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The Need for United Action

ASSURANCES by Sen. Ives of New York that the United States will carry out the agreements it has made at Brussels and in preceding conferences should tend to quiet fears that Republicans in Congress may try to destroy the North Atlantic Defense Organization. At the same time it is clear that many members of Congress—Demucrats as well as Republicans—will insist that our Allies assume their fair =hare of the defense burdens. Which is as it should be. American spokesmen at recent conferences have made poor use of their bargaining power. As a result, the common defense program has tended to become a one-sided operation, The urgency of the mounting crisis has been stressed in the representations made to Congress and the American people, but when Secretary of State Acheson gets on the other side of the Atlantic, he séems to fall in line with the French-British attitude of ‘business as usual” thereby throwing the whole program out of balance. That must be corrected by a stiffening of the official American attitude. There must be firm insistence that obligations of the defense effort be equally binding on all parties to the North Atlantic Pact. No real security will be achieved by pacts and paper

promises if they are not carried out. n » » ” » ”

ON THE other hand, if our Allies meet us halfway there should be no disposition in this country to do anything less than our full part in meeting agreements made by our government. Herbert Hoover overstepped himself when he said that the United States should not land another man or dollar in Europe until our Allies organize and equip combat divisions of “such huge numbers as would erect a sure dam against the Red flood.” Building a dam of such proportions will require the united effort of all nations in the North Atlantic area. It is too much to expect Western Europe to do it alone—and just as unreasonable as it is for Western Europe to expect the United States to assume the major burden of its defense. Moreover, in making that statement Mr. Hoover must have overlooked the fact that we have two divisions in Germany which cannot be abandoned. To withdraw them

under present circumstances might be catastrophic. J » » . » »

BUT IT is not asking too mugh to insist that the British, French and West Germans match us man for man in the additional troops recruited for the new army to be formed under Gen. Eisenhower's command. This must be an Allied army in fact as well as name, and one that cannot possibly be identified as an American army. If the British, French and West Germans join us in this program on that basis we can afford to help them arm their troops. That would be a sound investment in our common cause. But the formation of this army cannot wait much longer. It may be needed any day.

Presidential Chili

F it wasn't famous before, Verne Dixon's chili parler in = Kansas City, Mo., should be tagged now for lasting fame and maybe a brass commemorative plate. It's the place where President Truman dropped in late Saturday afternoon for a plate of chili con carne. . And maybe chili parlors in general will achieve a deserving new dignity and rightful estate. Mr. Truman himself may have thought it was just an impulse that drove him to chili but we can see now that greater forces than he suspected were working on him. For the fact is, chili is an irresistible dish once you get your mind on it and conditions are right. Whether he knew it or not, President Truman was giving himself a great build-up for that chili. In the first place, he was back home for Christmas and perhaps gladder to be home again than ever before, what with all the things that have been harassing him as President. Talking with friendg. and addressing small gatherings he had repeatedly expressed that day great nostalgia for his home state and the carefree years when he was known as “Farmer Truman.”

» . = . ” INA reminiscent mood, Mr. Truman was clearly relishing the fondest memories of his life—'‘the best 10 years” he ever had, he said, was when he was running the Truman farm at Grandview, Mo. Call it escapism if you will, but the President would be less than human, if, in reliving those days, his thoughts naturally turned to chili. For in Kansas City and throughout the West and all the Southwest, wherever the long arm of Mexican chili has reached, there is no more delightful he-man food. And everybody knows that chili is best when taken on between meals, preferably late afternoon, sitting on a stool at the counter of some modest eatery properly and solely dedicated to the art of turning out that one dish. : Such a place undoubtedly is Verne Dixon's. There is was, the sign on the awning, as the presidential entourage went by. It may have been a jolt to the secret service men and the half dozen patrons in Dixon's may have been flabbergasted, but Mr. Truman stopped the parade and walked in just like any Missouri-born customer and ordered his chili. ‘© We recognize the compulsion. We'd have done the same

I's s Disenchanting A MAN hunting for cues to the popular mood might | be “7 vaguely disturbed at some of the little signs that crop up now and then in the realm of the arts. ple, last year a play came to Broadway beartitle of “The Enchanted.” It was a box-office : 8 3 new novel out called “The Disen-

