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Must Have Production AR FORCE Chief, General Vandenberg, summed up the terrible plight of our air strength as compared with Russia's when he said last week: “It is a hard, though scarcely surprising fact, that not a single combat airplane ordered since the Korean War began has yet been delivered to an operational unit. “Today we are still assembling materials, making tools and building plants to produce the air power. authorized a year and a half ago.” Russia, on the other hand, has licked the problem of jet-plane production and in addition to building up her own massive supply has been able to furnish Red China with

margin to our own.” We are fighting an increasingly severe air war in Korea with only 75 jets against a Red fleet of 700, and even our best jets, built before Korea—the only ones we have in combat—aren’t as good as Russia's MIG-15's. Moreover, the Communist planes are limited only by their flying range while ours must stay within the boundaries prescribed by the Truman-Atieson policy of not carrying the war to

res Riclosire a harsh indictment of our basic rearmament policy which has put us in our present precarious position. That policy is to avoid disturbing the civilian economy—to concentrate on building merely a capacity to produce instead of going all-out to deliver what we need now. Result is, our actual defense production program is in a deplorable state. President Truman may have flown back to Washing: ton to see what could be done about getting an armistice in Korea by Christmas. But a possible Korean armistice won't solve a far more urgent problem. We would be naive, indeed, to think that Russia means to stop her global war of aggression even if she consents to a lull in Korea. The President had better give his immediate attention to war production—to get it rolling for all-out mobilization —and drop the present softness toward the civilian economy. Our only safety lies in preparedness—which also is our only hope for world peace,

MEANWHILE, Sen. Wayne Morse of Oregon doesn’t help matters hy saying the United States stands ready to pull all the Allied forces out of Korea if the Russian air fores enters the war. : The Senator added in a “foreign policy” speech that Usted States equipment is being held in readiness 24 a day for an .. We think the Senator didn’t Hea talking shout; but even if he had reason to believe his own words, he doesn’t contribute to the possibilities of a Korean truce by uttering them. Moreover, the proposition in itself is an invitation to Russia to intervene directly in the air war—and we've got more than enough on our hands now with 700 Re as

challenging our air supremacy, as Gen. Vanden made clear.

No Emergency ? HEN President Truman arrived back in Washington L after abruptly cutting short his Key West vacation, he and his aids made a point of creating the impression that it was no emergency which had led to his sudden decision to get back on the home stompings. ~The President said he didn’t want any fuss about his sudden return.

Revenue Bureau and the Justice Department on fire, the Democratic national chairman loudly defending his part in a tractor deal, defense production badly lagging, inflation on a new upshoot, the Korean truce in its usual mess, and a. few minor things. Nothing to fuss about.

Oil on Troubled Waters THE PROSPECT that the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development may be asked to take over > the operation of Iran’s nationalized but dormant oil industry sustains the hope that a sound solution of this vexing problem may be near at hand. The world needs Iran's oil. But even more important than that is the need for a calm, business approach to the problems of the Middle East. The World Bank should be an ideal agency to become umpire and trustee in this situation. It can supply the working capital and technological know-how which the Iranian oil industry must have if it is to resume normal operations. It also can guarantee that British capital, which developed Iran’s oil industry, will be adequately compensated for its investment. If the World Bank proves itself equal to the demands of this situation, its services will be available when future cases arise calling for an operating and liquidating agency which is-unhampered by nationalistic considerations.

» Kiss of Death N APPOINTMENT as vice premier of a Soviet satellite government is coming to be regarded as a one-way ticket to the graveyard—at least on this side of the Iron Curtain where it is safe to indulge in such speculation. Rudolf Slansky’s arrest as a spy in Czechoslovakia marks the fourth time in the past four years when a vice premier of that country has been purged for alleged disyalty. b Albania has disposed of five vice premiers in the past years, on similar grounds. Two have been hanged in Farmer Vice Premier M. Gomulka is awaiting in Poland on charges of having conspired against the : “regime in that country. assumed that anyone who accepts an’ ap-

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DANGER IN THE MIDEAST . . . By Clyde Famsworth

U. S. Can’t Build Security

DAMASCUS, Syria, Dec. 11—Look closely at

national life in any part of the Arabic Mideast, and you'll find the Israel issue is festering. That's especially true in Syria. Syrians are much less concerned at the world Communist threat than with immediate fear that well-armed, highly organized, foreign-sup-

ported Israel — still increasing her immigrant population—will burst forth in a new land grab.

