gets a car puzzled petulant and perturbed were would be buyers of automobiles in these united states when was a list of buyers not a list and what did one have to do to stay on a dealers list once arrived there it was like a game of button button chos got the button A congressional investigation committee brought out a charge by one potential customer that she had been dropped from to place on an automobile purchase waiting list the dealer had been holding her deposit since november 8 1946 how come congressmen asked dealer witnesses WALTER H GARNER the dealers sales manager had an answer he said that the firm owner might not have known it but he garner had adjusted some names on the list stated garner 1 I have put some people back and moved some people I 1 thought worthy cases up it was as simple as that POOH HEX new whammy shammy tossed one two three four five they died all who had anything to do with the death sentence for a condemned killer A hex A whammy dont make me laugh said jake bird tacoma wash man who is to be hanged jan 16 for the murder of mrs bertha kludt and her 17 year old daughter BUT FIVE MEN connected with jakes trial have died suddenly all of heart attacks first it was the judge an who had questioned jake was next then the chief court clerk succumbed next to go was jakes lawyer and then another connected with the case although jake denied having conjured up a hex he told sig kittleson chief criminal deputy that there is a hex and that you youre re in on it too interviewed by reporters jake puffed on a fat cigar smiled slyly when asked about his double whammy and then hinted at a new hex list with the query chos next WARNING doctors must oger offer its up to the nations doctors themselves whether be drafted physicians attending the interim session of the american medical association in st louis were warned they must volunteer in sufficient numbers or face a cial draft dr james C sargent chairman of the AMA council on emergency medical service said many doctors are going into uniform in the months ahead make no mistake about that sargent said a special draft would be undesirable but that it may have to come we must provide adequate medical care for our fighting men he said TROOP OUSTER favored in korea the united states was reported to be supporting a proposal in the united nations general assembly for the withdrawal of occupation troops from the korea area as soon as practicable the proposal was said to be a part of a joint resolution slated to come before the political committee of the U N assembly when that body brings to completion its debate on the palestine question F thumbs down president truman has said no to plans for an elaborate inauguration instead he has urged that the ceremonies be kept as simple and inexpensive as possible he wants it to be a real democratic inaugural said inauguration chairman melvin D hildredth thus out the window went hil expansive plans for making the inaugural the most scintillating and impressive ever held HOUSING realtors critical state socialism was the goal seen by the national association ot of real estate boards lor for the promoters of public housing A pamphlet published by the boards legislative committee charged a clever propaganda campaign about housing has been ide developed by a coalition of planners socialists and radicals the objective of this powerful coalition is simple the pamphlet continued state socialism with all its dangerous implications control of housing is their first and logical step THE PAMPHLET entitled the world owes me a living appeared to be an attack on public housing features of the taft ellender wag ner bill president truman is committed to ask congress in january to revive and enact this measure the bill failed to pass in the congress it would lay down a long range housing program including incentives for private industry and federal subsidies for construction of units of low rent housing the real estate group pointed out that many people think meat costs too much yet few of them the pamphlet added would propose that the government go into the meat business YET ALL OBSERVERS of the situation were agreed that no answer would be forthcoming to the continuing and aggravating national housing shortage until more rental units were constructed NO MONEY no draftee army draft calls for january and february were reduced more than two thirds when military officials rea realized lazed this was necessary it if limits on defense spending fixed by mr truman were to be observed THE JANUARY QUOTA was cut from to and the february call which had been set to take to men was lowered to the army stated simply that the proposed budget for next year big enough to build the man army authorized by congress the armed forces had asked for 23 billion dollars for the fiscal year beginning july 1 president truman set a 15 billion dollar ceiling on defense spending of this total million dollars must be spent on stockpiling strategic raw material the balance of will be split among the armed forces with the army expected to get about 5 billion dollars BECAUSE OF THAT the army figures it will have to limit its strength to officers and men this is per cent under the authorized by congress last summer army officials saw in the budget difficulty probability of sharp reductions duct ions in later draft calls too instead of some or men marching off to the colors this fiscal year ending june 30 prospects were that the total would be but a fraction of either of those two figures embattled china L 03 ah 1 1 IT L CHI CHINA al pacific ocean e ah map alap shows how U S marine reinforcements from guam lower right were moved to Tsing tao 1 american evacuation cent center er safe conduct for evacuating americans was considered imperative pera tive as the desperate battle for such suchow between chinese reds and chinese nationalists went into its final phase suchow 2 Is the hot spot ot of china released by feature j |
