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Init Mr. Truman affirms that he will accept no laborlaw compromise but will insist on the administration’s bill « ==which the House has refused to pass—to repeal the TaftHartley Act and restore an “improved” Wagner Act. He. told Mr. Whitney: : “I am in the same frame of mind that you are, that it is much better to go down fighting for what is right than to compromise on principles . . . we are going to continue to fight and we are going to win because we are right.” : Mr. Whitney’s union operates under the Railway Labor Act. Only a small minority of its members are affected by the Taft-Hartley Act. ; High AFL and CIO officials—all of those unions’ members are subject to the Taft-Hartley Act—have expressed willingness to accept compromise changes in the adminis. . tration bill in order to get it through Congress this year. They say, however, that they will never agree to any provision for court injunctions against national-emergency strikes. : !

yn . » | a + AUTHORITY for the President to get temporary in. junctions against such strikes is in the Taft-Hartley Act. Mr. Truman has used it on half a dozen occasions. It is not in the administration's bill. Mr. Truman has said that ~~ he doesn't need it—that he has other powers adequate to : deal with such strikes. Three years ago this month Mr, Truman found a national-emergency strike on his hands-—a great railroad strike. Mr. Whitney was one of its leaders. Mr. Truman, apparently, felt that he didn't have adequate power to deal with it. He asked Congress for a law authorizing him to draft strikers into the Army and compel them to work. The House voted for such a law, but Sen. Taft led a movement that killed the proposal in the Senate. ° rE We v x 8 » THE STRIKE, however, was broken. And Mr. Whitney thereupon publicly denounced Mr. Truman as “a tool of the vested interests.” An enemy of “the people's welfare” and ‘a one-termer political accident” which Mr, Whitney said he would drive from the White House if it cost all the $47 million in hig union's treasury. But as the 1048 election drew nearer, Mr. Whitney cooled off. He called on Mr. Truman at the White House, They reached what Mr, Whitney described as an “‘understanding.” Mr. Whitney withheld his political support from Henry Wallace and bestowed it upon his friend, Mr, Truman, And now these two great non-compromisers are ~~ fighting shoulder to shoulder for principles. Principles can . be wonderful. :

Unification Reforms . Bo A TIGHTER, better co-ordinated administration of the 7 national defense establishment is provided by the Tydings bill whith the Senate Armed Services Committee has reported favorably, x . The bill incorporates most of the Hoover Commission's

tary Johnson and former Secretary Forrestal. The three services— Army, Navy, Air—are placed under the Defense Secretary's “authority, direction and control.” The present unification law, enacted in 1047, failed to spell out the Secretary's authority and tended to ‘make him a referee over the services’ rivalries rather than their actual civilian head. » * nw

: ’ 0» » ANOTHER provision with the same objective makes the joint chiefs of staff directly responsible for preparing strategic plans for direction of the services, whose heads 4mpin the past have not always observed their recommendations. The bill appears to make the joint chiefs of staff the final word on tasks and missions. : It also seeks firm civilian control of all defense budgets and expenditures by placing such matters under a comptroller responsible only to the Defense Secretary, who of course is responsible to the President. Some Hoover Commission members believe that a proper budget-accounting system for the Federal Govern. ment could save $1.5 billion a year. On this point, the Senate Committee observes that the defense establishment, spending far more money than any other branch of government, logically should accept fiscal reforms without waiting for their adoption on a government-wide basis.

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Japanese Reparations NE quite sufficient reason can be cited for the ending of Japanese reparations payments for the war damage done hy their armies. Any further payments would have been made by the Untied States, not the Japs. "The deficit Japanese economy shows little prospect of being balanced in the near future and, to achieve eventual 0 balance, will require all the resources at its disposal,” says Gen. McCoy, U: 8, member of the Fat ra-cctn Commission, Lin Sgolaining the policy change. L 4 eanwhile, American taxpayers are supplying Japan's economic deficiencies at a cost to date of more than a billion dollars.