Israeli hotly denies any intention of obtaining-

additional territory by military conquest or illegal means. They counter-charge that the Arab states are not reconciled to the fact of a Jewis nation and plot its destruction. 80 the distrus is mutual. ; > > 4

SYRIA has the only fertile land adjacent to Israel and considers herself the No. 1 target. Syrians say the Jewish expansionist policy already has been shown by. violations of demilitarized zones set up on the Byria- lara] frontier

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CRISIS IN BRITAIN . .. NO. 2

Production Is

Key Problem

By PARKER LA MOORE LONDON, Dec, 11—Britain is a compact, tightly integrated community, much more likes Aan American city than it is like our nation of 48 diversified states. - When World War II began, it adopted a policy of share and share alike for the emergency, while the whole nation ' prepared to stand shoulder to shoulder at the barricades, if that became necessary. The Socialists took advantage of that psychology in 1945, with their campaign slogan of “fair shares for all. » If such a program had worked so well in war, why not under peace conditions, as well? they asked. This had great appeal, because until the war Britain

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ment problem, as an out-

. growth of the-great depression, just as we had

had. But Britain’s pre-war wealth, largely consumed by the war and the emergency sharealike program, had been amassed by adventurous merchants, bankers and sea captains through personal initiative and daring. And Socialism offered nothing to replace this wealth ~—only a plan to share the existing wealth. Britain, with an area somewhat smaller than that of Colorado, has a population of 50 million people. . There isn’t enough natural wealth in

EDITOR'S NOTE: This is the last of two articles written by Scripps-Howard Staff Writer Parker La Moore on the British crisis.

this small area to provide for that many people, no matter how fairly the shares are divided. Even some of the Socialist leaders began to recognize this fact late this year and probably were not too unhappy when the unsolved problea théy had accumulated were passed on to

the Conservatives. A Second Phase?

THEY expect to come back into power in one or two years, to be sure. But if there is to be a second phase of British socialism, Clement Attlee probably will pass into history as the Kerensky of this particular revolution. This year hr of Britain's national income is being paid into government in taxes. The biggest ture is for social services. It has reached a total of $1,615,000,000. It will increase year after year, because Britain's population is growing older with an increasing proportion of that population going onto Fine pension rolls. : Meanwhile, business is being taxed to the point where the average firm has not been able to earn enough in recent years to maintain its existing capital. Tax legislation drafted by persons with an unconcealed enmity for business would not be expected to be conducive to a healthy atmosphere for private enterprise. Steel and iron were nationalized last year and the Conservative Party intends to restore those industries to private owmership—if it can. The “if” is inserted, because the Socidlists threaten to nationalize steel and iron a second time, if they are returned to power. In the face of that threat investors may hesitate about putting money into iron and steel stocks.

On Their Own Terms

THE SOCIALISTS also have warned industry that they'll take back the stock on their own. terms. Inheriting a government which was on the verge of bankruptcy, the Conservatives have further raised interest rates, further curtailed imports and are instituting what has been advertised as a belt-tightening program-—but falls short of that. But Britain must import a substantial part of its food and raw materials in order to live and stay in business. Beyond the actual bare necessities, any drastic reduction in imports of gasoline, tobacco and wine will be reflected in reduced taxes, because they are important reve-nue-producers. They also are anti-inflationary,

because they mop up some of the spare pur- :

chasing power. The real answer to Britain's problem it is agreed, is more production, at less cost. This will demand the same inspirational leadership in domestic affairs which Anthony Eden has introduced in the conduct of Britain's foreign affairs. If this leadership is found and asserts itself, possibly it can secure the degree of co-operation which is necessary, but it appears to be absent now.

SIDE GLANCES

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by the United Nations truce, and ong has been encouraged by apparent immunity from redress, +n :

| ¥ CHUNKS of the Jordan Valley, which both

““Byrians and Israeli armies left under nominal authority pending the still unwritten peace treaty, are still at issue, But that area, it is charged, is being steadily Israelized. Arab villages have been demolished, and the villagers scattered or interned by Jewish police -—the Israeli army “wearing another hat,” as it’s charged here. The “police” tote tommyguns, the Syrians charge.