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CHRISTMAS GIFTS

By Frederick C. Othman

Bicycle Was What Fooled Him

WASHINGTON, Dec. 26—Having burned the tinsel ribbons and the star spangled tissues with only a slight scorching of the mantel piece, I think I'd better tell you about my Christmas gifts, Everybody, including my bride and American industry, showered down. Mrs, O., came up with a small jug of yellowish fluld distilled by an obscure order of Monks in the mountains of Graustark. This is supposed to be sipped by the thimbleful after dinner and a grateful fellow I am, too, It tastes vaguely like polish for light tan shoes, To my ever-loving wife I presented something she long has wanted: A Garden Dictionary. Cost me $3.95, plus sales tax, and if this results in better strawberries by spring I am doubly blessed. From the largest distillery in the world 1 received something especially nice.. Consists of a hand-painted box with a handle which, I believe, {8 known as a silent butler and is used by hostesses to empty the ash trays of their guests. Upon a pad of green tissue in my silent butler nestled half a pint of the factory's finest productss Just right for the hip, if I only were a reporter like Hollywood puts in the movies.

Needs Gas to Make Light

AMERICA's greatest producer of soda pop also came up with something de luxe; a ciga“ret lighter with a bottle of the product emblazoned on one side in bronze and the firm's trademark in red enamel on the other. I now own lighters bearing also the emblems of one airline, one auto factory, one brick works, and one steamship company. If I only had some gasoline, I could make a beautiful light. A leading aluminum company sent me a large dish, made of exactly what you imagine, and decorated with signs of the zodiac. It is a handsome thing and the only Christmas gift I received from big business which did not bear any advertising message. From now on I shall know what day it is because I received calendars from a hardware firm, a railroad, two flying machine companies and an insurance outfit, I also have an automatic pencil with the insignia of the Little Giant Grundle Co. on it; a four-motored chromium flying machine and ash tray combined from a maker of the big ones, and a lipstick (my bride grabbed that) from a leading cosmetics manufacturer. The country’s largest dairy has sent me a

NEWS NOTEBOOK . . . By Peter Edson Dukes Didn't Pay Off For Charlie Wilson

26—The story of the only man who General Electric president who has just been made Director of Defense Mobilization, is told by Bruce Catton in “The Warlords of Washington.” Mr. Wilson was making a factory inspection in Connecticut

WASHINGTON, Dec. ever knocked out Charles E. Wilson,

package of assorted cheese. And as for my Christmas cards, I have 'em advertising practically any business you'd care to mention, including zinc base paint. I also have a few cards In a special pile from people whose names ring no bell with me; one uses as part of the decorations a stick of chewing gum.

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80 I DID fine on the Christmas loot. Each’ gift I appreciated, trade marks included, and while I never realized that Christmas was the time for advertising the product, I've got to remember that this is, after all, a capitalistic nation and I am part of it.

The only gift under our tree that flabbergasted me was a bicycle with chromium-plated mudguards, silvery wheels, and royal blue running gear; the doggondest job of its kind I ever saw. My bride bought it, all right, but she said it wasn't for me.

A 10-year-old youngster down the pike, sajd she, had been dreaming about a bicycle for the last two Christmases, with never a chance of owning one in" the normal course of events. So she got him one. Said she believed it would make him happy and her too. I kind of liked the idea, myself. One other nice thing my bride did; no turkey. We had roast beef, the first in months, and salubrious it was, when I got the cost of it out of my mind.

CHILDHOOD WAYS

A GROUP of kids were playing tag...and they were having fun . . . especially when one little boy . . . set others on the run . .. and as I watched the game progress...it brought back to my mind...the days now past and distant . , . when I played seek and find ... I thought of just how carefree and . . . how happy I was then . , . and of the many times that I...longed to go back again...but that is something that I know . . . no money e'er can buy . .. hnd only in ‘my memory I capture with a sigh . .. the joyful days when my world + «+ « revolved around a game . . . that taught me to play fair with all . . . and expect of them the same.

—Ben Burroughs.

