r_WEEKLY NEWS ANALYSIS--'
Crises in China and Indies
Threaten Peace in Far East;
Foresee Substantial Wage Gains
- Released hv Western Newspaper Union. .
{EDITOR'S NOTE: When opinions are expressed In these columns they are those of
Western Newspaper Union’s news analysts and not necessarily of this newspaper.)
Given noisy welcome by populace, marines arrive in Tientsin, China,
to occupy port after Jap surrender. As crowds cheer, this leatherneck
enjoys spin in bicycle rickshaw.
PACIFIC:
No Peace
Though Japan has laid down her
arms, peace has not yet come to
the Pacific, what with Chinese na
tionalists and communists at swords
points and Indonesians seeking their
independence from Dutch rule.
U. S. troops stood in the middle
as Chinese nationalists squared off
against the communists, with ma
rines guarding the vital coal mines
and rail route around the shipping
port of Chinwangtao in the trouble
some northern zone.
Heretofore, the communists have
considered this territory their espe
cial domain, and until Chiang Kai
shek's troops set foot upon it after
disembarking from U. S. vessels, no
nationalist forces had ever chal
lenged Red control there. While the
communists withdrew in the face of
nationalist landings at Chinwangtao,
they remained active to the west,
cutting rail routes over which
Chiang could deploy his armies.
With the U. S. supporting the na
tionalists and the Russians having
recently promised to keep hands off
of Chinese politics, Chiang has en
joyed every advantage in his effort
to extend his domination over the
country. While his representatives
have haggled with the Reds over
terms in Chungking, Chiang has
cleverly pressed his edge in the
north.
Meanwhile, natives of the East In
dies, led by President Soekarno of
lilt: ll ictcmij co
tablished republic
looked to confer
ences with Allied
authorities to clear
their claims for in
dependence. Strong
ly organized early
this year when the
fortunes of their Jap
conquerors began ;
falling, the Indone- 1
siaris presently rep
resent a formidable
trouble -making
President
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into terms.
The Mr. Big of the independence
movement. Soekarno was kept busy
trying to quell Indonesian hot-heads
•whose outbreaks threatened his con
trol of the situation and promised to
weaken his hands in dealing with the
Dutch.
WACL POLICY:
Labor Sees Gain
Though President Truman left the
way for reconversion wage settle
ments up to the collective bargain
ing of employers and unions, labor
looked to the administration pro
gram to pave the way for substan
tial pay increases within the stabili
zation structure.
By appealing for maintenance of
high wartime “take-home” pay, and
declaring business well able to ab
sorb the added costs, or eligible for
moderate price increases, Mr. Tru
man was seen to apply pressure on
management at a time when atten
tion is being focused on the all-im
portant wage negotiations in the au
tomobile, oil and steel industries.
In enunciating his reconversion
wage policy to a radio audience es
timated at 32,000,000, the President
did so only after administraton con
sultations with both big business
and labor leaders. As a result of
one of these conferences with Hen
ry Ford II, government officials ex
pressed confidence a satisfactory
settlement could be arranged in the
FARM PRICES:
Substantial gains in prices re
ceived by farmers for truck crops,
grains and cotton were primarily re
sponsible for a two-point upturn in
the general level of prices received
by farmers to 199 per cent of its
August, 1909-July, 1914 average in
mid-October, the department of ag
riculture reported. October parity
prices reached another new 25-year
high as prices paid by farmers for
commodities, interest and taxes, ad
vanced.
company’s plant, setting an indus
try-wide pattern.
While the President said industry
generally was capable of extending
wage increases because of overtime
elimination, greater productivity
per worker, tax credits for lower
earnings and abolition of the excess
profits levy, he promised that price
boosts would be granted after a trial
period if the added costs resulted in
operating losses.
Meantime, price rises would be
considered in cases where indus
tries raised wages to a full 28 per
cent to cover added living costs
since January, 1941; boosted pay to
iron out differences in plants in the
same industries or localities, or paid
more to attract workers to essential
enterprises to speed up reconver
sion.
With the government’s wage pol
icy established, representatives of
management and labor met in Wash
ington, D. C., to establish machinery
for settling differences.
AGRICULTURE:
1946 Prospects
Though the government intends no
leveling off of over-all production
next year and demand for food
should remain high, real farm in
come may drop as much as 15 per
cent during 1946 in reflecting in
creases in some prices of what
farmers buy, the department of ag
riculture predicted.