United Nations observers are still observ-

ing, but their reports are being culled before publication, if any, by the United Nations secretariat. Most Syrians believe the United Nations cards are stacked against them, and they discount big-power assurances such as the Ameri-can-British-French declaration of May 25, 1950, ainfed at preventing aggression by either side.

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which sovereignty was to be decided by treaty have virtually. been added to Israell territory, while Syrian hands were tied. Going back of all that, Syrians and most other Arabs regard the very csption gpjereel as a violation of basic human righ Mostly they blame mot Britain, oe ich sponsored the Balfour declaration as a minor stratagem of World War I, but the United States for official and private support of Israel's actual birth after World War II, The Balfour Declaration envisaged a Jewish

. homeland that would not affect the Arab

rights—something like permission to go in swimming without: going near the water,

: <> : IT'S HOPELESS for the United Statessto

think of Mideast security against Communist aggression as long as Israel, and not Russia, is the focus of Arab distrust, and so long as the intentions of Western Powers are doubted.

LABOR. . . By Fred W. Perkins

Can Big Steel Hike Wages?—

WASHINGTON, Dec. 11—Price Stabilization officials said they have figures which satisfy them that big steel companies can raise wages substantially without raising prices.

But the OPS would not make public the “confidential” figures, gathered by its own staff. Philip Murray's CIO United Steelworkers have made 22 demands of Big Steel. The demands involving money—including higher wages ~have not been disclosed, but some reports say they add up to a “package” of some 30 cents an hour. (Average wages in the industry are $1.79 an hour, not counting overtime pay, the Labor Department has reported.) OPS officials said their study covers possible increases in steel labor costs up to 30

cents an hour. However, in the past, after the ,

union reached agreement with the major companies, it then extended the wage raise demands to the entire industry, including hundreds of “fabricators” who buy steel from the big mills and turn it into finished products. Many such concerns have protested on previous occasions that they were caught in a squeeze between higher costs for their raw material and higher labor costs. This is likely to happen again. Price Boss Michael V, DiSalle has made it clear he intends to oppose an increase in steel prices if the big concerns ask for it to balance wage increases. Other OPS officials say they would oppose a wage boost, also, but point out that is not in their jurisdiction. The general expectation is that the final decision will be made by the new director of economic stabilization, Roger L. Putnam. In

Mr. Putnam’s office is a special adviser, David’

McDonald, who also is secretary-treasurer of the steel union. Mr. McDonald was assigned to this post more than six months ago, before steel wage negotiations were imminent.

BIG MESS .

| WASHINGTON, Dec. 11-1 guess I'm just a tenderhearted

feel sorry for T. Lamar Caudle, the minkcoat man, oil operator, lion hunter, horserace fan, yacht fancier, airplane salesman, and onetime - Assistant U, 8S. Attorney General. The poor guy has suffered almost enough. Fired by President Truman and brokenhearted by his own admission, the Once-suave

T. Lamar continues to be lambasted day by 457. by the

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said Lawyer Abraham Teitel-

OPS officials said that an entire industry such as steel manufacturing may get price revisions. under the so-called “Johnston formula.” This provides that relief may be granted if the industry can show that its current earnings are less than 85 per cent of the average for any three of the four years 1946-49,

_ An, individual company desiring higher price

veilings must show undue hardship or loss.

Steel manufacturing is one of many industries covered by recent orders applying the “Capehart amendment” to thousands of products. This amendment to the controls law permits manufacturers, processors and others to apply for higher ceiling prices based on their pre-Korea prices, plus all reasonable cost increases up to July 26 of this year. Officials’ pointed out that because of the cut-off date these orders have no relation to what may come out of the steel wage negotiations. ;

HOUSE OF LOVE

UP THE road you will see a home . . . built of love and hope and cheer . . . it’s been radiant and beautiful . . . for many and many a year + + + you ask me how can a home be built . . . of the things of which I tell .. . well lend an ear and I'll relate . . . the story I know so well . . . that house, dear friend, is entwined with love « » just because of the folks inside . . . they are dwelling there in a peaceful way . . . to the home they are closely tied . . . it is bullt of hope + + » for ‘twas hope that made. . . . the dream of it come true . .. and the walls inside beam with tender cheer . . . and teardrops are oh so few «+ + « that’s why I say it is built of love . . . and of hope dnd tender cheer . . . I know for I've been living there . . . for many and many a year.

