News Report From Busy Washington Senate Endorses Air Power— Dean AcHeson—Tough Guy— The Pope— TV Draft Arguments Again— : Should Some Students Be Ex empt? federal Manpower Investigation— Waste and Overstaffing. WASHINGTON, D. C. — The ' Senate’s decision to give the Air Porec almost live extra billions for procurement and secret weap ons earlier this month reflected m growing realization in Wash ington that the United States has missed the boat in the race for .. »ir power in the last three or four years. While jealous members of the Navy and Army argued this and that, and obtained an equal-split ree at the same time, rather * than being able to concentrate iiargely on the Army, which was eujgkt so short in the Korean fighting. Dean Arheson. t>ecretary of instate, is slowly establishing a - reputation as a tough Secretary, -after his disastrous statement on Hiss and the resulting loss of confidence he suffered. Because he has the manner of a Britisher, -this tough-talking reputation is •ewn harder for Acheson to gain. 'Whether he will ever be accept able to the American public Is yet to be proved but in recent dealings he has gained significant success. At San Francisco he was the shrewd and smooth boss the U. S. • needed for such a show, and even "Republicans, like California’s Sen • srtor William Knowland, after - wards admitted it. In Washing * ton and at Ottawa he talked tough language to North Atlantic Treaty members, telling them to get the lead out and give Gen eral Eisenhower the tools he neede to build a strong allied * force. Ache son’s own confidence was given - a great boost two weeks ago when President Truman—at a conference attended by this pa per’* Washington, reporter—*aid bluntly that as long as he was i President, Dean Achesoiv would be Secretary of State. That sur prised reporters because so many of them hai assumed that: 1. The President was running for another term, and 2, That he would allow Acheson to resign next year be fore the election in order to re move a liability from the Demo cratic Administration. Apparently, the President doesn’t see it that way and will either sink or swim with Acheson, if he runs again. Of course, that subject moved no closer to solu tion last week than in any recent week. The President told report ers he might be around for quite a while, when he mentioned Ache son, which doesn’t sound like he's retiring. One development that stirred ] official Washington a hit, during j the days immediately preceding the San Francisco treaty signing, was that concerning the Pope and the treaty. The Pope was re ported to be in opposition to some of the terms of the treaty, and some members of he government pushed hard for a windup of the proceedings before any arguments arose, and the Church and State %sue bobbed up. The treaty-sign ing went through without serious hitches, and without balks from feme countries which might have been seriously affected should time have been allowed for strong church opposition to build up. i * • • The current draft program is coming in for more criticism. This j time the criticism Is not official, hut from college professors and I the like. The argument goes that student scientists, doctors, etc. should not be inducted along j with ordinary farm boys, and other non-critical students. These arguments are based on estimated U. S. needs in the medical profes sion. and in various scientific Mds. Sound as they seem there is something repulsive to the aver age red-blooded American in the j thought that some American boys j will have to shoulder rifles, and i perhaps die on a dirty battlefield, j while others will he exempt from j such ordeals—because they were | lucky enough to get into one of1 the nation’s over-crowded medical schools, or to hare chosen a ear- \ tain course of study. There are still some people, and some offj-) cials in Washington, who believe every American boy should have the same chance to escape the j draft, and duty perhaps more de manding, regardless of his cir cvmstanees. > • * The Senate Poet Office and Civ il Service committee is now in vestigating federal manpower practices and civil service rules and practices, and when the final report is ready for release it will l*e a hot one. In charge of tne investigation is Melvin Purvis, ex FBI man who will be remembered jfor capturing John Dillinger. One thing already discovered is that there is no decent transfer policy among the various departments, despite congressional wishes in this direction, as a method of | getting critical skills into defense jobs. A year has passed since the first congressional complaint on this. j A committee official said last week the committee would sug gest changes in federal manpower | policies which could save the tax payers hundreds