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’ 1 - , ^ . -\ ! .. . - -: ■ , ' - r i , . ■* *' ' • * <.'■■• ■’- '• TÌ&ÌE D I L L O N E X A M I N E R ■ .' / *-— - 1 •' ,K -WEEKLY NEWS ANALYSIS- Truman Announces U.S. Will Add ■ * Hydrogen Bomb to Arms Program; Major Housing Plan Is Envisioned (EDITOR'S NOTE: When opinions sro expressed In these columns, they are those of Western Newspaper Union’s news analysis and not necessarily of this newspaper.) H-BOMBS: Time of Decision One of the most Important decl dons In world history had been put vp to Harry S. Truman. Should he order construction of the hydro- fen bombT When, after a respectable period of deliberation, he did make up his mind, the President expressed his decision in the most matter-of-fact manner possiblel The U. S. would continue its de velopment and production of all types of military weapons, includ ing atomic armaments and the so- called hydrogen bomb. That state ment, probably intentional^ cryp tic, may or may not have meant that the U. S. already has begun work on the H-bomb. Only one thing was sure—it was a terribly important decision, not only to Mr. Trtiman but to every person in the world. IT WASN’T the cost of the bomb that was a poser, even though that was expected to be in the neighbor hood of four billion dollars. It wasn’t a doubt as to whether it could be made, for science de clared it could. It wasn’t a hesi tancy about its effect, for if an enemy decided to, and could, con struct the bomb, any experiments on the part of the U.S. to make and test it would be Justified. No, it was none of these that aggravated the responsibility and the solemnity of the decision. In stead, it was the question of life and death involved and even more terrible, if purely speculative, question; Might not man be un leashing a force which would de stroy all mankind? THE PREPONDERANCE of per suasion was by those advocating the bomb. Sen. Millard Tydings <D., Md.) chairman of the armed services committee gave voice to what the majority of presidential advisers was thinking. He urged that the U.S. proceed with manufacture of the bomb, de claring that failure to do so could invite attack. But President Tru eman was probably thinking of the horrible and utter devastation, the incalculable deaths, the vast , de struction which would be hurled upon enemy and innocent alike. BROTHERHOOD: Renewed Effort \ \ Brotherhood Week, sponsored by the National Conference of Chris tians and Jews, will be observed from February 19-26, marking the annual observance of an event that has grown into national signifi cance. In accepting the honorary chair manship of Brotherhood Week, President Truman urged “all Amer icans to ponder well the true mean- Steel Defender SP O N S O R E D ST THE NATIONAL CONFERENCE OF CHRISTIANS AND JEWS F E B R U A R Y 1 9 to 2 6 tag of brotherhood” adding .that “there probably has never been a .time in history when true brother hood was so indispensable to the Welfare of our own nation and to the peace and freedom of the en tire world.” IN A SIMILAR VEIN, former Secretary of the Navy John L. Sullivan, named general chairman a t the nàtional observance, inter preted this year’s event. “The big question today is whether the hu man spirit will remain free or whether it is to be enslaved by totalitarianism,” Sullivan declared. “The dignity of man is on trial throughout the world,” he con tinued, “and the fate of our civili zation may well depend upon the outcome. It will survive only if the Ideal of man’s inalienable rights is acknowledged, r e s p e c t e d and strengthened.” First established in 1934 by the National Conference of Christians and Jews, Brotherhood Week has been celebrated each year during the week of George Washington’s birthday as a special period when the people of all faiths in the United States are invited to con sider together the need and impli cations of good will among Protes tants, Catholics and Jews. IN 1934, some 300 communities across the United States partici pated in Brotherhood Week events; In 1942 there were 800 communities. In 1944 the number spiralled to XJWO. The figure today is impos sible to estimate, according to Sul livan, so widespread is the desire of Americans of all faiths to dem onstrate their loyalty to the basic ideals of respect for people and lmman rights which are essential to our way of life. As observed with growing com munity participation each year, Brotherhood Week dramatizes the p r a c t ic a l things which people can do to promote understanding and re a liz a t io n of time-honored Amer ic a n p r in c ip le s . Benjamin Fairless, president of U.S. steel, testified before a joint congressional economlo committee In defense of the re cent Increases in the price of steel. He called the rise “mod est,” laid the blame largely on union pensions. HOUSING: $8,000 Units Could the American individual