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Monday, Sept. 11, 1950

Jos Slow, Too Short _ LL of us—whether we are farmers, or ‘wage-earners, or biisinessmen must give up some of the things we would ordinarily expect to have for ourselves and our fami- . lies. The danger the free world faces is so great that we * cannot be satisfied with less than an all-out effort by every-

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THOSE words from’ President Truman to the American people are profoundly true. And, more surely than ever before; the free world’s danger is our own country’s imminent danger. But the only Americans from whom the President thus far has demanded. vital sacrifice and all-out effort are the hard-pressed, out-numbered men sent to fight in Korea. The pay-as-we-go taxes and the other steps taken or proposed toward home-front mobilization, about which Mr. Truman talked Saturday night, are longer steps than he previously has seemed to consider necessary, and in the right direction. - But they still are steps too slow and too short. If voluntary restraint and limited economic controls could prove effective in halting the disastrous spiral of inflation, as Mr. Truman hopes, it would be for one reason only. It would be because Mr. Truman's program of military mobilization and preparedness is inadequate and its strain on the economy would not be severe. : . - ”. ~ » . DEFENSE spending will be doubled to a rate of $30 billion a year by next June, the President said, and to a much higher rate in the year thereafter. But next June is nine months in the future, whereas the danger the free world faces is here and now, and there is every reason to believe that it grows by the hour. a That danger will be lessened, Secretary of State Achedon said last night, and there will be a_good chance “for stability in the world and peace between East and West,” when the Western Powers attain military equality with - Russia, Meanwhile, Mr. Truman has approved proposals for a “substantial” increase of American troops in Western Europe—troops which; if they are to be provided without weakening the war effort in Korea, must be called from civilian life, and trained and equipped. And, meanwhile, our European Allies look to America for increased aid in their own rearmament. ® =» ” » ~ ” RUSSIA'S rulers, we may be sure, are not dilly-dallying. They are forcing their subjects to utmost exertion to maintain and widen their margin of military superiority and, especially, to overcome what we fondly trust is our lead in production and stockpiling of atomic bombs. America’s one chance of winning the fateful race is to get her unexcelled industrial machine to work at top speed on production of planes and tanks and ships and guns and other weapons—not after months or years, but now. In that is our only hope of deterring Russian aggression and bringing peace to the world. In that is our best hope of survival if we are forced to fight a third world war. The American people will give what it takes. They cannot be safe or satisfied with less than an all-out effort by their government.

Good: Omnibus

[*HE first omnibus appropriations bill ever passed by Congress, at least in modern times, carries a total of more than $36 billion for operation of the government. It includes a provision directing President Truman to reduce that total by at least $550 million.

In signing the bill, Mr. Truman criticized Congress for thus passing the economy buck to him. His criticism is justified. It is, as he said, the duty of Congress to determine finally how much the government shall spend, and to be specific as to where cuts shall be made. Sen. Douglas of Illinois and a few others did try bravely to have that duty done properly, ds it should be in the future. But it's important to note that Congress, itself, did a considerable amount of specific cutting and trimmed some $2 billion from Mr. Truman's original requests for funds. = » - ~ ~ ~ UNDER the former system, that sort of thing seldom happened. Congress voted appropriations in a dozen or so separate bills, passing each one with little attention to its relation to the others or to the budget as a whole. The usual result was total spending larger, instead of smaller, than Presidents proposed. So the omnibus method, consolidating most major ap-propriations-in-a single bill, seems to have worked a good — deal better than the old system, and to deserve continued use and improvement. Meanwhile, despite his justified complaint, Mr. Truman says he will save more than the $550 million directed by Congress, if he can. And, considering the huge new spending programs which have become necessary since Korea, let's hope that he can.

Argentina Isn't Alone

with vast resources of food and strategic materials is: “wholeheartedly” on the side of the United ‘States in the Korean conflict, according to Enrique Faltisek, editor of the Argentine magazine, “Continentale.” But, he adds—and it's ‘a big but— “there isa reluctance on the part of the Argentine people to enter actual war, or to send troops to support the United States against Russia in a showdown.”

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ECONOMICS Slower Buying

Reasons Seen

Big Supply: of Goods and Credit Saturation Cited

WASHINGTON, Sept. 11—The buying spree brought on by the Korean conflict seems about over, Retail sales have been leveling off for some weeks. In the last week before the war began, Federal Reserve Board figures on department

Coe “cent above 1949, but in August ow, a dropping, 30.25 and 12 per cent, rising to 15 per cent above 1949 in the week before Labor Day. Some retailers now figure they're down to the 1949 level, which was generally lower than 1950 pre-Korea.