of millions of | dollars, and spotlight wasteful, overstaffing practices continuing in full swing despite the national emergency and mounting man power needs. — MEAT Higher ceiling prices for most cuts of beef and some cuts of pork have been authorized by the j Office of Price Stabilization. An I (rder increasing wholesale beef j prices an average of one cent a pound went into effect on Septem ber 19. New regulations also per mit retailers to adjust their pork ceiling prices “to reflect whole sale prices they are now paying.” This probably means a rise of from one to two cents • pound more for ham, bacon and shoulder cuts. NEWS AND VIEWS By ALEXANDER S. LIP8ETT (An ILNS Feature) AFL President William Green’s reminder from San Francisco that the needs of a working man’s family have to be satisfied “with a 53-cent dollar • while living costs are more than double” fur nishes a revealing footnote to American economic history and official blurbs of unparalleled prosperity. The creeping decline in the wage earner’s real income, and consequently in his living stand ards, has been further emphasized by the Machinist weekly, which after estimating a single $70-a week employe’s income tax at $11.65, or 30 cents an hour, states: “We had better start think ing about the effect of higher taxes on our wage rates. A long time ago the corporations said the only profits worth talk ing about are the profits ‘after taxes.’ We can take a page ; from their book. Certainly we have greater justification for talking about 'wages after taxes.’ The government takes its cut before we even see our money.” These facts, coupled with Mr, Green’s warning that inflation won’t wait, invite sober thought. • • * For be it from me to question the accomplishments and inherent soundness of the American eco nomic system. But what is its real status midway of 1951 ? In the first place, our national econ omy depends to an ever greater extent on governmental pump priming; its course is determined in large measure by political con siderations and administrative de cisions. Second, it is, despite its robust appearance, so jittery and brittle that we live in constant fear of setbacks. Sure, a great many people are better off —even that, in pre-war dollar terms, is debatable—but what about the millions of retired citizens and others living on fixed incomes? What about the future expectations of working men and women, lulled by pledges of old age protection that are hardly worth the paper they are written on? What about the national debt of nearly $267 billion (10 times the amount of federal in debtedness after World War I), our heavily mortgaged future, the shrinking value of the dollar? And finally, taking a cue from the AFL executive council’s rec ommendation that “the federal budget and unnecessary expenses be cut to the bone and defense expenditures be placed on a pay as-you-go basis,” how can these ideas, or ideals if you will, be reconciled with the reality? * * * I These questions deserve honest answers. Do the people get them? Of course not. What is heard is a lot of mumble-jumble talk, punctuated by a gnawing aware ness that nothing is right and that we are pushed around by a vicious combination of forces from within and without. There* is the threat of commun ist totalitarianism, the drain of military preparedness on the na tion’s resources, the extravagances of an inflated bureaucracy reared by government paternalism and •betted by shortsighted private | interests. Yet, it may again be asked, how can these perils be ; fought off without endangering ■the very real needs of rearma ■ment *nd economic expansion on which the future of both industry and labor depends? • • • Well, if our so-called states men will for a moment stop blab bering, here is a thought worthy of some attention and debate. To put a brake on public expendi tures of the type increasingly ex ! perienced in recent years — post war foreign aid cost the United States up to March Sr, 1951, a total of $31.4 billion—I suggest the American vote directly on this and controversial programs. (Ap | propriations for strictly military and administrative purposes should of course remain the domain of : Congress.) Such a system by popular ref erendum would not only enable the voters to determine the out come and thus remove ticklish i issues from the realm of congres sional log-rolling and administra tive pressure. It also would test | democracy to the utmost, con tribute effectively to Urn political and economic knowledge of the people, and spike government ef forts to woo the political support of interested groups. Granted politicians and pres sure groups won’t like the idea. Yet the expedient of a nation-wide referendum on fiscal proposals is not as strange as it may sound to Americans. It has been and is effectively used in Switzerland. 