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B-3R Must Have Off-Shore Bases
Without any intention of opening
the controversy .over the B-36, Gen
eral J. liawton Collins, Army Chief
, of Staff says that the Joint Chiefs
.of Staff, are in accord on the need
for oases off the mainland for large-
- scale bombing operations and recog
nize the necessity for providing fight
er protection for .the big bombers. -
The General emphasized the im
possibility of relying "solely on mid
air refueling" in large-scaled opera
tion? for the B-36. ' He emphasized
that no one service can possibly wage
inter-continental war and urged the
necessity for teamwork, by the lArmy,
. Navy and Air Force. - v
Acheson Urge Import-Mindedness
Urging the United States to change
r its thirty-year-old trade policy, in
order to allow other nations to pay
for what they buy in this country
instead of. having the American tax
payer foot the bill jn the form of
loans and gifts, Secretary of State
Dean Acheson says that the United
States must become "really import
minded." The Secrtary found nothing "favor
able" in a trade balance under which
we sold $13,000,000,0001 worth of
goods to the rest of the world last
year and bought only $7,000,000,000
in return. The $6,000,000,000 gap not
only creates serious problems' for
other nations, in their effort to se
cure dollar credits, but it represents
a gift of the material resources of
the United States.
The word "gift" may not be, strictly
accurate. - It applies in the fullest
: sense, however, to much of the as-
; gists nee that we are now giving
temporarily to Western Europe. In
respect to the balance the buyers
promise to pay, but in view of their
inability to pay what they owe us
now.' there is not much to be gained
by running up the total of their in
debtedness. The "Small Business" Build-Up
Investigators of a House Commit
tee, set up to look after the interests
of small business, called attention to
the National Tax Equality Associ
: ation and the National Associated
"Business Men, Inc. Tne former raises
about $500,000 annually and the
latter about one-fifth that amount,
, with most of .the money coming from
what Ss generally termed "big busi
ness." The NAB "professes to be the
s champion of small business," but its
thirty-jtwo state secretaries, who re
ceive about $200 a month, are paid
by the most prosperous NTEA.
The ' organizations' lobby would
wipo out the exemption from taxes
enjoyed by farm and , other coops,
and the NTEA pays, considerable at
tention to what it calls "double-tax
ation.'.' " This, of course' does not do
much damage to individual firms or
partnerships but does require the
corporations, of the land to pay on
their incomes before dividends. The
fact that the stockholders pay on the
dividends received makes the so-call
ed "double-taxation,"
Wright Patman, head of the Com
mittee in the House, says that while
the lobbying groups profess to as
sist small firms, .they really play
the game of the larger corporations.
What the professional promoters at
tempt is to stir up the feeling of
small business men and to work up
sentiment in favor of proposals which
- will carry out the purposes of their
"lobbying.
There is no suggestion that ' the
two organizations have violated the
law. It seems that both are register
ed under the Lobby ' Act' This does
not mean that every small, business
man in the, country is aware of their
close connection with the large cor
porations or that sometimes the
speakers .who conje around to talk
about the American way have a speci
al axe to grind. . . "
No Easy Way to-Win a War
"A war of the future will be waged
on civilians as, well as soldiers, de
clares Dr. Horvin C. Kiefer, who adds,
"Such a war can be lost just as quick
ly and . : conclusively by break-down
of industrial production as by loss of
military catties." . :
The doctor, who is director of the
Health Resources Division, National
Security Resources Board, was speak
ing to; the Association of ;; Military
surgeons ana dealing with the con
sequences 'oi global war,1 atomic
bombs, .biological warfare and ''per
haps even more diabolical Weapons."
ine taea tnat warg of the future
will be won by use of the nw wfin.
oas, ajmed at the civilian population
ana oy oreawng down the industrial
potential of a nation, is rather popu
lar and one finds it often expressed.
Nevertheless, there is. nothing in the
military history of the world tosug-
gesnnai win nappen, v; , . . -: ,
The -quickest way to defeat an ene
my is to, render his fighting forces
hors d'eombat. Regardless of what
happens in the area behind the lines,
the smashing of its fighting forces
rentiers a country helpless. Of course,
it is possible by attacking the.sources
of production to-initiate a war of fet
ation tut struggle of this kind is
i to te prolonged, i .