o ” ” . . » NATURALLY, some of our Allies are not pleased by _ this decision, Gen, Romulo, chief Philippines delegate to the United Nations, said it “flabbergasted” him. He should not forget that the United States sacrificed lives as well as wealth to liberate his country and other conquered areas in the Pacific. Substantial reparations collections have been made from Japan and our share of them has | been distributed among our Allies. We cannot be expected ¥ ip ny the Yalance of the damage claims against the Japs

No one wins by war, Vast wealth is spent and de- _ stroyed and must be marked off as a total loss. That is the _#ase of the remaining war claims against the Japs. Sh, pm now is to build up a live-and-let-live econ- : Pacific area as a demonstration that mankind's to be found in peaceful co-operation and not in

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U. S. Turns Eyes On Asia Policy End of Berlin Bottle Signal

For Attention to China

WASHINGTON, May 16—Now that the battle of Berlin has been won, the attention of the United States must turn to Asia. A The situation resembles V-E Day, with vietory in Europe but hot war proceeding in the Pacific, A transfer of forces from one theater to the other is indicated. = Discussion of the war in China has taken three distinct lines, The first, as présented by Becretary of State Dean Achesan, suggests a passive attitude with later moves taken on a basis of opportunism. The second line favors intervention and the third calls for alliance with the Chinese Communists. .

Our State Department obviously has been forced to drift along with a policy of watchful waiting in China while the cold war was mounting to a climax in Europe. Europe always must come first, 2 . Once an agreement with Russia has been reathed in Europe, the whole attention of statecraft can be turned to the Far East. Even if a new policy is delayed until late autumn it will not be too late to clear up a confused mess.

Favor Active Intervention

IT 18 the second line of argument favoring active intervention in China that finds the most forceful expression and strikes the rhost intense fire. The advocates of direct action are found today in the magazine World Politics published by the Yale Institute of International Studies,

In an article written by Nathan Leites and David Nelson Rowe, both associgte professors at Yale, the case for a short-run policy is presented, which would have to meet these conditions:

ONE: American determination of the kinds and amounts of weapons and equipment to be supplied to Chinese forces, with emphasis on types appropriate to Chinese geography and technology. 4 TWO: Enough American personnel to permit Chinese-American liaison at both strategical and tactical lgvels,

THREE: Over-all military direction by a prominent American military personality with successful experience in China, whose appointment would be an earnest of the serious intentions of the United States.

FOUR: A mature United States information program in China co-ordinated with the other aspects of our policy,

Goal of Democracy

THESE writers insist that a policy of intervention would be in keeping with the traditional American goal of democracy, independence and welfare for all China. The struggle would not be aimed against any section of the Chinese but against a small group of aspirants who ‘‘use” the symbols of democracy. : They are also convinced that the Kremlin would not take American intervention in China as a cause of war. They believe the Soviet politbureau will go to war only on a basis of the survival,

The third line of policy is advocated more quietly and with less prominence than that of the interventionists. A former resident of China, Walter Sosnoski, writing to the New York Times, suggests that the United States enter a sincere and co-operative alliance with Mao Tse-tung and other native Communist leaders, 3 : Others join in urging that we try to convince . the Chinese Communists that we backed the wrong clique in their country, and that we were

reliidtant to-deny our commitments and admit |

our mistake, ‘They say we should take as favorable a view of the Chinese Communist ‘movement as our national conscience will per- . mit.

In Tune With the Times

Barton Rees Pogue

THE WOODLAND'S CALL

The fields are green again, Softly the southern breezes blow, Sweet the bluebird’s quaint refrain, In sunlight where cool waters flow; My footsteps dally by a garden wall That I might hear the woodland's call ~GEORGE 8. BILLMAN, Anderson. es So

SPRING SONG

Standin’ in clover up to my knees, 8mellin’ blossoms, hearin’ the bees, Watchin’ a lark mount to the sky, Brings me a feelin’ heaven is nigh.

Are angels charin’ this clover bloom, These bees and the lark’s liltin’ tune? I have a feelin’ they must be, For heaven seems close, so close to nie, ~MARY L. JOHNSTON, Winchester,

RURAL HOUSING ...By Earl Richert

Farm Aid Dispute

WASHINGTON, May 16--The House Banking Committee has proved less generous than the Senate in approving only $1215 million to be doled out in $500 gifts to fix up tumble-down

shacks on completely unproductive farms, The $25 million.