. Full Supply of Goods

THERE are two main reasons for a reaction to the buying panic. One, of course, is the fact that practically everything some people sought to hoard is now back in full supply. On Some scare-buying items like sheets and towels stores are beginning to advertise sales.

Even refrigerators, washing machines, tele

vision sets and tires are generally easy to buy, while coffee and sugar, which gave the grocers such a fit, are loading down the shelves. Second-hand cars, a particularly sensitive barometer, have taken a tumble and new cars are easing up, being held down chiefly because manufacturers are conserving steel for their new models which were in the works before the war began.

Big Consumer Debt PLENTIFUL supplies and the object lesson they teach to hoarders aren't the whole story. The other half is credit saturation, For every family that rushed out to buy an expensive item on time, business generally has lost a customer except on day to day necessities. Even if the war suddenly got much worse, and military orders cut deeply into civilian sup> ply, there's just so much debt that many families can carry. For this reason, furniture stores and others which rely heavily on the time payment plan are hoping the administration's forthcoming credit restrictions won't require a third down, as during and after the last war, All this doesn’t mean there are no material shortages which won't eventually hit the consumer market.

Only Small Part

THE government's take-out from the steel supply is a small part of total production. But on sheet steel, essential for many items, from refrigerators to garden cultivators, the percentage is appreciable. Many smaller manufacturers not engaged in war work have complained that they've been told not to expect their fourth-quarter steel deliveries until February, if then. Also, there's wool, which has gone up sharply in price, and natural rubber, which the tire industry voluntarily has agreed to conserve. This

winter’s civilian clothes are already in the stores

or on the way. But a short supply and higher prices can be expected next spring.

TO A BOY 'OVER THERE'

Write a letter every-day To a boy who's “over there,” Keep it cheerful, bright and gay; Add no burden to his care; Tell him news of all the home folks, That is, all except the bad. How cheerfully the baby woke, How he looks just like his dad.

Don’t tell him that his mother’s heart Is acting up again, Just tell him that she does her part In helping Service Men. Don’t tell that the bils are due Or that the rent’'s unpaid; Instead say, “Dear, I'm missing you And every night I've prayed,

“Dear God, please send my soldier boy In safety home once more. To a land that's filled with joy, Where I may meet him at the door Again, and may the war be over soon.” This is my heartfelt prayer Not only for my very own : But for each boy who's “over there.” ~—Dorothy Mae Parke, 15 N. Edgehill St.

What Others Say—

HOLLYWOOD has made. a complete fetish of the 18-year-old heroine. Anybody at that age is the dullest person.—Bette Davis, movie actress. IF (peace) can be achieved, that is what we would like to see done. But sometimes life must be won. by death.—William O'Dwyer, mayor of New York City. eS @ woo Wi cannot but-return- to ‘warmly ‘exhort all the citizens and their governments to true concord and peace. (New war techniques) can exterminate not only armies . . . cities . . . but even the innocent children with their mothers, the sick and undefended aged. ~—Pope Plus XII.

TIPOFF . . . By Peter Edson

Reds Plot New Drive?

WASHINGTON, Sept. 11—Movement of two Chinese Red armies to Manchurian border may be a bluff, but may also mean the shifting of Korean incident from mere police action to Slats of major war. Chinese Communist propaganda blast that U. planes bombed Manchurian cities: may be tipoff. Accusing Hs

. By James Daniel

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- =ZAAua SPARRING

WASHINGTON, Sept. 11—Two top personal-

ities in the field of industrial relations figure.

largely in the government-sponsored meetings to avert a strike against the General Electric Co.

One ia James B. Carey, who has been secre-tary-treasurer of the CIO since its founding 14 years ago. He is only 38, and looks even

= younger.

Mr, Carey is fighting to drive his old union, the United Electrical Workers (UE), from this industrial field and to win its members into the new International Union of Electrical, Radio

and Machine Workers (IUE-CIO). The IUE-CIO

was chartered last November by the CIO to replace the UE, expelled from the CIO on charges that its leadership was Communistdominated.

Group's Election Delayed

MR. CAREY is chairman of the administrative committee of IUE-CIO, which still is set up provisionally. Officers were to have been

- elected at a convention Sept. 11 in Milwaukee,

but this gathering has been postponed until early December because of the unsettled relations with General Electric. . Mr. Carey is the leading candidate for the presidency of IUE-CIO. He has opposition, however, and his success depends to some extent on how he comes out with General Electric. Main figure on the other side in this controversy is Lemuel R. Boulware, GE’s vice president in charge of industrial relations. He has charged that Mr. Carey is using the negotiations to strengthen his union position. He also maintains that Mr. Carey has overstated his ability to close many of the General Electric plants by strikes. Mr. Boulware says General Electric has offered wage and working condition proposals at least equal to the standards set by other large manufacturing companies. General Eleche says, sets a new standard. The proposal involves contributions by employees, to which the union objects. But the company says the plan would assure future equities which are not offered to employees | by noncontributory plans,