SIDE GLANCES

By W. H. Edwards, Gosport I Ee Tt the people are far ahead of their government on the problem of how to deal with communism. But England and France appear to be ahead of our government, too, and are in effect dictating all over policies. The number of atomic bombs our military have in stockpile is of course a secret. But it is assumed by some people in the. know that we have upwards of 200. It would take seven of that stockpile to blast the principal cities of China off the map and so cripple their war effort that they could not murder wounded United Nations soldiers or carry on aggressive warfare longer. But Western Europe, England and France in particular, are thinking of their own front yards and are not caring about our front yard in the Pacific. ee & 9

LOOK at the map. You will see why Russia wants its Chinese satellites in complete control of Korea. That peninsula points like a dagger at the heart of Japan. The Sakhalan peninsula points directly at Japan's most northern island, Hokkaido. Northeast of Hokkaido are the Kurile islands, all heavily fortified probably, With Korea on the west, Sakhalan on the north and the Kuriles on the northeast, Russia and its

HOPES DASHED

rendered to Red China, as it may be, Okinawa would fall in a nuteracker. Then the Philippines would be at the mercy of the Hucks. . The moral: What would it benefit the United States to help fight a victorious war in Europe if we Jost our bastions in the Pacific, thus throwing our whole West wide open to an invasion by sea?

News of UN By Anne Ross, 22 West 54th St. I SHOULD like to thank you for publishing the story about the work of the World Health Organization of the United Nations, in Pakistan, ‘n your issue.-of Dec. 14. Unless we subscribe to a United Nations magazine, we hear very little about their really remarkable work in specialized agencies, yet they are supported in large part by our tax money and I, for one, am very interested to know how it is used. I hope The Times will report often and fully on WHO and the many other organizations affiliated with the United Nations. I should like to hear more of the International Children's Emergency Fund, for instance, and why our country has made no contribution to it this year.

By Earl Richert

Savings Bond Sales Tumble

WASHINGTON, Dec. 26 — Evidently not many people gave U. 8. Savings Bonds for Christmas. “E" bond cashings are continuing to exceed

_ purchases during this holiday month—dashing

the hopes of Treasury officials that Christmas gift buying of Savings Bonds would put sales ahead of redemptions for the first time since the Korean War started. For the first 19 days of December, “E” bond cashings exceeded sales by $56.6 million—about the same rate as in November when the government poured out $71.7 million more than it took in on new bond sales. “We had hoped that the gap of redemptions over sales would be closed this month,” said Leon J. Markham, direc- ,. tor of Savings Bond sales. “That won't happen. But bond cashings always are heavier during the early part of a month and it is likely that the final December result will show a smaller gap than in November ~—thus a continuing trend in the right direction.” The gap between redemptions and sales has been narrowing since August, the post-Korea high point when the Treasury poured out $123 million more than it took in through sales. In September, the gap narrowed to $104 million, in October to $88 million and in November to $71.1 million. So far since Korea, savings bond cashings have exceeded sales by $531 million. Treasury officials say this is not an alarming figure considering that there are $3414 billion worth of “E” bonds outstanding.

EDUCATION .

Mr. Ruml . cold facts.

Both government and private economists regard U. 8S. Savings Bonds as the key factor in the fight against inflation.

Economists such as Beardsley Rum! argue that a pay-as-you-go tax program, credit curbs, price and wage controls, etc., will be ineffective unless people now holding savings bonds can be convinced that they should keep their present bonds and buy more. If individuals cash. more bonds than they buy, the government must borrow from banks. And borrowing from banks expands bank credit about $6 for every $1 worth of bonds bought, thus increasing the money supply. This is highly inflationary. About $22 billion worth of “E” bonds mature within the next four years and government officials hope that most People will choose to keep them.

New Program Due

TREASURY Secretary John Snyder is expected to announce soon a program covering these maturing bonds. It is almost certain that the program will provide some sort of an automatic extension whereby the individugl will continue to hold his bonds and draw interest. Such details as the rdte of interest to be pald

~ and the length of the extension are still to be

worked out. Treasury officials say most of the “E” bonds being redeemed are in the higher denominations —the ones held by people who would be inclined to shift their savings to other investments, such as common stocks or real estate, People with smaller incomes, who usually buy $25 and $50 bonds, seem to be holding them.

. By Edward Meeman

Did You Learn This in School?