in search of a new home afford to pay $8,000 for it? Federal hous ing officials believe that to be a fair figure and Raymond M. Foley, housing administrator, explained to the house banking committee a bill for federal housing aid based on that premise. FOLEY STATED that the admin istration is considering construc tion, through cooperatives and other non-profit organizations, of some 250,000 housing units on an aver age cost of $8,000 each. The homes envisioned in the pro gram would be for families with annual cash incomes of $2,800 and ¡¡4,000. One third of the urban fam ilies of the nation had incomes within that “middle-income” range in 1948. The endeavor, even in the eyes of the severest critics, appeared laudable, but with the cost of liv ing as it is and high income taxes for families without above-average exemptions, would still put the $8,000 home out of reach of many. AS AN INSTANCE of that sup position, Foley said average month ly payments would be about $69. That's $828 a year. Add a $1,000 food, meat and milk bill, and the total outlay for the new home own er is $1,828. This would leave the $2,800 a year man $972. Taking av erage figures, utilities, health costs, insurance, clothing, transportation (there would.be nothing with which to pay for a car) recreation and in cidentals would amount to about $516. This would leave some $400, or less than $40 a month with which to meet emergencies or other needs. So, it is easily apparent that the $8,000 house, the $69 monthly pay ment and co s t-of-living items would run the $2,800-a-year man so close to the edge, that he’d hardly have anything left for 'a pack of butts each week. HOMELESS: Break for DP's An casement of the present law which limits entry of displaced persons into the United States to 205.000 in the two-year period end ing June 30, this year, has been ap proved by the Senate judiciary committee. THAT GROUP voted to permit 320.000 homeless foreigners to en ter this country by June 30, 1951. This includes the approximately 124.000 who already have entered. The committee voted by 10 to 3 to approve a bill which would make other changes in the present DP law which President Truman has urged. For example, It would shift the date by which displaced persons must have entered European DP camps to be eligible for entry into this country. The present law fixed the date for December, 1945. The bill which the committee approved would change that to January 1, 1949. THE ACTION came on the eve of the date which the senate had ordered the committee to report out a DP bill. The house bill has been approved by the committee over the protests of Chairman McCarran (D., Nev.), who was in Europe at the time. After a heated floor fight, the sen ate sent the measure back to com mittee. DRAFT LAW: Bickering Starts Atomic stockpiles . . . hydrogen bombs . . . . billions for defense . . . incredible speed in the air . . . ill these added up to a readily ap parent conception that U.S. policy is committed to a course which be lieved that be is “best defended who is best armed.” The question was: Would the com pulsory military service system be retained? The question o f man power remained an intangible fac tor? LABOR: Cry of 'Foul* Labor is never so vocal as when it feels its own particular rights and privileges are being stepped on. This was evidenced by the cries emanating f r o m Miami Beach, Fla., where angry AFL leaders charged that Robert N. Denham, general counsel of the national labor relations board, was campaigning to apply the anti-trust laws to big labor unions. IT ALWAYS has been puzzling to the average American why labor itself is not subject to some gov ernmental control—such as business and industry encounter in their op erations. The average American’s sense of fair play—were no other factors Involved—would cause him to puzzle over that. Denham catapulted himself into the AFL’s bad graces in a speech before the American Trucking as sociation. In that address, he singled out the AFL teamsters union with which the truckers do business. He said the teamsters INK Town P S P 0 P T & IN WASHINGTON WALÏEH S H E AO. WNU Coi respondent Coup That Failed W A SHINGTON is still talking about the tense, dramatic battle in the house of representa tives in which a southern Demo cratic - Republican coalition at tempted to overturn the house rules committee, grab control of the en tire Truman administration pro gram and again set up a totali tarian dictatorship in which seven men at their own caprice could hold, or withhold legislation from action by the other 428 members of that body. The coup failed by a vote of 236 to 183, but only after Presidenl Truman himself had entered the fray throwing the weight of his . . , . .. , entire administration into the battle have a tremendous “potential hold a* coali- to paralyze the country j.Qn power with simultaneous trucking strikes