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Washington Calling—

Democrats, Sobering Up After Celebration ‘Jag,’

Grapple Key Issues

Labor Pledges, Civil Rights Pose Big Problem

| Domestic Economy Gives Leaders ‘Jitters’; |

By Scripps-Howard Newspapers WASHINGTON, Feb. 12 — Washington's in midst of

“morning after” jitters.

Democrats have been on celebrating jag since Nove! | ber. Inauguration was climax. Now they're sobering up, |

getting anxious about unsolved problems, “unexpected re-

sponsibilities.

ONE: Domestic economy has Democratic leaders ministration program’s all based on fighting inflation. But with slump in commodity prices, also growing unemployment since they're wondering

budget was start in opposite direction. Result, at TWO: Showdown is close on North

want Norway and Denmark in, - Russia's pressuring to keep them

problem of how we reconcile North Atlantic alliance with

Congress can make war We've talked aiding other countries Posen

they're a tacked. Aid short Mr. Connally

» » ® 4, Eye Business Trends ECONOMISTS around Truman watch “business climate” closely. And despite deflationary spots showing up in economy, they still think inflationary trend is dom-

inant, if business and public psychology does not change. Item: Survey by business pub-

ness and consumer spending.

ago, and other dips have been “followed by Dew rises. With most’ farm products down to govern-ment-support levels, there's little chance of more drops. this year.

«‘Man on Horseback’

mean ”

REP, CARL. - VINSON,.. chair man of House Armed Services

"Ito tanible; say

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If Cabinet job doesn’t pan out may end up an Ambassador. * - -

man of the Democratic National

3Around the World— Howard McGrath is preparing to

‘Western College Heads in China Stand Pat In Red-Held Zones to Meet "Test of Faith’

Former Pupils Now With Communisis Assure Them They Have Nothing to Fear

| Boyle for hard work in campaign,

ipllots, Coffee ‘Prices Steady

t : | jumpy. Ad-|

if they should whirl around, moment, stalemate. Atlantic Security Pca. We . ® » »

prim: Appointment of Truman-friend Bill Boyle as executive vice chair-

step out or getting elbow from White House. It does reward

who want to be sure they're talk-

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{agar, who has dossed their

Carmona Runs - Unopposed Again

Europe's most successful dictatorship will sélect a new president today. Nearly 2 million «Portuguese men and women were to decide| on a new figurehead to hold the nominal post over Antonig Sal-

country since 1936. The government, with the one-

Our Fair City—

Coke Machines Checked by City

Police Visit Business Places fo See If License Has Been Paid This Year

party machine of Mr. Salazarfing machine. But not slot machines,

in by a military junta 23 years

“At the last minute Gen. Jose Mendes Ribeiro Norton De Matos, | 61, withdrew as a candidate for| president.

forced by the government's failure to promise him equal elec

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ing to someone at top. Boyle's new title helps achieve this: i Seek Tax Cut

SENTIMENT IN Congress!

By GORDON

Compiled From the Christian colleges and unive

CUMMING Wire Services rsities in China are staying on

runs strong for tax decrease de- the job in the face of probable Chinese Communist domination

spite administration demands for

$4 billion in new revenue. Local:

tax troubles at home are beginning to show in congressional mail as states try to scrape up funds to pay soldier bonuses. Latest tally shows 16 states have bonus plans. And manufacturers’ lobbies are pressuring for repeal of excise taxes. Ways and Means now has 46 bills to reduce or repeal excises, 25 of them from Democrats. Navy predicts it'll be able to land planes on carriers in zero visibility within three years. Navy will use ground-control-approach equipment now standard with Air Force, but says. radical changes But be made. If it succeeds it wil be rid of one of! its biggest handicaps in race with Air Force. Heavy fogs frequently result in losses of planes and

of the entire country.