Despite a 15 per cent drop in real
income—that is, what income will
actually buy in goods, etc.—it will
still remain double the prewar aver
age, the department reported. How
ever, any kind of a decrease would
be the first since 1935.
Predictions of a drop in real in
come for 1946 followed reports that
the government would soon outline
production goals for next year, ask
ing for maintenance of present live
stock and hog marketings and wheat
and corn acreage; increased plant
ings of cotton and sugar beets, and
sharp cuts for eggs and chickens
and oil bearing crops. Milk and po
tatoes would be scheduled for small
er reductions.
FUEHRER’S END:
Died With Eva
Answering repeated rumors of Hit
ler’s escape from Berlin, British in
telligence declared that an ex
haustive investigation had indicated
that the fuehrer had shot himself in
the bunker of the reichchaneellery
on April 30 and his consort, Eva
Braun, had followed him in death
by taking poison.
Though broken in health, Hitler re
mained alert in mind to the end,
the British found, and even held
hopes for a successful defense of
Berlin after his decision to remain
in the capital on April 22 and aban
don plans fqr a last-ditch stand in
the Bavarian mountain redoubt.
When the Russians continued to
hammer forward, however, hope
faded and Hitler and his mistress
were married on April 29, climaxing
a long, secret relationship.
Bidding his personal followers in
the reichchaneellery goodbye the
next day, Hitler then shot himself
through the mouth while his mate
took poison, the British said. Per
the fuehrer’s last orders. Propa
ganda Minister Goebbels and Dep
uty Leader Bormann then saturated
the bodies with gasoline and burned
them beyond recognition. It is also
believed that the remains may have
been further broken up and then
buried.
More Shoes on Way
With production for November
and December expected to hit 30
million pair a month, shoes soon
should become plentiful, with deal
ers able to replenish stocks curtailed
by former wartime regulations and
runs made upon stores following the
removal of rationing.
At 20.000.000 pairs per month in
August, the output began to spurt
after V-J day. reaching 28.000,000 for
October.
Warn of Traffic Hazards
As chairman of the N'atianal
Safety council's committee on
winter driving hazards, made up
of 30 experts in fields of traffic
and transportation. Prof. Ralph
A. Moyer of Iowa State college
warned that the coming snow and
ice season may cause one of the
worst "traffic accident winters"
in history.
With a study of recent years
showing traffic accident death
rates for 36 northern states 24
to 53 per cent higher in the win
ter than in the summer months,
Moyer said, the combination of
more and older cars, more gas
and more "restraint weary” driv
ers may result in !he worst season
in history. Drivers in snow belt
s-tates must consider dangerous
road conditions and should imme
diately check their brakes, tire
chains, windshield w'pers, de
frosters, and headlights.
Concerning future auto and
truck models. Professor Moyer
said manufacturers are giving
more consideration to safety and
practical fender styling for easi
er installation of anti-skid chains
without impairing streamlining.
T 'w windshield and window de
signs, defrosters and headlights
also improve winter visibility.
GERMANY:
Foresee Trouble
Because of widespread unemploy
ment, food and fuel shortages and
murder and looting by displaced
persons, serious outbreaks may oc
cur in Germany over the winter.
General Dwight D. Eisenhower re
ported.
Eisenhower’s statement followed
disclosure of a survey that the Ger
mans generally had praise for the
occupation of the British, were irked
by seeming American indifference
to conditions and fostered a deep
hatred for the Russians. The state
ment also came on top of demands
in some circles that the Allies lay
down a clear-cut economic policy for
Germany so that normal activity
may be restored to relieve the wide
spread chaos.
German youths and returned sol
diers presently constitute the larg
est trouble-making element, Eisen
hower said, with much of their ire
directed against frauleins fraterniz
ing with Allied troops and displaced
persons. Such discontent could well
lead to organized resistance against
occupation forces, Eisenhower
warned.
On Road to Life
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As a result oj latest medical
uonder, 7-month-old Sandra Evans
of Los Angeles, Calif., may soon be
cured of formerly fatal cystic pan
creal disease, doctors say. Whereas
tiny Sandra u as not expected to live
beyond half-year, physicians pre
dicted complete recovery after treat
ment under plexi-glass, requiring
inhalation of vaporized penicillin
diluted in saline solution.
