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UN Gets Public Airing;
CIO at War With Reds
By BAUKHAGE
Vmi Analyst and Commentator.
<WNtJ Service, IBIS Eye Street, N.W.,
Washington, D. C.
HUNTER COI.LEGE. The Bronx,
N. Y.?Fifteen minutes ago the ses
sion of the security council of the
United Nations adjourned and the
?attractive room which it is hard to
?believe was ever the gymnasium of
Hunter college in the northern lati
tudes of New York City, ts almost
empty.
Since 11 o'clock the council mem
bers have been at their places at
the curving table on the platform
and every seat in the "audience"
has been filled. The first 40 persons
to line up at the gates are given
seats. Tickets are issued only to
those with some plausible reason to
hold them. Some of the "visitors"
remain and the marine guards are
still on duty while other attendants
clear away the various Impediments
before each place from the Russian
ambassador's at one end to the
Polish delegate's at the other.
After each day's performance the
actors and the audience in this play
are soon far from the brown and
rose room of Hunter college, but
for a long time, there are scores of
busy men and women.
They are the people whose busi
ness it is to report this drama and
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(Jul in up upiiuuu
strong enough to
discourage war. I
refer to the mem
bers of the press,
radio, the news
reels, the photog
raphers, the
sound - recorders.
As I sit here they
are gathering up
their notes and
mem oranda ,
making quick
contacts before
delegates get
away, purnng on Baukhage
head-seta, pack
ing up cameras and tripods?and
then perhaps pausing (or refresh
ments In the "press lounge" espe
cially installed in the basement of
the gymnasium where their quar
ters are located.
UN Recognize!
Popular Interact
I have covered many interna
tional gatherings from the peace con
ference of Paris after World War I
and none has given as much pro
portional attention to providing the
necessary facilities for bringing the
proceedings to the citizens of the
world as this gathering at Hunter
college.
[ Of course the council is relatively
smkll and the army of reporters
seems large in comparison to its
scant 11 members, the secretary
and assistant secretary general and
the various advisors. The fact that
the principals are so few increases
the informality and the feeling of
intimacy which seems to exist be
tween the organization and the
group of men and women who ob
serve, record and report its doings.
Along the wall, opposite the coun
"<l ?"kin ?? oallnrv 1av?1 ore a row
of glass windows, the booths of the
American radio networks, the BBC,
and some separate stations. In a
glassed-in-corner behind and to the
left of the table are radio engineers
and the equipment which records
all the spoken words of the mem
bers. At any moment a speaker
may be cut In and heard by lis
teners on any of the networks. At
special points of vantage there are
places for taking movie and still
photographs. Whenever some dra
matic moment arrives you can see
the Klieg lights slowly rise (and the
busiest delegate is likely to straight
en his tie, take off or put on his
glasses) while the moving picture
cameras grind.
Most of the speaking by the dele
gates, except when formal stat
ments are read, is done from
notes or completely ad lib and since
all of the members speak either
English or French the pauses for
interpreting are short?either into
French or English except when Am
bassador Gromyko speaks in Rus
sian. These words must be Inter
preted into both French and Eng
lish and Gromyko doesn't hesitate
to stop the interpreter and give his
own English translation if he doesn't
like the interpreter's choice of
words. He could speak in Eng
lish himself if he wanted to but
probably wants the Russian for the
record for home consumption.
Eventually when the permanent
meeting place is established the sys
tem employed at Nuernberg will be
used?earphones and simultaneous
translation. This slows down the
speakers but Is much more rapid in
the long run making repetition of
an entire ipeech unnecessary some
times twice or sometimes three
times, as at San Francisco. But
hers at Hunter the business moves
with a briskness that adds to the in
formality.
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May Leave Rede
On Political Limb
I never realized before that New
York was NOT an "early" town.
When transportation is normal I
can buy a New York newspaper in
Washington on my way to work.
On the other hand, in New York
at the same hour (7:30) I found
there were no newsstands open be
tween the club where I stayed on
57th street to the subway station,
nor in the subway whers I got on, or
where I got off, 40 minutes later.
Of course the crowds were pour
ing southward in the subway at that
hour and they had been able to buy
their papers when they got on, but
in the normally busy area of the SO's
the natives were not abroad in suf
ficient numbers at 7:30 to justify
the presence of news vendors.
On the streets at the end of my
run which is about 200th street
(Kingsbridge station in the Bronx)
the stands were open and most of
the people who bumped against me
ai I reached ror tne siaia i imn
and the Republican Herald Trib
une, were buying the left-wing PM.
PM can't be called Communist
since Editor Ingersoll is not a Com
munist but while he was off to the
wars it hewed pretty close to the
party line. The Daily Worker,
however, is considered to express
the official "wishes" of the Com
munist party and, according to most
of the other newspapers these
"wishes" come direct from the
Kremlin?or maybe next door.
Heretofore the Communists have
supported the American Labor par
ty which is a New York party which
in general embraced Democratic,
New Deal, CIO supporters and had
the co-operation of the Communists.
Now the war is on between the CIO
and the Communists and ructions
are expected to arise in any cor
ner.
