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dollars to buy food for -._ this war-torn continent,

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DEAR BOSS . . . By Dan Kidney

“More obi, Needed

THERE is cause for concern in the Census

That Feb eom ith unemp

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~~" It does not inelude the nearly 400,000 coal were -on strike. It probably does include a, considerable num- : ber of persons, laid off in other industries affected by the coal strike, many of whom now may be- called back to their jobs. 2 . : ate . rw . no» ; SOME authorities, in fact, predict that—now the coal . strike is ended—the next few months will see rising activity {in various lines of manufacturing and trade and a marked decrease of unemployment. ea It is not as paradoxical as it may seem that the Census

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947.000 in January to 56,953.000 in February. : That is explained ‘by the fact that the civilian labor force—the total number of persons at work or seeking jobs —grew from 61,427,000 in January to 61,637,000 in February. Slightly outstripping the rise in unemployment. Because the country’s population is growing, the labor force will continue to grow, as it has been at a net rate of about 600,000 a year. ; :

. ".» ' iF we want to prevent unemployment from becoming a _ terribly serious problem in this country again, jobs must be created for workers who come into the labor force each year. They must be provided with places to work in and tools to work with. : ! And that calls for steady investment of money in establishment of new industrial and business enterprises, and in expansion of such enterprises already established. The government is keenly and rightly sensitive to danger of large-scale unemployment. The government should be more keenly sensitive to the threat of large-scale unemployment in its own tax and ~ other policies—policies which discourage establishment and expansion of job-creating enterprises.

It's Only Money—ViIi ‘HE State Department classifies 109, or roughly one-third, - of its foreign service posts as “hardship posts.” That means salary differentials ranging from 10 to 25, per cent are granted as incentive payment to officers and employees to get them to serve at these posts as against the more desirable ones. Other federal agencies accept the State Department's wen GlasSi fications and-pay-their-employees comparable-increases: This is costing us about $1 million a year, Rep. Karl Stefan (R. Neb.)'moted, during hearings of a House Appropriations Subcommittee. tial ipo It's only goney, but it represents the tglal income taxes ‘paid by 4000 married men (with twe children) earning $4000 a year.

” ” » » » » ‘SINCE part of it is your money you might be interested in some of the reasons why the State Department considers certain places hardship posts, as disclosed to the House Committee. : . In Cairo there are “snakes and other pests,” and during "two months of the year, “high, dust-laden winds.” Belgrade personnel are upped 25 per cent in pay because of “civil strife and annoyances.” Also, “your mail is censored and you have no social contacts with the local populace.” - © Tel Aviv is overcrowded and housing is difficult. And at Oporto, Portugal-—a famous resort since Roman days—medical facilities are inadequate and food a problem. And so on, for 109 posts, all pretty tough places to hear the State Department tell it.

SAID Rep. Stefan: : “I hope you will go over that list again and eliminate some of those that are not hardship posts, because they are costing too much money. : “It is unreasonable. The 300 missions we-now have will all be hardship posts if you continue. Every office off the shores of the United States will be “or 25 per cent hardship post. “We have hard winds in the United States and a few other things and a few snakes, too. We do have hardship posts among these missions, and they should be considered,

“- And that's. how we feel about it ‘too.

Give Her the Limit . | i JUDITH COPLON has had two trials. They covered : pretty much the same ground, each time at length. In thé first she was charged with stéaling government - papers with intent to aid a foreign power. In the second, “together with Valentin Gubitchev, a Russian employee of the United Nations, she was charged with espionage and conspiracy to transmit U. 8. secrets to Russia. ret The first trial lasted nine weeks before a jury of eight men and four women. The second trial, just ended in ~ New York, lasted six weeks before six men and six women.

