Show WEEKLY NEWS ANALYSIS russian intent puzzles west as berlin blockade ends U US S spending widely criticized EDITORS NOTE when opinions are expressed in these columns they are thos hose e 0 of f western newspaper unions union news analysts and not necessarily of 0 this new newspaper SPENDING slash urged suggestions that US spending might be curtailed somewhat were coming from several quarters latest source was president trum Tr ns economic advisers who held the idea that some existing tax burdens might be lightened and that the administration might scale down its call tor for four billi billion orr dollars in new levies THE COUNCIL of economic advisers whose function is to counsel with the president on fiscal matters as they affect finance and economics was reported to feel that current business trends justify an early check on federal spending that is it if the budget is to be brought anywhere near to a balance it was the councils opinion that such levies as taxes on the transportation por tation of goods add to the business costs and consumer prices and impede an orderly withdrawal from the postwar business boom the council was more than cool to any extended public works program indicating its opinion by refraining fra ining from making any such recommendations in its report the advisers bisers have consistently urge urged d at ayt local governments prepare shelves of public works blueprints for use when needed to bolster employment and public purchasing power BUT THE PRESENT trend of the national economy which council chairman edwin G nourse called a healthy disinflation does not warrant large scale works spending now the council said such outlays would make it harder to reach the goal of lower government costs nuclear scientist gives definition of his kind in baltimore nuclear scientist robert D fowler of johns hopkins university gave this definition of a nuclear scientist to a group of government officials at a symposium A man standing in a field in absolute darkness with thousands of baseballs on the ground around him somewhere in the field invisible to him is a barn with but one window and some kind of animal inside the man picks up a ban ball and throws it in any direction if by some chance it goes through the barn window and hits the animal then bounces out aga again in i so that the man can catch it in the darkness he attempts to identify the animal by smelling the ball PARROT pretty smart lorchen the parrot Is a pretty smart bird HE LIVES in the stamp coin shop on times square in new york A customer tried to enter the store but found the door locked however as he turned away he heard Lor horchens chens insistent screams let me out goodbye goodbye intrigued the customer listened closer heard muffled moans from inside the shop HE SUMMONED a building superintendent perin who opened the door and found gustave 50 the parrots owner and shop proprietor bound in a chair by tape and wire his mouth was taped told police two men broke into the shop tied him and took from a sale effect of air lift seen probable cause of kremlin decision what had really impelled the russians to lift the berlin blockade and how would the action aff affect act world peace those were two top questions actuating western power diplomats as a semblance of peace was restored to the troubled berlin sector of germany and the US airlift eased oft off MANY OBSERVERS professed to see in the russian action proof that the US airlift operations had shown the soviets so decisively the futility of maintaining the blockade that even the obtuse easterners finally had seen the light there were others who insisted the blockade lift decision was motivated by a hope within the kremlin that such an action would delay formation of a german peoples government however this did not seem a tenable theory inasmuch as the western powers already had declared plans to go ahead with such a project seekers ee ers of peace attempted to see in the decision evidence that russia really did not mean to make war now and that some as yet obscure motive looking toward continuation of red expansion without recourse to arms was really behind the move SINCE original announcement no concerning the end to the blockade the order was broadened restoration of transport trade and communications 1 services was directed the order permitted 16 freight trains a day to move into berlin restored highway traffic waived previous soviet claims to search allied baggage and demanded soviet travel permits at certain check points mail service was also to be restored actually the soviet order restored the berlin situation to what it was on march 1 1948 both british and and americans moved in reinforcements tor for the small units at border points to check papers of travelers and hotels and rooming houses had filled with persons waiting for the barriers to be raised WHEAT T YIELD near record crop with wheat surplus already straining grower and governmental ingenuity in housing it word was that the united states may approach a new crop record during the new season farmers already off to a good start were not surprised at a US department of agriculture estimate of more than a billion 21 million bushels from the winter wheat crop that estimate was nearly two million bushels more than was forecast several weeks ago no official forecast was given on spring wheat but the department said prospects point to around million bushels for that type of wheat OFFICIALS indicated the tremendous wheat yield will create further surplus and might lead to government controls designed to cut the acreage in 1950 between 15 and 25 per cent controls would include planting restrictions a and n d possibly marketing quotas tor for individual farmers no forecasts were