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Vets Going into Air-Freight Business
Bogged Down in Government Red Tape
By DREW PEARSON
The Bernadotte Plan
Inside story of the origin of
the Bernadotte plan now has
leaked out.
The Bernadotte plan was
developed at a highly secret
meeting on the island of Rhod
es just before Bernadotte was
killed. Present were only four
Seople—Sir John Troutbeck,
ritish ambassador to Egypt;
Robert McClintock, U. S. state
f department official; Count
Bernadotte and Dr. Ralph Bun
dle, Bernadotte’s deputy.
The British ambassador
bluntly announced he had in
structions from Foreign Min
ister Belvin not to support any
■ plan unless it provided for
handing over the potentially
wealthy Negev area to the
Arabs.
Previously, the United Nat
| ions had awarded the Negev
to Israel, and largely because
of this, State Department Re
presentative McClintock refus
ed to accept the Bevin propos
al. McClintock described it as
similar to the Grady-Morrison
plan for the partition of the
Holy Land which the United
States had flatly rejected.
Coldly. Sir John Troutbeck re
plied that there would be no
agreement on Palestine unless
the Arabs got the Negev. Re
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suit of this disagreement was
that Bernadotte and Bunche
had to mediate not between
the Jews and the Arabs, but
rather between the Americans
and the British.
Finally, McClintock agreed
to cable Washington the text
of the British proposals.
Significantly the Berna
dotte plan never was discuss
ed by the mediators with
either the Israeli govern
ment or the Arabs. It came
directly from Bevin as the
British price for the accept
ance of any plan for settle
ment in the Holy Land.
When McClintock got word
back from Washington that the
state department favored Bev
in’s proposal regarding the
Negev, he was amazed. How
ever, that’s how the so-called
Bernadotte plan was born.
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Economic Forecast
Crystal-balling is a favorite
indoor sport in Washington,
not only with newspaper col
umnists, but with government
economists. However while a
columnist must publicly climb
out on a limb when he pre
dicts the future, economists
frequently can keep their fore
poctc Qpprpf
Right now, super-prediction
on the nation’s economic out
look for the next six years is
reported in a top-secret file
at the agriculture department.
Prepared by the bureau of ag
riculture economics, the for
cast deals chiefly with the
years 1950 through 1954. Based
on the assumption there will
be no war, here’s the gist of
the economic forcast.
Depression—There will be no
major depression in the next
Six years and no runaway in
flation.
National Income—Barring an
unforseen sharp decline in em
ployment during the 1950-:54
period, money available for
consumer spending may aver
age as high as in 1948, with
purchasing power 10 per cent
greater, due to lower prices.
Net farm income may drop 15
per cent, however, due to low
er prices and continued high
production costs.
Prices—A drop in consumer
prices will average 10 per
cent from 1948 on, during the
five-year period, but the retail
price level still will be more
than 50 per cent above pre
war years. If unemployment
(now about 1,900,000) reaches
9,000,000 at any stage, retail
prices may drop 20 per cent
below the 1948 level.
Employment—Unemployment
could reach 9,000,000 but is not
likely to go over 6,000,000. How
ever, full employment (60,000,
000) is a “distinct possibility’’
during some and perhaps all
years from 1950-’54. If product
ivity per worker continues at
its present rate total national
production by 1952 will be 8
per cent greater than 1948.
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Red Tape Over Air
Veterans going into the air
freight business are still snarl
ed in red tape, can’t get gov
ernment certification from the
civil aeronautics board. In for
mal hearings, the board has
been lined up almost solidly
behind the airlines which are
opposing the veterans.
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One CAB member, Harold
A. Jones, was so eloquent in
expressing the big airlines'
point of view that the grateful
American airlines' counsel,
Dan Gribbon, injudiciously let
slip this remark in front of
everyone:
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Jones coughed nervously,
colored with embarrassment.
NOTE — The air force is
building up an air-cargo fleet.
Yet usually astute Seth Rich
ardson, counsel for Northwest
announced the urgent need for
airlines, testified: “This whole
proceeding i s inopportune.
There may be need for an air
freight industry five or 10
years from now, but not now."
Visit at Neligh—
Mrs. M. R. Sullivan, Mr.
and Mrs. C. V. Sullivan spent
Sunday visiting at the home
of Mr and Mrs. A E. Graybiel,
at Neligh.
GIRL SCOUT NEWS
Purple Pansy Troop II
Our regular troop meeting
was held Monday, November
8, in the school lunch room.
The dues were collected and
the attendance was taken.
Several weeks ago we chose
new patrol leaders: Janet Se
ger, leader of the Busy Snow
Buns; Evalyn Asher, leader of
the Milky Way; and Lynette
Johnson, leader of the Wild
Rose.
On November 1, we invested
seven new members.
We started making handker
chief folders.
Our next meeting will be
held Monday after school in
the school lunch room. — By
Mildred Crabb, troop scribe.
Depart for Oklahoma—
Mr. and Mrs. John Murray
and Henry Waldrop, of Wea
therford, Okla., left Tuesday,
November 9, for their home.
They were called here by the
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Many Faces Seen
in Tourist City
By A. STROLLER
PHOENIX, ARIZ., Nov. 9—
One of the pleasant features
about life in a city like Phoe
nix is meeting people. Phoe
nix is what is called a tourist
city in distinction from an in
dustrial city and people come
here from all parts of the
country to spend the Winter.
The Winters in Phoenix are
mild in comparison with the
Winters in colder climates. I
occasionally look over the dai
ly weather reports and note
how cold it is in cities like
Sioux City. St. Paul, Des
Moines, Chicago, New York,
etc., while, perhaps, on the
same date, tne mercury may
be up in the 90s in this locali
ty. In the northern part of
Arizona, of course, the climate
is quite different and the mer
cury has already dipped to a
low point this Fall. In this
part of the state it never
snows and seldom freezes.
Well, anyway, the mild
Winter climate of Phoenix at
tracts people from all over
the United States and even
from abroad and hundreds of
tourists come here during the
Winter season. There are
many fine hotels, inns, auto
courts and other places for
them to stav and they spend
a great deal of money here
every season.
For a number of years,
the writer has been connect
ed with the YMCA and its
cafeteria while in this city
and he has been in a posi
tion to meet people who live
here all the time or who
just come here to spend the
Winter months.
It has been an enjoyable
experience. He has met liter
ally hundreds of people from
BTactically every state in the
nion and some real and last
ing friendships have been
formed. Obviously, he has
met many tourists only casu
ally—perhaps they will spend
the Winter here and that is
all; but others have come reg
ularly year after year and we*
have become well acquainted.
In some instances, acquaint
anceship has developed into
friendship and letters have
been exchanged after the
visitor has returned home.
Christmas cards have also
Deen excnangea.
It is a good opportunity to
meet all kinds and types of
people from all over the coun
try and even the world and
the writer has enjoyed it im
mensely.
To illustrate how many peo
ple come to this town during
the Winter season. The Resi
dents club of the YMCA
holds a Christmas breakfast
I every year and most of the
: states are represented at it.
(Next week: A YMCA Con
j ferenee.)
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