The defendants chose their own counsel and were free on bail throughout. : :

. » » BOTH ‘trials were conducted by eminent federal judges with utmost fairness, concluding with painstaking, impartial charges.to the juries. ? : In both trials, after due deliberation, Judith Coplon was found guilty. In the second, her Russian conspirator _ was convicted. : : : - Inevitably all this will be contrasted with what has . gone on in the name of justice in Russia and the iron curtain countries—the phony “confessions,” -the lack of juries and proper counsel. : ‘But we grow weary of such contrasts. ‘There should

————of totalitarian procedures. ~~ | ie The two Coplon trials are wholly convincing. There can be no doubt that she was a spy who tried to sell out her country to Russia. So we hope Judge Ryan will give her the stiffest sentence possible tomorrow, along with

‘am BR — 8 8 re Halleck Urges Bureau's esti- _ : "mate that 4,684,000 workers—the largest number since ‘August, 54) "were unemployed in this country last month.

miners who .

Bureau also reports a small gain in employment. From 56,-

Strong JH Act

Peep WASHINGTON the Taft-Hartley law: as originally passed by

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the House in the 80th Congress of which he was.

the majority leader, still is the best remedy to prevent a nationwide strike crisis is the viewpoint of Rep. Charles A. Halleck, Rensselaer Republican.

the Senate, however, which weakened the bill and these strengthening provisions shbuld now be restored while the memory of the latest coal strike crisis still is fresh, Mr. Halleck maintains, “The deleted section to which ‘he refers would have banned competing companies in any in"0 dustry from joint collective 7 i bargaining with unions. That Rep. Halleck means John L. Lewis would have to make coal contracts for his United Mine Workers company by company. Mr. Halleck belfeves that this would form a very definite brake on striking a whole industry, as Mr. Lewis has done repeatedly—even in wartime. ’

Bad Connotation : UNION men call it" “outlawing industry-wide bargaining.” Mr. Halleck doesn’t relish that

phrase. It has been given.a bad connetation by

prounion propagandists. On the other hand, Rep. Andrew Jacobs, Indianapolis Democrat, has a bill which would do it and not make any bones about it. He also would provide for democracy in union organization, so that Mr. Lewis couldn't continue to carry

on a dictatorship by naming stooges district officials, : :

Another. Hoosier, Ray Madden, Gary DNemo-

crat, blames the whole coal crisis on the present Taft-Hartley law, which he claims has ham- - strung genuine collective bargaining. He has introduced a House resolution to investigate. Sen. Homer E. Capehart (R. Ind) also got Into the act by declaring he is willing to “stay here until Christmas” if a remedy can be found to prevent such a catastrophe as the country has Just suffered by the coal strike. He doesn't have any specific remedy himself, he said, but wants the whole matter studied and solved.

‘Worked Perfectly’

TAKING the House floor to answer Mr. Madden’s charges that the Taft-Hartley law caused the coal strike crisis, Mr. Halleck pointed out that the injunctive provisions of the law were modeled on the Railway Labor Act. This act, he said, “worked perfectly” to prevent railroad strikes until Democratic administrations started ~-SKIrting it to give workers.a raise without going through the provided process of the law, The only alternatives to plan to protect the country from paralyzing strikes are compulsory arbitration or seizure of struck plants and their operation by the government, Mr. Halleék maintains. ;

Wages Jumped : “FOR a long time you have called the TaftHartley Act a slave labor act,” Mr. Halleck admonished Mr. Madden and his fellow Fair Deal Democrats. “We have denied it. As a matter of fact, the undeniable fact is that you have a million more men in labor unions today than you had when’ the act was passed, and wages of factory workers have jumped from $1.21 an hour to $1.46 an hour, = “I started out to say here, philosophically, that on the one side is the right of an individual to quit if he wants to. On the other side, in an enlightened civilization in a complex society such as ours, I think it is recognized by every one that society just cannot be brought to complete disaster by organized and concerted work Stoppages in essential industries. “In the Railway Labor Act and in the TaftHartley Act, the members of Congress have struggled for the answer, In my opinion there must be some. answer.. There must be." If this Congress comes up with an answer-— sueh as outlawing industry-wide bargaining or the Robertson bill putting unions under antitrust laws—labor can thank John. L. Lewis. He has ‘turned out to be the greatest antiunion lobbyist of the lot.

BEHIND THE SCENES . . . By Peter Ed

considered a 10 per cent _ U. S. Going ; ‘Wetter?

