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THURSDAY, AUGUST 24, 1950
Who Causes Price Control . . .
Merchants who have raised prices
without justification have been branded
as barterers of freedom by Claude A. Put
nam, president of the National Associa
tion of Manufacturers. The system of
free enterprise that we now enjoy will be
restricted by controls and regulations if
price discipline is not self-imposed, he in
ferred.
Manufacturers who create artificial
shortages by hoarding inventories are, ac
cording to Putnam, in the same class as
merchants who use the present crisis to
charge what the traffic will bear. While
these practices are legal, they are at the
same time inequitable. Continued prac
tices of .this nature by merchants, manu
facturers, and consumers may lead imme
diately to drastic laws which cannot eas
ily be relaxed.
Prices of industrial products have not
risen in proportion to food and other con
sumer goods, and we judge from this that
most manufacturers subscribe to Mr. Put
nam’s views. We also recommend this
farsighted policy as an individual patriotic
duty. Mass selfishness can only mean
mass suffering. Unity of ideas and pur
pose can be undermined by economic cha
os.
Any indication that our form of Dem
ocracy will not work would be a valuable
propaganda weapon in the ideological war
that goes with the military war. Regard
less of what controls are imposed, we can
be sure that we are their cause.
Korean Propaganda -- A Losing Battle .
North Korean propagandists seem to
be hard pressed for claims of victories.
A few days ago, the Red broadcasters
claimed the sinking of a United States de
stroyer, identifying it as No. 726. The
only catch to the communique was that
NO. 726 was lost in action in World War
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Another of the Kremlin inspired in
vader’s press releases was a picture show
ing a group of men under guard, being
marched across a pontoon bridge. The
caption for the picture stated that the
group consisted of weary and beaten
American prisoners.
An American GI of World War II rec
ognized the bridge as being one which he
guarded for several days across a German
river, and the large group of “American
prisoners” weren’t American and weren’t
prisoners. They were a group of European
displaced persons outfitted in old GI uni
forms being marched to a DP camp. The
picture also showed an unexplained
amount of snow on the pontoons of the
bridge. There has been no reported snow
fall in Korea this summer.
Hitler’s dissertation on propaganda in
“Mein Kampf” is apparently the bible for
all who try to use this weapon in the war
of ideas. “Tell a big lie, and tell it often”
seems to be the order of the day. The
North Koreans are stooping pretty low
to gain advantage by these mis-represen-
tations, but they are indeed telling a big
lie in the hope that at least some of it will
be believed.
Truth, fortunately, is a weapon on our
side, but this insidious propoganda will
work against us until we can break down
the ideological barriers that surround all
people under Russian domination.
igest of Public Opinion . . .
Public opinion is an exceedingly im
portant and powerful force, and Dr. Gal
lup, director of the Institute of Public
Opinion usually has his hand on the col
lective pulse of the so called average
American. A digest of his findings on
some of the major controversial issues has
just been issued. Most of the items con
cern the Korean war or national defense.
Americans favor immediate use of the
atbmic bomb if war with Russia evolves
out of the present conflict. Fear that
Russia has the bomb has overcome al
most eevry previous objection to its in
itial use.
, Apparently war with Russia is pre-
fefred to submission to further acts of
aggression. Postponing a war that seems
to'be inevitable does not meet with univer
sal favor.
The public favors taxation as a way
to pay for the war and re-armament. De
ficit financing'and rationing are favored
less than increased taxes, price controls,
and “standing powers”.
Communists will be required to regis
ter with the government and they will not
be permitted to hold jobs in war industries
if public opinion is crystallized into law.
This attitude is also shown in the rising
sentiment that favors a reorganization of
the U. N. to leave Russia out.
Fighting men will be needed to oppose
the Russians if military war follows the
“cold war”. They should be recruited, ac
cording to the poll, by universal military
training in America, re-armament of Ja
pan, and re-armament of Western Ger
many.
These opinions reflect a healthy, re
alistic attitude, and the public seems to be
ahead of Congress with regard to the
gravity of the international military and
political responsibilities that have been
placed upon us. The old game of “power
politics” is being played, and we must get
powerful and stay powerful until the
United Nations can suggest and enforce a
more peaceful alternative.
Pueblo, Colo—Do you get mad when
you see a sign, “Do not pick flowers”?