-:-ie the heavy - bombing ' to
' h Cv.rmany was subjected during
the last war, the production of weap
ons and military essentials was main
tained at a surprisingly rapid rate.
In fact, tiie collapse of Germany, as
a fighting power, came about when
the Russians,1 with the British and
American forces, outnumbered the
German armies in the field, had them
overwhelmed with superior weapons
and the paraphernalia of warfare.
. Undoubtedly the scarcity of some
materials contributed to the German
aeieat nut this , scarcity of some
remember, is relative and looms large
only when- compared with the vast
armament and supplies of the other
powers.
Says Yalta Was Diplomatic Triumph
Not many people in the United
States know what transpired at the
famous conference, held at Yalta, be
tween President Roosevelt, Prime
Minister Churchhill and Premier
Joseph Stalin. The tacts as to the
agreements reached were necessarfaly
secret at the time and since the end
of the war, the discussion has been
from the vantage point of the pres
ent rather than from the outlook at
the time of the conference.
Edward R. Stettinius, Jr., former
Secretary of State, who recently
died, contends in a book published af
ter his death that Yalta was a "dip
lomatic triumph for the United States
IN MEMORIAM
In loving memory of our dear Moth
er, who left us one year ago today,
November 29, 1948.
God knew that she was-suffering,
That the hill was hard to climb,
So he closed her Weary eyelids,
And whispered, "Peace Be Thine."
HER DEVOTED CHILDREN,
Margaret Clark
and
James Camp en
and Great Britain." ' The only trouble
with the agreements entered into, he
said, was that Russians did not Jive
up to their 'agreements but this is
something, which could not have been
anticipated by the diplomats ' at - the
famous conference. - ,
, Mr. Stettinius devoted his book on
his public Career to the defense of
the late President Roosevelt at Yalta.
His argument is along this line:
' "When the conference was held, in
February, 1945, Soviet Russia was
in actual possession of Eastern
Europe and in potential possession of
Manchuria and the islands to the
North of Japan. The Western Allies
did not have physical power to pre
vent the Russians from taking over
these two parts of the world.
"About the best the West could do
was to induce the Russians to exer
cise their power with moderation and
to ettempt to obtain some valuable
consideration for any concessions
made. The concession, in this case,
was the agreement on Russia's part
to enter the Japanese war.
throat Specialists report
on 30-Ooy Tsst of CAMEL smokerj
tmmm
CASEOfMT
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DUE TO SMOKING
CAMELS!
Ihese were the findings
of noted throat special
ists in a test of hundreds
of men and women who
smoked Camels for 30
consecutive day sThe
throats of all smokers in
the test were examined
every week a total of
2,470 examinations.
' At the time of Yalta, the joint
Chiefs of Staff were anxious to bring
Russia- Into the Japanese conflict.
None of Tthem anticipated the early
collapse of Japan but they did an
ticipate" a million American casu
alties if we were compelled to invade
Japah without Russian help. ,
r rom the , vantage point of the
time to the agreement, especially in
regard to the use of Russian soldiers
against Japan, the Western powers
received a considerable concession.
Moreover, the Russians promised to
respect Chinese sovereignty in Man
churia and to have fair and free
elections and democratic government
in Eastern Europe."
HOSTESS TO ROOK CLUB
Mrs. . Haywood Divers was hostess
Thursday evening to her rook club at
her home. Those playing were Mpr-
.datnet? Cliff Banks, Lester Keel, Mar
garet JBovanizer, a. J. Holleman.
Jamie Snipes, E. C. Woodard, Euirene
Huggins, Louis Tarkington, Stanley
Kimbrell, E. A. Goodman, Noah Gre-
PAGE THREE
gory and Miss Reba Spivey. The high
score prize, went to Mrs. Banks, float
ing to Mrs. Keel, and low Was award
ed Mrs. Goodman. A salad
was served.
course
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