Some Hints of Collusion SOME IUE-CIO publicity has hinted of collusion between the company and the UE, with the apparent object of stopping advances by

the Tua CIO. UE is not in the best standing

SIDE GLANCES

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By Fred W. Perkins

Two Top Figures in GE Dispute

with * the government, as evidenced by the

Atomic Energy Commission's order to- its con- .

tractors, including General Electric, to refuse to recognize UE as bargaining agent for employees in atomic projects. But UE has legally won, in competition with IUE-CIO and other unions, bargaining rights in some General Electric enterprises not involved in atomic work. ~~ "The company says it cannot ignore “the nation’s labor laws which direct that a company must bargain in good faith with any union chosen by employees to represent them and certified to the company by the National Labor Relations Board.”

Offers to Arbitrate

MR. CAREY has offered to_ arbitrate the

issues, which he says are more numerous than those admitted by the company. His latest proposal is to submit the controversy to a presidential fact-finding board if mediation doesn’t produce results. A fact-finding board’s recommendations, however, would not be binding on either party. Four federal conciliators- also are working on the dispute here.

Barbs

NEW YORKERS still are going without baths on Thursday. There are those who will wait until Saturday night, however, if they

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* * o . PRISONS in England have a mirror in every cell. . Prisoners are locked up and left to their own reflections.

By Galbraith

Secretary of State.

say, but |

" do not agree with a word that to say it."

will defend to the death your rig ‘Put McNutt in Acheson's Job’

By Edward F. Maddox, Indianapolis. Drew Pearson predicts Dean Acheson's resignation, and for that we could thank God fervently, provided a strong man like Paul V. MeNutt, who knows the strategic and political sit. uation in the Far East should be our next

It President Truman Insists on pursuing the pa A

we might as well have never gone to South Korea's Laid. The Acheson Chinese policy created the present Chinese menace to our fighting in Korea and if carried on by abandoning Formosa to Communist aggression and slavery, the next step will be the Philippines and so on and on until all of Asia .is forced behind the Iron Curtain and armed against the United States. > SD EITHER we reverse the Acheson appeasement policy or we will be driven out of both Europe and Asia. That is the choice we, the people of the United States face right now. Mr. McNutt, like Gen. MacArthur, has said: “Formosa is an absolute essential link in our defense chain in the Pacific.” Our national “security rests on the wise judgment of experienced men like Mr. McNutt and Gen. MacArthur. In this distressing hour of national peril, strong men like Mr. McNutt, Gen. MacArthur,

Gen. W. Bedell Smith, who was recently ap- ~

pointed to an important post, and other likeminded men should be firmly in control of our Ship of ‘State, and must be there if we are to weather the great storms ahead of us.

‘My Sons Need Training’ By Ellen M. Jackson This is to commend The Times on the fine articles urging ‘universal military training ime mediately. I was one mother who wrote my representatives in Congress two years ago, urging them to vote for this training. I would rather have my two young sons grow up with the knowledge that even if they did have to fight, at least they would have had training that would enable them to confpete with the enemy. oo I HAVE a suggestion that I believe has worked with your reading public before, and it is this: After you publish an article, urging the government to take some important legislation up and pass it, print a form which we readers can sign, clip out and mail to our representatives. You will find, I am sure, this will obtain quicker results, Because it is somehow a matter that a person puts off if he has to sit down and type or write a letter to the various representatives in Congress.

‘Blocked Lobby Probe’

By E. Bowman, 2881 Station St., City. «In a recent article in the Forum by D. D. C,, he takes exception to my article exposing some of the activities of Rep. Halleck in the interest of big business. I don’t think anyone takes C. D. C. very seriously. His psychology is so inconsistent it doesn’t carry much weight. But in his article he goes to great length to laud Mr. Halleck and the isolationists. As for Mr. Halleck, I think his attitude as a member of the Lobby Investigating Committee in its investigations is a disgrace to himself and the voters of the State of Indiana who elected him. Halleck and Brown of Ohio used every possible means to block the Investigation of these lobbyists. As for isolationists, if the majority of our citizens had been isolationists, and sat like a lamb among a pack of wolves, we would have been paying our respects to Hitler and Japan,

‘Send Them Back fo Russia’ By Mrs. Helen Bishop, 1845 Tallman, City I read in The Times of Vinshinsky and 87 other Russians coming over here to the United

Nations sessions. Why do they let them come. /

over here when we cannot go over there? I think Malik is enough to contend with. F The United States should send all the people in the Russian consulate back to Russiz. We

don’t want them over here. We know how the

people have to live over there.