western cultural influence that continues here. Most of these colleges and universities were established during the last century. They were founded by Christian mission-| aries who became convinced that western ideals und beliefs could only take root ia China with thé training of new leaders in all fields. As Chinese Christians came to the fore they took over administration of these schools, But foreign missions continue to provide of the ‘financial support for these institutions. Over the years smaller denom-

DON'T EXPECT coffee prices

and Colombia have coffee-price-

Committee, will fight Truman, support programs, aren’t likely

Forrestal and Hoover Commis-|t0 lower price floors unless U. 8.

sion on any plan to modify uni- | demand drops off semsationally.|

fication act, give defense secretary more power. Vinson's told

Mr. Vinson

to favor going / further than Forrestal or Hoover Commission in strengthening defense head, But clause put in reorganization bill by House saying plans affecting Armed Serv{ces must be submitted separately gives Vinson club he needs. Despite anything you've read, Hoover Commission will not recommen reducing Alr, Navy and Army es to undersecretaries. cutting their authority.

a Study Closed Shop

TAFT-HARTLEY: If adminis. fron" ) I. giving federal Yellow margarine tration lahor bill, giving Sen. Baldwin (R. Conn,). It's full

Retail coffee price, was held by OPA just above 30 cents a

| pound, with government pay-

Instead it will call for

permission for closed shop. becomes law, state laws on subject

sides on this. :

I even though five of the s true,

20 state laws u ; 1 v-

were adopted by vote of the of three states. produced artificially.

ing 8 cents a pound subsidy to importers. Now retail price, countrywilie, is at - all-time peak of 52.1 cents a pound. . . ~ . Sen. Robert A. Taft, who runs for re-election next year, stayed

ouster, Brown and : Johnson have been feuding since

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Foasters. Brazl|versities and three Catholic uni|versities plus smaller colleges. |

Taft flasco in Philadelphia last other,

inational colleges . ‘were : gradual-| {ly combined into larger centers of Jearning. Toddy they number {13 Protestant colleges and uni-

Their attempts to apply Christianity under the new order will be one of the critical tests of the future in China. In the long run the success or failure of this effort will help decide the kind of

China is how far they can go in co-operation with the new regime without compromising their basic principles. Very few young Communist leaders got their early schooling in Catholic institutions, whereas, during the last few years graduates of Protestant universities have joined the Communists by

already let their old teachers know they have no cause to fear for their personal safety. LI A

THI whole concept of Japan as a military bulwark against Russian expansion in the Far East is

high American quarters, it was learned from.an unimpeachable source at Tokyo Friday. )

| - Flight become clear to Christian |educators at these schools that [nothing would stop the Communist advance, The frst reaction of many was to flee as they had done before the Japanese. Then, gradually, these men became convinced that this time there could he no temporary re-

determination to keep these centers of western learning where they are. So far only one mission-sup-ported university has felt the full impact of Chinese Communist conquest. Late in September the Communists captured Tsinan, capital of BShantung province, and with it Cheloo Uni-

Letters from Tsinan say Communist military commanders

did. But. when Communist civil ian authorities moved in they es-

| ‘LATEST bill to protect butter|tablished_a number of controls

“of precolored

of technical definitions; means, in cad a . Lawyers on both’ ; will all be dead Lawy 9 be 4

ored tain

comes from/Masionary activities.

{which might be used to hamper

Grave aouvw os to whether Ja-pan-&s any military value at all were raised during Secretary of

> * ‘the rmy Kenneth C. Royall's! During the last six months it: Army. ems ”

(visit last week, -

|amination of the United States’ {strategic position from Alaska to Pearl Harbor is now under way. This study is based on the following points: << ~~ “Ur - ONE-—Any wart with Russia will be won in Europe rather than the Far East TWO-—Japan would be a military lability rather than an asset. THREE-Russia will not attempt to invade Japan, but that if it should the best course for the United States would be to withdraw to positions farther south-——Okinawa, the Philippines or Formosa, "As in the last war, Europe would be given top military priority with the Pacific playing a seclondary role, Here is the reasoning behind the reappraisal of the global military picture: From Britain, the Mediterranean or the Middle East Amerfcan’ planes could bomb key places in Russian hands. But Japan offers little as a bombing base because there are

| Moreover, whoever holds Japan In wartime must help feed its 80

the hundreds. Some of them have|People’s Party, Agrarians, and

Japan lowing

lundergoihg. searching review by will be

trend that may have wide repercussions.