JAP NAVY:
Remnants Doomed
Once proud possessor of the im
perial fleet, Japan will be reduced
to zero as a sea power following Al
lied plans for the destruction of Nip
pon’s remaining capital ships and
the division of the smaller craft and
auxiliaries.
Because differences in design pre
vent their efficient use by the U. S.,
Britain, Russia and China, one bat
tleship, four cruisers, four aircraft
carriers and 51 submarines will be
sent to the bottom, with the battle
ship expected to serve as a target
for an atomic bombing test. Indica
tive of the differences of bigger Jap
warships, space between decks is
6 inches shorter than in other na
vies, thus cramping their use by tall
er people.
Some 38 destroyers built accord
ing to usable specifications will be
divided among the Big Four along
with coastal and auxiliary vessels.
In constructing their destroyers, it
was learned, the wily Nipponese so
licited plans from shipbuilders, cop
ied them and then returned them
as unsatisfactory, escaping pay
ment for their use.
BEVERAGE TAXES:
Federal revenues from distilled
spirits have increased steadily from
the $163,998,710 recorded in 1934 to
$1,403,338.23(1 in 1944. the New York
Trust company points out.
Although state revenues from dis
tilled spirits cannot be totaled as ac
curately as the federal because of
the complexity of state revenue reg
ulations and the manner of collec
tion, there is little question but that
the sale of distilled spirits forms •
substantial part of state incoms, fhs
company found.
SOVIET BIGWIGS REVIEW
A \ \ IA I. MARCH OF RF.U ARMY
Moscow. USSR (Soundphoto) —
For the first time since becoming
: boRsman of Soviet Russia. Marshal
. Josef Stalin is not among those
present when Soviet bigwigs re
view the annual march of the Red
Army in Moscow's Red Square.
Standing on the tribune of the
Ijenin Mausoleum are left to right:
A. F. Gorkint M. F. Shkiryntov,
Marshal Semeon Budenny/ Foreign
Commissar Vyachslev Molotov and
G. M Malenkov.
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Sin WASHINGTON
By Walter Shead
WNU C orrBspondmnl
WNU Washington Bureau,
1616 Eye St., N. W.
Little Red Schoolhouse
Is Out of Step With Times
Celebration of the first anniver
sary of the White House conference
on rural education, in October,
served to bring into focus again the
shortcomings and problems of rural
education in the country schools.
Moreover it has brought to the fore
once again the long-standing debate
over the merits of the one-room,
one-teacher school, versus the con
solidated country school.
There is, however, one fact that
proponents of both the one-room
school and the consolidated school
can agree on, and that is the rural
youth of the nation is not getting
| an even break with his city cousin
i in the matter of education.
With this in mind, a 24-point pro
gram for improvement of rural edu
cation has been drawn up for a long
range fight for adoption by federal,
state and local school authorities.
This is an effort to bring rural edu
cation up to a higher level to give
the boys and girls of rural communi
ties the type of education they need
and the most education possible in
the rural public schools of the na
tion.
Dr. Howard A. Dawson of Arkan
sas, director of the rural services of !
the National Education association,
at a recent press conference here
announced that shortly after the first
of the year nine regional conferences
on rural life and education will be
held in various sections of the coun
try. Representatives of farmers,
business, labor and educational
groups will participate in an effort
to stimulate greater interest in the
program.
Country Schools Need Help
Here are some vital statistics and
facts which become problems before I
any gathering of rural school au- j
thorities: Farmers have 31 per cent
of the children and only 10 per cent I
of the national income, so there is
a need for greater state and federal
financing as aids to local adminis
tration of rural schools.
Rural school teachers average ap
proximately $959 per year in salary
as compared to an average of $1,955
for city teachers, so city schools are
able to obtain better teachers.
There are 50,000 school teachers
now working under emergency cer
tificates who are not qualified to
teach, and two-thirds of them are in
rural schools.
Rural school districts are too
small and should be enlarged to pro
vide increased resources and to de
crease administrative costs.
Of the 189,062 rural school build
j ings, 108,000 are of the one-teacher
variety and one recommendation of
I the White House conference is that
^ schools should be consolidated wher
ever distances, topography and the
; best interests of the children and of
! community life permit, which, by
the way, is a manner of straddling
the question of whether the one-roonv
or the consolidated school is for the
best interest of the children.