“No one pressed for more money in the tommittee,” sald

Rep. Frank Buchanan (D., Pa.). “We simply amount provided in the bill originally.”

These proposed $500 grants are to be made to repair shacks

on farms which, in the judgment of the secretary never can be made self-sustaining. Their occupant soon as pogible for their own good.

The idea, according to government housing officials, is that by fixing the screens, roofs, water and toilet facilities the health of the occupants will be so improved that they will feel like moving to some other place where they can make a living.

Controversial Feature

THIS $500 grant proposal is one of the most controversial features of the long-range housing bill now pending in Congress, The Senate has passed its bill and the House Banking Commit

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Republicans are expected to oppose the farm-grant provision €.. the House fivor ofi the ‘grounds t¥.. the $5000” . lays wi housing conditions—that it ums by making short-lived

bring no real improvements in fa will only tend to perpetuate farm

. repairs. “It will be like fixing the roof on a run-down manu-

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LEGISLATION . + + By Peter Edson Congress Action Bogged Down

WASHINGTON, May 16-—President Truman's program for domestic legislation is in an even worse way than his requests to Congress for action in the fields of foreign affairs and national defense. : With four months of the present session of Congress gone and’ less than three months to go, it is important: to review this state of affairs. It shows how overworked and mired down Congress has become. It shows how utterly futile was the filibuster which tied the Senate in knots for several weeks. It shows how wasteful was the House Easter recess of 10 days. It shows how advisable some kind of reorganization of the legislative machinery would be to permit more action on important matters, and less dawdling on inconsequentials. In 12 migssages to Congress this year, President Trumsn has proposed nearly 80 domestie measures of importance. The Congress itself +and the executive departments have proposed

another 40. Thus far only seven have been acted

upon.

Hazards of Democracy

HONEST differences ‘of opinion are, of course, responsible for much of this lack of action. Many of President Truman's programs are highly controversial. When any considerable number of Congressmen are opposed to any given piece of legislation, they will naturally attempt to delay it if they think they cannot kill it outright. That's one of the hazards of the democratic process. And in the long run, it may be better to postpone action than to rush in and pass laws that may be no good or definitely harmful. Striking some kind of a balance between action and indction is, of course, desirable. At present a good case can be made that there is too much inaction on the important national issues. Bight of the President's recommended programs concern health, welfare and social security. Hearings on all are in progress, but so far none has been passed. Whether any will be passed is doubtful. In the inventory are found the many bills to provide health insurance, extend social security coverage and benefits, increase unemployment insurance, construct more hospitals, expand medical education, provide more benefits to Indians, Puerto Ricans and Virgin Islanders, improve stream pollution controls and make the Federal Becurity Agency a government department of cabinet rank. There are nine majo¥ housing proposals. Ex-

tension of rent control is the only one passed, -

though the Senate has put through a new lowrent housing and slum-clearance bill. This has been in the works since 1945, incidentally. That gives some idea of how long it sometimes takes to put a sound idea through -Congress.

Bills on Education THE SENATE is far ahead of the House on

‘education, having passed national science foun-

dation and federal aid to education ‘bills. They have also been in the works for years. School survey, school construction and promotion of higher education bills need action.

Ten farm legislation proposals of importance are stymied behind Secretary of culture Brannan's new plan to stablize farm income. This is one that will probably take time to work out. But it should now be fairly obvious that the present farm price support law isn’t working. So something should be done before a major break hits the farm economy. A dozen pieces of major labor legislation are also dammed up behind efforts to revise the Taft-Hartley law. Increase of minimum wage, strengthening of the Labor Department, an industrial safety program, regulation of private employment agencies, establishment of a labor extension service and half a dozen measures

affecting employment of women are on the leg-

islative docket. The President's economic. stabilization program seems dead. No legislation to promote full employment is at all likely until the more immediate problems of management-labor relations are fixed. 3

None May Pass

ELEVEN natural resources measures—none of which seems to stand much chance at this session—include American, Columbia and Misgouri River Valley Authority plans, extension of reclamation laws to Louisiana and Arkansas, revision of mining laws, development of synthetie fuels, reorganization of the National Park Service. Twenty important bills have to do with development of transportation and inductry and have little chance for action: The St. Lawrence Seaway project. Revision of postal rates. Modernization of the Coast Guard. Aviation legislation. Stronger anti-trust laws. Eighteen deal with changes in government, including tax revision, Civil Service classification and pay matters. Finally, there are 11 major civil rights measures, If they are acted upon in the 20th century, it will be nothing short of a miracle.