over the nation. DAN TOBIN, president of the teamsters, and William Green, AFL president, contended that Denham’s views were unfounded and pointed out that the teamsters have had no “serious strikes for several years” and none now of which they were “aware.” The AFL council charged Den ham has stamped himself by his speeches as the \antagonist of or ganized labor and the protagonist of the employers.” Then they advocated he be thrown out of his job, particularly because he suggested “certain labor unions are monopolistic.” Words ofttimes are convenient things: one can become all things to alkmen, as viewpoint or strat- egy\dirtcts. DEFENSE: A Contradiction A slight confusion seemed to be the chief thing which could be read into the first annual report by Defense Secretary Louis John son on the activities and findings of his department. WITH one breath, Secretary Johnson warned that an attack on this country “could come from the opposite hemisphere without warn ing and with unpredictable fury.” In the next, he expressed belief that the prospect of war is dimin ishing despite the Russian attitude of belligerence. Other than its further identifica tion of America’s first potential enemy, the secretary's report held little of excitement or import. It was encouraging to find that he was convinced that the military strength of the U.S. is a major deterrent in the start of a shoot ing war by any other nation. That conclusion would come as a com forting confirmation of the belief of many millions of Americans that a policy of armed strength at home is the best assurance against threats from abroad. AFTER REPORTING on ex penses of his department, military- diplomatic activities, and other functions, the defense secretary declared his belief that while he did not discount the damage done to unification of the armed serv ices by the interservice controver sies, he believes “that the extent of these conflicts has been exag gerated.” He also reported, parenthetically as it were, that Russia now has the secret of the atom bomb, a fact with which everyone in the U. S. is all too familiar for any de gree of comfort. New Post MaJ. Gen. Gordon P. Saville, often called the “father oi radar,” has been named depu ty chief of staff to head the air force’s new research and de velopment command,' a staff section charged with long range planning for military aircraft of the future. Life Expectancy Perhaps it’s indicative, perhaps it isn’t—but, for whatever it’s worth in life expectancy computa tion, It’s a fact that the United States has more than 3,000 people who are more than 100 years old. It wasn’t too many years ago that life insurance companies on their annuity tables had everybody dead at 96. In other words, that was the extreme age at which anyone was supposed ^ b e around. The southern delegations were pressured as never before by the Dixiecrats. They used all the prejudice, fomented all the Intolerance engendered by the civil rights program. They played upon the desire of the Republican leadership to stop cold the Truman Fair Deal pro gram. The administration sent out wires, phone calls, used every pressure to bring back house members who were ab sent. The tip-off came when a Repub lican motion to adjourn, was de feated. It would have delayed a vote until over the week-end. Then with a packed gallery and a house quiet with tenseness the vote came. The Republican leadership could not hold many GOP congressmen in line, particularly in the New England states. Truman won. Here’s thè background of this fight which may have far reaching ef fects on this congress. It could cause a long session or failure of this session to accomplish anything for the nation. • * • Powerful Group For many years the rules com mittee of the house was the most powerful in that body. It still is. It acts as sort of a traffic cop for legislation. It has 12 members— eight Democrats and four Republi cans. In the 80th congress it had eight Republicans and four Demo crats. Under house procedure all bills considered by other commit tees go to the rules committee for handing down for action. Under the old procedure the committee could hold these bills indefinitely. Only a peti tion signed' by a majority of the house membership could pry loose a bill. At the last session of the 81st congress when this same group of met} tried to take over control of the committee from its chairman, Congressman Adolph J. Sabbath of Illinois the house voted over whelmingly to clip the power of the committee and place a maximum of 21 days on the time the commit tee could hold a bill. After that time, the chairman of any other committee could call down a bill from the rules committee for house action. « * * Chose Their Time The rebel leadership on the com mittee, headed by Congressman Eugene Cox of Georgia, picked a time three days before the con troversial Fair Employment Prac