7-centry old stronghold of de mocracy in action, and elsewhere. Moreover, there is no use deny ing that Congress, snarled up by complexities beyond the average member’s time and knowledge, exercises only in a nominal sens* the power of the purse; instead, the federal legislature has become in a very real sense the hunting ground for clever manipulators within and outside the govern ment. • • • However, to successfully apply I the referendum method needs j more than legislation and an even tual constitutional amendment. Required above all is a fundamen tal change in the thinking of the nation; a determination on the part of all of us—businessmen, workers, farmers, professionals—. to use the powers, which, theoret ically at least, are still in our hands; and last, the guts to take up the cudgels against a govern ment concept that for so many years has poisoned the political and economic atmosphere of America. The answer to the country’s perplexing financial and economic problems is not to be found in sneering at the critics and per sistently claiming that govern ment, like father, knows best, it lies in thinking constructively ahead and in doing the things that need to be done. Rather than indulge in recriminations about ♦he past, let us look to the future and assume our democratic responsibilities to the fullest. Let the people vote their mind on whatever subject affects their lives, liberties and properties, and ♦he fate of America will not be shrouded in doubts and fears. I (Continued From Pago 1) future treaties be safeguarded against self-execution, "either through a clause in the treaty, or through a reservation or an understanding." Mr. Stassen objected to a pro posed constitutional amendment, stating directly that “a treaty which violates any expressed or implied provision of the Consti tution , . . shall not be of any force or effect. TEAMSTERS WIN SAFE-WAY STORES Little Rock, Ark. — The Inter national Brotherhood of Team sters. Chauffeurs, Warehousemen and Helpers Local No. 878, re ceived the bargaining rights among the employees of the Safe Way stores. 1 * j Simply Peachy ■-By Betty Bmrclmy ■ > FACHES are a universal favor ite and still abundant and in expensive. What more delightful way to aitow on their beauty and usher out the summer season than In this de licious Peach Cream Pie? An easy *to-pre pare base, made with vanilla pudding and pie filling mix, rails for dices of Juicy, ripe peaches, used generously as a garnish. For special occasions, try adding an unbaked meringue top ping to give it that "something extta" that makes a party. Peach Cream Pie 1 package vanilla pudding and pie Ailing mix; 1 egg yolk, slightly beaten; 2 curs milk; 1 baked 8 inch pie shell: unbaked Meringue; fresh peach slices. Place packaged pudding in saucepan. Combine egg yaik and milk; add to pie filling mix gradually, blending wtll. Cook and *tlr over medium heat until mixture comes to a boil and is thickened. Cool slightly tabout 5 min utes), stirring once or twice Turn into pie shell. Chill. Pile Unbaked Meringue around edge of pie. If da sired. Garnish with peach slices. Unbaked Meringue: Combine 1 un bcaten egg white, % cup sugar, a dash of salt; and 1 tablespoons water in top of double t idier ; beat with rotary era beater until - thoroughly mixed. Piace over rapidly boiling water and beat 1 minute. Then remove from heat and continue beating 1 minute longer, or until mixture win stand In peaks. Add H teaspoon vanilla Pile lightly on pie filling. Statement of the Ownership, Man agement, Circulation, Required hy the Act of Congress of August 24. 1912. as Amended by the Acts of March 3. 1933, and July 2. 1949 (Title 39. United States Code, Section 233) of Charlotte Labor Journal and i Dixie Farm News published week ly at Charlotte, North Carollina, | for period ending September 30, 1951. 1. That the names and ad dresses of the publisher, editor, managing editor, and business managers are: Publisher: H. A. Stalls, P. O. Box 1061. Editor: H. A. Stalls, P. O. Box 1061. . • Managing editor: H. A. Stalls. P. O. Box 1061. Business manager: H. A. Stalls P. O. Box 1061. 2. That the ovrfner is: (If owned by a corporation, its name and address must be stated and also immediately thereunder the names and addresses of stock holders owning or holding one per cent or more of total amount of stock. If not owned by a cor poration, the names and addresses of the individual owners must be given. If owned by a partner ship or other unincorporated firm, its name and address, as well as that of each individual mem ber, must be given.) H. A. Stalls Printing Co., 118 East Sixth Street. H. A. Stalls, 118 East Sixth Street. 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