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‘Admit Spain to UN ByR. AF, PB

fusal aiding the other side?” It needn't be remarked that the fall of Gibralter into Ger. man hands during the past war would have been catastrophic. " : That we should refuse to admit Spain to the United Nations on the basis that it is a dich tatorship or that there have been no free elece tions, is ludicrous. I haven't heard of any free elections in Russia lately—a very strident mem. ber of the United Nations. We agreed to boycott Spain when we were still doing everything Russia demanded, and Russia demanded that because she was, and still is, smarting from the beating she took a dozen years ago when Franco, heading the socalled Rebels, was victorious over the so-called ! Loyalists—Iloyal to the Soviet Union as all Communists have since declared themselves. I recall that American forces were called rebels once, too, in the early dawn of United States history. : + If Franho had been defeated and the Come munists entrerichéd in Spain, the position of the western nations now would be next to hopeless, and I'm sure Franco and Italy would be much more Red than they are today. So, thank God, Franco is where he is—at least he has shown not the slightest sign of aggression, a fact which the Soviets cannot boast. Let's be realistic. It's to. our sdvan to extend Marshall Plan aid and to admit Spain to both the United Nations and the Atlantis Past. Why not do it? . * % ¢

‘Our Free Enterprise System’ Byd.T.

We are constantly hearing about the “sige periority” of our free enterprise system. Let us examine just one aspect of our system—employ. ment. In Russia there is no such thing as une employment. That is acknowledged by Russia's severest critics, Under communism, the individual is guaranteed a job and full use is made of the Ne apective skills of the workers. OW let us examine our own system. ) in the United States only in times oo Fn have anything resembling full employment. Just as soon as conditions return to that state called normal,” we have millions of unemployed workers. Far from there being “unlimited” and equality” of opportunity as is claimed, so great Is the competition for jobs that discrimination is rife almost everywhere, : 5 Many apes of Seeupa tions are so overcrowd8 practically impos: make one’s living in owl pos Toe Sor yt * % ¢

4 : Day for Monetary Gain’ By George F. Lee, 4050 Cornelius Ave. The originator of Mother's Day had wi doubt a splendid idea. But in late a ha day is becoming despoiled by the advent of unscrupulous people who seem to think the occa fon was Jniende;; only for monetary gain, that y must make all the mone : this ust oa y they can while : or example, carnations sell at the ridice ulously; high price of 50 cents apiece, when at

A lot of people would like to wear carn ati “on: Mother's Day but they cannot afford to pay 50 cents each. These robbers must think everybody is stil making wartime wages.

What Others Say—

A STATESMAN ix a dead politician don’t want to be put in that la, - A age. ~—James A. Farley, former post-master gen-

eral, wa * + 9 _ are now Mlving in a world in , strength and preparedness are i = registration system has always impressed peo« ° ple abroad as a state of readiness.—Maj.-Gen, Lewis B. Hershey, National Selective Service

+ chief, " ® ¢ HERE is no short and easy road 0 th heights of human aspiration. . , On tere is a discipline of body, mind and spirit will free men and women gain. the rewards which life at

its best has to offer.—President Day, Cornell University. Eamund 1.

* THE Deotedo not Taney » y believe that can go along forever on t Bonin for

nothing plan.-—House Republican Leader J W. Martin Jr., charging the Truman an

facturing plant which has no prospect of turning out goods that people want,” said Rep. Albert Cole (R. Kan.), “It's just a sop to

say we're doing something for the farmer while voting low’

rent public housing and alum clearance for city folks. No farm people want it that I know of.” , He sald a “real farmer” would not be eligible for the $500 grant because his farm would be either entirely or partly self. sustaining. These farmers would, however, he able to get government loans at four per cent interest for repair of farm buildings. In case of inability to repay the government, the Secretary of Agriculture could grant them a moratorium or cancel some of the debt altogether.