tices bill was due for handing down. He corralled two other south erners, Congressmen Howard J. Smith of Virginia and William M. Colmer of Mississippi, and had little difficulty in persuading the four Republican members to join them in a coalition taking opera tion of the committee out of the hands of its chairman. Seeking to beat the deadline on the FEPC bill, they went to the house floor with a majority motion of their committee asking the old dictatorial po^ver of the committee be invoked once again. It meant the death of all civil rights legis lation and even of all the Fair Deal legislation to which the seven men were opposed. Republicans joining in the coalition bloc were the GOP ranking member, Leo E. Allen of Illinois, chairman of the com mittee in the 80th congress; Clarence J. Brown of Ohio; fames W. Wadsworth of New York and Christian Herter ¿1 Massachusetts. They prevailed upon the house GOP Leader Joe Martin, former speaker, and Charles Halleck, former GOP floor leader,' to go along. Civil Rights Lost There is every reason to believi that the civil rights program of President Truman will be lost in this congress. There is no effective weapon yet devised against the senate filibuster. But the rest of the Fair Deal program was also at stake and the President had everything to gain and nothing to lose, since the southerners are op posed to most of bis program any way. Youngsters Should Have An Opportunity to Cook, Learn About Food Items M OTHERS who give their chil dren a chance to work in the kitchen with actual foods as they’re supposed to be served contribute highly to bringing up good and helpful adults. Theirs aren't the daughters who are all thumbs when it comes to p r e p a r ing their first meal after marriage, nor are their sons inept at tossing together a salad to help out a new bride! Most youngsters actually like cooking, and during growing years can be really helpful to mother, if they’re given the opportunity to learn. It’s a smart idea to plan' an oc casional simple menu which the teen-agers in the family can take over completely. Start out by hav ing them prepare one and two dishes on the menu, and it won’t be long before they’re saying, “Move over, Mother, we’ll- take dinner preparation off your hands.” t * » S PAGHETTI is a favorite dish for teen-agers to prepare. Here’s one made with salami that needs only a tossed green salad and fresh or canned fruit to com plete the menu. Quick Italian Spaghetti (Serves 6-8) % pound salami Lard or drippings for browning 1 ciip onions, chopped 1 cup fresh mushrooms, sliced 1 tablespoon flour 1% cups tomato juice 1 cup water 1 Y t te a s p o o n s W o r c e s t e r s h ire sauce % teaspoon salt % teaspoon pepper 2 tablespoons parsley, iced V a greenpqpper, chopped 6-8 ounces uncooked spaghetti Brown onions \ and mushrooms lightly in drippings. Cut % of salami into 8 thin slices and grind or chop other half. Blend into the onion mix ture the chopped s a l a m i and flour. Add to mato juice, di luted with water and seasbfflhgs. Simmer 25 nnin' utes. Add pa\s-^ ley and green pepper and cook 5 minutes longer. In the nrleantime cook spaghetti in boiling^alted\water until tender. To serve, make a ring of the cooked spaghetti on platter and pour spaghetti sauce in center. Circle with sliced salami. * * t M EAT LOAF lends itself easily to preparation by novices in the kitchen. Here’s one made main ly with ham and fortified with other meat and bread. ♦Ham Loaf (Serves 10) V/i pounds ground ham shank % pound ground beef, lamb or veal 4 slices bread, flaked 2 eggs H daughter likes to try her hand at glamorous but failure proof desserts, this sunshine peach pie is just her ticket. There’s no trouble about a tender crust when sugar-hon ey g i a h a m crackers are ' blended witb butter and sugar, j Canned cling peacbes go into the light chiffon filling as well as on top. LYNN SAYS: Use These Tricks For Food Preparation When recipes call for seasoned flour to dredge meat or fish, use the following proportions: 1 cup flour, 1 tablespoon salt and V a tea spoon pepper. To make butter balls, scald and chill a pair of wooden butter pad dles in ice water. Drop butter in heaping teaspoonfuls into iced water. When these are cold, roll each piece slightly between the chilled paddles. Apple-sausage corn bread is a main dish which the whole family will appreciate, but it’s easy enough for a beginner to prepare. The recipe is simple, the results impressive. Served with a green vegetable and a relish plate of carrot strips, celery, pickles and olives, then topped with a simple dessert, this main dish will give a well- balanced meal. LYNN CHAMBERS’ MENU ♦Ham Loaf Baked Squash with Buttered Green Peas Cinnamon Apple Salad Hot Rolls ♦Sunshine Peach Pie Beverage ♦Recipe Given 2 cups milk 1 medium sized onion, grated Y a teaspoon salt % teaspoon pepper Combine ingredients in order