MOST of the “quality-grdup” magazines still fill in the fraction of a page left at the end of an article with poems. But, evidently feeling that poetry deserves more respectful attention than merely that, they now also devote some whole pages to it. Unfortunately, today’s poetry isn't worth as much respect as yesterday's, which the reader could understand, and which gave him a lift, whereas today's poetry, when you can understand it, usually is depressing. But one of these magazines, Harper's, has a good custom. Harper's fills this fractional space at the bottom of pages with fascinating prose quotations. Some of these are dug out of the past by some brilliant literary archeologist, who know where to look for buried world structures of other days Which, bared to today's light, are full of significance. ;

Did You Know? SOMETIMES these “fillers” are from current utterances, and such a one is this from a speech by Gen. George Marshall: “In our democracy where the government is truly an agent of the popular will, military policy is dependent on public opinion, and our organization for war will be good or bad as the public is well informed or poorly informed regarding the factors that bear on the subject. + «+ « Popular knowledge of history, I believe, is

By Galbraith

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largely based on information derived from school textbooks, and unfoftunately these nly a portion of the truth our war experiences. . . . “Few Americans learn that we enrolled nearly 400,000 men in the Revolutionary War to defeat an enemy that numbered less than 45,000, or that we employed half a million in 1812 against an opponent whose strength never exceeded 16,000 at any one place, and fewer still have learned why these overwhelming numbers were so ineffective. ...

Poor Teaching igang I am convinced that the colossal wastefulness of our war organization in the past, and the ‘near-tragedies to which it has lcd us, have been due primarily to the character of our school textbooks and the ineffective manner in which history has been taught in the public schools of this country... . “When the high school student knows exactly what happened, and most important of all, why it happened, then our most serious military problem will be solved.”

How many readers got the figures quoted |

by Gen. Marshall in their high school history courses. I didn’t. If such facts are withheld from us, no wonder we grow up with the impression that the United States can lick anybody with orie hand and never can be defeated.

DAY-TO-DAY ...By James Daniel

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Bound for Hong Kong

WASHINGTON, Dec. 26—The U. 8. government has put exports to Hong Kong on a day-to-day basis to avoid building up’ the British colony as another tempting plum for the Chinese

Policy on U. 8. shipments there have been in doubt since Dec. 8 when the administration made all exports to Hong Kong

in 1944. “I knocked you out once.” Mr. Wilson looked the man over, thought a minute and then said with a grin, “Then you're Joe So-and-So., He's the only man who ever knocked me out.” The watchman confirmed it as the two men shook hands and reminisced a bit. Some years before, when he was a young factory hand in the Sprague Electric works at Bridgeport, Mr. Wilson had fancied himself as a, semi-pro boxer of parts, and he put on

the gloves at factory smokers

for a few odd bucks.

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Joe So-and-So kayoed him. The two men hadn't seen each other since that night. The winner became a factory watchman, The loser is now practically the assistant President of fhe United States, in charge of the home front economy.

WHEN President Truman

- signed his all-out mobilization

proclamation, photographers, newsreel and television cameramen were all over the place. As the movie men

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President Truman looked up. “Not you,” said Alley, “the other one. p » =» » GENERAL Services Adminfstrator Jess Larson, Roger Jones of the Budget Bureau, Maj. Gen. William R. Schmidt of the Pentagon and other “planners” really did a masterful job of mapping the dispersal of government agencies

‘around Washington, as defense

against possible atomic bomb attacks. It was an example of bureaucracy at its best. During testimony on the plan before a Senate Public Works subcommittee, however, Administrator Larson got so

enthused about selling his plan

that he started throwing words around at a great rate. “Miraculously and fortunately,” he said at one point, “we find military necessity enmeshing w ith and coinciding with . Sen. Dennis” Chavez of New Mexico interrupted: “. . . and fitting with?” ne Snquireq with a smile,

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temporarily halted any licensing pending a decision on the future of U. S. trade with the

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Today the Commerce Department disclosed that a “hmited amount” of Americanmade goods-er foreign goods shipped through the U. 8, would be permitted to go to Hong Kong. : Officials said the volume would be restricted to the minimum requirements necessary to maintain the health and safety of the city’s population, with nothing additional for stocking up or for re-export to

the China mainland.

BACK of the new policy is U. 8. alarm over the importance the colony has assumed as a supplier to the Chinese Reds. Hong Kong trade with China broke all records in the first 11 months of this year, much of it in goods originally

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was Nov. 30. This suggested

that after that date the Red Chinese expected either to be in a declared war with the Western nations or to have obtained possession of Hong Kong by native uprising. ‘More recent reports have indicated that the Communists may have been merely reor-

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