Nevertheless, when the Russian
delegate walked out or me umiea
Nations security council meeting, it
was said that until he walked back
the American Labor-CIO planning
board had decided to withhold sup
port of Senator Mead, Democratic
possibility in the race for the New
York state governorship. This mova
was looked upon by conservative
papers like the SUN as if the Amer
ican Labor party were willing to
plan its political strategy according
to the attitude of Moscow toward
the United Nations. Since in the
council meeting when the Iran af
fair came up Secretary of State
Byrnes led the fight against the
Russian stand. The fact that he lat
er offered the resolution which la
beled the Russian reply as satisfac
tory and postponed the discussion
of Iran in which Ambassador
Gromyko had refused to take part
beyond the time that the Russians
themselves had demanded, the left
wingers went to bed satisfied.
However critics of the American
Labor party and the CIO still insist
that they are now on record as hav
ing tried to line up American votes
to please a foreign power. What
the repercussions of this little flur
ry will be remain to be seen. If this
is supposed to be an evidence of
left-wing displeasure over the Dem
nrratir administration's foreiffn not
icy and subsequent events have not
removed that displeasure, the ques
tion remains, where will the left
wingers go?
John Lewis, whose love for the
Democrats evaporated when he
couldn't collect on his generous do
nation to the Roosevelt campaign
fund, is expected to become a hun
dred per cent Republican when it
comes to the next presidential elec
tion.
It would take a great stretch of
the imagination, however, to visu
alize either the communist append
age of CIO, of the non-Communist
CIO-PAC head, Sydney Hillman,
embracing the elephant. It has al
ready been demonstrated that the
Communists are becoming anything
but an asset to the Democratic par
ty and Hillman probably would be
glad to get rid of them.
Where the Communists will go is
a question. It Is not likely that
they and such fellow travelers as
are willing to travel with them would
essay a third party. But politicians
hereabouts believe that they will be
able to shift their weight about in
such a manner as to upset more
than one state and congressional
political apple-cart.
BARBS . ? . by Baukhage
I Administration bousing experts
want to bold up construction on non
essential stores, office buildings, fac
tories, roodhousea and amusement
projects until eeterans homes are
takaa care at There'll be ecreems
at anguish orer that. Try to gat any
body to admit that Ms shop, Ma
tiaL
tfliihiiii i i i ^thr
The Kurds again making trouble
in the middle east mustn't be con
fused with the kind Little Miss Muf
fet ate . . . or drank. That Und of
curd Is the thick pert at the milk
as distinguished bum the watery
part, and the Kurds with a "K" are
shabie bum either bp the
they are "belligerent Has
TWO KIDS WITH QUINTUPLET KIDS . . . The goat population on
tbo Folt* farm near Ludlow, Kjr., is increasing rapidly these days.
Five kids is a rare feat for one birth, even in goatdom. Shown here with
the mother and her quintuplets are the proud Folts children, Edward
and Janet.
LEGION
OF
'OMEN VETERANS
HEADS WOMEN VETERANS . . . Mrs. Patricia M. Dense, Astoria,
N. Y., national commander of the Lesion of Women Veterans, a new
all-women veterans group, believed to be the first of its kind in Amer
ica, is shown at her desk in Brooklyn. Mrs. Dense Is an ex-marine
and served for 19 months in the women's reserve of the D. 8. marine
corps. Before that she wrote tor California newspapers and radio.
NOT IMPRESSED BT BASS CATCH . . . Utile BID Borers shows
only disdain at the catch at nine-year-old Susan off pier at Slant's
Bay, CoHnctoa, N. C. Sarins arrived on tine at this North Carolina
eoost viilare and Saaan Is oat to repeat her record of last year?which
she says was hest in the reftoa. Bass have increased daring the war.
TOO TOCNG FOB LICENSE . . . Tone Jackie FWrillo, 1?, Flashing,
L. I., N. T., la pietared la a cockpit of Us Hgfct plaae on completion of
aaia UgU fraaa luflai Pa., la Ftakaf airport. George W. Edwards
groats tha raai dyer. Jackie Is stiB a mini, Ha aaast watt naUl Us
ITtb Urtbd^ Aag^t^Udara ka win be graatad a pOsTs lnan
IlfB- DON'T WANT TO GAMBLE
. . . Gen. Dwirht D. Eisenhower
told members of the senate mili
tary affairs committee that fail
ure to extend the draft act meant
to ramble with peace and security
of the world. On various occasions
General Eisenhower has asked for
continued draft.
ROYAL HAT STYLE . . . Exhibit
ing a gracions smile and wearing
her Easter hat, Princess Elisabeth
of England leaves Town Hail, Not
tingham, England, after attending
a concert given br a children's
choir.
BREAKS WORLD RECORD . . .
Joe Verdear, Philadelphia Turn
ers elnb, who broke two world's
records at AAU meet held at
Bainbridge, Md. He eclipsed the
2M-meter and the 2S0-yard marks,
following navy dicharge.
ONLY CIVIL WAR NAVY VET
... A ehipper skipper is Henry
DoD, 91, who claims to be the only
living naval veteran oI the Civil
war. He is now lividg at Philadel
phia Naval hospital.