‘Political Soft Soap’ By a Times Reader, Indianapolis” President Truman has conducted his affairs in such a manner that many people do not trust him. He is constantly feeding us. political soft soap. The statement that we were “close to peace,” when anyone with half a brain knew we were not, and public/displays of his temper, etc, are not conducive to public confidence in his administration. He snubs the advice of men who have in the past proven to be well qualified to advise

-and his latest caper was ‘to insult ‘the Marine

Corps, thus deepening the jealousy already ex-

- isting between the various branches of our

armed forces at a time whem harmony is =o vitally important to the nation. The President himself should set an example. The people might then criticize less.

REARMING -. . . By William Stoneman

+ A German ‘Danger’

PARIS, Sept. 11—France has a very simple answer to_insistent American ‘suggestions that Western Germany should be rearmed- in- order to strengthen the defenses of Western Europe. This -answer, which will ‘be given to the Américans and British at the forthcoming tripartite #nd Atlantic Council méet-

“all Other seized

_ opponents of aggression they themselves are about to commit

is old Commie trick. .. General atfitude in Washington up to now has been that Korean affair was a side show. Reviséd thinking takes the line that the North Korean attack was deliberately planned for major stakes. » ~ ~ FROM Russian viewpoint, South Korea was becoming too strong, economically. Rus-

‘sians have always been ex-

tremely suspicious of . strong neighbors. For instance, fear of Finns near Leningrad; fear of Iran, Turkey .and Greece near Russia's Baku oil fields. “A strong, Independent, united democratic Korea would have been a threat to Russia's .eastern maritime provinces and

. Vladivostok.

Furthermore, from the Russian viewpoint, they have had the short end of the stick in Japan, the only country in Asia with an industrial potential and an ability to wage war. If United States should make peace with Japan and permit build-up of Japanese armed forces, it would spell trouble for Russian ambition to dominate Far East.

" - LJ PRESENCE of two Chinese . Red armies dat North Korean:

boundary puts "Manchurian situation in new light.

- Under 30-year pact signed at -

Moscow earlier this year, Russidns are obligated to get out

‘of Manchuria, turning Port Ar-

thur, Dairen, the ¥aiivond dnd property over to Chinese at

of 1952. But getting the Russians out will be difficult unless Red China is willing and able to use force.

: » ~ . MARIHUANA, pulverized and compressed in bricks the size of masonry blocks, has been seized at the Mexican border. This is the latest smuggling dodge discoyered by Treasury narcotics and customs agents charged with breaking up U.S. {illicit drug traffic. In his annual report, just released Bureau. Commissioner Harry J. Anslinger accounts for 5800 arrests for attempted violations of U. 8. narcotics and marihuana laws, for the year ending June 30. This is an increase of 1000 arrests over the year before. Drug and marihuana seizures were down, however, from 55,000 to 49,400 ounces, a le : SOUTH KOREAN government has done a lot of fast work in*handling its currency problems during the Communist invasion. It’ hadn't been publicized, but prior to June 25, all arrangements had been

made to revalue Republic of "Korea currency. New bills had ; been printed in the United

States. Some time this fall it

had been planned to exchange .

these new bills for the old. . When the North Korean Commies drove the ROK gov-

n ernment out of its Sapital at at

Seoul, however, So great was

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the haste that the plates. for printing the old money were left behind. That was too

much of a gift to the in- : vaders.

so.

ings in New York is as follows:

is immoral. Until that distant day when West Europe may be united politically and a Western European army be-’ comes a practical proposition Germany must not have an army. . » » » ¥ IT IS also a snare and a delusion to believe that a Western German police force of para-military type should be created to deal with the East German Volkspolizei «which numbers 50,000 welltrained men equipped with 2

insist, will not be used to nvade West Germany and stage another “Korea” as long as Western Germany Is

rea was invaded, they say, the ericans

nists thought they could have - a walkover.

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THUS, say the Franch, the

increase the security of Western Eu-

gars risoned by American, British and French troops. South Xo-

The idea of rearming- Germany is just as dangerous as it

they can cope with any Fifth Column operations. This, the French repeat, does not mean that the police force should be converted nw a sort of army,

SECONDLY, s say “the French, the Germans should be made

to pay for the maintenance of .additional Allied divisions sta-

tioned in West Germany. Their financial sacrifice on behalf of

security would be all the .

greater because they are not being called upon to offer men, In addition to these contri-

tillery _armored vehicl Lo B : The 0S Amore the French butions the Germans should, off

course be required to produce war material for the Western Powers rock-bottom prices, the Fren Fug

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“rope at the same time is to in- - and good living on the part of

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