given and pack into a greased loaf pan. Bake in a slow (300°) oven for 1% hours. * * • G IVE THE TEEN-AGERS des serts which are easy to pre pare, but which look s p e c i a l w h e n they’re finished. Every one l i k e s to turn out des serts which are pretty as a pic ture! ♦Sunshine Peach Pie (Serves 6-8) Crumb Shell: VA cups fine sugar-honey graham cracker crumbs 2 tablespoons granulated sugar % cup melted butter Filling: 2 eggs % cup milk % cup granulated sugar % teaspoon salt 1 tablespoon plain gelatin Ya cup orange juice 1 tablespoon grated orange rind 1 tablespoon lemon juice 2 cups canned cling peaches To make shell, blend crumbs, sugar and butter and pack firmfy.. into bottom and sides of nine-inch pie pan. Bake in a moderate (350°) oven for 10 minutes. Cool. To make filling, separate eggs and beat yolks. Combine yolks, milk, V a cup sugar and salt. Cook and stir over hot water until mix ture coatg the spoon. Remove from heat. Soften gelatin in orange juice, then dissolve in hot mixture. Add rind and lemon juice. Cool until the consistency of unbeaten egg white. Beat egg whites until stiff and gradually beat in remain ing sugar. Fold into cooked mix ture. Fold in peach slices, thor oughly drained, reserving a few for garnish. Pour into cooled shell. Top with remaining slices. Chill until firm. Banana-Apricot Fluff (Serves 6-8) 1 package orange - flavored gelatin 1 cup hot water V a cup sugar Y a teaspoon salt Y a cup orange juice 2 cups thinly sliced bananas (2 to 3 whole) % cup apricot puree Dissolve gelatin in hot water. Add sugar, salt and orange juice. Chill until cold and syrupy. Com bine bananas and apricot puree; add to gelatin mixture. Beat with rotary beater until thick and fluf fy like whipped cream. Chill and serve. , Fried foods should be well drained before serving so they are not excessively greasy. Use crump led absorbent paper such as tow eling arranged on a baking pan or a colander. For shallow frying in a skillet, have at least 1% inches of melted fat or oil in the pan before placing the food in to cook. Pan-broiling a cut of meat means that it is cooked in a skillet or frying pan without the. use of extra fat. Make certain the pan is hot before placing in chops or steaks. Fanners Ask Data On Crop Varieties Proper Choice oi Seed Held First Requisite Farmers, with this year’s harvest out of the way, are looking toward ‘ 1950 and seeding time, county ex tension agents report. Many farmers are asking county extension agents about new var ieties of crops. As a rule, the county agent’s answer to farmers is this: “Before buying seed of any new variety it is good business to be sure it is recommended and suited to the lo cality in which you live. The new variety should be at least as good, or better, than varieties you have been growing.” Reliable seed dealers and their agents can usually be depended upon to. offer you only proyed new varieties of grain, he says. But Careful attention to the need for purchasing proved varieties ' of seed is one of the major factors in securing q u a l i t y yields like the corn shown here. each fall, reports are received of less responsible salesmen and mail order advertisements selling new varieties, often at high prices, that may not be as good as our common varieties. Most experiment stations test in their plots most all the new grain varieties developed by plant breeders in the north central states and Canada that offer prom ise of being adapted. By consulting county extension agents about a new variety of seed, farmers can find out if it has been tested and is recommended for your area. Blue Egg Shells May Be Answer for Egg Dealers Blue shell eggs may be the an swer for some daring poultrymen who are tired of collecting the same old brown and white ones every day, and who would like to experiment with another color. The trick is turned regularly by some chickens at Cornell univer sity. Dr. J. H. Bruckner, head of the poultry husbandry department, says the color actually varies in light shades of both green and blue depending on how much brown pigment is present. Bovine ‘ Litter’ .. Here are four of “ Brownie’s” rare bovine quintuplet ‘(litter” which survived- on the farm of Ralph Tauro, at Hillsdale, New York. The calves are shown with their mother, Ralph and his son Michael. Such a birth happens in the bovine world about as rarely as it does among humans. Hens Noi Properly Fed Won't Lay Many Eggs “Where does the feed go?” Thai is the Question most poultrymen ask, says Kermit Schlamb, North Dakota assistant poultry husband man. It is a recognized fact, he points out, that unless a hen is fed properly she will eat, but won’t lay many eggs. He stated that \a flock of 100* five-pound hens requires about 125 pounds of well-balanced feed per week just to keep in good shape. r i h r i r - - - - - , , . .
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