By Ben Burroughs.

. By Frederick C. Othman

Trouble Piles Up for One Mr. Caudle

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Syria has had trouble purchasing adequate arms from the West. France has been making some deliveries. . -

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MR. EDITOR: Several days ago the Forum carried a letter from Judson Haggerty, which was critical of C.D.C. of Terre Haute, for implying the Democrats were the war party. I, too, have been critical of C.D.C. but he was surely right if he said the Democrats are the far party. Mr, Haggerty blesses both parties on peace inten. tions and makes much, in support of his view, about history as recorded. The stark, naked truth though, using history, even present day history, is that the leaders of both parties are for war, for themselves? Oh, no, but for your boy and mine, Truman talks peace out of the side of his mouth and wages war in Korea on his own authority. He

"establishes war bases all over the world, from

which we can blow up houses (not build them), kill men, women and children anywhere on the globe within 6 hours and such programs can be put in motion by Harry. Truman alone. War party? Of course they are.

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THE DEWEYS, the Stassens, the Tafts, etc. just “me too”, Trumans, have war ambitions. So if they speak for the GOP, it’s a war party too. Only the American people want peace. Our leaders don’t seem {interested in it at all. Truman has spent more money than all other “Presidents put together just to buy War III. I am convinced that if the Prince of Peace,

. Christ, came to Monument Circle, Indianapolis,

on Christmas Eve, 1951, and preached His philosophy of peace on éarth, good will to men; He would be in jail within. the hour. The charge? A Communist disturbing the peace. Surely we are in a mess.

Bob Gray, Hagerstown.

‘Think Peace’ MR. EDITOR: This year is almost to an end. Let us all

start the new year by sending out thoughts of peace instead of war and hate,

Thoughts are things. All the wonderful things we have today came through thoughts planted in the minds of men. They were able to bring them into reality. The Master said we sow, so shall we reap. That means tha thoughts and deeds are the same.

When we send out thoughts of love and peace, we will reap the same. There is 860 much power in our thoughts. Good or evil, but good is stronger than evil. God is all good. If alk the people here and everywhere would think peace, desire it and pray for it, we will have it. Jesus said when you pray, believe that your prayers will be answered. But we must pray for the right things and have faith in our Father and our prayers will be answered. Let us all pray that the people of all nations will think peace, desire it, and play for it, and the Kingdom of God will come into the hearts of all mankind and His will will be done on earth as

in Heaven, wR. B., City.

® SE Views on the News By DAN KIDNEY IT’S RUMORED that President Truman is getting ready to clean up the Democratic Party by turning it over to the police. ; SD @

ATTORNEY GENERAL McGRATH’S resolve to take grand jury action can hardly be called a “back-to-work”

movement. e & TRAVELING is educa-

tional for junketing Congresste men. They learn the world is round, even if Uncle 8am is

flat. : * & & Mr. McGrath... crLoTH COATS for wives back to work? of Washington big shots now id considered cowardly,

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baum, Nathan offered to keep him out of jail. #£. 8 REP. ROBERT W. KEAN (R. N, J.). observed that T. Lamar seemed to spend a good

deal of his time while as-

sistant attorney generaling, at

the race tracks. That he did, agreed Mr. Caudle. He liked to watch the ponies run. “You ever win a substantial

sum?” inquired the gentleman’

from New Jersey, ; Mr. Caudle smiled for the first time in a week. Back in

1949 (before another tax lawyer paid $900 of the bill for

Mrs, Caudle's mink coat), he took the sweet thing to Bowie,

a racing park in nearby Mary land. All around them were i

prominent people; Caudle listed them by name. Then he over-

"collected the money.

be robbed,” testified her husband. “There was very much rejoicing around us and we I de-

clared it in my tax return. I'm prebably the only one In the country who ever did.” “All $1701” asked Rep. “No, sir,” said Mr. Caudle.

Taming to be an Bayusintance of his” he “I was

Hike, let's quote Mr. Cava in “I said it was yery embar-

he told people I was rascal. I dressed Bim down. 1 almost left him standing ] naked.” . ; b . S ¥ 80 ended a besutitul friend-’ odve ship, along with the career of. SAE an Assistant Attorney General. PRICE Barbs— — Atwresd. SU : i ; war ... WHEN a girl has o down to brother the best way for In ae

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