I Enrollment in teachers’ colleges,
the source from which school teach
ers are obtained, has dropped 50 per
cent during these war years. As a
result, 360,000 of the nation’s 900,000
teachers are new to their jobs, and,
whereas city schools have been able
to maintain staffs because of high
er salaries paid, country schools are
bearing the brunt of the shortage.
Bigger, Better High Schools
It is pointed out that the curricu- i
him established by the state boards
| of education in many states varies
l little in the city and country schools.
' It is a matter of common sense
there is a vast difference in the edu
cational needs of country children
1 and those who live in cities. So one
I of the problems is for a course
I of study particularly fitted to the
i needs of the rural youth, and a staff
of teachers who have the kind and
quality of preservice education
which will qualify them to teach in
rural schools as contrasted to city !
schools.
The NEA believes also that there I
can be no adequate high school edu
cation in any rural high school where
enrollment is less than 300 pupils |
There can be no adequately formu
lated high school program which will
give the student a well-rounded
education where there are only a
few students; there can be no school
morale or spirit, nor can interest of
the student in the teen ages be
maintained through four years of
high school work in small high
schools, educators believe.
Qualified Superintendents
Furthermore, one of the planks in
the 24-point program calls for care
ful selection of superintendents of
rural schools on a basis of profes
sional qualifications and on non
> political considerations. Therefore,
popular elections of county superin
tendents should be abandoned.
There are some 12,100,000 students
enrolled in rural schools, which con
stitute 48 per cent of all public
schools in the nation. The 451,660
\ rural teachers comprise 52 per cent
' of the nation’s total.
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i how to spot them
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t How can you spot a fascist? The War ,
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[ applies in America as well as in Germany,
ji Japan or elsewhere.
Full text of the Army orientation course
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published by the National Federation for
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We licked the fascist armies by force —
but we still have to clean our own house.
i • "THEY STILL CARRY ON!" should be
read by all Americans as a warning that
i it can happen here.
Thl* if on* of t*n illustrations by the well-known artist, Harry Sternberg,
In "THEY STIU CARRY ONI", a 24 page pamphlet now widely distributed
at fen cents a copy by the National Federation for Constitutional Liberties,
205 East 42nd Street. New York 17.
“THEY STILL CARRY ON”
New York, N. Y.-Warning of an upsurge of
fascist activities in America is contained in the new
pamphlet, “THEY STILL CARRY ON!”, publish
ed this week by the National Federation for Consti
tutional Liberties, which includes the full text of
W ar Department orientation courses on how to
spot native fascists and how to stop them.
Particularly pertinent in view of renewed activ
ities on the part of the Christian Front, Gerald L.
K. Smith and the Ku Klux Klan, as well as the Dies
like program of the Rankin “Committee on Un
American Activities”, this new 24-page pamphlet
clearly defines the earmarks of a fascist—whether
in America or elsewhere.
“THEY STILL CARRY ON!” is graphically il
lustrated throughout by Harry Sternberg, well
known anti-fascist American artist, and is printed!
in two colors in popular size for mass distribution, r
Single copy price of the pamphlet is ten cents.
Organizations wishing quantity orders, with or
without special imprint, are urged to write to the
NFLC at 205 East 42nd Street, New York 17, N. Y.
This pamphlet may be read at your convenience
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APPOINTED SECRETARY.
MANAGER OF NEBRASKA-IOW A
ELECTRICAL COUNCIL
J. J. DORK
•I. J. Dore has been appointed
secretary and manager of the new
ly organized Nebraska-Iowa Elec
trical Council with headquarters at
1306 Woodman of the World build
ing in Omaha.
Mr. Dore, a graduate of the Uni
versity of Chicago and an Omaha
resident since 1937, will coordinate
the activities of the organization
throughout the Omaha and Council
Bluffs area.
Composed of retailers, manufac
turers, contractors, wholesalers,
manufacturer's agents and the util
ity, the organization will coordin
ate the efforts of the entire elec
trical industry through a central
ized group and pass benefits on to
the consumer, according to Mr.
Dore.
The group will hold its first gen
eral meeting in Omaha on Novem
ber 27.
Officers of the Council include:
H. G. Carlson, president; George C.
Carter, first veie-president; Sam C.
Dodson, second vice-president; A.
V. Sorenson, treasurer, and Mr.
Dore.
After the organization has been
firmly established it intends to co
ordinate activities of the electrical
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western Iowa.
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