Officials at Colorado’s state hospital
recognize this is a fairly common reaction,
so they’ve done something about it. Be
side a large bed near the hospital green
house is a sign, “Please pick flowers
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Immediate UMT is Vital
Legion Spokesman Says
Washington, Aug - . 24—(A*)—Im
mediate universal military training
is the key to survival for America
in an inevitable war with Rus
sia, an American Legion spokes
man told congress yesterday.
“How soon we begin mobilizing
to meet this conflict that is sure
to come will measure our chances
of survival,” said Earl J. Cocke,
Jr., of Dawson, Ga., chairman of
the Legion’s national security
committee.
On the other hand Elizabeth
Smart of Evanston, Ill., represent
ing the Women’s Christian Tem-
perenee Union, warned against
legislating “in frantic haste and in
an atmosphere of war hysteria.”
She said the W. C. T. U. is op-
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posed to peacetime conscription.
Armed Services Committee
They presented their views to
the Senate Armed Services Com
mittee shortly before that group
closed out public hearings on UMT
and arranged to start work behind
closed doors Monday on finishing
touches for a bill to be laid before
the senate. Chairman Tydings (D-
Md) said he hopes to get the mea
sure out next week.
A heavy majority of the com
mittee has come out publicly for
the plan, with a demand that con
gress stay in session until it is
enacted.
The actual proposal originated
with Secretary of Defense John
son. But President Truman, while
repeating his oft-made statement
that he favors UMT, has said he
did not plan to push it at this ses
sion of congress. The President
said he did not want to start a
controversy that might get in the
way of legislation he considers
more immediately vital for the
war in Korea. He suggested that
the armed services do not have
time right now to handle UMT.
Not Yet On Calendar
The Democratic leadership has
not yet given the training proposal
a place on the senate calendar, and
no plans for action have appeared
in the House.
The proposal calls for six months
of intensive training, and another
six months in an active reserve or
National Guard unit, for youth be
tween the ages of 18 and 20.
Perry Brown of Beaumont, Tex.,
past national commander of the
American Legion, and Mrs. Laura
Goode, past national commander of
the Legion Auxiliary, backed
Cocke’s arguments.
The closing witness for UMT
was Maj. Gen. Lewis B. Hershey,
director of Selective Service, who
testified that the lack of such a
law “has been and is today danger
ous to the security of the nation.”
Ag Eco Men Attend
Co-op Conference
Walter E. Paulson and Warren
LeBourveau, of the Agricultural
Economics and Sociology Depart
ment, will attend a meeting on
cooperatives in Stillwater, Okla.,
which begins August 21st and con
tinues through August 26th.
Paulson will confer with person
nel of several states who are en
gaged in making economic and or
ganizational analyses of Farmer’s
Marketing Cooperatives. He will
also pai'ticipate as a member in a
panel discussion on “Cooperatives,
Competitive and Free Enterprises”
at The American Institute of Co
operatives at Oklahoma A&M.
Experts Study Malik’s Word
By J. M. ROBERTS, JR.
AP Foreign Affairs Analyst
Students of both language and
politics at Lake Success are study
ing the word of Soviet delegate
Jakob Malik in an effort to deter
mine whether he is actually threat
ening a general war.
Twice during this month of his
security council presidency of the
Soviet delegate has made state
ments which sound very much that
way.
UN Has Two Choices
On August 3 he said regarding
Korea that “the security council
and the United Nations face a
choice between two paths: the
path of peace and the path of war.”
Tuesday he seemed to go evenRussia s policy is one ol peace
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farther. Continuation of the war
in Korea (instead of ending it on
Russian terms) he said, “would
inevitably lead to a broadening of
the conflict.”
Experts Study Context
State Department experts in the
Russian language immediately be
gan studying the words and their
context.
Sir Gladwyn Jebb of the United
Kingdom didn’t wait. He started
quoting chapter and verse from
Communist texts to show that
when the Soviet speaks most loud
ly of peace it is preparing most
actively for war.
Malik has been doing a lot of
talk about that, too, claiming that
while everyone else
down the war road.
Jebb Pulls Back
Jebb pulled the book. He quoted
from volume two of the official
history of diplomacy about the
“concealment of predatory ends
behind noble principles,” and “the
exploitation of (the idea) of dis
armament and pacifist propaganda
for one’s own purposes.”
It is very difficult, in many
cases, to tell from an English
translation what a Russian means.
Because Russians do not think
like Englishmen and Americans,
and their words do not mean the
same.
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