ROME, Mat. 8—Uncle Sam's strange way of playing Santa Claus baffles Europeans just as much as it does a lot of American taxpayers. With one hand, he dishes out millions of ‘hungry people here on ‘With the other, he pours out. millions more ; ‘under the farm price-support program to All" with surplus food at Why not use these vast stockpiles to feed:

Europe and eliminate this duplicate spending? That's the question that has some Europeans -

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Modifications were made in:

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The dike fin has been heavy d ogg Oh United Nations in . has just bought 14" million

cents a pound for skim milk. . i

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~ “This saving means three times more milk for Italy than before,” according to Maj. A J.

: of3 To cents a pound for the spray type and 2 cents for would plify complex game the roller type. The mission formerly paid 14 - I Miely Soy ne

of dollars,

_ Mind if We Read Over Your Shoulder? °

PRICE SUPPORTS . . . By Earl Richert U.S. Giving Farmers

WASHINGTON, Mar. 8—Profits ranging from 60 to 100 per cent have been provided for most farmers in the great wheat areas by

_the government's wheat price support program... "7 This was revealed indirectly by Agriculture

Secretary Charles Brannan in a speech before the farmers union at Denver. - Mr. Brannan gave out statistics assembled by the Agriculture Department on what it

costs to produce a bushel of wheat in various. ..

sections of the country,

He did not relate these cost figures to the price which the government is maintaining for the wheat farmers—and for the maintenance of which the government now has invested more than $1 billion in wheat loans and pur~chases. But this comparison shows startling government guaranteed profits. It also explains

why the plains wheat country, where “Crops

have been good, is dotted with millionaires and near-millionaires, li gl

72 Per Cent Profit

“JUST east of us, here in Denver, lie the

great plains,” said Secretary Brannan. “Farmers there have been growing wheat in recent years for an average of less than $1.10 a bushel.” ’

The government support price for wheat in...

this area ranges from $1.90 to $1.95 a bushel. At $1.90, that means a profit of 72 per cent on each bushel grown, presuming that Mr. Brannan’'s average production cost of $1.10 is correct. i i “Out-in-the Pacific Northwest, wheat Pproducers

farmers in the plains, ‘but “they get bigger

SIDE GLANCES

have to spend more per acre than do the

Big Profits

yields,” said Secretary Brannan. “So they've been growing wheat, according to records I've seen, for about 95 cents a bushel, compared with The government support price in this area

ranges from $1.70 to $2.02 per bushel, with most _

of it about $1.90. At $1.90 per bushel from the government, that means a profit pf 100 per cent for the farmer who produces wheat at a cost. of. 95 cents per bushel.

Increased Costs

WHEAT production costs edge up to “a little over $1.25” per bushel between the plains and the corn belt, Mr. Brannan said. Wheat supports in much of this area are around $2 per bushel—for a profit of 60 per cent. * . _.Commented one Agriculture Department - official when informed of the secretary's cost figures: “You just can't tell a wheat farmer he’s been making that much money; Those figures. certainly don’t count the cost of building a new mile of fence or of building a new tenant house. -

‘Suitcase Farmer’

““ONLY person those figures could possibly apply to would be a suitcase farmer who planted the ground, went off to Florida and camejback next summer to harvest. Those kind of farmers maintain no building.” Next year, under the present law, the support price can drop to 80 per cent of parity, but this will still leave farmers in the big wheat areas with a good profit cushion if they get a good crop. . -

By Galbraith COAUTION

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-. Veterans Administration for so many years,

“Foundation Not Capitalism’

; Al Legion for its opposition to the report. We believe you could have. strengthened your opposition immeasurably and clarified the thinking of many persons had - you been more straightforward in your criticism. = = Legion, which has cempletely dominated the

has felt its influence slipping in the years fol. lowing World War II. That control would be even leds significant if the outstanding recom-

of the Hoover Commission we

“tank and file membere of the Le . We "do, however, believe the officers of their heirarchy to be at fault. We of AVC locally have offeted to debate the Legion in Indianapolis on this issue, but cannot find any Legion representative who will oppose us, nor do they seem likely ‘to. debate any other group on this matter. As a matter of fact, we understand that many of the * local posts are not in favor of the stand taken by their top officers. -. ; This is not the first time the Legion leaders have acted in a way that is undemocratic in opposing the VA. This desire of the few to dominate the many is a position the Legion leadership assumes too often. When such tactics -are confined to their own organization, it is of no concern of AVC. But when such a totalitarian philosophy spills over into the main stream of American thought, and tends to stifle - that which tends to act for the best interests of all people (with the exception of this select few) then it does become the concern of AVC. It is for-those same reasons that we wish you would have been more forthright in your editorial.