‘Only Way to. Help People’ REP. A. 8. MIKE MONRONEY (D. Okla.) said the $500 grant was the only way the government could do something to help out the same ¢lass of people on farms that it is trying to aid in the cities. . "I don’t think it is a waste of money,” he said. “The guy who lives in the house is the guy you've got to think about. A lot of these people are going to be living in those houses a long time. We've heen talking about getting people off ‘submarginal farms for years. They'll still there and we're still talking" Rep. Jesse Wolcott (R, Mich.), chairman of the House

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Banking Committee during the 80th Congress and an outspoken foe of public housing, objected particularly to the governmen control phase of the farm aid feature, : “If the farmer is to get any housing help from the government, he'll virtually have to turn his farrh over to the govern ment by farming as the Secretary of Agriculture tells him to,” he said. The bill provides that loan-applicants on partly self-sup-porting farms must agree to put into effect an improvement and enlargement which the Secretary of Agriculture thinks will increase the farmer's income enough to ‘enable him to repay

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ATOM SECURITY ...By Tony Smith

Scientists Probed

WASHINGTON, M

ay 16—Two atomic scientists now under

espionage investigation are . supervi granted by the Atomic Energy Commissio pervising fellowships

Program for the current school year, it One of the fellows Un-American Activitie charged with having Steven Nelson, eral of all Soviet spy activities in this country, The other fellowship su by a New York grand jury, atate New York. worked at the Atomic Radiation Laboratory at the California in Berkeley. One ix under subpena to the House Committee May 24, along with Nelson an other persons,

Neither Man Dismissed

BOTH men were named to the supervisory jobs i Atomic Commission fellowship program on Sept. 2, 148 tara ays ore the House Committee's “scientist X’’ public. There has bee I ha wads has been dismissed. : , This became.known as a controversy >-ke out in Co over clearance young scientists for sy og

Bourke B. Hick oper (R. Iowa) brought . North Cholli ught up the question of a

n under its $1,500,000 was learned today. hip supervisors is the scientist the House 8s Committee designated as “xX.” He is turned over a vital atomic formula to Pittsburgh Communist and alleged inspector-gen-

pervisor, who is under investigation is employed by a university in upand the New York professor once University of appear before d at least four

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Energy Fellowship. He sald the student was reported to be a ‘Communist spearhead” on the North Carolina campus, “I am not in favor of any Communist getting educated on public money,” Mr. Hickenlooper said. “Any person educated in this highly secret field should be given a thorough FBI investigation.” The Atomic Energy Commission, thro Chai Lilienthal, informed the uh fman Duy Committee that its policy was to order-a security clearance only on cases where students selected have access to restricted in-

Joint Congressional Atomie Energy

Security Clearance “THE commission feels,” Mr. Lilienthal wrote Sen: Clyde Hoey (D. N. C.), “that 1t will obtain better qualified fellows and win ‘fuller co-operation from the nation’s scientific it would if we adopted the principle of . security ance at a time when the fellows will not have access to restricted

Chairman Lilfenthal pointed out “it is probable” many of them would be security investigations for them would be an ‘unnecessary exe

in restricted work. He said the cost for

At one time, Ben. Hickenlooper said, he suggested to the Atomic Energy Commission that it have the FBI investigate all students under the fellowship program. He sald the Commission agreed. Now he said, he finds that 200 of the 248 students approved for fellowships have not been investigated. 1

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France HIGH rankin ish and Frenct the French F Paris today in | ary’ session bef conference on next Monday.

b Germany THE first bai ern Berlin since blockade last in the city this Its arrival re « the surface tra

‘ment the block Hu EARLY offic] today that 97. voters in yeste tary elections ernment’s slate Voters were } only “yes” or ‘ list presented Front.”

Italy PIETRO NE! er of Italy's p cialists, regaine trol of the par maining behing year while a movement. Mr. Nenni wi the membershi early morning cers at the clos congress here.

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