WOMAN PADRE . . . TIM Rct.
Elsie Chamberlain has been ap
pointed by the Reyal Air Fere*
as He ftrst wemaa chaplain. 8h<
is 15 years aid and a graduate
a< Use's eeUete, Leaden.
NEWS/Jjx!
By PaUIMaLUMJF j
Released by Western Newspaper Union. i
PRODUCTION LAGS STILL
PROVING SERIOUS
WASHINGTON. ? Mr. Truman i
and his reconverted John Snyder, (
have been bragging that the "pro- <
duction of civilian goods and serv
*" " 1 J
ices nas reacneu
the peak of all
time. They want to
prove by some un
explained general
ized figures on in
come and dollar
volume that pro
duction has been
more than restored
and reconversion
ll.L.J
accuinpij sncu.
'Tain't so. There Pr" Truman
are tricks in it, to wit:
A foremost weekly index of ac
tual production from a non-gov
ernmental source places our output
for the week ending March 23 at 131
compared with 143 a year ago and
about 127 for 1941. Miscellaneous car
loadings are less than a year ago,
as are steel, electric power and lum
ber production, but "other car load
ings" and paperboard production
are above a year ago.
Messrs. Truman and Snyder did
not tabulate actual volume of pro
/birtmn but onlv
dollar volumes and
income, and they
made no allow
ances for price in
creases. Further
more, they said
only that "civilian"
production was at
all-time peak. There
is no way of telling
how much of the
I. 8. Snyder above - cited pro
d u c t i o n is still
army, navy and marine, but a por
tion must be. So the discrepancy is
somewhat greater than the figures
indicate.
MANY ITEMS STILL ON
'HARD TO GET LIST'
Producers themselves tell me
the situation Is bad. Ford pub
liely closed his plant for a week
the very day the President
spoke, because he could not
keep enough steel on hand to
warrant continuous operations.
Every producer has that same
trouble in one way or another.
Manufacturers cannot get little
things. An air conditioning
maker finds his particular kind
of steel for certain parts diffi
cult to obtain because the steel
companies will not manufacture
much of it, saying they lose $15
a ton on it because of the OPA
ceiling. The steel companies are
producing other more profitable
lines. Then the air conditioning
man finds for a time he cannot
get motors, finds a shortage of
bearings due to strikes, cannot
get production of a special cop
per bolt which is essential. His
production line operates off
again, on again, off again.
As far as "civilian services" are
concerned, there are not any re
stored around here. Cleaners re
quire three to six weeks to clean
a suit, shirtmakers and many other
lines inform their customers flat
ly: "We are not taking any more
orders." They will not even con
sider delivery months hence. Parts
for auto repairs are unavailable
throughout the United States in
some vital cases. A tailor took an
order for a suit the first of last
November and gave the first fitting
at the end of March ? five months
later. He will not promise the suit
by summer. Some outfitters are al
ready stopping orders for summer
suits ? imagine it, next summer's
suits. Meat supplies in Washington
are getting bad again, only inferior
grades of a few lines having been
available the past few weeks.
There are no autos, coal, refrig
erators, nylons and only a few ra
dios. A considerable (say 10 to 15
per cent) improvement in sales
stocks can be noted in many lines,
and a bare beginning toward res
toration is noticeable. The experi
ence of the average citizen in these
parts will strictly deny, however,
any claim that production has been
restored in "civilian services."
Now there has been a great
acceleration in dollar volume of
production in such lines as liquor
(but not good liquor), depart
ment store sales and some par
ticular food products, and
these no doubt caused Mr. Sny
der's figures to swell to the con
clusions be induced the Presi
dent to make from them.
But if you figure a 25 to 50 per
cent increase in such items (I have
noticed in my purchases price in
creases as high as 400 per cent)
even the visible results of great,
er production in restricted lines do
not loom formidably when com
pared with the job of sizing the pro
duction bottleneck up to demand.
, As measured with demand, wo can
not yet begin to speak of "produc
i tkm."
i ' Mr. Truman has a faculty of mak
, tag the sensational appear to be
commonplace. His army day die
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WANTED?Geese and Dnck Feathers.
New and Old. Mail samples for prices.
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WANTED: RED CEDAR LOGS or luro
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Hat tatitfitd millions iar yuan.
Caution Un only oa SucWj
A favorite household antiseptic dress
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BALSAM OP MYRRHI It contains
soothing gums to relieve the soreness and
ache of over-used and strained muscles.
Takes the sting and itch out of bams,
scalds, insect bites, oak and ivy poison
ing, wind and sun burn, chafing and
chapped skin. Its antiseptic action less
ens the danger of infection whenever the
skin is cut or broken.
Keep a bottle handy far the minor
casualties of kitchen and nursery. At
your druggist?trial sixe bottle 35#;
household sise 65r, economy sixe $1.25.
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Plnkham'B TABL1T8?one of the beat
home ways to build up red Mood?In
such cases Plnkham's Tablets are one
of the greatest blood-Iron tonics you
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