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- J THE PERQUIMANS WEEKLY, HERTFORD, N. C PE1DATJULY 2, 1954. PAGE THREE FrcniVuliington BAD NEWS FROM MOSCOW THE U. S.! SELF-SATISFIED T- DIE: START OF ANOTHER DRAFT U. S. ROLE IN GUATEMALA Washington The latest expert re- : port on Russian weapons technology indicates the Reds are gaining on the United States in this field. This was the opinion voiced by a top Pentagon - official at a meeting of over one hun. . dred military and civilian officials charged with the responsibility of nat ional security recently. , Secretary of Defense Charles E. Wilson voiced a' different opinion, at the same meeting, in Quantico, Vir ginia, but the weight of reports seems to indicate surprising Russian prog ress' in this field and progress not anticipated by U. S. experts only a year ago. The Russian thermonuclear explos ion last August stunned many U. S. defense experts, and the appearance of all-jet medium and heavy bombers in Moscow's May Day review eight weeks ago was another eyebrow-rais ing event in top U. S. defense circles, The disturbing part of the picture is that the Russians are already ahead of the United States in quantity and they need only quality parity to give them a tremendous weapons advan tage. ' U. S. heavy bomber produc tion, for instance, is just getting start ed (all-jet heavy bombers, that is) and the Russians have now demon strated to the world their all-jet heavy bomber in flight. Recent reports that the Reds are ahead of U. S. scientists in the jet engine field are not very encourag ing either. Russian production is gear ed to military outmit while U. S. pro duction is split about 80-20 in favor of civilian output, and this fact, of course, gives the Reds an edge. The recent signs of significant Rus. sian progress tend to lead some ob servers to the same conclusion reached shortly after the beginning of World War II. That was that U. S. indus t" in hosatfni? of the areat job it was doing (and bidding for government business at the same time) tended to overestimate its! achievements and un derestimate those of the enemy. In other words, American industry has been guilty in the past of being too self-satisfied in the weapons tech' nology field, and when World War II hroke upon us this fact became clear in numerous instances. Increasing signs of unexpected Russian advance ment may indicate theame mistake is being made all over again. Charles E. Wilson, a U. S. industry champion, will be on the spot if the country makes the same- mistake in its evaluations. The Defense Secre tary seems to think the mistake is not being made. The number of obvious surprising advances in Russia, how ever, lead some to think we have un derestimated Russian weapons technology. President Dwight D. Eisenhower if once again being placed in the posi tion of the reluctant, but needed, man of the hour. It is already no secrt that Ike wants tq retire after one term in the White House. And it is already no secret that close associates and Republican offi cials in all sections are dead set on getting Ike to be the G.O.P. candidate again in 1956. Many think any other Republican ' candidate might have a difficult job defeating Adlai Steven son, or another Democrat. Look for another draft at the G.O.P. convention In 1956. General Ike has probably been drafted more than any other genera in history. But Ike does not always accept a draft. He had the Democratic nomination in the palm of his hand in 1948, and turned it down. The United States could not offi cially encourage Guatemalan Rebels in their drive against the pro-Communist government of Guatemala, even though the overthrow of th Red gov emwit was ardently desired in Washington. - The U. S however, was said to be ready to recognize a new government with the least possible delay, and eer tain'v Uncle Sam's representatives south of the border did not discour age the Rebels. One of the disadvan tages of a democratic form of govern-; ment is that this country could not support such an uprising, even though the Russian government would have louna little difficulty in reeding a revolution so close to home. 1ac Couule Atttend Farm Bureau School Each year for the past several years the North Carolina Farm Bureau has held a summer training school to give its members the latest information on all phases of the Farm Bureau's ac tivities. Those attending from' Per quimans were Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Sut ton, I .This year's training school was held at Carolina Beach June 17, 18 and 10. The instructors for this year's event consisted of several of the organiza tion's State. Reofflt and 'National officers. " Those " attenulhg" were brought up to date on many of the national problems such as the farm! programs being proposed, the over-1 , production problem, support prices, di-1 rertsi acres, fc --Ljr.il tnie as wIl as many or ti&U utd local' provisos as tiey relate to. the indi- i vidual farmers.- Two open forums were held on these issues and every one was given an opportunity to ex press their views. It was stated by the instructors that many of these is sues are greatly mis-understood and need to be clarified and brought to the attention of every farm family. I pliances. The class was under the su. pervision of Vyvian J. Harris, Home Economics teacher at the school. 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