Washington, D. C., of the Council of Free Czechoslovakia means the beginning of an organized resistance against the Soviet domination of the Prague government.

a formal government-in-exile, for flicts at the United Nations and in diplomatic offices. But they do plan to wage a growing struggle against every possible phase of the regime that has overrun Prague. All major parties of the Benes era drew up the plans, National Socialists (the Benes Party), Social Democrats, Czech Catholic

Slovak Democratic Party.

Their formation Friday at!

They do not plan to establish that would involve jurisdictional! for radar would go se high no-

costly. It might mean, he said at a press conference, that spending

body could stand the cost of anything else. . (On Capitol Hill, a House Armed Subcommittee

dar screen in co-operation with Canada at a cost of $161 million.)

Blair House with Mr. and top officials, including Secretary of State Dean Acheson and members of foreign affairs com: mittees of both houses of Con

Dr. Zenk! is pre-war Lord Mayjor of Prague and post-war Vice {Premier of Czechoslovakia waldo At the Benes-Masaryk government vill be designed as an observer at ithe United Nations. On Mar. 7, the Council of Free publish a

Czechoslovakia will Imanitests London: . ~ ”

Germany

. | THE. Russians... have. . barrell best of her ability”. - Consequently, a complete re-ex- Swedish mercy food shipments CR

to underfed children in western Called Home

Berlin, it was announced at Berlin yesterday. The banned supplies included powdered milk foi tubercular youngsters. U. 8. Deputy Military Governor William T. Babcock, Bridgeport, Conn., * (

shipments by the Cross and other relief agencies

Then, Soviet Deputy Commander Col. Alexel Jelisarov told the Swedes they could bring in food for Soviet sector children

provide a supplementary noonday meal for nearly 30,000 chil !dren between the ages of three

rr few worthwhile Soviet targets In'and six.

| Children from seven to 14 also receive a supplementary meal at school, but this is donated by

| gress L fol-/man’s Invitation. He returns to his release from Buchen- Ottawa tonight.

least one high official in| Yugoslavia

to all four sectors a few days|®

. He came here at Mr. Tru

YUGOSLAVIA hinted today that she is Ao make & deal with the west on the Austrian peace treaty. . Bhe sent a letter to the American, Britiek; Fréfch and Boviet) delegates to the Austrian peace! {treaty talks in London expressing readiness to “cooperate to the oy

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Seek Paify Peace prostitution by ONE OF the most ambitious efforts attempted here in a long time to pateh up & deep-seated po-| litical party split is about to get under way among Marion County

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- Arbiters have been agreed upon, by Feeney and Dailey factions that are now carrying on more or less: under the surface a bitter

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of practical politics in the party. A panel of arbiters has been conferring all week on a compromise program in an effort to end the feuding. Each of the warring factions has put out word they are ready to biting at each other “if the other guy quits.” If it isn’t settled within the next

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In Hunt for Revenue .

City Hall has. discovered new source of revenue , . . automatic Coca-Cola and other vending machines. Under old ordinance levying tax on vending machines, city has | authority to collect $5 license from any coin operated vend- -

Last week, general order went out from ment. Patrolmen were instructed to check taverns, drug stores and business places to see if license has been paid this year. Forgotten

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* GOP Senators Plan to Halt "Labor's Bandwagon

By IRVING LEIBOWITZ

lahpr's effort to “ride into power cratic administration.” :

leader in the Senate and official|®

sented for action together. Sen, Van Ness promised, ever, that every piece of labor legislation will get the “full con- ment sideration” of every

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| Republican Senatérs plan to halt what they charge on the bandwagon of the Demo~

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