By Theo. B. Marshall, 1114 Tecumseh St.

I read agaim our Declaration of Independence. Again I was much impressed by the understanding of the matter. How nice it would be if our Congress and other law-making bodies would pattern their laws accordingly, limiting them to the number of words necessary for a correct understanding of the law. But I read the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution to ascertain if by any stretch of the imagination. I could find any stated or implied reference to capitalism or free enterprise, as it’s being labeled today, as being one of the principles of our government, I failed to find any. . From all the talk lauding capitalism or free enterprise today, one not familiar with the stated principles as laid down by the founding fathers, would be led to believe the foundation of our government rested on capitalism. Many writers and radio commentators give all the. credit, for our progress and greatness, to capitalism, despite its many failures. Boom and bust has been the style ever since capitalism became firmly seated in the saddle and it will surely happen again should capitalism acquire a firm grip on the reins of government. Capitalism in the United State reached its peak 20 years ago. THe resulting depression forced the late President Roosevelt to employ means not before used to keep the hungry from starving and the threadbare clothed and to prefor the welfare of the common man are being labeled as socialistic as is all public welfare , legislation of the present administration.

‘Not Much Confidence’ = By 0. Pitschman Hil or The record of our federal administrators who have been promising us security “from the cradle to the grave” is not exactly one that instills much confidence in their ability to keep their promise insofar as I am concerned. Government records disclose that every year since 1933, except for two years when they had billions of war surplus materials to sell, these administrators, despite a steady increase in tax receipts (from $2 billion to $38 billion a year); —increased our debt from $20 billion to $254 billion by June, 1949. Social Security Fund records disclose that in each of the three past years, fund receipts exceeded expenditures by more than a billion dollars, and that in June, 1949, the fund balance was over $11 billion. These facts indicate that it was unnecessary to increase pay-. roll taxes in January, especially since receipts were far exceeding expenditures. Our administrators did it chiefly to enable them to borrow and spend the increased excess receipts just as they did with all prior years’ excess receipts. Isn't it absurd that these same administra. tors who have handled U. 8. finances so unwisely that we are up té our necks in debt and .are promising to take care of us, who, mind you, have billions of savings invested in stocks, bonds, business, real estate, farms, annuities, insurance and on deposit in banks?

RULE . . . By Ludwell Denny

ent chaos in the country. Today.these.means. |

be no necessity of defending American Justice in the light

THE. United States is now 82 according to a tabulation by Distil = 1940 census Ngures. The trend in loc

but let-us not take advantage Pp y . y men were overseas; the trend was

counties or other election units shifted from dry. to wet, while only 58 went wet to dry. : s ” ’ SAVINGS Bond forgeries

are providing: thé Treasury's

Secret ‘Service with a new source of worry. Over T7500

bond. forgery cases. were. han-

dled last- year, involving over $500,000. But all kinds of forgeries were on the increase. Counterfeit money seized by the Secret Service amounted to $1,358,000, over half of which actually passed. About $200.000 of this funny money was made abroad. Over . 30.000 forged U. 8. Treasury check cases were closed, involving $2,000,000. Forged Treasury check cases now number 100 a day. Secret Service advises aI veterans and others receiving government checks to have good, locked mail boxes. The last indorser of a forged government check is always held to be the loser. ; » - ! » ; CITIZENS’ Committee which - is pushing the Hoovsr Commission recommendation is delighted at. the heavy-handed manner in which American Legion is opposing reorganization ~AL to VA cuts have aroused advocates of greater economy in government, As a result of the controversy, Citizens’ Com- _ mittee officials believe they will get VA reorganized sooner and more completely than they had anticipated. It's a fact that in-

on “~ 5 ; RES ¢

"his proposal was defeated.