given on other crops except rye hay and southern peaches ROAD SAFETY lor for boys girls in the year 1947 figures for last year are not yet available national safety council figures showed that persons between the ages of 15 and 24 were killed aled in automobile accidents on american highways in addition boys and girls within that age group were injured in highway accidents ACCIDENT REPORTS from 29 states last year disclosed that 27 per cent of all drivers involved in accidents or nearly one out of three were under 25 years of age that was an appalling toll of the nations youths and something it appeared should be done about it now something wa was s being done about it the inter industry highway sa safety fety committee had come up with a program designed to enlist the aid of youth itself in cutting down highway accidents and fatalities among the nations youth the program Is one of education which would tend to encourage greater responsibility on the part of younger drivers when using the family car program material now is being distributed to national organizations which agree to help sponsor the movement the program is centered around drivers 15 to 25 years of age CHIEF INTEREST and compera tion getter in the program are m a nt n t om o m a an n a and n d dad to daughter agreement cards the agreements are for the signature of eligible sons and daughters with their fathers and outline eight good driving practices which the young drivers agree to observe while using the family car all state and local public support organizations were urged to take advantage of this opportunity to help reduce highway heighway traffic accidents involving youngsters those interested were 1 directed to write inter industry highway y safety committee 1026 street N W washington 6 D C LAWYERS navys mayys rapped navy legal brass must have shone with a higher gloss of indignation following an attack by senator pat mccarran D nev who charged that the navy needed a corps of lawyers awyers who could qualify at a bar outside an officers club mccarran was vigorous in his attack on navy legal policy he declared in effect that the navy insists on mixing sea duty withIe with legal gal training for its lawyers with the result that only a handful at most are a match for ci civilian villan lega counsel ft of all the navys pasta hd present 3 judge advocates general genera its top legal officers he s said a 1 41 BO more than three were law school graduates admitted to practice before a civilian court the navy depart ment m e n t the ahe nevadan asserted clings to a belief that a prerequisite to being the judge advocate general is the training and experience necessary to command a battleship or a division of destroyers the senators complaint was contained in a 35 33 page letter to the armed services committee in which he proposed a long list of changes in a house approved bill to set up a uniform code of military justice mccarran told the committee that he hoped the subcommittee which Is to consider the bill would amend it to require the navy to set up a legal system similar to those in operation in the army and the air force the navy has not now and never hat has had he contended a corps of lawyers he pointed out that the wart war t birne in e need for legal talent had forced the navy to establish a separate office staffed by civilian lawyers to provide competent legal assistance on contracts and procurement matters released Ite leased by features CENSUS dry run the federal census department was planning a dry run on its most trying task a national population census which is to be taken in 1950 THE BUREAUS representatives will start full scale dress rehearsals of census taking in two states the places to be covered are anderson S C edgefield coun county 5 I 1 p C stephens county ga and a part of atlanta census enumerators will visit every dwell ing unit and farm under conditions simulating ing the 1950 census smaller tests will be conducted on a sample or poll type basis in 64 strategically located counties throughout the country QUESTIONS on age citizenship education and employment will be asked in the population census an agriculture census will also be taken and this will include questions on farm ownership crop and livestock production and an n inventory of livestock and poultry states and counties chosen for the latter tests were connecticut new haven new jersey camden new york cattaraugus Cattar augus ontario and ulster and pennsylvania bucks chester and washington I 1 D IX I 1 EC RATS ft TS this way rut the way ot of the dixie crat in democratic ranks appeared to be leading nowhere and this came from no less an authority than senator J howard mcgrath rhode island chairman of the democratic national committee committe 6 THE SENATOR made madea a direct statement that the has no future in the democh democratic abc party he made that statement state statement mint I 1 during a discuss discussion of how the national 3 committee would carry out president Tr policy of withholding political plums from legislators who d displeased is pleased lim him said mcgrath there is no future value to the party in a democrat who would not go along with the party platform which was indication enough observers believed that the had no future in the party A SIMILAR statement was made by senator estes kefauver of tennessee he said in a radio address that thai there was small place in the growing democracy of the southland for men who would turn back b ack the clock while there ads wa s some disagreement between mcgrath and president truman on their original ri statements regarding regard ing patronage policy the senator accepted the presidents dictum with the ed gement that he makes the appointments 13 1 point ments |