. issued a statement that “, ,

of Veterans’ Administra. ~The Legion s objections

‘produce results much different

per cent wet, 18 per cent dry, led Spirits Institute, based-on

side the Legion there was considerable soul-searching before this campaign was launched, for fear that just what has happened would happen. . » - Ed SEN. JOHN L. McCLELLAN of Arkansas is chairman of the Senate Committee on Expenditures in the Executive Department, He's great advocate of economy in the federal government. As such, ‘he pro last year that the President be authorized to cut all appropriations by five to 10 per cent, but

Sen. McClellan is also president of the National Rivers and Harbors Congress, the big water lobby. As head of this outfit; Sen. McClellan has just

flood control and navigation projects call for public improvement. expendituigs of $50 billion within the next two decades.” That figures out to $2 billion & year. President Truman's budget for next year calls for new natural resources expenditures . of $1,504,000,000, and that includes $268 million for the Atomic Energy Com-

"mission. ; . : i EE sera DIE would be no more ~ BIG question now facing conclusive than it is how. And British political leaders 1s if the Conservatives should

whether a new election would win,

greater majority than was

it would not be by a

from the election just con- given to Labor. c led. oth techn : he : Coalition government, such : er eo Fave the as Britain had difing the war, Labor Party a majority no is not considered pearance of an

= Britain's Emergency

an unofficial Labor-Tory

NE Fi re AR “This calls for patriotism above party mameuvering for an 3X other dead-heat election which would make matters worse, The prospects are not too good. An official coalition is required

“coalition can save the deadlocked “British Parliament from |

COPR, 1900 BY NEA SERVICE INC. 7. W. AEG. U. &. PAY. OFF. "I 1 could buy another model like this one, | wouldn't hesitate a

minute—but | don't trust the new cars nowadays!"

not: possible now. Such a national cabinet could cut back subsidies and social services _ to Britalp’s ability to pay and to escape bankruptcy. } : Neither a Tory nor Labor ” government, even with a safe parliamentary majority, - will riek political suicide by any such unpopular measure. On the contrary, both of them

ter welfare state. pad s = =» y MANY Labor and Tory leaders would welcome a formal coalition to do the disagreeable job which neither party dares champion alone. But they will not say so publicly, because the British people distrust peacetime coalitions and do not realize the gravity of the present emergency. : In the case of the Labor Party leaders there is a powerful additional! barrier to open coalition. Memory of the alleged betrayal © of - Labor through the MacDonald coalition has grown into =arank-and-file emotional complex. This, of course, is constantlv magnified by the Socialist éxtremists, who hate the modoe erate Attlee - Bevin - Morrison R Biv weaken A a A a NTE SERE A the government.- Instead, Britain may be in for another period of vigorous two-party

‘government, with slender ma-

they do.the Tories. “i g ss = IN theory there. was only one major issue to prevent

jorities for party in power, This coalition even before the elecwas the political situation in tion. That was nationalization ers, when the British Empire ‘opposed

- widen nationalization effective

campaign for a bigger and bet-

- disaster if cuts could be made

“Labor leadership as much as — Neither party would lose o

‘cause party strife and another . election soon would only .re«

by the dire emergency, but:

«dozen smaller induspries. The electorate hy giving Labor only a minority of the popular vote, dnd too small a parliamentary majority to

iy, has made it expedient for Labop”to drop that issue—if — its Jéft wing permits. , pe [EN I "ON other major issues thers ° is no disagreement—aside from political partisanship — sufficiently fundamental to prevent close - legislative co-operation between the moderate leaders and parliamentary members of both parties, In foreign policy and defense their purposes, and by and large their methods, are the same. And on the all im- — portant budget matter, though both are committed to the wel-

fare state, both would prefer =~ |

unpopular economy to national

without party disadvantage. Th » . _ SO there is an opportunity for a gentiemen's agreement, or truce on partisanship, which would amount to an informal

temporary coalition. ~~

such an understanding, be-.

simplicity and restriction of words to a.clear §

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